Wonders of the Sea.

Time for our New Challenge over at 

The Sisterhood of Crafters

and our Aussie aNNie chose the Theme

Sun/Sea/Sand/Beach

Anything to do with Summer that is!

I went with a 'Sea Theme'

Again my Magical's created the beautiful

under the sea colours.

The lovely seahorse and sentiments

are from AALL&Create

Underwater Wonders and heat embossed.

Added some Ryn bubbles filled with

Nuvo Crystal Glaze.

A few other circles from Visible Image.

Adhered to bright blue card base.

Pop over and check out how the Sistahs

chose to use our Theme.

Love to see yours in our Gallery.

Thansk for visiting

You're so very Special.

It's time for  our New Challenge over at

The Sisterhood of Crafters and Sistah Debbie has chosen 

Embossing - Dry or Heated.

You will have seen the stamp I used above

quite some time ago HERE

as I made both cards at the same time not knowing

which one I would use, but looking down our 

List of Themes Challenges this one fitted perfectly.

I used both dry and heat embossing here.

I heat embossed my Full of Glee stamp by Penny Black

with Nuvo Gold Enchantment Powder using

Canson Cold Press Watercolour Paper

colouring it with several 

Lindy's Starburst and Moonshadow Sprays

and touching up with Ken Oliver Copper Powder

I lightly misted with a mix of Gold Perfect Pearls

 which gave it a shadowy effect.

Centre flower has roughed up glossy accents

and Art Alchemy Wax brushed on.

The floral spray was cut from MFT oval die.

My dry embossed Kaisercraft leaves background is on

cream paper and die cut from SU Botanicla Blooms.

Adhere to Bazill card base.

Sentiment is from STAMPlorations Fond Expressions 2

heat embossed in the same Nuvo Powder above.

Added a tiny waffle flower bow to finish.

This is a fabulous challenge I am sure will have

loads of lovely entries in our Gallery.

Hope to see yours there.

Be sure to check out what my Sistah's created

as again they have Amazing Makes for your pleasure.

Thanks for dropping in.

Till next time - Cherrio from

Water! Water! Water!

 Hello and Welcome to today's post for

our New Challenge over at

The Sisterhood of Crafters

with the Theme of Water Water Water

chosen by Sistah Dianne.

As you can see I went way outside the box

going with waterdrops!

I didn't really know how I would use my

Ryn Waterdrop stamps so went with a

stenciled background 

using Distress Oxide Inks adding

a few black lines with a credit card for interest.

I then stamped part of my waterdrop stamp

adding some white spots and glossing them with

Nuvo Crystal Glaze

then die cutting the CUTplorations 

Wonky Stitched Grid Texture Plate.

Sentiments are from STAMPlorations Bloom Sketches,

 framed with a black pen to highlight.

Added a black frame and on to green card base.

Pop over and see how my Sistah's chose to

use water water water on their projects.

Hope to see yours in our Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in and leaving a comment.

Thinking of You!

 It's Wednesday and the day our New Challenge at

The Sisterhood of Crafters goes live.

Darlene has chosen the 'Theme'

Flowers as the Focus.

I chose to do something I have wanted to try for ages - 

Use Lindy's Moon Shadow and Starburst Mists

onto black paper.

I heat embossed the Full of Glee stamp by Penny Black.

The colours are a little darker than I wanted but still

really happy with the result - so shimmery!

The background was also sprayed with Lindy's.

Die cut  my flower from MFT and matted with gold paper.

Sentiment die using the same paper from Crafts4U.

Finished by attaching to black card base.

I'm sure we are going to have so many

beautiful floral cards in our Gallery this month.

Be sure to check out what my Sistah's made

before you head off to make yours.

# Update Popping this card over at

The Little Red Wagon for their

Challenge #603 Say it with Flowers

Thanks for dropping in.

Celebrate with Ice Cream

 Time for our New Challenge at

The Sisterhood of Crafter

Aussie aNNie has chosen the Theme - 

Spots and Stripes.

My first thought was the half circle scoop

of ice cream in a cone and knew which

stamp/die set would be perfect.

It's from STAMPlorations Sweet Cravings.

I used scrap pieces of paper and heat embossed

my sweet treats then die cut them.

Card base is white and cut a small piece

off the side to add my striped backing.

The front has been cut to size with

CUTplorations Circle All Over Cover Plate.

The sweet treats have been covered with

Nuvo Drops, Glitter, Diamond Dust,

Chunky Embossing Enamel and popped.

Added a strip for the sentiment and a small

striped strip underneath.

Finished off with lots of colourful inked circles.

Pop over and see how my 'Sistah's' chose

to add spots and stripes to their makes.

Come add yours to the Gallery.

Love to see you there.

Thanks for coming by today.

How Does Your Garden Grow?

 For our New Challenge over at The Sisterhood of Crafters

we want to see what grows in your garden.

I have made a colourful creation that I wish

my garden looked something like it.

Unfortunately it doesn't as we have had

drought in my area for quite some time and

it's coming into Winter. 

No explanation needed here for this one just

Lots of crafty items I used -

Whiff of Joy Picket Fence

Background flowers STAMPlorations Beautiful You

ARTplorations Sky/Sun Stencil

Thinlits Leaves - 664377, MB Woodland Branch

Flower Punches, TH Oxide Inks/Distress Glitter

Repeat Impressions Grass, Kaisercraft Bird

Gel Pen for centre of flowers

Art Alchemy Wax, Flower Soft

Coloured card base.

Pop over and see what my

Talented Sistahs created and

add 'what's in your garden'

to our Gallery. See you there!

UPDATE! Popping my garden over to

The Little Red Wagon for their

Smell the Roses Challenge even though

I don't have roses blooming here.

Thanks for dropping in

You're the SUNSHINE

 Hello and Welcome.

I had a fun play day after seeing the theme 

of Smile Like the Sun

from Dianne at The Sisterhood of Crafters

and have made 2 cards very differently

for this challenge.

So nice to be able to spend more time

in my play room again and join in.

For my first one as it is so so sunny here my card started with

Tim's Rays Stencil inking with

Versafine Clair Summertime and Cheerful.

While the stencil was still in place I added

a touch of Nuvo Solar Flare Shimmer Powder.

I then die cut my daisies and heat embossed with

Stampendous Chunky White Enamel 

to give them dimension. 

Here's a close up

Also added a touch of the shimmer powder.

Placed my die cut Kaisercraft vellum leaves 

then my flowers after inking the centres and 

 a touch of Nuvo Repened Pumpkin Drops.

Sentiment is from STAMPlorations 

Fond Expressions 2 inked with  Colorbox Rose Gold.

Finished with inking the edges with Tim's Spiced Marmalade

and adhering to white card base.

That's it for this card.

You will see my other very different card pretty soon.

Thanks for dropping in.

Fly High 'Grunge'

Hello and Welcome to today's post.

I thought I would play along and join in the Gallery for the

White Space or Colourful Grunge over at

Try it on Tuesday.
When I saw this challenge my choice was to go with

Colourful Grunge as I love that style.

I did have a lot of fun with this as I had no idea

what the end result would be. 

I used a variety of Lindy's Magical's for my background

and umteen stencils and stamps -
too many to mention for my layout.

Over at The Sisterhood of Crafters their challenge is
Newly Acquired Stash
. Check it out Here

The new products I used are
STAMPlorations Winged Things and
Art Alchemy Such a Drip Stencil (ST6555538)

Thanks for dropping in today.
Till next time - Cherrio from