It's PHOTO WEEK at Just Us Girls

 

Sharyn is our Hostess this week at

Just Us Girls

 

What do you see that inspires you here?

 

I saw the Chevrons and pretty pillows

 

I cut out a template and went from there.

Here are the products I used -

Navy and white card stock

Scrap DP

Kaisercraft leaf die

SU Butterfly

Several scrunched inked yellow silk flowers

(think I was a bit heavy handed inking them)

Memento Paris Dusk on

Sentiment from IBS

White brad (yay got to use another one lol)

The chevrons were popped for 3d effect.

 

That's it for now but be sure to pop over to our Blog

to check out what inspired our Guesties and DT.

 

Hope you get a chance to play with us this week.

 



I'm Not BLUE - Thinking of You

It's Colour Week at Just Us Girls and Maria is Hosting.

 

 

using  these 3 colours only.

 

 

Seems to be a popular choice so far this year.

 

I loved this colour choice because quite some time ago

I received a package of craft goodies from a

secret partner from a site I was part of.

We would randomly send cards and sometimes craft items

to each other sometimes going to great lengths

to post from different parts of the world so they

wouldn't know where you were.

 

So on to my card that I had so much fun making and

thinking of my partner as we found out who it was at the end of that year.

Mine was over on the other side of the world in the UK.

I got to use only a small part of this package which included

paper ribbon buttons etc.

 

Here are the products I used.

Designer Papers for the background flower

ribbon and button are from Docrafts

Capsule Collection - Burleigh Blue and Lakeland Crafts.

The flower is cut from Spellbinders Labels 27 and

several times from Moroccan Motifs

MS Punch

Distressing

Memento Paris Dusk/Summer Sky on sentiment

from GKD cut using an IBS Label

Memory Box Quinn Flourish behind the flower

Kaisercraft pearls

Variegated cotton on button.

 

Now you have read my long story I hope you will

pop over to our Blog and see more

Beautiful Blue Cards.

Looking forward to seeing yours there too.

Then you will be in the running for our

popular Chic of the Week and go into the voting

for our Guest Designer for March.

 

but wait there's more!

 

There is a new BLOG in town called

Double D Challenges

and they have the most awesome talented Designers -

how do I know? Some of my friends are there.

Check it out because you won't be disappointed.

 

For their first challenge it's

Forget Me Not -

Be inspired with these beautiful Photos

and you just need to add Blue Flowers of course.

Now who could resist playing after seeing them?

I couldn't...

Again apologies for the long post today but

it was worth it...

 

Thanks for dropping by

 

 



I'm Always 'Playing with Paper' but this is their Challenge #56 and Cards4Galz

As I have said in a previous post it is nice to be back from holidays

and Playing with Paper again.

More so as the current challenge at

Always Playing with Paper

is their colour challenge and it is a beauti.

 

 

This is the card I made with the colour combination below.

 

and

Challenge 13 - Something New

at Cards 4 Galz

 

And the products I used are -

Orange navy and white card stock

Memory Box Textured Distressed Grid stencil

(this is my new item that hubby bought for me  for Christmas)

in Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers

Tim Holtz Speckles Stencil

in Memento Paris Dusk

The butterflies are cut from a

scrap piece of SU Designer paper

and orange cs with

Spellbinder Butterfly die

and Sizzix Butterfly die.

The trail from the butterfly - I glued

some of the dots from the butterfly die

Also added a few for dimension on the

butterflies head (a little hard to see)

Added a small navy strip to the side.

 

Thanks for dropping in.

Your comments are always appreciated.

A Happy HELLO!

The new Challenge over at Cupcake Inspirations 

has my favourite colour

 

 

and even better their sponsor is one of my favourites



I was doing the happy dance as one of the

paper packs I have has

 the most beautiful lilac papers.

Now I have a nice little supply of their products

as they are an Australian based site

so thought it fitting to play with them.

I had a hard time photographing this card

as no matter which angle.

The white paper looks crooked (which it isn't)

 

Here are the list of products I used.

IBS - Spring Lilac Paper Pack

Flowers

Sentiment - Big Hello (love that one)

Birthday Wishes for the frame.

Grey& White card stock

Spellbinders Squares & Lacey Squares

Distressing

Lilac rhinestones

Memento Lulu Lavender

and Sweet Plum Inks

 

I really enjoyed making this card with such

a lovely colour combination.

Gorgeous cards by the Designer Team.

 

Thanks for dropping in.

Would love to read your comments.

 



We're off and running for 2016 at Crafty Cardmakers & More.

 

It's a New Year -  New Challenges to try and
2 New Designers.
Welcome to the Team Angela Judy & Ngaere
 

 

For our first Challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers -

hosting this one is Sally and she has chosen

New Baby-Marriage-Home etc - you get the drift.

***

My niece is due to have a baby in a few months so it was

a perfect time to make a Baby Card.

Starting with white cs as my base I then cut some

scraps pieces of paper on an angle embossing

with some very old Cuttlebug Embossing Borders.

Perfect size...

These were attached to a white base.

I then added some pink cs topped with

some scrap DP.

Added various coloured buttons a little cotton

and some rhinestones.

My tag was cut from Kaisercraft  Tag Die

and BABY was cut with Cuttlebug Typewriter dies.

I just love those cb dies. They are one of the first things

I bought many years ago when I was just starting out

making cards.

***

I am playing along at

Cuttlebug Mania as their challenge is -

use  'New' in your project. Got that one covered (Baby)

and Try it on Tuesday using Letters/Numbers 

where I have used letters - yes that too.

 

So there you have it...

Thanks so much for dropping in.

 



Colour Throwdown #374

I loved the colour combination at Colour Throwdown

 

 

so went for a cas birthday card -

not bulky and good for posting.

 

 

I used basic grey card stock

topping it with multiple stampings

of SU Pocket Silhouettes in

Memento Peanut Brittle & Potters Clay.

I used a SU punch to back my sentiment

which is also SU - Morning Meadow.

Finished it with a little spritzing

some gemstones and a

flutter of butterflies by SU.

 

Thanks for dropping in today.

 



I'm Back at 'The House'

Hello there!

 

 

I am back from my wonderful break after spending

some most enjoyable time with family over the

Holiday Season.

I must admit to the end I was missing my play time

but that is all good now as my fingers have been

playing with paper again.

 

The House that Stamps Built have

their Colour Challenge Here

 

so of course I had to play.

I went for something cas for this one

using the 3 colours above.

My stamped images are from

Casual Fridays Stamps

inked in Memento Paris Dusk & Summer Sky

Cut out my frame from 2

Spellbinder dies.

Sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping

and finishing with some bling and a little

punching on the corner.

 

Thanks for dropping by

 

 

 

 



We're Trending this week at JUST US GIRLS

It's TREND WEEK at Just Us Girls
and hosting this week is Sue and she has chosen
Metals/Metallics

I made my card before Christmas as I didn't want to be
rushing after I came home from my holidays in
Sunny North Queensland (Australia).
***
This trend gave me the chance to make a male card
so I got out a Marianne Design car die and cut in black cs
 using a small piece of acetate for the windows
and brass brads for the wheel trim.
I inked a cuttlebug folder for the background with similar
colours as my cs and attached a few metal bits
 to blend with the background.
Sentiment is cut using Spellbinders Circles



Hop on over to our blog and check out
our Guest Designer's Deepti & Vicki's cards
and what the Team have produced.
You are never disappointed are you!

Hope to see you there!

I would like to enter this card at
http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.co.uk/
for their Challenge #101 Anything BUT Square.

It's a NEW YEAR at Just Us Girls

It's a New Year and a New Image at Just Us Girls.
Don't you just love it!  Thanks to our Talented Host Nancy.
 

Our first Challenge for the year is for

 

and as you can see it is THANK YOU.

 

 

My base is white ripple card stock.

I topped this with scoring the grey.

The pink background for my butterfly is 

a piece of card stock which has the

shaving cream technique.

My leaf is from Kaisercraft.

The butterfly from Marianne Designs is  

cut twice - once in white (on top) and again

(underneath) in vellum.

Sentiment is from GKD and I finished

with  different sized rhinestones

on the butterfly and background.

***

We have 2 Talented Guest Designer's

for January and they are

Deepti Malik - You can check out her Blog Here

and Vicki Parsons and her blog is Here

Welcome! So glad you have joined us this month.

***

Don't forget to pop over to Our Jugs Blog

to see what the Jugheads created

during our break.

***

I will still be swanning around in

Tropical Sunshine when this post goes live

so scheduled it some time ago.

***

Hope you all have had a relaxing Christmas break

and ready for a New Year playing with paper.

I am sure there are plenty of Thank You cards needed

so pop them in to our first challenge for 2016.

Will be checking to see if you are there!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



There's 'SNOW' One Like You

 

Lin is Hosting for our last Challenge of the year over at
Crafty Cardmakers

and she has chosen SNOW.

 

 

Now it is of course snowing in other parts of the world -

just not here but never fear a Crafty Friend sent me

the stamp set - There's Snow One Like You

by Gina K Designs (Thanks Verna)

It has come in sooooooooooo handy

and have used it lots.

For my background I inked blue card stock

with Memento Summer Sky/Paris Dusk.

I also masked a small circle for the moon

(a little hard to see behind the trees)

behind the stencil Garden Birch from Memory Box.

I then attached 2 snowy hills. The 3 trees are cut

and embossed from an old

Cuttlebug Christmas die set. I Kindy Glitzed them

as well as the lines of the snow.

My cute little snowman I fussy cut twice -

once for the main image and the second

with some scrap DP for paper piecing his

hat and scarf. Added a blue pearl for the pom pom.

 I made a frame for the sentiment pole

  which is popped.

Punched a small star for the top of the

 tall Christmas tree.

Please pop over to Our Blog to see the
lovely snowy creations the DT have made
and hope that you still have a little time
to create that last minute card for our challenge.

I am heading north to tropical surroundings
at the end of the week to spend time with Family
 - hoping it won't be too humid
but AC will come in handy if it is.
I will be back early in the New Year so
no crafting for quite some time.

 No doubt my finger will be itching to get
stamping again.

Till then I wish you all a
MERRY CHRISTMAS
and as the Scots say
A Guid New Year!
 



It's nearly 'Christmas Time'

This will be my last posting for Just Us Girls this year

as the Jugheads are taking a few weeks off

to celebrate Christmas with family and friends.

 

Lisa is our Hostess for our TREND WEEK

and she has chosen SEQUINS.

 

 

I am sure we all have containers full of sequins

and they are always fun to add to our cards.

I decided to make a shaker card in circle shapes

(cut out with Spellbinder  die)

with some bling to make them into Christmas decorations.

Again I went for non traditional colours..

The background to my baubles are inked with stars.

My card base is purple and topped with iridescent paper.

Baubles are filled with different sequins beads and a few

punched stars. I also added a few stars punched out

with glitter paper some rhinestones and sequins to finish.

My Merry Christmas die is again cut from Elizabeth Craft die.

 

Please pop over to our Blog Here 

to check out the talented Design Team's creations.

 

I am heading to my daughter's for Christmas/New Year 

and so looking forward to spending time with some of my family.

She lives in tropical Queensland

(we are further south)

so will be hot and humid.

Air conditioning will come in handy.

 

So to sign off for now I will say Cherrio

and wish you all a Very Merry Christmas and

a Happy Safe and Healthy New Year.

 



Its a MERRY Christmas

Christmas time is fast approaching so I thought it timely

to choose MERRY as my WORD for this weeks Challenge.

My BFF gave me the Spellbinders Create a Flake 4 recently as

she found she had purchased it twice (lucky me)

so I just had to play with it and really happy how

my card turned out.

I love non traditional colours at Christmas time

so went for the softness for the snowflakes.

I cut multiple dies including an old

Cuttlebug Snowflake die added glitter

to a few of them and popped.

The embossing folder is also an old

Cuttlebug folder.

The Merry has been cut several times for depth

and top layer glittered.

Finished off with some bling.

Pop over to our blog for some lovely

MERRY cards from the Design Team

and I am sure you will be inspired to participate

in our Word Challenge.

Thanks for dropping by today.



'twas the Night Before Christmas

Christmas is just around the corner and Pamellia is Hosting at
Crafty Cardmakers & More and her theme is
'twas the Night Before Christmas
and we have printed out the words Here
for you to check so you can incorporate your card with
 something from the poem.

I decided to go with the Reindeer
(And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.)
and heat embossed my cut out image in gold.
My card stock is Kraft & White and the
DP is from Me to You
I have had the 3D holly stickers in my stash for years
and knew they were a perfect match for the DP
My reindeer is slightly popped and finished my card off
with some pearls.
***
Now it is your turn to come up with what inspired you.
 It is a good excuse to continue with your
Christmas card making.
Look forward to seeing what it is.



Sketch Time at 'The House'

 

Once again it is Sketch Time over at The 'House'

 All the details are Here

 

 

and isn't is an Easy Peasy One?

Perfect reason to add another card to my Christmas Pile.

 ***

Here's the products I used -

Various colours of purple card stock

(my favourite colour of course)

Cuttlebug Christmas Embossing Folder

Glitter & Mulberry Paper for the Banners

using SU Framelits

Repeat Impressions NOEL - 2107

was heat embossed

and then added a gemstone in the centre.

Foam Squares for depth.

***

It will be some time before I get back to

playing at 'The House'

as holidays beckon with Family

but will be back sometime in the New Year.

Thanks Wendy for all the wonderful Challenges

and Inspiration Projects from the

Incredibly Talented Rock Stars.

 ***

Thanks too for dropping in.

 I love  reading your comments.

 

 

 

 



It's Photo Week at JUGS

Vicki is our Hostess at Just Us Girls

for Photo Week and she has chosen a gorgeous photo.

 

 

 

 I took my inspiration from the colours in the background

for my card stock and silver matting.

I heat embossed my Stampin' Up Snowburst stamps in silver and

 masked the background with a Spellbinder die and inked with

SU Melon Mambo spritzed with water and Iridescent Medium.

Finished with a few stars and Starform Stickers.

 

 

I also decided to make another card with an old

Cuttlebug Christmas embossing folder as it had the

baubles from the inspiration photo. I used the same papers

added ribbon from my stash some bling and the

Merry Christmas die is from Elizabeth Craft

 (which you will see a few times before the

end of the year) cut from sliver paper.

 

Pop over to our blog to see the beautiful creations

from our talented November Guest Louise

and the Design Team.

I am sure when you see this beautiful photo you will

want to join in. Hope to see you there.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



A Floral Christmas Non Traditional Style

 

Christmas doesn't seem right without a Poinsettia somewhere

and perfect timing with my card for the current challenge at

The Mod Squad details - Here

and Scribbles Designs Challenge details - Here

 

 

Going with non traditional colours

(my favourite as Christmas is HOT where I live)

 I used Celestial card stock as my base

topping that with  the same paper I embossed with

Stampin' Up Textured Expression Holiday Frame.

Then adding my Spellbinders Fancy Tags 2

and attaching Merry from Elizabeth Craft Designs in gold.

I got out my favourite Spellbinders Layered Poinsettia die

and only used the smaller ones multiple times.

Behind that I added ribbon with  leaves and fern

 from Martha Stewart finishing with a single pearl in the centre. 

*** 

Christmas is fast approaching and there is always so much to do

before the Big Day. I am heading off to spend some time

with my sister this week before heading north for

Christmas/New Year with family

so there won't be too many more postings for a wee while

  apart from those scheduled.

***

Thanks for dropping in

 

 



It's Another Birthday

 

I couldn't help myself - while I had vellum out I decided to play

again over at Seize the Birthday

 

 

This was a simple card really.

I used Kraft card stock and went from there.

Here is what I used -

Basic card stock

Kaisercraft Nesting Rectangles

Kaisercraft Blae & Ivy stamped

in the background with Versamark

Flower is Pickled Pear inked in

Memento Eldenberry

and topped with plain vellum.

Sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping

and finished with a cotton bow

 

 

Till next time

 

 

 



Sieze the Birthday Challenge

 

I needed a birthday card to take with me when I go on holidays

and I thought of Seize the Birthday so went over to see

what their Toppings were

and was happy to see Vellum or Acetate

 

I thought for a change I would try Acetate and while

I was searching in my stash I came across a heap

of patterned vellum that I have had for an age.

Found the perfect one as the Young Lady that

my card is for loves Orchids.

It doesn't look like vellum does it?

 

 

I started with my coloured card base

and then topped in with metallic gold

and cut and scored with

 Stampin' Up Textured Impression

and Edgelits

The vellum is called Orchid Translucent

Added some lace from my stash which is

lightly coloured with Memento Pistachio

I then went about making my flower and

ferns  using a variety of dies from

Marianne Designs -

CR1204 - LR 1902 - LR0229 - LR 1057

My sentiment is from GKD Fanciful Tags

(a favourite of mine as I love the font)

embossed in Gold

Finishing with some pearls.

 

I am glad I don't have to post this one

as the flower would get a little squashed.

 

Thanks for dropping in