Hugs & Happy Thoughts

 

It's our last Challenge for the Year at Just Us Girls

and Hosting is the Lovely Lisa for our

Colour Challenge with yet another

Gorgeous Combination. 

  

 

I thought it time I got out my

Tim Holtz Thinlits dies again as they are

fabulous and you can do so much with them.

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Starting off my card with White Gold Metallic Paper.

I have fairly stained fingers after inking up

my background by spritzing Tim Holtz

Seedless Preserves & Stormy Sky dropping

a small amount of PearlX Aztec gold

 then smooching onto card stock.

I framed that then added the

cut Thinlits die, deciding not to pop it.

Corner rounded those and added my sentiment

from Altenew - Beautiful Day.

My butterfly is cut from a Kaisercraft Die

which I played around with ink wise. I had

already made 2 others but found they were too dark.

Used the same inks as above but then painted it

with Twinkling H2O's for a nice sheen.

Added gold pearls to complete my card.

Pop over and check out what our
December Guest Teresa and my
Amazingly Talented Team Mates have created Here.
Join us and you could be our
Chic of the Week going on to be our
Guest in February.
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In case you don't get back again -

I would like to wish you  a

Very 'MERRY CHRISTMAS'

*** 

I am sure I will be blogging again

before the 'Big C Day' so

Cherrio for now

 

 

A simple Merry Christmas Wish for STAMPlorations

It's time to play over at STAMPlorations

for their CAS December challenge.

The optional colour twist is Red & Green.
Check it out Here

I love inking up watercolour paper

with distress inks and that is what I have done here

using Tim Holtz Festive Berries & Mowed Lawn.
I also added a few drops of Champagne Mist from SU.
My Poinsettia is from Spellbinders and
branch behind it is Tim Holtz Holiday Greens.
These were both touched up with Wink of Stella.
I mounted this on top after cutting my card stock
with a stitched edged die.
Sentiment is from Gina K Designs.
Finished off with some gold pearls. 

I am running way behind with my
Christmas card making so cas is the way
I have been heading recently.
Lucky I only have last minute cards
to post to my Aussie Friends.

I am going to pop this over to my friends at
Crafting with Dragonflies
for their last challenge for 2016 Here
and Here


I plan to have a huge tidy up in my craft room
as soon as my Christmas cards are done and posted.
Ready for a New Year of Crafting Creations.

Till next time - Cherrio from

'Joy' to the World

It's the last challenge for the year over at

Crafty Cardmakers and Kim is Hosting

choosing Christmas with a Twist

Unfortunately I didn't have anything

quirky or unusual so went for

non traditional Christmas Colours

which are my favourite kind.

 

 

Here are the products I used -

Basic white/coloured card stock

Spellbinders Circles

White Sparkle Medium on background

TCW Stencil

Glitter Paper

Scrap DP to die cut Trees

Sentiment is unknown.

Punched  glitter stars and tiny circles.

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This is my last post as a Designer at
Crafty Cardmakers as I

have decided to step down.

I have enjoyed my time with the Lovely Ladies
and I know the new Designers will too.
A special Thank You to Lin for giving me
the opportunity to be part of her Team.

 

 

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)

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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.
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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

 



Another CAS Celebration card

I have made another card for the
Birthday Celebration Challenge

over at Addicted to CAS blog

 

 

 

Congratulations on your 4th Year Celebrations.

  

As the heading says - CAS

Starting with basic coloured card stock I added

some colour blending with
Tim Holtz Distress Inks on my white card base
 adding other colours through a

TCW Stencil. I then cut it on an angle

as I like to change it up a bit every now and then.

Decided not to pop it this time so went on

to add my sentiments

Celebrate - CAS-ual Fridays

and the smaller one - Pink & Maine.

I would have like to use a Congratulations stamp but

didn't have one big enough.

Added some gems to add a touch more colour.

This is popping over to the latest challenge over at
Addicted to Stamps & More for their

Details are Here

 

Thanks for dropping in today.

Love reading your comments.

 

 

 

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. 

 

Thanks for dropping in

Love reading your comments.

 

 



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.

 



Thanks so much for popping in.

Love reading your comments.

 



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.

 

Thanks for dropping in today.

Love reading your kind comments.

 



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)

Thanks so much for dropping in



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.

 

Thanks for dropping in

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.