Word Week at Just Us Girls

 Hello and Welcome to Word week at

Just Us Girls

Vicki is Hosting and chose WATER!

My cards aren't normally what you associate water with

but MO and JO got lost.

Just one of those times nothing wants to work and the

waste paper basket gets a workout.

Smooched background are Distress Inks.

The leaves on the first card are from STAMPlorations

 adding umteen stamped raindrops from

Carabelle Studio then with glossy accents.

Found an itty bitty stamp that worked with the leaves.

(It's Autumn in Australia)

The other card is from my bits box

and stamp is also STAMPlorations - 

Blossom Sprays 1 heat embossed

and partly bleached.

I found the Katzelkraft KTZ146

waterfall stamp and though it would work

heat embossed  cascading over the floral image.

Adding this sentiment 

as I needed a sympathy card for a neighbour.

Our Guest Donna and the Team however

 had no troubles creating fabulous water themed cards

for you to pop over and check out.

Be inspired and add yours to the gallery.

PS MO and JO returned so you will see

a bit more creativity from me again next week.

It's the Simple Things!

It's Friday and July which means

our New Anything Goes Mixed Media Challenge

at  Creative Artiste Mixed Media is live!

Here is what I have been playing with - 

something fairly simple as June flew by too quickly.

It all started with a piece of cardboard

exposing the corrugations and adding texture paste

in metallic white with opaque crackle paste to the bottom.

Adding my bits and bobs - 

flowers I cut twice, not sure which I would use.

The cream material is a meshy material I got from my sister

so no idea what it is but managed to cut it with a

piece of paper behind it for stability.

A bit of  torn inked paper that was from a fish and chip shop

that I quickly separated knowing I would use it crafting.

Washi tape, part napkin and some cheesecloth.

close up of the crackle and flower

Finished with a few tiny flowers on the side with liquid pearls

to the centre. Also a pearl to the big flower and

simple AA&Create sentiment from a MFT die.

We have two talented Guest this month - 

Welcome Henriet and Majda's.

Check out their Mixed Media Makes

and be inspired also by my 

Talented Team Mates creativity and

head off to your play place and add yours to the Gallery.

Please be aware that for Mixed Media

we are looking for multiple mediums eg:

inks, paint, pastes, layers, fibres, canvas, 

cardboard, die cuts just to name a few.

The sky is the limit to your imagination just have fun.

Treasure your Blessings...

 Hello and Welcome to my playtime for the current challenge at

AAA Colourful Blogspot

where they have another fabulous colour board Here

My card is a simple design but inking the

leaves in the above colours took some time.

I always enjoy the colourful results you get with

Lindy's Magical's. I used the Haunted Halloween set.

Die cut a few incase one didn't turn out so was able to add

a couple of extra branches.

Behind the leaves I cut a stitched arch and popped it.

Added my STAMPlorations sentiment and a single leaf.

Randomly placed coloured pearls and a few

drops of glossy accents (but a little hard to see).

I used linen card stock as base and for the arch.

Thanks for dropping in.

Hello Summer!

Hello and Welcome to today's post for

Just Us Girls 

Carol Mc is our Host for Die Week

choosing the Word Summer

As with each month we have a New Guest Designer

Welcome to Donna Mikasa

Summer blew north a little while ago

and it isn't beach weather here in the Tropics.

 When the temp goes below 20c - it's cold.

(funny though I am heading to the beach today with a

bunch of Ladies for our monthly Lunch)

ok enough waffle!

I had fun creating my  'summer' card,

with so many itty bitty dies scattered over my craft space.

I pulled out a colourful shaving cream piece from my bits box

and used it to it's end, adding other bright colours

to blend in. Stamped the seagulls and inked the background.

Die cut the big sun then the sand to place the items

 you take to the beach -

bag, big ball, mobile phone and sunnies,

taking out the flip flops (thongs) and hat.

Finished with the perfect STAMPlorations sentiment

and on to card base.

PS the min temp will get above 20c in a couple of days

but will be fresh and windy by the beach today.

Now head over and see the first fabulous summer card

from our Guest Donna and more fabulous fun creations

from my Talented Team Mates.

The gallery is going to be full off summer in

so many different ways.

Be sure to check out Carol's description.

 Looking forward to seeing how everyone went with

the 'Summer' Die cuts.

UPDATE! Sending this over to The Inspired Challenge

thanks to my team mates above. 

 

Hello!

I recently found another new to me challenge at Sunday Stamps

that caught my eye and I do like a colour challenge

so I had a play with the gorgeous colours below

for their Challenge 363 Summer Romance

Here's my make using four of the colours.

My background is SU Timeless Texture stamps (retired)

inked randomly with VersaFine Clair Morning Mist.

Die cut with MB Pinpoint Frame.

The background for my popped hollyhocks

is smooched with Lindy's Magical Nantucket Pearl set

as is the flowers although they look different

and inked again with Tim's Stormy Sky 

with a stamp from the above set.

(colours used are the two apricot shades, blue

and the dark steely one)

Attached to the frame and added a simple 

Hello sentiment from STAMPlorations cut

from MFT cicrcle die. Adhered to white card base.

Thanks for dropping by

Something 'Beautiful'

It's Cut It Up Challenge Time

going with a fun theme

'CRITTERS'

Here's a more detailed photo of the dragonfly.

I had one part of Tim's dragonfly tail left over on my desk and

worked perfectly with our 'critters' challenge coming up.

I tried to pick out similar colours for my bug using

Lindy's Autumn Leaves Magical's, 

Tim's Antique Bronze Distress Stain

and Stampendous Aged Copper Embossing Enamel.

Even die cut out one from plain coloured paper 

and attached it to the bottom layer.

Of course there are 'splatters'

Die cut a simple panel to rest the popped dragonfly

adding some Liquid Pearls to the centre.

Finished with sentiment from STAMPlorations.

Attached to white base.

Head over and check out the critters that

my Team Mates used to fill our blog with.

Sure to be a fun filled critter gallery this time round.

For You!

It's Stencil Week at Just Us Girls and

this weeks Host is Bobby.

I love just simple stencilling and that is what 

I have done here inking up a couple in the background

 coloured firstly with Lindy's screamin' banshee black

which comes out with the most 'magical' colours.

The purple one on the right is AALL&Create

and the grey on the left - Kaisercraft.

Inked my TH flower with Versafine Clair Nocturne.

Added splatters to add a bit of colour

then framing and a Cecile touch on the side.

Die cut sentiment is Impression Obsession.

Adhered to SU card base.

Pop over and check out the last beautiful card 

our Guest Joaanne created for us 

and the Team's amazing variety then

 head off and play, adding yours to our Gallery.

A Big Thank You to Joanne for sharing her talents

with us this month.

Sending this over to the Inkspirational Challenge for

Challenge #344 Use Stencils

Just Us Girls Mood Board.

It's Just Us Girls Mood Board Week.

Welcome - Our Host this week is Vicki and has chosen

a beautiful seaside scene for inspiration.

How could you not be !

A Bigger View!

I got out a really old JustRite Poppies stamp

inking with VersaFine Clair Nocturne, heat embossed clear

colouring with Brusho's Brilliant Red/Leaf Green

with a touch of Lindy's Cuckoo Clock Cardinal

onto canvas paper - hence the photo looks a little blurry (sorry)

Background is coloured with Brusho's Ost Blue.

Centres are touched up with black and gold posca pens.

Sentiment is from the poppy stamp set.

Die cut with my arch dies and framed in black

onto white card base, hand cut and folded at top.

Head over and check out how our Guest Joanne

and the Team were inspird by that lovely

seaside scene with those beautiful poppies

and come join in with yours.

Let's Here it for the Boys!

Our  New Cut It Up Challenge is LIVE!

and it's all about creating something Masculine 

I knew I wanted bold colours to go with the die cut cogs

I was going to go with.

I landed up with allsorts of colour using gold paper

paints and spray stain. Heat embossed clear

then inked with VersaFine Clair Pinecone.

The background is dp.

Sentiment from ARTplorations is 

die cut in coloured papers to match. Birthday stamped, cut and popped.

Attached to coloured card base.

Check out what my Talented Team Mates

created for their Masculine Make and

created something for the male member in your life

and add to our Gallery.

We'd love to see yours there too.

1 2 3 and so on...

It's Word Week at Just Us Girls.

Our Host Carol M is asking us to use a

NUMBER on our card.

 

I think I got that covered LOL!

Had a bit of fun with the background 

using a bit of stencilling, inking and stamping

with Tim's OX Hickory Smoke.

It didn't come out as I wanted

but I think it looks better that if the images were clear.

Script stamping is Versafine Clair Cheerful.

The beautiful floral image is from

AALL&Create Delight in Flora coloured with

Lindy's Yellow Rose of Texas,

Tim's Mowed Lawn and Forest Moss.

Sentiment is from AALL&Create Power of the Word set.

Framed in black onto yellow card base.

Head over and see how our Guest Joanne

and the Team worked their numbers

and join in the fun by adding yours to our Gallery.

My Creative Mixed Media Make

It's time for my monthly Mixed Media Make for

 Creative Artiste Mixed Media

I had a lot of fun creating this piece

(including the most colourful fingers)

with a whole bunch of different mixed media products

which spread all over my desk and beyond.

Luckily some were able to be put back in their rightful spot

before continuing on another day.

I started by picking my colours using

Tim's oxide's in Crackling Campfire and Peacock Feathers

through my new AALL&Create Cherry Drift stencil

flipping it first and inking then

reinked it and coloured

Adding some extra colour with

Art Alchemy Metallic Fresh Orange

and Emerald Green paint.

The inky fingers came from the hours spent 

colouring my TH dragonfly

using them to get coverage on the ox inks

before starting on the dramatic colours below.

Here's the products that cluttered my desk

Stampendous Aged Copper Enamel, 

Lindy's Pumpkin Fiesta E/P, Gecko Green Spray,

Tim's Ground Espresso,

AA Mint Sparkle and Patina Green Wax.

Some were used on a sheet of W/C paper

for my Spellbinder Hexagons

with some added random stamping

Next I will add a couple of floral dies to place

behind the dragonfly.

I inked the edges of my project and

the hexagons, added some gold posca splatters, 

a strip of washi tape,

some cheescloth behind the flowers

 and one of Tim's Quotations.

Attached the dragonfly with a pearl to the centre.

Decided not to add the other piece of the die

as it covered up the bright orange tail.

Embossed some metallic paper with

Couture Creations E/F, framed with orange leathergrain c/s

framed with the metallic paper

 and again matching coloured paper and onto cardboard backing.

Attached brads and paper clip with added patina wax.

Here's a few close ups - 

And there you  have it!

Oh and it finally finished at  7/12" by 9'' 

Head over and see what our Guest Betta and my Talented Team Mates

created to  get your mixed media juices flowing

like mine did

and join in with yours to our Gallery.

You have a whole month to play!