What's the 'WORD' at Just Us Girls?

Once again it is 'Word Week' at

Just Us Girls and Sharyn is our Host
choosing LEAVES as 'The Word'

 

 

It's getting that time of the year over the pond called 'Fall'

and I am celebrating 'Spring' -

however to keep in line with the challenge

I have made my card using gilding flakes

in what I call 'Autumn' colours.

Now anyone that has used these flakes knows

the mess you can get yourself into -

gluing the shaped dies with the flakes

(don't breathe out)

and making sure you have covered them all.

I really did get messy with this card because

after I successfully glued flakes to my fingers

I cleaned them off just to get inky again

with my background.

Those leaves I think turned out beautifully

and needed a background to match.

Using a Memory Box stencil I painted it up

with Inka Gold using my fingers yes my fingers

to give it a little dimension.

I popped it up after it was dry also popping

those leaves from an old  Cuttlebug die.

Added some coloured cotton

and that very American sentiment from GKD

Finished with some gems.

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I really did enjoy making this card -

after all what's fun if you

don't get a bit messy just sometimes.

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Now pop over to Our Blog to admire

what our Guest for October - Jaydee

and the Team have made.

Join us and you could be our

Chic of the Week and in the running for

Guest Designer in December.

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It so happens that over at

Mod Squad their challenge is Falling Leaves

so I am joining in the fun there with this card.

Details Here

 

Thanks for dropping in.

 

 

 

 



Time to play 'Tic Tac Toe'



A Crafty Friend of mine (Thanks Cheryl)
 told me about a blog called

 Stampin Smiles Designs
so of course I checked it out

and what better excuse to get some
 new crafty itemsout and play -
so that's just what I did.

 

You can find the Details Here

 

 

I chose to go top left to bottom right

(stencil, blues/greens and texture)

so I could try out my new stencils from

ARTplorations - Happy Flowers

and Square Dance.

The texture came from

Mont Marte Pearl White Acrylic Paint.

Blue & Green coloured background was

inked on watercolour paper with a

variety of Tim Holtz distress inks.

Added some script words to the sides

Happy - Spellbinder die

Birthday - Pink & Maine Birthday Wishes.

My floral feature is popped.

Finished off with some scoring on the side.

 

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I Love to 'SPLAT'

Over at The Mod Squad there is a

Fabulous Challenge going on and Good Friends

Judy Woodland and Vicki Dutcher are Hosting.

What is it? Create your Inner 'SPLAT'

Details - Here

I love that kind of technique - getting a little bit inky

and creating a great result.

I decided not to go with a splatter stencil

instead inked up several TH distress inks,

wet them and added my splats to water colour paper

with a sheet of plastic. I did add a touch of

black splats to match up with my

Happy Birthday die from Spellbinders

and the butterfly from Inkadinkado

(which has been heat embossed for the first time)

Cut my card stock using a stitched die

and popping for dimension.

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I thought the colours of those decorations on

the yummy cupcakes were similar to those I used above

so entering it in the Cupcake Inspiration Challenge #377

 

 

Hope you like what you see.

I love reading your comments.

Thanks for dropping in

 



A Simple THANK YOU

 

I got Happy Mail a few days ago and was keen to get it inked.

As the stamp I used is small I thought a simple

Thank You card would be just right.

 

 

I found a few challenges to link this card up to and they are Pals Paper Arts

Details can be found Here

and at As You LIke It 

for their Favourite Colour Combo and Why Here

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Now my all time favourite colour is purple but

I really love the soft colours of Aquas and Pinks

so that is what I went with which I tried to match

 the colours above but not quite as I would have liked.

Here are the products I used -

Basic coloured card stock.

SU Calypso Coral stamped with

a Katzelkraft stamp for the background.

Floral image is by STAMPlorations Framed Dogwood

heat embossed then

inked and touched up with Twinkling H2O.

Finished off with white cotton and

Thank You sentiment from SU

cut from vellum.

 

Thanks for dropping in.