'Celebrate' with Me.

Time to Celebrate at Just Us Girls. 

It's a New Month with a New Guest Designer

Welcome to the Super Talented Julie Beech from
https://handcraftedbyjules.blogspot.com/
So happy to have you with us this month!

AND

it's my Birth Month - hence I chose the Word 

CELEBRATE! as I am Hosting this week.

This card was made a few months ago 

for my Sister's Birthday.

I have seen so many gorgeous cards on Pinterest

with this die - MB Perky Poppy and I knew I wanted

to try it out.

I started with inking my craft mat with

Tim's Oxide Inks in Wilted Violet and Seedless Preserves

on to glossy card stock. Of course I had to have purple tones.

Continued layering and drying

then buffed with paper towel and added Tim's Distress Glaze.

I first cut the poppy out with black card stock and then

again with the three different colours above

to get the ombre effect. 

Added a mat behind it in purple

then adhered to Linen card stock.

The 'Celebrate' die is from CUTplorations

cut from leftovers from the flowers.

Finished off with a few purple gems.

Pop over and see how our Guest Julie
and the Team are celebrating.
Please come join us in our Gallery
as I would love to see your 'Celebrate Cards'.
You could be my Chic of the Week and be in the running
as our Guest in November.

Thanks for popping in.
Love reading your comments!

Spring has 'Sprung' in Oz

It's official! It's the 1st September which means

It's SPRING!

Well it is here in Australia. We hopefully say

Goodbye to those Wintery Days and I can get back out to

 my very dreary garden and do a tidy up.

Hello and Welcome. 

My post  is for the new challenge over at

Crafting with Dragonflies where the theme is

Spring has Sprung!

There are a few new items here beginning with the

beautiful Darling Dog Roses from STAMPlorations.

I heat embossed with white embossing powder then

 decided to colour them with Tim's Distress Inks in

Abandoned Coral/Carved Pumpkin and Mowed Lawn.

I got a paintbrush out and flicked some colour to the sides.

The sentiment is also from STAMPlorations -  Bloom Happy.

This was cut from a stitched die.

The background paper is SU. 

I recently watched a video with Jennifer McGuire 

and she used the Lawn Fawn Stitched Borders 

as a background. These were then purchased

and I did likewise adding a bit of interest.

Pop over and see what the Dragonfly Team

made to inspire you. 

Hope to see your in the Gallery.

I will be back again later with another Blog Post

so be sure to come back and check it out.

A lot of you will know what it is as it's Saturday!

Till then Cherrio from

Butterfly Bliss

Welcome to a new month of challenges over at

Happy Little Stampers.
We start off with our Watercolour Challenge
and this month's optional twist is

(you're going to love this one)

BUTTERFLY.

There was a lot going on in making this card.
I was trying out some new products and
loved the result I achieved.
Starting with my background which has
Red Wine Metallic Paint and Black Starlight Wax
and has a fabulous sheen to it.
Added some random script. Then heat embossed
my butterfly in charcoal.
Cut that out with a Postage Die
backing it with paper to match.
Sentiment is also from the same paper and is
from CUTplorations.
Added an oval gem to the centre of my butterfly
and finished by adding to my card base.

And don't forget - 

Our winner for this challenge will receive a $20 coupon

 to spend at the shop! 

Check out all the details HERE.

IF YOU USE STAMPS BY HAPPY LITTLE STAMPERS 

AND YOU ARE OUR RANDOM WINNER, 

YOUR PRIZE WILL BE DOUBLED!

Pop over and see what my Team Mates created and come join us.

Love to see you in our Gallery

Thanks for dropping in.

You're My Style

Hello and Welcome.

Today I have a card for the Retro Rubber Challenge.

I found this great blog a few weeks ago where you 

need to use a stamp that is more than a year old.

Now we all have zillions that are tucked away

and just a little bit dusty don't we?

I know a lot of my friends will recognize this stamp.

It's from Gina K Designs - Springtime Silhouettes

and was one of the first stamp sets I bought 

way back around 2011.

It was such fun looking through those old stamps

to choose which one to use for their current

 Anything Goes Challenge

I also decided to use some older Spellbinder Dies

Squares/Lacey Squares and Fancy Tags for the sentiment.

Those fancy shoes were heat embossed in white 

on black card stock.

Then I added the backgrounds.

Finished with some ribbon behind my sentiment,

 a few liquid pearls and a pink flower to the shoes.

That's it for now.

Thanks for dropping in.

Till next time Cherrio from