Spring is in the Air

Spring is in the air in the Northern parts of the World

but just not where I live.

and that is what the challenge over at
 Hiding In My Craft Room is all about.
Check out the Details Here

I made a very quick clean and simple card for this challenge

as time was limited and I wanted to join in for fun!

I am off to visit my sister and I only had a small window

of opportunity to play.
Using basic card stock I have matted in colours of the butterfly
with a stitched die.
For a bit of interest I lightly stenciled the background
with white acrylic paint then attached my
heat embossed butterfly onto a piece of card stock that
has been previously inked with shaving cream.
Added a touch of WOS to parts of the butterfly.
Finished with a few brown sequins.
Products I used here are from STAMPlorations
Dropping this in to the

Here

Trendy Butterflies 2 ARTplorations Shutters
 

Thanks for popping in today.

Happy Birthday 'TIME OUT'

TIME OUT are celebrating their 3rd Birthday

with lots of Sponsors and lots of prizes!

So what better way to celebrate but to make a

Birthday card. As STAMPlorations are one of the sponsors

I used quite a few of their fabulous products for my card.

Starting with -  

Basic card stock in grey/red/white.

 ARTplorations Flourishes inked with Memento London Fog

My main image and frame are from  STAMPlorations Floral Bliss

heat embossed with Zing Charcoal

Spotlight is inked with Tim Holtz Abandoned Coral

so too  my XXOO from STAMPlorations Pocket Blooms

Sentiment is CUTplorations Happy 

using the same paper as my frame.

The Happy and the XXOO have been inked with WOS

for shimmer which is hard to see.

Birthday - STAMPlorations Vignette Chevron and Arrows

It has been a long time since I made a 'Spotlight' card

and it was so much fun trying out this great technique once more.

I am going to pop this card over to

for their Anything Goes with a Birthday Theme
and Here








Thanks so much for dropping in today.



 I love reading your comments.
Till next time it's Cherrio from

Hey There!

Hosting this weeks challenge at Just Us Girls is BOBBY

and she has chosen the word GEOMETRIC and is sure to

give us some fabulous creations.

Here's what I had fun making - so cas but I thought rather cool.

 

I recently received the ARTplorations Broken Glass stencil

which is just perfect especially when I had the

Banners Dies from MFT with the same type of shape.

So my card was born.

My background was stencilled with silver acrylic paint

and once dry I added my banners in different shapes

cut from those swats you get at a hardware store

and framed behind it in pink.

Finished with some bling and sentiment - heat embossed

 by Paper Smooches -  Sentiment Sampler. Love the fonts!

Pop over and see what the Team
and our March  Guest Designer - 
Nance Salkeld from Soul Stampin
have create for your inspiration.
Hope to see your creation over at Our Blog
and you could be our next Chic of the Week
and in the running for Guest Designer for May.

Thanks for dropping by



You are 'SPECIAL'

Hello Crafty Ones. Where did January & February go?

I blinked and March was before my eyes.

That means the New CAS Challenge over at STAMPlorations

is up and this month the Optional Colour is Sky Blue.

Details - Here

I got out my favourite metallic paints and

inked up  STAMPlorations Large French Marigold

with shades of blue, green and yellow 

after heat embossing in white.

I then added some splatters with yellow acrylic paint.

Once that was dry I added my sentiment  

from Pocket Blooms

Finished this with 3 tiny blue hearts

and attaching to a blue background on white card stock.

This card came about after seeing this one made by

Karen Dunbrook Here. 

Don't forget there are prizes to be won - 
$10 Gift Certificate for the Winner and
$5 Gift Certificate to the Top Picks.
Players can link up to 3 CAS cards
Enter a CAS card with or without the optional twist
Non STAMPlorations products are okay too.
And there is a 20% to use for some
awesome products from STAMPlorations
by just using code STAMPGIRLINA.
How good is that?
Now that you have come to the end of my post
I hope you can join in this months challenge.
 You could be a Lucky Winner!
and start your own collection of great products.
Adding my card to the

Here
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Thanks so much for dropping by today
Love reading your comments

Taking 'Time Out' to Spotlight.

Hello Craft Ones
Today's post is for the 3rd Birthday Celebrations At Time Out 
 and is a  Love/Friendship Challenge
with the option of Spotlight Stamping
and  STAMPlorations are one of the Sponsors.
Check out all the Challenge Details Here .

Sandi & Nonnie from Time Out have invited
Designers from STAMPlorations

to join them for their 3rd Birthday Celebrations.
Pop over to the STAMPlorations Blog to see
their fabulous Projects.

Here is the card I created using the Spotlight Technique.
And I might add using my favourite colour!

For my floral image I have used

STAMPlorations About a Rose cutting it 

from MFT stitched circle die and then again

for the spotlight with SB die and heat embossed.

The rose has been coloured with metallic paints.

The background is stenciled lightly with

ARTplorations Flourishes and

Sentiment was picked from 

STAMPlorations Pocket Blooms 

Inks used are Memento Sweet Plum and

Tim Holtz Milled Lavender.

Off course I had to finish of with some bling

to match my flower. 

I hope you will pop over to

STAMPlorations Home as Shery

has all the news about this Special Event

and there are PRIZES!

Also pop over to Time Out

to see all the projects made by the Designers for your inspiration.

I sure hope you can make this special event

'special' by participating in this challenge.

Wouldn't you LOVE to win some

Fabulous  products from the Generous Sponsors?

Of course you would so better get busy.

Thank so much for hanging in here for this post.

I will be back again soon to show off another card

I have made especially for this 'Happy 3rd Birthday'

Popping this over to the

Here

Hiding in my Craftroom for 'Any Holiday' Challenge

NO! it isn't Christmas - sorry if I startled you.

I made this simple card for the  Any Holiday Challenge

at Hiding in My Craftroom 

As you can see I chose to add to my Christmas Collection.

My card base is navy and topped with white and embossed 

with an old Christmas Embossing folder from Cuttlebug.

The little wintery scene is from Inspired by Stamping and

inked up with Memento Paris Dusk. 

I added some Frosted Lace Stickles to the

roof tree and ground and if you look closely you can see it.

Sentiment is from Gina K Designs

and finished with some blingy gems.

That's it for today. Thanks for dropping by - 

XOXO Marks the Spot

It's my last week as Guest Designer over at

Shopping our Stash and I must say this week's is

One of my Favourites - A Colour Challenge.

I was over the moon excited when I saw this.

Here is what I created -



I have used some metallic/linen paper

which I though suited my shimmery floral image

which is from 49and Market. This was coloured with

metallic paints using all the colours above

(you need to use at least 3)

After painting my flower I added some touches

of yellow to the centres of the flowers and

some splatters with acrylic paint.

This was cut from a Sizzix die and popped.

The background is stencilled slightly

with ARTplorations Nestled Circles.

inked with Memento Angel Pink.

I decided to do a bit of distressing

adding some pearls and the

CUTplorations XOXO Word Die

cut several time for depth to finish my card.

I apologize for the poor quality of my photographed card.
I didn't realize that paper would be so hard to get a clear shot.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to check out the
Design Teams Creations. They are sure to please and
inspire you to join in. Hope so.
I'd also like to say a Big Thank You to the Girls at
Shopping our Stash
for inviting me to be their Guest for February
and enabling me to use some 'stuff' I hadn't used
played with new things and enjoyed  my time immensely.



Popping this over Here and Here for the above Challenges.



LIVE with Passion

How easy was it to make this for the current 

Sketch Challenge at Less is More ?

I normally have trouble with sketches but

this one was so simple and to the point.

I stamped my flower and flourish from 

SU Creative Elements in Calypso Coral

popping the flower cut from

MFT Stitched Die.

Sentiment is STAMPlorations

 Trendy Butterflies - Shery Russ Designs

I put the small sentiment on my Stamp Positioner

 and curled it to stamp it around the flower.

When that was finished it looked a bit bare

so added a few scored lines either side.

Just hope it didn't spoil it.

Details - Here

Thanks for coming by today

Till next time - Cherrio from

Simply 'Happy Birthday'

Such a simple card but simply suitable for 

those males in our lives.

I have used kraft card stock here.

This lovely tree is from 

Repeat Impressions (Spring Tree) 

and I am guessing there would be

loads of people wishing Spring would come quickly.

However here in Australia it will be Autumn.

This was inked up with a Marvy Heritage Ink Pad

as was my sentiment from Inspired by Stamping.

This was cut from a stitched die and popped.

To finish my card off I added some jute string

and some gold brads.

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I am sending this card over to The House that Stamps Built

for their Anything Goes Challenge. Details are HERE

and Come and Get It Blogspot for

It's in the MALE Challenge.

That's it for now. Thank You for popping in

 to see what I have been up to.

Time Out Challenge #77

Hello Crafty Friends. What do you see in this photo below?

There is so much there that my mind boggles!

It's for the current challenge over at Time Out

All the Details are Here.

 I took my inspiration from the colours and flowers.

Since

were sponsoring I though I would use 

some of their fabulous products here.

My background was one I had sitting on my desk

and thought it matched the colours closely to the photo.

I then stenciled the ARTplorations Happy Flowers

with Pearl White Acrylic Paint

adding a bit of grunge to the background with

STAMPlorations Scribby Splattery Grunge

the  A Happy is from Vignette Chevron & Arrows

Hello - CUTplorations Hello Die

My little bird is from Kaisercraft.

This was cut with stitched dies and 

attached to pearl paper to blend with the flowers.
This is heading over for the

Here

Thanks for stopping by today.

I do love reading your kind comments.

Till next time - Cherrio from