It's Photo Week at Just Us Girls

It's our Photo Week at Just Us Girls 

and our Host Sue has chosen

This photo really stumped me at first till

I remembered I had a stamp that would suffice 

as I wanted to feature the falling greenery.

This was inked in green and clear embossed.

I recently bought a die that I thought would be 

an interesting feature.

This is where I went way outside the box.

Before I attached my die I did some stencilling

and sponging in the same green, 

cutting a circle to use as a moon

enhancing it with a gold gel pen.

Finished with attaching to black card base.

Something a little different from the photo

but that is the thing - everyone chooses

what they see that takes their eye and go from there.

Head over and see what's in the Gallery for your inspiration.

from our  Guest Fran and my Talented Team Mates 

What stood out for you?

Hope to see yours there.

Thanks for visiting.

Oh Happy Day!

 I have been in a pinky/peachy kind of mood lately and

thought it time I brightened things up with a

few favourite deep coloured oxide inks.

This is for Happy Little Stampers

and using dies/inks from Tim - 

Wildflowers from three different sets

and his Mixed Media Die Set.

My background colours are

Crackling Campfire and Spiced Marmalade.

I then placed AALL&Create Geometric Grid #81

on top and sponged with a wet baby wipe

to lift the ink and create a pattern.

Die cut the corner from the Mixed Media Set.

To add a little extra interest I inked the other side with

AALL&Create Scripts #292 in black.

Die cut several wildflowers also in black

holding in place with a tiny piece of orange cotton.

Sentiment is retired SU Build a Bouquet.

Adhered to black card base.

# Popping this over to the HLS Anything Goes with Dies

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Joining in the Tic Tac Toe Challenge

I am joining in on the fun over at the

Tic Tac Toe Challenge TTTC 170

choosing the left row down - 

CAS Birthday Die Cut/s

I seem to be in a peachy/pinky mood lately 

and this is the go to colour here also

using die cuts gifted by my bff.

As the row I picked has CAS

it makes for using die cuts a breeze.

These were coloured after I inked

w/c paper with Tim's Abandoned Coral and

Lindy's Oom Pah Pah Pink powder with acetate.

I love adding a lightly coloured background

with a stencil - this one from AALL&Create.

Hoping I have left enough white space. for CAS

To add a little extra something I added some splatters,

a little cheesecloth and gold thread before

topping with my STAMPlorations Birthday Sentiment.

Attached to gold border and on to

white card base to complete.

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From Me to You

The New Challenge over at Color Hues

 is Peach and Grey

Don't you love that combo!

I got out a few dies that a friend cut for me'

added a touch of peach from Lindy's Magicals

 and some shimmer from a Nuvo pen

which is a little hard to see.

Grey die cut is also from my bff.

Very lightly stencilled my background

which is AALL&Create Weathered Tiles #59

Sentiment is from STAMPlorations.

Added a couple of strips of washi tape

also from AALL&Create #11

adhered to grey c/s and on to

white card base.

Thanks for visiting and leaving kind comments.

Till next time! 

For You

Softly does it this week at Just Us Girls 

for our Colour Week with Cecile's choice of

Coral Light Grey and Gold.

I went CAS with floral die cuts

in the above colours

with a shadow behind the middle flower.

Added some gold inkings, sentiment

and gold bow.

Check out our Guest Fran

and the Team's colourful creations.

Will we see yours in our Gallery?

Thanks for visiting.

Spread your Wings!

 Our New Challenge over at

The Sisterhood of Crafters

is all about Bees Butterflies and Dragonflies.

Vickie chose this fabulous theme

and I am sure our Gallery will be full of

all things that fly. Pick one or all three.

My background stamp - 

Libellules & Papillons from Carabelle Studios

did most of the work -  inked in black and heat embossed clear.

The background is out of my bit box using Lindy's Magicals.

I then die cut my colourful butterfly 

placing it on top of the one on the stamp.

Finishing with a torn popped sentiment

from STAMPlorations, distressed edges

and attached to white card base.

Head over and see how my Sistah's 

chose to showcase our Theme.

I'm sure you will be keen to play

and add to our Gallery. 

Thanks for visiting and commentng

Joy to the World

Today's post is for the New Challenge at

 Christmas Craft Creations and our Theme is

Patterned Paper

Sometimes a little scrap piece of dp is all it takes

to feature on a CAS card.

This is what I did here and simply 

heat embossed the sentiment in metallic silver.

Die cut my deer with silver glitter paper,

attaching to card base.

Head over and see what the Design Team

created with their Patterned Paper

and come join in with yours

to our Gallery.

Hope to see you there.

Thanks for visiting and commenting.

Another Birthday Card.

There's nothing better than spending a bit of time

in my 'playstation' on a cold drizzly day.

Here's what evolved!

There are a few challenges I will send this off to.

This is my second card for Addicted to Stamps and More

for their Birthday Challenge

and The Flower Challenge  has a CAS Challenge

A favourite stamp I like to use for a CAS card is

Rubbernecker Watercolor Poppies #719.

This time round I went in a different direction.

Instead of heat embossing the outline  and then

water colouring I inked the solid image with

Tim's Oxide Spiced Marmalade and added a

shake of Lindy's Cuckoo Clock Cardinal

lightly misting the stamp and placing it

onto Canson Cold Pressed W/C paper

leaving it for a minute to penetrate.

I then stamped the outline with

Versafine Clair Tulip Red.

Sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping

heat embossed in black.

Die cut and adhered to coloured card stock.

Finishing by attaching to card base.

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Celebrating a Birthday at Addicted to Stamps and More

The current challenge over at 

Addicted to Stamps and More is

Birthdays

I have a few female birthdays I need to post cards off to

and flowers never go astray do they?

Got out my Doodled Flowers Stamp Set from

Happy Little Stampers, heat embossing with

Nuvo Gold Enchantment.

Coloured with Nuvo Blue Blitz Shimmer Powder.

Die cut a leaf flourish and coloured with

Nuvo Green Parade.

Fussy cut the flowers and attached to background

embossed with Darice Henna.

Happy Die is from Heidi Swapp,

birthday stamp from above set.

Added some Nuvo Blue Lagoon Dew Drops

to the main flower.

Attached to coloured card base.

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Rocking for a Dear Friend

 We are Rockin' for Trend Week at

Just Us Girls with our Host Carol Mc

looking for Rocker Cards.

It may seem daunting at first but if you

 go the easy way (like I did)

by cutting a circle and folding it in half you are on your way.

I didn't have a circle die big enough so drew a circle

around a plate and used that.

Supplies - Bazzill card stock

American Crafts Designer Papers,

 Spellbinder Dies

Sizzix Banners, SU Butterflies

Kaisercraft Pearls, STAMPlorations Sentiment,

Trim from Stash.

Our Guest Designer Fran Wing

and the Team have created something special

so pop over and check them out.

We'd love to see your creativity

over in our Gallery.

Thanks for visiting

Happy Birthday 'Roar'

It's a New Month and the start of our challenges at

Just Us Girls and a New Guest.

Welcome to Fran Wing 

We start with Word Week and Hosting is Nancy

with MAMMALS

  

I chose to feature a Lion inking in black 

and clear embossed.

This is where my plans changed

going with a colourful background 

using Tim's Oxides Black Brusho's

and Lindy's Screamin' Banshee Black

which really shows up with the blue shimmer

and hard to photograph.

Die cut and framed in black.

Sentiment and Lion are from Happy Little Stampers.

Popped onto black card base.

Head over and see what mammal our Guest Fran

and my Team Mates chose to feature

and we would love to see yours

in our Gallery.

You could be our Chic of the Week and

in the running to be our Guest in September.

Thanks for dropping in

Flowers are Nature's Blessings

Today's post is for the New Anything Goes

Mixed Media Challenge over at 

Creative Artiste Mixed Media 

Craft time has been hit and miss lately with lots happening

on the farm. Lucky what I made came together easily

and I even managed to take some photos along the way.

It wasn't what I planned but time wasn't on my side -

so going with a CAS Mixed Media make.

Here's a quick run down on how it came together

and the products I used.

Project is 6 3/4 x 4 3/4 on heavy watercolour paper

Lindy's Magical's Victorial Bouquet

Cowabunga Copper

Nuvo  Solo Flare Shimmer Powder

Ken Oliver Copper Liquid Metal

AA Rust Brown Matte Wax

AALL&Create Stamp #292

" Washi Tape #1 #9 #11

Carabelle Studio Flowers

Tissue Paper 

Matte Gel Medium, Gesso

Sentiment

Black Card Stock.

And some pics!

The background with Magical's and adding washi tape

After random stamping around the edges

I inked the flowers on tissue paper and coloured.

Diluted gesso was added before adhering

the flowers with gel medium.

Adding the sentiment and adhering to 

black background to complete.

Head over and see what inspirational Mixed Media Makes

the Team created. They would love to read your comments

as I do and we would love to see you play this month

and add to our Gallery.

Thanks for visiting

Hello 'Sunshine'

Hello and Welcome to my Saturday post for Just Us Girls

Hosting our Photo Week is Vicki and what a super fun one

for us to be inspired by.

The first thing that stood out were those 'cool' sunglasses.

Then the glorious sunshine - needed those glasses for sure!

Just by chance I recently purchased some spectacle dies

and my card started from there, cutting them in different colours.

I then went to the background with Tim's Rays Stencil

with blended oxide inks.

The middle sunglasses have yellow vellum inserted

and of course some 'bling' added.

Sentiment and die are from STAMPlorations.

Head over and see what our Guest Lucie

and the rest of the Talented Team had fun with.

We'd love to see yours in our Gallery

It's the last chance to be chosen as our Chic of the Week 

for this month and be in the running as our Guest in August.

A Big Thank You Lucie for sharing your talents with us this month.

It has been lovely. 

Thanks for visiting. I do love reading your comments.

From Me to You

 Having a little play time keeping warm

while others across the waters are trying to stay cool.

Once again I am playing with the two challenges below.

and a close up

Floral image is from Rubbernecker

heat embossed in pearl blue - 

coloured with various blues from

Lindy's, Perfect Pearls, LuminArte

and ColourBlast onto watercolour paper.

Background is simple stencilling with

Ranger Distress Grit Paste from an AALL&Create folder.

Sentiment is STAMPlorations..

I resisted adding some flicks of colour

beside the flower. 

Sending this card over to

Color Hues #43 Blue/Green and June CAS Mix Up Challenge

with my mix of

Stencil, Grit Paste, Heat Embossing,

Stamping, Paints, Powders.

Thanks for visiting. 

A Thank You Bouquet

Over  at The Sisterhood of Crafters

it is my turn to choose the Theme and is Layers! 

You can go in any direction 

be it dies (as I have)

designer papers layered or

even bits and bobs from your stash - 

lace, buttons, pearls with the endless choices.

Go all out with a fancy shaped card even!

Here's a close up

There's lots going on here and I have used

quite a few supplies - 

A mixture of Tim's Wildflower Stems,

Oxide Inks, Lindy's Magical's,

AALL&Create stencil, grit paste,

AA Wax, twine, a tiny tag and

did you wonder what those flowers were wrapped in?

It is a piece of paper that was wrapped around our

calamari and chips . As soon as I saw it

I unwrapped them quickly not to get any marks on it.

My Sistah's have made beautiful cards for your pleasure.

Head over and check them out and leave some love.

We all greatly appreciate you taking the time to do so.

Hope to see you add your layered card

to our Gallery. 

Sending this over to Mixed Media Lovers

Challenge #14

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