Duck A La'Orange

Hello.  Welcome.  I have a cute and bright creation over at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity this afternoon featuring Duck.  Carmen's Veranda doesn't do oranges so I went with Pineapple instead!!  It could be the start of something beautiful.........

Awwww, who can resist a little quacker!!  I used Lost Coast Shooting Star background.  Hop over to the Portal to get all the details and to link up your orange and yellow creations.  There be prizes!!

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Duck is joining the fun at
Paperbabe Stamps Challenge 73 - Picture Inspiration
Crafters Castle Challenge 5

Growing In Unity - Day 5

Hello.  Welcome.  I'd like to thank everyone who has visited and commented on my Growing in Unity posts and to Unity for giving me the chance to spotlight their stamps, and also for giving me two awesome grab bags to give of two of you!  If you have missed any days please hop back and leave comments.  You have til Monday sometime when I will draw two lucky winners who will each receive a Unity grab bag.  Here's my final card for the week.  Enjoy.....

Squuueeee!  Isn't that bunny just adorbs??!!  I used the rabbit from When You Smile and my most favourite sentiment from Anna Girl.  I stamped the sentiment and the rabbit with blue dye ink and coloured the rabbit with Promarkers.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Don't forget to leave a comment and I'll be back next week with the names of my lucky winners.  Also the Unity Stamp Company is celebrating it's 10th birthday and there is a massive sale!  Massive!!  Everything is on sale!!!  Hop over and check it out.  Hugz

Joining the fun at

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge 445
Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge - One Layer
Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks 334-335
Cards Und More Challenge #24 - Sketch
Dare 2 B Artzy Challenge - Dreaming of Flowers

Growing In Unity - Day 4

Hello.  Welcome.  This week I am Growing in Unity.  Are you are having as much fun as me.  What a blast!!  I hope you are getting a few ideas for maybe different ways to use your stamps and supplies.   I am certainly enjoying using some of those stamps that haven't yet seen ink.  Today I am keeping it one layer, and quite clean and simple, and also using a lot of colour, mixed media and a lot of stamps!!  Let me know what you think, cos I will be drawing two names from everyone who leaves comments on my Growing in Unity posts and you will get a fabtastic Unity grab bag.  

I used stamps from Unity Twinkle, Stay Classy, Bee Happy Hexagons, and a tiny butterfly stamp that came in a grab bag.  I stamped and embossed the girl from Twinkle and masked her.  Then I stamped the heart with the love text and the sentiment with black archival.  I took the hexagon stamp with the wood texture and stamped it with pale blue chalk ink.  I unmasked the girl and stamped the tiny butterflies twice on her top and then coloured with distress ink and Promarkers.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Don't forget to leave a comment and I'll be back tomorrow with more Unity inspiration.  Also the Unity Stamp Company is celebrating it's 10th birthday and there is a massive sale!  Massive!!  Everything is on sale!!!  Hop over and check it out.  Hugz

Joining the fun at

Butterfly Challenge 100 - Letter H All 7

Repeat Impressions DCC52 - Single Layer Cards

Calling All Sistahs 12 
Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge - One Layer 
Penny Black and More May Challenge - Anything Goes 

Growing In Unity - Day 3

Hello.  Welcome.  This week I am Growing In Unity.  Leave a comment on all these posts this week for a chance to win one of two Unity Stamp grab bags that I will be giving away.  Today I have made a more masculine style card using stamps from Being Who You Are

I used kraft and blue card and Archival ink Potting Soil, gold embossing powder and a blue Promarker.  I stamped the clock image using the archival ink on the background layer.  Then I stamped, embossed and fussy cut it on blue card and added some colour with the Promarker.  I stamped the sentiment on kraft card and used a couple of mats to add interest and dimension.   I used a Creative Expressions die to cut the stitched layers.

Thanks for dropping by.  Don't forget to leave a comment and I'll be back tomorrow with more Unity inspiration.  Also the Unity Stamp Company is celebrating it's 10th birthday and there is a massive sale!  Massive!!  Everything is on sale!!!  Hop over and check it out.  Hugz

Joining the fun at

Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge Weeks 334-335 

Penny Black and More May Challenge - Anything Goes 

The Artistic Stamper Creative Team Challenge - Backgrounds
Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies 
Paperbabe Stamps Challenge 72 - Anything Goes

 

Growing In Unity - Day 2

Hello.  Welcome.  This week I am privileged to be Growing in Unity.   I would like to thank Unity for this wonderful opportunity, and I'd like to thank you for hopping by and checking out my creations featuring Unity stamps.  At the end of this week I will draw two names of people who leave comments on my Growing in Unity posts and they will each get a 25 stamp grab bag from Unity Stamp Company.  Is that awesome or is that awesome??!!!!  

Here's my card for today using stamps from Better With Age and a sentiment from Time to Enjoy Life

I had some free papers arrive the other day with a magazine and instead of saying 'Oooh, pretty' and putting them in my miscellaneous papers file I decided to take a bold step and use them!!  I used a sketch from Scrappelyst and paper pieced the thistle in a vase from the Better With Age stamp kit.  The image actually shows the stem, so it's a glass vase, but I wanted a more ceramic look so masked off the stem and the extra water line.   Don't ask!!!!  I stamped the flower, leaves and two parts of the vase on different patterned papers and fussy cut.  I stamped the heart and the arrow with flower images from the same set, fussy cut and coloured with Promarkers.  The stitched oval is a Sizzix die.

Thanks for dropping by.  Don't forget to leave a comment and I'll be back tomorrow with more Unity inspiration.  Also the Unity Stamp Company is celebrating it's 10th birthday and there is a massive sale!  Massive!!  Everything is on sale!!!  Hop over and check it out.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Scrappelyst Utfordring for Mai - Feiring
Double D May Flowers Challenge
Papercraft Challenges Challenge 11 - Flowers
Penny Black and More May Challenge - Anything Goes
Cupcake Inspirations Challenge 445

Growing In Unity - Day 1

Hello.  Welcome.  This week I am very pleased and excited to be Growing in Unity!!  This means that everyday this week I will be sharing a project featuring Unity stamps.  It also means that there is a chance for you to win a Unity Stamp Company Grab Bag !!  I have two to give away!!  All you need to do is leave a comment on each of my posts this week and on Monday I will draw two lucky winners.  So don't forget to leave a comment before you hop off!!  Here's my card for today.....

Keeping it simple and using stamps from Unity Never Be Afraid kit.   I started with a white base card.  I smeared some Mustard Seed distress ink on my craft mat, spritzed with water and pressed my card into the ink drops.  I did this until I had a pleasing array of splodges.  Have a cup of tea while it dries.  Or maybe coffee is your thing.  Then I decided to try something new.  I stamped the flower image with Iced Spruce distress ink.  Then I coloured with Promarkers.  I tried this out on a piece of scrap card first, cos I wasn't sure how this would go, but it worked perfectly.  The promarkers are semi-translucent so the distress ink shows through but no bleed!  Fab.  I stamped the sentiment with black archival.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Don't forget to leave a comment and I'll be back tomorrow with more Unity inspiration.  Also the Unity Stamp Company is celebrating it's 10th birthday and there is a massive sale!  Massive!!  Everything is on sale!!!  Hop over and check it out.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Pammies Inky Pinkies Challenge 1818 
Stamping Sensations May Challenge - Close to Nature 
CAS-ual Fridays Challenge 198 - April Showers Bring May Flowers 
Double D May Flowers Challenge
Crafters Castle Challenge 5 

 

One More Bunny and Winners

Hello.  Welcome.  A big huge thank you to everyone who hopped along with my bunny themed birthday, everyone who sent me birthday wishes, birthday cards, birthday presents, and all those who made a card and linked up to my linky.  And an extra big thank you to my very generous sponsors.  You all made it a very special celebration for me.  

THANK YOU

Well, I had to share just one more bunny.  A clean and simple birthday card using stamps from Unity Sweet Thoughts of Spring and Better With Age.

So here's what you have all come for.  The winners!!  I used mr Random and he picked the following lucky numbers...

Bonny Bunny stamp sponsored by Rubber Dance

#14 Suzanne H  arrived!

Winning Hare and Crowned Bunny stamps sponsored by Crafty Individuals

#10 Dawn T  on it's way.....

#8 Roni  on it's way.......

Easter Bunny Egg Die and Cupcake Party stamps sponsored by Poppy Stamps

#5 Greta  on it's way...

 
Your choice of any instock £4 stamp sponsored by Uniko

#25 Fikreta  arrived!

Thanks so much for my amazing sponsors for these prizes

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I also have a few bunny themed items to give away....

Fuzzy Lemon New Baby die

#9 Bibi  arrived!

Hare Amongst the Trees stamp

#12 Janis  arrived!

Uniko Some Bunny stamp

#4 Jane

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All the winners please leave a comment on this post so I know you have seen it and contact me at craftynomad at gmail dot com with your address and I will dispatch your goodies or pass your details on to my sponsors as required.

Thanks for dropping by.  Come back tomorrow when I will start my Growing in Unity week.  All week I will share one project a day featuring Unity stamps and two lucky people who leave comments on my posts will each win a grab bag of 25 Unity stamps!!  Hugz

Bunny is joining the fun at

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Animal Magic
Paperbabe Stamps Challenge 72 - Anything Goes
Joy Clair May Challenge
Repeat Impressions DCC52 - Single Layer Cards