Heartland Christmas

Hello Nomad friends!  I am over at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity with some final inspiration for our Christmas In July Challenge.  It's nice to see so many of you joining us this month.  There is still time to do some stamping and join the fun.  Linky closes 23.59 PST tonight!

 

I've used a white slimline panel and stamped Lost Coast Designs Hearts and Curls Border and Merry Christmas with cobalt archival ink.  I cut around the two hearts at the bottom of the panel and slid a strip of silver glitter paperbehind the two cut hearts.  Then I stamped, coloured and fussy cut Carmen's Veranda Reindeer Doll.  Isn't she cute!!

 

Don't forget to check out all the awesome inspiration from the team, link up your makes for a chance to win.

 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
52 Weeks to Christmas Juli Challenge
Papercraft Challenge 84 - Christmas in July
ABC Christmas Challenge - O is for Old stamps, oldies but goodies
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Travelling Man

Hello Nomad friends.  Wheeeeeeeee!

Well, Christmas in July and all that jazz!!!!   I used a gorgeous gel print background Jo sent me.  Thanks Jo.  Then I just added a stamped sentiment and stamped, coloured and fussy cut Santa on skis from Power Poppy's Action Santa clear stamp set.  Wheeeeeeeeeee!

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Power Poppy The Blossom Challenge- Christmas in July
July Rudolph Days Challenge
Papercraft Challenge 84 - Christmas in July
Country View Challenge July - Travel

Snow Friends

Hello Nomad friends.  A little more Christmas for the merry month of July.  I've used CC Designs stamps and decided to try stamping my main image with Sky Blue archival for a little snow on snow effect.  The jury is still out.........

I managed to pick a blue Promarker for the bird that was the same colour as the lines and no line became blob!   I've done my best with a fine black pen to bring him back from the other dimension but he looks a little um.......  Well anyway, I've used the very sweet CC Designs Winter Snowman stamp coloured with Promarkers and a little distress marker shading.  I stamped CC Designs Plaid Background with Sky Blue ink and both panels with stitch dies.  The circle one is from the Works and the square one from Gummiapan.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Passion for Markers Challenge Week 650 - Something Beginning with B blue,bonnet,bobble,bird
Christmas Kickstart Challenge 64 - Show Us Your Snowfolk
Die Cut Divas Challenge - Christmas In July
Creative Fingers Challenge 236
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - For A Child

Vikings Love Cookies

Hello Nomad friends.  I am guest designing over at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers today where the new theme is M is for Masculine.  

Give that guy another cookie!!!!   

I used CC Designs Viking Kid and Evergreen Background stamps and the sentiment is from Carmen's Veranda.  They have so many cool sentiments.  

Joining the fun at
Creative Fingers Challenge 236
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - For A Child
We Love Stamping July Challenge
Ally's Angels Challenge 60
Paperbabe Stamps Challenge 172

Ho, Ho, Ho, Licensed To Jingle

Hello Nomad friends.  I felt the need to jingle this morning so I grabbed some DCWV scraps and some Stamplorations Christmas ephemera and three cards were born.  

I have a bag of DCWV Pet Stack 8 x 8" scraps cos they are just too nice to throw away.  I selected some strips that weren't too cat/dog orientated and arranged them in an ascetically pleasing manner.  I ended up with a 12 x 20cm panel so I decided to make two small cards using these pretty paper ephemera from Stamplorations.  The sentiments were found in the already stamped bag and added.  Quite like these two cuties. 

If you can't zoom, clicking on the pics should make them bigger.

 

Then this happened........

Again, DCWV paper scraps, but I mixed in an oriental scrap for the plum center piece.  I had this crazy lime/brown dots circle cut so decided to chop it in half and add it either side of the plum rectangle.  Love this cute couple in the car and the sentiment came out of the already stamped bag. 

 Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Country View Challenge July - Travel 3rd card
Allsorts Challenge Week 685 - Christmas In July
Papercraft Challenge 84 - Christmas in July
Snippets Playground Challenge 432 - Christmas in July

Christmas Craft Creations July Challenge - Patterned Paper
For an extra chance to win at Christmas Craft Creations, comment on the challenge post and say ionabunny sent you if you haven't played there before, then we both get an extra chance at winning! 

Ways To Fly

Hello Nomad friends.  I have a little inspiration today for the current challenge at Let's Squash It! where we want you to Keep It CAS.  Any embossing folder and a Clean and Simple creation.  I am a big fan of clean and simple and embossing folders can add a real wow to a simple design.  I decided to combine nature and technology and used part of Cuttlebug's Bird Call embossing folder in a slimline format. 

I've used a cream DL card base and cut a white panel with Mama Elephant Scallop Stitch Slimline die.  US slimline and A4 sizes are different from european ones, but this die is easy to line up and shorten the panel to make it fit my base.   I stamped Stamplorations plane and sentiment from the Born to Roam set with black archival.  Then I embossed the top part of the Bird Call folder.   Remember, it's easier to stamp first and then emboss......

I hope you get a chance to join our Keep It Simple challenge.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

 

Joining the fun at
Kaartjes Inspiratie Challenge 169 - Vervoersmiddel
Country View Challenge July - Travel

Framed

Hello Nomad friends.  It's the 15th of the month so time for a new challenge at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity and we want you to get your jingle on!   Yes, we are joining the Christmas spirit which appears to be suffusing blogland.  It's Christmas in July and the team are rocking it out of the manger so do hop over to the blog and check out the inspiration creations.  I decided to keep it simple, cos as with life, sometimes keeping it simple is good, and I used Carmen's Veranda Snow Cowboy.  Yee haw!!!!!!!

Isn't he adorable!!  I used Lost Coast Designs Small Snowflake set and Salty Ocean distress ink and stamped a sheet of white card.  I used Paper Roses Stitched Rectangle Frame dies to cut it and then I blended more blue ink over the centre panel.  I stamped the Snow Cowboy with black archival on white card, fussy cut and added him to the card.  The Merry Christmas is from Lost Coast Designs Party Words stamp set.  

I hope you have time to join the Christmas in July fun if you are working on xmas projects.  We accept any type of project as long as it features the theme and real stamping.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Christmas Kickstart Challenge 64 - Show Us Your Snowfolk
Die Cut Divas Challenge - Christmas In July
Lift Challenge 171
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Make Your Own Background
Dies R Us Challenge 197 - AG