What's HOT at Christmas Craft Creations?

What IS hot at Christmas Craft Creations this month?

We are looking for Heat Embossing!

It may be warming up in the Northern Hemisphere

but not in my neck of the woods where a

warm cosy fire is so inviting.

Once again I got out my favourite ARTplorations stag stencil.

 Background is smooched with 

Nuvo Solar Flare shimmer powder

and stencilled with Ranger transparent matte texture paste

from Tim Holtz

Stag was inked with Versafine Clair Nocturne and

sprinkled with black glitter while wet.

Die cut Merry from Tim's Holiday Words dies

and finished by adhering to white card base.

Pop over and see how hot it was for our

talented team to inspire you and

hope you get to add yours to the Gallery.

Thanks for the much appreciated visit.

Just one Word!

 It's our WORD Week at Just Us Girls and I am Host!

I chose something simple - HELLO!

I got out a favourite AALL&Create stamp set - Elegant Stems

 inking and heat embossing my flower.

Cut twice using the middle part to pop for dimension.

This was coloured with Lindy's Magical's.

Added several layers - one embossed with 

an old SU folder.

Sentiment is from STAMPlorations.

Finished with black pearls.

Head over and see what our Guest TK

and my talented Team Mates created

with the word 'Hello'

Such a fabulous variety of lovely creations.

Hope to see yours in the Gallery.

You could be our Chic of the Week and be our

Guest in August.

Thanks for visiting

Guest Designer at Tic Tac Toe Challenge

I am thrilled to be back again this week as 

Guest Designer for Tic Tac Toe Challenge

with another fabulous mood board.

 Those that know me would have guessed which row

I would choose.

As my favourite colour is PURPLE  I went

Bottom row left to right

(Friend Sentiment - Favourite Colour - Floral)

I started with a cover plate background die 

adhered to white card base then 

die cut and popped the inner part of the

Memory Box Pinpoint Double Frame.

Flowers and leaf are Tim's Wildflowers

coloured with Lindy's Magical's.

Sentiment -  Life is beautiful with friends like you is Altenew.

 Added a few drops of Perfect Pearls.

Finished with a cotton bow.

The Talented Design Team have been busy

creating inspiration for you from the Mood Board

and we would love to see your choice of

three elements in a row added to the Gallery.

Thanks for taking time out to visit.

I appreciate your kind comments.

CASimply 'For You'

 

It's time for the new Anything Goes Stencil Challenge at

Happy Little Stampers

A CAS card with textured stencilling

and adding a Tim Holtz Wildflower that was

sitting on my desk left over from another project

 (how good was that)

inked with his oxides, a touch of

shimmer from Lindy's Magical's

and some splatters on kraft card base.

Love how a card comes together quickly 

especially as this needed to be loaded in time

for when our Challenge went live.

Spending a few weeks in the Tropics

made play time short in May.

Head over and see what the rest of the Stencil Team created

and add yours to the Gallery.

Till next time - 

It's Colour Week at Just Us Girls

Vicki is Hosting at Just Us Girls for Colour Week

and chose Blue Purple and Light Grey tones.

As it is a New Month - 

We Welcome our June Guest - TK  from

Time4kards.blogspot.com/

A CAS card here using colours above

with a light grey background.

Added a strip of purple to the side,

simple sentiment and a purple bow with grey centre.

Our Guest TK and my team mates

 have created amazing cards for your inspiration. 

Head over and check them out and

join in with yours to our Gallery.

Thanks for visiting

It's Mixed Media Time.

 How time flies when you are having fun!

I have been away holidaying for Mother's Day

Family Birthdays and meeting my new Great Granddaughter

so my craft time is just getting back to some normality.

Our New Anything Goes Challenge over at

Creative Artiste Mixed Media Blog

has gone live!

As it happens when you spend time away

Mo and Jo seem to tend to come back slowly.

My Mixed Media project luckily was started

while I had my girlfriend visiting and we 

didn't get to finish what we had started so -

that gave me a head start before Mo and Jo returned.

The background and stamped dragonfly from

Visible Image Live in the Moment

were the starting point to go for my simple tag.

Adding Little Birdie stencilled background with DecoArt textured sand paste,

reinking and fussy cutting my dragonfly.

Grungy text stamping from STAMPlorations and AALL&Create.

Washi tape  and sentiment also AALL&Create.

Finished with popping the cut and coloured dragonfly,

 black cotton, posca pen splatters,

 Art Alchemy waxes and a purple backing.

Head over and see what inspiration awaits you in our

Gallery from the Talented Designers.

Hope you can join in with yours this month.

Thanks for dropping in and commenting.

Guest Designing at Tic Tac Toe Challenge

I am thrilled to have been invited to be a Guest Designer

for  Challenge #211 at

Tic Tac Toe Challenge with a 'Crafty Twist'

using three elements from their Mood Board.

Which way will you go with this one below?

Everybody loves butterflies don't they?

As you can see I went with top right, middle and bottom left.

(butterfly, die cut and embossing)

I have just got back from a family holiday so went CAS.

My background is using the shaving cream technique

 inking the Carabelle Studio Libellules & Palillions

Butterfly stamp with Versafine Clair Nocturne 

and Heat Embossed clear.

My die cut sentiment is from Kaisercraft.

Framed and attached to coloured card base.

I also had a girlfriend visiting for some time

 having fun delving into all things creative.

The background for the top card was one of those days.

This card above is one we played with together

after purchasing the Woodware Mini Flower Silhouettes

 I was happy to be able to use it here for the middle row of

(pink, die cut and stencil)

I had already made a card similar

but in different colours Here

All I needed to do with this one was

add a die cut sentiment, a small pearl, 

and a yellow strip on the side before attaching to card base.

The pink flower was inked and heat embossed.

Added some splatters.

Stencilled background is from Clear Scraps Diamonds

and sentiment CUTplorations.

Head over Here

and see what three elements the Talented Designers

chose to inspire you with and add yours to the Gallery.

A big Thank You for inviting me to be your Guest.

 

A Colourful Floral Happy Birthday

I recently had a girlfriend visiting for quite some time

and we had a whole lot of fun creating in so many different ways.

The card I present here is one we made together.

I wanted her to have fun with the layers of the Honey Bee Coneflower Die.

As it worked out it is perfect for the challenges at

Seize the Birthday 

Challenge #262 Make it POP!

and

Double D Challenges for Flowers

We played with a whole lot of different coloured

Lindy's Magical's and each chose the ones we liked together.

Embossed the bottom half using Quickuts Diamonds and Dots 

attached ribbon and layered up my

brightly coloured conflower.

Think it pops with colour and dimension!

The variegated Happy Birthday sentiment is

one my girlfriend bought while here.

It was a whole lot of fun creating this card with my friend.

PS after they left here we met up again when I

spent a few weeks with my daughter for celebrations 

and soaking up the sunshine and warmth in the north

before coming home to the start of winter.

Thanks for coming to visit and leaving 

your kind comments - so appreciated.

Simply Thinking of You

It's our CAS Week at Just Us Girls and 

Hosting is Lisa E and chose Silhouette 

I had so many ideas running through my head

and decided on a very old Gina K stamp set - 

Follow Your Dreams which had the perfect stamps

for this challenge.

My background sunset is inked with 

Tim's Oxide inks and Nuvo shimmer powder.

Added the reeds, stamped off grass

for a shadow effect then the stag with

Versafine Clair Nocturne.

A little colour and shimmer for grounding

then a simple sentiment from SU.

Die cut from ScrapDragon adhered to

black card base.

What a fun challenge isn't it!

Why not come join in and add your silhouette card

to our gallery. 

I am sure you will after being inspired by

all the different makes from our Guest Claire

and my talented Team Mates.

As this is the last challenge for the month

we bid farwell to Claire

Thanks for sharing your beautiful work with us this month.

Thanks for dropping in

Wild and Free...

It's time for our New Challenge over at 

The Sisterhood of Crafters and it is

all about BIRDS! Just the birds...

Lightly stenciled the background.

Cut my big bird die from ARTplorations,

 inked her up with Tim's distress inks,

 a little Lindy's shimmer,

heat embossing Kaisercraft script

with SU silver.

Perched on the MB Woodland branch

and inked sisel for the nest.

Sentiment from STAMPlorations.

Attached to brown card base.

My Sistah's have an amazing array

of beautiful birds to share with you

so pop over and check them out and

add yours to the Gallery.

We would love to see them.

Thanks for visiting

LIfe Under the Sea.

Bobby is our Host at Just Us Girls

for our Photo/Mood Board Challenge.

 

Here's a larger view!

I wasn't sure which way to go with this Mood Board

Travel or the Gorgeous Colours.

You probably guessed the colours won out

and went under the sea with that

adorable sea horse from AALL&Create.

The background was a big splash of colours

from Lindy's Magical's

Heat embossed the seahorse,

added bubbles (hard to see)

and sentiment from the same stamp set.

Corner rounded and attached to navy card base.

Check out what inspired our Guest Claire and

the Team from the Moodboard.

We would love to see yours in our Gallery.

Thanks for visiting

Forever & Always

Wedding Bells are ringing for our challenge at

Just Us Girls 

I went really CAS with my card using 

some lovely metallic cream crazed paper

and older Spellbinder dies.

Added ribbon from my stash,

(very deep burgandy)

sentiment from Kaisercraft and pearls.

Head over and check out the Gallery

for wedding creations from our Guest Claire

and the Talents of the Design Team.

Thanks for visiting

One of a Kind!

Our New Challenge over at The Sisterhood of Crafters

is a favourite of all crafters - FLOWERS!

The Thistle is my favourite flower and I do love

a nice thistle stamp like the one I have used above.

It's from AALL&Create - One of a Kind.

I wanted to keep it CAS and not colour the flower

but make a background to highlight it

using Lindy's Magical's and some stamping.

Finished with some posca splatters and doodling.

My team mates have created beautiful floral cards

for your inspiration so head over and check them out

and add yours to our gallery.

Thanks for visiting.

 

It's a 'No Stamping' Challenge at Christmas Craft Creations

It's time for our New Challenge over at

Christmas Craft Creations

This was a simple card to make.

My background is the fun shaving cream technique.

Stencilled my ARTplorations tree and sentiment with 

Cosmic Shimmer Metallic Gilding Polish.

You may remember I used this stencil a few months back.

It's a favourite of mine and use it every year.

Attached to black card base and it's conplete.

Head over and see what the rest of the

Design Team created for your inspiration

and join in by adding it to our Gallery.

Reminder: 

 Please remember to include a link back to our blog

 along with our challenge graphic.

 If you're entering from Instagram, 

you can use the hashtag #ChristmasCraftCreations.

Thanks for visiting

 

Happy Little Stampers Stencil Challenge

It's the Stencil Team's turn to inspire you to

enter our Anything Goes Challenge at

Happy Little Stampers

The mini silhouettes I used here are from Woodware.

One is stamped off first for the lighter effect

and the main flower darker.

with soft stencilling in the background.

Sentiment is from STAMPlorations.

A very quick card made with my girlfriend

who has been visiting with her hubby while

caravaning around parts of  Australia.

Hope you get a chance to have some play time

like I have had and add to the Gallery.

Thanks for visiting.