Seashells by the Seashore!

 Welcome to today's post for Just Us Girls

Nancy is Hosting and I am sure she is thinking of the seaside

with the WORD -Seashells for this weeks Word Challenge.

I wanted to do something a little different for this one

and really did go way outside the box starting with

a seaside paper napkin attached to card base.

Then it all went from there.

The seaside has fish nets and shells abounding right!

so up to the shed I went and raided the

shell grit we give to our chickens.

There are two types there - some very tiny

and others more realistic.

The fish net is of course cheesecloth

for the shells to lay on. The hardest part was

waiting for the gel medium to dry

setting the shells in place. I did add some

clear crackle on a few items but hard to see.

Glossy accents on the bird and some shimmer

here and there.

Computer generated text to finish.

I took a couple of close ups to show you better detail

of all the different shells - 

I had so much fun creating this Mixed Media project - 

now head over and see what our Guest Kristen and

my Talented Team Mates created.

Love to see you get out those seashell supplies

and add yours to our Gallery. 

Thanks for visitng.

Love to read your thoughts on my seashell piece.

Update! Just found a few new challenges to add this to

thanks to a friend. It is The Inspired Challenge

for their Inspired by the Sea Decor

and Creative Inspiration Challenge

Anything Goes #4

Creative Artiste Mixed Media Make

 The new Anything Goes Mixed Media Challenge at

Creative Artiste Mixed Media is Live!

After a long hiatus Mo & Jo have returned to help me out

with this MIxed Media project. 

It's good to be back in the swing of things with visitors

and holidays all behind me.

I have an abundance of collected straws so thought

I would put a few to ink and wax.

Started my background with a gessoed 5/7 canvas

Sorry these two photos were taken with the light above my work desk.

Added AA metallic paint and wax

placing the straws and chipboard pieces.

I then added bits and bobs from my stash

waxing as I went. The right hand corner is

an old Cuttlebug die I thought filled a space as I couldn't find

a suitable sentiment.

Splatters from my gold posca pen.

Added coloured stones, glitter and pearls.

Found a laser cut butterfly that fitted in nicely

and my project was complete.

Some close ups to show the detail!

We have Michelle

as our Guest this month so hop over and

check out what mixed media creations

we have all made for your inspiration.

Sure hope you get time to  add yours to the Gallery.

Thanks for taking time out to visit today.

Beauty begins -

It's time for our Anything Goes Stencil Challenge at 

Happy Little Stampers

I saw a lovely CAS card over on Pinterest made by the

talented Karen Dunbrook Here and knew

I had the stamp set she used so have (cased) her card

using different colours and stencil.

The stencil is from ARTplorations Leaf Prints 3

and stamped flowers/sentiment STAMPloraions Beautiful You.

Stencilling is inked with Tim's Peeled Paint.

Attached to coloured card stock and 

adhered to white card base.

This was a simple fun card and perfect for when

Mo and Jo are somewhere else.

Head over and see what the rest of the

Stencil Team created and come join in

with yours in the Gallery.

Thanks for dropping by