From Me to You

 Having a little play time keeping warm

while others across the waters are trying to stay cool.

Once again I am playing with the two challenges below.

and a close up

Floral image is from Rubbernecker

heat embossed in pearl blue - 

coloured with various blues from

Lindy's, Perfect Pearls, LuminArte

and ColourBlast onto watercolour paper.

Background is simple stencilling with

Ranger Distress Grit Paste from an AALL&Create folder.

Sentiment is STAMPlorations..

I resisted adding some flicks of colour

beside the flower. 

Sending this card over to

Color Hues #43 Blue/Green and June CAS Mix Up Challenge

with my mix of

Stencil, Grit Paste, Heat Embossing,

Stamping, Paints, Powders.

Thanks for visiting. 

Sharing the Love for Try It On Tuesday

The New Challenge Theme over at

Try It On Tuesday is Share The Love

I'm not a Valentine type person so went

for a simple Love You card that I can

 give to someone special.

I played with my favourite Visible Image

Creative Chaos Stamp Set and enjoyed going grungy.

I started with my background smooching

with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Hickory Smoke.

Added some grunge stamping from STAMPlorations

and then painted down one side with 

diluted black gesso.

Heat embossing first with Zing Charcoal

then that gorgeous flower with Ranger Black.

Did the same again on watercolour paper

that had been inked with Lindy's Powders and Brusho's.

Attached the popped flower after I

added Nuvo Glitter in red.

Flicked some ink and coloured some of the

circles with Liquid Pearls.

Sentiment is from Altenew.

Corner rounded one side and attached to

basic white card stock.

Here's a close up.

I'm not sure if this is CAS enough for the

CAS Watercolour Challenge but no harm

in adding to the Gallery for the red and black theme,

and most of all I had 'fun' making it.

Thanks for dropping in to check my card out.

Love reading your comments.

Till next time Cherrio from

It's XOXO

It's been quite some time since I managed to play over at the

CAS Watercolour Challenge and CAS Mix Up Challenge

January flew by and now February is half way gone too.

So glad I got time to create a little something

suitable for both challenges. Yay!

My hearts have been die cut from

CUTplorations Clustered Hearts.

The base is white card stock and

the pink hearts are inked with

Nuvo Cherry Bomb Shimmer Powder

added to wet acetate then smooched

onto water colour paper.

The red hearts I added gel medium

to the die cuts and added a generous amount of

Nuvo Hollywood Red Sparkle Dust.

I even managed to get a bit of texture to the big one.

which has been cut several times with white card stock

 for dimension then attaching the red sparkly one.

I cut my pink background with a stitched die

popped to my card base which was inked randomly with

tiny hearts from SU Beyond the Basics.

 I then attached my cut out hearts.

The XOXO is from STAMPlorations Pocket Blooms

inked with Tim's Festive Berries

and adding sparkle with a Nuvo Glitter pen.

A tiny pearl to the smallest pink heart finished my card.

A close up showing the dimension.

My Mix is Dimensional Die Cuts, Glitter,

Watercolouring, Stamping.

Thanks for popping in and leaving

your kind comments.

It's a 'Onefer' for 2 CAS Challenges

It's nice to put Christmas card making aside 

and play with a few of my favourite challenges at

CAS Mix Up December Challenge and

CAS Watercolour Challenge

I started my emboss resist with SU Bliss
heat embossed in silver. My background resist is
from Nuvo Solar Flare Shimmer Powder
mixed with water. I then added some texture with a
hexagon stencil with white crackle paste.
I heat embossed my STAMPlorations
Trendy Butterfly 2 then added colour from
Lindy's Tiffany Lou Blue Spray
Colour Blast Deep Water Shimmer
and a touch of the Nuvo Shimmer Powder.
Added a sprinkle of WOW Midas Touch
Embossing Glitter to the middle of the butterfly

and here's a close up -

fussy cut and slightly popped
to my stitched background.
Attached to white card base.
My Thanks a Million stamp
(for the CAS Watercolour Challenge)
is from STAMPlorations Fluttery
heat embossed in Silver.
My Mix for the CAS Mix Up Challenge is
Emboss Resist, Stamping, Texture, Heat Embossing.

Thanks for dropping in

Love reading your comments!

A Simple 'Thank You'

Hello and Welcome. Today's post is for our 

CAS Challenge over at Addicted to Stamps & More

I bought this stamp set from Kaisercraft

some time ago because I liked what I thought - 

a very Australian image of Gumnuts.

I started by lightly stenciling my background with

Tim's Stone Stencil in Antique Linen

then inking my image with 

Versafine Clair Falling Leaves ink

(it's a very dark brown but looks black)

I went on to the colouring and blending with

Tim's Gathered Twigs/Mowed Lawn

Crushed Olive and Carved Pumpkin

enhancing the colour with touches of

Hag's Wart Orange and Canna Lilly Burnt Orange

 from Lindy's Magicals.

Added some Nuvo Aqua Shimmer and

a touch of glossy accents.

Sentiment is inked as above and from

49AND MARKET.

This was cut from a Postage Die

and popped on to the larger die cut

and slightly popped again to my card base.

This card will be going over to the

CAS Watercolour Blog for their

October Challenge

Congratulation to Bonnie & Loll for giving us

2 years of Fabulous Watercolour Challenges

and to all the Design Team and Guests for their 

Monthly Inspiration and Encouragement. 

Thanks for dropping in.

Love reading your comments.

Simply a 'Tree'

Hello and Welcome to today's card.

I have a busy time coming up soon
 with friends travelling from the other side of Oz,

also relatives and friends for a short time

but managed to whip up a card for the

current challenge over at CAS Watercolour - 

 The 'Theme' being Tree

I started with my watercolour background

with Tim's Stormy Sky using acetate.

I then inked up the Stamp It Large Conifer

with Memento Luxe Northern Pine

spritzing it with a mix of SU Champagne 

and water, stamping on to water colour paper.
Painted a water wash to the bottom of the tree
 and the leftovers were splattered around.

This was then cut from a MFT stitched die

popped onto a bigger die and popped

again onto white card stock. 

The sentiment is from SU and finishing

with a scored line either side. 

 Not too much crafting time coming up but
will try and squeeze in a few favourites.

I have scheduled posts but commenting
on your blogs may be a bit hit and miss.
 I will try my best!

Thanks for dropping in.
Till next time Cherrio from

A 'Blooming' Fabulous Day

Hello and Welcome to my make for the day.

I recently purchased the Retired SU Botanical Blooms

Stamp/Die Set. It was one that I had let slip away 

but when I saw it on a Retired SU site for sale

I JUMPED at it.

Here is a CAS (I think) trying it out.

Because I have used both required elements for the

CAS Watercolour Challenge which is

Splash Watercolouring and

CAS Mix Up Challenge

Colouring our Die cuts

(I used the splash technique)

Die cuts, stamping and pearls

I will add this to their Galleries.

***

I inked up my watercolour paper

with Tim's Seedless Preserves 

for the main floral die and a smidgen of Magicals

(couldn't help myself as the purple adds a lovely shimmer)

and Mowed Lawn for the smaller blooms.

The leaves were splashed with Milled Lavender

and a hint of Magicals (again)

Added my Darkroom Door Sentiment then

I cut a strip of the green paper tearing the edges

 to add to the background and then 

arranged my leaves and flowers.

Backed this with card stock from SU

and adhered to white card base.

Finished with pearls.

Here is a close up

I plan to play a lot more with this set

and include the matching paper so

be on the lookout! 

Thanks for dropping in

Till next time - Cherrio from

A Mix Up Watercolour Card

Hi and Welcome. I have a card for you today for the

CAS Mix Up and CAS Watercolour Challenges.

Same card though!

Check out the details for Mix Up Here

We are asked to show how we colour our Dies

and Watercolour Here to Splash Watercolour.

Loll has an easy peasy Tutorial Here

Now those that know me are aware that I love

messing around with all sorts of techniques.

Here is what I came up with - 

I am using 'those' SU 4 Feathers Dies

but before I got to them I started with my background.

I inked my craft mat with Tim's Mermaid Lagoon

then added some  Perfect Pearls Powder. All I had to do was

a bit of thumping my watercolour cs onto the mat

and drying as I went along making sure I only covered

part of my paper. It has a real shimmer IRL.

I then cut out my feathers and randomly thumped

parts of the feather. The back one I inked the edges.

My twine wasn't the right colour so I inked that up with

the Mermaid Lagoon (with my fingers)

Yes I had nice coloured fingers when I finished.

The feather were then popped after I added my twine.

Sentiment is from 49 AND Market.

My MIX is -  Die Cuts

Splash Water Colouring 

Distress Inks and Powder

Stamping 

My CAS is Splash Watercolouring

on the background and cut feathers.

Clean and Simple on Sunday
have also got a CAS Splash Water Colour Challenge
so will pop this over there.

Since it's Winter here in 

'The Land Down Under'  it's a great time to play

and I have a few other cards in the finishing stages

so there is more to come for those CAS Challenges.

Once more I will add this over at
Monochrome Magic for their latest Challenge Here
This time not with the twist of 'purple'

Till next time

Cherrio from

Hello to 'Rainbow' Feathers

I'm back and this time playing over at

CAS Watercolour for their May Challenge

to use Rainbow Colours.

I have a few feather sets and this time decided on 

STAMPlorations Trendy Feathers 2.

I heat embossed them in clear powder then 

added rainbow coloured brusho's hoping

that they would still come out in true colours.

As most of you would know there are all sorts of

bit colours that appear as well. As luck would have it

my colours stayed true. Yay!

I then fussy cut them and brushed them with

Nuvo Glitter Gloss. These were popped after I

cut my back and splattered with

black/pearl white acrylic paint.

Finished with a simple Hello

from the same set and a few pearls.

That's it this time round. 

Thanks so much for dropping in.

Love reading your comments.

Life is a BEACH!

Hi there and Welcome to today's post for the 

CAS Watercolour Challenge to feature Birds

at The CAS Watercolour Blog

I was looking for something a little different

for my second card for this challenge and remembered 

I had a couple of flamingo sets.

I started by inking a craft mat with

Tim's Spun Sugar spritzing with water 

and smooching, then the brighter colours of

Evergreen Bough and peacock Feathers.

Stamped the palm tree and sentiment also in the

Evergreen Bough. 

The palm trees always have coconuts 

so added a few with Gold Liquid Pearls

and a few fell on the ground.

My 'Fashion Conscious'  Flamingo is from

 Inkadankdo's Flamingo fun 

inked with Altenew Red Cosmos colours, 

 heat embossed in white, fussy cut and popped.

Added a touch of colour to match the coconuts

with a scallop die from MFT.

My Mix is Water Colouring, Embossing, 

Stamping and Die Cutting.

Hope you like my Fun Flamingo

and to my overseas friends I hope

your weather warms up and you can 

get to paddle your feet at the Beach soon.

Thanks for dropping in

Sweet Birthday Wishes

Hello my Crafty Friends

Over at CAS Watercolour the Theme for

 their first challenge for 2018 is Birthday.

Details are Here

Now for the last few weeks our temperatures here have been

in the high 30c which is close to 100f so 

I thought ice cream would be fitting.

My card is basic white. For my ice cream

I got out my  STAMPlorations Sweet Cravings Stamp Set and

 CUTplorations Sweet Cravings Dies 

I  heat embossed the ice cream in Wow Brown Sugar

on Kraft paper and die cut.

For my topping I used Folkart Paints and 

a tiny spray of Distress Stain in Antiqued Bronze on

watercolour paper and smooched.

I then die cut that and fussy cut just the topping.

This was popped on to my card.

Added sprinkles of Nuvo Drops and

finished with my sentiment 

from Pink & Maine Birthday Wishes 

which matches perfectly don't you think?

Inked with Memento Lulu Lavender.

Thanks for popping in today.

Love reading your thoughts.

I'm Guest Designer at CAS Watercolour Card Challenge

I am excited to be joining the Talented Designers over at

CAS Watercolour Blog as their Guest Designer for November.

Thank You Bonnie & Loll for the Honour.

As it is so close to Christmas this is just perfect timing

to add to your CAS Christmas Stash by joining in the current 

You can find the Details Here

I created my framed background using
Distress/Distress Oxide Inks in
Seedless Preserves/Peacock Feathers & Broken China.
I then cut them from MFT Stitched Die
and popped for dimension.
My Merry Die is from Memory Box.
Christmas Sentiment is Hero Arts
To finish I added a few punched silver stars
and tiny sequins in pink and silver.

Don't forget to pop over and see what
 The Talented Design Team have created.
You have until the 24th of this month to play.
Hope you get time to join us.
I love looking at the variety of colours and styles created
for this special time of the year.
Will I see yours there?

Thanks so much for dropping in.