It's a CUTplorations 'Threefer'

Hello and Welcome to today's post.
It's all about the latest happenings over at
STAMPlorations where we are focusing on Phrase Dies.
You can find The Details Here
PS This a longish post!

I had sooooooooooo much fun choosing how I was going to
showcase these fabulous Phrase Dies.

I knew which stamps I wanted to use with this die and chose

STAMPlorations One Cool Chick. I think it's a perfect match.

It needed a background so I versamarked  the

ARTplorations Zen Hearts stencil with pink glitter.

Also added it to the surrounds but a little hard to see.

My CUTplorations You Are My Sunshine die 

was cut from red card stock.

Finished by adding a black mat, attached to red card base 

pearls on her scarf and bracelet and a little bit of lippy.

This was pretty simple to make.
My background is a mix of Tim's Oxide Inks.
I then stenciled the ARTplorations Flowers 1
thickly with Gloss Gel Medium and
Pearl White Acrylic Paint.
Added my CUTplorations Life is Good 
die cut from the same card stock as my base.
touching it up with WOS for shimmer.
Gems were attached to finish.


and my last one I went all out
adding so many bits and bobs hoping I wouldn't
make a mess!

As you can see there is a lot going on with this one.
I used ARTplorations Retro Circles first inking
and sponging in yellow to add more colour
then added crackle paste.
I started my other background with
 lots of Brusho colours then I started adding
stamping and heat embossed images
from STAMPlorations Mixed Media Grunge
and STAMPlorations Scribbly Splattery Grunge
in a variety of colours.
I then stenciled ARTplorations Evolution
with white acrylic paint.
This was cut on angles and attached
adding the CUTplorations Art Happens die in yellow.



There is so much more to check out over at
STAMPlorations so go on over and see for yourself!
You know there are prizes to be won for joining in
with your creations!
and for commenting here and on our Blog!
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Thanks so much for taking the time to check out
My Long Blog Post.

A Blooming Birthday

Hi there! I am back with the other card I was making for the

April CAS Mix Up Challenge using rubber bands.

I found another Brusho background in my 'bits box'

suitable for my card and went with it. 

Once more I decided to heat emboss this time using

  White from Stampendous

then die cut some flowers from Tim Holtz Wild Flowers

with white card stock. I cut the background from a 

stitched die then added my flowers.

My sentiment/die is from STAMPlorations Fluttery

inked with Memento Sweet Plum.

My Mix is Rubber Bands, Brusho's,

Stamping, Embossing and Die Cutting.

Once more I had fun with this technique

and have another idea swirling in my head.

It didn't quite work out first time round

but I will work on it and see how it pans out.

There may be Number 3 before the end of the month.

That's it for today so till next time - 

Cherrio from

Friend to Friend

Hi there Blogger Friends!

Today I am posting a card I made for the

April CAS Mix Up Challenge over at the

CAS Mix Up Blog and this months challenge

is using something I have had on my 

'Techniques to Try List' Rubber Bands.

This was so much fun using

Rubber Bands, Stamping, Heat Embossing, Dies.

I started by adding rubber bands to an acrylic block

then Versamarking onto my white card stock with

Yellow and Egyptian Gold Glitter embossing powder

randomly over the page.

I cut this with a stitched die and also 

the MFT peek a boo die.

I then cut out my gifted daisy die several times

in white and leaves in gold and vellum.

Attached the popped background then attached

my daisy which I finished off by adding

some lemon flower soft to the centre.

To complete my card I added my SU sentiment

with the gold glitter and popped after cutting it

also from a MFT stitched die.

And there you have it!

I enjoyed this technique and 

have more in the making. 

Couldn't stop at one!

Till next time - Thanks for dropping in.

Love reading your Comments.

Here's Looking at You!

Hi there Crafty Friends!

Today's post if for the 

Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies Challenge

and I was excited to make my card with one of the 

New Release Sets -  Born to be Wild.

I have this fabulous stencil called

ARTploration Evolution

 which made a perfect background for my 

Here's looking at You 'Zebra's'.

I thought it would be fun to shadow stamp 

the second one for added interest.

I inked up my stencil with blended

black and silver pearl acrylic paint

giving it a not so stark black colour

then cut it out with a peek a boo die.

Added my zebra's to the back touched

with a hint of  Tim's Dried Margold ink.

This was popped to a black mat then white

and finished with black card base.

Birthday sentiment is from the above set

cut from a JustRite tag popped in front of

some ribbon to match the zebra's.

Don't forget to pop over and see more Die Cut Creations from

The Talented Team then add yours to our Gallery.

You could be Our Winner and

 receive a $20 coupon to spend at our Shop.

Details are HERE

If you use stamps from Happy Little Stampers

and chosen as our Random Winner

Your prize will be DOUBLED!

Till next time - Cherrio from

It's Word Week with a B at Just Us Girls

Hi there and Welcome.

Today's post is of course for

Just Us Girls 'cause it's Saturday.

I am Hosting this week and it's

Word Week - I chose

BOLD!

As you can see I went Bold with Bright Colours.

Once again my Brusho's came out for the background.

I stenciled my floral image with white texture paste

mixed with orange acrylic paint.

This was cut from a stitched die as was the orange

background paper.

Added a gem to the middle of the flower

also some orange Nuvo Drops to the background.

Sentiment is from STAMPlorations 

and cut from a MFT die.

It's a new month which means we have a 

New Guest Designer - Talented Karren Johnson

from Stamping Stuff 

Welcome Karren - lovely to have you join us.

That's it for me. Now pop over and see what

Karren and the Jugheads have boldly created

and come join us in our Gallery this week.

Thanks for dropping in

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 Out of My Bits Box with Something New!

Hi there and Welcome! It's a bit dreary here today so

perfect time to show you what I was playing with yesterday.

The new challenge over at the

CAS Watercolour Blog is Live 

and the element we need to use is BIRD.

I rummaged through my bits box

to see what I could find - just in case

there was something there and I didn't need to

make a new watercolour background.

Yay! I was in luck as I found this

 perfect little piece of 

 Brusho Watercoloured Canvas.

Just the right size to heat emboss my 

new not out of the packet stamp

from STAMPlorations called

Bloomtanged ATC #1

Now I am not a colour - in - er type but knew this would 

look amazing behind my type of  colouring -

Watercolour Backgrounds.

I only had to cut a smidgen off my canvas colour

and added it to a sticky background for support

and onto white card stock.

I then got out my Wow Metallic Platinum

Embossing Powder. That was the easy part.

Now just how many bird stamps do we have?

That was the hard part - trying to find

just the right one. After several attempts

I found the one -  from SU. 

Inked up with Memento Sweet Plum,

adding some Nuvo Glitter Gloss and fussy cutting.

She was slightly popped then I added a coloured mat.

This was popped onto Metallic Sculptured card stock.

This was also used as my base.

The simple sentiment is from SU and

finished off my card.

Here is a close up 

I have a watercoloured background, adding heat embossing,

stamping and my BIRD!

I am dropping this card over to the

Creative With Stamps Challenge as it is 

CAS + Sentiment

Happy 2nd Anniversary.

and Pink and Main

for their Spring Themed Challenge

Thanks for dropping in today.

Till next time - Cherrio from

A Splash of Fabulous Colours

Hi there and Welcome to today's post for

Happy Little Stampers.

It's time for our Anything Goes Watercolour Challenge

and our Optional Twist is 'Rainbow'

Rainbow colours scream Brusho's to me 

and that is exactly what I used for my background

on white card stock with a stitched die.

Added splotches of iridescent medium for some shimmer.

Sentiments are from MFT and fabulous die is CUTplorations.

Added this to the black card base.

Pop over to Our Blog to see lots more

Rainbow Related Creativity from the Designers.

Hope you get time to play this month 

and I see yours in our Gallery.

Our winner for this challenge will receive a $20 coupon

 to spend at the shop! Check out all the details HERE.

IF YOU USE STAMPS BY HAPPY LITTLE STAMPERS 

AND YOU ARE OUR RANDOM WINNER, 

YOUR PRIZE WILL BE DOUBLED!

Thanks for dropping in.

'Monster' Wishes

It's Saturday and time for our latest challenge at

Just Us Girls

It's our Wild Card Week.

Choosing the Theme CAS  (Clean and Simple)
is our Host Angie.

  I have a little fellow turning 2 soon

so thought the Big Monsters from STAMPlorations

would be perfect.

I inked him up with Tim's Oxide ink in Faded Jeans

then coloured him with Distress pens

fussy cut him and added some WOS and google eyes.

The stenciled background is from

ARTplorations Retro Circles

inked with Tim's Salty Ocean.

I popped him after I inked the sentiment.

Card base is navy.

Pop over and see what our March Guest Stef Perry

and the Team created and add yours 

to our Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in

Till next time - Cherrio from

It's Just for You.

Hello and Welcome!

We have our Photo Inspiration this time round at

Addicted to Stamps and More 

and it is truly beautiful.

I bought a craft magazine while I was away

after I saw my bff's copy and knew it would

be perfect for the beautiful photo below.

It included a stencil, stamps and embossing folder.

I took my cue from the gorgeous flowers
in the vase at the bottom left side.

I used the stencil and added White Texture Paste
 Iridescent Medium and Magicals
 Liquid Pearls were added after it had dried for dimension.

The sentiment is from HLS Dandelion Wishes

and inked after I got home.

Finished by corner rounding the top corner

and attached to coloured card stock to match the flowers.

Hope you pop over and see what my Team Mates

were inspired by. Love to see yours in our Gallery.

Thanks so much for coming by today - 

It's 'Photo Week' at Just Us Girls

Hi there my Crafty Blog Friends.

It's Saturday and that means there is

a new Challenge over at Just Us Girls

I do like me a Colour Challenge and

our Host - Bobby has chosen

Lots to choose from here Right!

The first thing that jumped out at me was the

pink flowers with yellow centres.

So that was the way my card went.

My go to backgrounds seem to be 

Tim's Oxide inks which were smooched

then I added a fine mist of Iridescent Medium.

These were inked with Altenew's Red Cosmos 

from SU Cottage Garden stamps.

The yellow centres were cut from Marianne Designs.

Leaves are Kaisercraft. 

Behind my floral spray I die cut

from SB Decorative Labels 27.

This was then attached to 

coloured card stock matching the

floral background.

Added  the tiny flowers below then

my sentiment which is a newbie from 

Happy Little Stampers Dandelion Wishes

and finishing with some pink pearls.

Have you been over to check out 

the colourful creations from our 

March Guest - Stef Perry

and my Talented Team Mates?

Your turn to inspire us and add yours to

 Our Gallery

Thanks for dropping in.

Your kind comments make my day!

'Holly' Christmas - my first for the year!

Hi there Crafty Friends!

A lot of you will know that there is a new

Christmas Challenge in Blogland

created by 2 Very Talented Crafters

Bonnie Klass & Loll Thompson.

They have picked an Amazing & Talented Design Team

so it is sure to be a favourite go to Blog. 

After all we go to their other 2 sites

CAS Mix Up and CAS Watercolour don't we?
The Details for the Holly Christmas are Here

***

I finally got time to play with only a few days left to 

showcase in their Gallery.

Here is my CAS Holly Card. My first Christmas card of the Year.

I have used all metallic card stock here - a soft green

and a lighter one with texture.

I cut a SB circle for my metallic green

holly leaves (Tim Holtz Holiday Greens) 

This was popped in front of another SB die.

Behind that is embossed with an old Christmas CB folder

which I corner rounded.

Added my pearl berries in Red and Chino

because not all berries ripen at the same time.

Here is a close up to show you the green shimmer 

on the paper.

This is the same paper as my card base.

I then finished it off with the

Merry Christmas die from the same paper

as the holly and added a tiny red bow.

I am also going to pop this over to

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge

Anything Goes with Christmas with the

Optional Twist of No Patterned Paper.

That's it for now - till next time

Cherrio from

Just 'Experimenting' here

Hi Blogger Friends!

Today I am posting an experimental card

that didn't turn out toooooooo bad.

I had it in mind  for the current challenge at

CAS MIX UP Challenge

and decided to give it a go!

My Mix is - Acetate, stenciling, stamping,

inking and die cutting.

There are so many gorgeous card in the gallery

that have used acetate with alcohol inks. Swoon!

I don't have any but saw a tutorial on YouTube

using SU Crystal Effects and Re-Inkers

so got out my Glossy Accents (same thing)

and a few re-inkers and slooshed it all around.

I left it overnight and then added some

 PearlEx Antique Gold Powder

 and attached to my white card base.

Then I 'borrowed' Loll's idea to use a stencil

on top. Thanks for that tip!

I used a new stencil I had just bought

using texture paste. I didn't want it to overpower

the background so didn't add any white acrylic paint.

Smooched it a bit with gold paste.

Framed and popped it with a postage stamp die

and a tiny Hello sentiment.

Pretty happy with my first attempt but

I think I need some Alcohol Inks.

Thanks for dropping in