A Purple Bloom!

Hello and Welcome!

We have our New Challenge over at Cut It Up

and it's a 'beauti' because we get to make a project

using dies of course with

Our Favourite Colour

It's no secret that mine is PURPLE!

I got out a favourite layering set - Coneflowers.

It always come up nicely with smooching with

Tim's wilted violet, ground espresso and a couple of greens

(forgot what they were)

Layered and popped them up

then started on the background -

stencil is Kaisercraft Leaves, framed back,

layered STAMPlorations sentiment

and a few gems.

A close up of the layered coneflower

My team mates have been busy also

creating with their favourite colour.

Pop over and see what it is and

we would love to see yours in our gallery.

Thanks for visiting

What's the WORD at Just Us Girls?

It's Just Us Girls Word Week hosted by Sue.

Being so close to Christmas it's a go to word for sure

BUT

I went a different way with a sentiment that would

work for any special day.

My background is another from my bits box Yay!

I love a stamp that has a mix of features like the one I  have here.

(A gift from a friend who knows me well )

I inked it with Versafine Clair Nocturne and heat embossed it.

Other stamping around the edges is from a newbie from AALL&Create.

Sentiment is from STAMPlorations Trendy Butterflies

framed in black.

Finished by framing in white

 on to black card base.

Lovely to have you share your talent with us.

Head over and see Jenn's card

and how my talented team mates used the word JOY.

I am sure you will want to join us by

adding yours to the Gallery.

Thanks for visiting - 

Thinking of You!

 It's Colour Week at Just Us Girls

and Hosting is Carol M choosing

Gold White and Blue.

I went CAS here inking up my SU gingko flowers

then added gold die cut ones,

a simple sentiment from 49&Market,

die cut from JustRite Banner

framed in gold on to blue card base.

We welcome Jenn Borjeson as our Guest for November.

Lovely to have you share your talents with us this month.

 Jenn and the Team have been busy creating 

colourful cards so head over and check them out

then have fun adding yours to our gallery.

Thanks for visiting

Never Hide your Wings!

Time for our monthly challenge over at

Creative Artiste Mixed Media

 It took several goes to finally create something this month.

Nothing seemed to work out but this came together in the end.

I started my background with some light stencilling,

adding torn dp. I love working with corrugated board so 

that was next then some scrunched thick brown paper.

A tiny white frame was cut to encase my dragonfly.

The top part of the dragonfly was cut ever so carefully with

purple tissue paper, adding a tiny gem. Behind the brown paper

is a strip of dp for added effect.

My go to posca splatters were flicked then some matt wax

Added a cardboard circle and button

with some purple thread.

To finish - an appropriate sentiment.

Attached to thick corrugated cardboard that was also

coloured with wax.

Just a couple of photos...

Head over and check how the Team got creative

and pop yours in the gallery for us to check out.

Thanks for popping in.

Thanks!

It's a Grateful/Thankful Challenge over at Cut it Up Blog 

I went for a simple Thanks.

I was looking for something simple so went searching

in my bits box and found this colourful piece

I knew would work with Tim's Artsy Stems 

cut in white as a contrast to the busy background.

I cut three CUTplorations thanks dies for dimention then

the fourth was shadowed with the same dp I used for a frame.

Added some white splatters to help with the white dies.

Adhered to white card base to complete.

Head over to our blog and check out

what the talented designers created

and join in with yours to our Gallery.

Thanks for visiting.

Case a DT at Just Us Girls

It's our Case a Designer from the Team this week at Just Us Girls 

and my turn to be your Host.

While I was rummaging through my bits box

I came across this piece that I had heat embossed

in three different colours - bronze, gold and silver

long long ago. An easy card -  picked out a sentiment

die cut it three times in silver for depth,

attached and framed it in silver on to black card base.

Shame the photo doesn't show it's true shine.

Your turn to check out what the Team created

and pick which one you chose to case

and don't forget to mention whose caught your eye

and add to our gallery.

See you there.

Just Us Girls Stencil Challenge

It's our stencil challenge this week at Just Us Girls

and Bobby is Hosting.

I started with the background using some

scrunched up cling wrap onto watercolour paper

using Tim's ox inks.

Picked a few AALL&Create stencils

being careful not to stencil where my

AALL&Create thistle image would be.

Inked with Versafine Clair Nocturne.

Added some purple posca splatters,

framed in black onto purple card base.

It's our Guest Kerry's last week with us

 Thank You for sharing your talents

with us this month.

Head over to our website and check out

all things stencil from Kerry and the Team

and hope you are inspired to get yours out

and add to the Gallery.

Thanks for visitng

 

A Simple Hello!

It's time for our New Challenge over at  Cut It Up

and we are looking for you to 

add embellishments on your creation.

Are you one that when you get a new 'something'

you just have to use it straight away?

This is how my card came about.

Tim's Abstract Florals had just landed in my mailbox

and I saw a card by a fellow teamie (Gerda)

that inspired me to get it inky. Now you have two cards

using the same set to be inspired by.

Here's how this card was created - 

I started by inking the flower in 

VersaFine Nocturne and heat embossed clear.

Die cut another inked flower for a mask which was used

so I could stencil the background from AALL&Create

 with Tim's oxide inks.

Die cut the bottom corner with Seth Apter's Splosh dies.

Added another die cut and inked.

 Popped the circle with the 'Hello' from the set.

The background for that is smooched in

same colours as the stencilled one.

Inked up the flower with bright colours,

some stamping in the corners and finished with

lots of white posca splatters.

Attached to white card base.

This was 'so fun' 

Head over and see how my talented teamies 

added embellishments to their makes and

come join in with yours to our gallery.

Hope to see you there.

Thanks for visiting -