A Beautiful Day!

Hello and Welcome to my post for our 

Mood Board Challenge at Just Us Girls 

Our Host Carol M chose such a simple beauti

full of the wonder of Nature.

I certainly didn't have any trouble creating

my card with an abundance of pretty little punched flowers

in a variety of colours.

It was fun just punching all those flowers with

scraps of paper all over my desk.

Once I thought I had enough I cut out a circle

to place them around then the surround

with a leaf embossing folder from Kaisercraft.

With flowers and some small leaves completed

I added different colours of Liquid Pearls to the centres

and around my STAMPlorations sentiment.

Head over and see how our Guest Donna and the Team

created their  cardswith inspiration from that gorgeous mood boad.

I am sure you will  want to go and create yours and

 add to our Gallery.

See you there.

Following the Lead at AAA Cards...

Just doing a bit of browsing and clicked over from AAA Colourful Challenge

to theAAA Cards Blogspot and was drawn to their current challenge

Follow the Leader #294 so here's my lead from Kristan's card.

I love the use of script stamping. It adds so much to a CAS card.

Going pretty much with the same features as Tristan's card,

my background started with inking a SU Timeless Texture stamp

and the flower from 49andMarket Postcard from Paris

with Versafine Clair Morning Mist

then the script also from the same set

in Versafine Clair Nocturne (the inks do look very similar)

Die cut the Spellbinders Shapeabilities butterfly from a 

scrap shaving cream piece then embossed it,

 adding colour from Tim's Squeezed Lemonade

amd Fossilized Amber and a touch of Nuvo Glitter Gloss.

Attached to bright card base to complete.

Such a lovely CAS card from Kristen to follow.

Thanks for a super challenge. I so enjoyed adding to the Gallery.

Sending this CAS card over to

SCS Cards for their

July Challenge without the Beachy Theme.

 

Live LIfe!

Today's post is for the current challenge at

Sunday Stamps for  Going in Circles

A sketch challenge by Lisa.

and Inkspirational Challenge for

Three of the Same

I flipped my card to fit the MFT circles.

Once again using Lindy's Magical's

for my three circles and found some

itty bitty stamps that would fit nicely inside.

Inked with Versafine Clair Nocturne

(as is the background stampings)

Added some grungy images and sentiment

from AALL&Create to complete my sketch card.

Adhered to coloured card base.

Thanks for dropping in

'tis The Season!

 It's our Christmas in July Challenge at  Cut It Up

I cased THIS card I saw on Pinterest.

As I was on the same DT as the maker

Cornelia Wenokor I had the die and

a similar stamp.

I used CUTplorations Christmas Tree Die

a Spellbinder circle die and

inked the STAMPlorations 'this the Season stamp

in black on to kraft paper with

Versafine Clair Nocturne and heat embossed.

Inked up Tim's Festive Berries

also heat embossed.

Added some washi tape to the bottom and

finished with a red dew drop.

Head over and see what the rest of the team created

and hope to see you in our Gallery.

Word Week at Just Us Girls

 Hello and Welcome to Word week at

Just Us Girls

Vicki is Hosting and chose WATER!

My cards aren't normally what you associate water with

but MO and JO got lost.

Just one of those times nothing wants to work and the

waste paper basket gets a workout.

Smooched background are Distress Inks.

The leaves on the first card are from STAMPlorations

 adding umteen stamped raindrops from

Carabelle Studio then with glossy accents.

Found an itty bitty stamp that worked with the leaves.

(It's Autumn in Australia)

The other card is from my bits box

and stamp is also STAMPlorations - 

Blossom Sprays 1 heat embossed

and partly bleached.

I found the Katzelkraft KTZ146

waterfall stamp and though it would work

heat embossed  cascading over the floral image.

Adding this sentiment 

as I needed a sympathy card for a neighbour.

Our Guest Donna and the Team however

 had no troubles creating fabulous water themed cards

for you to pop over and check out.

Be inspired and add yours to the gallery.

PS MO and JO returned so you will see

a bit more creativity from me again next week.

It's the Simple Things!

It's Friday and July which means

our New Anything Goes Mixed Media Challenge

at  Creative Artiste Mixed Media is live!

Here is what I have been playing with - 

something fairly simple as June flew by too quickly.

It all started with a piece of cardboard

exposing the corrugations and adding texture paste

in metallic white with opaque crackle paste to the bottom.

Adding my bits and bobs - 

flowers I cut twice, not sure which I would use.

The cream material is a meshy material I got from my sister

so no idea what it is but managed to cut it with a

piece of paper behind it for stability.

A bit of  torn inked paper that was from a fish and chip shop

that I quickly separated knowing I would use it crafting.

Washi tape, part napkin and some cheesecloth.

close up of the crackle and flower

Finished with a few tiny flowers on the side with liquid pearls

to the centre. Also a pearl to the big flower and

simple AA&Create sentiment from a MFT die.

We have two talented Guest this month - 

Welcome Henriet and Majda's.

Check out their Mixed Media Makes

and be inspired also by my 

Talented Team Mates creativity and

head off to your play place and add yours to the Gallery.

Please be aware that for Mixed Media

we are looking for multiple mediums eg:

inks, paint, pastes, layers, fibres, canvas, 

cardboard, die cuts just to name a few.

The sky is the limit to your imagination just have fun.

Treasure your Blessings...

 Hello and Welcome to my playtime for the current challenge at

AAA Colourful Blogspot

where they have another fabulous colour board Here

My card is a simple design but inking the

leaves in the above colours took some time.

I always enjoy the colourful results you get with

Lindy's Magical's. I used the Haunted Halloween set.

Die cut a few incase one didn't turn out so was able to add

a couple of extra branches.

Behind the leaves I cut a stitched arch and popped it.

Added my STAMPlorations sentiment and a single leaf.

Randomly placed coloured pearls and a few

drops of glossy accents (but a little hard to see).

I used linen card stock as base and for the arch.

Thanks for dropping in.

Hello Summer!

Hello and Welcome to today's post for

Just Us Girls 

Carol Mc is our Host for Die Week

choosing the Word Summer

As with each month we have a New Guest Designer

Welcome to Donna Mikasa

Summer blew north a little while ago

and it isn't beach weather here in the Tropics.

 When the temp goes below 20c - it's cold.

(funny though I am heading to the beach today with a

bunch of Ladies for our monthly Lunch)

ok enough waffle!

I had fun creating my  'summer' card,

with so many itty bitty dies scattered over my craft space.

I pulled out a colourful shaving cream piece from my bits box

and used it to it's end, adding other bright colours

to blend in. Stamped the seagulls and inked the background.

Die cut the big sun then the sand to place the items

 you take to the beach -

bag, big ball, mobile phone and sunnies,

taking out the flip flops (thongs) and hat.

Finished with the perfect STAMPlorations sentiment

and on to card base.

PS the min temp will get above 20c in a couple of days

but will be fresh and windy by the beach today.

Now head over and see the first fabulous summer card

from our Guest Donna and more fabulous fun creations

from my Talented Team Mates.

The gallery is going to be full off summer in

so many different ways.

Be sure to check out Carol's description.

 Looking forward to seeing how everyone went with

the 'Summer' Die cuts.

UPDATE! Sending this over to The Inspired Challenge

thanks to my team mates above. 

 

Hello!

I recently found another new to me challenge at Sunday Stamps

that caught my eye and I do like a colour challenge

so I had a play with the gorgeous colours below

for their Challenge 363 Summer Romance

Here's my make using four of the colours.

My background is SU Timeless Texture stamps (retired)

inked randomly with VersaFine Clair Morning Mist.

Die cut with MB Pinpoint Frame.

The background for my popped hollyhocks

is smooched with Lindy's Magical Nantucket Pearl set

as is the flowers although they look different

and inked again with Tim's Stormy Sky 

with a stamp from the above set.

(colours used are the two apricot shades, blue

and the dark steely one)

Attached to the frame and added a simple 

Hello sentiment from STAMPlorations cut

from MFT cicrcle die. Adhered to white card base.

Thanks for dropping by