My New 'Favourite' Stamp and Stencil

It's Just Us Girls Day
Hello and Welcome.

Lisa is Hosting our Colour Week
choosing three that just blend together perfectly.

I recently purchased a stamp set that I have
had on my Wish List after seeing a gazillion
showcased all over the Web.
It's Visible Image - Creative Chaos
and thought what a perfect time to ink up
using Lisa's Colour Theme.

I also bought the stencil that I used on the background
called Two Tone
I randomly inked my background with
Tim's Cracked Pistachio Oxide and
Hickory Smoke Distress.
This was cut with a stitched die.
I heat embossed the flower with Zing Charcoal
and then smooched a second,
 fussy cut the top part and popped.
Added some black glitter to the centre and
Wink of Stella in clear and green.
Sentiment is from STAMPlorations
Adhered to grey card base.
Here is a close up -

Be warned - you will see lots more of this flower
from time to time.
Thanks for dropping in.
Pop over and see what Janet and the Girls created
for your pleasure and come join in the fun this week.
Hope to see you in our Gallery.
Till next time

Bloom and Grow Mixed Media for Random Arts

Hello and Welcome.

Today I am posting a little project I made for

Random Arts

Here is this month's Mood Board

All the details for joining in with

Prizes and Guest Spot are Here

I went with the bottom right side 

for my popsicle stick background

attaching them to heavy cardboard

gesso-ing and colouring with

Ranger Distress Grit Paste and a mix of

Prima Parisian Rosewood Powder,

Brusho's Sandstone and 

Lindy's Jolly Roger Red Spray.

Hessian was added to the background

with some die cut leaves which were waxed

with Art Alchemy Antique Gold.

Birdcage was painted with Art Alchemy 

Mermaid Sparkle Sparks and tied with

Prima Teal Wire.

Flowers are by Little Birdie

in colours to match the Mood Board.

The resin heart is waxed with Vintage Gold.

Tied a bow with some stray hessian bits

and finished with die cut sentiments

from ARTplorations.

As this is a simple project progress photos

were not needed. 

Products supplied by Random Arts are

Little Birdie Flowers

Prima Wire

Resin Heart

Tim Holtz Distress Grit Paste

Art Alchemy Vintage Gold Wax

Lindy's Jolly Roger Red Spray

Thanks for dropping in

For 'Someone Special'

It's Trend Week at Just Us Girls
Hello and Welcome to today's post.

Angie is Hosting and would like to see
Stacked Die Cuts.
So many ways to use our 'stacks of dies'
Just how will our Guest Janet
and the Team use them? Check them out.
Here's mine.

I did a similar card with dies not so long back
and decided to do another mixed bunch
with a hint of metallic colour
on my front flower using a scrap piece of DP
The poppy die cut in the background should have
had the centres removed to highlight it
but realized too late.
The side die cut is from Tim Holtz.
The sentiment - STAMPlorations.
This card has been sent to a special friend for her Birthday.
Added a gem to the centre of the front flower
and a tiny waffle bow on the floral spray,
a few Nuvo drops and finished by adhering to
SU card stock.

Thanks for dropping in.
Don't forget you could be our Chic of the Week
by entering your stacked die cuts to our Gallery
and be in the running to be our Guest in November.

It's all about the Tassel

Hello and Welcome to my Saturday post for
Just Us Girls

Vicki is our Host and has chosen

As it is a new month we have our new Guest
Janet Ribet from
https://swanlady-impressions.blogspot.com/
Welcome Janet - lovely to have you join us
 with your talents this month.
***
Now once in a while you get a challenge that
really stumps you!
Well this was it. What! just what! am I going to do here.
Luckily I had plenty of time to come up with something
and went searching at every stand at a craft show I went to
way back in June and found a somewhat suitable stamp set.
School/Gaduation sort of goes together right!
Here is my creation.

I virtually copied the colours from the
Graduation Stamp Set from Beccy Muir,
die cut it and added Stampendous Twinkle Glitter,
backed it with grey card stock then
some DP to match those bubbly bottles
onto white card base.
Pop over and see what our September Guest Janet Ribet
and the Team created.
Hope to see you in our Gallery.
Thanks for dropping in

#Shout out from Cornelia to enter the current challenge at
Day of the Month Card Club for their
Read a Book Day  Challenge.
This is a new one I hadn't heard of before.
Why not go and check it out for yourself
and join in their fun.

It's a Dressed Up Bottle

Hello and Welcome. It's time for our 

New Challenge at Creative Artiste Mixed Media

It's always Anything Goes so anything is possible

as long as we use multiple mediums in our project.

I have wanted to try decorating a bottle and

so this month it happened. 

I didn't want to go too big to start so

 played around with an empty beer bottle.
I have photographed it on top of a patchwork piece
my sister made for me.
It was only after I finished it I realized I had made my bottle
in the colours of her kitchen so will give it to her
when I visit her later in the month.
***
First job was to gesso it

then some stenciling from Stamperia

I didn't like the one on the right so
made another one using Tim Holtz Grit Paste

then painted it up with Art Alchemy Acrylic Paints in
Metallic Lime Green/Gold Rush/Fresh Orange

adding some coloured cheesecloth
and unfortunately a few of the photos
of the added flowers weren't very good.
Continued on after arranging them with sea shells
 and a few punched ferns
and Cosmic Shimmer gilding flakes in Autumn Leaves.
Tied some cotton around the neck of the bottle
and glued it down towards the flowers.
Randomly added some Art Alchemy Wax to the sea shells.
Here's a few close up photos of the finished bottle.

Pop over and see what my Team Mates created this month as

they are a very creative bunch.

Love to see you join us in our Gallery Here

I am sharing this project over at Bleeding Art
for their latest Mixed Media Challenge

Details are Here

I have a very special project in the making for next month
so pop back again won't you.

Thanks for dropping in

A Simple Tropical Climbing Orchid

Hello and Welcome to October! 

It's Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge Day

and we have an awesome Option for you this month.

It's Tropical and what's the perfect flower for the Tropics?

Orchids of course - and that is the way I headed here.

I received the beautiful SU Climbing Orchid stamp set

as part of an early birthday gift - so perfect timing.

The background is stenciled with

Little Birdie Frosty Fizz Embossing/Texture Paste

and when heated puffs up beautifully.

I then started on the orchids with

Wow Blush Embossing Powder and coloured them with

blending Lindy's Clam Bake Beige and Cape Cod Coral

on my glass mat and spraying with water. 

These were fussy cut and popped on to a

Memory Box Branch.

The leaves are inked with Tim's Oxide Pealed Paint

and the centres lightly coloured.

Had a bottle of shimmer left over so decided to add

a touch of colour to the background 

as I thought it needed a little something.

Sentiment is from the set.

Finished by adhering to coloured grainy card stock.

Pop over to Our Blog to see what the other Designers created

and come join in this month.

Love to see you in the Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in - till next time

Splish 'Splashing' Bold Colours

Hello and Welcome to Saturday's Post for

Just Us Girls with Sue as our Host this Wild Card Week.
This comes about when we have five Saturday's in the Month.

I took the word literally and went Wild with my Splashes!

Tim's Splatters stencil was the first thing I thought of
when I saw the prompt. Of course they have to be bright too -
 Fossilized Amber, Abandoned Coral and
Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide Inks.
Flicked a few water droplets and blotted for effect.
I recently purchased the Visible Image Bold Colour sentiment
which worked perfectly and embossed with
Lindy's Pumpkin Fiesta powder.
Cut this with a postage stamp die,
matted with bright yellow paper and
adhered to bright orange card base.

Pop over and see what Tristan and the Team
splashed on their cards and come join our Gallery this week.
Should be a fun one!
As this is the end of the month I want to thank Tristan
for being an amazing Guest.
We have all loved seeing your talents.

Thanks for dropping in