Love a Rose

Hello and Welcome to my Saturday post for

Just Us Girls

 Host this week is Nancy choosing Designer Paper and
We have a new and special Guest this month
It's one of our Past Designers Chris Dring from
Chrispyscreations
So glad to have you with us again Chris.

I have had this beautiful designer paper for years

and it is by Marianne Designs called Dark Vintage.

I simply cut it on an angle and added a mat behind it.

Attached this to my card base stenciled with

ARTplorations Fairy Tale Forest lightly using

Tim's  Antique Linen.

Sentiment is from STAMPlorations About a Rose

(perfect for my rose dp)

You will see amazing ways our Guest Chris Dring

and the Team chose to use their Designer Papers.

There are no excuses for not being able to play 

with us this week so I look forward to seeing you

in our Gallery.

Thanks for popping in.

It's a K for Creative Artiste Challenge

Hello and Welcome to my post for

Creative Artiste Mixed Media

It's a very special K as it was made for 

my daughter's 50th Birthday.

It all started with this and applying gesso

Other products added were

Tim Holtz Grit Paste, stenciling with transparent gloss,

Lindy's Sprays in Caribbean Blue, Tiffany Lou Blue

and Tim's Broken China.

Flowers are from Little Birdie

The Heart, Number 50 and some other products above
 from Random Arts

These were covered with gesso and then 

Art Alchemy Wax in Vintage Gold

Added some coloured cheesecloth behind my flowers

Heat embossed Little Birdie 

Frosty Fizz Embossing Texture Paste

 to the tips for added dimension.

Attached a gold 'daughter' charm

some beads to the centre of the flower,

touched up with waxes.

Also finished off by waxing the whole K

with the Vintage Gold and Peacock.

I forgot that I had taken this photo of my K 

with the frame on my kitchen bench on my phone.

Once again I will pop this over to

Bleeding Art Challenge

for their current

 Anything Goes September Challenge

Hope you enjoyed my presentation as much as I did

making it with much love.

Thanks for dropping in. Love reading your kind comments

and hope you can join in our Gallery this month.

You just have to use multiple mediums 

on your Anything Goes Project.

Pretty easy peasy!

Also check out the great Mixed Media Makes by my Team Mates.

Till next time it's Cherrio from

STAMPlorations Challenges are BACK!

It's October and we have new Challenges at 

STAMPlorations

Lots of things have happened over the break

with challenges having a makeover.

You will notice that all our Challenges will go live

on the same day - just different times.

As you will be aware I was part of the

CUTplorations Team.

 I have now moved to the New Stencil Challenge.

Check out all the details for the 

October Stencil Challenge Here

Here is my first project.

I started by smooching my background with

Nuvo Shimmer Powder in Blue Blitz

and Golden Sparkler.

Stenciling  A-Bloom-and-Three-Buds with

Frosty Fizz Embossing/Texture Paste by Little Birdie.

This paste puffs up when heated.

While that was happening I added some

Gold Mica Powder.

I attached some gold paper on either side

and attached to metallic card base.

Finished off by adding my

Big-Hugs-Phrase-Die Sentiment 

cut from gold paper.

Here are the products I used

A few details about our Prizes

$15 Gift Certificate for the Winner

$10 Gift Certificate for the Runner Up

$5 Gift Certificates for 3 randomly drawn players.

Come on over to Our Blog and check out

 the inspiration from all the Teams

and join in the fun new Challenges this month.

#Most Important

Display our Graphic in your blog post and link back to

the appropriate post to qualify for the prizes.

Hope to see you there.

Thanks for dropping in

A Floral Hello

Hello and Welcome. 

Spring has certainly sprung here in Oz

and over at Happy Little Stampers we are going

Botanical for this month's 

Anything Goes Watercolour Challenge.

I went with some of Tim's Wildflowers 

and for my watercolour effect I

inked them with his Oxide Inks in

Seedless Preserves/Aged Mahogany

Wilted Violet and Blue Print Sketch

sprayed with water then stamped onto photo paper. 

Once they were dry I buffed them with a paper towel.

I didn't quite get the washed out look I intended.

I added some white dots with a gel pen to the

centres of some of the flowers.

This was cut with a stitched die. 

Added a strip of SU ribbon and a brad

adhered to some SU paper and onto white card base.

The sentiment is from STAMPlorations.

Pop over and see what my Team Mates created

and come join us this month in our Gallery.

Love to see you there.

Thanks for dropping in.