I Picked These!

Time for more fun this week at Just Us Girls  for our

 Mood Board Challenge chosen by our Host the Lovely Lisa.

Here's a close up!

and so much to pick from eh!

I couldn't go past the lovely daisies.

The background is a mix of Lindy's Magical's then

 heat embossed a few circle dies,

more magical's in the centre of the daisies -

the larger one popped.

Simple sentiment and framed with a piece of

leftovers from another card and attached to card base.

The bees are certainly humming over on our blog

with our Guest and the Team so head over and 

see for yourself then it's your turn to buzz on over

with your inspiration from the gorgeous Mood Board.

See you there.

We are 'Thinking of You' at Cut It Up.

 I'ts time for our New Challenge at

Cut It Up

I am still getting my craft creativity back slowly

after the big move.

The hardest part is remembering where things

are in their new spot.

I had a piece of pretty w/c paper on my desk and
made for a nice cut out.

Added  a couple of stamens and a pearl to the centre.

Background is a touch of Tim's stencilling for added interest.

Sentiment is simply Thinking of You.

I had the edges of the w/c paper so cut two pieces

and angled them behind my die cuts

Head over and check out what the

Talented Design Team created for your pleasure

and join in by adding yours to our Gallery.

Hello - Sweet Friend

 It's Word Week over at Just Us Girls

and our Host is Carol M choosing 

Again I have gone CAS with craft time

limited ths week.

A simple inked flower from Woodware

in Versafine Clair Nocturn,

 an old Spellbinders hexagon die for my popped 

and scored frame

with sentiment from Altenew and a few SU gems

and my card is complete. 

Our fabulous talented Guest Bonnie has created a stunner

and the Team likewise with an array of framed beauties.

Head over and check them out. Then it is your turn

to share yours in our Gallery.

Hope to see yours there.

I'm Back!

 This is my first post since April after the big move north

to be close to family due to health issues and access to 

important medical facilities.

It was so good to start the huge task of unboxing

my craft goodies. It is still a work in progress but at least

I can begin creating slowly again.

Hence my first post is for the Colour Challenge at

Just Us Girls

As you can see I went really CAS here

while I continue finding places to put my goodies.

Carol Mc chose these fun colours as Host.

I got a bit  heavy handed with the pink inking

(SU Melon Mambo) 

as it went a bit too dark so I cut two heads

and inked them lightly with Versacolor 33 Pink

adding them as a shadow. The orange leaf is

inked with SU Tangarine Tango.

Some simple die cuts and a few pearls,

sentiment from STAMPlorations

 and that finishes my first DT project in my new home.

I am excited too that our Guest for August is

the very talented Bonnie Klass and we get to

enjoy her craftyness with us at JUGS.

WELCOME Bonnie!

And so my new journey begins!

Head over and checkout what we all have 

in store for you colour wise then be sure to 

add yours to our Gallery.

Believe!

 Today's post is for the New Challenge at 

Creative Artiste Mixed Media

This is a short one this month as we are

in the process of selling our small farm and

moving to a retirement village.

With so much to do my craft time is very limited.

I did get a bit of time to create this small piece

giving me the chance to unwind from decluttering etc.

Had brother in law help over Easter and has

done a good job of helping take some 

farm supplies back to his place.

I did take a few photos and made a list of products used.

I cased this card Here and you can click on her blog

showing how she made it.

I used gesso, texture paste, Lindy's Magical's,

torn paper, washi tape, chipboard, art stones,

gold mica powder, butterfly die from stash, 

cabachon and sentiment. 

Attached to purple base.

Head over and check out what my Team Mates created

and hope you can add your mixed media piece to our Gallery.

This will be my last piece for now as I pack up

my craft room for the big move north.

Thanks for visiting

Just 'Hi'

It is my turn to Host at Just Us Girls

for our Colour Week and I chose 

Purple Orange and Mustard.

With a new month we have a New Guest - 

Colleen Begley is joining us. Welcome!

Once again I saw a CAS card from 

former Jugs Designer Cecile Ribon

which was perfect using the above colours.

Added a Spellbinder square die, floral die,

 purple ribbon, thread and gem.

Finished with a simple sentiment.

Popped in front of DP (the same as the floral die)

Check out what Colleen and the Team created

and hope they inspired you to

add yours to our Gallery.

Simply For You!

Sue is Hosting our Stencil Challenge at Just Us Girls

A CAS card here for today's post.

My stencil is from Tim textured onto kraft paper.

Added a few die cut daisies with liquid pearls to the centre,

some black thread to the back and

 tied tagged sentiment to complete.

Attached to white card base.

Head over and see what our Guest Tracey

and the Team stencilled for your inspiration

and come join in with yours to our Gallery.

As it is the last challenge for the month we bid farewell to

Tracey and a Big Thank You for sharing her talents with us.

Happy Birthday & Challenge #300 for Cut It Up.

It's our BIRTHDAY and

Our #300th Challenge at 

Cut It Up Challenge 

How cool is that!

I seem to be in a Daisy Mood lately

as I did for my last CIU card but this time - 

 using different dies and colours.

I stencilled the background and added a

 combination of Lindy's Magicals and Nuvo Shimmer,

die cutting and inking my daisy and leaves.

Added some scripting to the background,

a tiny frame and finished with a

Happy Birthday Sentiment.

Attached to white card base.

Head over and see what wonderful

Birthday cards the Team created.

Hope to see yours in our Gallery.

Thanks for visiting 

A Jugs/Time Out Reminder

 Today's post is a Reminder that you still have time to 

enter your Bird/Birds of a Feather cards for our Collaboration with

us at Just Us Girls and Time Out

A really CAS card here using the lovely bird stamp

from That's Crafty with an appropriate blue background

from my Magical's for the sky.

Die cut the frame and backed it in black

onto blue card base.

Hope you have entered our JUGS Challenge

and Time Out Challenge. If not you still have a

wee bit of time to do so.

It's all about The Birds!

We have a special treat for you this time round at

Just Us Girls 

We are collaborating with Time Out Challenge

for their Birds of a Feather

It is our Word Week and Bobby is Hosting with

BIRDS 

For all the details check our Blog Post.

I have several birds flying around the flowers and bird cage.

Kraft paper is so hard to photograph and 

a shame it doesn't show it's true colours here.

I have used an old Spellbinder die for the frame,

Kaisercraft bird cage, different dies for the birds,

big fourish and MS punch for the flowers.

Centres have Liquid Pearls.

Background is an old retired SU stamp

and sentiment is STAMPlorations.

Added a few pearls to the cage.

Head over and check out how our Guest Tracy

and the Team chose to showcase their BIRDS,

join in our Bird Challenge

and your card will be automatically entered through our link

to Time Out Birds of a Feather Challenge

(which runs for two weeks)

See you there

There's Tartan Trees for Christmas Craft Creations

 Hello and Welcome!

Here is this month's Theme for

Christmas Craft Creations

I have once again gone CAS using some of my

precious Tartan Designer Paper - like how scraps

come in handy like they did here.

Die cut my trees, adding a silver snowflake

and adding small strips of that paper to the side.

Attached to shimmery card stock and white card base.

Have you checked out the gallery to see 

what my Team Mates created?

It's always fun to see how they inspire you with their creations.

Hope to see yours there! I know how we all have

so much designer paper eh! No excuse!

Thanks for visiting

Spring Wishes!

It's Spring Time at Cut It Up Challenge

and we are looking for Spring Time Colours!

I have been checking out suitable items in my Bits Box 

lately instead of creating new ones

and again I found the beautiful bright embossed background

to place my white daisies. Tim's Wildflowers are

my go too's when I need some nice florals.

I die cut the heads again for depth and added some

splatter stamping for interest.

Sentiment dies are from CUTplorations -

perfect for our Spring Challenge.

Head over and see what the Team created

for your pleasure and come join in

with yours to our Gallery.

Thanks for visiting

For a Friend...

Hi and Welcome to a New Month 0f 
Challenges at Just Us Girls  where we start off with our

Colour Week  and a New Guest - 

Welcome toTracy McNeely 

Stephanie is Hosting and chose some really cool ones.

I knew I had a few different green tones in my Brusho pots

for the backs of my funky shaped leaf dies. My other colour

is a red tone. The background is a Kaisercraft leaf EF.

Sentiment and Die - SU.

Our Guest Tracy and the Team have been going green

so head over to our gallery and check them out.

Love to see how you choose to use these fun colours

with your additional colour.

Thanks for visiting

Pretty in Pink...

It's that Time of the Month for my Mixed Media Make for the

Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenge

I decided to go with soft pinks for my 5/7 canvas.

Managed to take a few photos as I went along.

Starting with the colour elements then adding

stencilling and stamping from AALL&Create.

A few coloured chipboard pieces and art stones for interest.

Added some pretty dp to back my Little Birdie flowers to.

Needing a little something I adhered a resin bottle 

with a touch of pink wax to the top of the chipboard 

Finishing with some cabachons

and to find an encouraging sentiment to complete.

My Team Mates have all made fabulous mixed media makes

for you so hop over and see how their finished pieces .

Be encouraged and enter yours to our Gallery.

See you there!

 

Hello Friend!

Time for our Case a DT Week at Just Us Girls

This happens when we have five Thursday's in the month.

The DT like this one as it is our Anything Goes 

but you have to Case One of Our Cards from this challenge.

There is always so many amazing creative makes so

check them out, make your choice and add to our Gallery.

Here's Mine!

This bunny has been all over blogland 

(and multiplied like gremlins)

 so thought I would give one a home.

An easy card with stencilling from Little Birdie

inked with Tim's Ox Frayed Burlap

Die cut my bunny and pretty coloured flower

adding a STAMPlorations sentiment

attaching to kraft card base to complete.

Head over and check out what the Team created

for you to case and go for it and add to our Gallery.

 Thanks for visiting