I'm Guest Designer at Sketch Saturday for September

 

I have been invited by my Super Talented Crafty Friend

Kathy Stacy to be her Guest Designer 

at Sketch Saturday for September.

What an Honour! Thank You Kathy.

You can find their blog HERE

And here is our Sketch.

The sponsor for this challenge is Niki Rowland

who just happens to be the

Blog Owner and she has generously offered the

 random winner a Surprise Pack!

Now don't we all love SURPRISES?

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Here is my first posting,

I made 2 cards as I wasn't sure I was completely happy with the first one.

 

I thought the paper the image and the sentiment

all married together nicely.

Here are the products I used

White/coloured card stock

DP from Kaisercraft Pack Your Bags Collection

Eifel Tower is from Kaisercraft inked with

Stampin' Up Close to Cocoa and sponged with

Memento Summer Sky

Sentiment is from Gina K Design

Spellbinders Ovals

Distressed Edges



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and then I thought I would make a girly one

 

 

I used basic pink/apricot and cream card stock

DP is First Edition Desert Blooms

Cuttlebug Floral Fancy Embossing Folder

Green Vellum cut with Spellbinders Ovals

Kaisercraft leaf Die

MFT Heirloom Rose cut from same DP

Sentiment is from

Inspired by Stamping and heat embossed with

Tim Holtz Worn Lipstick

Finished with a scattering of rhinestones.

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Hope you will now pop over to the

Sketch Saturday Blog

to see what the Design Team created

and hope to see yours there.

 

Thanks for dropping in

Till next week

Cherrio from

 

 

An Apple a Day they say ....

This week at Just Us Girls

Lisa as Hostess has challenged us with our

Word Challenge and chose Apple.

 

 

Now it just so happens I don't have a single apple stamp

in my stash so I thought I would Google and find an image.

 

 

My colouring skills are very limited so lucky for me there

wasn't too much to do.

I have used the following items

Brown & White card stock

Water Colour pencils by Faber Castelle for my image

 and added glossy accents for shine

Spellbinder Hexagon Dies

Kaiesercraft Hexagon stamp sponged with

Memento Love Letter and

Stampin' Up Close to Cocoa inks

Sponged edges in Memento Love Letter

Sentiment is from Gina K Designs

Popped a button on the side to finish.

Now pop on over Here to

see what our September Guest Melissa Dawn Lane

from https://honeybeelane.wordpress.com/

and the DT have made.

We would love to see your take on our Apple Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by

 

 

It's time to play at 'The House'

It's the beginning of a new month and that means

NEW CHALLENGES

at my favourite blog The House that Stamps Built

Here is the first for the month and is a

 

Details Here

 

 

 

It took me an age to find a Repeat Impressions stamp

to use on my card but my Mojo wasn't with me so I

decided to just use the beautiful sentiment and

add some scrap DP.

I did just that but in the end the bottom was too bare so

I found the perfect little stamp to finish it off.

 

The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions

Beautiful Days cut from

Spellbinders Labels 20

The flowers are the Flowering Vine.

I popped the strips of DP to a yellow backing

with white card stock as my base.

The flowers were inked with Stampin' Up

Yo Yo Yellow.

Ribbon from my stash

Tiny Pearls finished it off.

 

When I was making this card I wasn't happy how it was

turning out but since it is finished I am much happier

especially as I think the flowering vine finished

my card off nicely. I hope you think so too.

 

I have another card in mind for this challenge

so check back soon to see what I  came up with.

 

Thanks for dropping in

 

 

 

 

 

 



A Floral Birthday

 

It is a rainy dreary day here so I thought it a great chance

to pop back into my play station and create another card for

 their No Patterned Paper Challenge

You can find their blog Here

 

 

I started with brown yellow and white card stock.

The white I had already cut the corners

so I have 2 postings in a row with rounded edges.

I stamped the frame which is from

Gina K Designs in Close to Cocoa - SU

My flowers are also from Stampin' Up

The large one is Flower Shop. A dear friend

sent me a bunch of them as I didn't have that set.

The smaller ones are Petite Petals

inked in Close to Cocoa and

Tim Holtz Antique Linen.

Sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping

Added a Kaisercraft leaf die

Kaisercraft Pearls

Liquid Pearls and a Dew Drop

Tucked in a few sprigs from a Martha Stewart die

Finished with ribbon from my stash.

 

That's it for now so till next time

Cherrio from

 

 

 

 

 

 



A Happy Hello!

While I was browsing Blog Land I came across

a great new site to me.

Crafty Card Makers

The current challenge there is to make a card

without patterned paper.

You can find all the details Here

 

 

Now this was right up my alley as I love to play

with stencils so went into my play station

and created this simple and colourful card.

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I used a coloured card base that matched my

speckles and feathers.

Here are the products I used -

Stampin' Up Four Feathers Die/Stamp Set popped

Tim Holtz Speckles/Splatters Stencils

Tim Holtz Distress Inks -

Peacock Feathers/Abandoned Coral/Frayed Burlap

A bow in Jute

Kaisercraft Pearls

Inspired by Stamping - Big Hello Stamp.

 

I really liked how the distress ink made

the sentiment look splotchy as it blended in

with the stencilling.

 

So there it is - a great way to relax after a hard

morning in my garden weeding.

 

Thanks for dropping in.

 

 

 



It's Time to Shake at Try Stampin' on Tuesday

It isn't often enough we try our hands at a

SHAKER CARD

and that is exactly what we are asking you to do

this time round at

Try Stampin' on Tuesday

 



Here is the sketch thanks to Sarah.

 

Shaker cards are always fun to make - just a little

time consuming sometimes and with luck

you don't get your shaker bits everywhere

while doing so.

 

Here is what I came up with to use on mine -

White/Red/Pink card stock.

I stencilled the background with

Memory Box - Texture Waive in

Memento Love Letter &

Stampin' Up Melon Mambo

Darkroom Door Stars Background Stamp

Spellbinders Circles/Lacey Circles

Large/Small Star Punch

Star Sequins

The 'Happy' is die cut from

Impression Obsession

Unfortunately I forgot to write down the

name of the Birthday Wishes sentiment

and went looking but

 no doubt I will find it another time.

Finished with a few red gemstones.

 

Thanks for dropping by.

 

 

 



Choices Choices - The Current Challenge at Sketch Saturday

 

I popped over to Sketch Saturday Here

to see what their new challenge was

and what a lovely surprise.

As it is the 5th Saturday we get to pick

which Sketch we would like to play with.

 

Now it wasn't easy to pick so I scrolled through all of them

and decided on the one below.
#281

 

Why? Well I get to ink up one of my favourite stamps

from Stampin' Up - Fifth Avenue Floral.

 

 I started off with the basic white card stock

then matted with the 2 colours from the flower.

I scored the right side then added

a strip of mulberry paper.

The flower was heat embossed in white

and I cut 3 after inking them with

 Stampin' Up Rich Razzleberry and

Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers.

Behind the flower is matted with an

embossed piece of paper using

Spellbinders Circles and

Lacey Circles at the back in white.

Sentiment is from Gina K Designs.

Finished my card with several

scattered rhinestones.

 

I would also like to link this card up with the

current challenge over at Robynsfetish

for their SQUARE CARD.

and

Cupake Inspirations

for their Challenge #325 - LAYERS

 

Thanks for stopping by.

 

 

 

 

It's Sketchy Time at Just us Girls

We have our Wild Card Challenge this week.

Nancy is our Hostess and she has chosen

A Sketch!

 

 

 

I recently bought a few Word Dies in a frame

so the one chosen was perfect to use with this sketch.

I used the following products to create my card.

Metallic Gold & Black card stock

Cream Mulberry paper as backing

The 'Love' is from Kaisercraft Script Die and popped

I went over it with a gold Gelly Roll pen

but isn't too noticeable

DP is Kaisercraft Art of Life

Sentiment is Gina K Designs

Lace Black Rhinestones and Button from my stash

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Pop over to Our Blog and check out what

our August Guest Karen and the other

Jugheads created.

We would love to see your entries

and you know if you do you could be our

Chic of the Week and go on the be

Our Guest in October. 

Hope to see you there.

 

 

 

It's Inspiration Week at Just Us Girls

 

Chris is Hosting this weeks challenge at

Just Us Girls and it is

INSPIRATION WEEK.





I had fun with this one using my gelatos.
I had them out a few weeks ago and made lots
of leaves while I was at it.
I used brown and iridescent card stock then
added a piece of distressed gold
corrugated cardboard.
My leaves are from Cuttlebug dies and have been scrunched
and attached to Spellbinder Labels 18 die.
Added a big gold button and some pearls.
Inked lightly from Tim Holtz Speckles Stencil 
either side of the image
Sentiment is from JustRite Labels 20
inked with Memento Pistachio.

Don't forget to pop over to
Our Blog for more inspiration from
The Design Team and our Guest
Karen Bourke.
Hope you get a chance to play this week.
Look forward to seeing you there.



 

 

 



Sketch Time at Try Stampin' Or Not On Tuesday

 

Time for the latest challenge over at Try Stampin' on Tuesday

and here is the card I created.

 

 

Our sketch is courtesy of Hillary

There is a Theme with this one and it is

HAPPY.

I thought my sentiment covered that because if you are

living laughing and loving you are bound to be HAPPY.

 

Here are the products I used -

Basic card stock

Designer Paper - Rosie's Sweet Delight

Kaisercraft Nest Rectanges

Kaisercraft Sentiment - Life

Sizzix Banners

Tim Holtz Worn Lipstick Embossing Powder

Memento Potter's Clay Ink

Finished of with 3 different buttons to match.

 

Hope you get the chance to play with this lovely sketch.

Don't forget to pop over and check out the other DT cards

also our Facebook page Here

and you can enter either on our blog or Facebook.

 

Thanks for dropping in

 

 

  

 

 

 



I'm Hosting the Colour Challenge at Just Us Girls

It's my turn to Host at Just Us Girls for Colour Week.

I chose Black Grey and Red.

 

 

And of course I chose 2 of my favourite stamps.

The background is from JustRite - London Background

inked with Memento London Fog.

My main image is from Stampin' Up Feeling Sentimental

heat embossed in red.

This stamp reminds me of my visit to London

and the phone booth is so very British.

I have used red cs as my base and also black and white.

The phone booth is popped with

distressed white and grey backgrounds.

I added a little red spritzing and a red gemstone.

The Hello from Lawn Fawn

has been cut in black white and red paper

and built up for added effect.

Finished off with 3 little strips of coloured ribbon.

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Hope you like my choice of design and colours

and you get the chance to join us this week.

If you do you will be in the running for our

Chic of the Week and could be chosen for our

Guest Designer in October.

For all the details pop over to Our Blog

and also check out what The Jugheads

and our August Guest Karen Bourke have made.

You won't be disappointed.

Thanks so much for popping in.

 

 

 

 



Crafting with Dragonflies Challenges are Back.

After some time away due to ill heath 

I am so happy to see my friend

Hilde back in blog land

and has started the Crafting with Dragonflies

challenges again.

For the first challenge we are to add a butterfly or 2 or 3.

 

 

Here is the card I made with the required butterfly

I used the following items -

White card stock Stampin' Up Woodgrain Stamp

Stampin' Up Sentiment

The coloured panels have been corner rounded

and are Paint Swabs

Tim Holts Peacock Feathers and

Versacolor Seafoam Inks

Kaisercraft Leaf Die

Cherry Lynn Exotic Butterfly

cut twice and background has been left whole.

Finished with some gemstones.

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Hope you will pop over and play with this challenge.

I know Hilde will really appreciate it.

 

 

 



We're Trending this week at Just Us Girls

 

It's Trend Week at Just Us Girls

and Sue is Hosting.

 She has picked one of my favourites

Vellum.

 

 

I have seen a number of cards similar to my card on Pinterest

 and have always wanted to make my version.

This was a perfect time to do so.

 

 

I started my card with kraft card stock as my base

 then added navy and turquoise paper.

I used Stampin' Up Inspired by Nature stamp set for

my background flower that I inked with

Memento Paris Dusk spritzed with water and

stamped onto turquoise paper.

Sponged a little ink on the centre of the flower.

The stems (from the same stamp set)

 are heat embossed on vellum in white

and roughly torn for effect. 

I cut out 2 butterflies from a Cherry Lynn die -

one in white and the second (a little hard to see) in vellum.

Added a few small punched circles on the body and

 a touch of Stardust Stickles.

Continued with some white brads

and navy ribbon.

The sentiment is from Gina K Designs

and cut from McGill Vintage Label Punch.

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Don't forget to pop over to our Blog 

to see what other fabulous creations

have been made for your inspiration

and come and join us this week.

You could be our next Chic of the Week

and go on to join us as our Guest for October.

 Hope to see you there.

 

Thanks for popping in. I love to read

your wonderful comments.

 

Smile - it's your Birthday

 

The latest challenge over at

Try Stampin' on Tuesday is one

with a number of choices shown below

 

 

Thanks to our Designer Kaylin.

I just love this Inspiration Photo.

 

 

I have recently purchased a number of sentiment dies

and here is one of them from

Kaisercraft - Script Polaroids

I have used white as my base card

and included pink and cream to match the

colour of the ice cream cone.

The backdrop for my Smile die is

a piece of scrap DP with a little glitter on it.

Thought this looked a perfect match.

The pink paper is cut out with Sizzix Framlits

The tag is also from

Kaisercraft - Tag Shapes

Added Kindy Glitz to the 'Smile'

Sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping

and inked with Tim Holtz Broken China.

Cuttlebug Embossing

Button from my stash

3 Tiny Pearls & a gem to finish.

 

Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you at

Our Blog Here

 

 



Challenge #372 at Sketch Saturday

 

I saw this great sketch over at

Sketch Saturday and decided to have a play.

While playing with my sizzix butterfly I thought

they would look great on the side of my card.

 

 

For the circle I used an embossing folder from

Stampin' Up and cut out with

Spellbinders Circles after I cut a

larger one as backing.

The butterflies and background DP are from

an Oriental Paper Pack.

Also used are -

Sentiment is Gina K Designs inked with

Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers

 Variegated cotton and some

gemstones to finish.

 

Thanks for dropping in today. Hope yours

has been a good one.

 

 

 

Anything Goes at 'The House'



It's ANYTHING GOES at The House that Stamps Built

 

 

So where do I start?

I had a look through my Repeat Impression Stamps

and decided I needed to use this new butterfly

so in doing so I kept my card cas.

The butterfly was inked in orange then

heat embossed in clear powder to give it shine.

I love the Spellbinders hexagons

which I popped and inked the edges

The paper was on my desk as a spare

 using the shaving cream technique.

I decided it was a good match.

I have used white and kraft card stock

Also a little stencilling a touch of stamping

from Stampin' Up Beyond the Basics

The sentiment is also Stampin" Up Pocket Silhouettes

Butterfly is Repeat Impressions #107

Finished with some bling - pearls gemstones

and some orange dots.

I am hoping time permits so I can make another

card for this challenge.

 

That's it for now as I am off to play!



Addicted to Stamps Photo Inspiration #155

 

Addicted to Stamps have a gorgeous Photo Inspiration Challenge

going on at present and you can find the details

HERE

 

 

 

What gorgeous colours to be inspired by.

 

I picked  3 main colours for my flowers

to ink from the Gina K Designs Vogue Vases Set.

I stamped the vase and the flowers with

Memento Pistachio and the vase again

and fussy cut from scrap DP

The 3 flowers were also stamped again on

3 different scraps.

Added different centres to the flowers.

The vase has 2 pearls attached.

The background is from a Stampin' Up

Embossing folder from unknown DP

My vase of flowers is stamped on card stock

cut out from Spellbinders Ovals and backed by

Scalloped Ovals and popped.

The Best Wishes die is from Cherry Lynn

from the same DP as the yellow flower.

 

Thanks for stopping by today

 



It's WORD WEEK at Just Us Girls

Maria is our Hostess for our WORD week at

JUST US GIRLS

and she has chosen Autumn.

 

I had already made a card for this challenge

(See Below)

but decided to play around with the

colours of Autumn so I got out my Gelatos

and had a play.

I tried various colours and placements

before  deciding on the one above.

I wet my Gina K stamp - Fall Foliage

then smeared various colours onto it before

stamping on my white card stock.

The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions

Beautiful Days Stamp Set.

Added some sequins and a rhinestone to match

my leaf colours. Also inked around the edge

and spritzing various colours to the top.

 

 

 I have this lovely Tree Stamp so I decided to
 feature that with a touch of Autumn Coloured Inking.

 

Using basic black and white card stock

and gold paper as a backing.

I simply cut out an oval from Spellbinders to mask.

Inked with Tim Holtz Aged Mahogany/Dried Marigold

Stampin' Up Yo Yo Yellow

The tree is Spring Tree - 1610W from

Repeat Impressions

and heat embossed in black

Sponged the masked colours with Stampin' Up Champagne Mist

Sentiment is a simple one from Gina K Designs

Added some coloured cottons

 button and rounded one corner to finish.

If you haven't already popped over to our Blog

please do so as there is a whole bunch of

Talented Ladies there to showcase their

Autumn inspired cards.

Also a Big Welcome to our
Guest for August Karen B.
 I am so looking forward to seeing
more of her beautiful creations this month. 

We always look forward to what 

our Monthly Guests create for us.

 

By entering our Challenges you are in the running for

Chic of the Week  and could go on to be our

Guest for October.

What are you waiting for?

See you there.

I can now enter the Anything Goes Challenge over at
The House that Stamps Built
with one of the above cards.