It's Photo Week at Just Us Girls

 

 

 

Lisa is our Host over at Just Us Girls this week
and has chosen this gorgeous photo below
for us to be inspired by... 

What caught my eye?
The first thing was the wallpaper in the background
so my first job was to find an embossing folder
and ink it up - Cuttlebug Stylized Flower
with SU Yo Yo Yellow
I couldn't help but then notice the flowers
in such a pretty pink colour.
My Spellbinder Romantic Rectangles
was used for the backing for the focal point.
This was popped and inked with
Memento Angel Pink
Got an old GKD stamp set out
Vogue Vases - maybe one of the first ones
of Gina's I bought.
I inked the leaves in Memento Olive Grove
fussy cut the flowers twice once with
plain pink paper and the second with scrap DP
The big vase was popped and inked with sticky
embossing powder and I then added
Twinklets Diamond Dust which just
looks like crystal to me.
Added some ribbon and a strip
of mulberry paper to the back and a small strip
of paper to use as a shelf
finishing with pearls for the floral centres
and rhinestones in the background.

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for lots more Inspiration and come join us
for your chance to be our
Chic of the Week and be in the running
for our Guest in July.

Thanks for dropping in

 



Sketch Time at 'The House'

It's the end of the month and that means

Sketch Time at The House that Stamps Built.

 

 

I find it hard sometimes to get my head around

a sketch and this was one of them.

However this is what I came up with.

 

 

I started with kraft card stock as my base

and then went searching for paper

through my stash and found a piece

of double sided dp and went from there.

I matted that first with some cream card stock

to blend in.

For the top part I cut the cream and dp

from Heartfelt Creations Layered Elegant Swirl and popped.

The sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping.

The gorgeous little butterfly is

Repeat Impressions - 108

cut from Spellbinders Circles

and attached to a Sue Wilson Vintage Lace Motif  die.

Touched up the butterfly with Wink of Stella

but is too fine to see.

Finished off with a few pearls.

 

Hope you like what I made and

Thank you for dropping in.

 

 

 

 



Another CAS card

 

I had my SU 4 Feathers stamp/die set out for

yesterdays post and kept playing with them as the

colours below for the CAS on Sunday Challenge

look great using this set.

 

 



My card base is close to the Mint Macaron.

Now for the messy but nice smelly shaving cream technique

using SU Melon Mambo (you should see my fingers)

Marina Mist & Memento Angel Pink

I attached that to white card stock and joined

together with ribbon.

The 3 feathers are inked again with Melon Mambo

and Baja Breeze.

Sentiment is from SU

Finished with a button cotton bow

and some bling.

I seem to be a cas mode at present and enjoying it.

 

Thanks for dropping in.

I love reading your comments.

 

 

 

 

 



Colour Challenge #174 at CAS Colours & Sketches

This week at CAS Colours & Sketches

it's Colour Week. Details Here

 

 

 

 

It was a little hard to photograph with the silver paper

and trying to make the metallic silver speckle card stock show up.

I hope this counts as CAS.

I got my SU 4 Feathers die and stamp set out

and cut 1 feather with the silver paper and topped

with cobweb paper. The other 2 are inked with

SU Rich Razzleberry & Baja Breeze.

I popped the silver background paper

and attached my feathers.

Sentiment is from SU and die cut

from JustRite .

Added some speckles from Tim Holtz stencil

rounded one corner and a cotton bow to finish.

 

Thanks for dropping in.

Love reading your comments.

 

 

 

 



It's Your Day!

 

 

I have had time to play again with the Inspiration Challenge at

The House that Stamps Built 

Details Here

I decided to once again use the water colour technique

for this card using Memento Olive Grove.

The floral image is from

Repeat Impressions 4308W - Lily of the Valley

and is heat embossed in black.

The tiny buds are coloured with a pink tom bow pen.

Behind my image is embossed with

Craft Concepts Cherry Blossom

which is a little hard to see.

Matted in pink and a MS punch to the side.

This is popped for dimension and

added some variegated pink cotton

and sentiment is from Stampin' Up.

 

Thanks for dropping in. Love reading your comments.

 

 

 

 

 



A Beautiful Day.

I recently saw a beautiful stamp from Altenew

used by fellow Design Team Members  and

knew I had to have it. You know the feeling!

 

I thought the current challenge at

The Mod Squad  for their

One Layer Birthday Card 

would be ideal to try my new stamps out.

I have used Altenew Peony Bouquet and

 Beautiful Day for the sentiment.

I know I need a bit of practice to get the best

out of that beautiful stamp set.

I masked the flower so I could arrange the greenery.

Inks used  are Memento Pistachio

 Eldenberry Sweet Plum & Lulu Lavender.

Needing a little something here I got out my

Tim Holtz Speckles stencil

scored the top and bottom

and added some purple gemstones.

 

Thanks for dropping in

I love reading your comments.

 

Photo Inspiration Time at 'The House'

Once again it is time for the Inspiration Challenge over at

The House that Stamps Built

Details Here

 

 

I was inspired by the beautiful pink flowers

so I chose to use

Repeat Impressions stamps 1706 I

for my main image

coloured with watercolour pencils

and 4314K for the background

stamping multiple times inking with

Stampin Up Melon Mambo.

We did a card similar to this at a card class recently

and liked the look so decided to do something similar.

I recently bought the Tim Holtz Mixed Media

die set so was anxious to use it. This was popped

to show off the flowering vine .

I inked the corner with Melon Mambo and

popped the main image in front of it.

Sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping and

punched from a McGill punch.

Finished with a few pearls.

 I am also entering this card over at

Sieze the Birthday for their 'Toppings'

which is 'Dimension'.

 

 

Thanks so much for popping by.

 

 

 

 

 

 



It's a cas one layer quickie card!

Challenge time over at

The Mod Squad is hosted by

 2 super talented friends Judy Woodland

& Vicki Dutcher

and have chosen ONE LAYER CARDS!

See here.

 

 

Most of us find this hard as we just want to

add on some of our crafty stuff Right?

Well my card would have to have been the

quickest cas one layer card I have ever made.

***

Judy LOOK! A Purple butterfly lol

(ps Judy & I love purple)

So on to the products I used for this quickie!

White cs

Tim Holtz Splatters stencil

Inking with Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers

& Cracked Pistachio

SU Rich Razzleberry.

Added a bit of spritzing also from RR

The beautiful butterfly/sentiment is from a duo

stamp set from Gina K Designs.

Added some Wink of Stella to the butterfly

but is a little hard to see.

And there you have it.

My quick easy cas one layer card.

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Now I have just got to go play with

some new stamps I got and will endeavour

to use one of them for another entry

for this challenge.

Keep a look out.

Poof! I'm gone