It's a 'Christmas Tree'

It's 'Word Week' at Just Us Girls and Hosting is
Nancy who chose 'Christmas Tree' as our Word.
How appropriate is that!
 

 

 

I have seen so many different types of Christmas trees

on Pinterest so I thought I would give it a go for something

'A Little Different'

I must admit I had fun decorating my card.

I started by backing my card base with

DP  then added a stitched die cut for my

Christmas Tree which is popped.

 I have this unusual coloured glitter paper

which matched the DP. Then the fun began.

My tree is kraft paper. Next step was to

cut out lots of different sized circles from

various bits of scraps filling the gaps with

sequins pearls punched stars and tiny circles.

My sentiment is cut from that glitter paper and

is from Paper Smooches - which by the way

cuts beautifully.

 

Pop over to Our Blog to see more

fabulous Christmas Trees from the Talented Team

and a Big Welcome to our  December Guest  Theresa Gregory

Come play with us this week..

 

I am dropping off this card over at

AAA Cards for their CAS

Circles Challenge. Details are Here

 

 

It may not look cas but it really is -

just a lot of circles added to a tree trunk. 

 

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You're SPECIAL

It's the end of the month and I am getting my card for the

November Theme & Sketch Challenge

 over at STAMPlorations in just in time.

You can find the Details Here

 

 

My card base is white cs.

I then started adding my background stencilled

with ARTplorations Happy Flowers

in shades of yellow and orange.

To go with the theme I cut out a stitched oval

inking it with smooched Tim Holtz Distress Inks

in Squeezed Lemonade & Dried Marigold.

My floral feature is by STAMPlorations French Marigold

which has been water coloured with shimmery paints.

I hand cut it and popped it after attaching a bow.

Sentiment is from Paper Smooches

Added a few Kaisercraft pearls to complete.

 



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Celebrating at Addicted to CAS

 

Over at Addicted to CAS they are celebrating

their 4th Birthday so the challenge is to make a

CAS card with the code word 'CONGRATULATIONS'

Details are Here

 

 

 

I started my card with

Basic white & coloured card stock. To back my

floral image I embossed the white cs

 with We R Memory Keepers Geometric folder.

As this embossing folder is quite thick I was

a bit wary of forcing it through my Cuttlebug so

just used the bottom plate with the C plate.

I know you can get a much deeper impression from this folder

but I didn't want to break my old CB

I backed that in pink.

My flower and leaves are from Altenew Beautiful Day.

Embossed in white, coloured with shimmery paints then cut.

I attached some ribbon as backing then slightly popped my image.

I decided to go with a Celebrate sentiment  from Stampin' Up.

Finished with a few gems and pearls.

 

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It's Anything but a Card.

The latest challenge over at

Crafty Cardmakers is

Anything but a Card.

Angela is Hosting and with Christmas fast approaching

it gives us a chance to change things up a bit

and move away from card making.

I decided to do something for myself.

I am constantly writing things down on a Notebook

next to my laptop so I thought I would

make a cover for a store bought one.

 

 

I didn't know what I would end up with so

I got out distress inks, texture pastes, stencils

acrylic paints and stamps and went to work.

My Notes letters are from an old Cuttlebug

Alphabet Set. The butterfly is Cheery Lynn.

I enjoyed just playing around even with inky fingers.

 

Hope you get a chance to play but before you do

head over to Our Blog to see which way

the Design Team went on this one.

 

Thanks for dropping in

 

 

 

 



Photo Week at Just Us Girls

Vicki is Hosting our Photo Week at Just Us Girls

and chosen the most gorgeous Inspiration Photo.

Simply perfect with Christmas just around the corner.

Here is how I was inspired.

 

by this -

 

 

I am so lucky as I love purple (you know that)

and either gold or silver for Christmas card making.

 

My card base is Grey Linen.

I then topped it with Grey satin paper

cutting it with a stitched die.

Heat embossed randomly in silver

with SU Snowburst.

The ornaments are cut from Kaisercraft Ornate Baubles

The purple glitter behind I hand cut after

pencilling around the edges of the die.

I popped dimensional foam behind

them, adding some silver ribbon

 gems and sentiment.

 

Don't forget to pop over and see how

our November Guest - Cecile

and the talented Team were inspired..

Join us and you could be our Chic of the Week

and Guest with us in January. Hope to see you there.

 

A big Thank You to Cecile for showing us all

your beautiful work as our Guest in November.
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I am also joining in with this card over at
The Mod Squad for their
Sparkle It Up Challenge
  Addicted to Stamps & More

for  Challenge #221 - Anything Goes

and Time Out Challenges
Christmas with Optional Twist - Glitter/Shimmer

 

Thanks for dropping in

Love reading your Kind Comments.

 





I'm Hosting this weeks challenge at Just Us Girls

I am hosting this weeks challenge over at

Just Us Girls for our Colour Week.

Most of you know my favourite colour is Purple

and I love to combine it with Teal.

Since it is close to Christmas I chose  Gold

as the third colour.

I love making non traditional coloured Christmas cards

(and that is what I went with)

I couldn't not make a Christmas card without pulling out

my favourite Poinsettia die from Spellbinders.

Now I have NEVER seen a poinsettia the colours I chose

but what the heck! It's different.

My card base is white.

My first layer is embossed with an old Cuttlebug

Christmas embossing folder.

Cutting a piece of DP from American Crafts with

Spellbinder Labels 20 I attached that adding

ribbon and a small strip from a Starform sticker.

My berries and holly were cut out from Kaisercraft dies

I bought while on holidays (vacation)

The Merry Christmas die is also new for me and from Lawn Fawn.

Now on to THAT poinsettia -

I covered a sheet of card stock with spritzed

Tim Holtz Mermaid Lagoon and Wilted Violet

and touches of Blue Moonstone Sparkle Medium

then cut out the pieces for the flower.

There were some white bits showing so covered that with

Tim Holtz Milled Lavender.

Added some Inka Gold around the edges

and touched up with Wink of Stella

for a little more sparkle.

Finished with some dew drops.

Sorry for the long posting. Hope you had a coffee

while reading it.

Now you need to pop over to

Our Blog to check out our November

Guest - Cecile and my Talented Team Mates creations.

Then I hope you will play with us this week.

You could be chosen as our Chic of the Week

and in the running for Guest Designer in January 2017.

PS It can be any type of card as long as it has

just those 3 colours (with neutrals accepted)

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It's 'MERRY CHRISTMAS' in Traditional Colours

 

Time for the latest challenge over at

Addicted to Stamps & More for their

Photo Inspiration Challenge

And aren't we all busy creating those

Christmas cards as it gets closer by the day.

Also at Double D Challenges
for their Traditional Christmas Colours

 

 

I received a new Christmas die a few days and
decided to try it out. It was much bigger than I had thought
but worked nicely for this card.
Adding to my card base is DP from Buffle -
I couldn't have a Christmas card without my Tartan.
I hand cut 2 shaped pieces adding my snowflake
which has been cut several time from
a Spellbinder die.

I tried to show how sparkly the white part of the snowflake
is but still hasn't photographed well.
The red part has been heat embossed in clear powder.

I cut my Merry - from Memory Box several times.
Added touches of the glitter around the sentiment
and a few stars to complete my card.

Thanks for dropping in.
Love to read your Kind Comments.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



STAMPlorations CAS November Card Challenge

 

It's nearing the middle of November and the

STAMPlorations CAS card challenge

is in full swing. This month the

Optional colour twist is PURPLE!

Details  HERE

How perfect for me -

 

 

This card was ca-simply quick to make.

I used an ivory shimmery card stock.

The ornament is from an old

Cuttlebug Christmas collection.

Inked up Tim Holtz Mermaid Lagoon & Wilted Violet

spritzing and adding a touch of Inka Gold

popping it slightly in from a stitched die backing.

Attached a piece of gold string and

adding a few small gems.

My sentiment is from Stampin' Up.

 

 

So there it is - another Christmas card done.

 

PS You will have seen a few cards with those

same colours. Just love them so much together.

 

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Love reading your comments.

 

 



A Watercolour Poppy

Once again I have moved away from Christmas Cards

to make this Thank You card to send to a friend.

 

 

I do love the soothing effect water colouring has

on me. I find it so relaxing.

 

This is another CAS card - my favourite lately.

I have used a metallic card stock for

my base and first layer.

I decided to add a spritzed background colour

using Tim Holtz Dried Marigold

adding a few speckles for interest.

Now to add some text to the background

from 49 and Market

as part of the criteria for the

CAS Watercolour November Challenge

at The CAS Watercolour Blogspot

 

 

I then went on to heat emboss my poppy

which is a Rubbernecker stamp

working on canvas paper rather than

the usual watercolour paper.

This was painted with some

shimmery paints I had recently bought

and thought it timely to try them out.

Both layers are slightly popped.

Inked around the edges and corner rounded.

Sentiment is also from 49 and Market.

 

Popping this one over to

Addicted to Stamps and More

for their

CAS Challenge #219 

 

 

Thanks so much for dropping in.

I love reading your Kind Words.

 

 

 



Another CAS Christmas Card.

 

It's time for a new challenge over at

Crafty Cardmakers and Jackie is Hosting.

She has chosen Embossing - Dry or Heat

 

 

As Christmas approaches I find myself

behind on my Christmas card making

hence I have once again gone CAS.

Another reason for this is they are easy to post.

 

I used basic white card stock to begin.

My main focal point are those snowflakes from SU

which are heat embossed in gold.

Behind that I have dry embossed my background

with an old Cuttlebug Christmas folder.

Both these have been matted with gold paper.

My sentiment is also from SU.

It is a shame you can't see the shimmer.

Used dimension squares for effect.

behind the snowflakes as I spritzed it with

Champagne Mist from SU.

Finished off with gold pearls.

 

Pop over to Our Blog to see what

the other Designers created.

Hope you can join us.

 

Thanks for dropping in.

 

 

 



It's Stencil 'Overkill'

I love playing with stencils and when I saw that the

Seize the Birthday Blog has as their current challenge

Stencils I wanted to play.

 

 

What fun I had with this card.

I didn't have a clue as to what I would make

so decided to get inky with bright colours moving

away from my Christmas Card making and

go 'way out over the top'.

As you can see I did just that. Couldn't help myself!

I used bright coloured card stock and scraps

distress inks and several stencils.

A bit of spritzing popping and adding my

'Cool Sentiment' from Paper Smooches

I was done.

 

 

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Just want to say 'THANK YOU'

 

There are several challenges

buzzing around in Blogland for

Thankful/Thank You cards so I have chosen a few

I would like to participate in.

 

 

I have gone for another CAS design as I will be

linking it up to Addicted to Stamps and More

for their Clean & Simple Challenge.

Check out the Details Here

 

 

The sponsor for this is STAMPlorations

 

 

I started with the STAMPlorations French Marigold stamp to water colour.

There are just a few other ingredients I added

and they are -

Cream card stock

MFT - stitched die

Water colour paints

Embossing powder - Zing Brown Sugar

Spritzing

Stencil - Dutch Doobadoo - Geometric Tiles

Texture Paste - Cream colours

Sentiment - Stampin' Up

Dimensional Squares.

 

I will pop this card in to the

CAS Challenge for November at STAMPlorations

opting out of the Colour - Purple with this one.

 

 

Over at The House that Stamps Built my good friend

Cheri Weston (SS) is Hosting so of course I had to

join in there - and it is one of my favourite blogs.

Check it out Here

 

The Mod Squad Challenge is Thankful also.

The Very Talented Donna Phelan is Hosting

Details are Here

 

I am playing again at Creative Corner Challenges 

for their Thank You Challenge

Info can be found Here

 

Thanks so much for taking time to pop in.

I really LOVE reading your comments.

Hope you are also enjoying some play time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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.



It's a CASimple Christmas Card.

I am right into Christmas card making at present

and it is always a time when you need some

CAS cards to post to friends.

 

 

Once again I am playing over at

Addicted to Stamps & More

and this time for their

You can find the details Here

 

Here are the products I used -

Kraft card stock

I randomly stamped snowflakes

from SU on the background

with sparkle embossing powder and

the main snowflake in white.

The sentiment is also from SU.

This was popped for dimension and

cut using a stitched die.

Finished off with an aqua sparklet for colour.

 

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Love reading your comments.

 

 

 

 



A Merry & Bright Christmas Card.

I love playing with bright colours and was doing so

when I found the Daring Cardmakers Blog

with this amazing Inspiration Photo.

Details - Here

 

 

Now who would not want to play with this beauty!

 

 

As part of the challenge you have to pick

3 elements for your creation. I chose

Colours including Gold Detail the tree and ribbon.

 

I started off with basic coloured card stock.

For my main background I chose water colour paper

inking it up with Tim Holtz Distress Inks -

Wilted Violet/Mermaid lagoon

 and Inka Gold which were spritzed

and added randomly.

This was also spritzed with SU Champagne Mist

Added a few touches of Inka Gold

to my card base to add interest.

Sentiment is from GKD and cut from a Kaisercraft die.

This also is spritzed and finished with ribbon.

My circle is a stitched die from MFT

and attached my Christmas tree from Nina's Things cut

from scrap DP and heat embossed twice with clear powder.

Finished off with some sequins and a tiny pearl.

 

I also saw that Happy Little Stampers 

November Christmas Challenge is Watercolour - yay!

 

 

so I am popping this card over there too.

You can find the details Here.

 

Thanks so much for dropping in.

Love reading your comments.

Till next time

Cherrio from