We are 'Focusing on Sentiments' for April at STAMPlorations.

Time is just flying by and now April is here!

Hi and Welcome to today's post.

It is all about Focusing on Sentiments over at

STAMPlorations

Checkout all the details Here

I thought the STAMPlorations Large Hellinium 

was 'Simply Gorgeous' so used that as part of my card.

To start with the background I inked white card stock

all over with Tim's Peacock Feathers

sprayed it with water then placed my

ARTplorations Ethnic Organic One on top

lifting that to take a bit of colour away

then placing it back to add

Tim's Mermaid Lagoon for a bright effect.

It was slightly damp when I heat embossed the

Large Hellinium (sorry it is out of stock)

with Lawn Fawn White Embossing Powder

and some stuck to the stenciling which

I was kinda happy with the effect.

I then added the heat embossed 'simply' sentiment

STAMPlorations Bold Sentiments Gorgeous

cut out my 

CUTplorations Gorgeous Die

and heat embossed it also to blend in.

Finished with corner rounding

attaching it to my white card base.

That's it for my part

BUT

there is so much more to see over at

Our Blog

Off course there are prizes to win so 

don't forget to leave a comment here

for your chance to be a winner...

and why not create something

with your sentiment as your focal point

and add it to the Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in

It's all about SPRING and FAITH!

Hello and Welcome to my little corner of Blogland.

Today's post is for our March Challenge

over at STAMPlorations 
which is all about Spring and Faith.

You can find all the info Over Here.

Don't you love the Graphic!

 It's coming on Spring over the pond but closing in
on our Autumn here in the south which means cooler days.
Flowers are still blooming and we can still sit outside
relaxing with a good cup of tea - hence I have incorporated the

STAMPlorations Framed-Tea-Cups here
I heat embossed in White onto Vellum paper
 and including the Sentiment which I think reflects the Faith side. 

It is a little hard to see but says 
Where there's tea there's hope
from STAMPlorations Always Tea Time

I found this nice soft DP in my stash and thought 

it suitable to frame those tea cups. 

The metallic card stock and all 3 layers were cut from

CUTplorations Double-Running-Stitch-Rectangle-Nesting-Dies

These are the STAMPloration products used.

You will find so many amazing creations by the Team
over on Our Blog so pop on over to get
your creative juices flowing and join in this month's fun challenge.
There is so much scope here.
Of course there are prizes and you can even get a 20% discount
just by using my code STAMPGIRLINA.

Thanks for droppin' by today.
Don't forget to leave a comment!

A Simple Silhouette

Hello there my blogger friends - 

Today I have a simple card experimenting

with some oxide inks (I need the practice)

and came up with

for the September CAS Watercolour Challenge

and for their

here CAS Watercolour

I am still having fun playing with some of my new

Lavinia Stamps and there are a few more to come.

My watercolour background has been smooched

several times. I then heat embossed my Lavinia Thistle

in white adding Nuvo Crystal Glaze to the centre.

For interest I stamped around it with a small script stamp

with Hero Arts Unicorn Pigment Ink.

This was cut from a Spellbinder Die

and again with the 2 larger ones and popped.

Sentiment is from

CUTplorations Love Word Die

and also has the crystal glaze.

PS I chose the LOVE die just because

I Love Thistles oh! and there is Purple...

#Updated -  Also popping this over to
City Crafter Challenge Blog for their
Challenge #378 Pick One.

I could play with more of these gorgeous colours!
I'm thinking I may just do that.

Thanks for dropping by today.

Love reading your comment. Till next time

Cherrio from