Simply 'With Love'

Just a few more days now till Christmas.

My cards are done dusted and posted and

so nice to move on to other fun.

I was recently gifted a lovely die from

Bonnie & Loll (Thank You So Much)

and have been itching to cut.

So my card was born.

I am going to pop it over to

CAS Watercolour for their

Here's the Details

My watercolour came about from

Tim's Oxide inks in Peeled Paint/Seedless Preserves

swiped on to my craft mat and then used acetate

to smooch my watercolour paper.

I then cut out the floral swirl and butterfly 

(from Gina Marie) and coloured accordingly.

Attached this after tearing the corner

to the watercoloured background.

Inked Iridescent medium to the border

die cut and sentiment which is from Spellbinders.

Finished with a few SU Gems.

Thanks for dropping in to see what I have been up to.

I appreciate it and love reading your comments.

PS -  I do have another card made using that lovely die set
so keep your eyes out for it at a later date.

Till next time

Cherrio From 

Ho Ho Ho and all That

Christmas is nearly here and my post is a 

Reminder for the Current CUTploration Challenge

All the Details are Here

It's that time of the year when CAS is the order of the day.
This is just that!
My card stock is a pearescent textured paper
for my base and feature.
I inked my sentiment with Tim's Inks in
Festive Berries/Fossilized Amber & Lucky Clover.
As the card stock is pearescent the colours are muted
which turned out nicely.
This was then cut from CUTplorations Holiday Words Plate Die
(Makes for a super cas card)
I cut out the backing with the
 Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies
  after embossing with an old Cuttlebug folder
from Winter Wonderland.
Finished with scattered gems.
I sure hope you have a little spare time
so you can come join us and check out
what the Team created for your inspiration.

Here are the STAMPloration Products used above.


Thanks for dropping in.
Wishing you all a
Very Merry & Safe Christmas. 

CAS Mix Up Reminder

It's the Middle of the Month and Reminder Time

for the current challenge at CAS Mix Up Challenge.

Here is my card as December's Guest Designer.

You can find the Details Here

My Mix is *Stamping

*Embossing *Smooching

*Stenciling *Die cutting

I had a lot of fun with this card.  

Thought I would try something a little different

here and got out my neglected Gelatos. 

Unfortunately they don't have the colours

on them but have used just three adding a touch of Inka Gold.

Showing the shimmer from the Gelatos

I simply scribbled them onto water colour paper and then

smooched with a water pen till I got the result I liked.

I then got out my Lavinia Stamp and heat embossed in black.

Touched up the middle with the green gelato and a tiny bit of

 Inka Gold. Added some tiny circles from

Dutch Doobadoo Pop Art stencil with Tim's Black Soot

and added a few circles for contrast with a white uniball pen.

Sentiment is from 

STAMPlorations Fond Expressions 2 

and heat embossed.

This was then cut from a stitched die from MFT and popped.

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If you haven't had a chance to pop over and see what's

already posted - please do and hope you come join in

this month's fun challenge.

Thanks so much for dropping in.

A Big Thanks to Bonnie & Loll for their kind invitation

to be their Guest for December. 

It's Anything Goes at CAS WaterColour Challenge.

CAS Watercolour Blog has their 

December Challenge up and running and it's

Anything Goes 

Details are Here

This poinsettia stamp (STAMPlorations) is one of my favourites

and heat embossed it in white on water colour paper.

I then painted it with metallic paints.

Added a water wash background and a strip

of glitter paper to the side.

Finished with a Merry die inked with WOS

and Christmas sentiment both from Hero Arts 

cut from a Spellbinder tag and some Nuvo drops

to the poinsettia centre.

I am on the last leg of my Christmas cards - 

just needing to write on the inside

buy Christmas stamps and they are on their way.

Thanks for dropping in.

Till next time Cherrio from

It's Snowing Somewhere

Yes it's Snowing Somewhere and that somewhere is
Cardz 4 Galz for the last challenge of the year.

Lucky for me I have 2 snowmen in my stash
and I chose this one from Inspired by Stamping.
A pretty simple card in Teal & White.
I heat embossed my Snowman in white and cut
him out with a MFT stitched die popped and framed.
The background is embossed with glitter embossing powder

which is hard to see and I sprinkled my snow with
Stampendous White Embossing Enamel
heating it from the bottom
and framed that in white.
Added a touch of colour to the Snowman to give it a lift
and my card was done.
This will be my last posting as a
Designer for Cardz4Galz.
Thank You to All the Team
for a great 6 months.

Thanks for dropping by
Pop over and see more Snowmen Here

Case-ing Loll Thompson

Do you find yourself liking a particular style of card on Pinterest?

And a lot of the time it is the same person!

Well this happened to me while browsing

for inspiration for the latest
Everyone's Favourite Challenge at

Addicted to Stamps and More 
Anything Goes!

I find myself admiring the beautiful cards by

Loll Thompson from Stamping with Loll

and I recently was gifted the die I have used on my card

to case her Daisy Birthday Card

I have already made a card with this die

but wanted to use it in the more traditional

yellowish colours.

It's a simple card really. My background was made
with Yellow & Orange Brusho's. I wet my craft mat
and added the brusho powders then placing my card stock
on top. I did this a number of time also thumping
to get extra colour drying as I went along.
I did add some PearEx in Aztec Gold
and has made it shimmer beautifully - you can just see it here.

 Added a popped stitched frame.
 My leaves are from Kaisercraft  in gold vellum.
The beautiful daisy was cut multiple times and layered.
Centre is filled with lemon flower soft.
This was then adhered to the background.
Sentiment is gold embossed and from
STAMPlorations Bloom Happy
Finished with yellow pearls.

Hope you will pop over and see what my Team Mates
have created and come join us. Love to see you there.

It 'Really Is' starting to look like Christmas

It's nearly 'That Time of the Year"

Only a few weeks till the most important Gentleman 

of the Year flies all over the world to the delight of

all the boys & girls!

Have you finished your Christmas Cards?

Better get crackin' if you haven't.

Over at Happy Little Stampers 

we give you one last chance to  
add to the few you are short of.

This month our Optional Twist for our 

Anything Goes December Christmas Challenge

is to use a Stencil. Right up my alley!

I was soooooooooooo happy with 

how this card turned out.
 I recently purchase some ArtDeco Crackle Paste 

and was anxious to try it out.

I inked my background with Tim's

Oxide inks with a touch of PearEx Powder.

I then got my ARTplorations Christmas Reindeer

(you would have seen it used Here )
 adding the crackle paste and while wet
 some Elizabeth Craft Design Cool Diamonds glitter
 then waited till it dried - Love the result!
This was backed with some snowflakes from SU.
My papers are Metallic to match as my card base
and Galaxy behind my deer.
Sentiment is unknown.

And you know that -

Our winner for this challenge will receive

 a $20 coupon to spend at the shop! 

Check out all the details HERE

Thanks for dropping in. 

Don't forget to pop over and see what my Team Mates

created and come join in the fun for our last 

Christmas Challenge of the Year.

In saying that I would like to wish you all

A Very Merry Christmas.

It's Merry & Bright

It's certainly looking like Christmas now!

We are into our last CUTploration Challenge of the Year

and what better Inspiration Photo than this beauty.

So much to choose from here.

The Silvery Tree got me motivated and 

that is what I went with for my focal point.

I went with traditional Christmas colours

as is on the photo. 

My Christmas Tree is from

 CUTplorations Christmas Icons Christmas Tree 1

which is cut from glitter paper. I have used it again

matting behind my Brusho's background.

Both were cut with 

CUTplorations Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies

Adding my Merry and Bright sentiment from

STAMPlorations Christmas Elf

I added a light spray of Iridescent Medium

 to my Brusho Background

popped my tree after adding a tiny star and a few gems.

Do you like what you see here and would like to

purchase some of the fabulous products?

You can get a 20% off just by using my code

STAMPGIRLINA.

Thanks for dropping in today.

Hope to see you over at STAMPlorations this month.

I'm Guest Designer at CAS Mix Up

I seem to be on a roll lately Guest Designing for

2 Favourite Challenges of mine.

Last month was CAS Watercolour and this month

CAS Mix Up

Thanks once more to Bonnie & Loll for inviting me.

It was nice to move away from Christmas cards this time

for my first card as Guest Designer.

Here is the Mix for this month.

A nice easy one!

My Mix on the above card is

*Stamping *Stencilling

*Die Cutting *Heat Embossing

*Smooching & Splash Watercolouring

I started my card by cutting a piece of 

white card stock with a stitched die

then added a pearl white acrylic painted waive.

My Spellbinder hexagons were made from

Lemon & Orange Brusho's with a touch of

PearEx Aztec Gold. It didn't seem to set

properly so topped it with glossy

transparent gel medium.

My butterfly from STAMPlorations Trendy Butterflies

 is in the same Brusho colours

and heat embossed in black and fussy cut.

Sentiment is STAMPlorations Trendy Feathers 2

Added some pearls to finish then attached to

my white card base.

Pop over and see what the Talented Designers created

and hope you find time to play this month.

Thanks for dropping in today.

A Beautiful Sanna Stencil Reminder

Here's a quick Reminder of the Blog Hop introducing

Stencils from

If you haven't been over to see all the awesome 

designs by the Team using Sanna's stencils 

you can check them out Here

You can even see a video showcasing her stencils

and how they came about Here

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I have used 2 ARTploration stencils here.

For the background it was ARTplorations A Bloom & 3 Buds

randomly stamped with Spiced MarmaladeOxide Ink.

The floral feature is Sanna's 

ARTplorations Flowers 1 Stencil from Sanna Lippert Designs

This was inked up with a number of Tim's Oxide Inks

then I added Ranger Transparent Gloss Texture Paste

and while wet 'drowned' it with glitter - and you all know

where a lot of that goes where it's not supposed to eh!

This was cut from CUTplorations CurlyLabelsTags Nesting Dies

My 'beautiful' is CUTplorations Beautiful Word Die

which was covered with Nuvo Crystal Glaze

The back floral was cut with 

CUTplorations Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies

I popped the flowers for dimension.

This was all attached to white card stock.

Here are the STAMPlorations products used

Hope you have time to pop over and check out

Sanna's fabulous stencils and again 

the Designers showcasing them.

There are of course prizes to be won!

3 Lucky Crafters will win some spending money

and their choice of 3 Sanna Lippert Designs Stencils.

Thanks for dropping in today.

It's Mix It Up Challenge Time

It's December and time for the last challenge for the year at

Mix It Up Challenge Blog

It's always Anything Goes and the

Optional Twist this time is Fancy Fold

I somehow lost Mo & Jo again and it

took me an age to find them. I was beginning to give up

but gave the Twist a go without them.

This was my second attempt -

I think you call this a fancy flap card.
Products I used here are
SU card stock
Designer Paper
Spellbinder/MFT Circle Dies
CB Embossing Folder
Image/Sentiment - STAMPlorations.
Tim's Festive Berries Distress Ink
Liquid Pearls
Velcro to fasten.

This one was close to going in the bin. I couldn't get
it to sit right and then added another fold.

Ingredients -
Basic card stock
DP/Inside sentiment - Inspired by Stamping
Embossing Folder
Nuvo Mousse
Rose/Outside Sentiment - STAMPlorations
Water colour paints
White Embossing Powder
Diamond Dust.

I found the tutorials for these cards on Pinterest
but did not save them for reference. Sorry!
I'm sure you have all seen them in your travels.

Hope you will pop over to Our Blog to see
some really amazing fancy folds from the Team
and you get time to come play with us this month.

This will be my last posting as a Mix It Up Designer.
I have enjoyed my time creating with their variety of Challenges.
Thanks to Leslie and Team Mates. It's been a fun run.

Thanks for dropping in