I Love 'Thistles'

It's Saturday and that means

Challenge Day at Just Us Girls 

It's CAS Week and our Host Nancy chose

Colouring.

As it is CAS Week I wanted to use my 

favourite 'wee' stamp I bought years ago when I was

holidaying in Bonnie Scotland. It only needs

minimal colouring - bonus for me.

I got out my 'long forgotten' little pots of colour

activating with a water brush using

LuminArte Mallard Green, 

ColourArte English Lavender

and Colour Blast Apple of My Eye

(have you got them hiding in a drawer too)

for my thistle, leaves and background -

Nuvo Solar Flare for my flower.

Added some lavender flower soft to my thistle head.

Cut it out and framed. Attached to popped

backing that was scored at the bottom.

Wish I had a crimper as it would have been more noticeable.

Couldn't decide on a sentiment so left it blank for now.

Finished by adhering to card base.

Head over and see how our Guest Karen

and the Team created their CAS coloured cards.

Love to see yours in our Gallery.

We bid farewell to our Talented Guest Karen

and Thank You for sharing great inspiration

with us this month. We loved having you.

Thanks for visiting

Thinking of You

We are looking for Dots and or Stripes for

our New Challenge over at Sisterhood of Crafters

As you can see I went with SU Designer Paper that has both.

It is long retired but loved that pack.

I have made a card similar to this before mainly because

the paper does all the work.

A simple card using a few Spellbinder dies.

The flower is from Tim's Wildflowers

Sentiment - Crafts4You.

Head over and see how my Sistah's chose

to inspire you with their creations.

Hope to see yours in our Gallery.

Till next time - 

A 'Pink' Reminder for Christmas Craft Creations

Today's post is for a Reminder that you still have time

to play with our February Theme 'Pink' at  

Christmas Craft Creations

While I still had a few things on my desk when I made my 

Launch Card Here it was only fitting I make a 'Reminder'

The Merry die was die cut four times for depth.

 Christmas sentiment and die are both from Hero Arts.

SU Snow Bursts snowflakes inked in

 Tip Top Taupe (both retired) and Tim's Saltwater Taffy.

Adhered to kraft base.

Head over and check out all the fabulous makes

already loaded. There is still time to enter your pink card over in

Our Gallery

Hope to see yours there.

You are So Kind

Here is my second card for the Lime Green and Cyan Challenge

at Color Hues

It is still a fairly CAS card layout wise.

I got out my retired SU Four Feathers set

inking with the same colours as my previous one - 

VersaFine Clair Warm Breeze and Verdant

and die cut.

SU Baja Breeze sponged in the background.

Added a stamped strip from

SU Fresh Vintage, a MFT die and ribbon.

Cut a circle to rest my feathers on, added twine

and simple sentiment.

Inked the edges adding a white frame

 before adhering to kraft card base.

Thanks so much for visiting

It's a Quick CAS Artsy Card

Just having a bit of fun with this

quick cas artsy card trying out the

current colours at Color Hues 

of Lime Green and Cyan

Cool eh!

As the heading states - this was a

quickie but I do have something else in the making so

  Stay tuned!

For this one though the background arty stamping is from

STAMPlorations and inked with VersaFine Clair

Warm Breeze,Verdant and Versacolor Lime.

The beautiful stamp is a

very old one from Kaisercraft Chapter One.

Sentiment is also from STAMPlorations.

I finished with adhering to retired SU card stock. 

That's it for now. Thanks for visiting

Thinking of You.

Today's post is for a couple of challenges

using my new dies from Tim's Artsy Stems.

Nice to be back in my play station after a

long overdue family get together from far and wide.

and a close up of the shimmer on the flower.

 Tic Tac Toe Challenge

TTTC #197

I went with top left down

CAS - Stencil - Flowers

Stencil is from AALL&Create #37 Cracked Walls 1

Flowers - Tim's Artsy Flowers

Inkspirational Challenge

Challenge #283 Use Stencils

Using the option of splatters with the stencil.

Stencil is inked with Tim's Distress Inks

Flower coloured with Brusho's and Lindy's Magical's.

Added a simple sentiment and adhered to white card base.

Till Next Time - Cherrio