No Stamping 'For You'

There's something very different with today's post for 

Just Us Girls

Our Host Carol wants us to put our stamps away 

and make our cards with

 

What crossed your mind when you saw the Trend?

Yikes! no stamping - not even for the sentiment.

I don't know what made me think of it but

I had this lovely frangipani vellum sheet

I bought umteen years ago and thought it would 

make a nice framed feature.

Did you think it was paper?

It was cut out with Sizzix thinlits 

and the frame cut again in white for the thin borders.

My background is embossed with a similar flower

on white card stock backed by yellow

to the card base.

Sentiment is from an Impression Obsession Die.

See - no stamping!

What a fabulous and fun challenge Carol.

Now I am looking forward to seeing what

our Gallery provides for us to check out.

That is after you have been to see what our Guest Fran

and my talented Team Mates created.

Thanks for dropping in

Water! Water! Water!

 Hello and Welcome to today's post for

our New Challenge over at

The Sisterhood of Crafters

with the Theme of Water Water Water

chosen by Sistah Dianne.

As you can see I went way outside the box

going with waterdrops!

I didn't really know how I would use my

Ryn Waterdrop stamps so went with a

stenciled background 

using Distress Oxide Inks adding

a few black lines with a credit card for interest.

I then stamped part of my waterdrop stamp

adding some white spots and glossing them with

Nuvo Crystal Glaze

then die cutting the CUTplorations 

Wonky Stitched Grid Texture Plate.

Sentiments are from STAMPlorations Bloom Sketches,

 framed with a black pen to highlight.

Added a black frame and on to green card base.

Pop over and see how my Sistah's chose to

use water water water on their projects.

Hope to see yours in our Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in and leaving a comment.

A Merry Christmas Shaker Tree

 Time again for our Anything Goes

Christmas Challenge at 

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge

and this time round I have made a CAS shaker card. 

Not one I do very often but I wanted to

try the ARTplorations Christmas Tree die 

that I got last year and a shaker was the perfect choice.

I used 'crazed' metallic card stock to cut out my tree

and as my base.

Filled with the blue shimmer shaker blend 

from CRAFTplorations and popped.

Sentiment is from Lawn Fawn

and inked with Lindy's Magical's.

Pop over and see what my Team Mates created

and join in with yours in our Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in