A Twofer for Just Us Girls

 

It's Trend Week at Just Us Girls and Hosting is Elizabeth

and choosing the Mini Slimline Trend Challenge was 

the very talented former Jugs Designer Angie -

Queen of the Slimline Creations.

I landed up making two very different cards

The first card is my favourite background in pastel colours,

heat embossing the In Bloom Plumerias from STAMPlorations

with Nuvo Gold Enchantment EP.

Sentiment is STAMPlorations Fond Expression 2

attached to a strip of yellow onto pretty pink card base.

Second card has me using some of my newish dies again

in red and black backed with embossed dp

framed in red and attached to grey card base.

Added a bit of red cotton and grey die cut sentiment.

They were so fun to make. Now it is your turn to 

make a mini slimline card and add to our Gallery.

Hope to see you there after you have been inspired by 

our November Guest Rachel and the Teams make.

Thanks for dropping in

A Remembrance Day Thank You

 It's time for our New Challenge over at

The Sisterhood of Crafters

Sistah Birgit has chosen the theme

Give Thanks

Tomorrow is Remembrance Day here in Australia.

The day is dedicated to Australians who died as a result of war.

My card for this challenge is

In Remembrance and to Give Thanks

here's a close up of the poppies

I love inking up the Rubbernecker stamps as 

you can get a nice artsy look.

I used their Watercolour Poppies using a

water brush with Lindy's Cuckoo Clock Cardinal

and Cathedral Pines, Brusho's Brilliant Red and

Nuvo Solar Flare Shimmer Powder. 

Added a touch of Perfect Pearls in Forever Red.

Uniball white pen touched up in the centres

and flicked some splatters.

The poppies were heat embossed with Ranger Black.

A little bit of scoring and SU Lotus Blossom sentiment 

heat embossed. 

Attached to a black background onto white card base.

Pop over and see what my Sistahs made.

Love to see your Give Thanks cards in our Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in

A Fun Fold Card for Someone Special

It's time for our New Challenge at 

Christmas Craft Creations 

and this month we are looking for

I love making Christmas cards with my

Spellbinders Poinsettia Dies and for our 

Fun Fold Challenge this is what I chose -

and found an old Cottage Craft one I thought

would be a nice backing piece.

Going for a simple twisted easel card

as they lay flat and easy for posting.

I wanted something different to stand out for my big leaves

and gilding flakes came to mind.

There is a lot going on with this card 

mainly with lots and lots of die cutting from 

Spellbinders and Cottage Craft for the Poinsettias.

Tim's Holiday Greens and a few Kaisercraft leaves.

Blue card stock has been stenciled with transparent texture paste.

Iridescent paper for the dies, Iridescent Medium on poinsetia.

Nuvo Sparkle Dust in red, Zing Metallic Silver EP,

Spellbinder Label, Inspired by Stamping Sentiment,

Liquid Pearls dusted with Sparkle Dust.

I think that's it.

Whew that was mammoth!

Pop over and see what fun fold the rest of the Team created.

We would love to see yours in our Gallery.

Cherrio for now

Celebrate the Season

 'tis getting really close to Christmas isn't it and

How are you doing with creating your Christmas Cards?

Lucky for me I have been able to build up my supplies this year.

My card today is for the New Challenge over at 

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge

The beautiful Christmas Poinsettia stamp from

STAMPlorations came out to play on this card.

I chose to go with cool blue-ish tones,

heat embossed in navy

and colouring with Lindy's Magicals,

some iridescent medium and perfect pearls for shimmer.

Fussy cut and popped on to weathergrain paper

and navy card base.

Added liquid pearls and some fine glitter

to the centre of the flower while still wet.

Finished with a few gems.

Pop over and see what my Team Mates created

and hope to see you in our Gallery.

Thanks for coming by.