A Pretty Pink Happy Birthday.

Hello and Welcome to today's post.

Christmas cards are done and dusted and are all on their way so - 

time for playing with my favourite retired 

SU Botanical Blooms Set

Made for Color Hues for their current challenge

Color Hues #77 with the beautiful soft

pink/silver combo

and the

The Paper Funday Challenge

are celebrating their

60th Challenge with a

5th Birthday Bash.

Don't you love milestone challenges!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Paper Funday.

I am also sending this over to their regular one

Challenge #60 Anything Goes

but without their optional twist of Snowman/or Birds

I'm afraid a snowman would melt in seconds here at the moment

with near #40c phew!

I die cut the front with white card stock

using a peek a boo die from MFT

then lightly inked Tim's stone stencil

with Hickory Smoke.

Die cut a SB square larger than the front

with pink card stock for the base.

Die cut leaves are heat embossed in

SU Silver and flowers coloured with

Lindy's Alpine Ice Rose and Oom Pah Pah Pink.

Added scattered gems to the leaves and

one to the main flower.

Sentiment inside is STAMPlorations Carved Flowers

which fitted perfectly behind the cut opening.

Certainly a hard card to photograph.

Thanks Nancy for choosing such a gorgeous color hue

for us this month.

Thanks also for taking time out to comment.

Thinking of You...

My favourite colour challenge - Color Hues latest Challenge is live

and what gorgeous colours for us to play with.

Check out all the inspiration for Challenge #73

from the Talented Guests and Designers.

You will want to play like me for sure.

These colours go together beautifully don't they?

It has been a while since I participated here and 

made time to play - housework can wait.

After seeing Nancy use her gingko dies recently

I thought my completely different ones would

go nicely with these colours.

I inked my SU gingko flowers in Tangarine Tango,

 softer in Calypso Coral. Background

is heat embossed in WOW clear gloss.

Lightly sponged the background

and added die cuts for dimention.

Some have a touch of shimmer.

Finished with die cutting the sentiment

 shorter from the set.

Thanks for visiting

You are So Kind

Here is my second card for the Lime Green and Cyan Challenge

at Color Hues

It is still a fairly CAS card layout wise.

I got out my retired SU Four Feathers set

inking with the same colours as my previous one - 

VersaFine Clair Warm Breeze and Verdant

and die cut.

SU Baja Breeze sponged in the background.

Added a stamped strip from

SU Fresh Vintage, a MFT die and ribbon.

Cut a circle to rest my feathers on, added twine

and simple sentiment.

Inked the edges adding a white frame

 before adhering to kraft card base.

Thanks so much for visiting

It's a Quick CAS Artsy Card

Just having a bit of fun with this

quick cas artsy card trying out the

current colours at Color Hues 

of Lime Green and Cyan

Cool eh!

As the heading states - this was a

quickie but I do have something else in the making so

  Stay tuned!

For this one though the background arty stamping is from

STAMPlorations and inked with VersaFine Clair

Warm Breeze,Verdant and Versacolor Lime.

The beautiful stamp is a

very old one from Kaisercraft Chapter One.

Sentiment is also from STAMPlorations.

I finished with adhering to retired SU card stock. 

That's it for now. Thanks for visiting

Wishing You Happiness!

The Talented Designers at Color Hues are back

and have a fabulous colour combination

 chosen by Nancy to inspire us.

Color Hues #55 Light Pink and Gold

As you can see my card hasn't the

traditional gold colour BUT  is

Lindy's Grab a Guy Gold.

My pinks are Tim's gorgeous Saltwater Taffy

and Distress Worn Lipstick EP for my

 STAMPlorations Fond Expressions 2 sentiment.

Dies were a gift.

Added some gold thread for interest and

gold flicks from a posca pen.

I couldn't help but add some stenciling

from AALL& Create also.

Inked the edges and adhered to white card base.

Love the fabulous colours Nancy.

Thanks for dropping in and commenting.

I'm Guest Designer at Color Hues

 I am excited and honoured to be

the Guest Designer

 at Color Hues Challenge

for Challenge #54

Here is what I made

I started with my background inking the

Altenew Peony Bouquet flower several times

with Memento Paris Dusk onto cream card stock.

I then inked and layered up the peony flower and 

Altenew Beautiful Day leaves in the same ink.

The last layer of the flower is heat embossed with

sparkly candy blue embossing powder as is the small leaves.

Here is a close up you can see a little of the sparkle

Added some navy blue thread to the back

while putting my floral spray together.

Sentiment is from Happy Little Stampers and

cut from MFT circle die.

Framed in blue and attached to cream card base.

Isn't it just such a lovely combo?

You will want to head over to Color Hues Home

to see what  the Talented Design Team 

created for your inspiration 

and we all look forward to seeing yours in the Gallery.

You have till the 28th December.

See you there.

Thank you so much Color Hues for the pleasure of being

your Guest Designer for December.

A Merry Christmas Wish.

 Carol M is our Host at Just Us Girls

for Colour Week choosing traditional

Christmas colours of  RED GREEN GOLD

I went in a traditional way with my Red Poinsettia but

you don't have to make a Christmas card 

just use the colours.

My poinsettia flower is Spellbinders

coloured with Lindy's Cuckoo Clock Cardinal,

Cathedral Pines Green and Perfect Pearls Forever Red,

adding a gold pearl to the centre.

Background foliage - Tim's Holiday Greens

in red, green and gold.

Added ribbon to white background

and onto gold paper.

This was popped onto white card base

with gold heat embossed sentiment.

Head over to the Gallery to see

the beautiful coloured cards

our Guest Karren and my 

oh so talented Team mates created.

I am sure you will want to add yours.

If you are our 'Chic of the Week'

you could be chosen to be our Guest in the New Year.

oops! I forgot to add this card over at Color Hues for their

Challenge #53 Scarlet & Green

Thanks to seeing the lovely card from Lisa E

it is now in the Gallery.

Thanks for visiting

Wishing you Happiness...

 Color Hues has once again picked a 

lovely colour combination for us to create with

Turquoise and Mustard.

I die cut my sprigs from w/c paper

inked with Tim's Peacock Feathers and Salvaged Patina

lightly misted with Perfect Pearls

Heart dies cut from same dp as the background strip.

Stamped script in SU Hello Honey 

as is my STAMPlorations sentiment..

Popped my tied spray and finished with

sequins and pearls onto Hello Honey card stock.

Heading over to add this to their

 Challenge #52 Turquoise/Mustard Challenge

Thanks for visiting

A 'Blooming' Birthday

Another gloomy overcast day has given me 

a rest day from gardening and a day just to play 

in a few of my favourite challenges.

I got out one of my favourite stamps to ink up - 

Rubbernecker W/C Poppies #719

 with Versafine Clair Nocturne

and heat embossed clear.

Coloured with Tim's Oxide inks and a 

touch of Lindy's Magicals and Perfect Pearls for shimmer.

Flicked a few 'splats'.

Sentiment is from STAMPlorations.

Die cut is Scrap Dragons.

Background coloured the same as the poppy,

 cut with SB square die.

Adhered to the back and

attached to cream linen card base. 

This is heading over to - 

 Color Hues has a great colour combination - 

Orange and Green

The Flower Challenge are celebrating

Use a Sentiment & 6th Birthday

and Seize the Birthday

Challenge#249 

(without the topping)

Thanks for dropping in and commenting.

It's Creative Chaos!

 October is Halloween Month and DT Carol from

Color Hues Challenge has chosen

the perfect ones!

for Challenge #50

I do love these colours together

(well there is my favourite colour purple there)

so I had to play and purple is so hard to photograph!

Since I have been having fun with the

Visible Image Creative Chaos recently

(you will see that card in a few weeks)

and still on my desk - it got inked up again.

I smooched Tim's distress inks for the background

adding some stenciling from AALL&Create,

inked my flowers with VersaFine Clair Nocturne

and heat embossed. Cut the second head

and inked in same colours as the background.

Cut and coloured the vase (also AALL&Create)

Popped both flower head and vase.

Sentiment was inked and heat embossed.

Adhered to black card base to finish.

This is heading over to

Dare 2 B Artzy

October Challenge - Favourite Colour

It's PURPLE!

Hope you like it and leave a comment.

Thanks for stopping by

From Me to You

The New Challenge over at Color Hues

 is Peach and Grey

Don't you love that combo!

I got out a few dies that a friend cut for me'

added a touch of peach from Lindy's Magicals

 and some shimmer from a Nuvo pen

which is a little hard to see.

Grey die cut is also from my bff.

Very lightly stencilled my background

which is AALL&Create Weathered Tiles #59

Sentiment is from STAMPlorations.

Added a couple of strips of washi tape

also from AALL&Create #11

adhered to grey c/s and on to

white card base.

Thanks for visiting and leaving kind comments.

Till next time! 

'Hello'

 The New Challenge over at Color Hues

is live and looking for Black and Yellow

I saw a card similar to what I made over on Pinterest

and it is perfect for the CAS Mix Up Challenge

(Welcome back)

You all know how much I love my stencils and 

Lindy's Magical's so these two challenges

just made for some fun play time.

Lots of die cutting as I didn't know which ones I would use.

(I have leftovers)

My yellow background is Lindy's Yellow Rose of Texas,

Stencil is AALL&Create Cracked Walls 1 #37

through Ranger Opaque Crackle Texture Paste.

Added itty bits of washi tape Cut Tear Layer #9 

and a touch of Tim's Speckles in the corner.

Simple sentiment from STAMPlorations,

inking the edges as I did before adhering

to white card base.

* My CAS Mix is Smooching,Texture Paste, Stencilling, 

Die Cuts, Washi Tape, Stamping.

* Black & Yellow colours for Color Hues

Thanks for popping in and checking my card out.

With Love!

 I have a quick post today for a couple of challenges.

Over at Color Hues this time round  the colours   

Red and Aqua got my attention 

and as I had butterflies around my desk the

Clean and Simple on Sunday have a fun  Butterfly Challenge 

I thought CAS and Colour would be a nice match up.

My background is some simple 

partial stamping from AALL&Create

and randomly coloured with the required red and aqua.

Fussy cut butterfly is the same.

To add interest I embossed it with a frame die

attaching it to the card base

after adding a simple sentiment. 

This card is heading over to the above Challenges.

and an Update!

Try it on Tuesday  Butterfly Challenge

Thanks for your visit and I love reading your thoughts.

Color Hues Challenge #26

I had a little bit of  time up my sleeve and wanted to play at

The Colour Hues Challenge especially as one of the colours

is my favourite.

Challenge #26

I got out a very old favourite SU stamp 

and embossing folder to play with

an old favourite technique -

adding water to water colour paper

after heat embossing the Fifth Avenue Floral Rose,

dropping different colours and

letting them do their magic.

Hopefully the purple/pink combination

did it's 'thing'. Fussy cut it,

popping it in front of the embossed Manhatten Flower

Added some leaves,splatters, inked edges, tiny beads and 

 sentiment  from Avant Garden with

Watering Can Archival Ink.

Thanks for dropping in -