Flowers Bloom!

I have moved on from Christmas card making

to join in at 2 sites.

The ARTplorations Stencil Blog Hop at STAMPlorations

is coming to a close.

 

 

So I thought I would play over there one more time

. You can find all the details Here
and Here

I do love playing around with stencils

as I have said before and had some time on my hands

so decided to get creative (sort of)

The other challenge I am playing in is

at CAS Mix Up Blog which includes

Stamping Sponging + Your Choice

Details are Here

 

 

 

My card includes sponging using the Faux Mother of Pearl

technique following Loll's  link Here stamping

 and texture pasting through a stencil.

 

(Showing the Mother of Pearl effect)

 

I started off with the M of P technique

using SU Champagne Mist on Glad Wrap.

I then inked up Tim Holtz Abandoned Coral/Peacock Feathers

and sponged my cs.

I blotted that with a baby wipe to lift some of the colour

and also flicked some water droplets.

My stencil stamping and sentiment are

from STAMPlorations -

Bloom Happy - Sentiment

Happy Flowers Stencil

Scribbly Splattery Grunge - Stamping

I used white texture paste on my stencil

and like how it got a softer look  after it dried.

Finishing my card with a sentiment to suit the stencil.

 

This will be my last posting before Christmas

so would like to wish you all a

Merry Christmas and Thank You for

all your kind comments throughout the year.

 

 

 

 

 



Exciting News!

 

I have been holding on to some  'Exciting News'

for such a long time and I can now tell you all

I have been invited to be a Guest Designer

for the CAS Card Challenges

over at STAMPlorations.
 

 
 

As part of the Application we were asked to use 'Purple'

and I made 3 cas cards

Now of course I fell over with excitement

as you all know it is my 'favourite colour'

 

Here are the cards I submitted.

Water coloured background

 

A bit of sponging and a Tim Holtz die

 

An old favourite SU stamp here.

 

Congratulations to my fellow Team Mate over at

Just Us Girls - Chris who was also chosen to be

Guest Designer for the Theme & Sketch Team.

 

I am so looking forward to being part of the

Great Designers over there for the next 3 months in 2017.

A big Thank You to Shery for this great experience.

 

 

 

 

A Merry Christmas for STAMPlorations.

I am killing 2 birds with the one stone here

entering my card in the Sketch & Theme Challenge

and the CAS Challenge

over at the STAMPlorations Blog

 

 

Just by chance my card is CAS and Red & Green.

For the Sketch & Theme challenge I went with the Sketch.

As I am way behind with my Christmas card making

these challenges were perfect for me to play in.

 

I used basic white card stock

cut an angle with a stitched die with DP

cut a cream piece to break it up from the white.

Added a 'Merry' die from Memory Box 

and a snowflake die from Spellbinders

stamped Christmas and finished with a few gems.

 

That's it for today.

Thanks for dropping in.

Love to read your kind comments.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



It's a 'Stencilathon' at STAMPlorations

 

It's all about 'STENCILS' over at STAMPlorations

with great prizes and discounts on their stencils.

Better go over Here and check what the blog hop is all about!

 

 

I just love playing around with different techniques

using stencils as there are so many fabulous ones to choose from

 especially Here

I recently received some great stencils/stamps to play with

and had to try them out.
I will also pop this over to the CAS for the December Challenge
 Check it out Here

 
and Here

 

I had no idea where I was going with my card but knew

I wanted to use the bright colours from Colour Throwdown

You can find all the details Here

 

 

I started adding ink to my

2 ARTplorations stencils

Retro Circle & Square Dance

with the colours above using

Tim Holtz - Festive Berries

SU - Melon Mambo

and Versacolor - Lime

This cs was cut with a stitched die.

I then inked up my new STAMPlorations stamps -

Scribbly Splatter Grunge (love it)

and Bloom Happy for the Sentiment

cut out from the matching die and popped.

Added a few circles from the rubber end of a pencil

with the 3 colours from above.

A little bit of spritzing finished my card off nicely.

 

Thanks so much for dropping in.

I really love reading your comments.

 



Hugs & Happy Thoughts

 

It's our last Challenge for the Year at Just Us Girls

and Hosting is the Lovely Lisa for our

Colour Challenge with yet another

Gorgeous Combination. 

  

 

I thought it time I got out my

Tim Holtz Thinlits dies again as they are

fabulous and you can do so much with them.

***

Starting off my card with White Gold Metallic Paper.

I have fairly stained fingers after inking up

my background by spritzing Tim Holtz

Seedless Preserves & Stormy Sky dropping

a small amount of PearlX Aztec gold

 then smooching onto card stock.

I framed that then added the

cut Thinlits die, deciding not to pop it.

Corner rounded those and added my sentiment

from Altenew - Beautiful Day.

My butterfly is cut from a Kaisercraft Die

which I played around with ink wise. I had

already made 2 others but found they were too dark.

Used the same inks as above but then painted it

with Twinkling H2O's for a nice sheen.

Added gold pearls to complete my card.

Pop over and check out what our
December Guest Teresa and my
Amazingly Talented Team Mates have created Here.
Join us and you could be our
Chic of the Week going on to be our
Guest in February.
***

In case you don't get back again -

I would like to wish you  a

Very 'MERRY CHRISTMAS'

*** 

I am sure I will be blogging again

before the 'Big C Day' so

Cherrio for now

 

 

A simple Merry Christmas Wish for STAMPlorations

It's time to play over at STAMPlorations

for their CAS December challenge.

The optional colour twist is Red & Green.
Check it out Here

I love inking up watercolour paper

with distress inks and that is what I have done here

using Tim Holtz Festive Berries & Mowed Lawn.
I also added a few drops of Champagne Mist from SU.
My Poinsettia is from Spellbinders and
branch behind it is Tim Holtz Holiday Greens.
These were both touched up with Wink of Stella.
I mounted this on top after cutting my card stock
with a stitched edged die.
Sentiment is from Gina K Designs.
Finished off with some gold pearls. 

I am running way behind with my
Christmas card making so cas is the way
I have been heading recently.
Lucky I only have last minute cards
to post to my Aussie Friends.

I am going to pop this over to my friends at
Crafting with Dragonflies
for their last challenge for 2016 Here
and Here


I plan to have a huge tidy up in my craft room
as soon as my Christmas cards are done and posted.
Ready for a New Year of Crafting Creations.

Till next time - Cherrio from

'Joy' to the World

It's the last challenge for the year over at

Crafty Cardmakers and Kim is Hosting

choosing Christmas with a Twist

Unfortunately I didn't have anything

quirky or unusual so went for

non traditional Christmas Colours

which are my favourite kind.

 

 

Here are the products I used -

Basic white/coloured card stock

Spellbinders Circles

White Sparkle Medium on background

TCW Stencil

Glitter Paper

Scrap DP to die cut Trees

Sentiment is unknown.

Punched  glitter stars and tiny circles.

***

This is my last post as a Designer at
Crafty Cardmakers as I

have decided to step down.

I have enjoyed my time with the Lovely Ladies
and I know the new Designers will too.
A special Thank You to Lin for giving me
the opportunity to be part of her Team.

 

 

It's 'Trend Week' at Just Us Girls

Hello to all my Blogger friends. It's that time of the month for

'Trend Week' at Just Us Girls 

and Judy is this weeks Host choosing Jars.

 

 

 

Now I did have a few concerns with this one. I knew

I had a small mason jar stamp but then found a

die which luckily arrived in my mailbox in time to use

for my card.  My first attempt was a shaker - wrong choice

it landed - you know where. My second attempt I wasn't

completely satisfied with either until after I made the

third one (which is above)

***
Here is how I made it -
Starting with basic white card stock I then got out
a stencil adding texture paste and inking slightly after it dried.
Added a few strips of DP to the bottom then attached my popped
mason jar which I covered with a floral vellum.
My leaves are from Kaisercraft and Marianne Designs.
Flowers are  Martha Stewart.
Filled in the centre of the flowers and
added my heat embossed  Hello sentiment
from Inspired by Stamping.
*** 

 

Won't go into too much detail -  

I added buttons to the top of the die and they looked

so bright - added some vellum (click)  over the top so now

it doesn't look so bad. Thought it would make a nice

birthday card for a sewing friend.

***

Hope you have been over to Our Blog and checked out

what December's Guest - Teresa made and

the Talented Team.

Hope you are encouraged to play with us this week.

If so you could be our Chic of the Week

and be our Guest in February.

 

Till next time - Cherrio from

 



Another CAS Celebration card

I have made another card for the
Birthday Celebration Challenge

over at Addicted to CAS blog

 

 

 

Congratulations on your 4th Year Celebrations.

  

As the heading says - CAS

Starting with basic coloured card stock I added

some colour blending with
Tim Holtz Distress Inks on my white card base
 adding other colours through a

TCW Stencil. I then cut it on an angle

as I like to change it up a bit every now and then.

Decided not to pop it this time so went on

to add my sentiments

Celebrate - CAS-ual Fridays

and the smaller one - Pink & Maine.

I would have like to use a Congratulations stamp but

didn't have one big enough.

Added some gems to add a touch more colour.

This is popping over to the latest challenge over at
Addicted to Stamps & More for their

Details are Here

 

Thanks for dropping in today.

Love reading your comments.

 

 

 

It's a 'Christmas Tree'

It's 'Word Week' at Just Us Girls and Hosting is
Nancy who chose 'Christmas Tree' as our Word.
How appropriate is that!
 

 

 

I have seen so many different types of Christmas trees

on Pinterest so I thought I would give it a go for something

'A Little Different'

I must admit I had fun decorating my card.

I started by backing my card base with

DP  then added a stitched die cut for my

Christmas Tree which is popped.

 I have this unusual coloured glitter paper

which matched the DP. Then the fun began.

My tree is kraft paper. Next step was to

cut out lots of different sized circles from

various bits of scraps filling the gaps with

sequins pearls punched stars and tiny circles.

My sentiment is cut from that glitter paper and

is from Paper Smooches - which by the way

cuts beautifully.

 

Pop over to Our Blog to see more

fabulous Christmas Trees from the Talented Team

and a Big Welcome to our  December Guest  Theresa Gregory

Come play with us this week..

 

I am dropping off this card over at

AAA Cards for their CAS

Circles Challenge. Details are Here

 

 

It may not look cas but it really is -

just a lot of circles added to a tree trunk. 

 

Thanks for dropping in

Love reading your comments.

 

 



You're SPECIAL

It's the end of the month and I am getting my card for the

November Theme & Sketch Challenge

 over at STAMPlorations in just in time.

You can find the Details Here

 

 

My card base is white cs.

I then started adding my background stencilled

with ARTplorations Happy Flowers

in shades of yellow and orange.

To go with the theme I cut out a stitched oval

inking it with smooched Tim Holtz Distress Inks

in Squeezed Lemonade & Dried Marigold.

My floral feature is by STAMPlorations French Marigold

which has been water coloured with shimmery paints.

I hand cut it and popped it after attaching a bow.

Sentiment is from Paper Smooches

Added a few Kaisercraft pearls to complete.

 



Thanks so much for popping in.

Love reading your comments.

 



Celebrating at Addicted to CAS

 

Over at Addicted to CAS they are celebrating

their 4th Birthday so the challenge is to make a

CAS card with the code word 'CONGRATULATIONS'

Details are Here

 

 

 

I started my card with

Basic white & coloured card stock. To back my

floral image I embossed the white cs

 with We R Memory Keepers Geometric folder.

As this embossing folder is quite thick I was

a bit wary of forcing it through my Cuttlebug so

just used the bottom plate with the C plate.

I know you can get a much deeper impression from this folder

but I didn't want to break my old CB

I backed that in pink.

My flower and leaves are from Altenew Beautiful Day.

Embossed in white, coloured with shimmery paints then cut.

I attached some ribbon as backing then slightly popped my image.

I decided to go with a Celebrate sentiment  from Stampin' Up.

Finished with a few gems and pearls.

 

Thanks for dropping in today.

Love reading your kind comments.

 



It's Anything but a Card.

The latest challenge over at

Crafty Cardmakers is

Anything but a Card.

Angela is Hosting and with Christmas fast approaching

it gives us a chance to change things up a bit

and move away from card making.

I decided to do something for myself.

I am constantly writing things down on a Notebook

next to my laptop so I thought I would

make a cover for a store bought one.

 

 

I didn't know what I would end up with so

I got out distress inks, texture pastes, stencils

acrylic paints and stamps and went to work.

My Notes letters are from an old Cuttlebug

Alphabet Set. The butterfly is Cheery Lynn.

I enjoyed just playing around even with inky fingers.

 

Hope you get a chance to play but before you do

head over to Our Blog to see which way

the Design Team went on this one.

 

Thanks for dropping in