I'm Hosting this weeks challenge at Just Us Girls

I am hosting this weeks challenge over at

Just Us Girls for our Colour Week.

Most of you know my favourite colour is Purple

and I love to combine it with Teal.

Since it is close to Christmas I chose  Gold

as the third colour.

I love making non traditional coloured Christmas cards

(and that is what I went with)

I couldn't not make a Christmas card without pulling out

my favourite Poinsettia die from Spellbinders.

Now I have NEVER seen a poinsettia the colours I chose

but what the heck! It's different.

My card base is white.

My first layer is embossed with an old Cuttlebug

Christmas embossing folder.

Cutting a piece of DP from American Crafts with

Spellbinder Labels 20 I attached that adding

ribbon and a small strip from a Starform sticker.

My berries and holly were cut out from Kaisercraft dies

I bought while on holidays (vacation)

The Merry Christmas die is also new for me and from Lawn Fawn.

Now on to THAT poinsettia -

I covered a sheet of card stock with spritzed

Tim Holtz Mermaid Lagoon and Wilted Violet

and touches of Blue Moonstone Sparkle Medium

then cut out the pieces for the flower.

There were some white bits showing so covered that with

Tim Holtz Milled Lavender.

Added some Inka Gold around the edges

and touched up with Wink of Stella

for a little more sparkle.

Finished with some dew drops.

Sorry for the long posting. Hope you had a coffee

while reading it.

Now you need to pop over to

Our Blog to check out our November

Guest - Cecile and my Talented Team Mates creations.

Then I hope you will play with us this week.

You could be chosen as our Chic of the Week

and in the running for Guest Designer in January 2017.

PS It can be any type of card as long as it has

just those 3 colours (with neutrals accepted)

Thanks so much for dropping in



It's 'MERRY CHRISTMAS' in Traditional Colours

 

Time for the latest challenge over at

Addicted to Stamps & More for their

Photo Inspiration Challenge

And aren't we all busy creating those

Christmas cards as it gets closer by the day.

Also at Double D Challenges
for their Traditional Christmas Colours

 

 

I received a new Christmas die a few days and
decided to try it out. It was much bigger than I had thought
but worked nicely for this card.
Adding to my card base is DP from Buffle -
I couldn't have a Christmas card without my Tartan.
I hand cut 2 shaped pieces adding my snowflake
which has been cut several time from
a Spellbinder die.

I tried to show how sparkly the white part of the snowflake
is but still hasn't photographed well.
The red part has been heat embossed in clear powder.

I cut my Merry - from Memory Box several times.
Added touches of the glitter around the sentiment
and a few stars to complete my card.

Thanks for dropping in.
Love to read your Kind Comments.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



STAMPlorations CAS November Card Challenge

 

It's nearing the middle of November and the

STAMPlorations CAS card challenge

is in full swing. This month the

Optional colour twist is PURPLE!

Details  HERE

How perfect for me -

 

 

This card was ca-simply quick to make.

I used an ivory shimmery card stock.

The ornament is from an old

Cuttlebug Christmas collection.

Inked up Tim Holtz Mermaid Lagoon & Wilted Violet

spritzing and adding a touch of Inka Gold

popping it slightly in from a stitched die backing.

Attached a piece of gold string and

adding a few small gems.

My sentiment is from Stampin' Up.

 

 

So there it is - another Christmas card done.

 

PS You will have seen a few cards with those

same colours. Just love them so much together.

 

Thanks for dropping in

Love reading your comments.

 

 



A Watercolour Poppy

Once again I have moved away from Christmas Cards

to make this Thank You card to send to a friend.

 

 

I do love the soothing effect water colouring has

on me. I find it so relaxing.

 

This is another CAS card - my favourite lately.

I have used a metallic card stock for

my base and first layer.

I decided to add a spritzed background colour

using Tim Holtz Dried Marigold

adding a few speckles for interest.

Now to add some text to the background

from 49 and Market

as part of the criteria for the

CAS Watercolour November Challenge

at The CAS Watercolour Blogspot

 

 

I then went on to heat emboss my poppy

which is a Rubbernecker stamp

working on canvas paper rather than

the usual watercolour paper.

This was painted with some

shimmery paints I had recently bought

and thought it timely to try them out.

Both layers are slightly popped.

Inked around the edges and corner rounded.

Sentiment is also from 49 and Market.

 

Popping this one over to

Addicted to Stamps and More

for their

CAS Challenge #219 

 

 

Thanks so much for dropping in.

I love reading your Kind Words.

 

 

 



Another CAS Christmas Card.

 

It's time for a new challenge over at

Crafty Cardmakers and Jackie is Hosting.

She has chosen Embossing - Dry or Heat

 

 

As Christmas approaches I find myself

behind on my Christmas card making

hence I have once again gone CAS.

Another reason for this is they are easy to post.

 

I used basic white card stock to begin.

My main focal point are those snowflakes from SU

which are heat embossed in gold.

Behind that I have dry embossed my background

with an old Cuttlebug Christmas folder.

Both these have been matted with gold paper.

My sentiment is also from SU.

It is a shame you can't see the shimmer.

Used dimension squares for effect.

behind the snowflakes as I spritzed it with

Champagne Mist from SU.

Finished off with gold pearls.

 

Pop over to Our Blog to see what

the other Designers created.

Hope you can join us.

 

Thanks for dropping in.

 

 

 



It's Stencil 'Overkill'

I love playing with stencils and when I saw that the

Seize the Birthday Blog has as their current challenge

Stencils I wanted to play.

 

 

What fun I had with this card.

I didn't have a clue as to what I would make

so decided to get inky with bright colours moving

away from my Christmas Card making and

go 'way out over the top'.

As you can see I did just that. Couldn't help myself!

I used bright coloured card stock and scraps

distress inks and several stencils.

A bit of spritzing popping and adding my

'Cool Sentiment' from Paper Smooches

I was done.

 

 

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Just want to say 'THANK YOU'

 

There are several challenges

buzzing around in Blogland for

Thankful/Thank You cards so I have chosen a few

I would like to participate in.

 

 

I have gone for another CAS design as I will be

linking it up to Addicted to Stamps and More

for their Clean & Simple Challenge.

Check out the Details Here

 

 

The sponsor for this is STAMPlorations

 

 

I started with the STAMPlorations French Marigold stamp to water colour.

There are just a few other ingredients I added

and they are -

Cream card stock

MFT - stitched die

Water colour paints

Embossing powder - Zing Brown Sugar

Spritzing

Stencil - Dutch Doobadoo - Geometric Tiles

Texture Paste - Cream colours

Sentiment - Stampin' Up

Dimensional Squares.

 

I will pop this card in to the

CAS Challenge for November at STAMPlorations

opting out of the Colour - Purple with this one.

 

 

Over at The House that Stamps Built my good friend

Cheri Weston (SS) is Hosting so of course I had to

join in there - and it is one of my favourite blogs.

Check it out Here

 

The Mod Squad Challenge is Thankful also.

The Very Talented Donna Phelan is Hosting

Details are Here

 

I am playing again at Creative Corner Challenges 

for their Thank You Challenge

Info can be found Here

 

Thanks so much for taking time to pop in.

I really LOVE reading your comments.

Hope you are also enjoying some play time.