It's Bold and Beautiful

 Hello and welcome to todays post for

Just Us Girls hosted by Vicki

I was watching This Video on YouTube with

Simon Hurley recently and as soon as it finished

I knew I HAD TO TRY IT!

as it was perfect for our Trend Week

Here's a close up

My stencil is Altenew Cheerful Bloom

and simply did exactly as Simon showed us

using most of my Nuvo Shimmer Powders

and fussy cut.

Added my STAMPlorations sentiment

heat embossed in gold.

 Added lots of pop dots and attached to

Crazed Paper I got from our Officeworks.

It was such an easy and quick card but

what a dramatic result! 

I am going to do this again but with my

Lindy's Magical's as I am sure to get

another dramatic result.

Head over and see the beautiful cards

the Team created and I am sure 

you will want to join in this week.

Add to our Gallery and you could be our

Chic of the Week and in the running to be

our Guest Designer in May.

#UPDATE Sending this over to 

Can You Handle the Pressure?

AG Embossing with a Twist of Plaid

without the twist

and

Country View Challenge for their

Mother's Day Challenge

My simple sentiment says it all.

Thanks for visiting

It's an Oldie but a Goodie

 Todays post is for our  New Challenge over at

The Sisterhood of Crafters and we would like to see

those 'old tucked away neglected stamps' come to life again.

We would also like you to mention how long

you have had it in your stash.

I was lucky that Gina K had the year on the

sets I used. 

I knew that I wanted to choose some of Gina's older stamp sets

as these were some of the first I bought way back then.

They are Springtime Silhouettes 2011

and sentiment is from Whimsical Wishes 2012.

I found a card on Pinterest that used the Silhouette stamps

and I took my inspiration from Michelle Woerner's card Here

It's an old style layout but still lovely. 

I used old SU Going Places DP papers/ribbon

 and the SB circle die, 

even sponged inside the die like we used to.

Topped it off with some old Liquid Pearls

 to the centre of the flowers.

Attached to card base to complete.

That was 'so fun'

Head over and check out what oldie's the Sistah's found

to create with and we sure hope you

bury your head into your old stash and

add yours to our Gallery. You will be surprised

at what you find. I can hear you saying

I forgot I had that! Time to ink it up again.

Thanks for visiting.

Celebrate the Season

 This month at Christmas Craft Creations

we are looking for Slimline Creations.

I decided to go with the traditional size after 

watching Kristina Werner make This card

It's pretty simple really.White card base and

red to heat emboss my Large Christmas Flower

from STAMPlorations with Nuvo Gold Enchantment Powder.

Stamped the flower on scrap paper for masking then

blending Tim's Aged Mahogany around the flowers.

Also on the inside.

Sentiment is from STAMPlorations Merry.

Decided I would add some gold embossing

on the sides for even more sparkle.

Head over and see which way the Team chose 

to make their Slimline Cards -

traditional or mini size!

Looking forward to seeing the Gallery this month.

Thanks for dropping in

'TIS THE SEASON

It's time for a New Challenge over at

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge 

For this Challenge I went with a Wintery Scene.

My background is a mix of Lindy's Magical's and

Iridescent Medium on the edges and

flicked for snowdrops.

Die cut my trees with metallic paper

and added in front of very lighly inked trees

from Tim's Great Outdoors.

Sentiment is also from the same set.

Punched a few shimmery stars and 

attached to navy card.

Head over and see what The Team created

and add yours to the Gallery.

Thanks for visiting