Colour me a 'Rainbow'

 Hi and welcome to Saturday.

Time to show you my make for our

Colour Challenge at Just Us Girls

and our Host Angie chose 

Rainbow Colours. I may be old fashioned but

I always use the seven colours.

When I think of rainbow colours

my hand goes straight into my Brusho drawer

for an easy peasy colourful creation,

This is just what I did here and simply stamped

a big sentiment from STAMPlorations

which fits perfectly with today's times.

Attached to white card base and I'm done.

Pop over and see what Leslie and the Team

created with colourful rainbow colours.

Hope to see you in the Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in

Smile for The Sisters

 Hello and Welcome again.

Here is the second card I made for the

Sisterhood of Crafters current challenge

which is Smile Like the Sun.

I decided to keep with the same bright sunny colours,

and using a big Smile stamp for my word.

Here's a close up showing the glitter embossing.

The bottom part of my card has been inked with

several word stamps from 

STAMPlorations Subway Art Builders - Dare

then inked and spritzed my glass mat with 

Tim's Spiced Marmalade Ox ink

and stamped  masking the  STAMPlorations Bloom Sketches.

The top flowers were inked lightly with Prima Marketing Bare

again masked.

Sponged around the edges lightly with leftover ink

using a baby wipe.

Drew a pen line around the edge and added a

bit of squiggle. The Smile stamp was inked and then

heat embossed with Gold Glitter.

Oh and I added some splatters for interest.

This was another fun card to create and liked

the result I got from the stamping of wet ink.

Thanks for dropping in. Hope you enjoyed

checking out how my card was made.

Till next time - Cherrio from

Where there's Tea!

 This week over at The Little Red Wagon

they are looking for Hot Drinks

so why not go with hot colours too!

That's what I chose to do here.

I found this colourful background in my bits box 

which was made with the shaving cream technique and

for something different I use a variety of Liquid Pearls

that have been lying idle in a drawer and reinkers.

You would know just how shimmery the pearls are.

The colourful tea cups are from the Poppy Tea Cup Stack

cut with scrap pieces of card stock. 

My tag is from CUTplorations Tags 1.

When I popped it I was going to add a sentiment

from STAMPlorations Always Tea Time

to the left side of it hence it is a little too far to the right.

Decided to put one at the bottom instead.

It is small and reads Where There's Tea There is Hope.

To fill the gap I cut a scallop border from MFT.

Added a few hearts from the die cut cups and a

tiny piece of ribbon to the tag to finish.

I always enjoy getting that die out and having fun

decorating the cups in various ways. 

Even added a touch of shimmer to the yellow parts.

Hope you like my hot tea cup stack.

Thanks for dropping in.

Sending Hugs for JUGS

 Welcome to today's post for Just Us Girls

and it's our Trend Week.

Hosting is Maria and chose one that is

'All Over Blogland'

You guessed it - we are to make a 

Slimline Card.

I refrained from adding Lindy's Magical's

for my card but instead concentrated on some

 Designer Papers. My card is a smaller version

of a slimline card and I really like it.

I distressed the edges of both papers and tore

just one side. I backed my floral display

with a torn inked piece for another dimension.

Lucky I have Press & Seal

to temporarily adhere my floral display

so I could glue it in place.

I did have a plain piece of orange paper I was

going to use for my flowers but found a

piece of colourful (Magical's) paper

in my bits box I cut which looks so much nicer.

I know I said I wasn't going to use those magic powders

but it is only a wee bit.

Sentiment from Altenew

is cut out with an old Cuttlebug die.

Finished by adhering to white card base.

Pop over and see what our Guest Leslie and the Team

created and come join us in the Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in

You're the SUNSHINE

 Hello and Welcome.

I had a fun play day after seeing the theme 

of Smile Like the Sun

from Dianne at The Sisterhood of Crafters

and have made 2 cards very differently

for this challenge.

So nice to be able to spend more time

in my play room again and join in.

For my first one as it is so so sunny here my card started with

Tim's Rays Stencil inking with

Versafine Clair Summertime and Cheerful.

While the stencil was still in place I added

a touch of Nuvo Solar Flare Shimmer Powder.

I then die cut my daisies and heat embossed with

Stampendous Chunky White Enamel 

to give them dimension. 

Here's a close up

Also added a touch of the shimmer powder.

Placed my die cut Kaisercraft vellum leaves 

then my flowers after inking the centres and 

 a touch of Nuvo Repened Pumpkin Drops.

Sentiment is from STAMPlorations 

Fond Expressions 2 inked with  Colorbox Rose Gold.

Finished with inking the edges with Tim's Spiced Marmalade

and adhering to white card base.

That's it for this card.

You will see my other very different card pretty soon.

Thanks for dropping in.

Word Week at Just Us Girls

Welcome to my Saturday.

Vicki is Hosting our Word Week at Just Us Girls

and chosen a very appropriate one with 

Valentine's Day just around the corner.

As it is a new month we have a new Guest - 

Welcome to the Talented Leslie Turner.

 A pretty simple make using kraft card stock

die cuts from CUTplorations and Cuttlebug

in pretty pink and white.

Added some Art Alchemy Waxes to the hearts,

 backed with cheesecloth for interest

and a few splatters.

Framed in white onto kraft card base.

Pop over and see what our Guest Leslie Turner.

and the Team created for Valentine'vs Day.

I'm sure I will see plenty in our Gallery

and hope you can be there.

Be picked for our Chic of the Week and you are

in the running to be our Guest in April.

Adding my simple card to the 

Double D Challenge Details Here

Little Red Wagon

for their Total Eclipse of the Heart Here

Creations in Pink with

Anything Goes in MAINLY Pink

Shopping our Stash for

#438 Love is in the Air

 the Mod Squad Challenge

All About Love

and not to miss out at

Allsorts Challenge

for #Week 610 - Love is...

Thanks for dropping in and

leaving your kind comments.

Not your ordinary Spec's Case

 Time to show you my latest Mixed Media project for

Creative Artiste Mixed Media

where our challenges are Anything Goes 

with multiple mediums required.

Something a little different this month and fun to make.

I decided to dolly up a boring black spectacles case.

Started with black gesso

then went to work with stenciling adding chipboard, flowers,

cogs, keys, cheesecloth, magical's, waxes, pearls,

metallic paints and real chicken feathers.

Here's some photos. 

The start!

and finish!

That's it for me this time round.

Pop over and see what my 

Ever So Talented Team Mates created. 

Then head into your creative space and create

some magic for our Gallery.

Love to see you there.

Live in the Moment

Hi there and Welcome to my Saturday post for 

Just Us Girls

As we have 5 Saturday's this month it's our

Wild Card Week and the Lovely Lisa 

wants us to do some Masking.

Here's my simple masking - and

it's my first make for 2021.

All the others you have seen were made before

I had knee surgery back in early December.

My favourite Visible Image Creative Chaos stamp

is an easy one to mask. All I had to do was stamp

the main image and cut out the head flower,

adhere it lightly and create a background then remove it.

I have used a few stamp sets here -

two I received from my dear talented crafty friend Mac Mable

(Big Thank You here)

who knows how much I love VI and AALL&Create stamps.

I inked AALL&Create #383 and 

Visible Image Somewhere in Time for my background

with Tim's Black Soot and Hickory Smoke

and smooching Lindy's Sprays and Magicals.

The flower was inked with Dusty Concord Archival Ink.

Sentiment is from Visible Image Live in the Moment.

Gave it a light spray also with Perfect Pearls.

Adhered to purple card stock.

PS I so enjoyed making this card especially inking up 

those new stamps - getting me back into my craft room.

Here a close up!

Pop over and see how our Guests 

Carol and Melanie and the Team

played with masking their cards.

A Big Thank You to our Guests Carol and Melanie

for sharing their talents with us this month.

Hope to see you in the Gallery this week.

Thanks for dropping in.

It's Snowing Somewhere!

It's our Photo Week at Just Us Girls 

and looks like it's snowing 'somewhere'

with the beautiful photo Carol chose as our Host this week.

I did have a lot of fun working on my background

and thought I had overcooked it with too much colour

but turned out fine in the end.

Lots of Distress Oxide Inks were used for the

galaxy background. I then cut out the houses in black

adding different colours for the lights and doors.

Of course there is the snow falling and even added some 

fantasy snow to the rooftops, trees and ground.

A bright star for the night sky and 

finishing with attaching to black card base.

Pop over and see how our Guests Carol and Melanie

and the Team created their cards

with inspiration from that fabulous photo.

Hope to see yours in our Gallery.

I'm 'Blue' for You

Welcome to Saturday. It's time for our 

New Challenge at Just Us Girls

It's Colour Week and our Host is Maria

who is all awash with the blues

(colour that is)

I started my background with several

Distress Inks in blue tones with a light

touch of stenciling.

Flowers are die cut from Cheery Lynn,

leaves in shades of blue from Kaisercraft.

Sentiment is Impression Obsession

cut from the same paper as the flowers.

Added a touch of Art Alchemy Wax

and Stampendous Chunky White Enamel

to the centre of the flowers and heat embossed.

Corner rounded and adhered to navy card base.

Pop over and see what our Guests Carol and Melanie

and the Team created and come join us

this week. You could be chosen as

Chic of the Week and go on to be our

 Guest Designer in March.

Thanks for dropping in

Sunny Days Ahead

It's time for our Reminder Post for STAMPlorations

Mine is for the Stencil Challenge

Check it out Here

I found a background piece using the shaving cream technique

in my bits box and thought it would blend nicely with the

 ARTplorations Slimline Bamboo Stencil. I used 

Distress Grit Paste to give it a rough layered look.

I then inked up some watercolour paper for my

CUTplorations Dragonfly Layering Die

with Lindy's Magical's and Nuvo Shimmer Powder.

To add a little more to the dragonfly I inked

both top and bottom die with a stamp from

STAMPlorations Mixed Media Grunge

a stamp set I go to often.

Inked the tag from STAMPlorations Fluttery 

then the CUTplorations Fluttery Die for

 my sentiment from STAMPlorations Bloom Happy

I backed it with the fluttery die cut smooched

with the colours from the dragonfly.

Finished it off with backing with some

coloured card stock to match and attached to card base.

Here are the products I created with.

Hope you get time to add a little something to our Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in - 

I'm Hosting 'Trend Week' at Just Us Girls

 Hi there! I am Hosting this weeks Trend Challenge at

Just Us Girls 

and chose a favourite of mine - Stencils

I love using more than one stencil on my cards,

 moving them around, adding extra colours and layers.

This is what I have done here starting with the

Two Toned Stencil from Visible Image using

Tim's new Crackling Campfire with

Spiced Marmalade and Fossilized Amber.

On top of that I used Retro Circles from ARTplorations

with Dreamweaver Crackle Paste. 

Die cut some leaves and added a tiny bow.

Inked the edges in brown.

Sentiment is from Kaisercraft and

finished with some tiny pearls and on to

white card base. 

Pop over and see what our Guests Carol and Melanie

and the Team have made and come join

the Gallery this week. 

You could be chosen as our Chic of the Week

and in the running for Guest Designer in March.

Thanks for coming by

Hello 2021

 Welcome to our First Challenge of 2021 for

Just Us Girls

 and our first Guest Dssigners

Welcome Carol McFarland and

Melanie Hungerford

I saw this lovely card on Pinterest Here

and loved the concept so decided to make my version

for our Word Week Challenge.

Nancy is our Hostess and chose

How easy is that!

I started by cutting a circle so I could 

colour the inside with Lindy's Magical's

in Oom Pah Pah Pink  then added some

more colour 'blotches' and splatters

of pink and gold. To add a bit of interest I

added some gold using a gel pen.

Then came some pretty washi tape and

a gold die cut.

My hello die is from CUTplorations

cut with black paper and waxed with

Art Alchemy Vintage Gold.

A little pink butterfly with a pearl were the

finishing touches and adhered to bright pink card base.

Don't forget to check out our Hello cards from

our Guests Carol and Melanie

and the Team. 

Thanks for dropping in