It's Photo Week at Just Us Girls

 This weeks Challenge over at

Just Us Girls is Photo Week and

Hosting is Bobby

and here is the photo of a sweet outdoor scene

with birds singing around those pretty flowers.

I took my inspiration from the lovely blue birdhouse

then the pretty blue and yellow birds - hence

there is one sitting on the birdcage.

Added a background to highlight them

and the green flourish to add lots and lots of

pretty flowers using dies and punches.

Not to forget the pretty butterfly.

Of course I had to have a smooched

 blue background to start with.

Added my sentiment and some Liquid Pearls

to the centre of my flowers.

Adhered to navy card base and 

my pretty card is complete.

I had so much fun making this card

thanks to Bobby's beautiful photo. 

I am sure our gallery will be full of colour this week.

Head over and see what our Guest JoAnne

and the Team took from the photo.

Could be Spring in some parts but

Autumn is on it's way here. 

A big Thank You to JoAnne for

sharing her talents with us this month.

Sending this over to the

Tic Tac Toe Challenge for the

I chose the middle across

Butterfly (it's tiny) 

free and flowers (lots of them)

Thanks for visiting

The Sentiment Says it All

Our New Challenge over at  The Sisterhood of Crafters

and Sistah Vicki is looking for THE SENTIMENT

to be the focal point of  our card. 

I got out a favourite stamp that makes for an easy card

to highlight the sentiment...

It's Hero Arts Leafy Vines

inked up with SU Calypso Coral.

Sentiment dies are a gift from a friend.

Inked the background die in the same colour as the vines

and the words layered up three times in white.

Gave it a light spray with Perfect Pearls.

Finished with a tiny butterfly and pearls.

head over and see what the Sistah's created

and we would love to have you

add yours to our Gallery.

 Thanks for visiting and leaving a comment.

Christmas Wishes

Time for another card for the

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge 

I inked my AALL&Create embossed background 

lightly with Tim's Frayed Burlap.

Die cut the bottom and again in green.

Holly branch is from Kaisercraft 

using the same green and coloured

the berries with Ruby Red Liquid Pearls.

I seem to get a better result with them

over the Nuvo Drops.

Stamped my sentiment, added some

red cotton, attaching it to red card base.

Head over and see what The Team created

and join in with yours in The Gallery.

Thanks for visiting.

Have you seen a Plaid Snowflake?

The current challenge over at

Can You Handle the Pressure 

is coming to a close and I wanted to 

add to the Gallery for their

Anything Goes Embossing with a Twist of Plaid

For my card I got out some very old 

Cuttlebug Christmas Embossing Folders.

Embossed and die cut the squares, corner rounded a few,

 framed them and popped.

The main big plaid (tartan) snowflake diecut 

 is also CB which included the embossed image.

 I used that, but can't see it after I clear heat embossed it twice.

The white snowflake was dry embossed.

Added layers as well as a scored strip to the background.

The old Swiss Dots just added something extra also.

Sentiment is from Tim's Great Outdoors.

Nice to get some old favourites out again and have fun!

Thanks for dropping in for a visit.