Just a 'tree'

Hello and Welcome to today's post for

Just Us Girls 

Host for our Die Week is Sue

challenging us to use any dies 

BUT NO FLOWERS! 

This is going to be one interesting gallery

with so many other fun choices. 

I die cut some wonky strips from

a sheet from a gel plate pull.

Behind them  (a little hard to see)

is a cover plate from CUTplorations.

Sentiment - STAMPlorations.

My tree is from Ultimate Crafts.

We have a New Guest Designer for April

and we Welcome Wanda Cullen

Head over and see how Wanda and the Team

played with their other than flower dies

and come join in the fun with yours.

Shine Brightly!

It's Stencil Time over at  Just Us Girls

and Vicki is our Host.

I started my background with

some Lindy's Magical's as I often do, adding some very fine gold shimmer.

Applying my  Peeking Dahlia's Stencil from ARTplorations

loading it up with Distress Grit Paste which gave it that rough look

then added  Art Alchemy Rust Brown Matte Wax

with my finger adding extra to the centre of the flower.

Tore around the edges and corner rounded.

Sentiment is from Tim's Small Talk.

Popped onto white card base to complete.

It's a little different look with the grit paste -

one I was happy with the result. What are your thoughts?

Head over and check out the stencil work from 

our Guest Jeanne and the Team.

Look forward to seeing yours in our Gallery.

The Colours of 'Spring'

Today's post is for the Cut It Up Challenge 

and we are thinking of "Spring"

I die cut three floral images from Tim's Wildflowers

in colours I thought represented Spring.

Added some stencilling and stamping 

behind each one.

The background framing is from the same

card stock as the flowers.

Sentiment is from STAMPlorations

inked and hand torn. 

Attached to white card base.

Head over and see how my Team Mates

chose to showcase "Spring"

and come join in with yours to our Gallery.

For a 'Dear Friend'

Lisa is Hosting our Mood Boad Challenge at Just Us Girls 

with an array of fabulous inspiration for us to share.

As play time is sparse at the moment I went with

something similar I had on my desk from last weeks Challenge.

As you can see there is so much to choose from.

Again I took inspiration from a card I saw on Pinterest Here

I had die cut these flowers along with last weeks, not knowing

which ones I would choose. Inked the torn background and flowers

 with Brusho's Leaf Green as the colour would stay a nice mix.

Tore a strip of vellum for the front of the green strip

and the flower heads

Added a MFT die cut STAMPlorations sentiment

and random pearls with tiny ones to the flower heads.

Our Guest Jeanne and the Team have been busy

creating a variety of amazing cards from Lisa's

Spring Mood Board.

Check them out and add yours to our Gallery.

It's all GREEN!

 

Today's post is for our Word Week at Just Us Girls

and our Host is Bobby choosing GREEN.

 

It's a pretty CAS card using 

SU Mossy Meadow DP and ink.

Inked some dry wall tape, added some splatters.

Die cut flowers are from the dp and inked slightly.

Sentiment is Kaisercraft.

Card base is MM DP.

Check out how our Guest Jeanne

and the Team chose to showcase their 'GREEN'

and join in with yours to our Gallery.

Another Mixed Media Tag for Creative Artiste

It's time for our March Challenge at

   Creative Artiste Mixed Media

Once again I went with a tag theme.

I managed to take a few photos along the way - 

starting with my die cut tags

adding dp to both tags, adding some stencilling

to both tags also

sponged around the floral stencil to add more colour

then added some transparent texture paste

and inking the raised texture

Die cut the circle for the front of the tag

adding some random stamping and inking around the edges

Attached the dp to the kraft base after I die cut a

smaller circle then the same for the

inside floral tag and glued the pull out tag

Finally tucking the pull out tag in

and that's a wrap for this month's Mixed Media Make.

Head over to Our Blog to check out what

Mixed Media creations have been created

by our Guests Ella and Majda and of course

 the Talented Team for your pleasure.

Come join in with yours to our Gallery.

A Happy Birthday!

It's Cut It Up! time and our Challenge this time round is

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Easy Peasy eh!

A pretty CAS card here delving into my

bits box for my colourful

shaving cream background.

Die cut my Heidi Swapp 'happy die' twice

using the white as a shadow.

The shaped card base and sentiment are from

Uniquely Creative Cross Stitch Arches Die Set. 

Birthday stamp is STAMPlorations.

Adding a star to complete.

Head over and check out what the Team created

and join in with yours to our Gallery.

Happy Birthday!

It's  Just Us Girls Die Week Challenge and 

Our Host Carol M is asking for us to 

use our dies and create a Birthday Card.

Here is my CAS make.

The Happy Birthday dies are Tim's

with the unbranded boat placed on an angle for the A.

I have seen a few cards like this on Pinterest

and that is where the idea came from.

The Birthday stamping is from STAMPlorations.

Adding some sequins, framed in navy blue

on to white card base.

We welcome our March Guest - Jeannie Jachna

Check out what she and the Team chose for their

Die Cut Birthday Card and 

come join in with yours to our Gallery.

Thanks for visiting