Simply 'Merry Christmas'

Christmas is just around the corner and I was still in need

of more Christmas cards so...

I got out my old Tim Holtz Holiday Knit stencil

to use as a background for my CAS card.

It's the last Challenge of the Year at

Addicted to Stamps and More

and it's our

This is where you use pencils,markers,watercolours,brushes, inks

anything that Makes a Mark. You get the drift!

I used White Texture Paste on my stencil background

  and some Arctic White Lustre Powder (Thanks Kylie)

on white card stock shadowed by red 

on my Merry Christmas Die from

CUTplorations and attached to vellum.

Hope you get time to play with us this week

and I see you in our Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in and a 

Big Thank You for all your kind comments

you made on my posts for Addicted to Stamps and More. 

I'll be back in the New Year with 

more inspiration for your pleasure.

A 'Sweet' Sundae

I have a bit of time up my sleeve as I wait for my granddaughter

to arrive tomorrow to continue her nursing studies. 

She is driving down from Cairns and is half way here.

I have just a few house chores in the morning 

and am excited to have her rest up here for a day.

She will continue on to stay at my sister's 

(a 4 hour drive) for a wee while but will be back

to spend Christmas here.

Now on to a card I made this afternoon for the

CAS Mix Up Challenge. Details Here.

I wanted to try out a new stamp for the

emboss resist technique and this wee stamp

from Carabelle Coup de Glace

was just perfect.

I used a mix of products for my resist - 

Tim's Distress Festive Berries and

Distress Oxide Picked Raspberry.

Also Brusho's in Brilliant Red/Leaf Green,

a touch of Petal Pink Liquid Pearls for the ice cream

and of course you have to have sprinkles (from Martha Stewart)

on top and falling beside the parfait glass.

Did a wet wash with H2O's around the stamp

which by the way is heat embossed in white.

My sentiment is from my stash and unknown.

I cut my sweets from a postage stamp die

popped on to the next size up and again

adhered to the bigger one and on to

basic white card base.

My mix is Emboss Resist, Stamping, Glitter,

Water colouring and Die Cutting.

Thanks for dropping in

It's a Christmas 'Deer'

Hello and Welcome to today's post for

Happy Little Stampers

It's time for our Anything Goes with Dies Challenge

and as it is December - a Christmas card is called for.

I went CAS here choosing Kraft card stock.

I painted a white background with texture paste

then added some big grungy snowflakes

from STAMPlorations Art Marks

 with smaller snowflakes with the rubber end 

of a pencil and a few tiny splats using

Hero Arts White Pigment Ink.

Added some coloured snowflakes from SU

in Memento Teal Zeal.

My deer is from Crafts4U cut from

brown card stock and then

heat embossed clear.

Sentiment is from

  Happy-Little-Stampers-Christmas-Joy-Clear-Stamps

inked in Marvy Timeless Sepia also clear heat embossed.

This was all cut from a stitched die and attached

to Kraft card stock.

Pop over and see how my Team Mates

used their dies and come join us for our last

Die Challenge for the Year.

Kylie is kindly giving the Winner a $20 Coupon to spend at the Shop  HERE.

AND

IF YOU USE STAMPS BY HAPPY LITTLE STAMPERS AND YOU ARE OUR RANDOM WINNER, YOUR PRIZE WILL BE DOUBLED!

Signing off here for Happy Little Stampers
Anything Goes with Dies  by wishing you all a

Merry Christmas and a Safe Happy Healthy New Year

and a Big Thank You for your encouraging comments.

It's a 'Onefer' for 2 CAS Challenges

It's nice to put Christmas card making aside 

and play with a few of my favourite challenges at

CAS Mix Up December Challenge and

CAS Watercolour Challenge

I started my emboss resist with SU Bliss
heat embossed in silver. My background resist is
from Nuvo Solar Flare Shimmer Powder
mixed with water. I then added some texture with a
hexagon stencil with white crackle paste.
I heat embossed my STAMPlorations
Trendy Butterfly 2 then added colour from
Lindy's Tiffany Lou Blue Spray
Colour Blast Deep Water Shimmer
and a touch of the Nuvo Shimmer Powder.
Added a sprinkle of WOW Midas Touch
Embossing Glitter to the middle of the butterfly

and here's a close up -

fussy cut and slightly popped
to my stitched background.
Attached to white card base.
My Thanks a Million stamp
(for the CAS Watercolour Challenge)
is from STAMPlorations Fluttery
heat embossed in Silver.
My Mix for the CAS Mix Up Challenge is
Emboss Resist, Stamping, Texture, Heat Embossing.

Thanks for dropping in

Love reading your comments!

A Christmas Themed CUTploration Challenge

December is here and Christmas is just

a few weeks away. Just in case you are running late

with your Christmas cards the CUTplorations Gals

have added their makes Here to inspire you to

finish them off with this photo below.

Here is my take.

The first thing I noticed was the poinsettia's 

and have made a card using that flower but

as I had a new Christmas stamp I had not inked

I went with that for this post. 

You will see the other one a little later.

I knew when I decided to use Kraft card stock I wanted

texture on my Large Christmas Candles

Here's a close up so you can get a

good look at how it turned out 

After heat embossing them with Lawn Fawn

White Embossing Powder I coloured them with

Tim's Distress Inks in Mowed Lawn/Crushed Olive

Carved Pumpkin and Festive Berries.

The texture I used on my candles was

DecoArt White Crackle Paste.

(Love the result I got)

The lit candle and berries were painted with

Fresh Orange Metallic Paint from

Finnabair Art Alchemy

The sentiments are from  Homespun Christmas.

Of course I had to add falling snow which was

splattered using white paint.

This was then cut with the

Crazy-Double-Running-Stitch-Rectangle-Nesting-Dies

to finish my card.

Would love to see your creation over at

STAMPlorations and you could be

a Lucky Winner by following these Rules.

• Create a project inspired by the inspiration photo for the current month. You can create any type of project -- card, ATC, altered project, mixed media, art journal page, scrapbook page, etc. -- but make sure you use die cuts (any brand) and at least one STAMPlorations product. (A STAMPlorations product can be a stamp, stencil, thin metal die, or even a page from our coloring book. If you don't own a STAMPlorations product, you can still join by using the free digital stamp we are offering here.)
• You must display the challenge graphic in your post (if linking from your blog) and link back to the challenge post post (not just the main blog) in order to be eligible to win (and receive the corresponding prize).

Thanks so much for dropping in

Your comments are so encouraging.

Season's Greetings for Happy Little Stampers

Hello and Welcome to today's post for

Happy Little Stampers and it's our

Watercolour Challenge

Our Optional Twist is a favourite of mine.

I just love using STENCILS!

I had this background and stencil done quite some time ago

and wasn't sure how to finish it off.

I decided to break down the background slightly by

inking up the same Lindy's Magical's in Screamin' Banshee Black

and adding a frame.

My Christmas tree is from ARTplorations

made by mixing texture paste, silver and blue paint.

While wet sprinkled it heavily with glitter

giving it quite a bit of depth.

My Season's Greetings is  from CUTplorations.

After I had glued it down I realized it was 

too hard to see so got out my white Uniball pen

and went around the edges. 

Unfortunately it is still hard to see in the photograph

but is clearer IRL.

This was all attached to white card base.

Pop over and see what my Team Mates

have produced. We would love to see you

in our Gallery this month.

Don'r forget - 

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 today.

It's a Critteroliday Challenge

I had a wee bit of time up my sleeve and saw the

 challenge over at The Mod Squad

to Use a Critter 

Hello and Welcome.

I am just finishing off the last of my Christmas creations

and thought this card would be just perfect.

It was a really simple and quick card to make especially 

for this busy time of year.

My critter is from

  CUTplorations Two-Reindeer-Thin-Metal-Dies

and my sentiment 

CUTplorations Merry-and-Bright-Phrase-Die

I mixed some Art Alchemy metallique paint in

Rustic Brown with some clear crackle medium

for my stag head and let dry.

 I had some leftover paint on my mat

and decided to use it up on the sentiment

and smashing onto watercolour card for a background.

I cut that with a stitched die then adhered the sentiment

and popped up my stag head. Added a pearl

for his eye. Card base is basic white.

That's all for now

till next time - Thanks for popping in

The Day has come to Show You...

Today is the day I get to post my very first project 

as an Ambassador for the

Art and Soul Studio

Here is our Mood Board for November

As soon as I saw this I wanted to do something with

the image of that LONG RED HAIR!

When I walked into the Studio I went looking

for a suitable stamp and found this

and so my journey into Mixed Media really begins.

I heat embossed my image in black

and smooching the background with 

Tim's Festive Berries Distress Ink mixed with 

Forever Red Perfect Pearls to add shimmer.

next came

a bit more colour before cutting with a

Postage Stamp Die.

Now on to the background using

Black Textured Card Stock.

Next step to add a bit of dimension with

Dina Wakley Tornado Stencil using

white texture paste.

and lots more colours with Mica Flakes

Finnabair Glass Beads and Fantasy Snow

with melted red gelatos painted with

Metallic Gold Rush Paint.

Then die cut flourishes in gold and black

and my flowers inked with

Metallic Paint in Red Wine and Rusty Red

 scored to add shape.

Added some yellow glitter to the centre

and a few gold material flowers to the back.

You can see a tiny bit of the original colour

peeking out from the centre of the flower.

I needed to take the stark white away from the

stamped image so inked all around with

a shimmery black wax.

Thought the cut out sentiments were perfect

for this amazing image.

Did you notice I even found an earring

to add from my stash?

Just a few more finishing touches with sequins

then attaching to a corrugated cardboard back

and punched holes to add my gold coil ready for hanging.

Here are a few of the products purchased from the

 Art and Soul Studio - It's Craft Heaven

especially when you get to visit and browse

(takes quite a while)

and relax with scrumptious home made yummies

and an amazing cuppa.

If you aren't lucky enough to visit

you can browse online and purchase.

My Finished Project!

Here are the items I used above and purchased from the Studio.

If you are interested in joining in our Challenges 

you can find all the details

on our Facebook Site Here It can be an Art Journal Page

Card, Scrapbook Layout etc. You can win a

$50 Voucher from Art and Soul Studio 

Thanks for dropping by and taking the time to

check out this longer than normal posting.

A Floral Celebration

Hello and Welcome to  today's post for

Addicted to Stamps and More 

where we have

the most Gorgeous Inspiration Photo for you.

Off course I love it as there's my favourite colours there.

and - Tim's Wild Flower Dies were perfect

so I cut out a bunch colouring some with a mix of

Lindy's Magical's and Tim's Oxide Inks.

These were also used to back my floral spray

which was cut from a Uniquely Creative Die

which was slightly popped.

I did start off by inking the background with 

some grungy stamps from STAMPlorations in

Memento Lulu Lavender and 

Tim's Stormy Sky/Seedless Preserves.

Flicked some splatters from leftovers on my mat.

I arranged my flowers and adhered some

Press & Seal to hold them together 

so I could pop and glue together.

The Celebrate sentiment is also from STAMPlorations

inked with Memento Elderberry.

Finished with some gems and a cotton bow.

Lightly inked the edges and attached to my card base.

You are going to love what my Team Mates have created

so why not pop over and check them out.

Hope you can come join us in our Gallery this week.

I will look for you there.

Thanks for dropping in

Cherrio for now from

  

It's a Merry FAIRY Christmas

It's Saturday isn't it? That means there's

A New Challenge at Just Us Girls

Hello and welcome.

I'm cheating here as the card I have here today

is one I made at a class some time ago and thought it

perfect for  our Photo Week.  Lisa is our Host choosing

such an appropriate photo with 

Christmas just around the corner.

You see those little fairies have tiny gifts

all wrapped up just like the photo above.

 I added  a big gem to dot the fairy that
wasn't part of the class.

Now that this post was so quick head over to

Our Blog and see what our Guest Clair

and the Design Team created and come join us

for our LAST challenge for the year.

Yes - the Jugheads are taking a

wee break in December to spend time

with family and friends and will be back

refreshed in the New Year. 

Lisa will announce our Chic of the Week

as usual the following Friday so don't be alarmed!

Just check back to see if you are the ONE.

I am looking forward to my Christmas break

this year as my grand daughter is moving down

this way to continue her nursing studies

and will be spending Christmas here.

So in closing I would like to Thank You

for all the kind comments you left throughout the year

and wish you

A Merry Christmas and a

Safe Happy Healthy New Year.