It's Photo Week at Just Us Girls

 

Our Host for this weeks challenge over at

JUST US GIRLS is MARIA

and she has chosen this gorgeous picture

And here is how it inspired me

 





 

You see I have this gorgeous stamp

Vase of Tulips 1317L from Repeat Impressions

which I just HAD to use.

I have also been playing around again with

shaving cream and getting all inky - just so happens

the colours on one of my pieces fitted in nicely.

I heat embossed the stamp on top of my

background cut it out with a

Spellbinder Oval die and then added

a scalloped border behind it.

I wanted something a little different from

just the normal card so I just folded over

one half of the front. 

Added a piece of coloured card stock

embossed with Tim Holtz embossing folder

then attached my floral bunch of tulips.

To finish it off I cut out the LOVE

from a Kaisercraft die and covered it with

glossy accents and the u is

from a Cuttlebug alphabet set.

On the inside I attached a piece of

matching coloured paper and added some

flourishes and sentiment from

Inspired by Stamping.

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Hop on over to see how the other Designer's

and our Guest Kathy were inspired.

Hope to see yours Here.

You could be in the running for our

Popular Chic of the Week and

maybe our Guest for June.

 

Thanks for stopping by.

 I so love reading your comments.

 

 



Time for a 'SKETCH' at The House

 

Once again I am playing with one of the lovely stamps from

Repeat Impressions - Beautiful Days for the current Sketch Challenge over at

The House that Stamps Built

 

 

Here is the Sketch I followed.

 

 

I started with the basic white card stock then topped it in yellow

which I stamped randomly with a piece of bubble wrap in

Peanut Brittle Distress Ink.

I also did the same behind the daisies in Memento Summer Sky

The DP is from American Crafts

I then framed my Daisies and Butterfly (9203-P)

after colouring it in various coloured pens from

Tim Holtz TomBow and Stampin' Up

Added a touch of Glossy Accents to the

centres of the daisies and part of the butterfly.

Finished off with some small punched daisy flowers

and a tiny piece of orange ribbon bringing out

 the colour on the butterfly.

Sentiment is from Stampin' Up Pocket Silhouettes.

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I have had so much fun with the challenges over at

The House that Stamps Built this month.

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Part of next month I will be away from home celebrating

Mother's Day with my daughter in far North Queensland

where the weather will be simply divine. I will also be

celebrating 2 of my grandchildren's birthdays so some

wonderful family time coming up.

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I have a few DT projects scheduled so you will still

see a few posts from me.

***

In closing I would like to wish all the

MOTHER'S out there a Very Happy Mother's Day.

 

Cherrio for now

 

 

 



WIW Challenge A1515 at 'The House'

Over at The House that Stamps Built

they have their WIW Photo Inspiration Challenge A1515

and all the details are Here.

 

 

and below is the Gorgeous and colourful

Inspirational Photo.

 

 

I took me a while to work out how

I would make my card.

I recently bought some gelatos

 and thought I would try them out.

I took my inspiration from the

bright colours and wavy  lines.

I started with black and white card stock

To that I added a mounted black frame

for my image which was made with my gelatos

a stencil and inks from

Memento/Stampin' Up and

Tim Holtz Distress Inks

The floral stamp is from

Repeat Impressions - Flowering Vine - 4314K

Added Iridescent Medium for shimmer

Sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping

Finished with Liquid Pearls on the flower centres.

 

I did have fun with this challenge and will

certainly be using those gelatos in so many

other different ways.

 

Thanks for stopping by.

Hope you liked my interpretation of that fabulous photo.

 



It's 3 of ... at Top Tip Tuesday

The current challenge over at

Top Tip Tuesday

is to make a card with 3 of something.

Well I certainly did that -

3 pieces paper (the base frame and top)

3 different coloured inks

3 stamps

Scored 3 times

3 Sequins.

 

Products I used are

Black/White card stock

Stampin' Up Stamps -

Pocket Silhouettes/Just Believe

Stampin' Up inks - yo yo yellow/melon mambo

Memento Teal Zeal/Tuxedo Black

Sentiment is cut from vellum with JustRite Vintage Labels

Rhinestones.

 

Hope you like what you see and

thanks for dropping in.

 



It's Colour Week for #289 at Just us Girls

It's again time for our Colour Challenge over at

Just Us Girls and the Lovely Lisa

has chosen them as our Hostess.

 

 

 

For my Third colour I chose Red.

I got the beautiful stamp I used from a dear friend

and thought this challenge suited it perfectly.

It is from Docrafts - Sympathy/Thinking of You

I heat embossed it in white on kraft card stock.

My base is the same paper and topped with red.

The sentiment is from

Inspired by Stamping - Big Wishes 11

inked in Memento Love Letter.

Finished off my cutting a few corners

and adding Kaisercraft Pearls.

 

A cas card with a great result - was really happy

how this turned out.

Don't forget to pop over Here
for the Design Team Inspiration
and our Guest for April - Kathy
and then join us for your chance to be
Our Chic of the Week and you could also be
Guest Designer for June.

Thanks for dropping in. Thanks also for your
Kind Comments which are so appreciated.
 



Sketch Time at Atlantic Hearts #103

Once again I am playing with the current Sketch Challenge over at

Atlantic Hearts

 

The sentiment may say

wish you were Here but it should say

Wish I was there - how I would love to be in a

red telephone box in the city of London.

 

I used the following products on my card

Black/White card stock

Darkroom Door Postcards stamp

as my background

Red Telephone stamp is from

Stampin' Up - Feeling Sentimental

Memento Love Letter/Black Inks

Sentiment is from Gina K Designs

Red cotton

Pop Dots.

 

Thanks for dropping in

 



Less is More - ONE LAYER.

Here is another card I made for the current

Less is More Challenge.

Details are Here

 

 

I made a boo boo with my last card by not reading

the clearly written words - ONE LAYER.

How could I not see it? Blonde moment.

So of course since I like splatters I decided

to make another one.

Here is what I used on my card -

White card stock

Tim Holtz stencils

Stampin' Up Just Believe Stamp

Stampin' Up Yo Yo Yellow

Melon Mambo Inks

Memento Teal Zeal/Pistachio Inks

Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers Distress Ink

Black Embossing Powder

Spritzing in the above colours

Corner Rounder.

 

Thanks for stopping by

 

 



A super simple splatter card for 'Less is More'

I have made this card for the current challenge over at

Less is More

and the details are HERE
 

 

Here are the items I used on my card -

Yellow and white card stock

Tim Holtz Speckles Stencil

TCW Mini Textile Stencil

Stampin' Up Four Feathers Stamp/Die

Stampin' Up Yo Yo Yellow ink

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping

Birthday Wishes

Doodling around the edges in yo yo yellow

Small button and cotton.

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Thanks for popping by.

 



Challenge #214 for Try Stampin' on Tuesday

 

It is that time of the week again for the new

Sketch Challenge over at

Try Stampin' on Tuesday

 

 

and here is the Sketch Courtesy of Lynda (Thank You)

 

These are the products I used -

Basic coloured card stock

Stampin' Up Four Feathers Stamp/Die

Kaisercraft Nesting Rectangles

Sizzix Embossing Folders

Tim Holtz Splatters/Speckles Stencils

Tim Holtz Distress Inks in

Frayed Burlap Antique Linen Peacock Feathers

Stampin' Up Rich Razzleberry/Baja Breeze Inks

Jute String

Sentiment is from Gina K Designs

 

Please pop on over to our BLOG

to see what the other Designer's have

created for your Inspiration.

Hope to see yours there.

 

Thanks for dropping in

 



I'm 'SHAKING' this week at Just Us Girls

 

Have you always said I must make a Shaker Card one of these 'One Day'

Well my one day came when our

Hostess Sue

 asked us to do that for our Trend Week at

Just Us Girls

and I had so much fun I am going to play with

that trend some more as it was much easier than I thought.

 

Here are the products I used -

White and Hot Pink card stock

Acetate

Hot Air Balloon stamp was given to me by a friend

The clouds and sentiments are from

Art Impressions

Background stars stamp - Hero Arts

Sequins

Variegated cotton

Kindy Glitz

Pop dots/tape.

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Pop over to our blog HERE to see what

the other Designer's have made

and then hop into your craft room and go for it.

Hope to see you there soon.

 

Thanks for dropping in.

 



It's Sketch Time again at Atlantic Hearts

Here is a card I made for the current Sketch Challenge

over at Atlantic Hearts.

You can find their blog HERE

 

 

 

I am not completely happy with how this turned out

but maybe I am being a little critical of my own work.

We do that don't we?

Here are some of the products I used

White/Kraft card stock.

Background is made using the

shaving cream technique -

 although you can't see too much of it.

The image is heat embossed in white

and is from Stamp It

The background was inked with

Tim Holtz Distress Inks and Stencils

The border is a Stampin' Up punch

Sentiment is also from Stampin' Up.

Finished with some variegated cotton.

 

Thanks for stopping by today.

Hope to see you back again soon.

 

 

 

Another Heat Embossed card for The House that Stamps Built.

This is the second card I made for the current

Designer's Choice Challenge at The House

 

 

Something completely different from my previous card.

Again I used another of the lovely Repeat Impression stamps

I have in my little collection and perfect for

heat embossing. Thanks Kathy.

 

I used the RI stamp 1713J - Dandelions

(I know they are supposed to be yellow)

as my focal image (popped)

 and embossed it with

Zing Embossing Powder

Basic card stock

Background is a Sizzix embossing folder

Corner rounder

Sentiment and ribbon are from

Stampin' Up Rich Razzleberry

also spritzed with the same colour.

 

Again I hope you like what I made.

I love to read your thoughts.

 



It's Designer's Choice at The House - Heat Embossing

My friend Kathy Stacy has one of my favourite techniques

for the current DC Challenge at

The House that Stamps Built Here

and she has asked us to create a card with Heat Embossing.

Thanks Kathy - I love doing this especially with RI stamps.

 

I have made a couple of card and here is the first one.

 

I went cas on this one by just using white card stock

The gorgeous flower is from

Repeat Impressions - Daffodils 904W

I cut out an oval from a Spellbinder die for masking

The embossing folder is from Stampin' Up

Sentiment from Inspired by Stamping

Inks - Tim Holtz

Broken Chins/Stormy Sky

Memento - Pistachio Summer Sky

Dandelion/Olive Grove

Black Embossing Powder

 

So you see it is pretty simple and I will send this off

to a friend who is a little under the weather.

 

I will post my second card a little later.

Thanks for stopping by.

 



Time for a change - G is for Glitter at ABC Christmas Challenge

 

My thoughts turned to GLITTER and CHRISTMAS

for the Current Challenge over at

The ABC Christmas Challenge

 

 

I think Christmas cards should mainly be CAS as we need to

produce so many. So that is what I decided to do with this card.

 

Christmas is not Christmas without

Glitter and of course a Snowflake.

So of course I got my favourite (and oldie)

Cuttlebug Snowflake die and cut it out

with this lovely coloured glitter paper.

I chose Gold Metallic Paper as my base

I then topped it with similar paper embossed with

another Cuttlebug Embossing Folder added gold

paper to back my scored gold paper.

Popped my gold snowflake after adding a

Sparklet to the centre.

 The sentiment is also an olide but goodie

from Stampin' Up - Heard from the Heart

and inked with Versacolor Gold

Also scored top and bottom of the sentiment.

 

Thanks once again for stopping by

 



And while I was at it - I kept on playing

And I kept on playing at the

Top Tip Tuesday

Mellow Yellow Challenge

 

 

I again used the paper and pre coloured image from

Fred She Said - HERE

and went with a swing card using

basic card stock

embossing folder and

Spellbinder die.

Finished it with some Liquid Pearls and

Glossy Accents on the butterfly.

 

That's it for now..

 

 

 



Spring is in the Air for JUGS #287 Word Week

Spring is in the Air  - just not where I live.

 We are in our Autumn but that doesn't stop me from
making a card with bright cheerful colours.

Sharyn as our Hostess chose SPRING
for Word Week
and I am sure all my friends across the pond
 are looking forward to it after a

Long and Cold Winter.

Here is a close up of the butterfly which was fussy cut
after adding crystal effects and popped on top of the image
 but doesn't show the shine.

 

I also used the following items on my card -

 White & Green card stock

Designer Paper and Image - Fred She Said + the

Pre coloured image called Marigolds & Morpho

Fancy That - Leafy Swirls

Sentiment is from Gina K Designs

Just Rite Tags

Own Ribbon/Micro Beads

 

Pop over to Our Blog and check out

the other inspirational cards by the

Design Team and our Guest Kathy

and hope to see your entry there.

In doing so you could be our Guest for JUNE.

Thanks for popping in.

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I would also like to enter this in the

Top Tip Tuesday Challenge

Mellow Yellow.

 

 

 

 

WIW Colour Challenge at 'The House'

The What if Wednesday Challenge over at

The House that Stamps Built is a colour Challenge.

 

and here is my card.

 

 

I love Kraft and Red together. My third choice

of colour was Cream.

 

Here are the products I used -

KRAFT card stock

Small scrap piece of cream DP

Stampin' Up Red Flower Shop flowers

MS Leaf Punch - leaves were inked with

SU flower stamp and scored

Cream Lace

Sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping

Big Wishes 11

Pop Dots

Red Glitter on the flowers

and topped with Kaisercraft Droplets

 

 

Hope you liked what I made and

Thanks You for dropping in.

Till next time -

Cherrio from



It's Mellow Yellow at Top Tip Tuesday

It has been a while since I played with a challenge over at

Top Tip Tuesday but the current challenge has me

playing with Mellow Yellow.

 

 

 

The Script Dies are all the rage at the moment so

of course I 'needed' them. I bought one online and it arrived

in the mail yesterday so after seeing the challenge above

I got straight into cutting that Hello die and made this cas card.

I did say on an earlier post you wouldn't see

 'feathers' on my next post

but there are those stencils that keep calling me instead.

Perfect for a simple background.

***

Here are the products that I used

Basic white and yellow card stock

Lawn Fawn Scripty Hello

(cut several and popped for depth)

TCW Mini Texture Stencil

Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers Distress Ink

Stampin' Up Yo Yo Yellow Ink

Friend Sentiment from Stampin' Up - Just Believe

Sequins.

***
#Tip If you have a word that you want to leave a
letter out cover it with washi tape ink up the word
then remove the tape before stamping on your card.

I think I will play with this colour again before the week is out

as it is so bright and colourful with so many possibilities.

 

Thanks for popping in