CAS Mix Up Reminder

It's the Middle of the Month and Reminder Time

for the current challenge at CAS Mix Up Challenge.

Here is my card as December's Guest Designer.

You can find the Details Here

My Mix is *Stamping

*Embossing *Smooching

*Stenciling *Die cutting

I had a lot of fun with this card.  

Thought I would try something a little different

here and got out my neglected Gelatos. 

Unfortunately they don't have the colours

on them but have used just three adding a touch of Inka Gold.

Showing the shimmer from the Gelatos

I simply scribbled them onto water colour paper and then

smooched with a water pen till I got the result I liked.

I then got out my Lavinia Stamp and heat embossed in black.

Touched up the middle with the green gelato and a tiny bit of

 Inka Gold. Added some tiny circles from

Dutch Doobadoo Pop Art stencil with Tim's Black Soot

and added a few circles for contrast with a white uniball pen.

Sentiment is from 

STAMPlorations Fond Expressions 2 

and heat embossed.

This was then cut from a stitched die from MFT and popped.

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If you haven't had a chance to pop over and see what's

already posted - please do and hope you come join in

this month's fun challenge.

Thanks so much for dropping in.

A Big Thanks to Bonnie & Loll for their kind invitation

to be their Guest for December. 

STAMPlorations Things with Wings Blog Hop Continues

We are into the 3rd week of our 

Things with Wings Blog Hop & Linky Party

Hope you are all enjoying the fabulous creations

made for you by the STAMPlorations Girls.

I went all out grungy and distressy for this weeks card.

Lots going on here.

Kraft card stock as base inked with

ARTplorations Flutterby Stencil

This was also used on the corrugated cardboard

but was painted with colorburst paint.

Attached some inked mesh before  adding the distressed cardboard.

I then added another layer heat embossing the butterfly from

STAMPlorations Trendy Butterflies

Did a bit of random stamping from 

ARTplorations Dots All Over and

STAMPlorations Scribbly Splattery Grunge



then some Inka Gold.

Sentiment stamps are STAMPlorations Trendy Butterflies

and STAMPlorations Vignette Artful Butterflies

Inks were from Memento & Tim Holtz

As you can see LOTS to look at.

Here are the Prizes you could win - 

- (3) randomly drawn winners from all comments left on the STAMP blog and participating designers blog will each receive a $10 gift certificate to the store

- (1) randomly drawn participant in the Things with Wings Spring linky party will receive Trendy Butterflies 2

- (1) randomly drawn participant in the Things with Wings Spring linky party will receive the

 Spring Blooms Plate die

- (1) randomly drawn participant in the Things with Wings Spring linky party will receive her choice of any 2 of the new phrase dies (Sweet Spring Wishes, Bloom & Grow, Hello Sunshine, Be Kind)

- (1) randomly drawn participant in the Things with Wings Spring linky party will receive her choice of die set (Flutter Zen 1 layering dies, Flutter Zen 2 layering dies, Dragonfly layering dies)

- (1) randomly drawn participant in the Things with Wings Spring linky party will receive a

 $15 gift certificate to the store.

*Winners announced on May 10 in the April Challenges & Hops winners post.

You have a bit more time to join in. Hope you get the chance to play.

Thanks for dropping in to check out this weeks 

Things with Wings posting.

Next week is the last one so be sure to come back

and see how I inked up my Things with Wings!

Don't be afraid to leave me a comment - love reading them.

#Popping this over to

HERE

Till next time - Cherrio from

It's 'TREND WEEK' at Just Us Girls

Bobby is Hosting this weeks Trend Challenge at

Just Us Girls and chose

'All Over Stamping'

 

 

Now I had the stamp set I used here in line for another challenge

but realized it was 'perfect' for this one instead.

It is SU - Timeless Textures and this is another stamp set

that has so many ways you can use it.

I got out a bunch of Tim Holtz Distress Inks

and just started inking and stamping randomly and as you can see

it lands up an 'all over stamping' background

for my butterfly which is by the way

a left over from a few I made last year.

How perfect was that? The only thing I had

to add to my background was some Inka Gold

as I had added it to my butterfly.

I cut my background with a stitched die

and framed it then added to my card base.

I die cut my 'Happy' from Impression Obsession

attached it to the butterfly and

stamped the Birthday (from Pink & Maine)

Finished with a gem.

 



Don't forget to pop over to Our Blog

for more fabulous stamping.

Join us and you could be Chic of the Week

going on to be Guest Designer in March.

Hope to see you there.

Thanks for dropping in.