Goodbye June

Hello Nomad friends.  So that was June.  Hope if it's hot where you are that you are keeping cool and hydrated.  

I cut a cream panel with Stamplorations Double Stitch rectangle die and mounted it on a dark cream base card.  I stamped Stamplorations large Oriole and added a little Promarker colour.  Then I stamped two sentiments from Stamplorations Chikoo Goes Bananas set.

Thanks for dropping by.  See you in July.......  Hugz

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

Double Quarto

Hello Nomad friends.  Are you getting bored of my 'favourite fold of the moment'?  Well, I'm not.  A 20 x 20cm piece of patterned paper makes a pretty pentangular card that fits in a 15cm square envelope and it's perfect for a tag, gift card, or even a couple of tea bags.
Thanks for this new obsession Mrs A.
Today I made two!!!!!!

This one is for a friend.  All papers, dies, stamps and flowers from Papirdesigns.

The yellow scallop die cut circle is stamped with Hurrah, you have a birthday, and the blue one hidden behind the tea bags with lucky me to have a friend like you.  Love all those pretty butterflies.  This paper feels so fresh and summery.

Inside I used a couple of butterfly paper offcuts to make some corners and stamped the gift card for dinner at a restaurant.

Joining the fun at
Papirdesign Utfordring for Juni - Gave til Fest
Scrap the Rainbow Utfordring Juni - Pastell Farger
Butterfly Challenge 158 - P for Perriwinkle and Pairs (tea bags)
Allsorts Challenge Week 630 - Use Design Paper
Double D Challenge - Signs of Summer

I also made a Christmas card featuring snowmen.

 

 

Same fold and a couple of choco tea bags.  

 

Pretty design with the snowmen on the front and the presents on the back.  I also had a clipart page with this 6 sheet set so I snipped out a snowman and added him to my card.  Fun and easy.

Joining the fun at
June Rudolph Days Challenge
Unstampabelles Challenge 112 - Seasons and Seasonal
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 548
52 Weeks to Christmas June Challenge - Snowman
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Shabby Sheep

Hello Nomad friends.  The Do-All Kreatives challenge inspired me to dig out this fun animal stamp set from Flonzcraft and stamp some sheeps.

The pun was inspired by a fb challenge that wanted Shabby Chic with ripped paper and lace.  Ohhhhhh!  Chic!!!!  Actually these sheeps aren't too shabby.....   Baaaaaahahaahahaaaaahaaa.  Sorry, someone gave me fizzy wine and I think I may be experiencing a short circuit........ Never did understand shabby chic....
Dark grey base card and everything else is my favourite pale grey woodgrain designer card from Kort og Godt.  Sheeps stamped and fussy cut.  Sentiment panel ripped and mounted on white lace.   Happy Birthday stamp from Lost Coast Designs Party Words set.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Do-All Kreatives 54 - Gross und Klein
Paperbabe Stamps Challenge 147 - Anything Goes
Allsorts Challenge Week 630 - Use Design Paper
Friendship Challenge 66 - Happy Birthday
Stempelgarten Challenge 105 - Leben auf dem Bauernhof

 

Blue Cats and Rocket Rides

Hello Nomad friends.  I've been playing with some new to me dies from Creative Expressions.  I've wanted this Papercuts 3D The Cat's Whiskers die set for a while.  Really fun.  Here they are in blue.....

 

Mummy cat and baby cat.  So cute.  The small cat has two pieces either side that fold back and slot into the big cat, so it's freestanding, but folds flat to mail.  

Joining the fun at
Do-All Kreatives 54 - Gross und Klein

 

I also made this rocket card.  I used a dark grey card base and a pale grey panel cut with a stitch rectangle die.  The circles are negative cuts from the Solar Circle Background die and the rocket ship is part of the Industrial Chic Flying Santa die, without Santa, cut from a scrap of grey card.  Great emboss detail on this die and then I smudged with grey archival and used blue and red Promarkers.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Wisteria Summer

 Hello Nomad friends.  Today I am sharing a little more inspiration for our current challenge at Let's Squash It!, use a nature themed embossing folder and watercolouring.  Some gorgeous makes in the gallery already, but still plenty time to join the fun.

 I used a beautiful 3D folder from Sheena Douglas called Wisteria Wall.   I love the way Sheena tends to combine soft and hard elements together in her designs.  I am not really a flower person, but when I saw the riveted sheet background behind the lovely wisteria I just had to buy it.

I am so pleased how this turned out.  I smeared distress inks on my craft mat, spritzed generously with water, then I used my water brush with added bling to watercolour the embossed design.  The sentiment is a pre-printed strip from a Kort og Godt patterned sheet.  It says Good Friends are Worth Their Weight In Gold.  Too true.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hop over to Let's Squash It! for more details on how I made this card and for more amazing inspiration from Jo and our guest this month Marlena.  We hope you feel like getting squashy and splashy with us.  Linky closes last minute of the month so still plenty of time to sit in the shade and watercolour a masterpiece.  Hugz

 

Joining the fun at
Double D Challenge - Signs of Summer
Unstampabelles Challenge 112 - Seasons and Seasonal
Scrap the Rainbow Utfordring Juni - Pastell Farger
Allsorts Challenge Week 629 - Anything Goes

Hogging All The Gingerbread

Hello Nomad friends.  A little Christmas number tonight with Kort og Godt Pig.

I made a word block of a number of Christmas sentiment stamps, stamped and embossed with red powder.  Then I smeared on some Barn Door distress ink.  I cut the panel, added to a red card base and added the fussy cut pig.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Christmas Craft Creations Challenge - Heat Embossing
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 547
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Animal Antics

Pineapple Summer

Hello Nomad friends.  Feeling the heat.  Dreaming of pineapple.  I made this hot summer Inchie Twinchie background using Lost Coast Designs Grunge Border 2" and added Carmen's Veranda's Pineapple for some juicy relief.

Loving these hot summer colours.  Hop over to the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity for all the details and join the Inchie Twinchie Challenge fun!   See you there!!  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Stamping Sensations Challenge - I Love...... stretching my stamps, bold, bright colours and pineapple on hot summer days
Double D Challenge - Signs of Summer