Don't forget to FLY!

Vicki is Hosting our Word Challenge at

Just Us Girls  and our Gallery is going to be 

'Full of wonderful butterfly creations'

It's our first for August and that means we have a 

New Guest Designer. 

So happy to have an 'Aussie' and it is

Cathy Roffey. Check out her blog Here 

Welcome Cathy.

We all love making butterfly cards don't we???

With so many choices of what to use and how

I decided to stencil (AALL&Create) my background

with Tim's oxides then put it back 

and stencil again with Opaque Crackle Texture Paste
Adding a bit of background stamping for interest.

I die cut my Kaisercraft butterfly then

covered it with Black Brusho's

which has given it  subtle blue tones.

I then added Transparent Gloss

which gave it a nice sheen.

Slightly popped it after adding the sentiment from

Tim's Small Talk.

'Fly' over and see what our Guest Cathy

and our Amazing Designers created

and I am sure you will want to add yours

to our Gallery this week. 

You could be our Chic of the Week and

and chosen as our Guest in October.

Thanks for visiting and commenting.

Mixed Media Time at Creative Artiste

It's time for our new Anything Goes Challenge at

 Creative Artiste Mixed Media

This is a Mixed Media piece that just came together

as I went along with nothing specific in mind.

 It began by inking the background with

a variety of Lindy's Magical's, lots of

Nuvo Shuimmer Powders and stencilling

from AALL&Create

with AA Metallic Gold Rush paint.

The butterfly is from Kaisercraft and

was sitting on my workbench.

Lots of additions that I forgot to photograph -

some of these items are chipboard, cheescloth,

more stencilling, art stones.

Painted the edges with the Gold Rush Paint.

I did add some clear crackle but lost it's way.

On the butterfly there are gilding flakes,

 Magical's and a sparkly gem.

Flower is from my stash, adding a pearl spray to the back

and coloured thread to the stem.

It is so easy to get carried away and keep on adding

products for colour or dimension.

Next month I am hoping to created something

very different. I have had it in my mind for

a few months now - just hasn't eventuated yet.

Will see what happens for next months MMprofect.

Pop over and see what the Creative Artists

(the Design Team that is) had fun with.

We would love to see you add yours

Our theme is always

"Anything Mixed Media Goes"

with multiple mediums on your project.

Thanks for visiting and commenting.

Till next time - 

 

'Casing' a Favourite Designer/Designers

July is a long month and we have 

Five Saturday's so you know it is our

Wild Card Week at Just Us Girls 

I am Host this week and thought it would be fun to

 pick a favourite designer/designers and

 case one of their creations.

It can be a Card/Tag Maker, Scrapbooker, 

Mixed Media Artist - Journal Page Creator 

even a Quilt Maker like Carol Mc

I so love the dedication and how long it takes

to create something so special.

We need to say who we are 'casing' and

show their make and ours.

This is a longish post so grab some refreshments.

I chose two designers - 

Cecile Ribon -a fellow designer here

who inspires me with her talents and creativity weekly

and

Loll Thompson who I have admired and loved her

CAS creations for a long time.

Cecile's Card

My 'Case'

I changed the colour of the background,

added gold circles, floral die inked 

Lindy's Milky Way White for some shimmer,

a snippet of ribbon, sentiment and a few splatters.

Popped onto white card base.

Loll's Card

I saw this card and knew I had THAT stamp

also gifted from a Dear Friend.

Here's my 'case'

Die cut my Spellbinder Die then coloured the background with 

Tim's Oxide Saltwater Taffy and Speckled Egg

going for lighter coloures but now think

the darkers colours show up the

wet baby wiped stencilling better.

My stencil is from ARTplorations Fairy Tale Forest

(the technique Loll used)

Heat embossed the Uniko Stamp in black

adding the same sentiment as Loll

from the same stamp set.

Added a few punched pink hearts splatters and

distressed the edges before popping 

onto white card base.

I didn't know whether I would post this 

as I am not overly happy with the result

even second time around. 

Head over to our Gallery and check out 

fabulous case creations from our Guest Fran

and my talented Team Mates.

Thank you so much Fran for sharing your

beautiful card with us this month.

Sure hope we get to see your favourite designer's casing.

Thanks for visitng

Merry! Merry!

 Today's post is for our New Challenge over at

The Sisterhood of Crafters and Lia chose our Theme

Fairy or Gnomes.

I don't have fairies flying around my craft room

so my little gnome came to the rescue for

my Christmas card.

He is from Stamping Bella and coloured with

watercolour pencils and inks. Added a bit of sparkle to his hat.

Die cuts for the angle and Merry sentiment.

Adhered to red card base.

Head over and see what my Sistah's chose to feature.

Hope to see you in our Gallery.

Thanks for visiting and commenting.

Sending Happy Thoughts

 I'm playing again this week over at the

Tic Tac Toe Challenge choosing from the board below

to go from

top right -  flowers

centre - yellow

botton left - ink blending

for Challenge #171

Those that know me would know that I would pick

 ink blending - it's in my DNA!

I went for a bright yellow with Nuvo 

Solar Flare Shimmer Powder for my blended background

Flowers? I chose a favourite retired SU set

Botanical Blooms
Foliage die cut from various coloured paper.

I added Lindy's Milky Way White to the flowers

for a nice shimmer and

Yellow Rose of Texas for the centre of the main flower

then a clear gemstone.

Sentiment is from STAMPlorations Bloom Happy.

Tiny flowers have Daffodil Liquid Pearls in the centre.

Finished with adhering to coloured card base.

Also sending this over to 

Moving Along with the Times

Challenge #144

and another one for

Happy Little Stampers

Anything Goes with Dies

Thanks for visiting and love reading your comments.

Simply 'Make a Wish'

Wet, cold, windy weather makes for 

Great Craft Time.

Here I have made another card for

Happy Little Stampers 

I used Lindy's Magical's for the background,

stencilling randomly the numbers from

Which Craft Do You Do (Aussie Store)

with Distress Grit Paste. Once dry

I sponged a little here and there

with Tim's Black Soot then added

Opaque Crackle Texture Paste.

Inked and heat embossed the

Happy Little Stampers Dandelion Wishes in black. 

Adhered to coloured card base.

Thanks for visiting and commenting.

It's Photo Week at Just Us Girls

It's our Photo Week at Just Us Girls 

and our Host Sue has chosen

This photo really stumped me at first till

I remembered I had a stamp that would suffice 

as I wanted to feature the falling greenery.

This was inked in green and clear embossed.

I recently bought a die that I thought would be 

an interesting feature.

This is where I went way outside the box.

Before I attached my die I did some stencilling

and sponging in the same green, 

cutting a circle to use as a moon

enhancing it with a gold gel pen.

Finished with attaching to black card base.

Something a little different from the photo

but that is the thing - everyone chooses

what they see that takes their eye and go from there.

Head over and see what's in the Gallery for your inspiration.

from our  Guest Fran and my Talented Team Mates 

What stood out for you?

Hope to see yours there.

Thanks for visiting.

Oh Happy Day!

 I have been in a pinky/peachy kind of mood lately and

thought it time I brightened things up with a

few favourite deep coloured oxide inks.

This is for Happy Little Stampers

and using dies/inks from Tim - 

Wildflowers from three different sets

and his Mixed Media Die Set.

My background colours are

Crackling Campfire and Spiced Marmalade.

I then placed AALL&Create Geometric Grid #81

on top and sponged with a wet baby wipe

to lift the ink and create a pattern.

Die cut the corner from the Mixed Media Set.

To add a little extra interest I inked the other side with

AALL&Create Scripts #292 in black.

Die cut several wildflowers also in black

holding in place with a tiny piece of orange cotton.

Sentiment is retired SU Build a Bouquet.

Adhered to black card base.

# Popping this over to the HLS Anything Goes with Dies

Thanks for visiting and commenting.

Joining in the Tic Tac Toe Challenge

I am joining in on the fun over at the

Tic Tac Toe Challenge TTTC 170

choosing the left row down - 

CAS Birthday Die Cut/s

I seem to be in a peachy/pinky mood lately 

and this is the go to colour here also

using die cuts gifted by my bff.

As the row I picked has CAS

it makes for using die cuts a breeze.

These were coloured after I inked

w/c paper with Tim's Abandoned Coral and

Lindy's Oom Pah Pah Pink powder with acetate.

I love adding a lightly coloured background

with a stencil - this one from AALL&Create.

Hoping I have left enough white space. for CAS

To add a little extra something I added some splatters,

a little cheesecloth and gold thread before

topping with my STAMPlorations Birthday Sentiment.

Attached to gold border and on to

white card base to complete.

Thanks for visiting.

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! 

For You

Softly does it this week at Just Us Girls 

for our Colour Week with Cecile's choice of

Coral Light Grey and Gold.

I went CAS with floral die cuts

in the above colours

with a shadow behind the middle flower.

Added some gold inkings, sentiment

and gold bow.

Check out our Guest Fran

and the Team's colourful creations.

Will we see yours in our Gallery?

Thanks for visiting.

Spread your Wings!

 Our New Challenge over at

The Sisterhood of Crafters

is all about Bees Butterflies and Dragonflies.

Vickie chose this fabulous theme

and I am sure our Gallery will be full of

all things that fly. Pick one or all three.

My background stamp - 

Libellules & Papillons from Carabelle Studios

did most of the work -  inked in black and heat embossed clear.

The background is out of my bit box using Lindy's Magicals.

I then die cut my colourful butterfly 

placing it on top of the one on the stamp.

Finishing with a torn popped sentiment

from STAMPlorations, distressed edges

and attached to white card base.

Head over and see how my Sistah's 

chose to showcase our Theme.

I'm sure you will be keen to play

and add to our Gallery. 

Thanks for visiting and commentng

Joy to the World

Today's post is for the New Challenge at

 Christmas Craft Creations and our Theme is

Patterned Paper

Sometimes a little scrap piece of dp is all it takes

to feature on a CAS card.

This is what I did here and simply 

heat embossed the sentiment in metallic silver.

Die cut my deer with silver glitter paper,

attaching to card base.

Head over and see what the Design Team

created with their Patterned Paper

and come join in with yours

to our Gallery.

Hope to see you there.

Thanks for visiting and commenting.

Another Birthday Card.

There's nothing better than spending a bit of time

in my 'playstation' on a cold drizzly day.

Here's what evolved!

There are a few challenges I will send this off to.

This is my second card for Addicted to Stamps and More

for their Birthday Challenge

and The Flower Challenge  has a CAS Challenge

A favourite stamp I like to use for a CAS card is

Rubbernecker Watercolor Poppies #719.

This time round I went in a different direction.

Instead of heat embossing the outline  and then

water colouring I inked the solid image with

Tim's Oxide Spiced Marmalade and added a

shake of Lindy's Cuckoo Clock Cardinal

lightly misting the stamp and placing it

onto Canson Cold Pressed W/C paper

leaving it for a minute to penetrate.

I then stamped the outline with

Versafine Clair Tulip Red.

Sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping

heat embossed in black.

Die cut and adhered to coloured card stock.

Finishing by attaching to card base.

Thanks for visiting. Love reading your comments.

Celebrating a Birthday at Addicted to Stamps and More

The current challenge over at 

Addicted to Stamps and More is

Birthdays

I have a few female birthdays I need to post cards off to

and flowers never go astray do they?

Got out my Doodled Flowers Stamp Set from

Happy Little Stampers, heat embossing with

Nuvo Gold Enchantment.

Coloured with Nuvo Blue Blitz Shimmer Powder.

Die cut a leaf flourish and coloured with

Nuvo Green Parade.

Fussy cut the flowers and attached to background

embossed with Darice Henna.

Happy Die is from Heidi Swapp,

birthday stamp from above set.

Added some Nuvo Blue Lagoon Dew Drops

to the main flower.

Attached to coloured card base.

Thanks for visiting and commenting.