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

 

 

Thinking of You.

 

The new Challenge over at

Crafty Cardmakers is being hosted by Marlene

and she has chosen LAYERS!

and want to see Lots of LAYERS

 

 

I think I have achieved that !

I found these sheets of die cuts in my stash

from Reddy Creative Cards (German Co)

and all I had to do was detach and layer them up

 using foam squares. Easy eh!

After completing that I attached them to a piece

of mauve paper cut from a Spellbinders die.

The card stock was stamped randomly

with a hydrangea stamp from

SU to match my focal point.

Just needed to add a sentiment from GKD which was inked

and cut out of vellum.

Hope you can pop over and check out

what the other Designers have layered

and would love to see yours Here

 

Thanks for dropping in so till next time

Cherrio from

 

 

 

 



I'm 'Flying High'

 

It's 'WORD WEEK' over at Just Us Girls

and once again I am Hosting.
As this is the beginning of a new month we have a
New Guest Designer. Welcome Kathy.
You can check out her talent at
Stamps at Play.

 

 

When I chose the Word (which by the way is TRAVEL)

 I had a specific type of card in mind.

After several attempts  I landed up going 

in a completely different direction.

I rummaged through some of my stamps and came across

one that was totally perfect. It made me think of just

what I will be doing in the coming month.

I am excited as we will be flying over the other side of

Australia to spend time with our daughter

and teenage grand children.

We haven't seen them for a few years.

 

On with the products I used here -
Card Base is GKD Pure Luxury
Background DP - SU Going Places
Stamped image - Inspired by Stamping
(heat embossed)
Sentiment inside - Stamp It Australia
Stars and tiny circles are punched.
Pretty simple considering the time I spent
on trying to make my other card work for me.

Hope you will pop over to Our Blog
to see how our Guest Kathy Schweinfurth
and the Team were inspired.
Hope you can join us there.

Thanks for dropping in -



There's GOLD here!

There is still a few day left to enter the current

CAS Card Challenge over at STAMPlorations Blogspot.

Details can be found Here

The optional colour twist is to use GOLD.

While I was fishing around in one of my drawers
(for what I can't remember) I came across my gilding flakes
and a penny dropped - this fluffy stuff would be
perfect and it had GOLD in it -
 make a cas card using this great product.
Well now I remember why I don't use it very often -
glue and flakes make for sticky coloured fingers!

I used an old Cuttlebug leaf die, cutting and
gilding  a few so you will see the others
on another card some time later.
I also had a bit of fun inking up the background
using a Memory Box stencil and various paints
and textures. I backed this with gold card stock.
My leaf was popped.
Sentiment is from Gina K Designs. 

 

Thanks for dropping in today.
Till next time Cherrio from

 

 

 



'Inspiration a Plenty' at Just Us Girls

We have this amazing photo below

chosen by Judy who is

Hostess for our Photo Week.

 

You just have to see the 'Bigger Picture'

 

 

When we all saw this we were in awe of how

beautiful it was - and then you look

at it and just wonder what you are going to pick up on

to create your project! The mind boggles!

 

 

That array of beautiful colours sold me so I went with

'trying' to capture some of that - and then there are

'those feathers' - yes Judy I just HAD TO use them.

 

There are so many elements used here I would bore you

with them all.

Being a bit of mixed media I used

gesso gelatos stencils paints

and some inka gold.

My feathers are from Stampin' Up

adding a few sequins, button. trim

and touches of liquid pearls.

Sentiment is Paper Smooches.

 

Now I know you will be anxious to pop over to

Our Blog to see what caught the eye of our

August Guest - Colleen and the Team.

I've said it before but - I know you won't be disappointed.

 

Hope we have inspired you to created and join us

and you could be our Chic of the Week and

be included in a chance to be our

Guest in October.

 

Thanks for dropping in.

 

 

 



Looking for a 'Sea Change'

 Bec is hosting the latest challenge over at

Crafty Cardmakers and has chosen

'By or Under the Sea'

 

I decided to go with an Under the Sea scene.

 

 

I used lots of bits and bobs here but

 I will endeavour to name a few -

The Under the Sea scene is an embossing folder.

Adding different ink types and colours.

Heat embossed the bottom to look like sand.

The background behind the sea creatures

(which were coloured with water colour pencils)

was inked up after I sponged the colours

onto my craft mat. Also added a stamped

image to the give water bubbles effect.

Glitter was added to part of the bottom of the sea.

Glossy Accents on the eyes and in a number of

areas for more bubbles but very hard to pick up.

 

 

I think that covers most of it.

Hope you can pop over and see what theme the Team

went for Here. Maybe you will get time to play with this

'Really Cool' Challenge. Hope so.

 

Thanks for dropping in.

Love reading your Comments.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's 'Colour Week' at Just Us Girls

It's Colour Week at Just Us Girls

and Lisa is 'Hostess' choosing the colours
Aqua Kraft & White

 

I did have another card made but

had a touch of brown with it (naughty me)

so I went back to my craft room to make another one.

 

I have tried so many times to try and get the lovely

touch of glitter I added to different embossing powders

on my flowers but alas it just didn't happen.

 

Starting off with my kraft card base

I then cut out a white frame from MFT

stitched rectangles. I also did the same

to another piece of kraft card stock.

I cut it out before I realized I didn't need to

so attached it to my white frame before

popping the whole frame.

As I said earlier I mixed a few different

embossing powders together to get a

variegated effect.

My floral stamp is an old one from

GKD - Springtime Silhouettes

which was stamped several times.

Sentiment is also from that set.

Finished off with a few rhinestones

and some aqua cotton.

Now pop over to Our Blog
and check out what our August Guest Colleen
has created with fellow Team Mates
- always fabulous!
Join us and you could be our
Chic of the Week and be in the running
for our Guest Designer in October.
Hope to see you there.

Thanks for dropping in and
I love reading your comments.

 

 

 

 

 

 



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.

 

Make today FABULOUS.

 

Over at the STAMPlorations Blog

I found a fabulously simple card challenge.

All the details are HERE.

 

 

Some of you will know how much I (love)

my SU Four Feathers stamp/die set so...

 

 

and how awesome that to make them pop

even nicer is the Twist - GOLD!

I found some lovely gold paper in my stash

which was perfect for my backing.

I heat embossed my feathers on to that

with one I added a touch of Teal.

My splotches I used stencils from

Clear Scraps & Tim Holtz

inking with Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers/Frayed Burlap.

Sentiments are from

Inspired by Stamping &

My Favourite Things.

I finished off with a bow from crochet cotton.

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So glad you stopped by and

I love reading your Comments.

Thank You.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Tic Tock Tic Tock - It's TIME at Crafty Cardmakers

 

TIME for the new challenge over at

Crafty Cardmakers and Lin is hosting our

TIME CHALLENGE!

 

 

You can interpret how you like as long as it relates to

TIME in some way. 

You can enter anything you fancy, it doesn't have to just be cards,

as long as it meets the challenge,

 and doesn't exceed the 15 total challenges entered rule!
Here are the products I used on my project -

Basic coloured card stock

Clocks - Designer paper

Corrugated cardboard

Stamped clock - Kaisercraft

Cogs - Craft Emotions

Hello Sentiment - Stampin' Up

SU - Close to Cocoa

TH - Peacock Feathers

Memento - Pistachio

JustRite Tag

Liquid Pearls

Variegated Coloured Cotton

Distressing

 

Thanks for dropping by. Hope you will pop over

and see what my Team Mates created and join us

in our 'Time Challenge'



What's Under the Sea?

 

I had a lot of fun playing with some
 old and new product for this challenge.

Hostess for our Word Week at Just Us Girls is Sharyn

choosing WATER.

 

 

 

Before I made my card I had played around with a few

water scenes which landed up in the bin.

This is when I decided to get out some inky messy items

to try my hand at something quite different.

As some of you know I recently spent time

with crafty friends at a Craft Show and this is where

I bought a few of the products I used here.

Gesso Paste

Gelatos

Texture Pastes

Sparkle Medium

White Embossing Enamel for the bubbles

Glossy Accents - water spots

Shells and cotton from my stash.

Now pop over to Our Blog to see what
our August Guest Colleen Foelker
and my talented Team Mates have created.
I hope you will have time to join us
this week.

Thanks for dropping in

 

 

 



It's Sketch Time at 'The House'

Being the end of the Month it is

Sketch time over at The House that Stamps Built.

 

 

 

 

As you can see I have flipped it and

matched it fairly well.

I wanted to try and make a scene using

a few Repeat Impression stamps

These are

The chair - 3415I

Clouds - 3403F

(hard to see as I sponged over them)

Gulls in Flight - 3412C.

Card stock is a dark brown

and a lighter brown for matting.

Embossed background.

My little scene was sponged with

various inks depicting sun sand and surf

with a touch of white on the waives.

Added some seaweed grasses from GKD

The chair I coloured and added touches of white

for a distressed look.

Finished off with trimming

a brad and the sentiment

is from Altenew.

 

So that is it for me this month at The House.

Thanks for dropping in.

 

 

 



Let's see it for 'THE GIRLS' at JUGS.

 It's Wild Card Week at Just Us Girls
and this only comes around when we have
5 Saturday's in the Month.
This is always a 'Fun Challenge' and Nancy chose
a 'Ripper' for us.

 

I hadn't thought too much about what sort of card I would make

for Nancy's challenge until I saw something I had cut out

and was lying on my desk - even had the ribbon beside it

so what better time to finish off
 what I had started some weeks before.

I had seen this type of card so many times that I worked out
a template to use and went from there.
I used Linen & plain card stock.
Designer paper is by Kaisercraft and double sided (of course)
I got out some old flower dies using
Tim Holtz Tattered Florals.
How many of us have this
and have had it in the back blocks for a long time?
The small flower in the centre is Bitty Blossoms
and have another piece in between from a SB die.
Scrunched them all up for dimension.
Added a pearl to the centre.
My leaves are also from Spellbinders
Ribbon is SU
Sentiment is Inspired by Stamping.
I love the soft colours of the DP as it makes
a lovely feminine card.
Pop on over and see what other Girly Creations
have been made by our Guest Carol and
my Team mates. Hope you can come and play
with us this week and you could be chosen
as Chic of the Week and go on to be our
Guest for September.

Since this is basically a Birthday card
and the current Theme Challenge over at
Watercooler Challenges is to use
The Letter B Details  Here.
I am joining in the fun
as my sentiment says Beautiful Birthday.


Thanks for dropping by



Playing with Purple Again

I am back again to show off another card I made for the

Shades of Purple Challenge over at

Double D Challenges

 

 

I have a pack of pearlescent textured card stock that
I thought I would try on my SU Lotus Blossom
stamp set to see how my flowers would turn out.
I was pleasantly surprised with the outcome as the flowers
are muted with the pearl and the texture added another
dimension - certainly different and not so bold
as the colours would have been with normal cs.
I inked one stamp and the stems on the base cs
 and then cut several others to pop inking with
Memento Eldenberry/Sweet Plum
and Lulu Lavender.
I found the little piece of silver mesh
in my stash and thought it perfect
so added gemstones and sequins to match.
Sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping.
Added foam squares for dimension
and corner rounded to finish.

Again I thank you for dropping in
and it is always nice to read your comments.

Till next time - Cherrio from

 



A Sucker for You





I made a card for a summer challenge earlier in the month featuring

an old fashioned All Day Sucker and while I was thinking

sweet things decided to make a similar card for our

'Summer Challenge' over at Crafty Cardmakers.

This time round Bec is Hosting.

 

 

I cut a circle from Jac paper peeling off one side

 and attached my rainbow coloured cotton around

 till it was all covered. This was popped slightly

so I could attach my lollypop stick behind it.

I found some scrap DP that matched

to use as a background.

The sentiment is from an old

Cuttlebug Alphabet die - Typewriter.

I thought the sentiment perfect to go with

my 'All Day Sucker'.

I'm sure you can all relate to eating

plenty of these when you were young.

Finished it off with a gem in the centre.

 

Thanks for dropping in and hope you will

pop over to Our Blog to see what

my team mates thoughts were on

our 'Summer Theme'

Maybe I will see yours there.

 



HELLO Friend

 

The latest challenge over at

Watercooler Challenges 

is a Colour Challenge.

 

 

I found this a little hard trying to match

what I had as close as I could but think

I matched the colours fairly well.

These are the colours I chose -

SU Baja Breeze

Memento Angel Pink

Tim Holtz Victorian Velvet/Stormy Sky.

For the Very Vanilla I used card stock.

My base is fairly close to the Baja Breeze

topped with Vanilla which was also used for

the FRIEND sentiment by Inspired by Stamping.

This was cut from Die-Namics Stitched Rectangles

My stencil is Memory Box

Hello - Lawn Fawn

Added pearls and used foam squares for dimension.

 

Hope you like my take on this colour challenge and

Thanks for dropping in.

 

 



Just a Note.

 

I am getting so much fun playing with

 Tim Holtz Thinlits Mixed Media dies

as they make such a dramatic effect when

backed with Designer Paper.

 

 

I am once again playing along at The Mod Squad
hosted by Judy Woodland & Vicky Dutcher

for their Kraft Challenge.

This is a simple card showing of the beautiful

DP - Spring Lilacs from Inspired by Stamping

and adding a simple sentiment which is also

by IBS - Vintage Pieces.

I cut this with a SB die and inked with

Memento Elderberry.

I have used mounting squares for dimension.

Finished off by just adding some

purple gemstones.

 

Thanks for dropping in