You ROCK!

It's Just Us Girls Word Week and Hosting is Vicki

who wants us to PLAY!

How will you use that word?

I went the easy way out and chose music

as it was a big part of my hubby's hobby.

A simple card with some grungy inking for the background.

Die cut a few guitars deciding on three different colours.

fussy cutting the white centres and adding gold liquid dots

and some inked music notes.

Added some splatters also to the appropriate sentiment

from a favourite Paper Smooches stamp set.

Framed in black onto red card base.

You will want to check out how

our Guest Bonnie and my Talented Team Mates

chose to use PLAY.

You will be so impressed that you will

want to add your version to our Gallery.

See you there.

Creative Artiste Mixed Media Make!

It's that time of the month for me to

show what I created for our New Anything Goes Challenge

 over at Creative Artiste Mixed Media

I am a little disappointed how this finished

as it wasn't what I had planned but

I wanted to use a new die and it went from there.

Once I start in a Mixed Media zone I sometimes

get carried away. It did start off that way

but somethng towards the end didn't pan out.

The process is always fun and this is how it started.

My new die

Inked up the insert with Distress ink

and Lindy's Magical's then

used a favourite AALL&Create stencil

and added some grungy stamping from Arden Creative Studio

then a whole lot of bits and bobs

The butterfly had been sitting on my desk for ages

so no need to die cut another one like I had planned.

then it all came together.

I had a bit of trouble glueing the frame

to the black base

as it was only on heavy card stock

then the insert was tricky also.

a close up!

and there you have it.

My talented Team Mates have once again

been inspirational with their Mixed Media Makes

so head over and check them out if you haven't done so.

It is a pleasure to check to see what they have been

playing with each month as our styles are so varied.

Hope to see you get creative this month

and add your Mixed Media to our Gallery.

Be sure to use multiple mediums

 as that is what our challenge is all about

 and just having fun.

 

Day 4 STAMPlorations Celebrate 13 years....

On to Day 4 Celebrations 

for STAMPlorations 13th Birthday Bash!

Time for COFFEE!

using STAMPlorations - 

Circles All Over Texture Cover Plate

Flowers + Coffee Focal Fronts

All Things Coffee - Clear Stickers

and softly does it - 

Florals #1Pocket Backdrops

Curly Labels/Tags Nesting Dies

Happy Happy - Clear Stickers

Another day full of fabulous creations

from the STAMPgirls.

Don't forget to pop over to Our Blog

and check it all out once more.

Thanks for visiting

It's a 'REAL' Oldie!

Welcome to today's post for  

Just Us Girls

I'm Hosting this week's Die Week Challenge

and thought it time we dust off an 

old favourite die and show it off again.

I knew when I chose this weeks theme just whch 

OLD set I would use.

A big WELCOME to our 

July Guest Designer Bonnie Klass.

We are in for a treat this month as we all know

how talented Bonnie is.

Yes you guessed it - 

Tim's famous Tattered florals. I googled it and

it came out in 2010!

Would have to be one of his best sellers and

most likely my first Tim Collection.

I die cut a bunch and inked them up in various pinky tones

with Lindy's Magical's, Tim's inks and stains.

Scrunched them up and adhered them in front of

some leaves twigs and flourishes, Sisal straw and art stones.

Background is DP.

Added pearls to the centre of the flowers.

and a close up!

Head over and see what our Guest Bonnie and the Team

 chose as their OLD FAVOURITE

and dig out one of yours and add to our Gallery.

Day 3 STAMPlorations 13th Birthday Celebrations!

 Welcome to Day 3 Celebrations for our

STAMPlorations 13th Birthday Celebrations.

 

Softly does it again today for the card above usng

STAMPloratios products - 

 Floral Parade Ephemera Cut-Outs

Flourishes Stencil 

Carved Flowers

and a fun one -

Nostalgie #1 Ephemera Cut-Outs

Basic A2 Panels Nesting Dies

Dots All Over

Dots and Dashes

Party Time

A Recap - 

"It's our STAMPlorations 13th Birthday Celebration! Head over to the STAMPlorations blog to see all of today's gorgeous team projects. Leave a comment letting us know which of the new featured products is your absolute favorite for a chance to win it! 🎂🎉"

"To celebrate 13 years, shipping is FREE on all US orders of $25 or more this week only – and you'll get the Freebie of the Month automatically included in your order! Happy shopping! 🛍️✨"

Thanks again for visiting

Day 2 STAMPlorations 13th Birthday Celebrations...

Welcome to  Day 2 STAMPlorations Birthday Celebrations

On to Day Two Cards

with a bit of paper tearing!

STAMPlorations products are - 

Florals #1 Pocket Backdrops

Fairy tale Forest Stencil

Floral Magic Clear Stickers

and pretty flowers to go wtih that creamy coffee.

Flowers + Coffee Focal Fronts

Crazy Double Running Stitch Nesting Die

Floral Magic Clear Stickers

FYI if you didn't catch yesterday's post.

"It's our STAMPlorations 13th Birthday Celebration! Head over to the STAMPlorations blog to see all of today's gorgeous team projects. Leave a comment letting us know which of the new featured products is your absolute favorite for a chance to win it! 🎂🎉"

"To celebrate 13 years, shipping is FREE on all US orders of $25 or more this week only – and you'll get the Freebie of the Month automatically included in your order! Happy shopping! 🛍️✨"

And the fun continues - Check it out!

Party Time at STAMPlorations!

Here we are for our 13th Birthday Celebrations Day 1

Our STAMPlorations Owner Shery has been

going full stop to be able to celebrate this SPECIAL OCCASION.

Without her dedication this milestone 

would not have been possible.

 Her STAMPgirls have been given an enourmous amount of

fabulous products to play with and showcase them for you

as you will see daily over on Our Blog

Here are my makes for Day 1

Each day I will have two cards

completely different.

A girl needs her carry bags!

STAMPlortions Products used are - 

Florals #1 Pocket Backdrops 

Dots all Over

Basic A2 Nesting Dies

Fons Expressions 2

and iced coffee with all the trimmings...

All Things Coffee Ephemera Cut -Outs

All Things Coffee Clear Stickers

If you haven't been over to Our Blog to check everything out

you need to read the important info below!

"It's our STAMPlorations 13th Birthday Celebration! Head over to the STAMPlorations blog to see all of today's gorgeous team projects. Leave a comment letting us know which of the new featured products is your absolute favorite for a chance to win it! 🎂🎉"

"To celebrate 13 years, shipping is FREE on all US orders of $25 or more this week only – and you'll get the Freebie of the Month automatically included in your order! Happy shopping! 🛍️✨"

And the fun has just started! 

Don't miss out...

Just Hello!

The Lovely Lisa is our Host this week at Just Us Girls

and it is our popular Anything Goes Stencil Challenge

I went with a CAS design here 

stencilling lightly with white texture paste

onto kraft card stock cut on an angle for interest.

The flower is die cut several times and

 layered for depth in white 

to match the background.

Added a textured die from Kaisercraft

behind the flower.

STAMPloration sentiment is torn 

and popped.

Head over and see what our Guest Kellianne

and the Talented Team chose to 

showcase their stencils.

As this is the last challenge of the month

I want to thank Kellianne for sharing her talents

with us this month as our Guest.

STAMPlorations 13th Birthday is just around the corner!

 Hey there! 

Be prepared for what's coming for

Our up and coming 13th Birthday Celebrations

Head over and check out ALL THE INFO above

and it all starts on 29th June till 3rd July.

The STAMPgirls have been so very busy

creating so many fabulous creations with

some awesome and fabulous new products

and using some old ones as well.

You won't want to miss out by not

dropping in to our blog daily to be 

in awe of how beautiful and how easy

these products are to create with in no time at all.

So this is a teaser - now head over and

pick your favourites and add to the Wishlist.

You could just be one of the lucky ones.

I will be back then too to showcase my selection

so hope to see your comments daily.

It's All About The FLOWERS!

It's Just Us Girls Mood Board Week

and our Host is Denise with a 

beautiful array of Summer Flowers.

 

I cut out and coloured a bunch of Tim's Wildflowers

in all sorts of colours. Tied together with wax twine.

Background is from my bits box and added white gesso through

an AALL&Create stencil, die cut and popped with my arch frames.

Finished with a STAMPlorations sentiment

and adhered to green base.

This is flying over the other side of OZ for

my daughters birthday which happens to be Thursday.

There's flowers a plenty over on our blog

so check out what our Guest Kellianne

and the Design Team created and

I am sure to see our gallery in full bloom.

Hope to see you there.

Summer Screams Ice Creams!

You all know the saying

I scream you scream we all scream for ICE CREAM! 

  so that's the way I headed for our

WORD Week at Just Us Girls and

choosing this 'cool' word is our Host VICKI!

It was fun creating this 'cool' card'.

I die cut a few ice creams from

STAMPlorations Sweet Cravings and

 using the kraft one and the white as a shadow.

Added colour, texture paste

and topped it with coloured sand paste and glitter.

Background is smooched with distress inks

sprays and spritz with a touch of Magical's.

Sentiment is cut up from Kaisercraft.

Piece of bark from the back yard grounded my 

ice cream cone.

Framed with white on to kraft card base.

Our Guest Kellianne and the Talented Team

have created a fabulous variety of 'SUMMER'

for you so we are looking forward to seeing

your take on our WORD challenge in the Gallery.

PS it is winter here in Australia but

living in the tropics doesn't stop us from

eating ice cream - but then lots do 

in the cold of winter eh!

See you there.

My Creative Artiste Mixed Media Make...

Today's post is for our New Challenge at

 Creative Artiste Mixed Media 

where we use multiple mediums on our

Mixed Media creations.

Here's mine!

 

An outside and inside shot!

I have used a heap of products on this 

and to name some - 

Kaisercraft bird cage die

Tim Holtz stamps/inks/sprays/crackle paste

Liquitex Texture Paste

Stencils -Zyneri and AALL&Create

Versafine Inks

and other bits from my stash

you will see from the photos.

and it all started here -

a 5/7 canvas panel corrugated cardboard

with gesso and inks

and the start of the stamping with Tim's Ledger Script

adding more stampng from

Tim's Fading Type and stencil work from

AALL&Create

onto the next layer with more script

and inked edges 

Birdcage is coloured with Lindy's Vintage Caravan Caramel

and attached to a different background as I messed up the first one..

As you can see there is a lot going on here - 

flowers scattered all over my desk, some old ones

from my stash and a few from the punch.

Added a die cut, tags stamped from

AALL&Create, twine and a key.

A little bird and a heap of pearls.

Finished with Wink of Stella on the flowers

and Tumbled Glass Distress Glass in the centres.

A few close ups - 

and as they say "That's a wrap"

If you haven't been and checked out 

what our Talented Team have created 

better head over to be inspired and

then it's your turn to 'wow' us.

Thanks for hanging in there for my long post.

PS - this piece headed over the other side of Australia

for my long time friend who is celebrating her 80th Birthday.