Spotlighting at Just Us Girls

I'm hosting Just Us Girls Word Week and

chose a something I bet you haven't done for quite some time.

the SPOTLIGHT Technique.

I had so many ideas running through my head but

in the end I went with what I thought was

a reverse spotlight going with the feature

as a background.

I inked up two images from

STAMPlorations Blossom Sprays #3

with thebackground from a 

shaving cream piece from my bits box

and the top one with white c/s.

I got carried away and thought I would go all out

and make it a shaker card.

Remind me not to do one again in a hurry.

Bits go everywhere ...

Added tape to background and 

managed to line the top fairly closely.

Finished with the sentiment from

STAMPlorations Bloom Happy

and adhere to black base.

I did another one very similar to this

which went live a few days ago Here

Head over and check out the

Spotlighting that our Guest Rosemary

and the Team had fun with then I hope

you will go back in time and create

your spotlight card to add to our gallery.

Thank you for visiting and leaving

your kind comments.

Spring-ing ATC's for STAMPlrations

Hello and Welcome.

It's my turn to showcase some of the 

gorgeous spring ATC's that are 

flooding the STAMPlorations Blog at the moment.

If you haven't been over to check them out

you really are missing such wonderful creativity

by the STAMPgirls!

Here are my makes!

This one is showing off three of the ATC's.

Behind them I stenciled STAMPlorations Ethnic Organic 1

with Tim's Distress Ink

Added some grunge from STAMPlorations Art Marks

The ATC's were framed, adhered and popped.

Sentiment is die cut from

STAMPlorations Bloom & Grow

My second card has the

STAMPlortions Flutter Zen Artsy Borders

heat embossed 

STAMPlorations Celebrate Artsy

STAMPlorations Mixed Media Elements

(sadly retired)

STAMPlorations Vignette Eclectic Florals

in the background with

STAMPlorations Trendy Butterflies 2

(sold out atm)

for my sentiment.

Inks from Tim's Distress Range.

My last card I cut the house from

STAMPloration Houses 

to enable me to add the two hand cut house behind it.

The STAMPlorations Mosaic Slimline Stencil

was created with Translucent Crackle Paste.

Sentiment was cut and inked from

STAMPlorations Merry.

Added framed background and 

sisal and art stones in front of the houses.

Thanks for taking time out to check out 

my ATC creations - showing that you can

go all out and play with them in any way

you like to use them. 

Flowers Bloom!

It's that time of the month for our new 

Anything Goes Challenge over at the

STAMPlorations Blog

 

 

Check out all the Details here.

I created this CAS card using a 

 background from my bits box.

Inked and heat embossed the 

STAMPlorations Blossom Sprays #3 twice,

 for the coloured background and the other

popped in the foreground.

Die cut a circle to blend in.

Sentiment is from STAMPlorations Bloom Happy

Added a few black pearls, corner rounded

and attached to black base to complete.

Don't forget to head over and check out

what the STAMPgirls created and come

join in the fun as there are prizes of all sorts to win.

PS while I was making this card there was another

very similar one on the craft table that you will see in a few days.

Nothing like a twofer creation going on so no your eyes

aren't seeing double.

Thanks for visting and leaving a kind comment.

 

Everything has Beauty!

Hello and Welcome to my post for

 Creative Artiste Mixed Media.

It's our Anythng Goes Mixed Media time 

and here is what I created this month.

We all have times when Mo and Jo go missing and they did

just that recently when I needed to create

 this month's Mixed Media.

So I got out a sheet of MM paper and

 just started some stencil work,

added a bit of crackle, texture paste here and there.

Stencils I use are mostly AALL&Create.

A few touches of Lindy's Magical's,

Inks are Tim's as are some of the stamping. 

There is a bit of shimmer,

a few circles inked from a lid.

The butterfly is Sizzix. Inked the paper edges.

Sentiment is from Tim's small talk.

Here are a 'few' close ups - 

As you can see by the close ups there are quite a few

layers of all sorts.

Sorry for the lack of progress photos as

it was a crazy month and craft time limited.

Just a fairly CAS style Mixed Media.

We have Claudia as our Guest this month so

drop by and check out what Mixed Media Makes

Claudia and the Team had fun with and come join in.

# Please make sure you use multiple mediums on your entries. 

This is a mixed media challenge for cards and projects.

Thanks for visiting.

In the PINK!

It's a New Month at Just Us Girls and we start  off with our Die Week. 

Sue is Hosting and asking to use our dies for

  Spring/Easter 

 We also welcome our Apri Guest - Rosemary.

Spring has sprung and gone here but 

that didn't stop me from pulling out a

pretty flower head that would have popped up

in our Spring.

Simply die cut and coloured with LIndy's Magical's,

Distress Stain and Glaze

as is the background.

Added some circle dies as a backing.

Finished with a simple sentiment from Penny Black.

Adhered to white base.

Check out the first card from our Guest Rosemary

and how the Team chose to be creative with their dies

for this weeks theme.

Stencil Week at Just Us Girls

The Lovely Lisa is Host this week at

Just Us Girls and it is our popular

Anything Goes Stencil Week.

Those that know me are aware that I 

LOVE adding a thick coat of texture paste

to a lot of my stencil cards.

I have done so here but unfortunately

it doesn't show up enough here

but you will get the idea when you see 

colour seep through a

favourite of mine -  

 STAMPlorations Happy Flowers

My background is from my bits box

using Lindy's Magical's and 

Tim's Distress Inks.

Not forgetting my 'splatters'

I reently was gifted some lovely Poppy Stamps dies

from a crafty friend - thank you lots L

The sentiment is their Moonlight Script Hugs

which worked perfectly with the solid backing

to sit over the raised stencil.

Finished by corner rounding two sides

and adhered to brown card base.

Check out the stencil work from our Guest MillaChallenge

and my Talented Team Mates

and head into your craft space and 

add yours to our Gallery.

As luck would have it I checked out the

Poppy Stamps Blog and my card works perfectly

for their current challenge - 

Stencils or Patterned Paper

So there you have it - 

Happy to add super new dies to my collection

and enter one in the above challenge.

Bright and Beautiful!

It's our Mood Board Week at Just Us Girls 

Our Host Carol M has an abundance of colourful flowers

painted on rocks for our inspiration.

My card is CAS using different colour tones on each flower

with a variety of mixed leaves in the background

sitting on top of a weathered textured die.

Added some tiny punched flowers brushing 

nuvo shimmer to the centres of the flowers.

Adhered to white cs. Cut on an angle 

and adhered to kraft card base.

Sentiment is die cut from kraft to match.

Head over and see how our Guest Milla

and my Talented Team Mates chose to

show off their cards and

I am sure you will want to play

adding yours to our Gallery.

There's Stories to Tell!

Yes! there are stories to tell from the new

Collage Paper Packs.

Details are here at our STAMPlorations Website 

I am showcasing from the 

Wanderlust Wayside set.

I created 3 items from this set.

Here is Card 1

I cut around the ladies dress to create a fold out card

for sentiments inside.

Die cut a balloon to match and popped it.

Added some AA Fire Ruby paste to the

bag dress and hair for a touch of colour.

Sentiment is from Bloomful

Inside are stampings from STAMPlorations

Dare Subway Art Builders

Mixed Media Grunge

Mixed Media Elements

Scribbly Splattery Grunge

Art Marks

Card 2

was fun to create.

I die cut the frame from

STAMPlorations

Stitched Nesting Dies (sold out)

Adding more grunge from the above stamps.

Hand cut the gentleman.

Added one of the card fronts as a poster board

behind the popped up frame

finishing with the STAMPlorations Trendy Butterflies

and Card 3

is a big one that I cut in three from

STAMPlorations

Basic A2 Panels Nesting Dies

framed in orange and black and popped.

Added Tim's Abandoned Coral 

Embossing Glaze to the sun,

some swipes from credit card down the side 

and die cut inked sentiment words from

Make Memories Phrase Dies

in orange and black as a shadow.

Have you been excited with all the new products

  over at STAMPloations Blog

and what the STAMPgirls like me are producing for your inspiration?

Then - Head over to The STAMPlorations Store

There is so much info for you to check out.

That's all from me atm but there is more surprises

in store so keep checking Our Blog.