A 'Tribute to Melissa Lane'

It saddens me to be posting here today at the passing of a

Fellow Designer Melissa Lane from STAMPlorations 

but happy to celebrate her life in a small way.

Melissa love Butterflies and Rainbows and

her favourite colour was Red

so I chose to heat emboss my card with

STAMPlorations Flutter-Zen-Row-Artsy-Borders

in Ranger Red Cinnabar which has a lovely

gold fleck though it.

I started by lightly smooching the background with

Lindy's Magical's in Ramblin' Rose Pink

 and a flicker of  ColorBox Gold.

I then coloured my butterflies with a mix of Brusho's

 Magical's and Nuvo Glitter Gloss

for a touch of shimmer.

My sentiment is from

STAMPlorations Bloom-Happy

This was cut from a stitched die and adhered on to

Metallic Gold card base. 

 

If you knew Melissa when she was alive -- maybe you were on the same design team(s) or you were bloggy friends -- however you knew her, we would love it if you can join us in celebrating her life by creating a butterfly card in her memory.

Please pop over Here where you will see all the details

and so many beautiful butterflies made in Melissa's Memory

Thanks for dropping in. 

A Simple 'Thank You'

Hello and Welcome. Today's post is for our 

CAS Challenge over at Addicted to Stamps & More

I bought this stamp set from Kaisercraft

some time ago because I liked what I thought - 

a very Australian image of Gumnuts.

I started by lightly stenciling my background with

Tim's Stone Stencil in Antique Linen

then inking my image with 

Versafine Clair Falling Leaves ink

(it's a very dark brown but looks black)

I went on to the colouring and blending with

Tim's Gathered Twigs/Mowed Lawn

Crushed Olive and Carved Pumpkin

enhancing the colour with touches of

Hag's Wart Orange and Canna Lilly Burnt Orange

 from Lindy's Magicals.

Added some Nuvo Aqua Shimmer and

a touch of glossy accents.

Sentiment is inked as above and from

49AND MARKET.

This was cut from a Postage Die

and popped on to the larger die cut

and slightly popped again to my card base.

This card will be going over to the

CAS Watercolour Blog for their

October Challenge

Congratulation to Bonnie & Loll for giving us

2 years of Fabulous Watercolour Challenges

and to all the Design Team and Guests for their 

Monthly Inspiration and Encouragement. 

Thanks for dropping in.

Love reading your comments.

A Happy Birthday Tic Tac Toe

Hi and Welcome to today's post.

It's for the current Tic Tac Toe Challenge  at

 Retro Rubber where we get to play with stamps

older than a year. 

For my Tic Tac Toe I chose the Middle Line

Masking Birthday Flowers.

It's funny how your mind works.

I was happily stamping/cutting away yesterday

making my card for this challenge and ready to

photograph it and when I woke up this morning

I realized I had used the same Spellbinder dies

on the last challenge I made for Retro Rubber!

I had better not do that next time.

I thought of making another one wondering if

the Designers would think this girl only has 2 Dies.

Since time is of the essence I had to go with it.

Sorry it is so similar to my last one.

The stamp I used is another retired SU set

called Avant Garden which

I have finally used for the first time. 

I cut out a mask for the flower and then inked 

in 3 different colours from the Altenew 

Red Cosmos set. The leaves were inked with

Memento Olive Grove and Pistachio.

Sentiment in Memento Luxe Northern Pine.

This was then cut with a SB circle die

and attached to the lacy circle die.

I backed that with a Cuttlebug folder 

and corner rounded it.

Adhered to green card stock adding some ribbon

to match the flowers and on the white card base to finish.

Thanks so much for dropping in.

Just for 'CAS Mix Up Challenge'

Hello and Welcome to today's post for 

one of my favourite challenges

CAS Mix Up and this month's technique is

Metal.

This is my second card and chose to

try my hand at Black Ice - one I only found

some short time ago so I wanted to have fun 

with it in a different way and see how it ends up.

I did start with gold foil as my base

but you would never know.

The next step was to swipe with

Black Archival Ink and dry.

I then went on to dry emboss, ink again

and then added gold and copper embossing powder

finishing with Ranger Red Cinnabar.

Sealed it with clear embossing powder.

Added a tiny gold frame behind it.

Sentiment is from Happy Little Stampers

inked with Tim's Black Soot and

 the edges with Colorbox Archival Gold.

Attached to coloured card base to finish.
If you are a little confused by my explanation
check out how I got the idea Here
I did go a little overboard but it was fun.

A close up

I hope I have left enough open space.

My MIX is Metal, Heat and Dry Embossing

and Stamping

Thanks for dropping in

Till next time - Cherrio from

Wish Upon a 'Star'.

Hello and Welcome to my post for

Just Us Girls 
Hosting our Trend Week is

Carol choosing a Celestial Theme.

I do love the results you get with Lindy's Magicals

 as they make spectacular backgrounds and this

is what I used here.

After I got the result I liked I inked up

trees from Repeat Impressions  with 

Tim's Black Soot. Splattered some twinkling stars

with iridescent medium. The hill was die cut and 

coloured with Starlight Black Wax.

Attached in front of the trees. 

Added some glittery punched stars and sentiment

cut twice from ARTplorations.

The front die has been heat embossed 

with metallic silver powder with the white

 one added for a shadow effect.

Finished by attaching to navy card base.

Pop over and see what our Guest Linda

and the Design Team created.

Love to see you in the Gallery this week.

Thanks for popping in.

It's 'Enchanting'

Hello and Welcome to today's post for

Happy Little Stampers

It's time for our Anything Goes with Dies Challenge.

I recently received this gorgeous 

CUTplorations Butterfly-Cover-Plate-Die 

and was itching to try it out.

I decided to use a piece of Yupo Paper

that I inked up with Alcohol Inks as it was thin

and hoped it would cut nicely in my old Cuttlebug.

It did take some cutting and even after several attempts

there was a teeny bit I cut with some fine point scissors.

I know I NEED a new die cutting machine just don't know

which way to go!

I put some Tombow glue on my craft mat and

sponged the back of the die and adhered it to

 metallic card stock.

All I needed to do now was add a sentiment and I chose

CUTploations Enchanting-Word-Die in white.

Pop over and see what die cuts my Team Mates used

and join us in the Gallery this month.

Our winner for this challenge will receive a $20 coupon to spend at the shop!
 Check out all the details HERE.

IF YOU USE STAMPS BY HAPPY LITTLE STAMPERS 
AND YOU ARE OUR RANDOM WINNER, 
YOUR PRIZE WILL BE DOUBLED!

Thanks for dropping in.

I'm 'Metal'ie Thinking of You.

Hello and Welcome.

I am finally getting back to normal after my

recent Birthday Celebrations.

 Today I am posting for the New Challenge

 over at CAS Mix Up where my
 Super Talented Good Friend

MacMable is Host choosing

Here is my first take on this challenge

(yes there will be more)

My Mix is Metal, Stamping

Heat Embossing and more...

I started by cutting out my background from

Uniquely Creative Cross Hatch Texture Die

Heat embossing with Stampendous 

Aged Copper Embossing Enamel

(don't you love the 2 toned colours)

You need to heat emboss from underneath
otherwise the enamel will fly off somewhere else

I then cut 2 dies from Tim's Wildflowers.

These were heat embossed differently with

Stampendous Chunky White and Aged Copper

also adding Cyan Pearl Pigment Powder

while still melting. I did have a bit of trouble

with the white trying to hang on to the thin stems

while heating from the bottom.

Here's a close up!

My background is lightly sponged with

Ken Oliver's Liquid Copper Powder.

I distressed the edges and inked with Versacolor Bronze

I then attached the Cross Hatch Die and flowers.

Inked my sentiment from 49ANDMarket.

Attached a tiny die cut bow from Waffle Flower

and finished by adhering to white card base. 

Thanks so much for dropping in.

Love reading your Kind Comments.