Sketch #378 at Sketch Saturday

It is my second week as Guest Designer at

Sketch Saturday 

The generous sponsor this week is

Simon Says Stamps and the prize is a

$25 Gift Certificate

Here is this weeks Sketch

As it is September our Jacaranda Trees

will be coming out in bloom soon here in
Australia and they

are truly a beautiful site.
For this reason I decided to base my card around them
and my favourite colour.

I cheated here because I have this lovely digi set

  from Doodle Pantry and you can find it Here

It is a pre coloured set (my favourite kind)
making my card super simple and quick to make.

As you can see I used the DP from the set
for my background and framed them in white.
My main focal image is cut from Spellbinders Squares
and backed with Lacey Squares sponged with
Memento Sweet Plum.
Background edges is also inked with the same.
Sentiment is cut with JustRite Vintage labels
Image sponged with Memento Lulu Lavender
Added some ribbon and a little bow to finish.
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So there you have it for this week. Pop over to
Sketch Saturday for the DT's take on this sketch.

I'll be back again next week for another
 Great Sketch Challenge.
See you then... 



Happy Birthday Balloons

Hosting this weeks Challenge at

Just Us Girls

is Cheryl and it is TREND  WEEK.
and she chose a popular trend at present
BALLOONS. 

   

 

I have hot air balloon stamps but there wasn't

anything I could find that I thought suitable in my stash

balloon wise and I wanted to use the birthday kind
so I put out an SOS to my crafty friends

who I knew had some dies and asked them to cut some for me.

Well I received 2 envelopes full of different shapes and sizes.

 

Of course I went straight away to play with some...

okay I used just a few but liked the big balloons

so got out an old Cuttlebug Alphabet Die Set

and added the HAPPY to them.

Pretty easy eh? and then popped them onto

some iridescent shimmery paper.

Added some string to the balloons, a few random

sequins and gemstones and the big

birthday stamp from Cas-ual Fridays Stamps

heat embossed in gold to finish.

Pop over to our BLOG
and check out what our Guest Melissa
and Jugheads have made.

Thanks for dropping by
 



Another Tree for 'The House'

For the last few weeks at The House that Stamps Built

the Rock Stars have uploaded 2 techniques
 I haven't used before.

This weeks is to create a background with Painter's Tape

You can see the details Here from Deonna.

I have seen this technique before
 but never got around to trying it out.

Now's my chance.

PS I have delayed starting making that birthday card
till the week end so I can concentrate on it fully. See last post.
 

This card is again for the DCC99 - Falling for Fall challenge

 

Now apart from very inky fingers this was a breeze

and makes a cas card with great effect.

Here are the products I used -
Brown/White card stock
Masking tape using
Memento Morocco/Peanut Brittle
Tim Holtz Dried marigold
Tim Holtz Speckles Stencil over the masked strips
Repeat Impressions Tree 1610
heat embossed in Terracotta
A few strips of scrap DP on the corners
Sentiment is from Cheery Lynn.

That's it for me for now

 



Designer's Choice at 'The House'

It's time for a new challenge over at

The House that Stamps Built

and it is

Falling for Fall/Autumn

 

 

I have made a card with the gilding flakes I used 

on my card before and thought perfect for this challenge.

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Here are the products I used -

Iridescent pearl card stock

Repeat Impressions - Tree 2719

Kaisercraft Nesting Rectangles

K&Co Fall DP

Gilding Flakes - Autumn Leaves

Cuttlebug Swiss Dots

Sentiment is Gina K Designs

Ribbon from my stash

Kaisercraft Pearls.

 

Just a quick post today as I will be busy

over the next few days working on a

special birthday card for my BFF.

Her birthday is just a few days before mine.

If it wasn't for her I may not have found

this great craft without her.

 

Thanks for popping in for a peek.

 

 



It's All Floral at Crafty Cardmakers

This week over at Crafty Cardmakers

Julie is hosting this challenge and wants to see creations

with floral embellishments.

Details can be found Here.

 

 

I had my base card stock, background stamp,

embossing folder and die all sorted

and was going to use my favourite stamp/die set

when I realized I had used it in last week's challenge

so couldn't do that - hence I went to my

drawers with bought flowers in and started

looking through what I would use.

Well I had flowers scattered everywhere

trying this one and that one till

I finally decided on a variety of coloured,

shape and sizes of my flowers.

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I started with kraft card stock as my base

and Stampin' Up hexagon frame.

My background is inked with

Stampin' Up Woodgrain  in

Tim Holtz Frayed Burlap

The hexagon die is embossed with

Cuttlebug Textile folder and popped.

Flowers are from my stash.

The vines behind them are from Kaisercraft

as is the pearls.

Sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping

cut from JustRite Vintage Labels

and inked with SU Rich Razzleberry.

 

I am also entering this card at

My Time to Craft for their Challenge #303 Flowers.

 

Thanks for dropping in and hope you liked

what you saw.

 

Till next time Cherrio from

 

 

 

 

 



Casing a Technique from 'The House'

In an earlier posting I said I had

another card in mind for the current

Colour Challenge at The House that Stamps Built

 

and here it is

 

I have cased the latest Project of the Week from
The House and it is from my very

Dear Friend Cheri Weston.

I even used the same stamp lol

Please go over and check out Her Blog 

for all the amazing work she does

which includes a Tutorial on how to make

Delft Tiles. This is her card below.

 

For my card I used the following products -

White & coloured card stock

Repeat Impressions  Stamps - Flowering Vine

& Sentiment - Beautiful Days

Embossing Folder - Couture Creations Ambrosia

Spellbinders Circles

Stampin' Up Yo Yo Yellow

VersaColor Orange

Memento Love Letter Inks

VersaMark Watermark Ink Pad

Zing Clear Embossing Powder

PS The flowers were embossed twice

as stated in the Tutorial and it really

looks like fine china.

Stampn' Up Banner

Gemstones

Frame & Flowers were popped.

 

I really enjoyed this Technique

Thanks SS

 

Till next time

Cherrio from

 

 



I'm Guest Designer at Sketch Saturday for September

 

I have been invited by my Super Talented Crafty Friend

Kathy Stacy to be her Guest Designer 

at Sketch Saturday for September.

What an Honour! Thank You Kathy.

You can find their blog HERE

And here is our Sketch.

The sponsor for this challenge is Niki Rowland

who just happens to be the

Blog Owner and she has generously offered the

 random winner a Surprise Pack!

Now don't we all love SURPRISES?

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Here is my first posting,

I made 2 cards as I wasn't sure I was completely happy with the first one.

 

I thought the paper the image and the sentiment

all married together nicely.

Here are the products I used

White/coloured card stock

DP from Kaisercraft Pack Your Bags Collection

Eifel Tower is from Kaisercraft inked with

Stampin' Up Close to Cocoa and sponged with

Memento Summer Sky

Sentiment is from Gina K Design

Spellbinders Ovals

Distressed Edges



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and then I thought I would make a girly one

 

 

I used basic pink/apricot and cream card stock

DP is First Edition Desert Blooms

Cuttlebug Floral Fancy Embossing Folder

Green Vellum cut with Spellbinders Ovals

Kaisercraft leaf Die

MFT Heirloom Rose cut from same DP

Sentiment is from

Inspired by Stamping and heat embossed with

Tim Holtz Worn Lipstick

Finished with a scattering of rhinestones.

***

Hope you will now pop over to the

Sketch Saturday Blog

to see what the Design Team created

and hope to see yours there.

 

Thanks for dropping in

Till next week

Cherrio from

 

 

An Apple a Day they say ....

This week at Just Us Girls

Lisa as Hostess has challenged us with our

Word Challenge and chose Apple.

 

 

Now it just so happens I don't have a single apple stamp

in my stash so I thought I would Google and find an image.

 

 

My colouring skills are very limited so lucky for me there

wasn't too much to do.

I have used the following items

Brown & White card stock

Water Colour pencils by Faber Castelle for my image

 and added glossy accents for shine

Spellbinder Hexagon Dies

Kaiesercraft Hexagon stamp sponged with

Memento Love Letter and

Stampin' Up Close to Cocoa inks

Sponged edges in Memento Love Letter

Sentiment is from Gina K Designs

Popped a button on the side to finish.

Now pop on over Here to

see what our September Guest Melissa Dawn Lane

from https://honeybeelane.wordpress.com/

and the DT have made.

We would love to see your take on our Apple Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by

 

 

It's time to play at 'The House'

It's the beginning of a new month and that means

NEW CHALLENGES

at my favourite blog The House that Stamps Built

Here is the first for the month and is a

 

Details Here

 

 

 

It took me an age to find a Repeat Impressions stamp

to use on my card but my Mojo wasn't with me so I

decided to just use the beautiful sentiment and

add some scrap DP.

I did just that but in the end the bottom was too bare so

I found the perfect little stamp to finish it off.

 

The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions

Beautiful Days cut from

Spellbinders Labels 20

The flowers are the Flowering Vine.

I popped the strips of DP to a yellow backing

with white card stock as my base.

The flowers were inked with Stampin' Up

Yo Yo Yellow.

Ribbon from my stash

Tiny Pearls finished it off.

 

When I was making this card I wasn't happy how it was

turning out but since it is finished I am much happier

especially as I think the flowering vine finished

my card off nicely. I hope you think so too.

 

I have another card in mind for this challenge

so check back soon to see what I  came up with.

 

Thanks for dropping in

 

 

 

 

 

 



A Floral Birthday

 

It is a rainy dreary day here so I thought it a great chance

to pop back into my play station and create another card for

 their No Patterned Paper Challenge

You can find their blog Here

 

 

I started with brown yellow and white card stock.

The white I had already cut the corners

so I have 2 postings in a row with rounded edges.

I stamped the frame which is from

Gina K Designs in Close to Cocoa - SU

My flowers are also from Stampin' Up

The large one is Flower Shop. A dear friend

sent me a bunch of them as I didn't have that set.

The smaller ones are Petite Petals

inked in Close to Cocoa and

Tim Holtz Antique Linen.

Sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping

Added a Kaisercraft leaf die

Kaisercraft Pearls

Liquid Pearls and a Dew Drop

Tucked in a few sprigs from a Martha Stewart die

Finished with ribbon from my stash.

 

That's it for now so till next time

Cherrio from

 

 

 

 

 

 



A Happy Hello!

While I was browsing Blog Land I came across

a great new site to me.

Crafty Card Makers

The current challenge there is to make a card

without patterned paper.

You can find all the details Here

 

 

Now this was right up my alley as I love to play

with stencils so went into my play station

and created this simple and colourful card.

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I used a coloured card base that matched my

speckles and feathers.

Here are the products I used -

Stampin' Up Four Feathers Die/Stamp Set popped

Tim Holtz Speckles/Splatters Stencils

Tim Holtz Distress Inks -

Peacock Feathers/Abandoned Coral/Frayed Burlap

A bow in Jute

Kaisercraft Pearls

Inspired by Stamping - Big Hello Stamp.

 

I really liked how the distress ink made

the sentiment look splotchy as it blended in

with the stencilling.

 

So there it is - a great way to relax after a hard

morning in my garden weeding.

 

Thanks for dropping in.

 

 

 



It's Time to Shake at Try Stampin' on Tuesday

It isn't often enough we try our hands at a

SHAKER CARD

and that is exactly what we are asking you to do

this time round at

Try Stampin' on Tuesday

 



Here is the sketch thanks to Sarah.

 

Shaker cards are always fun to make - just a little

time consuming sometimes and with luck

you don't get your shaker bits everywhere

while doing so.

 

Here is what I came up with to use on mine -

White/Red/Pink card stock.

I stencilled the background with

Memory Box - Texture Waive in

Memento Love Letter &

Stampin' Up Melon Mambo

Darkroom Door Stars Background Stamp

Spellbinders Circles/Lacey Circles

Large/Small Star Punch

Star Sequins

The 'Happy' is die cut from

Impression Obsession

Unfortunately I forgot to write down the

name of the Birthday Wishes sentiment

and went looking but

 no doubt I will find it another time.

Finished with a few red gemstones.

 

Thanks for dropping by.

 

 

 



Choices Choices - The Current Challenge at Sketch Saturday

 

I popped over to Sketch Saturday Here

to see what their new challenge was

and what a lovely surprise.

As it is the 5th Saturday we get to pick

which Sketch we would like to play with.

 

Now it wasn't easy to pick so I scrolled through all of them

and decided on the one below.
#281

 

Why? Well I get to ink up one of my favourite stamps

from Stampin' Up - Fifth Avenue Floral.

 

 I started off with the basic white card stock

then matted with the 2 colours from the flower.

I scored the right side then added

a strip of mulberry paper.

The flower was heat embossed in white

and I cut 3 after inking them with

 Stampin' Up Rich Razzleberry and

Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers.

Behind the flower is matted with an

embossed piece of paper using

Spellbinders Circles and

Lacey Circles at the back in white.

Sentiment is from Gina K Designs.

Finished my card with several

scattered rhinestones.

 

I would also like to link this card up with the

current challenge over at Robynsfetish

for their SQUARE CARD.

and

Cupake Inspirations

for their Challenge #325 - LAYERS

 

Thanks for stopping by.

 

 

 

 

It's Sketchy Time at Just us Girls

We have our Wild Card Challenge this week.

Nancy is our Hostess and she has chosen

A Sketch!

 

 

 

I recently bought a few Word Dies in a frame

so the one chosen was perfect to use with this sketch.

I used the following products to create my card.

Metallic Gold & Black card stock

Cream Mulberry paper as backing

The 'Love' is from Kaisercraft Script Die and popped

I went over it with a gold Gelly Roll pen

but isn't too noticeable

DP is Kaisercraft Art of Life

Sentiment is Gina K Designs

Lace Black Rhinestones and Button from my stash

***

Pop over to Our Blog and check out what

our August Guest Karen and the other

Jugheads created.

We would love to see your entries

and you know if you do you could be our

Chic of the Week and go on the be

Our Guest in October. 

Hope to see you there.

 

 

 

It's Inspiration Week at Just Us Girls

 

Chris is Hosting this weeks challenge at

Just Us Girls and it is

INSPIRATION WEEK.





I had fun with this one using my gelatos.
I had them out a few weeks ago and made lots
of leaves while I was at it.
I used brown and iridescent card stock then
added a piece of distressed gold
corrugated cardboard.
My leaves are from Cuttlebug dies and have been scrunched
and attached to Spellbinder Labels 18 die.
Added a big gold button and some pearls.
Inked lightly from Tim Holtz Speckles Stencil 
either side of the image
Sentiment is from JustRite Labels 20
inked with Memento Pistachio.

Don't forget to pop over to
Our Blog for more inspiration from
The Design Team and our Guest
Karen Bourke.
Hope you get a chance to play this week.
Look forward to seeing you there.



 

 

 



Sketch Time at Try Stampin' Or Not On Tuesday

 

Time for the latest challenge over at Try Stampin' on Tuesday

and here is the card I created.

 

 

Our sketch is courtesy of Hillary

There is a Theme with this one and it is

HAPPY.

I thought my sentiment covered that because if you are

living laughing and loving you are bound to be HAPPY.

 

Here are the products I used -

Basic card stock

Designer Paper - Rosie's Sweet Delight

Kaisercraft Nest Rectanges

Kaisercraft Sentiment - Life

Sizzix Banners

Tim Holtz Worn Lipstick Embossing Powder

Memento Potter's Clay Ink

Finished of with 3 different buttons to match.

 

Hope you get the chance to play with this lovely sketch.

Don't forget to pop over and check out the other DT cards

also our Facebook page Here

and you can enter either on our blog or Facebook.

 

Thanks for dropping in

 

 

  

 

 

 



I'm Hosting the Colour Challenge at Just Us Girls

It's my turn to Host at Just Us Girls for Colour Week.

I chose Black Grey and Red.

 

 

And of course I chose 2 of my favourite stamps.

The background is from JustRite - London Background

inked with Memento London Fog.

My main image is from Stampin' Up Feeling Sentimental

heat embossed in red.

This stamp reminds me of my visit to London

and the phone booth is so very British.

I have used red cs as my base and also black and white.

The phone booth is popped with

distressed white and grey backgrounds.

I added a little red spritzing and a red gemstone.

The Hello from Lawn Fawn

has been cut in black white and red paper

and built up for added effect.

Finished off with 3 little strips of coloured ribbon.

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Hope you like my choice of design and colours

and you get the chance to join us this week.

If you do you will be in the running for our

Chic of the Week and could be chosen for our

Guest Designer in October.

For all the details pop over to Our Blog

and also check out what The Jugheads

and our August Guest Karen Bourke have made.

You won't be disappointed.

Thanks so much for popping in.

 

 

 

 



Crafting with Dragonflies Challenges are Back.

After some time away due to ill heath 

I am so happy to see my friend

Hilde back in blog land

and has started the Crafting with Dragonflies

challenges again.

For the first challenge we are to add a butterfly or 2 or 3.

 

 

Here is the card I made with the required butterfly

I used the following items -

White card stock Stampin' Up Woodgrain Stamp

Stampin' Up Sentiment

The coloured panels have been corner rounded

and are Paint Swabs

Tim Holts Peacock Feathers and

Versacolor Seafoam Inks

Kaisercraft Leaf Die

Cherry Lynn Exotic Butterfly

cut twice and background has been left whole.

Finished with some gemstones.

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Hope you will pop over and play with this challenge.

I know Hilde will really appreciate it.