Spotlight on Boxed Blooms and Bold Sentiments

Hello and Welcome  
I am here today with a sneaky peak

of my Very First Spotlight Project
as part of the Regular & Guest Designers at
STAMPlorations - 
from now till the end of May.

Want to see how I made this using
 STAMPlorations Boxed Blooms and Bold Sentiments

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Bending a Branch

Hi there and Welcome to today's post.
It's for the current  CAS Christmas Card Challenge
to use an Ornament - Here are the Details.

I found it hard to get a good photo showing

how nice the gold shimmery paper is

so here is a closer look also showing

the Alcohol Inked background.

I penciled around my Kaisercraft Ornament
and fussy cut out the background
then die cut the ornament with gold paper.
Cut out my MB Woodland Branch
to attach the popped ornament too.
Added to white card stock for a stitched die line
 spritzed with SU Champagne Gold.
Die cut a Merry Christmas in the same gold paper,
adding a bow and pearl to finish.



That's another Christmas card done.
So many more to go before the end of the year.

This is a great challenge to get involved with
 as they are CAS - just perfect for
that especially busy time of the year.

Thanks for dropping in.
Love reading your comments!

They're 'Born to be Wild'

Hi and Welcome!

What has black and white stripes and 

born to be wild? 

That's easy - Zebra's

It's our Trend Week at Just Us Girls and Host this week is

our Lovely Lisa choosing a beauty with

This is the second card I have made with this 

new stamp set from Happy Little Stampers

'Born to be Wild'

I masked off the zebras so there would be

a herd of them and inked with

Tim's Distress Black Soot.

Added a plain black and torn strip as backing.

To add colour I smooched the background with

PearEx in Antique gold.

Sentiment is from the above set.

Finished by attaching to black card base.

Don't forget to pop over and see what our Guest

Karren and the Jugheads created.

Come join us in our Gallery.

Love to see you there.

Thanks for dropping in - 

till next time Cherrio from

Life is a BEACH!

Hi there and Welcome to today's post for the 

CAS Watercolour Challenge to feature Birds

at The CAS Watercolour Blog

I was looking for something a little different

for my second card for this challenge and remembered 

I had a couple of flamingo sets.

I started by inking a craft mat with

Tim's Spun Sugar spritzing with water 

and smooching, then the brighter colours of

Evergreen Bough and peacock Feathers.

Stamped the palm tree and sentiment also in the

Evergreen Bough. 

The palm trees always have coconuts 

so added a few with Gold Liquid Pearls

and a few fell on the ground.

My 'Fashion Conscious'  Flamingo is from

 Inkadankdo's Flamingo fun 

inked with Altenew Red Cosmos colours, 

 heat embossed in white, fussy cut and popped.

Added a touch of colour to match the coconuts

with a scallop die from MFT.

My Mix is Water Colouring, Embossing, 

Stamping and Die Cutting.

Hope you like my Fun Flamingo

and to my overseas friends I hope

your weather warms up and you can 

get to paddle your feet at the Beach soon.

Thanks for dropping in

I Made My Mark for Addicted to Stamps and More

Hi there and Welcome to today's post for the

Make Your Mark Challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More

This is another card I made some time ago at my

bff's house using her goodies.

The background is Tim's Oxide Inks

Loved her big sunflower die - what better

way to showcase it with the bright yellow paper.

The centre was sponged and I added

some Magicals for shimmer.

(can't wait till mine arrive)

Inked up my sentiment and cut 

from a SB die.

This was attached to my kraft card base

Make your Mark - 

your entry MUST contain the use of 

anything that can make a mark -

 Stampin' Write, Copics, Promarkers, Painting, Chalks,

 Watercolours, Sponges, Stencils, Masks etc etc

That's it for today. Pop over to Our Blog 

and check out how my 

Team Mates made their  mark.

Hope you find time to join us this week.

Thanks for dropping in.

It's a CUTplorations 'Threefer'

Hello and Welcome to today's post.
It's all about the latest happenings over at
STAMPlorations where we are focusing on Phrase Dies.
You can find The Details Here
PS This a longish post!

I had sooooooooooo much fun choosing how I was going to
showcase these fabulous Phrase Dies.

I knew which stamps I wanted to use with this die and chose

STAMPlorations One Cool Chick. I think it's a perfect match.

It needed a background so I versamarked  the

ARTplorations Zen Hearts stencil with pink glitter.

Also added it to the surrounds but a little hard to see.

My CUTplorations You Are My Sunshine die 

was cut from red card stock.

Finished by adding a black mat, attached to red card base 

pearls on her scarf and bracelet and a little bit of lippy.

This was pretty simple to make.
My background is a mix of Tim's Oxide Inks.
I then stenciled the ARTplorations Flowers 1
thickly with Gloss Gel Medium and
Pearl White Acrylic Paint.
Added my CUTplorations Life is Good 
die cut from the same card stock as my base.
touching it up with WOS for shimmer.
Gems were attached to finish.


and my last one I went all out
adding so many bits and bobs hoping I wouldn't
make a mess!

As you can see there is a lot going on with this one.
I used ARTplorations Retro Circles first inking
and sponging in yellow to add more colour
then added crackle paste.
I started my other background with
 lots of Brusho colours then I started adding
stamping and heat embossed images
from STAMPlorations Mixed Media Grunge
and STAMPlorations Scribbly Splattery Grunge
in a variety of colours.
I then stenciled ARTplorations Evolution
with white acrylic paint.
This was cut on angles and attached
adding the CUTplorations Art Happens die in yellow.



There is so much more to check out over at
STAMPlorations so go on over and see for yourself!
You know there are prizes to be won for joining in
with your creations!
and for commenting here and on our Blog!
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Thanks so much for taking the time to check out
My Long Blog Post.

A Blooming Birthday

Hi there! I am back with the other card I was making for the

April CAS Mix Up Challenge using rubber bands.

I found another Brusho background in my 'bits box'

suitable for my card and went with it. 

Once more I decided to heat emboss this time using

  White from Stampendous

then die cut some flowers from Tim Holtz Wild Flowers

with white card stock. I cut the background from a 

stitched die then added my flowers.

My sentiment/die is from STAMPlorations Fluttery

inked with Memento Sweet Plum.

My Mix is Rubber Bands, Brusho's,

Stamping, Embossing and Die Cutting.

Once more I had fun with this technique

and have another idea swirling in my head.

It didn't quite work out first time round

but I will work on it and see how it pans out.

There may be Number 3 before the end of the month.

That's it for today so till next time - 

Cherrio from

Friend to Friend

Hi there Blogger Friends!

Today I am posting a card I made for the

April CAS Mix Up Challenge over at the

CAS Mix Up Blog and this months challenge

is using something I have had on my 

'Techniques to Try List' Rubber Bands.

This was so much fun using

Rubber Bands, Stamping, Heat Embossing, Dies.

I started by adding rubber bands to an acrylic block

then Versamarking onto my white card stock with

Yellow and Egyptian Gold Glitter embossing powder

randomly over the page.

I cut this with a stitched die and also 

the MFT peek a boo die.

I then cut out my gifted daisy die several times

in white and leaves in gold and vellum.

Attached the popped background then attached

my daisy which I finished off by adding

some lemon flower soft to the centre.

To complete my card I added my SU sentiment

with the gold glitter and popped after cutting it

also from a MFT stitched die.

And there you have it!

I enjoyed this technique and 

have more in the making. 

Couldn't stop at one!

Till next time - Thanks for dropping in.

Love reading your Comments.

Here's Looking at You!

Hi there Crafty Friends!

Today's post if for the 

Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies Challenge

and I was excited to make my card with one of the 

New Release Sets -  Born to be Wild.

I have this fabulous stencil called

ARTploration Evolution

 which made a perfect background for my 

Here's looking at You 'Zebra's'.

I thought it would be fun to shadow stamp 

the second one for added interest.

I inked up my stencil with blended

black and silver pearl acrylic paint

giving it a not so stark black colour

then cut it out with a peek a boo die.

Added my zebra's to the back touched

with a hint of  Tim's Dried Margold ink.

This was popped to a black mat then white

and finished with black card base.

Birthday sentiment is from the above set

cut from a JustRite tag popped in front of

some ribbon to match the zebra's.

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