Hearts and Baubles

Hello Nomad friends.  Gosh, the last of the month.  Maybe there is still time to join a last few challenges.  I made another Christmas bauble card and I've used Hunkydory toppers for the main image.  Perhaps I should set myself a challenge to use some of these every month.  Stay tuned...........

 

I used a silver base card and added a navy scrap panel embossed with a hearts embossing folder.  I found some silver scrap and cut with a bauble die and embossed with a sizzix christmas jumper type folder.  I used the bauble die to cut a hanger for the Hunkydory circle and arranged everything in an ascetically pleasing manner with some pretty wool strings.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Christmas Kickstart Challenge 94 - Bring the Baubles
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Have a Heart
ABC Christmas Challenge - A is for Anything Christmas
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes 
Papercraft Challenge 114 - Winter Wonders

Baiting Me Hook at Lava Lake

Hello Nomad friends.  Sometimes I can't be bothered to wait for the paint to dry and I ended up with a very interesting, albeit rather volcanic looking background.  But dragons like it toasty so it seemed the perfect place for this fishing fellow.

I started by brayering red acrylic paint onto some photo paper and when it was nearly dry I sponged on some grey acrylic onto a rays stencil and pressed it into the red paint.  Interesting effect and texture when I peeled the stencil off.    I stamped Whimsy Stamps Fishing Dragon on white card, coloured with Promarkers and fussy cut.  Then I added a Memory Box Happy Birthday chippy.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Lunar New Year Challenge January 2025
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Funny/Punny
Kaartjes Inspiratie Challenge 202 - Use a Mask/Stencil
Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes 683-684
De Egel Challenge 196 - Men

It's a Cracker

Hello Nomad friends.  Had a few new goodies for christmas.  Finally got a cracker die.  This one is from John Next Door and makes a small hexagonal cracker, which is quite roomy.  Or should that be spacey???  No rooms involved, only space??  Easy to use and a fun result.  I gave it a go with some Pink Ink papers and some Hero Art stamps and dies.

Aren't they adorbs.  I went with his and hers colours and used some sparkly foiled ribbon to tie the ends.  I used Hero Arts Snowy Drifts fancy die to cut the background tree scene and then Hero Arts Jingle All the Way stamps with matching dies for the deer and sentiments.  Cute!!!  Now to find a cracker box to  store them in........

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Stay Crafty With A Blog Named Hero Challenge - Those Were The Days December 24 Deck the Halls
ABC Christmas Challenge - A is for Anything Christmas and B is for Buildings
We Love Stamping Challenge - Not Square opt. AG
The Outlawz Challenges AG in Card Free Zone
The Outlawz Challenges January Linky

Break The Rules

Hello Nomad friends.  I've made a card using predominantly Funky Fossil products.

I used a scrap of Good Vibes paper to cover the rhs of the card base.  I stamped the tree from The Poetry of Trees on Feeling Groovy paper using black archival and silver powder embossed.  The silver didn't stick everywhere and I decided that was OK and fussy cut the image.  I stamped some other elements from the Trees set on the same paper and die cut them.  The sentiment is from Midnight Feathers.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Allsorts Challenge 815 - Close to Nature
Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes 683-684

Catching UFO's

Hello Nomad friends.  Happy Sunday.  Hope you have had a wonderful day.  I haven't done so much, but I did get into the craft room and finish a couple of UFO's.  The first one has been waiting on me finding a particular die that had vanished.  Turns out I was looking for a thin die stack set and this one is actually a bigz die.  That made my idea a little bit more tricky but I sorted it out in the end........

This is my third entry for the Crafty Individuals black and white challenge.  I stamped the background stamp on white card and cut with the star die.  Then I backed the star panel with a black card panel cut slightly larger.  I stamped the Sea Turtle, fussy cut and added him to the card. 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Scrappelyst Utfordring for Januar- Gamle Skatter old stamp and dies
Allsorts Challenge 815 - Close to Nature
Crafty Individuals Challenge - Black and White

Dragon Bright

Hello Nomad friends.  Birthdays on the horizon.  Made a bright and beautiful card using Memory Box dies and this very cute dragon from Sweet November.

I used an orange card base and die cut a burnt orange frame using Memory Box Palace Oval Frame.  The dragon was stamped on a painty scrap and fussy cut.  I added a little extra orange to highlight his spines, horns and face.  I used another scrap cut with a Waffle Flower postage die under the Memory Box Happy Birthday chippie.

Room for two so stay tuned for more dragon action.......

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Memory Box Challenge 115 - Happy Birthday
Lunar New Year Challenge January 2025
Snippets Playground Challenge 498
Scrappelyst Utfordring for Januar- Gamle Skatter old stamp and dies
Seven Hills Crafts Colour Challenge
Allsorts Challenge 815 - Close to Nature

December Card Chain Challenge Reveal

Hello Nomad friends.  Don't Panic!!!!  Today is obviously not the 2nd of the month, but since my brain malfunctioned last month and I forgot to take a picture of my card, and since it seems said card has been partying somewhere between here and Texas, I am just really late with my reveal.  Anyhoo, here it is, finally with Patricia in Texas.  Thanks for sending the pic Patricia.

I used this wonderful Impression Obsession stamp, added a little colour, die cut with a fancy edge die and added some little foiled stars.  I've always thought this image is hilarious cos I assumed the little house is an outhouse.  I should think if you are flying around in an open sleigh in the middle of winter you would need to go before you go......    Off to add this one to the reveal.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Scrappelyst Utfordring for Januar- Gamle Skatter old stamp and dies
ABC Christmas Challenge - A is for Anything Christmas and B is for Buildings
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Fun With Foil
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Funny/Punny
Seven Hills Crafts Colour Challenge
Allsorts Challenge 815 - Close to Nature