Thanks to a Dear Friend

Hi there and Welcome to today's post for

Just Us Girls

It's our Trend Week and Hosting is Nancy choosing

BOLD LETTERS!

I got a lovely stamp set from my bff

and of course the big bold 'thanks' sentiment 

was perfect for this weeks challenge and also

a nice way to say Thank You to her.

The beautiful floral image I coloured is from

STAMPlorations Blossom Sprays #1.

I heat embossed it with WOW Metallic Platinum.

Since my colouring skills are very limited

I got out some Twinklin' H2O's and metallic paints.

I cut this with a stitched die then attached 3 gems

and adhered to SU Tip Top Taupe cs.

Don't forget to pop over and see what our Guest Eva

and the Talented Team created. Join us in our Gallery

and you could be a future Guest Designer.

Thanks for popping in. Love reading your kind comments!

I'm Thinking of You

Hi there!  It's time for our CUTplorations Challenge

as part of the monthly challenges at STAMPlorations

image source: Ellen Giggenbach

and here is how I was inspired.

I tried to gather as much as I could from the photo
starting with blue card stock and adding white texture with the
ARTplorations Fairy Tale Forest Stencil also adding it to
my kraft card base using Gloss Gel Medium.
After the white texture paste dried I smooched over it with
Tim's Oxide Faded Jeans.
I then cut out the side piece with 
CUTplorations Pierced Curly Frames
for my owl (given to me by a friend)
I then cut out the leaves and flowers from
CUTplorations Trendy Spring Blooms Dies
in appropriate colours. I attached them and
added some Liquid Pearls to the centres.
Finished with my CUTplorations Thinking of You Die

Thanks so much for dropping in.

Hope to see your project in our Gallery this month.

It's PARTY TIME!

Hello and Welcome to my Saturday post for

Just Us Girls and this week we have something

a little different for our Word Week.

Carol is hosting and chose Movement.

I must admit it stumped me for a while but then I remembered

I had these 'wobble' bits that you add to the back of your image

and they make them shake - yay to movement. 

See what I mean!

I had fun with this project as I knew the

STAMPloratons A-Snarky-Birthday-to-You

was perfect for my brightly coloured cup cakes.

These were heat embossed in white and

coloured with Brusho's and Nuvo Shimmer Powders.

The top wobbly cupcake has 

Nuvo Glitter Drops for the icing.

Other stamps I used are

STAMPlorations Party Time and  Balloons-and-Banners

Hope you will take the plunge and play along with us this week.

Love to see you in our Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in - 

don't forget to check out what our 

New Guest Designer Eva Dobilas from I Love to Stamp

(Welcome Eva)

and of course my Oh So Talented Team Mates
created for your pleasure.

My Mixed Media Jar

What's in store for you today?

It's my first attempt at a Mixed Media Jar for

Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenge

and Anything Goes!

Here is how my jar started out.

by applying black gesso

then white crackle paint.

I think it cracked a bit too much so

applied some white gel medium then stenciling

on all four sides

 adding art stones from Finnebair

and now to brighten it up with Lindy's Sprays

and some cheesecloth for texture

some embellishments, painting  and waxing

and glass beads, pearls and diamond dust

and finished with  coloured cotton

and here is the lid

There you have it. My first ever MM jar.

Pop over and see what my Team Mates created.

They really are super talented in the Mixed Media Field.

If you love dabbling in paints, texture and any itzy bits you have

 around the house don't be afraid to

try your hand and you may just be like me and

LOVE IT!

Till next time - 

HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY DAY!

Hello and Welcome to May. 

Oh yes we are nearly half way through the year

and isn't it scary how time is just flying by!

You know what that means - it's our

Watercolour Challenge over at Happy Little Stampers

and we are looking for HAPPY  as our

Optional Twist this month.

I made this card a little while ago while playing with

my fascination for Nuvo Shimmer Powders.

I used Cherry Bomb and Green Parade

on water colour paper. I inked randomly

using an acetate sheet to colour in the floral image

I heat embossed my

 STAMPlorations In Bloom Precious Plumerias

twice giving it a shadow effect.

Sentiment is from Pink & Maine.

Attached to white card base and I'm done.

Pop over and see what my Team Mates created

and come join us in our Gallery.

Thanks for dropping by - 

I'm Hosting at Just Us Girls

Hello and Welcome. It's my turn to Host at

Just Us Girls for Photo Week 

and chose this photo for our Inspiration

You all know I love purples and when I saw this 

mood board I thought there was so much going for it

and I have this fabulous sea horse stamp I wanted to use again.

I did however make another simple card choosing

a floral image inspired by the flowers underneath the sea horse.

Here is what I used on my first card - 

Visible Image Create Your Calm Stamp.

Lindy's Stamp Gang Sprays

Navy Embossing Powder

Kaisercraft fish net stamp

CUTplorations Enchanting die.

***

For my floral stamp - 

Stampin Up Because I Care/Creative Elements

Tim's Oxide Peacock Feathers

Memento Teal Zeal

Nuvo Shimmer Pen/Seeds.

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Pop over and see what our April Guest Christine

and the Designers created.

Hope they have inspired you.

I look forward to checking it out 

to see if you are our Chic of the Week.

You will be in the running to be our Guest in June.

A big Thank You to Christine for being a 

Fabulous Guest this month and sharing your talents with us.

Thanks for dropping in

Happy Birthday in Colour

We have a super colour combination this week

at Just Us Girls from Our Host - Maria.

Aren't they a perfect colour choice to make a card
with some beautiful floral dies? The main one is from
Elizabeth Craft 's Black Eyed Susan that I got
at half price. Yay! The others are from my stock.
I cut the flowers out several times from
Tim's Oxide Ink blending in
Fossilized Amber,Spiced Marmalade
and Distress Carved Pumpkin.
I also added some shimmer from Nuvo Shimmer Powder
 in Solar Flare and the leaves and stem from Green Parade.
I then cut the Memory Box Pinpoint Double Frame
to show the background in the same colours as the flowers.
I had cut out the tiny bits to add to the centres
 but ended up using pearls instead.
Birthday sentiment is from Happy Little Stampers.
This was then popped onto white card base.
Here's a close up.

This card is flying over the sea to a very dear

and talented crafty friend and will (hopefully)

have received it before this goes live.

. I know she will see this post so had to 

make sure I posted it in plenty of time.

PS For all those Outlander Fans she has the same

birth day as our Jamie. Swooning here!

Okay back to real life!

Pop over to Our Blog to see what our Guest Christine

and my Talented Team Mates created

and come join us this week. 

Thanks for dropping in.

It's Trend Week at Just Us Girls

Hello and Welcome to  my Saturday post for

Just Us Girls

 Hosting this week's Challenge is Angie choosing

I went off in my own little world to make my card
and pleased with the result I was - only to find
  I read the Trend wrong!
I had made a card 'Off the Page'
Back to my play station I went and came up with -

I got out a very old SU set called Inspired by Nature
which is still on a wood block. Aren't we spoilt with
our positional tool that we can stamp over
if the first one isn't quite right!
Couldn't do that here so took pot luck
that the inks and spritzing would be enough.
It didn't turn out too bad I thought.
I used SU inks in Rich Razzleberry
Close to Cocoa and Calypso Coral,
Memento Olive Grove and Tim's Gathered  Twigs.
I fussy cut the floral image so it is 'Off the Edge'

I corner rounded the inside and attached it to
Rich Razz card stock.
My sentiment is from Kaisercraft.
Added some shimmer with Twinkling H2O's
and Nuvo Glitter Gloss.
Finished with some cotton on the side.
Pop over and see what's
'Off the Edge' with Guest Christine
and the Designers Here
Thanks for dropping in

Sweet Spring Flinging at STAMPlorations

It's Day 11 and our Spring Fling is nearly over!

Have you been checking out our Daily Flings at

STAMPlorations

If not you have been missing out on tons of Giveaways.

The Link to today's Giveaway is Here

and this is it

For your chance to win I encourage you to COMMENT!

Leave them here and also on Our Main Blog

by Friday the 19th and Winners will be announced

on Monday the 22nd. It could just be you!

Here is what I made for today's post - 

It's a pretty simple card but full of colour and shine!

I started my background with Lindy's Magical's in

Witches Potion Purple, Sweet Violet Purple Teal

and Hydrangea Blue. I love the shimmer you get from them.

I then adhered my  ARTplorations Happy Flowers Stencil

for stability and covered with heavy duty gesso.

After that was dry I cut it in three leaving a space for

the sentiment from Hello Coffee Stamp Set

(out of stock)

Inked that up then popped the Happy Flowers

and added tiny gems to either side. 

And another EXTRA for your pleasure.

I used lots of 'Bloom Items' here

(Unfortunately some of these are OUT OF STOCK at present)

STAMPlorations Bloom Doodles for my leaves

STAMPlorations Bloom Factory and Big Bloom Factory 

for my background inked with Tim's

Oxide Inks in Abandoned Coral,

Wilted Violet, Seedless Preserves

and Cracked Pistachio.

Lightly stenciled the Bloom Factory Stencil in

Memento Lulu Lavender and

 die cut with the CUTplorations Curly Labels

sponging the edges. 

To finish I added some splatters and my 

Sweet Spring Wishes Sentiments.

Get 25% off  our Spring Fling Collection Here

and use my code STAMPGIRLINA for an extra 20%

That's it for now.
Don'r forget to COMMENT!
Thanks for dropping by.