Travel Expands The Mind

Hello Nomad friends.  I hope you have had a happy Halloween, if you are into that sort of thing.  October has been a bit of a challenging month for me but I am hoping for a more gentle handling from November.  In Norway that's the month to celebrate Dad.  Unfortunately mine is no longer here but I decided to make a father's day card and celebrate all the dads. 

 

 

I used a panel of black card, embossed with Cuttlebug Arrows embossing folder and smeared with Antique Linen distress oxide, mounted on a dark blue card base. Added a layer of ripped corrugated card with an Aall and Create die cut, both smeared with Salty Ocean distress oxide. I stamped the Aall and Create crow on white card and fussy cut him. Far (dad in Norwegian) is letter stickers and Hurra for deg sticker both from Papirdesign. A few wooden stars and done! 

 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

 

Joining the fun at
Allsorts Challenge Week 700 - Let's Celebrate
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

 

 

 

 

Catoglyphs

 Hello Nomad friends. Only 2 more sleeps til the big night bwahaahaahahaaaa.  I'm over at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity today with some mummy fun.

I hope you have been enjoying the spooktacular projects from the team.   If you haven't had a chance to see them all then grab some candy and scroll down.  It's a Treat!!!!

Here's Mummy, sitting in his favourite place in the crypt with a couple of feline friends.

 

I used a piece of grungy card for my base and stamped Lost Coast Designs Flagstone Background with grey archival ink.  I stamped Lost Coast Designs ATC Many Cats on a piece of the grungy card with Sepia archival ink and added it to the tomb decor.  Mummy and the Cats were stamped and fussy cut and I used some Dirty Sand embossing powder to give them somewhere to be. 

 

Remember you also have two challenges on the blog to choose from so link up your makes for a chance to win.  We are also one of the sponsors of the Cat Lovers Hop, so another chance to win lovely Lost Coast Designs stamps this month.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

 

Joining the fun at
2022 Cat Lovers Hop
Crazy for Cats Challenge 1 - Anything Cat
4 Season Challenge 61 - Huisdieren

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Country View Challenge - Halloween or Harvest

 

 

 

Cats, Trees and Coffee

Hello Nomad friends.  Hope your days are going well.   I have a little inspiration for you today for the Let's Squash It! Trees and Leaves challenge.  There are some beautiful entries in the gallery so do hop over and check em out and I hope you get a chance to join the fun.  It's also the Cat Lovers Hop and Lost Coast Designs have a Cats and/or Dogs challenge so I grabbed Carmen's Veranda Peekaboo Cat and fun sentiment to finish it all off.

I've used sizzix Woodgrain embossing folder and some Tea Dye distress for contrast.  

Hope you have time to join some of these fun challenges.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
2022 Cat Lovers Hop
Crazy for Cats Challenge 1 - Anything Cat
Paperbabe Stamps Challenge 179 - Anything Goes
4 Season Challenge 61 - Huisdieren

Cheshire Cat Keyring

Hello Nomad friends.  Today it's the start of the 2022 Cat Lovers Hop and Lost Coast Designs is proud to be one of the sponsors this year.   I used Lost Coast Designs Cheshire Cat and shrink plastic and made a keyring,

Isn't he cute!!!!

Here's the original size stamped image and my shrunken cat keyring!!!

 

Remember you have two challenges over at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity to choose between, so link up your makes for a chance to win! Don't forget to check out all the spooktacular projects from the Lost Coast Designs team.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
2022 Cat Lovers Hop
Country View Challenge - Halloween or Harvest
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Spooky
Allsorts Challenge Week 699 - Colours of Autumn

 

Ghost Cat

Hello Nomad friends.  I am starting to feel more 'ooman.  We decided it was probably the big C when everything starting tasting weird.  Except chocolate!!!  I think chocolate tasted OK!!!   It's gonna be a while before I trust myself again with beetroot though.......   Well, somehow we got to the middle of the month and I'm peddling fast to try and catch up.   I decided to keep this one black and white and since we have just opened a new challenge at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity I added a cat.

Lost Coast Designs Z-Sassy fitted perfectly on Lost Coast Designs Goth Shrine ATC which I stamped on white card and then added some black paint splats.  I stamped Z-Sassy on the panel, to get the details, then stamped again on a scrap of white card and fussy cut her.  I stuck the fussy cut cat in place, stamped the sentiment and layered it on a black panel and put the whole thing on a black card base.  Done!

Remember you have two challenges to choose between now so link up your makes for a chance to win! 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Allsorts Challenge Week 698
Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge - Anything Halloween
Country View Challenge - Halloween or Harvest

Fashionable Frank

Hello Nomad friends.  Have you seen all the Halloween fun, frights and frolics over at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity?   The team is posting every day this month and the big day is approaching apace.  Do hop over and check out all the faboolous projects and leave a little love.  Halloween is close to our hearts and I would love it if you could just leave a comment or two to show your appreciation of all the amazing inspiration this awesome little team share all year.

 

I wheeled out Frank and he's getting ready for a big entry!!!  I used Carmen's Veranda Staircase and the background is Lost Coast Designs Concentric Circles stamped with Memento Desert Sand ink.  I gave the staircase a Pumice Stone and Mustard Seed distress ink wash and added Lost Coast Designs Frank, fussy cut and coloured with distress markers.  To finish I used the last line of Carmen's Veranda Witches Go Riding sentiment.

 

 

Hop over, join the fun and link up your Halloween inspired projects.  Anything related to the season, spooky, fruity, fun, scary or cute.  Real rubber or clear stamping and the theme must be the focus of your project. 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Allsorts Challenge Week 697 - AG Opt Monochrome
Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge - Anything Halloween
Country View Challenge - Halloween or Harvest

Working With Dogs

Hello Nomad friends.  Time for a new challenge at Let's Squash It! and this month we want you to use you embossing folders and include Trees and Leaves.  I used an embossing folder that I fell in love with when it was released.  I resisted, cos I like a bargain, but while I was in the UK I saw and and knew it needed to come home with me.   I love scenic folders.  They make such easy cards.  So I ran it through my bigshot with some silver mirror card and, well, what more does it need!!!!!!  OK, maybe a little sentiment and a bit of a mat and a card base.  But really, what more does it need????

This reminds me of a place my sister took me and da dog for a walk.  The bridge was a bit flatter and I don't remember lilies in the river, in fact it was very low at the time, but the trees hung down and I am sure little dog is around here somewhere.....

Ah, there he is.  I think it works with or without the dog but isn't he cute!!!!  This is Penny Black Doggy Treat stamp. 

Hop over to the blog, check out the awesome makes from Jo and our fabulous guest and don't forget to join the fun!   See you there.

 Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Allsorts Challenge Week 697 - AG Opt Monochrome
Penny Black Saturday Challenge October - AG Opt. Spooky
4 Season Challenge 61 - Huisdieren