Bling Bling

Hello.  Welcome.  You know the gold mirror card and the gold metal look great with the white but aren't they just a challenge when it comes to the photo!  Here's my best effort.....

This is very pretty IRL.  I started with a white card, added a gold mirror mat, a white mat, a gold mirror mat, a white layer with an aperture.  I've backed the aperture with gold metal sheet embossed using Sizzix Damask folder.  I took a piece of wired ribbon, removed the wire and frayed both sides before adding it top and bottom of the aperture.  The tree is Memory Box Frosted Christmas Tree cut from white card and I've added irridescent glitter glue to the embossed areas.  The star was cut from white card and folded to give some dimension, but I didn't like it white so I coloured it with Pilot Gold Marker.  I added a small piece of the embossed metal sheet as a trunk for the tree.  The birds are cut from gold mirror card using Crafty Individuals Victoria and Albert Swirl die.  The pearls were taken off some silk flowers I had.  I've based my design on Papertake Weekly Sketch # 54 and this weeks recipe from Joan's Garden.

I might make a personal record here with linked challenges cos it seems everyone is into Christmas this week!!

My card is joining the fun at
Joan's Garden - white/gold, embossing folder, pearls
Papertake Weekly - Freebie Sketch I used # 54
Hjerteboden Utfordring 11 - Jul
Me and Mine - Beat the Christmas Rush Total 33
Kort o Mania Utfordring 96 - Alt Gar Sa Lenge Det er Jul
ALBC - Sparkle and Shine
Die Cut Divas- Lets Celebrate
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 149 - Bling it Up
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra For November
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Anything Goes 

Thanks for dropping by.  Be safe, be crafty. 

Inspired by the Inspired

Hello.  Welcome.  A wet, windy autumn day.  A great day to craft.  Must also take some time to tidy.  So many things out of place.  I realise I am wasting precious time looking for things that I just didn't put away last time I used them.  Today seems a good day to invest some time to save some time.  

I have been inspired by Jo Myhill, over at the PaperArtsy blog.  I am not the only one and looking at the projects that are coming out this week I became inspired by the inspired.  

Jo's third project was inspired by wallpaper.  I must admit I loved the flowers on this one but didn't really take in the background.  After looking at what others have done this week I realised I had missed something somewhere so I went back and checked it out again.  Oh, OK, pretty cool.  So this is my version of wallpaper.  I have used VersaMagic inks and the flower stem is from PA ELB04.  

I really liked Emma's card where she made a tiled background so I painted a card with watered down Inky Pool and then cut up my wallpaper.  Now, a couple of challenges for me.  I like this as it is, but it does need something.  My card size is wrong for those lovely flowers Jo made.  Will have to come back to those another day.  I'm working almost DL size here so I think it needs something longer.  The flower I used on the background didn't work.  Tried that.  I am maybe looking at taking out the Bloom stamps!!  I don't understand what anyone has against these.  I think they are cute and so varied.  Running out of time.  Maybe I'll post this as it is and if I do anything else with it it will come on as an update.  

Well, it's not really me to post something unfinished but the more I look at it the more it grows on me as it is.  Maybe I'll put it to one side and see if someone turns up that it suits as is, or maybe with a little tweak.  

My card is joining the fun at
PaperArtsy
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Anything Goes 
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes 

Thanks for dropping by.  Have you checked out my winners post?  Maybe it was you.  Can't send the candy if I don't have your address.  Have a great Sunday, whatever you may be doing

Pumpkins and Winners

Hello.  Welcome.  So glad you could join me.  A little project first and then some winners.  Are you feeling lucky?  Over at PaperArtsy Jo Myhill has been sharing some fantastic projects and I really liked the frame she made using crunchy wax paper.  I didn't have a deep frame so thought I'd consult my dies and see if I could make my own.  I decided to use my Sizzix pumpkin framelit dies.  I cut 7 layers of thick card, used a smaller die for the aperture and stuck them together.  

I painted with orange acrylic and then sponged with Fresco Finish Butternut.  I filled the centre with creased crunchy wax paper.  I cut a pumpkin the same size as the aperture from shrink plastic, stamped with the lady from Winter Wonderland Plate 6, painted with Butternut, then shrank. 

It needs something......

I embossed a piece of orange card with Sizzix retro folder and then highlighted with black ink.  I cut it with the pumpkin dies and stuck it to my frame.  I stamped using ELB04 some leaves with Limelight onto black card and cut them out.  Better I think.  

My pumpkin is joining the fun at
PaperArtsy
Artful Times Challenge 41 - Spooktacular
That Craft Place - Halloween
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for dropping by.  Have a great weekend.  

What, forgotten something?   Oh no, surely not.....  Just kidding.  I want to thank everyone who has played along with me last month and helped me celebrate my blogaversary.  I tallied all the comments for each week then consulted Mr Random.  So here are the lucky four

The Girls Stamp Sheet goes to  Eret
The Men Stamp Sheet goes to   Sue OConnell
The Boys Stamp Sheet goes to  Kay Wallace
The Rascals Stamp Sheet goes to  Sylv

Congrats ladies.  If you would please email me you snail mail addresses to craftynomad at gmail dot com and I will get these in the post.  Please email by 8th November so I can get them posted out before I go on holiday.  I will also be sending out ATC's to my fellow swapees.    Thanks to everyone who has visited and commented this last month, this last year.  Thank you for your support and your inspiration.  Here's to another year of happy blogging.........

More Than Hectic

Hello.  Welcome.  I promised you the winners of my candy today but you wouldn't believe the day I've had.  One of those nothing goes right days.  A big pity because today is the day, my actual blogaversary and there has been so little time for crafting!!  Typical.  So there will be a slight delay, hope to have it all sorted tomorrow.  As long as I can work out how to work Mr Random.........   How difficult can it be????

Just thought I'd share a card I made for my nephew.  I was wrapping presents and had some torn edges and thought hmmm...  So this is a blue base with some playing cards, ripped wrapping paper and some preprinted sentiments.  

Joining the fun at
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge- Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for dropping by.  Hope to have happy news for you tomorrow.

Last Chance Cafe

Hello.  Welcome.  It's been a nice day today, even a bit of sun.  Lovely for this time of year.  I have been working on a birthday card this evening.  Actually there's a few things on the go but this one I have got finished.  There are a couple of birthdays coming up and I thought I'd use the recipe from Joan's Garden.  Red and brown, such great colours for this time of year.

I used MME 29th Street as my base card.  I layered with Creative Imaginations patterned paper and then embossed some kraft with Sizzix Happy Birthday embossing folder.  I used DI Barn Door on the embossed kraft and also on the edges of the layers than I distressed.  The birds were cut from DCWV Dots stack using Spellbinders Bird die.  A wobbly eye and a touch of brown ink around the edges to finish.  

My happy birdies are joining the fun at
Joan's Garden - red/kraft, bird, layers
Die Cut Divas - Animals and Autumn 
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Anything Goes 
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes 

Thanks for dropping by.  Last chance to leave a little love for an extra chance at this candy.  Be quick, I'm picking some lucky winners tomorrow........

Hard to Find Some Peace

Hello.  Welcome.  Just a quick post.  Feeling a bit ragged today after my big pumpkin celebration last night.  For me no alcohol involved, but some of us partied til the clocks changed, so a long day and a late night.  A very good party with lots of pumpkins and cake!  Hope to have a few photo's to show soon. 

I seem to be alternating between Halloween and Christmas.  This one is xmas themed.

Using the lovely LOTV penguin and presents image from the Winter Wonderland art pad.  I finally managed to get the die cut/fussy cut combination right.  Usually someone loses something vital but he's still got his scarf and tree.  Phew!  The base is a kraft card I have stamped with a Crafty Individuals corner stamp.  I've layered with a sheet from Tilda Wintergarden papers then a frame from handmade paper and the image.  The flowers are from Storyteller.  I wanted a peace and joy sentiment but couldn't find a stamp or anything that mentioned peace.  Plenty happy, merry, joy and bright but no peace.  Finally founf this on a freebie sheet from a magazine and layered it onto some kraft.  The red ink is DI Barn Door.

Penguin taking his presents and joining the fun at
Joan's Garden - kraft/red, bird, layers
LOTV - Anything Goes
Craft-room Challenge - Our Feathered Friends
Papertake Weekly - Oh Christmas Tree
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra for October

Thanks for dropping by.   Don't forget to leave some love for a chance at the candy. I will be drawing the lucky winners on the 31st.  Bwahahahahahaha..........

Boo-tiful Dreamer

Hello.  Welcome.  Feeling inspired this week by Liz Borer over at PaperArtsy.  But where to begin!!!  Such big complex projects.  Decided to start here................

The stamp is PaperArtsy Winter Wonderland Plate 6.  Love that lady and Liz made her look totally different with her colouring so thought I'd give it a go.  No witchy hat but I did colour her hair with my violet wink of stella brush.  Maybe you can see some of the spangle?  The background is Sizzix Poison embossing folder embossed onto EK Success amethyst metal sheet.  The letters were cut from the same sheet using Sizzix Ducky Wucky embosslits.  All mounted on black glitter card.

So, is she bootiful or poison?

Joining the fun at
PaperArtsy
Stampotique Designers Challenge 121 - Halloween
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Halloween Colours
Fashionable Stamping Challenges - Make a card
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Spooky
Country View Challenges October - Spooky

Thanks for dropping by.  Remember to leave some love for a chance at the candy........