'Celebrate'

Today's post is for Trend Week at Just Us Girls

and Hosting is Sue choosing Galaxy Night Sky or Backgrounds.

There are so many gorgeous galaxy creations out there

and this was such fun trying to replicate one.

I made mine such a long time ago I can't remember

the colours of Tim's Oxide's I used - sorry!

I did add a spray of iridescent medium and also

splatters to make it look like snow.

Diecut my houses - even added paper

to the inside to show all the lights were on

with more shimmer on the roof area.

Added some very old starform stickers,

the celebrate sentiment die from STAMPlorations,

matted then fixing it to my card stock

and my galaxy card is done.

Do pop over and see what our Guest Cathy

and the Team created and come join us this week.

Hope to see you there.

What's 'Trending' at Just Us Girls???

Welcome to today's post for Just Us Girls.
It is Trend Week and Angie as Host has chosen

So many choices here.

I had intended to do a peek-a-boo card but...

I got this new die that I thought I would try out.

I had an idea in my head that I thought I would

try once again. It was all the tissue paper cards

floating around in Blogland and it hit me!

Why not get out one of those 

drawer full of paper patterned napkins 

and go with that. 

I glued my lavender napkin to card stock and

scrunched it a little. I did this quickly so I 

wouldn't tear it. I then added my window.

The background was again pasted with 

a plain scrunched up napkin finished

with a Happy Birthday cut die from Marianne Designs.

I really like the scrunched background finishing 

my card off nicely.

Now pop over to Our Blog

to see what our October Guest Karola

and the Team created. 

Hope you will join in this weeks Challenge.

In doing so you could be chosen as our

Chic of the Week and in the running for

 a Guest Designer Spot.

Thanks for dropping in.

It's Trend Week at Just Us Girls

Hello Craft Friends - 

It's Trend Week at Just Us Girls and Hosting is Bobby

with an all time favourite - Water Colouring but with a little twist.

You need to use an Acrylic Block.

It may not look like I have used a block for my Water Colouring
but it was a big one and I wanted to fill the page
with all sorts of colours

to depict a glowing sunny sky for my Hot Air Balloons. 

I used several TH Distress Inks for my background - wetting

my acrylic block and inking my card stock.
I repeated it several times to get the overall background.
Touched it up with a bit of white speckle stenciling.
The balloons were inked up with

 TH Black Soot in my trusty stamp positioner making sure

of a good outline. These stamps were a gift from a friend 

and are from an unknown source.

I thought the sentiment from STAMPlorations

called Noteworthy was a perfect match.

Don't forget to pop over to Our Blog to see what
Our September Guest Linda        
and the Jugheads have made.
Love to see you join us this week
By doing so you could be our Chic of the Week
and be in the running to be our Guest in November.

Thanks for dropping in - love reading your thoughts!

Let it 'SHINE'

Hi there Crafty Ones! It's time to show/tell you what our 

New Challenge is over at Just Us Girls and 

Hosting is Judy. She has asked for 'SHINE'

So 'Shine' it is!

I took several shots trying to showcase how shiny my card is.

I got out my Gilding Flakes to use as my 'Shine'

trying once more not to get sticky fingers (alas it failed)

So onto the start of my card - 

Card Base is white and I stenciled a feather on the side with 

Gold Colour Blast Paste. For my feature I stenciled

another feather with white texture paste and randomly adding

a little Inka Gold and splatters. This was popped.

My feathers are from SU 4 Feathers - the middle one

inked with TH peacock Feathers and dipped in Inka Gold.

The other 2 are covered with Autumn Leaves Gilding Flakes.

Stencil Feathers are from Crafters Workshop/Hero Arts.

Added a small stitched circle from MFT with a simple sentiment.

Finished with some gold cotton.

Darnell is again with us as our August Guest so please

pop over to Our Blog and see what we have all

created for your inspiration. 

This certainly is a fun challenge - the sky is the limit

with the word 'Shine' especially as foiling is all the rage

at present. I don't have anything in that line hence

the reason I went with my trusty sticky flakes.

Hope to see you there.

Thanks for dropping in this week.

What's 'Trending' at Just Us Girls?

How 'awesome' that Chris chose those 

fabulous powder dies as our Trend at Just Us Girls.

I have only recently bought these addicted little items

and am having so much fun each time I get them out.

My powders are Brusho's

I started by heat embossing my butterfly image with
white embossing powder onto water colour paper then
 added brusho's. After that dried I cut it out with a
stitched postage stamp die popping it
in front of white card stock and then to my card base.

I am sure you are going to want to play with this Challenge so
pop over Here and check out what our June Guest Estelle
and the Super Talented Design Team
have created for your inspiration.
See you there!

Just to make you all envious you may already know
I will be swanning around at a Craft Show
with good friends including Cheryl Wright
(I know a lot of you know her)
when this goes live!
She is coming up again from Melbourne.
We will have a crafty time ahead as Cheryl is coming home with me
and staying for a whole week. Yay!

Thanks for dropping by

We're Distressed at Just Us Girls

It's Trend Week at Just Us Girls

and Sue is our Host choosing a Most Popular Trend
using Inks as a background.

As I write this post I haven't yet had the experience of
trying the TH Oxide Inks but will remedy that
before this post goes live Yay!
So I am still playing (and lovin' them)
with Tim's Distress Inks for this challenge.

I did have another card in progress but time is
running out and needed to schedule this post
before heading off to spend time with family.
***
As a lot of you will know I love playing with backgrounds
so this challenge was such fun. I could have made so many more.
I started my base with a metallic card stock.
The background was made with
TH Distress Inks in Wilted Violet and Mermaid Lagoon
then I got out some Pearl EX Powder  and
smeared it with a paint brush which has given it
a lovely shimmer. I keep forgetting I have them.
Added my featured flower from
ARTplorations Rose Duet stenciled with
Pearl White Acrylic Paint. while that was wet
I sprinkled with Elizabeth Craft Cool Diamonds.
My sentiment is from
STAMPlorations Trendy Butterflies 2
Finished with some gems.


I will add this card to the following Challenges at
STAMPloratons for their

Details - Here and

Details - Here

You need to pop over to our Blog and check out
what our May Guest Kathie Durgan and the
Team have made for your inspiration. I know there will be
lots of beautiful distressing for you to envy.
Hope you are so inspired that you will join us this week
as I know we all love Tim's Distress Inks.

Thanks for dropping in

Love is in the Air

February is the 'Love' Month and with that in mind

Vicki has chosen 'Hearts' for our Trend Week Challenge

at Just Us Girls

 

 

Once again I got out a favourite stamp set

from SU - Timeless Textures for my background.

I also just received a cheapie heart stamp set

with various heart shapes adding a few of them here

with a few red and gold splatters.

This was cut with a stitched die
and attached to red card stock.

My heart is an old sizzix die - double hearts

which was cut from gold paper.

Inks were VersaColor Gold

Memento Angel Pink & Tim Holtz Festive Berries

Added a row of cotton and finished with

my sentiment from GKD

 

I'd like to welcome our February Guest Designer
Michele Greenwood. Pop over to Our Blog
to see what she has created with us
and come join in this weeks challenge.
I am sure Vicki will be busy choosing a winner
with such a popular 'Trend'

See you there and
 Thanks for dropping by



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.

 



It's 'Trend Week' at Just Us Girls

Hello to all my Blogger friends. It's that time of the month for

'Trend Week' at Just Us Girls 

and Judy is this weeks Host choosing Jars.

 

 

 

Now I did have a few concerns with this one. I knew

I had a small mason jar stamp but then found a

die which luckily arrived in my mailbox in time to use

for my card.  My first attempt was a shaker - wrong choice

it landed - you know where. My second attempt I wasn't

completely satisfied with either until after I made the

third one (which is above)

***
Here is how I made it -
Starting with basic white card stock I then got out
a stencil adding texture paste and inking slightly after it dried.
Added a few strips of DP to the bottom then attached my popped
mason jar which I covered with a floral vellum.
My leaves are from Kaisercraft and Marianne Designs.
Flowers are  Martha Stewart.
Filled in the centre of the flowers and
added my heat embossed  Hello sentiment
from Inspired by Stamping.
*** 

 

Won't go into too much detail -  

I added buttons to the top of the die and they looked

so bright - added some vellum (click)  over the top so now

it doesn't look so bad. Thought it would make a nice

birthday card for a sewing friend.

***

Hope you have been over to Our Blog and checked out

what December's Guest - Teresa made and

the Talented Team.

Hope you are encouraged to play with us this week.

If so you could be our Chic of the Week

and be our Guest in February.

 

Till next time - Cherrio from

 



A 'Snowflake or Three'

 It's Trend Week at
Just Us Girls and Hosting is
BOBBY choosing METALLICS!

 

 

Now with Christmas - yes Christmas
just around the corner I really need to
get my act together and start on them.
Hence this is the way I went for this weeks Challenge.

I found this fabulous dotty paper in my stash that
I know I bought years ago and thought it a
perfect background for my snowflakes.
I got out my 'old faithful' Cuttlebug snowflake die
and Spellbinders Create a Flake 4 die and cut them out
from gold and white glittery paper.
Added a gold frame then popped my snowflakes.
My sentiment is from Stampin' Up and heat embossed.
Finished with some pearls and a button from my stash.

Pop over to our Blog and see more magnificent metallics
from our November Guest Cecile' and the Team.
You won't be disappointed.
Come join us and you could be our Chic of the Week
and be a future Guest Designer.

Thanks for dropping in.
Love reading your comments.



'Aloha'

It's TREND week over at Just Us Girls

and Hostess this week is Sue and chosen Pineapples

 

 

Well this threw me as I have nothing relating to them.

How excited I was when I went to my monthly

girls day out card making and our Demonstrator Tania

had chosen a card with just that.

 Thanks Tania - you saved the day. All credits to you.

 

 

I didn't finish my card that day

but came home and added some splatters from a

Tim Holtz stencil. Also added a few strips

of paper under the pineapple.

Card stock is SU and has been stamped on the edges with the

pineapple stamp which is part of the

 set Pop of Paradise from SU

My sentiment is from Gina K.

 

Now pop over to Our Blog

and check out what our October Guest Jaydee

and my Team Mates created.

Join in and you could be our Chic of the Week

and be in the running for

Guest Designer in December

 ***
Once again my card qualifies for the latest (For the Birds) challenge over at
The Mod Squad
You can find the details Here

Thanks for dropping in

PS Will be flying over the other side of Australia in a few days

but never fear I have all my cards done dusted and scheduled

for while I am away catching up with family. I'm Excited!

 

 



It's all about 'YOU'

 

Doesn't every crafter have little containers

full of all sorts of coloured sequins?

Off course you do - that's why Lisa

as our Hostess at Just Us Girls

thought it was time to use some of them

and chose SEQUINS for our Trend Week.

 

 

There are so many ways to use those little critters -
 perfect for a shaker card but not me this time.

 I could see me dropping them all over the floor.

I decided to go soft and subtle

 



I was given some unusual pieces of coloured paper

 which look like they were recycled and are

quite thin and didn't know how it would cut

so I tried it out using a Sizzix leaf die

and they turned out nicely.

 I then decided I needed  a touch of colour 

 behind my background so used another sheet there.

This  was stencilled with Sparkle Medium

and while wet I added some fine glitter.

My butterfly was cut from a Cheery Lynn die and

also added glitter and a pearl.

My sentiment is a new one - recently purchased

from a Win I had and is from Pink & Maine.

I must say they ink up beautifully.

To finish off my card I needed those

Sequins as part of the challenge and

also added some rhinestones.

 

Hope you check out Our Blog

for more blingy creations and then

get out your sequins carefully and

join us for this super challenge.

You could be our Chic of the Week and

be in the running as Our Guest in November.

I am going to enter this card in the CAS Challenge
over at STAMPloration - Details Here

 

Thanks for dropping in

 

 

Trending with Water Colouring

 

I was playing around recently with a new stamp

merrily water colouring this lovely stamp.

It wasn't till I had finished that I realized I

had chosen Water Colour as my word for

our Trend Week so you guessed it

I am showcasing it for my challenge at

Just Us Girls. Whoo Hoo!

 

 

Now I am not one that enjoys colouring in images

but I loved how simple this stamp was - and it

said 'Watercolour' Poppies.

I didn't even think to use watercolour paper

but as it turns out I was pretty happy with the result.

Here are the products I used -

White card stock

Foam Squares for dimension

Stamp is Rubberneck Watercolour Poppy

Memento Bamboo Leaves

Tim Holtz Squeezed Lemonade

SU Tangerine Tango/Calypso Coral

Tim Holtz Speckles Stencil

Sentiment is GKD inked on vellum

Pearls to finish.

How about popping over to our blog Here
to check out what Watercolour Wonders
our Guest Colleen and my Talented Team Mates
have created.
Hoping to see you there 'cause this Trend is
so hot at present and so addictive.
You could be chosen as our Chic of the Week
and be in the running to be
Our Guest Designer in October.

Thanks for dropping in.
Love to read your Comments.

 

It's Trend Week at Just Us Girls

 

It's Trend Week at Just Us Girls and Hosting this week is

Vicki who chose Sponging.

So many different ways to play with this one!

 

 

This was an easy cas card to make and a nice male card.

I decided to sponge the background

and masked the top and bottom.

The stamp I used was purchased at a recent craft show

and is from Stamp It Australia - Large Conifer.

Inked this with Memento Northern Pine.

The background colours are -

Memento Bamboo Leaves and

Tim Holtz Squeezed Lemonade/Dried Marigold.

Card stock is white linen.

The tree was inked once and then stamped off

on either side giving it the lighter effect.

Sentiment is from GKD.

While the main tree ink was still wet I dusted it with

Elizabeth Craft cool diamond glitter.

Still a little hard to see here.

***

And there you have it.

Pop on over to Our Blog to see

more inspiration and we would love to see yours this week.

 

Thanks for dropping in.

Love reading your comments.