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 It's our Ever So Popular Stencil Week at 

Just Us Girls and the Lovely Lisa is our Host.

I went all out colourful with this

fun funky CAS stencil card.

It started with the Retro Circle stencil

from ARTplorations in

Tim's Spiced Marmalade, Abandoned Coral

and Fossalized Amber.

Die cut Tim's Artzy Stems. 

The middle stem is inked/glazed

with the Abandoned Coral.

Sentiment is from Paper Smooches

inked and clear embossed.

Love the fonts on that set.

This one matches the funky look.

Our Guest Jaydee and The Team have been

happily stencilling so go check them out.

Again I know the Gallery will be overflowing

with an array in every style of stencils.

There is BEAUTY!

It's Cut It Up Challenge time and 

It's Looking Like Fall

just not here in Oz - 

as I type this it is our first day of Spring!

but I do love getting to play with Tim's gorgeous leaves

which is mainly pulled out to cut around this time.

I even snuck in a wee mushroom. 

Lots of smoochy background using Lindy's Magical's

as there was on Tim's leaves adding a touch of script

though very hard to see. 

Mushroom has inked edges and popped.

Sentiment is from STAMPlorations.

Added sissel to the background.

Adhered to white base.

Check out The Team's Fall creations 

made for your pleasure and come join in

with yours to our Gallery.

Blessed!

It's Just Us Girls Mood Board Week and

our Host Bobby has picked a beauty!

With such gorgeous colours I decided to dig out

some coloured card scraps and have a ripping time!

The script background is from Dark Room Door

I have had for years.

Scored and inked some of the edges

adding grey from the photo.

A couple of simple dies coloured with

Tim's Crackling Campfire and Hickory Smoke.

Of course there are some tiny splatters,

framing and another oldie - 

sentiment stamp from Gina K Designs.

Adhered to black base.

There's a load of lovely creative cards & colours

from our Guest Jaydee and the Team

so check it out and add yours.

You could be the Winner of the Week or

one of the Shout Outs.

Limited Editions!

We are up to our Word Week at Just Us Girls 

and our Carol Mc has chosen  one I am sure

will see all sorts of entries with the word

CONTAINER!

I know my heading says Limited Editions

but that doesn't mean the containers I used are

as they are still available so don't stress!

It's just the sentiment I thought suitable.

This was a whole lot of fun!

I started with a crackle stencilled background

and once dry put it back and lightly coloured with distress ink.

The containers are Tim's Freshly Picked and 

die cut from packing papers.

The container on the left has been embossed, 

inked and glazed. The lid added on an angle for interest.

The right one is slightly inked for colour, 

with twine and cork plug.

The front one has Magical's, ink and wax.

Sentiment is from Tim's small talk.

Adhered to brown card base.

You will want to head over for a few surprise containers

used by our Guest Jaydee and the Team. 

Your turn to have fun with this Super Duper Word.

SMILE!

What's the Theme this time round at Cut It Up ???

LOL/ That's Funny

The stencil I used was bought years ago

at a craft show and I thought it was sooo cute!

You have  a smile on your face don't you?

I used white texture paste mixed with

Lindy's Alpine Ice Rose through the stencil

and while wet sprinkled with

Rainbow Lites glitter (Celebrations of Australia)

My also cute die was cut three times with the top

pink same as card base.

Of course I had to add some splatters to finish it off.

You will want to check out my Team Mates

fun side to see what they created for your inspiration

then you will head off and have fun too and

add yours to our Gallery won't you?

Thanks for dropping in

The Beauty of a Butterfly

It's the first Friday of the Month and our

 Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenge is Live!

There's LOTS and LOTS going on here so let's get started with...

a 5x7inch canvas gesso-ed, background coloured with 

salvage patina and

AALL&Create stencils using metallic white texture paste

which look a little silvery.

Adding some stamping and texture paste,

inking the edges.

The top butterfly is from dp and the other two

had embossing glaze, distress stain added to brown card stock.

Realized the bottom right butterfly was the wrong one.

Edges have random crackle paste and 

inked with spiced marmalade.

Added rusty brown wax to the stencilling and the edges.

Die cut a couple of numbers, adding lots of washi tapes

to the butterfly background, die cut circles and a few gears.

A few tiny flowers added for a bit more colour

and matched the washi tape.

Liquid pearls to the centres.

The butterfly looked a little lack lustre so 

sprinked it with tumbled glass distress glitter

adding a centre piece for more dimension.

A few random close ups

And there you have my Mixed Media Project for September.

It was nice to have a bit more spare time to create

something a bit more involved. 

We have Annie as our Guest this month 

so head over and check out

what Mixed Media Annie and the Team created 

for your inspiration and join in with yours to our Gallery. 

THANKS!

It's  our first Challenge for the Month at  Just Us Girls

and it's DIE Week - Hosted by Vicki

As we do each month we start with a New Guest

Welcome to Jaydee.

Vicki has gone with Anything Goes 

so the gallery will be full of an amazing array of

  DIE CUT CREATIONS.

I can't take credit for this card as I saw this card

on Pinterest and loved the simplicity of it 

and case-d it. 

It was simple to create apart from the

tiny tiny bits of the THANKS die

which was fiddly filling in the white and gold ones.

I do love to play with Tim's Wildflowers and just added

a centre bit to the main flower.

The stencil background is Woodgrain from Couture Creations

using some metallic paper.

Head over and see the marvellous makes from

Jaydee and the Gang and be sure to

add yours to the Gallery. 

A Simple HELLO!

It's Stencil Week at Just Us Girls 

I made this background some time ago.

While I had this AALL&Create stencil inked

with LIndy's Magical's

I reversed it and used the remaining ink to

create the background.

Added some die cuts in bold bright colours,

some torn washi tape and a simple

STAMPlorations sentiment to complete.

Head over and see the last fabulous wow cards from

our August Guest Julie

and Talented Team.

You will be impressed and hope you 

then add yours to our Gallery.

I BIG THANK YOU Julie for 

sharing your fabulous cards with us this month.

It's Anything Goes!

Time to play at the New Challenge at

Cut it Up and it's the popular

ANYTHING GOES!

It was our monthly Ladies who Lunch outing

and we went to a cafe attached to the

 most fabulous Plant Nursery.

Off course we all came home with  a 'few plants'

My eyes feasted on the gorgeous pots of 

pretty soft coloured daisies -

hense that is where I got my inspiration from.

Another piece from my bits box was used for those daisies.

Die cut twice using white as a shadow.

Flicked some splatters.

Added some circle dies and the middle one

was run through my crimper.

Some flower soft and glossy accents to the centres

and finished with a simple sentiment.

The Design Team have created an abundance of creations

for your inspiration and we look forward to 

yours in our Gallery.

Know your ABC!

The Lovely Lisa has a super Mood Board Pic

for us this week as our Host at Just Us Girls

and you can guess were I took my inspirtion from.

The slate on the chair is a so very old school item

every child had one - back in the day...

I cut out several alphabet letters and numbers

with different dies randomly placed.

Big die cut frame for the slate and found a colour

for the slate itself that matched the photo.

Added some texture paste to the frame for effect.

and popped.

Adhered to kraft card base and that's it.

Our talented Guest Julie and the Team

have had fun with this board so head over

and check them out then go and do the same

and add it to our Gallery.

Looking forward to seeing what caught your eye!

 

My Summer Petals...

 

Over at Sunday Stamps Blog for their current challenge

is SSC366 Summer Petals

with their gorgeous Mood Board colours

and that sweet daisy that the bee is loving also.

I couldn't resist creating a simple card

with the featured beautiful daisy 

and at least three of those colours underneath.

Using my favourite Cracked Walls1 stencil

from AALL&Create with

Brusho's orange, lemon and leaf green

for the background.

My daisies are coloured with 

Lindy's Salt Water Taffy,

ColourArte English Lavender and

ColourBlast Deep Water

with a touch of crackle paste.

Sentiment is from Happy Little Stampers

(Aussie Brand)

Die cut is Tim's also covered in Crackle Paste

and popped.

The centre of the flowers have Art Stones.

Adhered to retired SU card stock.

Thanks for visiting and leaving such kind comments.

How Old???

We are into our Word Week at Just Us Girls

and Hosting is Elizabeth choosing 

BIRTHDAY!

so our Gallery will be overflowing for sure.

Here's what I had a whole lot of fun creating - 

Going with something a bit out of the ordinary

using stamps from STAMPlorations - 

A Snarky Birthday to You created by

Talented Becca Cruger for the heat embossed sentiment

and balloons with Tim's Distress Inks and 

highlighted with Lindy's Magical's for extra colour.

The fun stampings are from 

Deepti Malik's Balloons and Banners

framed with my Arched Dies and 

coloured card stock on to white base.

Sentiment reads -

I'm not making

any jokes about

your AGE

because

genuinely feel

bad about how

old you are

Head over and check out how 

our Guest Julie and the Team

chose to use BIRTHDAY on their projects.

Happy Birthday!

 It's time for our New Challenge at

Cut It Up with the Theme -

Add a Sentiment.

The background sure is a fun technique.

A little messy but the result is always spectacular.

Find a deep edged stencil and add bright powders to the

debossed side Spray lightly with water and carefully close

  making sure your card front is faced down 

to get the detail, close gently and run through your machine.

Showing the detail.

I used Lindy's Magicals -

Cowabunga Copper, Bratwurst Brown and

Nuvo Golden Sparkler.

The big Happy Birthday die was cut with

gold paper and a tiny shadow behind in white.

Adhered to white card base.

Pop over and see what my Design Team Mates created

and hope to see your SENTIMENT  card in our Gallery.

Sending this card to

 Inkspiration Challenge #347 Mood Board

  the August Word Power Challenge

Mine is Happy Birthday.

Addicted to Stamps & More

Challenge #498 Birthday

Sunday Stamps #366 Summer Petals

with the three colours on the right.

and Krafty Chicks #780 Birthday

Thanks for dropping in