Born to be WILD!

 Denise is Host this week at Just Us Girls for our

Anything Goes Stencil Challenge

I went WILD!

and it was a whole lot of fun!

I found an old stencil that I thought

suited my wild lion using

Tim's distress oxide inks instead of distress

as I wanted a softer tone and sprayed

lightly with water so the colours would merge.

Inked the lion with Versafine Clair Nocturne

and heat embossed clear.

Sentiment is from the same set.

Added some of Tim's stencil splatters,

framed in black onto an

AALL&Create frame and attached to

brown card base (which looks black in photo)

Our stencil challenge is always fun so check out

what our August Guest Betty and

the Team created for inspiration then

it's your turn! 

See you in the Gallery.

Just Us Girls Mood Board Week

 It's our Mood Board Week and the 

Lovely Lisa is Hosting and chose a

Beautiful One that I know will

fill our Gallery in all it's glory.

I went a bit rogue here and chose to

go with a totally different coloured flower

(but I did add a butterfly)

I got out my favourite SU Rich Razz

for my layered sunflower, circle die and sentiment.

 Added a touch of magical's for shimmer.

Die cut a couple of flourishes with kraft c/s

Some dp for the background and

adhered to kraft card base.

Head on over and check out how our Guest Betty

and the Team showcased their cards

and come join us with yours in the Gallery.

Sea Shells by the Sea Shore!

Bobby is Hosting this weeks challenge at Just Us Girls 

and chose WATER for our  WORD WEEK. 

I knew just what I wanted to do for this challenge

and had so much fun putting my little 

Mixed Media Canvas together.

 

There is a little story behind this canvas.

I recently said to my daughter I needed some sand

for a project. She said she would get a bag for me 

on a trip to spend time with granddaughter in Weipa

(top of Australia) hence she arrived home with

the little bag of sand and some tiny shells

which Harper (my GGD) picked from their trip to the beach.

I had mixed enough sand and texture paste

mixed with Lindy's Magical's and Acrylic Paint

 to create a few more sometime soon.

I even added two small bottles of beach bits

but too big for this canvas.

My beach scene has the blue water

with tiny breaking waves and splashing

against the sand.

Lots of shells, mica flakes, pearls, art stones,

distress glitter and bauxite I have had

in a little bottle for years

(funny enough came from Weipa

where it is mined)

Our Guest Betty and the Team

have created a variety of 

water themed cards for your pleasure.

Now it's your turn to show off yours.

The Moment!

 It's again time for our Monthly Anything Goes

MIXED MEDIUM CHALLENGE at

Creative Artiste MM Challenge

Once again I seem to have used 

much the same colours as last month.

Maybe because the tag die is a bit grungy also and

 saw This Tag on Pinterest and since I had recently

purchased that set I cased her fabulous MM tag.

oh! and a few more sizzix butterflies wanting to be useful.

I started with - 

adding on 

die cut squares and lots of inking

and crackle paste that didn't adhere well.

Added some smooched blue to the squares

to blend with the butterflies

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

I don't know why the screamin' banshee black

has gone a very deep blue so added a touch of black brusho's.

Added some cheesecloth, 

side bits, black and white splatters.

Decided it needed something in the middle

and a few embellishments beside the added butterflies

with added black pearls.

a couple of close ups!

Head over to Our Blog and check out

what is in store for you from 

our Guest Jenn Borjeson and

our Talented Little Team

and go have some Mixed Media Fun

(using several mm elements)

then add to our Gallery.

Love to see you there.

Die Week at Just Us Girls.

It's a New Month and we start off with our

Die Week at Just Us Girls

Vicki is our Host and chose to go with Anything Goes

so we are sure to have an abundance of  cards

using our DIES!

We also have a New Guest Designer!

Welcome to Betty Keefe

 

I have had a couple of the postage dies for

quite some time but barely used them so it was time

to use one. I went hunting to find something suitable 

that would fit and picked several from a

very old but much loved paper pack from

Inspired by Stamping (no longer in business)

They are very soft muted colours, inking the edges.

Die cut extras popping a few for interest, framed

and adhered to white card base.

A simple Hello to complete.

Our New Guest Betty has wowed us with her

first beautiful card and the Team

as always have an array of

fabulous creative and fun die cut cards

for you to be inspired by. 

Now it is your turn to add to our Gallery

and perhaps be our Weekly Winner or Shout Out.

See you there!

Simply Thank You.

 It's our CASE a DT Week at Just Us Girls

and Hosting is Carol Mc.

We ask you to CASE a DT card from this post

tell us who you CASE and how it inspired your choice.

As you can see it is a pretty CAS card. 

My background is from my bits box and

would have been coloured with Lindy's Magical's

and there is swirled circles from clear texture paste.

I die cut Tim's Mixed Media #2

and attached to my background.

Added a simple die cut sentiment,

 some matching droplets and attached to white card base.

Head over and check out what the Team created

for inspiration and CASE which one

caught your eye and add to our Gallery.

Stencil Week at Just Us Girls...

Hello and Welcome to Stencil Week at 

Just Us Girls 

Our Host is Sue going with Anything Goes.

There isn't too much evidence of stencil work here

but sometimes it is nice just to have a simple background

instead of  it being the feature as I have done here.

Once again I used a favourite AALL&Create stencil

for the background of my tag with a couple of Tim's distress inks

with a touch of gold shimmer and a few splatters 

on the cover plate.

Die cut another few old favourites as feature

adding a rounded ball of variegated cotton

also to the tag.

Finished with a simple sentiment.

Inked the edges and tag.

As this is Bonnie's last week with us as Guest

A huge thank you once more for sharing

your amazing talent with us. It has been

such a pleasure.

Head off and see Bonnie's last card for us

and it is spectacular!

The Team have also created such beautiful stencil art

so you won't want to miss checking them all out. 

Mine is a bit plain compared to them.

Then it is your turn to inspire us with yours inour Gallery.

From Me to You!

Hello and Welcome

It's Mood Board Week at Just Us Girls

and Bobby as Host chose this variety of beautiful images below

for us to pick from.

 

As you can see I am showcasing

the poppies on the top left.

I coloured my tulips with 

Tim's Distress Barn Door and 

leaves and stems with peeled paint and rusty wilderness

with a touch of shimmer from Magcal's but hasn't shown up

onto w/c paper and die cut.

Die cut my Spellbinders Romantic Rectangles frame

and added some grunge stamping and splatters.

Adhered my poppies to frame and added a

STAMPlorations sentiment.

Popped on to cream frame and base.

Our Guest Bonnie and the Team have chosen

what caught their eye on our Mood Board

and created a variety of lovely work

now it is your turn to show us yours.

See you there

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.