There's an 'Aussie' Kinda Snowman too

It's snowing 'somewhere' just not here
but Maria is thinking of it and chose this photo 

 for this weeks Challenge at Just Us Girls

Hello and Welcome to my post.

Snowmen are scarce in my stamp stash

and the only snowman you would see near me is

 a 'sandman' near the beach

and this is exactly what I made here

to go with the traditional Snowy scene above.

The snow and sand man are from an old

Gina K stamp set 'Snow One Like You'

The wintery trees are from 

Tim's Great Outdoors and the palm tree

Inkadinkado Flamingo Fun.

The snowman is covered with Liquid Pearls,

hat gloves and scarf red glitter.

and lots of other glitter to the background.

(a little hard to see)

The sandman inked in Australian colours and

got caught up in the sea foam from the rough sea lol

(puffed up with Little Birdie's Textured Embossing Paste)

Added some embossing powder also for the sand.

Did you have a little chuckle when you saw my

unconventional snowman?

I did have fun creating him, after all we will be

sweltering in the Summer Heat and the beach 

really would be the place to be.

Pop over and see what Kristin and the Team created.

No doubt some adorable snowy creations.

Love to see yours in our Gallery.

Look forward to reading your thoughts on my

wintery/summery cards.

Thanks for dropping in.

Here for You

Hi there and Welcome.

Popping in to add this card to the 

November Challenge over at the

CAS Stencil Blogspot

I thought I would try something a little different with my

Monoprint card and used -

Lindy's Moonshadow Mist in Tawny Turquoise.

These are quite different to other Lindy's Sprays as they

have a sepia toned base with a fabulous shimmer

as you can see here and above.

I sprayed this onto the

Kaisercraft  Bamboo Stencil

flipped it over and pressed it down onto

my Acrylic Painting Paper I got from our local Aldi Store

It has a nice texture to it.

Lifted it off and was surprised how good a coverage I got.

I cut it to a size I wanted and framed with white.

I embossed the Kaisercraft Metal Plate folder on to white

card stock and popped the bamboo piece in front.

Added my STAMPlorations sentiment with 

Tim's Gathered Twigs and inked the edges.

So glad I got this finished as the challenge ends in a few days

and have had the bamboo piece made for some time.

I did make another card with this technique and folder

in a different coloured spray but

is much larger and not quite enough white space

 for this challenge.

That's it for today. Too hot outside so giving me

some play time and even got started on Christmas cards

Yes I know I am so late this year - just hadn't felt like

getting my 'stuff' out before hand.

Bye for now

Perseverance Pays

Hello and Welcome to today's post for the

Current Challenge at CAS Mix Up Challenge

The heading says it all!

After spending an afternoon trying 

This technique from Jay Soriano 

all my efforts landed up you know where.

It wasn't as easy as it looked BUT I was

determined to keep trying so the 

following day it worked. Yay!
So happy with the result
but has taken me an age
to try and get a decent photo with the silver foil
and soft stenciled background.
I used SU reinkers in
Rich Razzleberry, Brilliant Blue
Mossy Meadow and Yo Yo Yellow.
Some of these colours got lost in the drying
but happy that I got a pattern from it all.
Cut it out with a stitched die and
attached to white card base.
Added a die cut in silver and finished with the
silver strip on the side.
Sentiment is from STAMPlorations.

A close up

My Mix is Oxidized Metal, Stamping,
Stenciling and Die Cutting.
Thanks to Susan for  picking this technique
enabling me to try something new and completely different..
Great inspiration from the Designers.

Till next time - Cherrio from