I'm Celebrating Karen at 'Time Out'

 

Time Out Challenges are having a

'CASE' Challenge and have chosen

the talented Karen from Snippits.

She is super talented

and I regularly pop in to her blog to see what

wonderful creations she has been making.

Be sure to pop over and check her out for yourself.

You will be inspired.

 

 

Here is my take above on Karen's card below.

 

I also had the same stencil (Tim Holtz Clockwork)

as the one Karen used and had never used it till now.

I decided to try something a little different starting with

inking my paper with the stencil attached with

Tim Holtz Abandoned Coral then blotched

it with Mont Marte Pearl White Acrylic Paint

using my fingers to add depth and has added a lovely sheen.

Because of that I decided to add my sentiment

from Cas-ual Fridays to vellum embossed

with Tim Holtz Worn Lipstick.

 

I had fun making this as I love playing with stencils

and different mediums to see what effect you can create.

 

Thanks to the DT over at Time Out

for choosing Karen as their 'Case'.

 

I had made a few other cards before this one

so will pop them up just for you to have a look at

as they aren't quite the same as Karen's Case.

I would also like to enter this card over at one of my
Favourite Sites - The House that Stamps Built
for their Designer's Choice - Focus on Sentiment

 

 

 



What's TRENDING at Just Us Girls?

It's that time of the month for our

TREND WEEK

and our Host MARIA has chosen Watercolouring.

Now I had a LOT of fun with this one

even though as you will see it was a little messy

  My craft mat cleaned up better than my fingers.

 

 

 

Here's what my mat look like after I spritzed with water

and inked up my watercolour paper.
 

 

I dried most of it off with my heat gun but then decided

to leave it overnight and finish it off the next day.

***

Here are the products I used -

Basic coloured card stock as my base

and embossed frame which is by Stampin' Up

and slightly popped.

Black for matting

The beautiful flower is from

Inspired by Stamping - Elegant Flowers

and heat embossed in black to the watercolour background 

 popped for dimension.

Tag - JustRite

Sentiment - GKD

Several coloured inks

Kaisercraft ribbon slightly melted with heat gun

and finished with a few pearls.

Don't forget to pop over to Our Blog to

check out what our Guest Louise and

the Team have created with this fun challenge.

Hope to see you there.

 

For October & November Only:

If you are picked as Chic of the Week for any of our

October and November challenges,

you'll be in the running to be chosen as

one of two Guest Designers for the month of January 2016!

The Team will be taking a 2 week break in December,

so we will not have a Guest Designer for December.

 

 

 

 

 



Many Thanks

 

 

 

Over at Make My Monday Blog the new challenge theme is

MANY THANKS  and The Paper Players have a

COLOUR CHALLENGE.

 

It was a nice change to get away from making Christmas cards

 to enter my card in the above challenges.

***

I wanted to make a Thank You card for a Friend

(can't say why as she sometimes pops in here)

and loved the colours from the Paper Players.

I got to use my favourite SU ink as my

colour choice - Rich Razzleberry and chose

to go with the colours black white and silver.

 

I also used the following products -
SU Fifth Avenue Floral in background
Morning Meadow/Because I Care
SU Rich Razzleberry ribbon
SU Banner die
Black &Silver cotton
Kaisercraft Tag die
Kaisercraft Fern die cut in silver
Tim Holtz Speckles stencil
Bird wire stencil made by a friend
Rhinestones
Centre flower has Antique Silver Kindy Glitz

Hope you are enjoying some crafting time
and Thanks for stopping by







STRIPE me Pretty



It's WORD WEEK at Just Us Girls

and as Hostess SUE has chosen

STRIPES

 

 



The Ingredients are -
White card base stamped lightly with a
leaf stamp from Kaisercraft in Antique Linen
Sentiment - Inspired by Stamping in Tea Dye
SU Edgelits
Kaisercraft Leaf Die
MFT - Heirloom Rose
and DP - First Edition Desert Blooms.

Head over to our blog and see what the DT created
and our November Guest the Super Talented
Louise Hodge's Blog
PS Welcome Louise. So happy to have you with us.

REMINDER -  For October & November Only:
If you are picked as Chic of the Week for any of our October and November challenges, you'll be in the running to be chosen as one of two Guest Designers for the month of January 2016!
The Team will be taking a 2 week break in December,
so we will not have a Guest Designer for December.




Remembrance Day Thank You

It's getting to the time here in Australia and

other parts of the world to remember those brave soldiers

that have gone to War (past and present) to fight for

Our Country.  

   

It is at this time (and our Anzac Day)

that I think of an old friend who's husband

served in Vietnam and this card is in

remembrance of him.

*** 

Our latest Challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers

is to make a Thank You card.

 

I always like to make a poppy card this time of the year

so this challenge was so timely.

Julie is Hostess for this one.
***
Here are the products I used
for my card above -
Metallic sculptured card stock
Metallic patterned paper in
green and red for the
Poppies cut from Memory Box Die
SU punch on the side
Corner rounder
Pearls
Sentiment from Casual Fridays
embossed in black.
***
I also made another Thanks You card

 

I used -
Basic white card stock
Spellbinders Butterfly using scrap DP
Classic Square/Scallop dies
Cottage Cuts Tag
Stampin' Up stamps -
Because I Care/Beyond Basics
and Edgelits
Gemstones and Cotton.
***
I know my Talented Team Mates have
made some beautiful creations for you to  check out
so pop over to  our blog above - be inspired
and add your card for us to be inspired by your work too.
Thanks for dropping in.
Your comments are truly appreciated.





Just 'THE ONE'

Our HOSTESS for this weeks Wild Card Challenge

over at JUST US GIRLS  is the very talented

SHARYN

and she has chosen

A ONE LAYER CARD.

 

As with a lot of us we tend to shy away from them

because it is so much easier to add things.

Am I not right???

Well this got me thinking and it took me a

wee while to come up with something 'simple'

So here is what I made.

 

 

I got to ink up a couple of stamps

that I had in my stash but lay dormant.

Thanks Sharyn for making me search

for something suitable.

Products I used are -

Basic card stock

Floral/leaves stamps are from

Gina K Designs and Stampin' Up.

Tim Holtz Distress Ink in

Antique Linen Abandoned Coral

Peacock Feather Cracked Pistachio

Sentiment is Casual Fridays Stamps.

I was going to either score or add a line

either side of the sentiment but thought

better of it as so many times I just want to

add one more thing and I spoil it so....

I left well enough alone.

 

This is the last week for our

October Guest Julie Gearinger

who has contributed some beautiful cards

for us this month. Thanks Julie.

 

Pop over to Our Blog and

check out our ONE LAYER CARDS.

You won't be disappointed.

 

Thanks for dropping by.

Hope to see you over there this week.

Till next time

 



Making it for 'MONDAY'

 

Over at Make My Monday Challenge Blog

they have this fabulous challenge and it

just so happens that the colours and theme

chosen was right up my alley.

 

 

 

I love the colour Teal, playing with stencils

(not a requirement) sequins and twine.

The stamp set I used is from

Stampin' Up called Lotus Blossom

and just love how it makes a cas card

look fabulous.

I just used white and a turquoise coloured cs

then inked my images (which there are 3 + stem)

with Memento Teal Zeal and

Stampin' Up Baja Breeze twice.

The second time I stamped off the ink

then onto the centre of the flower which is

showing with just enough colour.

I then inked up my Tim Holtz Speckles

stencil using Peacock Feathers

and colours above.

I found that the distress inks didn't

work well on these stamps.

My sentiment is from Gina K Designs

Springtime Silhouettes.

Finished off with the rest of the recipe

with sequins and variegated twine.

 

I just loved this challenge and hoping I get time to

play again before the blog close.

 

Thanks for dropping in

 

 

 



It's PHOTO WEEK at Just Us Girls



It's time for our PHOTO WEEK at

JUST US GIRLS

and I am Hostess.



I love hexagons and found this great photo

with lots of inspirational bits and bobs  -

so much to look at and choose.

That was the start of my dilemma.

The trouble was I had so many different

ideas running through my head.

Mo and Jo seemed to go walkabout

coming back every now and then starting

something and then leaving it.

I had lots of  different sized hexagons

in different papers cut out and spread

everywhere but nothing looked right.

Does this happen to you? I am sure it does

and is so frustrating. Lucky for me I had

time (too much in fact) up my sleeve and I think

that was my problem.

 

Ok I am rambling here so I will get on with

my posting. Sorry!

 

I was inspired by the hexagons naturally and the colours

of red and black with a touch of green and yellow. 

 I made 2 cards as the first one I think I tried

to put tooooooooo much into it hence

my procrastinating over my second attempt.

This is the 2nd card.

 

 

I framed my SU Hexagon diecut several times

cut a large one from the Spellbinders Hexagon Die

to back my flower which is Spellbinders Layered Flowers

Cut several daisy flowers and layered

Green fern from Kaisercraft

Sentiment is by Cherry Lynn.

 

and my first one.

using the same Spellbinder Hexagon die

SU Hexagon embossing folder

some unknown DP

The background I stamped multiple times

with a hexagon stamp from Kaisercraft.

As you can see I have a few hexagon products

which just added to my confusion.

 

I think I will leave it there and let you

go over to Our Blog

so you can see what inspired everyone else.

 

For October & November Only: If you are picked as Chic of the Week for any of our October and November challenges, you'll be in the running to be chosen as one of two Guest Designers for the month of January 2016! The Team will be taking a 2 week break in December, so we will not have a Guest Designer for December. Good luck and happy crafting!

 

Hope to see your creations there this week.

 

 

 

 



Autumn Leaves in my Spring Time

 

It may be Spring in my neck of the woods but over at

Crafty Cardmakers Jackie is Hostess for our latest challenge

and she has chosen anything with Warm Autumn Colours.

 

 

Now it just so happens that I recently purchased

some gorgeous gilding flakes at a craft show and since there

 are so many fall/autumn coloured themes in blog land

I have had fun playing with them.

 

My card looks really simple and it was but trying

to cover my vine die with those flakes ...

well I got my glue out and covered it

then the fun began with those ever so light flakes.

 I started pressing down to make sure

all was covered and of course I had a little glue

on my fingers + you guessed it flakes a plenty.

And you can imagine they were also covering my desk.

Now to get on with what else I used on my card -

White card stock

I cut 2 different sized circles from my SB die

and inked with Tim Holtz

Tea Dye/Frayed Burlap & Dried Marigold

My vine die is from Kaisercraft

Gilding Flakes - Creative Expression

Sentiment - Inspired by Stamping

Spellbinders Radiant Triangles for my frame

Finished off by adding some gemstones.

 

I really enjoyed making this card - Thanks Jackie

I hope you like it as I love reading your comments.

 

Don't forget to go over to

Our Blog and check out what the

Talented Design Team have created.

Hope to see your Autumn Themed projects there.

 

 

 



I'm Sending Smiles...

 

Chris is Hosting this weeks Colour Challenge

at Just Us Girls

and has chosen these gorgeous bright colours.

 

Now I am sure most of my friends across the pond

are thinking Halloween but not me.

 

 

I love those colours together so got out some

bright coloured card stock

then I went to work on my bright background.

I used Tim Holtz Seedless Preserves/Dried Marigold

and Memento Lulu Lavender

(fingers looked pretty after my sponging)

My main image is from

 Stampin' Up - Postage Due

and sentiment from Inspired by Stamping

embossed in black.

They were cut out with Spellbinders Scallop Squares

and I inked the edges in black.

Add ribbon and pearls from my stash.

Finished off with a little distressing.

***

Don't forget to pop over Here

for more great inspiration from our
October Guest - Julie Gearinger.
and the Team

Hope to see you there this week.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



What is our TREND at Just Us Girls this week?

Nancy is our Hostess this week at
Just Us Girls and I love playing with her choice
 to use STENCILS on our project
for this weeks challenge. 

 

I started my card with iridescent gold card stock
for my base and as my backing for my stencil.
This was inked up with gold paint and left to dry.
I like the simplicity of this stencil -  by the way
it was made by a friend.
The leaves were cut from Leafy Swirls
by Fancy That with a gold embossed sheet of card stock
I found in my stash.
My butterfly is cut from a Spellbinders Butterfly Die
from iridescent mauve card stock.
I added a gold pearl to the cnetre
and 3 more to the rounded corner.
Finished off with my sentiment
inked in VersaColor Gold
from Inspired by Stamping.
***
Pop on over to Our Blog and check out
what we have in store for you there.
Hope to see your entry for this super challenge.



Going round in 'CIRCLES'

I certainly was going around in circles making something

I was happy with for our new Challenge over at

Crafty Cardmakers

 

Kim is our Hostess and she would like to see

CIRCULAR CARDS.

 

 

I didn't have any dies big enough so decided to find

something big enough to hand cut.

I found suitable card stock and cut out two - scoring the back

to attach to the front.

I tried cutting a few doily dies with my Cuttlebug but

they didn't want to cut properly so decided to

use one from my stash which I inked with

Tim Holtz Antique Linen.

I then attached DP from a Spellbinder Circle die

and a cut from Spellbinders Lotus Pendant.

My sentiment is from LOTV and framed with

Spellbinders Lacey Circles.

Ribbon is from Kassaz and inked to match the doily.

Added a Sparklet and then finishing off with

a variety of flowers from my stash with a touch

of Stardust Stickles. A tiny butterfly was added to the side

with a tiny gemstone.

 

PS - my first attempt went in the bin so don't be

discouraged and challenge yourself like I did.

It is a good feeling when you have persevered

and you are happy with your finished card.

 

Hope over Here to see what the Talented Design Team

have created. You won't be disappointed.

Looking forward to seeing your Circular Card soon.

 

 

 

 

At a Sad Time - Thinking of You and Because I Care.

 

Recently I had the task of making a Sympathy card

 for my daughter's Mother in Law.

This was to give to her from her and Hubby

so couldn't really use a Sympathy Sentiment.

 

 

At the time of making this card and sending it off

I didn't know that one of the Challenges

coming up at Just Us Girls was

To Make a Sympathy Card for

our Word Week

 

I rang my daughter to find out what her MIL's favourite colour was.

GREEN.

My first reply was

I can't make a green card. Well as it turns out I can.

(thought at the time how bland it would be)

Oh and she likes lace - have plenty of that I said.

Rummaging through my craft supplies I managed

to find some shimmery card stock with a green tinge

as you can see by my flower as I used the same paper

and touched it up with a little extra colour.

I also found that gorgeous green/silver paper

which goes perfectly as my backing.

I'm going great here with all this green.

I added several different dies to back my flower

added the lace and sentiment was heat embossed

in silver. Added some silver gems and a little

green bow to finish.

***

 

Here is the card I made using mainly Stampin' Up products.

And it is green and has lace too.

 

The photos of my cards were taken by my daughter on her phone

as I hadn't taken any in my rush to get them posted.

 

Have you popped over to Our JUGS Blog

and checked out what the October Guestie

Julie Gearinger  (Welcome)

and our Designers have made?

We'd love to see what you come up with.

 

Sorry for the longer than usual posting.

Hoping you liked my green cards.

 

Oh by the way it is World Cardmaking Day

so what are you waiting for? It's OUR DAY.

 

 

Anything Goes at 'The House'

 

It's an Anything Goes Challenge over at The House

as there is an extra Wednesday in the Month

so we get to play in another Challenge Yippee!

All the details are Here

 

 

I have seen similar card like mine on Pinterest

and thought I would do my take.

I love things that aren't straight so this really appealed to me.

It is a fairly simple style which I liked.

Starting of with white card stock for my base

stencilling and top I inked the base

which is from Memory Box - Texture Wave

I used Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers and

added Memento Teal Zeal for contrast.

Inked the Repeat Impressions Butterfly - 107

with the peacock feathers and added

Stardust Stickles for shimmer.

The Sentiment is from

Inspired by Stamping - Big Hello

Finished with a few sequins and variegated cotton

which goes perfectly with the 2 toned colours I used.

 

I'm off next week to have some sister time so will only have

what is scheduled till I get back.

We are going to a Farewell Concert by a

Scottish couple who we have seen before

as they will not be touring again (sad)

It will bring back happy memories of our

trip back to our homeland together.

 

Haste ye Back as the Scots say

which means - You are Welcome Here.

 

 

 

 

 



My 3 Favourite Colours are ...

 

This weeks challenge over at Just Add Ink is to

Add your 3 favourite colours.

 

 

I seem to be addicted to my Stampin' Up

3 Feathers stamp/die set as I use it regularly.

Maybe it is because the 3 colours I chose

are my favourites together -

Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers (really my favourite)

and his newer one Abandoned Coral which I think

are a perfect match. Team them up with the

darker Memento Teal Zeal and you have a

winning combination.

Another thing I like to do with the feathers

is to stencil the background using again

Tim Holtz Splatters & Speckles stencils

in the same 3 colours.

I popped this on top of coloured card stock.

Finished with a little inked edges corner rounding

a little cotton bow some sequins and gems

and sentiment is a recently purchased one from

Inspired by Stamping - Big Hello.

 

I think I will send this off to the

 special friend who sent me the feather stamp/die

as a birthday gift. The sentiment is from a set

I sent her in return for her birthday.

I know she reads my blog and hasn't received

it yet but she doesn't know what else

is in her little package.

 

So that is it for now. I am off to do some

gardening after we had much need rain last night.

 

Thanks for dropping in. I really appreciate it

and when you leave such lovely comments.

 

 



I'm Playing with Paper

I found this gorgeous Inspiration Photo over at

Always Playing with Paper with some of my favourite colours

so headed off to my play station and got out one of my

favourite SU stamps I knew would be 'pretty with pink'

 

 

You can do so much with this stamp set

and this time I chose to go softly.

I took my inspiration from the lovely grey and pink

cushions and the bicycle in the middle.

I have used basic white grey and pink card stock

embossing my image from

Stampin' Up Feeling Sentimental

with Zing Silver embossing powder.

Inked the background with

Memento Spun Sugar and touched the flower

with a little Spun Sugar for extra colour.

Added ribbon from my stash

My sentiment is from CAS-UAL FRIDAYS stamps

again heat embossed and finished off with

a few gemstones.

 

Thanks for dropping in...