Delight in the Little Things

Hello Crafty Ones - today's post is all about 

'A Word' because it is

at Just Us Girls and choosing 

our word 'Light' is Host - Sue.

I'd like to welcome our October Guest
The Very Talented  Karola from Invisible Pink Cards.
Nice to have you share your work with us this month.

I chose the sentiment 

'Delight in the little things' from

STAMPlorations Always Tea Time

taking just the 'light' from Delight!

for my inspiration.
My cup has been heat embossed onto
coloured cas and features behind it
as assortment of grunge from
STAMPlorations Mixed Media Grunge
and a few flowers also from STAMPlorations
inked up with SU Rich Razzleberry
Memento London Fog & Lulu Lavender.
This was cut with a stitched die and adhered to my card base.
I fussy cut my tea cup and popped it.
Added my sentiment and a few gems.

Inside I have inked up

Good things always happen over a
cup of tea.

from the same stamp set.
Now I think it's time for
THAT cup of tea.

Thanks for popping in.
Don't forget to check out what our
October Guest Karola
and the Team have created.
Come join in and you could be our Chic of the Week
and in the running to be a future Guest.

Cherrio

The Most Wonderful Time...

G'Day Craft Friends - today's post is for our 

New Christmas Challenge over at Happy Little Stampers

This time round the Optional Twist is Silhouette! 

My card above is predominately using products you can

find (or win) over At Our Shop.

I recently bought more Brusho's to calm my addiction

and couldn't go past the 

Happy Little Stampers Christmas Joy Stamp Set 

which I knew was perfect to team together.

Now our Fabulous Leader Kylie has a video on a

Brusho background Here.

 I loved the effect she achieved and tried to copy the result.

I think I did okay!

I heat embossed the poinsettia flower on top of the Brusho's

then did another smooching it adding some shimmer 

with my Nuvo Pen then fussy cut and popped it.

Added the stitched circle of gold from MFT .

The sentiment and tiny star are also heat embossed.

Card base is Metallic Gold. It's been a while since I have

made a traditional coloured Christmas card 

so you will enjoy the change.

You see Christmas here in 'The Land Down Under' is HOT!

so cool colours are my go to!

We eat copious amounts of seafood and I love

to finish off with Pavlova! No Christmas Pudding for me.

Of course there is the chilled wine to go with it.

Sorry - got carried away here thinking of summer!

Don't forget - 

Our winner for this challenge will receive a $20 coupon to spend at the shop! 

Check out all the details HERE

Here are the products I used.

Thanks for peeking in today.

Of course you are now going to head off to see what my 

Team Mates created aren't you?

Then off to play with us for our October Christmas Challenge.

Hope to see you there.

PS Love reading your comment too!

It's CAS Watercolour 'Fall' Leaves

I have been in somewhat of a get those Christmas Cards

made earlier this year mode 

but thought I needed a change and the

new challenge over at CAS Water Colour did just that.

As soon as I saw this

I knew exactly what I wanted to make.

Because it is a cas challenge I used just one leaf.

It was cut from an old Cuttlebug Leaf Die

then added Autumn Gilding Flakes

#Hint Cut your die out using jac paper

then peal off one layer and add

your flakes. No glue to get your fingers

covered in those flakes.

I am so glad I tried this. Guess I will use those flakes

a bit more often now. They make that leaf look fabulous.

The background is simply swiped with a wet paint brush 

using TH Distress Inks on canvas paper.

Added a touch of Inka Gold using Karen Dunbrook's

credit card swipe technique. Thanks Karen.

Distressed and inked the edges.

Sentiment is from Happy Little Stampers

 Thinking of You heat embossed with

 Wow Metallic Platinum.

Finished with a few pearls.

I have another leaf cut out and flaked 

(no sense just cutting one) so

that's for another day.

Congratulations on celebrating your 1st Birthday
Loll Bonnie and the Talented Designers.

Going to pop this over to the

 Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge

where the Optional Twist is Gold.

#Update I see my card qualifies for the
Colour Me Fall Challenge over at
The Mod Squad so I am now dropping it over there.

Thanks so much for popping in today.

Love reading your thoughts!

Till next time - Cherrio

We're back at STAMPlorations with some 'EXCITING NEWS'

Today is the DAY that I get to tell all my
Crafty Friends that I have been invited to join
all the Talented Designer at STAMPlorations.
You will remember I was a Guest for the CAS Challenges
way back earlier in the year and been Guesting
 on several occasions since.
See Here for the most recent.
You can imagine how Excited! I was
as this is my Favourite Stamp Company and to be part of
the Talented Team is like a dream come true.

# UPDATE! The secret is out -  Shery (Owner of STAMPlorations)
announced the Current Design Team a few days ago Here
***
So without further ado here is the CUTplorations Inspiration Photo
 for our First Challenge back.

What caught your eye?
I chose to hone in on the word
HOME.

I thought a Christmas card would be a good idea
so I got out my STAMPlorations Supplies and
away I went.
My card base is a metallic paper.
The background sponged with
SU Rich Razzleberry and
Tim Holtz Stormy Sky.
The House is from STAMPlorations Houses - The Bee's Knees
heat embossed in white,
inked in SU Rich Razzleberry
and fussy cut - came out a little dark in the photo.
I cut another piece of card stock from the
CUTplorations Double Running Stitched Die
and the CUTplorations Nesting Dies
for my snowy background.

I know it doesn't snow here at Christmas time
but it does  'Somewhere' so I added white acrylic paint
splats to the background and the house which is popped.
Sentiment is STAMPlorations Merry
inked again with SU Rich Razzleberry.
Added some gems to finish.

Don't forget to pop over to Our Blog
to see what the Team have created.
Hope you can come join us this month.
We'd love to see you!
Check the Guidelines Here.

Thanks for dropping in
Till next time - Cherrio from

You're Not as Old As.......

Hello Crafty Ones!

Today's post is for the latest Anything Goes Challenge 
over at Mix It Up and we are
Water Colouring this month

as our Optional Twist. 

I had so  many ideas floating through my head I didn't know

if I was Arthur or Martha!

I finally decided to play with a few of my oxide inks

and this is what transpired.

I used TH Fossilized Amber (and in distress)

 Gathered Twigs and Vintage Photo.

Card stock is SU

The chair is STAMPlorations Rocking Chair

inked in TH Distress Vintage Photo 

I though it looked rather bare so added some

grunge from STAMPlorations Mixed Media Grunge

a bit of spritzing with TH Antique Bronze Spray

and the perfect sentiment 

STAMPlorations A Snarky Birthday to You

I'm thinking this will be perfect for my Brother in Law's Birthday.

Hope you liked my creation and 

Thanks for popping in.

Don't forget to pop over and see what

my Team Mates created.

Love to see you over at Mix It Up this month.

What's the 'WiLd CaRd'

It's WILD CARD WEEK 'cause there's 

5 Saturday's this month

 at Just Us Girls and Hosting this one is Nancy

choosing a Favourite of any Stamper 

Word Die Cuts. 

Don't we all love them as they are a great additive

to any project - so many ways of using them.

This is a pretty cas card focusing on the

'Hello' word from Lawn Fawn.

I decided to do some smooching for the background

on that gorgeous STAMPlorations French Marigold

using CTMH ink (Thistle) and on my card base

some stenciling from ARTplorations in the same colour.

The marigold is heat embossed in white and

and cut from a stitched die.

I cut several Hello word dies and sponged the top 

and the back one to give it dimension.

The sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping

cut from a JustRite tag.

Pop over and see what 'Word Die' our September Guest Linda

and the Team chose and come join in the fun.

By doing so you could be our Chic of the Week

and be in the running to be our Guest in November.

Thanks for popping in.

Spread Your Wings and FLY

G'Day and Welcome. Once more I have been playing

with my addiction BRUSHO'S for the latest Challenge over at

Cardz 4 Galz where Sian has chosen Dragonflies.

I have this gorgeous big Dragonfly from Animal Spirits

I heat embossed with Ranger Black powder after

I had made my background with Prussian Blue

and Black Brusho's.

This was done on white cs and cut from a stitched die.

The lovely sentiment is from Happy Little Stampers

but unfortunately it is now discontinued.

This was also heat embossed in black.

I added Nuvo Glitter Gloss to the dragonfly

for a lovely shimmer

 Finished with a few gems and attached to

black card stock.

Pop over to Cardz 4 Galz and check out

more beautiful Dragonfly Creations.

Love to see yours there.

Thanks for dropping in - 

Double D Sentiments/Quotes

We often make a card and just not sure if it IS
one you like when finished.

 I know it happens to us all at times and this is one of those! 

I wasn't going to enter the Sentiments/Quotes Challenge

over at Double D Challenges but I thought

What the Heck! What I may not like others will (hopefully)

I recently received some fabulous Christmas Sentiment stamps
for the Typografia Christmas Release Hop at
STAMPlorations thanks to Shery
 so it was fitting I used one
for the Double D Challenge above.

I kept my card fairly cas for postage purposes.
I started with coloured card stock
as my base then added a white frame
then inking up white and a coloured piece of paper with
Distress Oxide inks in Peacock Feathers/Cracked Pistachio
and a sprinkling of pearl x powders for the backgrounds.
I stenciled the ARTplorations Christmas Tree
with Metallic Gilding Polish.
The sentiment is STAMPlorations Merry Little Christmas
heat embossed in white above the tree.
This was cut with Spellbinders Labels 8
and inked on the inside to highlight.
Added a smidgen of Inka gold and my card is done.
That's another Christmas card to add to my stash.
Thanks for dropping in - till next time
Cherrio from

Case-ing Therese Calvird

I had the pleasure of meeting the 

Outstandingly Creative Therese Calvird a few months ago

and just love her work and videos. They are always 

amazing and Therese is so easy to listen to

 and watch on YouTube.

I decided that I would case one of her cards as I have had the

Altenew Peony Stamp set for an age but have resisted inking it

up until now that I have bought the dies to go with it. 

You can find her beautiful card Here.

You will see I have case-ed it closely changing just a few things.

***

This card was made for my BFF Carole and without her

I would maybe never have gone down the path I

am now glued to. Carole celebrates her birthday

a few days before mine and each year we spend

hours creating something special for each other.

So here are the products I used - 

Altenew Peony Bouquet Stamp/Die

(for my NBUS)

Altenew Red Cosmos

Memento New Sprout/Pistachio 

We R Memory Keepers Embossing Folder

Bazzill Card Stock (birthday present from Carole)

Sentiment is from STAMPlorations Fond Expression 2

(perfect for my special friend)

cut from MFT stitched die

Gems are SU

WOS on the centre flower. 

(See close up above)

Darnell has her 10 day NBUS Challenge 

up and running with amazing products

for the Lucky Ones to Win.

All the awesome schtuff is Here
I am dropping this card over there!

Thanks so much for popping in.

Till next time Cherrio from

I'm Hosting 'Photo Week' at Just Us Girls

Hello and a Big Welcome to today's post.

It is my turn to Host over at Just Us Girls

and chose this 'Tropical Photo' for our Photo Week.

You get a better perspective below.

When I saw this, there was so much to capture the imagination.

I think what caught my eye was that gorgeous cage, the birds

and all the tropical greenery.

I must admit I had so many ideas running through my head

and by the time I got around to making my card.........

I went blank and couldn't decide what to go with.
I had a paper pack from SU that was perfect
for the tropical fernery
and wanted to go with that -
and as you can see below I was in a mess!

After cutting several pieces I finally used just one little piece.
So on to how I finally pieced my card together.

I knew I was going to use the bird cage
(from Kaisercraft) as a feature.
My card and dp base is from SU.
The background has been stenciled from Memory Box
with white texture paste.
I cut the dp from a spellbinder die attaching
leaves from Marianne Designs.
The large flourish is SB.
My wee bird is from the same KC dies.
The just hello sentiment is by STAMPlorations
cut from a MFT stitched die and lightly sponged.
I added an orange Nuvo drop that I had
sitting on my bench from when I was just practicing.
***
Hope you will pop over and see so much more
inspiration from our Guest Linda and the Team.
I'd love to see what inspired you and join in.
You could be chosen as our Chic of the Week
and go on to be our Guest for November.

Thanks for peeking in today.

Seems I am Addicted to .....

Hello Craft Ones. Today's posting is for the

current challenge at you guessed it

Addicted to Stamps

I just love this gorgeous photo.

I know the butterflies just pop out at you

and everyone loves a butterfly but...

my eyes were drawn to the lovely flower spray

at the bottom and  knew which stamp I was going to use.
It is Lily of the Valley (4308W) from Repeat Impressions.

I started by heat embossing the image with
Wow Metallic Platinum and blended
metallic paints for the leaves. I added
White Opal Liquid Pearls for the tiny flowers.
I sponged lightly around the image to take away
the stark white background.
I cut out a frame sponged with a TCW stencil
deciding not to pop it.
My sentiments are from
STAMPplorations Bold Sentiments and
CUTplorations Awesome Die.
Added a tiny twine bow die, a few pearls
and of course there had to be a teeny weeny SU butterfly
(a bit smaller that the photo lol)
Inks used were Distress - Bundled Sage & Pealed Paint.

That's it for today.
Thanks for dropping in. Love reading your comments.

CHRISTMAS is a COMIN'

Hi there Crafty Friends
This is going to be a long posting so...
go grab a coffee or 2 or depending on the time of day
a glass or a bottle of wine.
There's much to show you.
***
Over at STAMPlorations we are continuing on with our
Typografia Stamp Sets and this time its......
get ready for it........ Christmas.
After all Christmas IS just down the road so as part of the
Blog Hop with other STAMPloration gals
 I created a 'few' cards from this collection
and I know you will love them like I do.
Sorry couldn't stop! But it gives me a nice little supply.
These are just perfect for cas and easy posting.
***
My cards were made with just 3 of the awesome bold sentiments
and I had so much fun with each of them.
I do love making non traditional coloured
Christmas cards so of course I squeezed one in.

Just look at all the fabulous sentiments!
They are in the Store now!
 Check them out HERE

Card 1

I just LOVE my Brusho's so that is exactly what I used here

for my first card. 

Inked the 'tis the Season  with black soot 

and cut from CUTplorations Nesting Dies

As our card stock is a different size here in Australia

I decided to leave it as is and attach some

very out of vogue Starform sticker on 2 sides

to finish it off.

Card 2

This is my non traditional coloured card

and decided on a bokeh effect for the background

inked up with Distress Oxide Inks

and heat embossed Merry Little Christmas

in white on vellum

Finished with a few gems.

Card 3

This was so easy peasy!
Simple red card stock backed with ARTplorations Plaid Maker
using Metallic Gilding Polish
Matted again and stenciled the tree
from ARTplorations Christmas Trees
with the same polish.
Joys of the Season sentiment is heat embossed in red on top.

Card 4

Lots of colour here.
This one is quite different - even the size!
I started by stamping the 'tis the Season onto white card stock
then cut out the CUTplorations Christmas Tree 1
with green card stock
 placing it identically in front of that, I inked
it again to show a touch of the white in the background.
This was cut once again from the
 CUTplorations Double Running Nesting Die
I found this fabulous colourful gelli plate pull
which had the green to match my tree so cut it
to use as a mat. For added interest
I cut a black frame from a SB die.
I needed to add colour around my tree so
inked up similar colours sponging with
STAMPlorations Mixed Media Grunge
and finished with some sequins and tiny stars.

Card 5

Just adding this as a spare as I am not sure if I
really liked it.
The best part is the gorgeous
STAMPlorations Large Christmas Flower
I heat embossed the Joys of the Season which was cut from
Stitched Nesting Die
*** Now that you have finally read all of the above - 
 you will want to see what the
other STAMPloration Gals have made won't you?
Pop over to The Main Blog 
***  A few details for you - 

Commenting closes on Monday, September 25.

Prize: One commenter will win her choice of 
3 Typografia Christmas stamps. 
The winner will be randomly drawn from all comments
 left on the STAMP blog and participating designers' blogs.

Winner will be announced on Tuesday, September 26.

STAMPloration Products used are - 

and the new

Christmas Collection.

# Bonus - There will be an instant
 5% discount on these new sets
But if you want an extra 20% and why wouldn't you?
Use my code STAMPGIRLINA. 

Thanks so much for taking time
(and it was quite a bit) to come by today.
 I really appreciate it.