Love a Rose

Hello and Welcome to my Saturday post for

Just Us Girls

 Host this week is Nancy choosing Designer Paper and
We have a new and special Guest this month
It's one of our Past Designers Chris Dring from
Chrispyscreations
So glad to have you with us again Chris.

I have had this beautiful designer paper for years

and it is by Marianne Designs called Dark Vintage.

I simply cut it on an angle and added a mat behind it.

Attached this to my card base stenciled with

ARTplorations Fairy Tale Forest lightly using

Tim's  Antique Linen.

Sentiment is from STAMPlorations About a Rose

(perfect for my rose dp)

You will see amazing ways our Guest Chris Dring

and the Team chose to use their Designer Papers.

There are no excuses for not being able to play 

with us this week so I look forward to seeing you

in our Gallery.

Thanks for popping in.

It's a K for Creative Artiste Challenge

Hello and Welcome to my post for

Creative Artiste Mixed Media

It's a very special K as it was made for 

my daughter's 50th Birthday.

It all started with this and applying gesso

Other products added were

Tim Holtz Grit Paste, stenciling with transparent gloss,

Lindy's Sprays in Caribbean Blue, Tiffany Lou Blue

and Tim's Broken China.

Flowers are from Little Birdie

The Heart, Number 50 and some other products above
 from Random Arts

These were covered with gesso and then 

Art Alchemy Wax in Vintage Gold

Added some coloured cheesecloth behind my flowers

Heat embossed Little Birdie 

Frosty Fizz Embossing Texture Paste

 to the tips for added dimension.

Attached a gold 'daughter' charm

some beads to the centre of the flower,

touched up with waxes.

Also finished off by waxing the whole K

with the Vintage Gold and Peacock.

I forgot that I had taken this photo of my K 

with the frame on my kitchen bench on my phone.

Once again I will pop this over to

Bleeding Art Challenge

for their current

 Anything Goes September Challenge

Hope you enjoyed my presentation as much as I did

making it with much love.

Thanks for dropping in. Love reading your kind comments

and hope you can join in our Gallery this month.

You just have to use multiple mediums 

on your Anything Goes Project.

Pretty easy peasy!

Also check out the great Mixed Media Makes by my Team Mates.

Till next time it's Cherrio from

STAMPlorations Challenges are BACK!

It's October and we have new Challenges at 

STAMPlorations

Lots of things have happened over the break

with challenges having a makeover.

You will notice that all our Challenges will go live

on the same day - just different times.

As you will be aware I was part of the

CUTplorations Team.

 I have now moved to the New Stencil Challenge.

Check out all the details for the 

October Stencil Challenge Here

Here is my first project.

I started by smooching my background with

Nuvo Shimmer Powder in Blue Blitz

and Golden Sparkler.

Stenciling  A-Bloom-and-Three-Buds with

Frosty Fizz Embossing/Texture Paste by Little Birdie.

This paste puffs up when heated.

While that was happening I added some

Gold Mica Powder.

I attached some gold paper on either side

and attached to metallic card base.

Finished off by adding my

Big-Hugs-Phrase-Die Sentiment 

cut from gold paper.

Here are the products I used

A few details about our Prizes

$15 Gift Certificate for the Winner

$10 Gift Certificate for the Runner Up

$5 Gift Certificates for 3 randomly drawn players.

Come on over to Our Blog and check out

 the inspiration from all the Teams

and join in the fun new Challenges this month.

#Most Important

Display our Graphic in your blog post and link back to

the appropriate post to qualify for the prizes.

Hope to see you there.

Thanks for dropping in

A Floral Hello

Hello and Welcome. 

Spring has certainly sprung here in Oz

and over at Happy Little Stampers we are going

Botanical for this month's 

Anything Goes Watercolour Challenge.

I went with some of Tim's Wildflowers 

and for my watercolour effect I

inked them with his Oxide Inks in

Seedless Preserves/Aged Mahogany

Wilted Violet and Blue Print Sketch

sprayed with water then stamped onto photo paper. 

Once they were dry I buffed them with a paper towel.

I didn't quite get the washed out look I intended.

I added some white dots with a gel pen to the

centres of some of the flowers.

This was cut with a stitched die. 

Added a strip of SU ribbon and a brad

adhered to some SU paper and onto white card base.

The sentiment is from STAMPlorations.

Pop over and see what my Team Mates created

and come join us this month in our Gallery.

Love to see you there.

Thanks for dropping in.

Thinking of You

Hello and Welcome to my Saturday post for

Just Us Girls

It's our Photo Week and Maria as Host has chosen

this gorgeous image.

Here's my take on that beautiful sunflower.

I love using corrugated cardboard on my cards and 

I though this an opportune time to do so here.

I started with my sunflower  from

STAMPlorations Bloom Sketches and 

heat embossed in white then coloured it with

Tim's Distress Fossilized Amber

Carved Pumpkin and Gathered Twigs

with Lindy's Mission Bells Brown

for the centre.

I had the embossed card stock on my desk

and thought it would suit so mopped up the

leftover colours from the sunflower to add to the background. 

The corrugated cardboard was also done with the leftovers.

Diecut some Kaisercraft and Carta Bella leaves.

made a big bow from jute string adding a

coloured cabachon also on my desk.

Popped my sunflower and

finished with my SU sentiment.

Head on over and see what out Guest Janet

and the Team created and come join us in our Gallery. 

Love to see you there.

My New 'Favourite' Stamp and Stencil

It's Just Us Girls Day
Hello and Welcome.

Lisa is Hosting our Colour Week
choosing three that just blend together perfectly.

I recently purchased a stamp set that I have
had on my Wish List after seeing a gazillion
showcased all over the Web.
It's Visible Image - Creative Chaos
and thought what a perfect time to ink up
using Lisa's Colour Theme.

I also bought the stencil that I used on the background
called Two Tone
I randomly inked my background with
Tim's Cracked Pistachio Oxide and
Hickory Smoke Distress.
This was cut with a stitched die.
I heat embossed the flower with Zing Charcoal
and then smooched a second,
 fussy cut the top part and popped.
Added some black glitter to the centre and
Wink of Stella in clear and green.
Sentiment is from STAMPlorations
Adhered to grey card base.
Here is a close up -

Be warned - you will see lots more of this flower
from time to time.
Thanks for dropping in.
Pop over and see what Janet and the Girls created
for your pleasure and come join in the fun this week.
Hope to see you in our Gallery.
Till next time

Bloom and Grow Mixed Media Project

Hello and Welcome.

Today I am posting a little project I made for

Random Arts

Here is this month's Mood Board

All the details for joining in with

Prizes and Guest Spot are Here

I went with the bottom right side 

for my popsicle stick background

attaching them to heavy cardboard

gesso-ing and colouring with

Ranger Distress Grit Paste and a mix of

Prima Parisian Rosewood Powder,

Brusho's Sandstone and 

Lindy's Jolly Roger Red Spray.

Hessian was added to the background

with some die cut leaves which were waxed

with Art Alchemy Antique Gold.

Birdcage was painted with Art Alchemy 

Mermaid Sparkle Sparks and tied with

Prima Teal Wire.

Flowers are by Little Birdie

in colours to match the Mood Board.

The resin heart is waxed with Vintage Gold.

Tied a bow with some stray hessian bits

and finished with die cut sentiments

from ARTplorations.

Products I used from Random Arts are

Little Birdie Flowers

Prima Wire

Resin Heart

Tim Holtz Distress Grit Paste

Art Alchemy Vintage Gold Wax

Lindy's Jolly Roger Red Spray

#Update
Popping this over to the Current Challenge at
Bleeding Art Mixed Media Challenge

Thanks for dropping in

For 'Someone Special'

It's Trend Week at Just Us Girls
Hello and Welcome to today's post.

Angie is Hosting and would like to see
Stacked Die Cuts.
So many ways to use our 'stacks of dies'
Just how will our Guest Janet
and the Team use them? Check them out.
Here's mine.

I did a similar card with dies not so long back
and decided to do another mixed bunch
with a hint of metallic colour
on my front flower using a scrap piece of DP
The poppy die cut in the background should have
had the centres removed to highlight it
but realized too late.
The side die cut is from Tim Holtz.
The sentiment - STAMPlorations.
This card has been sent to a special friend for her Birthday.
Added a gem to the centre of the front flower
and a tiny waffle bow on the floral spray,
a few Nuvo drops and finished by adhering to
SU card stock.

Thanks for dropping in.
Don't forget you could be our Chic of the Week
by entering your stacked die cuts to our Gallery
and be in the running to be our Guest in November.

It's all about the Tassel

Hello and Welcome to my Saturday post for
Just Us Girls

Vicki is our Host and has chosen

As it is a new month we have our new Guest
Janet Ribet from
https://swanlady-impressions.blogspot.com/
Welcome Janet - lovely to have you join us
 with your talents this month.
***
Now once in a while you get a challenge that
really stumps you!
Well this was it. What! just what! am I going to do here.
Luckily I had plenty of time to come up with something
and went searching at every stand at a craft show I went to
way back in June and found a somewhat suitable stamp set.
School/Gaduation sort of goes together right!
Here is my creation.

I virtually copied the colours from the
Graduation Stamp Set from Beccy Muir,
die cut it and added Stampendous Twinkle Glitter,
backed it with grey card stock then
some DP to match those bubbly bottles
onto white card base.
Pop over and see what our September Guest Janet Ribet
and the Team created.
Hope to see you in our Gallery.
Thanks for dropping in

#Shout out from Cornelia to enter the current challenge at
Day of the Month Card Club for their
Read a Book Day  Challenge.
This is a new one I hadn't heard of before.
Why not go and check it out for yourself
and join in their fun.

It's a Dressed Up Bottle

Hello and Welcome. It's time for our 

New Challenge at Creative Artiste Mixed Media

It's always Anything Goes so anything is possible

as long as we use multiple mediums in our project.

I have wanted to try decorating a bottle and

so this month it happened. 

I didn't want to go too big to start so

 played around with an empty beer bottle.
I have photographed it on top of a patchwork piece
my sister made for me.
It was only after I finished it I realized I had made my bottle
in the colours of her kitchen so will give it to her
when I visit her later in the month.
***
First job was to gesso it

then some stenciling from Stamperia

I didn't like the one on the right so
made another one using Tim Holtz Grit Paste

then painted it up with Art Alchemy Acrylic Paints in
Metallic Lime Green/Gold Rush/Fresh Orange

adding some coloured cheesecloth
and unfortunately a few of the photos
of the added flowers weren't very good.
Continued on after arranging them with sea shells
 and a few punched ferns
and Cosmic Shimmer gilding flakes in Autumn Leaves.
Tied some cotton around the neck of the bottle
and glued it down towards the flowers.
Randomly added some Art Alchemy Wax to the sea shells.
Here's a few close up photos of the finished bottle.

Pop over and see what my Team Mates created this month as

they are a very creative bunch.

Love to see you join us in our Gallery Here

I am sharing this project over at Bleeding Art
for their latest Mixed Media Challenge

Details are Here

I have a very special project in the making for next month
so pop back again won't you.

Thanks for dropping in

A Simple Tropical Climbing Orchid

Hello and Welcome to October! 

It's Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge Day

and we have an awesome Option for you this month.

It's Tropical and what's the perfect flower for the Tropics?

Orchids of course - and that is the way I headed here.

I received the beautiful SU Climbing Orchid stamp set

as part of an early birthday gift - so perfect timing.

The background is stenciled with

Little Birdie Frosty Fizz Embossing/Texture Paste

and when heated puffs up beautifully.

I then started on the orchids with

Wow Blush Embossing Powder and coloured them with

blending Lindy's Clam Bake Beige and Cape Cod Coral

on my glass mat and spraying with water. 

These were fussy cut and popped on to a

Memory Box Branch.

The leaves are inked with Tim's Oxide Pealed Paint

and the centres lightly coloured.

Had a bottle of shimmer left over so decided to add

a touch of colour to the background 

as I thought it needed a little something.

Sentiment is from the set.

Finished by adhering to coloured grainy card stock.

Pop over to Our Blog to see what the other Designers created

and come join in this month.

Love to see you in the Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in - till next time