There is BEAUTY!

It's Cut It Up Challenge time and 

It's Looking Like Fall

just not here in Oz - 

as I type this it is our first day of Spring!

but I do love getting to play with Tim's gorgeous leaves

which is mainly pulled out to cut around this time.

I even snuck in a wee mushroom. 

Lots of smoochy background using Lindy's Magical's

as there was on Tim's leaves adding a touch of script

though very hard to see. 

Mushroom has inked edges and popped.

Sentiment is from STAMPlorations.

Added sissel to the background.

Adhered to white base.

Check out The Team's Fall creations 

made for your pleasure and come join in

with yours to our Gallery.

Blessed!

It's Just Us Girls Mood Board Week and

our Host Bobby has picked a beauty!

With such gorgeous colours I decided to dig out

some coloured card scraps and have a ripping time!

The script background is from Dark Room Door

I have had for years.

Scored and inked some of the edges

adding grey from the photo.

A couple of simple dies coloured with

Tim's Crackling Campfire and Hickory Smoke.

Of course there are some tiny splatters,

framing and another oldie - 

sentiment stamp from Gina K Designs.

Adhered to black base.

There's a load of lovely creative cards & colours

from our Guest Jaydee and the Team

so check it out and add yours.

You could be the Winner of the Week or

one of the Shout Outs.

Limited Editions!

We are up to our Word Week at Just Us Girls 

and our Carol Mc has chosen  one I am sure

will see all sorts of entries with the word

CONTAINER!

I know my heading says Limited Editions

but that doesn't mean the containers I used are

as they are still available so don't stress!

It's just the sentiment I thought suitable.

This was a whole lot of fun!

I started with a crackle stencilled background

and once dry put it back and lightly coloured with distress ink.

The containers are Tim's Freshly Picked and 

die cut from packing papers.

The container on the left has been embossed, 

inked and glazed. The lid added on an angle for interest.

The right one is slightly inked for colour, 

with twine and cork plug.

The front one has Magical's, ink and wax.

Sentiment is from Tim's small talk.

Adhered to brown card base.

You will want to head over for a few surprise containers

used by our Guest Jaydee and the Team. 

Your turn to have fun with this Super Duper Word.

SMILE!

What's the Theme this time round at Cut It Up ???

LOL/ That's Funny

The stencil I used was bought years ago

at a craft show and I thought it was sooo cute!

You have  a smile on your face don't you?

I used white texture paste mixed with

Lindy's Alpine Ice Rose through the stencil

and while wet sprinkled with

Rainbow Lites glitter (Celebrations of Australia)

My also cute die was cut three times with the top

pink same as card base.

Of course I had to add some splatters to finish it off.

You will want to check out my Team Mates

fun side to see what they created for your inspiration

then you will head off and have fun too and

add yours to our Gallery won't you?

Thanks for dropping in

The Beauty of a Butterfly

It's the first Friday of the Month and our

 Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenge is Live!

There's LOTS and LOTS going on here so let's get started with...

a 5x7inch canvas gesso-ed, background coloured with 

salvage patina and

AALL&Create stencils using metallic white texture paste

which look a little silvery.

Adding some stamping and texture paste,

inking the edges.

The top butterfly is from dp and the other two

had embossing glaze, distress stain added to brown card stock.

Realized the bottom right butterfly was the wrong one.

Edges have random crackle paste and 

inked with spiced marmalade.

Added rusty brown wax to the stencilling and the edges.

Die cut a couple of numbers, adding lots of washi tapes

to the butterfly background, die cut circles and a few gears.

A few tiny flowers added for a bit more colour

and matched the washi tape.

Liquid pearls to the centres.

The butterfly looked a little lack lustre so 

sprinked it with tumbled glass distress glitter

adding a centre piece for more dimension.

A few random close ups

And there you have my Mixed Media Project for September.

It was nice to have a bit more spare time to create

something a bit more involved. 

We have Annie as our Guest this month 

so head over and check out

what Mixed Media Annie and the Team created 

for your inspiration and join in with yours to our Gallery. 

THANKS!

It's  our first Challenge for the Month at  Just Us Girls

and it's DIE Week - Hosted by Vicki

As we do each month we start with a New Guest

Welcome to Jaydee.

Vicki has gone with Anything Goes 

so the gallery will be full of an amazing array of

  DIE CUT CREATIONS.

I can't take credit for this card as I saw this card

on Pinterest and loved the simplicity of it 

and case-d it. 

It was simple to create apart from the

tiny tiny bits of the THANKS die

which was fiddly filling in the white and gold ones.

I do love to play with Tim's Wildflowers and just added

a centre bit to the main flower.

The stencil background is Woodgrain from Couture Creations

using some metallic paper.

Head over and see the marvellous makes from

Jaydee and the Gang and be sure to

add yours to the Gallery. 

A Simple HELLO!

It's Stencil Week at Just Us Girls 

I made this background some time ago.

While I had this AALL&Create stencil inked

with LIndy's Magical's

I reversed it and used the remaining ink to

create the background.

Added some die cuts in bold bright colours,

some torn washi tape and a simple

STAMPlorations sentiment to complete.

Head over and see the last fabulous wow cards from

our August Guest Julie

and Talented Team.

You will be impressed and hope you 

then add yours to our Gallery.

I BIG THANK YOU Julie for 

sharing your fabulous cards with us this month.

It's Anything Goes!

Time to play at the New Challenge at

Cut it Up and it's the popular

ANYTHING GOES!

It was our monthly Ladies who Lunch outing

and we went to a cafe attached to the

 most fabulous Plant Nursery.

Off course we all came home with  a 'few plants'

My eyes feasted on the gorgeous pots of 

pretty soft coloured daisies -

hense that is where I got my inspiration from.

Another piece from my bits box was used for those daisies.

Die cut twice using white as a shadow.

Flicked some splatters.

Added some circle dies and the middle one

was run through my crimper.

Some flower soft and glossy accents to the centres

and finished with a simple sentiment.

The Design Team have created an abundance of creations

for your inspiration and we look forward to 

yours in our Gallery.