Christmas is near

 

Lost Coast is here with one of the Christmas Gnomes for the

Cold and Frosty Theme this month.

I embossed this guy and coloured it in - added some sparkle.

Then he was fussy cut out.

The DSP I added some sparkle too then embossed the 

edges with gold

Tucked some gold threads behind the die cut saying

and my fussy cut Gnome

He was layered onto gold paper then the base card.

He is such a cutie !  makes a great Christmas Card.

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theme this month

Maybe win some new rubber from Lost Coast Designs.

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Made this great and easy birthday card using the 

‘Morn’in on the Farm’ stamp

Using my Versafine Clair ink I stamped it onto photo paper

Keeping it all in the black and white theme will be good for a masculine birthday card

The saying I used pieces from two different inside out sayings

Mix and Match!!!!  Worked perfectly

Bit of ribbon and done

 

Peace is Golden

 Welcome to my blog today

This month over at Lost Coast Designs the theme is

‘Cold and Frosty’

I chose a simple make, But hope to get the message across during this holiday season

Using one of the dictionary stamps - PEACE- It is embossed in gold onto 4 x 4 white card stock

With a gold wreath dye, cut to wrap around the words

Edges of the 4 x 4 are also embossed gold

Layered onto 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 quarter gold card stock

Then the card base is 5 1/2 x 5 1/2

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Hark!

 This Month at

Lost Coast Designs it is Cold and Frosty !!!

So for my first make I went with Silver tones 

For this card I stamped the Herald Angels

with Staz on black ink onto glossy cardstock.

The edges were all embossed in silver

Then wrapped on side with some silver threads.

Then I layered onto black cardstock that also had the

edges embossed in silver

  Then because I LUV layers - I layered onto silver cardstock

Then onto my base card which is also black with silver edges embossed 

Can't see it in the photos but added some sparkle to the Angel wings

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Happy Moments

 Hey thanks for stopping by

Today I am sharing a make I did for

Technique Junkies !!

Using your vintage stamp set

                        This is a book mark card !

How cool is that

On the back of the bookmark I stamp the Simply Enjoy 

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Love Gnomes

It's Gnome-Vember over at Lost Coast Designs this month !!!

So Continuing with our Gnome theme for the

month I have a couple of makes to share

First up is the Tulip Gnome

This card finished is 5 1/2 inches square

The portion where the gnome is is 4 1/4 inches square

I stamped him about a third of the way up and coloured him in

Then lightly sponged very light blue to make it look like he was standing on

a mountain,

Then I masked the gnome and the hill and added the yellow circle in behind

Masked that too and added some gold splatters

Sponged the edges in orange and added some sparkle to the heart and flower

and just a simple saying

Added black cardstock underneath to pop the image - and done !

Next Up ...

A couple of book marks.

One with Side Sign Gnome - the other from Mini Gnome set

Using a couple of old stencils for the back on the brown one 

Then the blue one I used the stencil back and front.

Nice and quick to make - and makes a nice little gift for

your bookworms

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Birthday Gnome

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Welcome to my blog today

Made this little card with one of the new gnomes from

Lost Coast Designs

Where we are Celebrating Gnome-Vember !!! 

I punched out a circle on the white cardstock then ran it through my embosser - Stamped the Gnome onto the circle and coloured him in.

stressed the edges.

Layered onto some blue DSP - offset the stamped gnome circle

bit of ribbon and a happy birthday.

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Lost Coast 

and maybe win some new stamps !!!

              HEY -here I am with my make with one of the new Gnomes !

                       from Lost Coast Designs

yep - a Santa one !  he is ssssoooo cute. 

So - Welcome to Gnome-vember

and lets have some fun !

What  I did is make a gift card holder card.

It's a standard size card.

Stamped the gnome onto a 2 inch circle of cardstock

layered onto some blue cardstock and stressed the edges

Layered the blue panel DSP onto silver cardstock

coloured in the Santa added some stickies on the hat and chimney

Added 3 layered snowflakes(blue and vellum) with bling in the middle

This card has side by side layer , left panel was cut at 2 1/2 inches

The remaining right side panel get taped or glued down around the edges

to make an envelope.

on the inside is where you can slide in your gift card.

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at Lost Coast Gnome-vember

Little Witch

31 Days of Halloween and it is day 27 

 Yep, here with my Little Gnome Witch make  

from Lost Coast Designs !!!

What is Halloween without a Witch???

So with this card I stamped the background with Tree Branches background stamp.

Then I inked a nice orange moon for the back ground.

The Gnome Witch on a Broom was embossed and fussy cut out.

Did put a wee bit of sparkle on the broom and hat.

The saying has a bit of cheesecloth in behind for some texture.

Almost coming to the end of the month.

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Quick card

 Welcome to my blog today

Sharing a quick card I made for my grandson

We have recently become penpals, he gets so excited when his mail arrives

So I used the Monkey Face from

  Carmens Veranda

And the Halloween saying from Technique Junkies

Mix and Match

Stencil in the background and done!!

Of course I had to send a wee treat with it lol

Christmas is coming !

 Oh Ya Christmas is coming real fast !

Here is another Christmas card, fairly quick to make from

Technique Junkies

(which is great especially if you are running behind)

Just used some holographic paper I had on hand and a die cut.

layered on with the new saying from the  

Cozy Christmas set of 7

and ta da 

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Floating Skull

 

31 Days of Halloween and it is day 18 

Another Halloween card for this months theme

At Lost Coast Designs.

For this one I used the Skull Crown Stamp and Spirit Saying

I had some nice black silvery looking paper in my stash.  So made the fun fold card with this..

I stamped the image on black cardstock then fussy cut it out. Then did the same onto a piece of vellum.

All in silver and black embossing powder.

The inside using one of my old stencils - just made the design in a black colour. 

As you can see one side of the fold has the Spirt stamp.  this was done with Versamark and perfect pearls.

I glued the skull together on the face so that the vellum wings would pop up a bit.  Added a bit of silver threads - and there you go.  Know anyone with their birthday on halloween????  this would make a great card for that too.

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Birthday card for him

 WOW !

Can’t believe he is 30!

Birthday Card for grandson using Tim Holtz stamps

 So lots of ripping and edge sponging and a few splatters

Hope he likes it

Ready to Pounce

This is day 12 of the 31 Days of Halloween

 my scary halloween card just wanting to burst out at you !!!!

First I want to say that this is one of our older stamps that sadly is no longer

available.  But thought some of you will have it and maybe wonder what to do with it

Well this was a fun make

Used some halloween paper I had laying around and right about centre I tore and pulled back 

the paper to make this.  Only want to take it as far as the image (no white space)

Layered the image, after I coloured in the eyes and nails.  in behind, then layered onto black cardstock with distressed edges.

Wrapped a bit of  string around to that it almost looked like the edges had cat hair caught !!!

You can definitely do this with any stamp !! 

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and maybe win !!

Meowy Catmas

 

This new stamps is sssooooo Cute

Meowy Catmas 

I coloured my image and used stickies on the lights

Gotta have some sparkle with Christmas right !

This guy just looks so happy being tangled in these lights LOL

Used some Christmas paper and a bit of ribbon to finish this off.

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Day of the Dead

 

                                                         It is day 3 of the 31 days of Halloween  

here is my first make of the month with the Halloween theme at  

Lost Coast Designs!!!

Everything haunted and scary this month bbbwwwhhhahahaha

I used the Persian Skull stamp for this one.

So, I stamped the image on cardstock, masked the head and did some black paint flecks/splatters.

Then on a piece of cheesecloth I stamped the image again.

carefully laid it over the original image and glued down lightly.

Used some black ink around the edges.

layered the image onto black cardstock - distressed the edges. 

A few butterflies and flowers, with a touch of black sickles in the middles.

((The wording I printed out on the computer))

Now its your chance to win - enter the Halloween Challenge

Be sure to enter your spooky make into our challenge this month

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New Release at Technique Junkies

 Whoo Hoo - another month and another

set of fun stamps from

Technique Junkies !!!

Today the first make this that I am sharing is 

Cozy Polar Bear stamp 

The background Is made with my watercolour powders

The bears were fussy cut out coloured in a bit on the scarfs and hats

then of course pom pom for the top of their Touques (aka as hats if you are not from Canada LOL)

Whole bunch sayings from the new Christmas set (7 of them)

And thought this one went well with the image.  The inside says

Thanks for popping by and be sure to check out all the makes

over at TJ Blog with my teammates

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Whoops !!!

 Welcome to my blog today !

Love this new stamp Whoop

(every time I read it I get that song stuck in my head - but that was  Whoomp there it is LOL)

I used some scrap paper for the back design - splattered with some gold from my Pesca pen - then layered all together

Next up is another I made using the Overlapping leaves background 

With this one I embossed on some wordy paper and fussy cut out one leaf

Layered on top of the embossed background

Thought this was more of a masculine looking card - would be great for birthday wishes

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Monkey Business

 Oh my gosh - this is one of my fav stamps from

Carmen's Veranda

And what a better time to showcase then our Animal theme monthly challenge 

First I stamped on 4 x 6 inch white cardstock and coloured in the eyes

Then with once of my stencils matched the eye colour to all the bubbles and inked the edges too

To finish the card I used part of a saying from Carmen's Veranda clear stamp words

'Never too Late'

So the final look !!

added a couple of clear blings

This would make a great post card too...

You have til the end of the month to add your make to the Animal Challenge !  You might win !