Just 'Hello'

Welcome to today's post for Just Us Girls

Carol Mc is our Host for our Photo Week.

Several things going on here - 

started my background with 

scrunched up damp card stock

then inked with Tim's Salty Ocean

Smooched  the white embossed 

Postage Due bicycle stamp from SU Kitsch Flamingo,

Salty Ocean and Salvaged Patina.

Punch from Martha Stewart,

ribbon - stash and simple sentiment from STAMPlorations.

Added a fussy cut flower in Kitsch Flamingo.

Check out how our Guest Deborah and the Girls

chose to showcase what they took

from this lovely photo.

Hope you come and join in this week.

Thanks for dropping in

It's all about THE BAG!

 Hello and Welcome!

I love it when someone gets a gift in a

brown paper bag with a bonus of tissue paper.

This happened at Christmas time and I 

saved it from the recycle bin knowing

I was going to use it for our 

BAG IT Challenge 

at The Sisterhood of Crafters

Sistah aNNie chose the theme

and is such a popular trend at the moment.

A friend from another Design Team I am on 

made one some time ago and I knew I

wanted to go in a Mixed Media way.

I started with the background

(Gesso/Crackle Paste and Art Alchemy Sparks)

which I left for quite some time wondering

if I liked it. Lucky I did and it just

all flowed on nicely from there.

Used loads of 'stuff' from my stash

which included designer paper/card stock,

Laces, material flower, flourish,

die cuts, heat embossing, tissue paper, pearls.

Here's a close up showing the detail!

Thanks aNNie for a great theme

giving me the chance to try something

just a little different and give me a Mixed Media Fix!

Head over and see how my Talented Sistahs 

chose to showcase their Bags.

We'd love to see your artistic skills

in our Gallery and join in on the fun.

Sharing this one over at

Mixed Media Lovers Blog

Challenge #13

We Love 2 Create Mixed Media AG

Thanks for visiting and commenting.

With Love!

 I have a quick post today for a couple of challenges.

Over at Color Hues this time round  the colours   

Red and Aqua got my attention 

and as I had butterflies around my desk the

Clean and Simple on Sunday have a fun  Butterfly Challenge 

I thought CAS and Colour would be a nice match up.

My background is some simple 

partial stamping from AALL&Create

and randomly coloured with the required red and aqua.

Fussy cut butterfly is the same.

To add interest I embossed it with a frame die

attaching it to the card base

after adding a simple sentiment. 

This card is heading over to the above Challenges.

and an Update!

Try it on Tuesday  Butterfly Challenge

Thanks for your visit and I love reading your thoughts.