My Creative Artiste Mixed Media Make...

Today's post is for our New Challenge at

 Creative Artiste Mixed Media 

where we use multiple mediums on our

Mixed Media creations.

Here's mine!

 

An outside and inside shot!

I have used a heap of products on this 

and to name some - 

Kaisercraft bird cage die

Tim Holtz stamps/inks/sprays/crackle paste

Liquitex Texture Paste

Stencils -Zyneri and AALL&Create

Versafine Inks

and other bits from my stash

you will see from the photos.

and it all started here -

a 5/7 canvas panel corrugated cardboard

with gesso and inks

and the start of the stamping with Tim's Ledger Script

adding more stampng from

Tim's Fading Type and stencil work from

AALL&Create

onto the next layer with more script

and inked edges 

Birdcage is coloured with Lindy's Vintage Caravan Caramel

and attached to a different background as I messed up the first one..

As you can see there is a lot going on here - 

flowers scattered all over my desk, some old ones

from my stash and a few from the punch.

Added a die cut, tags stamped from

AALL&Create, twine and a key.

A little bird and a heap of pearls.

Finished with Wink of Stella on the flowers

and Tumbled Glass Distress Glass in the centres.

A few close ups - 

and as they say "That's a wrap"

If you haven't been and checked out 

what our Talented Team have created 

better head over to be inspired and

then it's your turn to 'wow' us.

Thanks for hanging in there for my long post.

PS - this piece headed over the other side of Australia

for my long time friend who is celebrating her 80th Birthday.

A Birthday Butterfly!

It's Die Week at Just Us Girls

and our lovely host is Carol M choosing

BUTTERFLY

How easy is that for us?

Just got to choose 'which'

and - a new Month sees a New Guest Designer

Welcome Kellianne. Lovely to have you on board.

My background was made some time ago just

never got finished so now it has.

Smooched colour on w/c paper and

stencil from AALL&Create is highlighted

with Apricot Metallic Gilding Polish.

Die cut my butterfly with metallic c/s

and added the polish to the wings and centre.

Oh yes there were 'splatters''

Added inked cheesecloth for interest

and finished with a die cut birthday sentiment.

Adhered to very pale peachy metallic base.

 Head over and check out what our June Guest Kellianne 

and the Talented Team created with beautiful 

die cut butterflies and hope to see yours in our Gallery.

It's a Twofer Stencil-ing

It's Stencil Week at Just Us Girls 

and Hosting for the first time is our

Newest Designer Denise.

As you can see I have made two CAS cards

using the same AALL&Create Lotus Clusters stamp 

including the sentiment inked with Versafine Clair Nocturne

with the one on the left heat embossed clear.

Stencils are from STAMPlorations Foiled Again

BeeArty White Wash

and AALL&Create Moc-Croc

in Saltwater Taffy Ox ink and stain

with different backings.

Easy as to make two while I had the stamp set out

as I wasn't sure which stencils to use.

All the Design Team with our Guest Kerry

have created an abundance of creativity

using their stencils and now it's

your turn to share with us in the Gallery.

You could be our Winner of the Week

and go on to be a future Guest.

Just Us Girls are 'In the MOOD'

We're in the MOOD at Just Us Girls and 

so will you be when you see the fabulous fun

Mood Board below our Host Carol Mc found for us.

Don't you LOVE IT!

It's an easy peasy quickie - just colourful paper 

and die cuts. I think I did fairly well matching

the the colours and theme.

Our Guest Kerry and the Team

have created a great variety of ideas from this

super fun mood board.

Check them out and go have fun too

and add to the Gallery. 

Love to see what you come up with.

Birthday Blooms

It's our WORD WEEK at Just Us Girls 

and our Host is the Lovely Lisa!

and choosing the perfect word

FLOWERS so our Gallery will be

overflowing with beautiful blooms for sure.

A simple but fiddley card with lots of

die cuts and piecing together.

I got out card stock that blended together nicely

and went from there. 

Added a STAMPlorations cover plate that

matched the half cut circles, adhered to coloured c/s

and attached to white card base.

Sentiment is also from STAMPlorations.

The Team and our Guest Kerry have created

an abundance of sheer floral beauty for your pleasure

and we look forward to seeing yours in our Gallery.

STAMPlorations Spring Fling!

Hello and Welcome to today's post for our 

STAMPlorations Spring Fling Blog Hop

There are lots more details over at Our Blog Spot

so head over and check it all out.

For my Simple Spring card I chose to go for 

an older release from

STAMPlorations Spring Florals

Adding texture to the background 

I embossed with 

STAMPlorations Bloomtangled Cover Plate 2

addng the sentiment from

STAMPlorations Big Hugs Die.

Adhered to a small white frame and on to 

coloured card base.

The STAMPgirls have created an

amazing variety of Spring Sensations 

to inspire you so you will head off

to your work stations and inspire us with yours.

Now you have been over and checked everything out

head into your craft zone and play along with us

for your chance to be a Winner!

of some fabulous products.

You make me Smile!

 It's our Die Week at Just Us Girls and our Host is Vicki

 sharing some very special news for you all - 

to announce we have a New Designer

joining us this week. 

A Big Welcome to Denise Morgans

You will have seen her creative talents recently as

a past Guest Designer.

On that note we Welcome this month's Guest

Kerry Parkinson

to  show you all her creativeness.

On to my CAS card this week

I stencilled my card using the cute stencil

bought years ago with grit paste

with Distress Glaze in Kitsch Flamingo

to add some sparkle.

The fun Smile Die (you are smiling aren't you)

is a cheapie I loved when I saw it.

This was cut from w/c paper inked with 

Distress Kitsch Flamingo/Glaze

as is the frame. Off course I had to

 add some splatters to  finish and

adhered to white card base.

Head over and check out the vast array of

Talented from our Guest Kerry and 

New Team member Denise with the

rest of us and add your to our Gallery. 

Stencil Week at Just Us Girls...

It's our popular Stencil Week at 

Just Us Girls

and Vicki is Hosting with Anything Goes.

Here is what I created!

The background is from some soft toned DP and

embossed with Distress Crackle Paste.

I found this piece lying on a table - 

must have started it and got sidetracked!

An easy finish by adding some die cut flowers

from Simply Dies - Tall Flower.

The main flower cut from another

Designer Paper Pad and cut so as the vase was

a different colour. The background flowers

were inked with DO to blend.

Added some mesh to ground the vase

finishing with a small talk sentiment.

Head over and check out Rosemary's last card

as our Guest and a Big Thank You for sharing

her talents with us this month.

Also the Design Team were busy creating

for your pleasure and now we invite you to

join in with yours to our Gallery.

Simply ''Hello

Hosting our Just Us Girls Mood Board  Challenge this week

is BOBBY and don't you just LOVE the choices!

You can guess what caught my eye!

That single deep blue flower head had me

going to replicate it using 

Distress inks and Lindy's Magicals to try

and get that blue.

Die cut a Kaisercraft leaf,

did a little embossing, attached to popped white frame.

Scored around the edges and onto white base.

Added a tiny piece of twine and again used a

sentiment die from Poppy Stamps

(thanks again L)

Check out what caught the eye of 

our Guest Rosemary and the Team

and come join us in the galllery.

Spotlighting at Just Us Girls

I'm hosting Just Us Girls Word Week and

chose a something I bet you haven't done for quite some time.

the SPOTLIGHT Technique.

I had so many ideas running through my head but

in the end I went with what I thought was

a reverse spotlight going with the feature

as a background.

I inked up two images from

STAMPlorations Blossom Sprays #3

with thebackground from a 

shaving cream piece from my bits box

and the top one with white c/s.

I got carried away and thought I would go all out

and make it a shaker card.

Remind me not to do one again in a hurry.

Bits go everywhere ...

Added tape to background and 

managed to line the top fairly closely.

Finished with the sentiment from

STAMPlorations Bloom Happy

and adhere to black base.

I did another one very similar to this

which went live a few days ago Here

Head over and check out the

Spotlighting that our Guest Rosemary

and the Team had fun with then I hope

you will go back in time and create

your spotlight card to add to our gallery.

Thank you for visiting and leaving

your kind comments.

Spring-ing ATC's for STAMPlrations

Hello and Welcome.

It's my turn to showcase some of the 

gorgeous spring ATC's that are 

flooding the STAMPlorations Blog at the moment.

If you haven't been over to check them out

you really are missing such wonderful creativity

by the STAMPgirls!

Here are my makes!

This one is showing off three of the ATC's.

Behind them I stenciled STAMPlorations Ethnic Organic 1

with Tim's Distress Ink

Added some grunge from STAMPlorations Art Marks

The ATC's were framed, adhered and popped.

Sentiment is die cut from

STAMPlorations Bloom & Grow

My second card has the

STAMPlortions Flutter Zen Artsy Borders

heat embossed 

STAMPlorations Celebrate Artsy

STAMPlorations Mixed Media Elements

(sadly retired)

STAMPlorations Vignette Eclectic Florals

in the background with

STAMPlorations Trendy Butterflies 2

(sold out atm)

for my sentiment.

Inks from Tim's Distress Range.

My last card I cut the house from

STAMPloration Houses 

to enable me to add the two hand cut house behind it.

The STAMPlorations Mosaic Slimline Stencil

was created with Translucent Crackle Paste.

Sentiment was cut and inked from

STAMPlorations Merry.

Added framed background and 

sisal and art stones in front of the houses.

Thanks for taking time out to check out 

my ATC creations - showing that you can

go all out and play with them in any way

you like to use them. 

Flowers Bloom!

It's that time of the month for our new 

Anything Goes Challenge over at the

STAMPlorations Blog

 

 

Check out all the Details here.

I created this CAS card using a 

 background from my bits box.

Inked and heat embossed the 

STAMPlorations Blossom Sprays #3 twice,

 for the coloured background and the other

popped in the foreground.

Die cut a circle to blend in.

Sentiment is from STAMPlorations Bloom Happy

Added a few black pearls, corner rounded

and attached to black base to complete.

Don't forget to head over and check out

what the STAMPgirls created and come

join in the fun as there are prizes of all sorts to win.

PS while I was making this card there was another

very similar one on the craft table that you will see in a few days.

Nothing like a twofer creation going on so no your eyes

aren't seeing double.

Thanks for visting and leaving a kind comment.

 

Everything has Beauty!

Hello and Welcome to my post for

 Creative Artiste Mixed Media.

It's our Anythng Goes Mixed Media time 

and here is what I created this month.

We all have times when Mo and Jo go missing and they did

just that recently when I needed to create

 this month's Mixed Media.

So I got out a sheet of MM paper and

 just started some stencil work,

added a bit of crackle, texture paste here and there.

Stencils I use are mostly AALL&Create.

A few touches of Lindy's Magical's,

Inks are Tim's as are some of the stamping. 

There is a bit of shimmer,

a few circles inked from a lid.

The butterfly is Sizzix. Inked the paper edges.

Sentiment is from Tim's small talk.

Here are a 'few' close ups - 

As you can see by the close ups there are quite a few

layers of all sorts.

Sorry for the lack of progress photos as

it was a crazy month and craft time limited.

Just a fairly CAS style Mixed Media.

We have Claudia as our Guest this month so

drop by and check out what Mixed Media Makes

Claudia and the Team had fun with and come join in.

# Please make sure you use multiple mediums on your entries. 

This is a mixed media challenge for cards and projects.

Thanks for visiting.