I Can Hear 'MUSIC'

Hello and Welcome to my Saturday post for

Just Us Girls

As it is a new month we have 

 Claire Garland from https://stringbows.blogspot.com/

as our November Guest. Welcome Claire and

we look forward to you sharing your talent with us this month.

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Sue is Hosting our Word Week and has chosen MUSIC! 

Now I have The Beach Boys song I Can Hear Music

running in my head. Thanks Sue. I do love their music though.

Guess I am showing my age here LOL

Now the Beach Boys couldn't make music 

without their guitars could they?

So that instrument was mandatory on my card.

I went a bit grungy here inking some stamps from

STAMPlorations with Tim's Distress Inks.

My guitar is heat embossed in copper

and from Inspired by Stamping.

Cut this out with a stitched die matted

on red and attached to black card base.

Pretty simple really.

Pop over and see what our 

New Guest for November Clair Garland

and the Team created and come join us

in our Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in.

Love reading your comments.

A 'RRRUFF Day!

Hello and Welcome to today's post for

Happy Little Stampers

It's a New Month so that means

New Challenges starting with our

Watercolour Challenge.

Our optional twist for November is GET WELL.

I decided to ink up an old stamp 

and have a bit of fun with it.

I started by scrunching up some dampened card stock

and inking with Tim's Distress inks then straighten

it out for a backing for my 'Get Well' image/wishes.

I smooched colours on my water colour paper

in sky and dirty colours then stamped

my image and sentiment. Added a 

touch of grunge for the dog to sit on.

Cut this with a stitched die and added a tiny

white mat to the back then on to my background.

Attached to brown card base

Our winner for this challenge will receive a $20 coupon to spend at the shop!

 Check out all the details HERE 
IF YOU USE STAMPS BY HAPPY LITTLE STAMPERS

 AND YOU ARE OUR RANDOM WINNER, 

YOUR PRIZE WILL BE DOUBLED!

Pop over and see what the Gang have created

and come join us this month.

Thanks for dropping in

It's Anything Goes at Addicted to Stamps and More

Hello and Welcome to today's post for the

New Challenge over at Addicted to Stamps and More

and it's our favourite Anything Goes.

I recently bought a lovely Penny Black stamp

called Full of Glee and wanted to try iyt out

and so resulted in today's card.

I saw a lovely card on Pinterest by Loll Thompson

and my inspiration came from her beautiful CAS card

Here using this same stamp. 

I chose a favourite colour (similar to Loll's) to paint my flowers

SU Calypso Coral with the centres Tim's Fossilized Amber.

The leaves - Mowed Lawn and stems Gathered Twigs.

I added a touch of shimmer to the flowers with

WOS Clear Glitter.

The flowers were heat embossed with WOW Metallic Platinum.

Splattered some spots and inked sentiment

 from Happy Little Stampers in Calypso Coral.

This was cut from a stitched die and adhered to

SU Groovy Guava card base.

Pop over and see what my Talented Team Mates have made

and come join us in the Gallery this week.

No excuse as is the AG Challenge!

Thanks for popping in

A Special Christmas CUTplorations Release Blog Hop

Hello and Welcome to a 

Special CUTplorations Christmas Release

and Blog Hop.

I had so much fun with a few of the fabulous new
Christmas Dies below that I landed up making three cards.

Aren't They GORGEOUS!

As this is a long post I will give you a quick rundown
on how I made these cards.
Card #1 The background was simply made by adding
cyan and lavender pearl pigment powder
to gel medium and layering it with a brush.
The deer and sentiment is cut from gold paper.
Added a gold frame and attached to white card base.
Card #2 was fiddly as I as I adhered silver flakes
to my die cut deer. Won't do that again in a hurry.
The background was from my bits box
and leftovers from smashing metallic paint
and a touch of Iridescent Medium
Added my sentiment and adhered to card base.
Card #3 I stenciled my background
and distressed the edges. The deer was cut from red card stock
and inked with Hero Art Unicorn Pigment Ink and popped.
Added a few die cut snowflakes and
part of the new Christmas Die.
Finished with sequins and gems and adhered to card base.
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All the Nitty Gritty details for the blog hop are Here 

with more amazing projects by the 

CUTploration Gals to swoon over. Check them out.

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I hope you will spare the time to leave a comment here

for a change to win one of two prizes.

A quick recap - They are

 Choice of one (1) cover plate die & one (1) word/phrase die

 from the new Christmas dies featured during the hop OR

 a $15 GC to the store. Commenting closes November 9.

 Winner to be announced on November 10
 in the October Winners post.

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Here are the new products I used
CUTplorations Two-Reindeer-Thin-Metal-Dies
CUTplorations Merry-and-Bright-Phrase-Die



and older ones
ARTplorations Christmas-Reindeer-Stencil
CUTplorations Crazy-Double-Running-Stitched-Nesting-Dies
STAMPlorations Christmas-Elf
STAMPlorations Mixed-Media-Grunge

What are you waiting for?

It's a great way to add a few more

Christmas cards that we all need to

give to Family & Friends.

I will look out for you in our Gallery.

Thanks so much for dropping in

and

DON'T FORGET TO COMMENT 

FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN!

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like - yes Christmas!

Hello and Welcome to today's post for
Just Us Girls

Vicki is our Host this week and chosen this
awesome Christmas Themed Photo.

So many elements you can choose from here.
What caught your eye?

I went with the colour in the background
and tried a new way with shaving cream.
You ink your acrylic block then add the shaving cream
scloosh (is that a word?) then swipe it on to
your card stock. Wipe away the excess and repeat
if you need to. I used Tim's Festive Berries.
 To add a bit of interest I then randomly inked a
SU stamp that looked like snow
with Memento Rhubarb and heat embossed Silver
around the middle.
Attached my glittery Kaisercraft Die Cuts
adding some Starform stickers to hang them.
Finished with the Starform Merry Christmas sentiment.
Funny how those out of vogue stickers 
still come in handy sometimes.
Oh and there are 2 gems attached to the gems.

Pop over and see what our Guest Linda
and the Gang created.
Hope you can spare a wee bit of play time
to add your card to our Gallery.
Thanks for dropping in.

Excited to be an Art & Soul Studio Ambassador

Hello and Welcome to my Exciting News.

I have been invited to be an Ambassador for 

Art & Soul Studio

It is a 'local to me' amazing craft store 

in Hervey Bay, Queenland.

You walk inside and you know you are indeed in

Craft Heaven!

Just a few shots from their vast supplies!

 and our Afternoon Tea.

was soooooooo yummy!

I don't officially start till November but

I am playing with the October Mood Board

to get me started. 

It's an amazing new adventure for me getting

involved with Mixed Media.

I have only delved in it is a small way

with my card making but now I

want to venture further with all the textures,

paints etc and get messy along the way.

You will get to see me branch out away from 

just cards in the future but for now - 

Here is my finished project.

A quick rundown on products I used

From Art & Soul Studio - 

Studio Light Stencil - MASKMM17

Tim Holtz Stone

Carabelle SA70134 Stamp.

Other supplies - 

Dutchdoobadoo Pop Art Stencil

Gelatos, Brusho's, Gel Medium

Sizzix Embossing Folder

CUTplorations Dies

Gold/White and Lavender Card Stock

Kaisercraft Pearls

Memento Eldenberry Ink. 

As this was NOT my first attempt

I did not photograph or write down all the products I used here.

 I wasn't even sure if this one would turn out.

I will admit I am happy with the end result this time.

Next time will be more informative. 

That's it for now. Thanks so much for hanging in

to check our this longer than normal post.

Till next time - Cherrio from

It's Colour Week at JUGS

Hello and Welcome.

 It's Saturday and time for the latest challenge at

Just Us Girls. 

It's our Colour Week and Hosting is Lisa.

I hope you aren't getting sick of seeing

Lindy's Magicals but again they were perfect

here for smooching my background.

I then cut out a large Spellbinder Circle to 

act as a frame for the Kaisercraft Daisy

which was cut from mulberry paper, adding

a second head to the bottom to act as grass.

Applied some Liquid Pearls to the centres.

Sentiment is from Impression Obsession on white card stock.

Simply finished by attaching to purple card base.

Head over to Our Blog to see what

our Guest Linda and the Gang have created

and come join us.

Hope to see you there.

Thanks for dropping in

Updated - Tribute to Melissa Lane.

#UPDATE
There was a mishap with my earlier posting with
the absence of the card I made for Melissa's Tribute.
Photo is below. So Sorry!

It saddens me to be posting here today at the passing of a

Fellow Designer Melissa Lane from STAMPlorations 

but happy to celebrate her life in a small way.

Melissa love Butterflies and Rainbows and

her favourite colour was Red

so I chose to heat emboss my card with

STAMPlorations Flutter-Zen-Row-Artsy-Borders

in Ranger Red Cinnabar which has a lovely

gold fleck though it.

I started by lightly smooching the background with

Lindy's Magical's in Ramblin' Rose Pink

 and a flicker of  ColorBox Gold.

I then coloured my butterflies with a mix of Brusho's

 Magical's and Nuvo Glitter Gloss

for a touch of shimmer.

My sentiment is from

STAMPlorations Bloom-Happy

This was cut from a stitched die and adhered on to

Metallic Gold card base. 

 

If you knew Melissa when she was alive -- maybe you were on the same design team(s) or you were bloggy friends -- however you knew her, we would love it if you can join us in celebrating her life by creating a butterfly card in her memory.

Please pop over Here where you will see all the details

and so many beautiful butterflies made in Melissa's Memory

Thanks for dropping in. 

A 'Tribute to Melissa Lane'

It saddens me to be posting here today at the passing of a

Fellow Designer Melissa Lane from STAMPlorations 

but happy to celebrate her life in a small way.

Melissa love Butterflies and Rainbows and

her favourite colour was Red

so I chose to heat emboss my card with

STAMPlorations Flutter-Zen-Row-Artsy-Borders

in Ranger Red Cinnabar which has a lovely

gold fleck though it.

I started by lightly smooching the background with

Lindy's Magical's in Ramblin' Rose Pink

 and a flicker of  ColorBox Gold.

I then coloured my butterflies with a mix of Brusho's

 Magical's and Nuvo Glitter Gloss

for a touch of shimmer.

My sentiment is from

STAMPlorations Bloom-Happy

This was cut from a stitched die and adhered on to

Metallic Gold card base. 

 

If you knew Melissa when she was alive -- maybe you were on the same design team(s) or you were bloggy friends -- however you knew her, we would love it if you can join us in celebrating her life by creating a butterfly card in her memory.

Please pop over Here where you will see all the details

and so many beautiful butterflies made in Melissa's Memory

Thanks for dropping in. 

A Simple 'Thank You'

Hello and Welcome. Today's post is for our 

CAS Challenge over at Addicted to Stamps & More

I bought this stamp set from Kaisercraft

some time ago because I liked what I thought - 

a very Australian image of Gumnuts.

I started by lightly stenciling my background with

Tim's Stone Stencil in Antique Linen

then inking my image with 

Versafine Clair Falling Leaves ink

(it's a very dark brown but looks black)

I went on to the colouring and blending with

Tim's Gathered Twigs/Mowed Lawn

Crushed Olive and Carved Pumpkin

enhancing the colour with touches of

Hag's Wart Orange and Canna Lilly Burnt Orange

 from Lindy's Magicals.

Added some Nuvo Aqua Shimmer and

a touch of glossy accents.

Sentiment is inked as above and from

49AND MARKET.

This was cut from a Postage Die

and popped on to the larger die cut

and slightly popped again to my card base.

This card will be going over to the

CAS Watercolour Blog for their

October Challenge

Congratulation to Bonnie & Loll for giving us

2 years of Fabulous Watercolour Challenges

and to all the Design Team and Guests for their 

Monthly Inspiration and Encouragement. 

Thanks for dropping in.

Love reading your comments.

A Happy Birthday Tic Tac Toe

Hi and Welcome to today's post.

It's for the current Tic Tac Toe Challenge  at

 Retro Rubber where we get to play with stamps

older than a year. 

For my Tic Tac Toe I chose the Middle Line

Masking Birthday Flowers.

It's funny how your mind works.

I was happily stamping/cutting away yesterday

making my card for this challenge and ready to

photograph it and when I woke up this morning

I realized I had used the same Spellbinder dies

on the last challenge I made for Retro Rubber!

I had better not do that next time.

I thought of making another one wondering if

the Designers would think this girl only has 2 Dies.

Since time is of the essence I had to go with it.

Sorry it is so similar to my last one.

The stamp I used is another retired SU set

called Avant Garden which

I have finally used for the first time. 

I cut out a mask for the flower and then inked 

in 3 different colours from the Altenew 

Red Cosmos set. The leaves were inked with

Memento Olive Grove and Pistachio.

Sentiment in Memento Luxe Northern Pine.

This was then cut with a SB circle die

and attached to the lacy circle die.

I backed that with a Cuttlebug folder 

and corner rounded it.

Adhered to green card stock adding some ribbon

to match the flowers and on the white card base to finish.

Thanks so much for dropping in.