Monday 18 March 2024

Riverside Beauty

Hello Nomad friends.  A bit of a grey day here today so I decided to brighten myself up with some lovely spring colours.  I am offering this as inspiration for the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity Let's Fly challenge.  Plenty of winged things here.

 
I've used Lost Coast Designs lovely Kingfisher stamp with Flagstone Background and Thinking of You sentiment.  I partially cut the panel I stamped the Kingfisher image on and did some tone on tone stamping on my yellow base card.  I water coloured the image using distress inks. 

You have until 23.59 PST on the 31st to join the Let's Fly fun and don't forget to follow us so you don't miss anything!  The team will be posting more inspiration throughout the month so do pop over and see what they are doing.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz
 

Sunday 17 March 2024

Santa Seminar: The Importance Of Snow

Hello Nomad friends.  It's time for a Santa Seminar!!!   I'm playing with sizzix papercut santa and today he is expounding the virtues of snow.   If you want to see more santa wisdom click on the Santa Seminar label for previous posts where Santa has stolen the podium. 

In honour of the day he's gone green and scrappy with snowflakes.

I investigated scrap mountain and dug out a goodly selection of green patterned paper scraps.

I pieced together a scrappy background and then embossed it with Simon Says Stamp Faceted Snowflakes embossing folder.  I trimmed it and added it to a white card base.  I found a strip in the scrap pile that had almost the whole Merry Christmas printed on it and added it to the base of the card.  Santa is die cut from various patterned green pieces and scraps of white, black and gold.   I used a green foil scrap and a sizzix die to cut the snowflake Santa is holding up.  Jolly Ho Ho Ho.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Santa is joining the fun at
52 Weeks to Christmas Challenge Februari
Christmas Kickstart Challenge 84 - Get Your Grinch On!
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - A Bit O'Green
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - A Bit O'Green
ABC Christmas Challenge - E is for Embossing
Christmas Craft Creations March Challenge- Designer Paper



Friday 15 March 2024

The Birds Say It's Spring

Hello Nomad friends.   I am feeling the Spring.  Maybe being too hopeful but where there's hope......  I've gone all green and avian with my inspiration for the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity challenge where we are saying LET'S FLY!!  I am already seeing birds carrying sticks and carrying on!!

I've used Lost Coast Designs MRaven1, Grunge Border 2" and Travel Quotes stamps.


I split the Grunge Border and stamped the two pieces above each other using a variety of Distress inks.  Then I smeared Twisted Citron randomly to fill in some of the white spaces.

I stamped and black embossed the Raven and added some distress marker colour.  I stamped the sentiment on a scrap of white card and squiffy cut it.

'Try everything once
then try it again
Somewhere else
'

More signs of spring!!  This is Beardy with her chick Holly, who hatched 3 days ago.  Only one, but what a proud mum!!!!!

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Time Out Challenge 259 - Birds Of A Feather
Just Us Girls Challenge 718 - Birds Of A Feather
Stamping Sensations Challenge - Spring opt AG
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - A Bit O'Green
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - A Bit O'Green

 

Sunday 10 March 2024

Bunny Beautiful

Hello Nomad friends.  Me again.  It's bunny season!!!!   Well, a few scraps and I spotted this Papirdesign bunny die and it all seemed to come together, which is nice because I haven't had my all together for what feels like a long time!

I have a new box on my desk with panels in it and I found this lovely brown one embossed with clocks.  I also spotted this green orange corrugated bit with a wavy aperture and this pretty butterfly and flower scrap, which fitted perfectly after I cut a smidgeon off.  The fishtail banners were printed on a little bit of a scrap of patterned paper and I cut the bunny out of a bit of pizza box.  Gotta love a nice pizza box!!  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Bright and Cheerful
Allsorts Challenge Week 771 - Use Yellow
Die Cut Divas Challenge - AG
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Add a Sentiment
Snippets Playground Challenge 475

Hello Hello Hello

Hello Nomad friends.   Did you miss me??  I got lurgied!!   Twice!!!!!   Feeling much more ooman today.  Here's something to brighten our day.

I recently acquired a few sizzix animal die sets.  They seem to have quite a lot of these at the moment and certain animals caught my eye.  This fun bun looks so proud and love those huge ears.  I paired it with a Papirdesign sun die and went yellow. 

Hope you are all keeping well.  Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Bright and Cheerful
Allsorts Challenge Week 771 - Use Yellow
Die Cut Divas Challenge - AG
Kreativtanten Challenge 87 - CAS

Saturday 2 March 2024

Viking In The Fjords

Hello Nomad friends.  It's the second of the month and time for the Card Chain Challenge Reveal with a new product and a new addiction for me LOL.   I am a big Waffle Flower fan, right back to their beginnings when their quirky and unique designs caught my eye.  Now unless you are living under a rock you have probably seen the postage collage die being use all over the place and that's Waffle Flower and well done them for coming up with such a hot item.  Always lovely to see the little companies getting big support.  I am lusting after the postage collage series, which is difficult to source this side of the pond and going like hotcakes, but perusing their other products the layered stencils caught my eye.  Particularly the scenes. So I took the plunge and paid really money (as opposed to waiting for a sale) for a few of their products including Moon Bay layered stencil set.  This is my first attempt and I judged it good enough to use on this card.  Love it.  Had to consult with my muse (Jo) for what to do, because quite honestly it's so pretty with nothing else, and how could I have missed the fjord opportunities???????.........  Remedied the problem by pulling out MFT's I Vike You set.  I have since found other Viking stamps so stay tunaed.......

Here's the card I sent to Arlene in California

I think the sky is more blue and less moody in the real but I was having trouble with my colour levels.  My viking kept going green! so you will just have to extrapolate.  I followed the sketch, which required a skewed panel, and I could have done that differently so the horizon was more horizont, but it's too late once the glue is dry isn't it.  I also used the colour options, with a few additions and stencils, friendship and men in hats.  OK, men in hats wasn't an option, but maybe it should be!!!!   A few MFT sentiments and baby dragon, cos every viking had a dragon you know and a few die cut birds to finish.  

You can check out all the amazing cards that wizzed around the planet in February HERE

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Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Fur or Feather
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Allsorts Challenge Week 768 - Spring


Thursday 29 February 2024

Nyctea scandiaca

Hello Nomad friends.  Taking advantage of the last day of the month and sharing this lovely card made using Funky Fossil Signature Series Issue 1 layered stencil in a rainbow of colours and one of the lovely Midnight Feathers owl stamps.


Stencilling not perfect, but love the black and white image against the colourful colour blocks.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Fur or Feather
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Allsorts Challenge Week 768 - Things That Fly