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.

Case-ing Therese Calvird

I had the pleasure of meeting the 

Outstandingly Creative Therese Calvird a few months ago

and just love her work and videos. They are always 

amazing and Therese is so easy to listen to

 and watch on YouTube.

I decided that I would case one of her cards as I have had the

Altenew Peony Stamp set for an age but have resisted inking it

up until now that I have bought the dies to go with it. 

You can find her beautiful card Here.

You will see I have case-ed it closely changing just a few things.

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This card was made for my BFF Carole and without her

I would maybe never have gone down the path I

am now glued to. Carole celebrates her birthday

a few days before mine and each year we spend

hours creating something special for each other.

So here are the products I used - 

Altenew Peony Bouquet Stamp/Die

(for my NBUS)

Altenew Red Cosmos

Memento New Sprout/Pistachio 

We R Memory Keepers Embossing Folder

Bazzill Card Stock (birthday present from Carole)

Sentiment is from STAMPlorations Fond Expression 2

(perfect for my special friend)

cut from MFT stitched die

Gems are SU

WOS on the centre flower. 

(See close up above)

Darnell has her 10 day NBUS Challenge 

up and running with amazing products

for the Lucky Ones to Win.

All the awesome schtuff is Here
I am dropping this card over there!

Thanks so much for popping in.

Till next time Cherrio from

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 a LOVE TAGplorations Blog Hop

The LOVE TAGplorations blog hop is in full swing

and I hope you have had time to pop over to see what

the Talents of the Team at STAMPlorations 

have made for your inspiration.

This is only Day 3 so there is still plenty more to come. 

 

 

Here are a few tags I made for this Hop. 

 

 

Now where do I start?
1 Simply Forever - Items used are
Sizzix Tag die
Kraft card stock
Cuttlebug Swiss Dots
Red/pink/white card stock
Stencil -  ARTplorations Rows of Hearts
Gold Acrylic paint, Mulberry Paper
Small heart Punch, MFT Stitched Die
Tim Holtz Festive Berries
Sentiment - STAMPlorations floral Bliss
Own Ribbon

2 You're So Very Special -  

Manilla Tag

Spellbinders Labels 8/18

Stamps - STAMPlorations Scribbly Splattery Grunge

STAMPlorations Fond Expressions 2

Stencil - ARTplorations Rows of Hearts

Spellbinders Hearts Circles Die

Small punched heart

Tim Holtz Festive Berries/Black Soot

Memento Angel Pink

Own Ribbon

3 Forever Romantic -

Sizziz  Tag die

Stamps - STAMPlorations Floral Bliss

STAMPlorations Groovy Shoes

STAMPlorations Scribbly Splattery Grunge

Stencil - ARTplorations Rows of Hearts

Tim Holtz Distress Inks

White Embossing Powder

Clear Wink of Stella

Small Heart Punch

Own Ribbon

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These are the sets I used from STAMPlorations 

 

And there are Prizes:

 (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 Love TAGplorations linky party will receive her choice of stamp set (Pocket Blooms, A Full Heart, or Two of Us)

 (1) randomly drawn participant in the Love TAGplorations linky party will receive her choice of any 2 of the new love-themed dies (Love, Always, XOXO, Forever, You & Me, Clustered Hearts)

(1) randomly drawn participant in the Love TAGplorations linky party will receive her choice of tag set: Luggage Tags or ATC/Tag Builder

*Winners announced on March 10 in the February Challenges & Hops winners post.

 

Hope to see you there.