A Word of 'Encouragement'

 

 It's WORD WEEK at Just Us Girls and
Hosting this week is Sue choosing
ENCOURAGEMENT.
It's a new month and we have our November Guest
Cecile' Ribon joining us - WELCOME.
 

I arrived home from my holidays (vacation)
to find a belated birthday gift from my very dear
crafty friend Maria in Germany.
Thank You soooo much!
 

The stamp set I received is from Stampin' Up
called Timeless Textures. I so love this set
and I can see me using it lots.
I found a card I loved from Pinterest
Here by Susan Byington and cased it.
These are the products I used -
Basic card stock from my stash and GKD
Several stamps from TT
SU ink - Rich Razzleberry/Garden Green
Tim Holtz Distress inks - Frayed Burlap/Antique Linen
Memento - New Sprout
Sentiment from Inspired by Stamping.
Dimension Squares.

Pop over to Our Blog to see more
Encouragement creations from
November Guest Cecile and the DT.
Hope to see yours there.

I am also joining in at  Creative Corner Challenge
who also have Encouragement as their Theme
Details are Here

Thanks for dropping in.
Love reading your thoughts on my cards.

 

Christmas Time is A Coming!

Back in the swing of things and playing along this time at

The Paper Players for their Tic Tac Toe Challenge.

They are always fun as you get lots of choices.

 

 

 

I am also joining in at

Addicted to Stamps and More for their

Challenge #218 Holiday

 

 

and Stampin' Royalty for their

All that Glitters Challenge. Details Here

 

 

For my Tic Tac Toe

I chose the top column - red/glitter/snowflakes.

This is my first Christmas card this year.

 I can't believe I have left it soooooo late - again.

I got my Christmas container out yesterday to make this card

and I am always surprised at what is in there.

 

My card base is sculptured pearlescent paper

and red card stock is also pearlescent paper.

I attached score tape to the 3 strips of  paper

and added glitter - of course you know how it is with

that it sticks everywhere.

My snowflake is from Spellbinders and glittered also.

Frame is embossed with SU framelits -  hand cut.

 Sentiment from Gina K Designs.

Both are popped.

Finished with some gems.

 

Thanks for dropping in.

I love to read your comments on my cards.

 

 



I'm Back!

I am back home after spending an amazing time with family

and now it is craft time!

I found 2 blogs I love to play in and they are

The House that Stamps Built

for their Colour challenge

 

Details Here

and

The Mod Squad

  Go for GOLD!

 

 

Here are the products I used -

Basic card stock

Stamps - Gina K Designs

Springtime Silhouettes/Elegant Florals

Repeat Impressions - Postcard 5015P

(Used on backgrounds)

Tim Holtz Distress Inks

Vintage Photo/Dried Marigold

Memento - Peanut Brittle

SU Champagne Mist

Inka Gold

Sentiment - Cheery Lynn

Nina's Things - Die/Stitched Die.

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Thanks for dropping in and

Thanks You for your Kind Comments.

 

 

 

 



An 'Explosion of Colour'

 

Josephine is Hosting our

EXPLOSION OF COLOUR CHALLENGE

 

over at Crafty Cardmakers

 

 

As you can see I did exactly as she asked.

I used so many mediums here -

paints inks stencils texture paste glitter

stamps embossing

for my explosion of colour.

 

You can see the shimmer here.

 

I used new dies that are a little different from

the normal stitched ones. You cut with one

and the other is  stitches so you can choose

the distance between cut and stitch.

My big sentiment is also a new one I thought

would make a good feature.

They are both from Nina's Things

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Hope you will be able to join us for this challenge.

Pop over and see what colourful creations the Team created.

It doesn't have to be a card but make sure it doesn't

exceed the Total 15 challenges (including ours).

 

Thanks for dropping in