Hello Summer!

Hello and Welcome. Today's post is for our

CUTplorations June Challenge over at STAMPlorations

Here is my Hello Summer card (even though it's Winter here in Oz)

and the Very Summery Mood Board for Inspiration.

I took lots of inspirations from here, firstly choosing

the red check mat using my ARTplorations Weaving Stencil

I then got out the STAMPlorations Happy Everything stamps

to ink up my cupcakes, glamed them up and fussy cut.

My butterflies are from

STAMPlorations Winged Things 

 heat embossed and coloured.

Sentiment is from Hello Coffee.

I have used Tim's Distress/Oxide Inks on my cupcakes

and butterflies. 

Sky was coloured with Memento Summer Sky

I then cut my project from

 CUTplorations Crazy-Double-Running-Stitch-Rectangle-Nesting-Dies

Added a sun in the corner and a cloud partly covering it, 

followed by a few tiny flowers to match in the other corner.

Adhered to coloured card stock and on to a brown card base. 

These are the products I used from STAMPlorations

Pop over and see what my Team Mates created

and join our Gallery this month.
Don't forget you can get 20% off just by using
STAMPGIRLINA  when you make a purchase.

Thanks for dropping in - love your comments!

OOPS! I missed the deadline for my card to appear 
Here so I will repost this for our Reminder later in the month.

I'm Thinking of You

Hi there!  It's time for our CUTplorations Challenge

as part of the monthly challenges at STAMPlorations

image source: Ellen Giggenbach

and here is how I was inspired.

I tried to gather as much as I could from the photo
starting with blue card stock and adding white texture with the
ARTplorations Fairy Tale Forest Stencil also adding it to
my kraft card base using Gloss Gel Medium.
After the white texture paste dried I smooched over it with
Tim's Oxide Faded Jeans.
I then cut out the side piece with 
CUTplorations Pierced Curly Frames
for my owl (given to me by a friend)
I then cut out the leaves and flowers from
CUTplorations Trendy Spring Blooms Dies
in appropriate colours. I attached them and
added some Liquid Pearls to the centres.
Finished with my CUTplorations Thinking of You Die

Thanks so much for dropping in.

Hope to see your project in our Gallery this month.

Celebrate Big for CUTplorations

Hello and Welcome to today's post for our

CUTplorations Challenge for April

Here is my take on the Mood Board below.

I decided to concentrate on the bold bright colours here

with some Alcohol Inks on Yuppo paper.

After I was happy with the result I cut it

in three parts and attached it to my white card base.

It's a pretty simple card finishing with

three layers of my 

CUTplorations Celebrate Big Die

with the third one heat embossed with

glitter embossing powder. 

Pop over and see what my Team Mates created,

come play and add yours to our Gallery.

There is always awesome prizes to be won 

AND

if you used my code STAMPGIRLINA

you get 20% off your purchase. 

Thanks for dropping in

Till next time Cherrio from

Eat 'CAKE' on your Birthday

It's that time of the month for the March

 CUTplorations Challenge

 and it is a 'yummy one' and who doesn't love 'CAKE'

Hi and Welcome.to mine!

I decided to go bright here keeping with the

chocolate sponge then add some really hot pink icing!

I used the STAMPlorations Sweet Cravings Stamp 

and CUTplorations Matching Die

heat embossing my cake in white

The chocolate is a variety of inks trying in vain to get

that deep dark chocolate colour but succeeded 

with the icing using Nuvo Cherry Bomb Shimmer Powder

and applying it with a waterbrush.

I added Nuvo Crystal Glaze for the dollop of cream.

Cut a piece of white card stock with the popular

CUTplorations Crazy Double Running Stitched Nesting Die

then added my sentiments from the above set

 and squiggles from STAMPlorations Balloons and Banners

I popped my cake then adhered to a bright pink background

and on to the card base.

Finished with some bling on the squiggles!

Pop over and see what my Team Mates created

and come join us this month in our Gallery. 

You know there are goodies to win

+ if you use my code

STAMPGIRLINA you get a 20% discount.

Here are the items I used from STAMPlorations

Till next time - Cherrio from

LOVE always

February is here and that means
LOVE is in the air! AND
Time for our New CUTploration Challenge 
How appropriate and gorgeous is our Photo below!
You will find that  All the Details are Here
with beautiful creations from my Team Mates
and how you can join in the fun with prizes!



I loved the heart shape with those
beautiful coloured flowers so
added a few tiny cutouts.
What inspires you?

And talking of  flowers I knew the
STAMPlorations Bloom Doodles
(out of stock at present)
would be perfect for my card.
I wanted some texture for my background
so  stenciled  ARTplorations Retro Circles
with white texture paste.
After it was dry I cut it on an angle from
CUTplorations Crazy-Double-Running-Stitch-Nesting-Dies
I then coloured my doodled flowers/leaves with
Lindy's Tiffany Lou Blue Spray
Nuvo Solar Flare Shimmer Powder
and Ramblin' Rose Pink
and Leaf Green Magicals
These were fussy cut and attached to
my stenciled background.
The STAMPlorations Pocket Blooms Sentiment
was inked with Tim's Pickled Raspberry
onto my card base
with a few CUTplorations Clustered Hearts
surrounding it.

Here are the products I used from
 Our STAMPlorations Store



Don't forget you can use my code
STAMPGIRLINA to get 20% off
the amazing variety of goodies from
STAMPlorations.
Check out the new products recently uploaded.

Thanks so much for dropping in

A 'Little Reminder' for the January STAMPloration Challenges

It's the middle of the month and Reminder Time

for the current challenges at
STAMPlorations

Check them all out Here

This is what I made as my 'Reminder' for

the CUTplorations Challenge.

and a close up

for

I did go bold and bright with my card starting with 

my background stenciling with

ARTploration Bubbles and

ARTplorations Circles using

Nuvo Shimmer Powders.

Decided to add some crackle glaze to the background

 but can't see in the photo. I then inked up some of 

Tim's Oxide Inks in bright colours after I 

heated embossed the STAMPlorations One Cool Chick

and added a bit more of the Shimmer Powders.

Coloured my 'Chick' image then the

heat embossed sentiment from

 STAMPlorations Bold Sentiments Sweet

cut on an angle with

Curly-LabelsTags-Nesting-Dies

and inking the edges in black.

Just wish I had done the same to my background.

Finished with the  CUTplorations Sweet Word Die

cutting twice in a white backing for the pink. 

If you get time to play, make sure you
include the graphic in your post
 and link back to the challenge post
in order to qualify for our prizes.
 Thanks for dropping in today.

Till next time - Cherrio from

A Christmas Themed CUTploration Challenge

December is here and Christmas is just

a few weeks away. Just in case you are running late

with your Christmas cards the CUTplorations Gals

have added their makes Here to inspire you to

finish them off with this photo below.

Here is my take.

The first thing I noticed was the poinsettia's 

and have made a card using that flower but

as I had a new Christmas stamp I had not inked

I went with that for this post. 

You will see the other one a little later.

I knew when I decided to use Kraft card stock I wanted

texture on my Large Christmas Candles

Here's a close up so you can get a

good look at how it turned out 

After heat embossing them with Lawn Fawn

White Embossing Powder I coloured them with

Tim's Distress Inks in Mowed Lawn/Crushed Olive

Carved Pumpkin and Festive Berries.

The texture I used on my candles was

DecoArt White Crackle Paste.

(Love the result I got)

The lit candle and berries were painted with

Fresh Orange Metallic Paint from

Finnabair Art Alchemy

The sentiments are from  Homespun Christmas.

Of course I had to add falling snow which was

splattered using white paint.

This was then cut with the

Crazy-Double-Running-Stitch-Rectangle-Nesting-Dies

to finish my card.

Would love to see your creation over at

STAMPlorations and you could be

a Lucky Winner by following these Rules.

• Create a project inspired by the inspiration photo for the current month. You can create any type of project -- card, ATC, altered project, mixed media, art journal page, scrapbook page, etc. -- but make sure you use die cuts (any brand) and at least one STAMPlorations product. (A STAMPlorations product can be a stamp, stencil, thin metal die, or even a page from our coloring book. If you don't own a STAMPlorations product, you can still join by using the free digital stamp we are offering here.)
• You must display the challenge graphic in your post (if linking from your blog) and link back to the challenge post post (not just the main blog) in order to be eligible to win (and receive the corresponding prize).

Thanks so much for dropping in

Your comments are so encouraging.