A 'Blooming' Birthday

Hello and Welcome. Thanks for dropping in.

Today's post is for our Photo Challenge at

Just Us Girls and Hosting this week is

our Lovely Lisa.

Here's  my take on this gorgeous photo below.

Isn't it glorious! 

No doubt a lot of you will see this

and think of  'Spring' and look forward to it soon.

I chose my card base from SU  Concord Crush

but nearly went for something lighter till I decided

to add some tiny flowers with this and Hello Honey 

contrasting it to my larger flowers from 

SU Petite Petals. I love that stamp/punch set

making it easy to make a floral spray.

These were inked with SU Yo Yo Yellow

and Memento Sweet Plum.

Added some background grunge from 

SU Timeless Textures and s strip of

gold washi tape. 

Sentiment is by STAMPlorations Fluttery

and thought it perfect for all my blooms.

I matted them with SU Concord Crush

and added Liquid Pearls and Nuvo Drops
 to the centres to finish.

Pop over to Our Blog and check what
Tenia and the Team created.
I know I have said it before but...
you won't be disappointed.
It has been an amazing month having
you as our Guest Tenia and loved checking out
your talent more regularly. Thanks You.
I know we will see you back again in our Gallery soon.

It's all about 'DIES' at AAA Cards.

Hello and Welcome to today's post.

STAMPlorations are sponsoring the

Die Cuts Only Challenge at AAA Cards

so I decided to get out a few of my dies

and here is what I made - and it has to also be CAS.

I have used these dies from STAMPlorations - 

CUTplorations Flutter-Zen-2-Layering-Dies

and the Hello Die.

I used metallic card stock to back the cut out

and the popped butterfly. It need a little colour 

so randomly sponged with Nuvo Burnished Bronze Mousse

on both butterfly and sentiment.

Finished with a few pearls.

Thanks for dropping in today.

Love reading your kind comments.

Canvasing 'Happy Thoughts'

Hi there and Welcome!

Today's post is for the current challenge

of Felt/Cork or Canvas etc over at CAS Mix Up Blog

All the details are Here

You will have seen my first entry using cork.

This time I thought I would play with canvas.

It really is a fun paper and gives a great

texture look to your project.

I started by spritzing some Turquoise Brusho's

onto my canvas then decided to add a bit of texture

with Mont Marte Pearl White Acrylic Paint

then some White DecoArt Crackle Paste - 

I should have added more but was just an experiment.

I left it overnight and was happy with the result so continued

by cutting out 2 Spellbinder Butterflies in canvas.

 Attached them to my background and adhered to white card for stability.

Mixed up a little more of what I used for the background,

covering both cutouts and attached an oval gem.

Added some splatters and finished with my sentiment

from STAMPlorations Bloom Happy in Oxide Salty Ocean.

To blend with my pearly background I chose some

Pearlescent Textured card stock.

Here is a close up of the shimmer/texture - 

My Mix is Canvas, Stamping, Die Cutting, Mixed Media.

Thanks for dropping in today

Till next time - Cherrio from 

Just a Note...

Hey Folks!

Time to show you what our Host Angie

chose for Colour Week at Just Us Girls

and aren't they gorgeous!

Colour Challenges are one of my

All Time Favourites! 

I decided it was time to get out one of my favourite

oldie but goodie SU stamp/die sets for this one.

It's Four Feathers.

Made a fun background for them by just

scrunching up my Kraft paper and 

then inked with Tim's Frayed Burlap

on the creases then tore around the edges.

My feathers were inked with

Memento Rhubarb Stalk

Tim's Peacock Feathers and

Hero Arts Unicorn - cut and popped.

I forgot I hadn't added the jute string when I

added glue all over the kraft paper

so quickly did that - sticky fingers and all!

Added a jute bow and 3 tiny punched circles

beside my Gina K sentiment.

Pop over to Our Blog to check out what

February Guest Tenia and the Team created.

Hope you get time to join us this week. 

See you in the Gallery?

Corking it for the CAS Mix Up Challenge.

Hey there I'm Back!

I have just spent the most amazing few weeks of

 fun filled craft time with my bff

creating and trying out new things.

This was the first card I made and is for the

February CAS Mix Up Challenge at the CAS Mix Up Blog

I just had to wait till I got home 

so I could add to my Blog. 

I knew as soon as I saw the Mix I knew I wanted to use cork.

My friend has an EBosser so the cork die just cut out beautifully.

I think I will add this to my Wishlist for the future as I loved using it.

It is from Tim Holtz Wildflowers.

This was such a cas quick card to make.

All I needed was the cream card stock

my cork wild flower, an inked up sentiment

using distress inks and distressing/inking the edges.

My Mix is - Cork, Die Cut, Distressing and Stamping.

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You will find that some of my postings 

will be a little light on with products

I used while I was away as there was so much going on

I didn't get time to write it all down.

Too busy playing! 

Hope you like what I made. Love to read your thoughts!

Thanks for dropping by.

Still in the Mood for Love

Morning Craft Ones. Seems I'm still in the mood for a

'Bit More Love'  so created a lovie dovie card

you could give to anyone!

I did a bit of white texture pasting on my stenciled background
from the ARTplorations Rows-of-Hearts.
Cut this with the
CUTplorations Double-Running-Stitch-Rectangle-Nesting-Dies
I then inked and fussy cut  my popped jar from
STAMPlorations Vignette Eclectic Florals
filling it to overflowing with heart shapes.
The CUTplorations Love-Word-Die was cut with
red foil (as was some of the hearts and the Cuttlebug U)
And there you have it!
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Have you played over at STAMPloratons for our
February Paint it Red Challenge?


We'd love to see your creations in our Gallery
and there are prizes for commenting also.
Shery is generously giving a discount
on ALL products from February - April.



Poppin' this one over to
Craftaholicsrus for their Challenge #7
to use something red on your card.
 Details Here.

Thanks for coming by today.
Love reading your comments.

A Simple Thank You

Today's post is all about Clean & Simple for

Addicted to Stamps and More

I love it when a card comes together easily as this did.

Basic white card stock to begin. That gorgeous

background is embossed with a Darice Folder

called Henna and popped. 

I die cut my flower several times

and backed it with a Marianne Die.

Thank You sentiment is from SU.

Finished with a few pearls.

Pop over and see what my Team Mates have created

and hope you find time to join our Gallery.

Thanks for visiting!

Till next time - Cherrio from

What's the Trend at Just Us Girls?

Welcome to today's post - 

it's Trend Week at Just Us Girls

and Nancy is Hosting choosing Tags. 

It can be just a Tag or a Tag on your card.

I'm not a big Tag Maker so wasn't sure 

which way I would go with this Challenge.

I have had some lovely handmade flowers

in my stash for an age so decided to  get them out

and see which one to use.

Of course the purple one popped out

(forgetting how hard that colour is to photograph)

and I just carried on from there.

My tag bases are just plain old parcel tags

which were inked, stamped, heat embossed

with a touch of glitter. Cut the bottom

with a MS punch and added some gems.

Behind my flower is some mulberry torn paper

and bits of lace etc.

I then added some organza ribbon to both tags

and crinkled it with my heat gun.

After all this was done I decided it too much

to add to a card so - it's simply a TAG!

Thanks for dropping in. 

Hope you will check out what our

February Guest Tenia Nelson and

the Jugheads created and come join in the fun.

Hope to see you in Our Gallery this week.

Happy Birthday

Hello and Welcome!

Today's post is for the latest Challenge 

over at Happy Little Stampers

for their February Anything Goes with Dies.

Our winner for this challenge will receive a $20 coupon to spend at the shop! Check out all the details HERE

Bonus!

IF YOU USE STAMPS BY HAPPY LITTLE STAMPERS 

AND YOU ARE OUR RANDOM WINNER, 

YOUR PRIZE WILL BE DOUBLED!

With trillions of dies out 'There" it is so easy

to make a card of any kind.

I found this gorgeous napkin in my bit drawer

and decided to use just a wee piece as a

feature backing for my Happy Birthday Die.

I cut out a SB square then scrunched

the napkin being careful not to

take out the creases. I lathered up

the square then simply glued the napkin

to it. Cut out another SB square - the next size up

attached the napkin and popped to the card base.

I had cut a yellow die but didn't suit

but used the 3 little yellow die cut hearts

 to add a touch more colour.

Here's a close up showing the texture.

Pop on over to check what my Team Mates 

Die Cut Creations are then come join us.

Look forward to seeing you in our Gallery.

Thanks for visiting today.

We're painting it RED at STAMPlorations.

It's February and you know what that means

'Love' is in the air so we are
Painting the Town Red so to speak
at STAMPlorations
 All the details are  HERE!

Here's what I made 

I had a bit of fun with the ARTplorations Zen Hearts
but you can't see a lot of it as I cut it down after the tape
I used to hold down the stencil left a mark.
(that's because I used glossy photo paper)
I watered my paper then added Brusho's
in Brilliant Red letting the colours
run slightly behind the stencil.
Don't you love how I worded my sentiments?
They are from STAMPlorations Trendy Feather 2
heat embossed in black
and CUTplorations Love Word Die 
  in black for a shadow effect behind the white.
Cut my card stock from 2
 CUTplorations Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies
and adhered to red pearlized paper.

Here are most of the products I used



Don't forget to pop over to our Blog and
Check out all the
 RED  LOVE THEMED creations
from the STAMPlorations Team
and leave them some love.
# You will have read of a few changes
when you checked out all the details above
but a quick rundown -
We will have just one challenge
for a few months for you to join in. As long as you
stick to the Theme! any project is Welcome.
So GO FOR IT! 
Of course there are prizes to be won
 and Shery is giving a 10% discount on all products
from February - April.
So WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR???

Thanks for taking time to pop in today.

It's Gotta be LOVE!

Hi There and Welcome to today's posting for

Just Us Girls. It's our Word Week 

and Bobby is Hosting with the word LOVE!

It is February and that says it all.

A pretty simple card concentrating on the LOVE word.

Card stock is Kraft and my background for the Love Heart die

is a mixture of Twinkling H2O's and Tim's Antique Bronze Spray

smooched around with some added lines made from the 

edge of a credit card. (Idea came from Karen Dunbrook)

The gold Love Die was cut from a scrap piece of gold glitter paper

and is from CUTplorations Love-Word-Die.

The you from Repeat Impressions is cut from a MFT die.

Added a few splatters of gold and white paint and

my Love card is done.

I'd like to Welcome our February Guest

Tenia Nelson - I'm sure everyone knows

this Super Talented Crafter and come check out

what Love Creations are in store 

from us all over at Our Blog.

This Word is extremely popular for February

so I am sure there will be lots

of  Love to enjoy looking at.

Will yours be in our Gallery this week?

Hope so.

It had to be 'PINK'

Hello my crafty friends - 

February is all about Love and

over at Happy Little Stampers 

the  Optional Twist for our Anything Goes 

Watercolour Challenge is Hearts! 

My watercolour background was created with

Tim's Oxide Inks in Seedless Preserves

Abandoned Coral & Pickled Raspberry

is all the girly colours.

This was cut from a stitched die onto

white card stock.

My heart flourish is MB Loveland Corner.

I inked the hearts in various colours adding

Nuvo Crystal Glaze for shine.

The sentiment die is from CUTplorations

and the 'you' cut with a MFT die 

from Repeat Impressions - also glazed.

Our winner for this challenge 

will receive a $20 coupon to spend at the shop! 

Check out all the details HERE.

IF YOU USE STAMPS BY HAPPY LITTLE STAMPERS 

AND YOU ARE OUR RANDOM WINNER, 

YOUR PRIZE WILL BE DOUBLED.

Isn't that a great excuse reason for

popping over to see what the Design Team

created and then come join us.

Thanks for dropping in here today.

Look forward to seeing you in our Gallery.

What's My Mark?

Welcome to today's post which is for the 
New Challenge over at
Addicted to Stamps and More which is
Make Your Mark.

I was playing around in my craft room and wondered how
just ordinary re-inkers would look on glossy paper.
So I gave it a go and was pleasantly surprised with the result.
I used SU Marina Mist/Tim's Peacock Feathers
and Dusty Concord Distress Spray Stain.
I then got out my ARTplorations A-Bloom-and-Three-Buds
and added texture paste dabbing with my fingers to get lift.
Once that was dry I Versamarked it then
covered it in PearlEx powder.
I guess you could say I really have Made my Mark!
Now I was really excited as to how gorgeous it looked.
I rubbed a bit off to get a little more colour back on the
left side. This was cut with a stitched die.
Added some coloured cs for  highlighting
then attached to Pearlized card base.
Sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping cut from
a JustRight Tag.

Here's how to
 Make your Mark - your entry MUST contain the use of 
anything that can make a mark - Stampin' Write, 
Copics, Promarkers, Painting, Chalks, Watercolours, 
Sponges, Stencils, Masks etc etc



There's so much more to see from my Team Mates
so pop over and check them out Here
and come join us. Hope to see you in our Gallery.
Thanks for dropping in

It's Photo Week at Just Us Girls

It's our Photo Week and what a Beauty

Maria as Host chose for us.

What caught your eye?

There are so many elements here but 

the bicycle is what I saw first

then the pretty flowers.

I love this Cherry Lynn Vintage Bicycle

which was cut from brown card stock - 

the same as the base.

My embossed Brick Wall is from Kaisercraft 

and inked with TH Frayed Burlap.

To go with the flowers I cut a Memory Box

Woodland Branch  and added a 

multitude of coloured flowers with Nuvo Drop centres

and a few leaves from Marianne Designs.

For the Gina K sentiment I cut a MFT circle

and heat embossed in white then

cut a smaller one for the back wheel.

Don't forget to pop over To Our Blog

to see what caught the eye of our

January Guest Cathy and the Team

and come join us this week.

Hope to see you in the Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in. 

Love reading your thoughts.