Talk Nerdy to Me

I'm a nerd. 

Definitely a book nerd (although technically, I suppose I'm a story nerd as most of my reading is done on a Kindle these days). 

A Jane Austen nerd.

A bit of a Shakespeare nerd.

A Funko Pop bobble-head nerd (he he).

A touch of a sci-fi nerd.

And, of course, very much a craft nerd.

So it'll come as no surprise that today's card - a very simple one from a set I've had for a few years - is on the nerdy side of the spectrum. The stamp set is one of those you don't use often but can't bear to get rid of, you know what I mean? Anyway, the argyll patterned paper in the Country Club DSP immediately brought nerdy things to mind and even though I left this card idea floating around in my brain for some time without doing anything about it, it wouldn't let me go until I sat down and made the damn thing up, lol. So here it is for you, a small outpouring of my inner nerd.

Materials used:

• stamps - Smarty Pants by There She Goes 
• card - basic grey, whisper white, basic black, Country Club DSP
• other - stitched rectangle framelit, Big Shot, craft foam, Stamparatus

Hope you're having a nerdtastic day. Thanks for dropping by.

Cheers

Kez

Less Is More Humour

Making a clean and simple card can be a hard task for me - few layers, few embellishments and lots of white space - so occasionally I like to do a CAS challenge. Over at Simply Less is More this week their challenge theme is humour and as I have rather a well-rounded ... umm ... zany .... oh ok, it's a warped sense of humour, this rather appealed to me!

I chose this gorgeous Mo Manning image and teamed it with a SU sentiment that I thought went rather well. I had lots of fun with one of my favourite things - watercolouring - and kept my card very simple so this amazing lady would take centre stage!

Materials used:

• stamps - Jill is Two by Mo Manning, Smarty Pants by SU
• card - watercolour, so saffron, wisteria wonder
• other - aquapainter, inks, markers, stamp-a-ma-jig

Isn't she precious? Oh, that look takes me back a few years to when my girls were little! LOL!

Why not pop over to the challenge blog and have a look at some of the other entries - it will give you a good laugh!

Thanks for dropping by.

Cheers
Kez

My Own Little Nerds

Wikipedia tells me that:

A nerd (adjective: nerdy) is a person, typically described as being overly intellectual, obsessive, or socially impaired. They may spend inordinate amounts of time on unpopular, obscure, or non-mainstream activities, which are generally either highly technical or relating to topics of fiction or fantasy, to the exclusion of more mainstream activities. "Nerd" is a derogatory, stereotypical term, but as with other pejoratives, it has been reclaimed and redefined by some as a term of pride and group identity.

Both of my girls proudly claim to be nerds and they do fit some of the definition for sure:

• both very intelligent
• both love Sci Fi such as Dr Who, Serenity, Dune, Dollhouse
• both love classics such as Shakespeare, Austen, Bronte and Wilde (definitely non-mainstream)
• both love fantasy such as Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, Song of the Lioness
• both loving learning Auslan (Australian Sign Language)
• both wear dark rimmed glasses

So when I saw a stamp set released that celebrates nerds, I just HAD to get it! The images are gorgeous and the sentiments that go with it hilariously appropriate!

This one was cased from Jenny Peterson and is for DD14:

Materials used:

• stamps - Smarty Pants by There She Goes clear stamps
• card - summer starfruit, soft suede, midnight muse, watercolour, Comfort Cafe dsp, very vanilla, summer starfruit patterned paper
• other - ticket corner punch, spiral punch, midnight muse ribbon, dimensionals, aqua painter, markers

And DD20's card uses the Halloween papers that to me look very similar to Burberry's classic check:

Materials used:

• stamps - Smarty Pants by There She Goes clear stamps
• card - basic black, very vanilla, tangerine tango, watercolour, Howlstooth and Scaringbone dsp
• other - aqua painter, markers, dimensionals

I hope if you have nerds in your house that they celebrate their uniqueness too!

Thanks for calling in.

Cheers

Kez