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Friday, 25 July 2025

Thinking of You!

Time for our new Cut It Up Challenge
and looking for Monochromatic makes.


I started with cutting my tag and smooching it with
Turquoise Brushos. Die cut  my CUTplorations 
Flutter Zen 1 with the same for the bottom
butterfly die cut and white for the top.
Inked a piece of scrunched up seam binding
and attached to the tag.
As it looked a little flat I got out my
very old Iridescent Medium diluted with a touch of water
and sprayed each piece. Smooched the card stock
with the mop up from a wet one giving it a soft effect.
Added some blue glitter to the middle of the butterfly.
Sentiment is from Crafts4U (an Aussie Company)
Check out how the Team chose to create their
Monochromatic creations and join in
with yours to our Gallery.





One in a Million!

Today's post is for AAA Colourful Challenge
and is my second make





Circle stamps are inked with Tim's Distress inks
Floral stampings - AALL&Create using Versafine Claire inks
Added splatters, die cut and framed in yellow
on to coloured card base.
Sentiment is also AALL&Create.

This card is also heading off to The Sisterhood of Crafters

Thanks for visiting





Thursday, 24 July 2025

For Someone Special!

It's our ever popular Stencil Week at 
 Just Us Girls and our Host is Bobby


 
I recently bought some new texture paste
and anxious to try it out. After I created my background with
yes Gecko Green Magical's
I got out my ARTplorations Bloom Factory stencil
and covered it with a good coating of paste.
I love the raised effect.
I then heat embossed the matching BF flower from the
STAMPlorations stamp set with Zing Aqua,
curled it and added some matching flower soft.
Sentiment is from STAMPlorations Fluttery
on to a MF die. Corner rounded
and attached to white card base.
A big Thanks to our July Guest Donna
for sharing her amazing talents with us.

Sending this over to The Paper Fun Day Challenge







Sunday, 20 July 2025

Simple Things!

AAA Colourful have such a super colour challenge this month
and I got right in and created something so very different 
but so fun to make.




Details - Here.

I started with getting out my colourful gelatos
that haven't seen light for an age.
Rubbed them on to watercolour paper and
spread the colours around with my fingers.
Added more fun with Ranger Crackle Paste
with AALL&Create Stencil sprinkling with
WOW Shocking Pink Embossing Glitter
(a little hard to see the pink)
Die cut a couple of dies in bright yellow,
adding a popped white circle with AA sentiment
framed with yellow on to white card base to complete.
While I had those colours swanning around my head
I made another card but will see it a bit later.
Thanks for dropping in




Thursday, 17 July 2025

A Beautiful Day!

Hello and Welcome to my post for our 
Mood Board Challenge at Just Us Girls 
Our Host Carol M chose such a simple beauti
full of the wonder of Nature.



I certainly didn't have any trouble creating
my card with an abundance of pretty little punched flowers
in a variety of colours.
It was fun just punching all those flowers with
scraps of paper all over my desk.
Once I thought I had enough I cut out a circle
to place them around then the surround
with a leaf embossing folder from Kaisercraft.
With flowers and some small leaves completed
I added different colours of Liquid Pearls to the centres
and around my STAMPlorations sentiment.
Head over and see how our Guest Donna and the Team
created their  cardswith inspiration from that gorgeous mood boad.
I am sure you will  want to go and create yours and
 add to our Gallery.
See you there.




Following the Lead at AAA Cards...

Just doing a bit of browsing and clicked over from AAA Colourful Challenge
to theAAA Cards Blogspot and was drawn to their current challenge
Follow the Leader #294 so here's my lead from Kristan's card.





I love the use of script stamping. It adds so much to a CAS card.
Going pretty much with the same features as Tristan's card,
my background started with inking a SU Timeless Texture stamp
and the flower from 49andMarket Postcard from Paris
with Versafine Clair Morning Mist
then the script also from the same set
in Versafine Clair Nocturne (the inks do look very similar)
Die cut the Spellbinders Shapeabilities butterfly from a 
scrap shaving cream piece then embossed it,
 adding colour from Tim's Squeezed Lemonade
amd Fossilized Amber and a touch of Nuvo Glitter Gloss.
Attached to bright card base to complete.
Such a lovely CAS card from Kristen to follow.
Thanks for a super challenge. I so enjoyed adding to the Gallery.

Sending this CAS card over to
SCS Cards for their
July Challenge without the Beachy Theme.

 








Saturday, 12 July 2025

Live LIfe!

Today's post is for the current challenge at
A sketch challenge by Lisa.



I flipped my card to fit the MFT circles.
Once again using Lindy's Magical's
for my three circles and found some
itty bitty stamps that would fit nicely inside.
Inked with Versafine Clair Nocturne
(as is the background stampings)
Added some grungy images and sentiment
from AALL&Create to complete my sketch card.
Adhered to coloured card base.
Thanks for dropping in





Friday, 11 July 2025

'tis The Season!

 It's our Christmas in July Challenge at  Cut It Up


I cased THIS card I saw on Pinterest.
As I was on the same DT as the maker
Cornelia Wenokor I had the die and
a similar stamp.
I used CUTplorations Christmas Tree Die
a Spellbinder circle die and
inked the STAMPlorations 'this the Season stamp
in black on to kraft paper with
Versafine Clair Nocturne and heat embossed.
Inked up Tim's Festive Berries
also heat embossed.
Added some washi tape to the bottom and
finished with a red dew drop.
Head over and see what the rest of the team created
and hope to see you in our Gallery.



Thursday, 10 July 2025

Word Week at Just Us Girls

 Hello and Welcome to Word week at
Vicki is Hosting and chose WATER!




My cards aren't normally what you associate water with
but MO and JO got lost.
Just one of those times nothing wants to work and the
waste paper basket gets a workout.
Smooched background are Distress Inks.
The leaves on the first card are from STAMPlorations
 adding umteen stamped raindrops from
Carabelle Studio then with glossy accents.
Found an itty bitty stamp that worked with the leaves.
(It's Autumn in Australia)

The other card is from my bits box
and stamp is also STAMPlorations - 
Blossom Sprays 1 heat embossed
and partly bleached.
I found the Katzelkraft KTZ146
waterfall stamp and though it would work
heat embossed  cascading over the floral image.
Adding this sentiment 
as I needed a sympathy card for a neighbour.
Our Guest Donna and the Team however
 had no troubles creating fabulous water themed cards
for you to pop over and check out.
Be inspired and add yours to the gallery.

PS MO and JO returned so you will see
a bit more creativity from me again next week.