I Think You're....

It's Photo Week at Just Us Girls and our

Judge Judy is Hosting!

Look at WHAT SHE FOUND!

Now how much fun can you have with this!
I certainly did with my background.
I think I have used just about everything imaginable here
to try and replicate what's above.
Lots of Brusho's shimmer a bit of stenciling
credit card swiping -  which made my craft room
very messy but I loved it.
I decided to add lots of sentiments
from MFT Simply Fab Sayings
a swirly thingy to highlight the so
and the fabulous is  CUTplorations Fabulous Word Die.
Matted that with purple paper onto black card stock.

Pop over to Our Blog
to see more fabulously colourful creations
by our October Guest Karola
and the Team and come join us this week.
Hope to see you there.

It's my 'Favourite Flower'

Hello Crafty Ones

It's my turn to HOST this fortnight's challenge over at

Cardz 4 Galz and I have chosen

'Your Favourite Flower & Why'

Now those that know me will know what it is before

I've even added my photo.

Off course it is a 'Thistle' and being a Scot

I just love them. 

I have several 'thistle' stamps and was going to use one of them

but after looking through one of my die drawers I saw 

this British Thistle Die I had forgotten about.

Once more my Brusho's came out.

I used Purple/Sea Green & Leaf Green

but only the greens on the background.

My thistle was cut out after I had spritzed

the 3 brusho colours, carefully picking

out the best spot colour wise.

The background was cut with a stitched die

after I added some inked stamping from Kaisercraft

a few splatters from Tim Holtz and a cut out frame.

Added some WOS to the thistle a purple bow

 and a few butterflies above.

Sentiment is from STAMPlorations Bloom Happy.

That's it for me today.

Love to see what your favourite flower is

AND why! so pop over and see

the Team's favourites and come join us.

It's Snowing...somewhere

No Crafty Ones - it isn't snowing real snow where I live

but it is on my card for the latest challenge over at

The Mod Squad and what a timely one for me.

 Check out the Details Here

I was working on another card (which you will see at a later date0

when I had a leftover piece of water colour card stock. I had some

Blue Brusho's and White Pearl Acrylic Paint on my craft mat

so not to waste it I just smooched it and thought 

it would come in handy especially as 

Christmas is just down the road.

Little did I know I would snap it up quickly to make my card above.

As it was only a small piece I cut out 

part of my birch tree die to adhere to the front. 

I recently purchased some Delta Fantasy Snow

from Happy Little Stampers. It takes ages to dry

but has little balls of snow with bits of shimmer

and looks so realistic. I added it to the bottom

on the trees and even my wee bird which is from

a very old Gina K stamp set called Snow One Like You.

I cut him out separately as he was attached to a bird cage.

He has a tiny bit of Nuvo shimmer.

My sentiment is from STAMPlorations Celebrate the Season

inked with Memento Summer Sky.

(wish I had inked it further up)

Finished with some glitter stars.

I found a few other Challenge Sites I though 

I would drop my card over to.

They are - The Merry Christmas Challenge

It's Anything Goes + Christmas

and The Water Cooler Challenges

for  Charlotte's All About Christmas

Thanks so much for dropping in today.

Love reading your comments.

Till next time - Cherrio from

Your Smile.......

Don't we all love it when a card comes together nicely!

This card did just that and it is for the

over at Addicted to Stamps & More

I think the sentiment I chose from

STAMPlorations Fond Expressions 2

makes for a perfect Pick Me Up.

Moving away from my addiction to Brusho's

I got our my other addiction - 

Tim's Oxide Inks and don't we all love them.

For my background I chose 

Peacock Feathers/Picked Raspberry 

and Fossilized Amber

blending separately and drying

each colour as I go.

The hardest part was finding some DP

to match one of the colours which I eventually did

and cut my panel from Tim's Mixed Media.

Adding my butterfly from

CUTplorations Flutter Zen 2 Layering Die

 and a gem to the centre.

My sentiment was cut from a Spellbinders circle die

inking the edge and popped to finish.

Be sure to pop over and see what the other

Designers created and come join us.

Hope to see you there.

Thanks for dropping in today.