A Reminder from a 'Mixed Up Girl'

It's the Middle of the Month and time for me to remind you

Our Current Challenge over at Mix It Up has been

running for a few weeks now. Have you checked it out yet?

Here is what I had fun making and playing with our

optional twist of Distressing!

It can be using inks or tools. I chose both.

There is a lot going on here so I will start with

my background. I had a fellow Mixed Up Girl

Cheryl (big Thank You) come to stay with me 

after we went to a craft show and 

she brought with her -  her gelli plate.

Well I had soooooooo much fun playing with this

new technique to me and I found a perfect piece 

to start off my creation (if you call it that)

Here's a few close ups

These are the products I used here - 

Texture Paste

Pop Art Stencil

Inka Gold - Apricot/Hydrangea

Dylusions Spray - Fuchsia

Mesh

SB Die cut from gelli plate background

STAMPlorations Artful Flutters/Mixed Grunge

Metallic Thread

Distress Inks - Black Soot/Aged Mahogany

and Dried Marigold.

Think I got everything!

Thanks for dropping in - love reading your comments

and 

Hope to see your project Here


Thought I would join in the current
Mixed Media challenge at

There's lots of Texture here. Check it out Here

Wishing You Happiness

It's Colour Week at Just Us Girls and our Host is Nancy

choosing Dark Pink Pink & Blue.

I'm afraid my photograph hasn't shown the true colours

of my stenciled flower. The darker pink looks quite red here

but in fact is a really nice pink. 

I made this a fairly cas card by stenciling the

ARTplorations Rose Duet  in Altenew Frosty Pink & Coral Berry

I then sponged Sparkle Medium over the flowers 

for a little shimmer.

The border dies are from 

CUTplorations Crazy Double Running Rectangle Nesting Dies

and the top one is popped to show a frame.

I splattered some blue acrylic paint to add a bit of interest

after I had stamped my sentiment from

STAMPlorations Fond Expressions 2

I inked it with SU Brilliant Blue but was a little dark so

inked it again with Hero Arts White Pigment Ink to lighten it.

This card was not my idea. I saw This One

 from Wei Wei Wang and cased it. 

Don't forget to pop over to our blog Here

and see what our Guest Aileen Ryan

and the Team created. Hope you come join us this week.

You could be our Chic of the Week 

and then be in the running for Guest Designer in September.

Thanks for stopping by.