What's Trending at Just Us Girls!

I do love playing with Stencils and 

Bobby chose them as Host for Trend Week at

Just Us Girls

Inked background with Tim's Ox Inks,

stencilling heavily ARTplorations Bloom Reticulate

with Crackle Texture Paste.

Sentiments are from STAMPlorations 

Chevrons and Arrows.

Inked the edges, corner rounded

and on to white card base. 

Head over to Our Blog and

check out the fabulous makes from

Our Guest Cathy and the Team.

Hope to see yours there.

Thanks for visiting and commenting.

Winter Activities!

Time for our New Challenge over at

Christmas Craft Creations 

and our Theme is Winter Activities

I die cut my Cottage Cuts Scottie Dog on a Sled

twice - once for my black Scottie and red

for the sleigh.

Background is a mix of oxide inks and

Lindy's Milky Way White.

Die cut a circle for my scottie to ski on

heat embossing Stampendous Chunky White Enamel and

. Elizabeth Crafts Cool Diamonds for the snow.

Added some long neglected snowflake stickers

and the Merry Christmas sentiment.

Attached to white card base.

Head over and see what the rest of the

Talented Designers chose for their Winter Activities

and come join in with yours in our Gallery.

Thanks for visiting

Thinking of You 'Sister'

Today's post for The Sisterhood of Crafters

is a pretty special one for me. 

The theme chosen by Sistah Darlene is

SUNFLOWERS!

This card was made while thinking of my sister who loved sunflowers.

My background is randomly stencilled with grit paste,

die cuts in black and kraft.

Sunflower from STAMPlorations was inked in black

 and heat embossed, coloured with Lindy's Magical's

 and Nuvo Shimmer Powders and fussy cut.

 Dotted the centre with gel pen.

Sentiment is from Krafts4U

Corner rounded, matted in black and on to kraft card base.

***

The painting below was made for my Sister so she could see them

every time she looked out her kitchen window.

These sunflowers were from a field close by where she lived.

I also now have one dried and framed in my kitchen.

Head over and see what beautiful sunflowers 

my Sistahs created for your pleasure

 and I am sure our Gallery will be full of colour and blooms.

Thanks for visiting and always love reading your comments.

Happy Little Stampers Stencil Time

 Hello and Welcome to today's post for

Happy Little Stampers

Happy to be back with the Design Team creating for

 The Stencil Challenge.

I went rummaging through my bits box

to see what I could find and came across

the piece I used above.

Products used are - 

Lindy's Magical's,Tim Holtz Distress Grit Paste,

Clear Scraps Chevron Stencil,

AALL&Create Stamp, TH Wildflower Die,

unbranded dies, Cheesecloth, 

Sentiment from STAMPlorations

MFT die, SU card stock.

Head over and check out what the Design Team

created and join in with your Stencil Project.

Thanks for the visit.

Don't forget to FLY!

Vicki is Hosting our Word Challenge at

Just Us Girls  and our Gallery is going to be 

'Full of wonderful butterfly creations'

It's our first for August and that means we have a 

New Guest Designer. 

So happy to have an 'Aussie' and it is

Cathy Roffey. Check out her blog Here 

Welcome Cathy.

We all love making butterfly cards don't we???

With so many choices of what to use and how

I decided to stencil (AALL&Create) my background

with Tim's oxides then put it back 

and stencil again with Opaque Crackle Texture Paste
Adding a bit of background stamping for interest.

I die cut my Kaisercraft butterfly then

covered it with Black Brusho's

which has given it  subtle blue tones.

I then added Transparent Gloss

which gave it a nice sheen.

Slightly popped it after adding the sentiment from

Tim's Small Talk.

'Fly' over and see what our Guest Cathy

and our Amazing Designers created

and I am sure you will want to add yours

to our Gallery this week. 

You could be our Chic of the Week and

and chosen as our Guest in October.

Thanks for visiting and commenting.

Mixed Media Time at Creative Artiste

It's time for our new Anything Goes Challenge at

 Creative Artiste Mixed Media

This is a Mixed Media piece that just came together

as I went along with nothing specific in mind.

 It began by inking the background with

a variety of Lindy's Magical's, lots of

Nuvo Shuimmer Powders and stencilling

from AALL&Create

with AA Metallic Gold Rush paint.

The butterfly is from Kaisercraft and

was sitting on my workbench.

Lots of additions that I forgot to photograph -

some of these items are chipboard, cheescloth,

more stencilling, art stones.

Painted the edges with the Gold Rush Paint.

I did add some clear crackle but lost it's way.

On the butterfly there are gilding flakes,

 Magical's and a sparkly gem.

Flower is from my stash, adding a pearl spray to the back

and coloured thread to the stem.

It is so easy to get carried away and keep on adding

products for colour or dimension.

Next month I am hoping to created something

very different. I have had it in my mind for

a few months now - just hasn't eventuated yet.

Will see what happens for next months MMprofect.

Pop over and see what the Creative Artists

(the Design Team that is) had fun with.

We would love to see you add yours

Our theme is always

"Anything Mixed Media Goes"

with multiple mediums on your project.

Thanks for visiting and commenting.

Till next time - 

 

'Casing' a Favourite Designer/Designers

July is a long month and we have 

Five Saturday's so you know it is our

Wild Card Week at Just Us Girls 

I am Host this week and thought it would be fun to

 pick a favourite designer/designers and

 case one of their creations.

It can be a Card/Tag Maker, Scrapbooker, 

Mixed Media Artist - Journal Page Creator 

even a Quilt Maker like Carol Mc

I so love the dedication and how long it takes

to create something so special.

We need to say who we are 'casing' and

show their make and ours.

This is a longish post so grab some refreshments.

I chose two designers - 

Cecile Ribon -a fellow designer here

who inspires me with her talents and creativity weekly

and

Loll Thompson who I have admired and loved her

CAS creations for a long time.

Cecile's Card

My 'Case'

I changed the colour of the background,

added gold circles, floral die inked 

Lindy's Milky Way White for some shimmer,

a snippet of ribbon, sentiment and a few splatters.

Popped onto white card base.

Loll's Card

I saw this card and knew I had THAT stamp

also gifted from a Dear Friend.

Here's my 'case'

Die cut my Spellbinder Die then coloured the background with 

Tim's Oxide Saltwater Taffy and Speckled Egg

going for lighter coloures but now think

the darkers colours show up the

wet baby wiped stencilling better.

My stencil is from ARTplorations Fairy Tale Forest

(the technique Loll used)

Heat embossed the Uniko Stamp in black

adding the same sentiment as Loll

from the same stamp set.

Added a few punched pink hearts splatters and

distressed the edges before popping 

onto white card base.

I didn't know whether I would post this 

as I am not overly happy with the result

even second time around. 

Head over to our Gallery and check out 

fabulous case creations from our Guest Fran

and my talented Team Mates.

Thank you so much Fran for sharing your

beautiful card with us this month.

Sure hope we get to see your favourite designer's casing.

Thanks for visitng

Merry! Merry!

 Today's post is for our New Challenge over at

The Sisterhood of Crafters and Lia chose our Theme

Fairy or Gnomes.

I don't have fairies flying around my craft room

so my little gnome came to the rescue for

my Christmas card.

He is from Stamping Bella and coloured with

watercolour pencils and inks. Added a bit of sparkle to his hat.

Die cuts for the angle and Merry sentiment.

Adhered to red card base.

Head over and see what my Sistah's chose to feature.

Hope to see you in our Gallery.

Thanks for visiting and commenting.