A 'Tissue' - no I don't have the flu!

Hi there Crafty Friends!

Over at Sisters of Snarky Stampers they have their

current challenge which is T for Tissue so

popping this tissue card over to their Gallery!

I had all intentions of getting out a colourful napkin

or to use a bit more tissue than what I landed up doing here.

(May yet get time to do just that)

but I saw a card similar on Pinterest Here so decided to case it.

When I found it again - 

 because I hadn't saved it I realized it was made

by one of my blog followers and she lives just

south of the border. Thanks Cathy for the inspiration.

You can find her card details at Cathys Card Spot.

Also I used the same STAMPlorations sentiment

with white embossing powder - 

and great minds again - the same MB Branch.

My card base is a coppery metallic paper and

topped with a lighter grainy metallic paper.

I cut the circle for my moon with a Spellbinder die then

glued some scrunched up tissue paper onto it.

This is where I differed from Cathy's card by brushing

Perfect Pearls in White & Heirloom Gold

while some of the glue was still wet.

Here is a close up of the textured tissue.

I then sealed it with Clear Gel Medium.

My little bird is from Kaisercraft.

This and the branch were touched up with 

the Perfect Pearls as above. 

To add interest I then added some white lines

with a gel pen.

Till next time - Cherrio from

Happy Birthday!

Hey there Crafty Friends

It's Saturday and that means 

Challenge Time at Just Us Girls

and it is Word Week. 

It's also a new month and a 

New Guest Designer!

Welcome to Stef Perry from https://stefperry.blogspot.com/

Lovely to have you join us this month Stef.

Hosting this  week is Maria who has chosen

a super one you will all find inspiring!

Balloons!

Not much to say on this one as I made it

while I was visiting a friend and raided 

her bits drawer for the shimmery paper

for the popped balloon die, 

the few circles around it

and the cut out sentiment on the side.

Pretty cas using black & teal paper.

And that's it. Nice result!

Pop over and see what Stef and

the Jugheads created and come join us

this week for this fun challenge. 

Hope to see you in our Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in!

There's No Place Like 'Home'

Hello and Welcome to Today's Post.

It's time for a new challenge over at Happy Little Stampers.

It's a new month so it's our 

Anything Goes with Watercolours

with the optional twist of  'HOME'

I had a hard time photographing this so

 please excuse the quality here.

To start I watercoloured my background with

Tim's Oxide Inks adding drops of water

and touches of iridescent medium.

I then cut out part of my HLS House die

and a stitched slope where I placed my

heat embossed sentiment from STAMPlorations

then framed and popped it.

Finished with some Liquid Pearls 

in front of the house and pearls

beside the sentiment.

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!

That's it for me today.

Don't forget to pop over and see 

what my Team Mates created

then come join in the fun this month.

Hope to see you in our Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in.

Just 'Hello'

It's everyone's Favourite Anything Goes Challenge at
Addicted to Stamps and More
Here's my take.

and a close up of the shiny dragonfly

I went CAS here and if you look closely at the
ornate dragonfly from Fancy That you will see
I have cut it out from  a scrap piece of glossy paper
which was inked up with Brusho's and cling wrapped.
I chose where to cut it as I wanted to show of the
wings and tail in different bright colours.
My background has a very light smooching.
Popped up my frame which was cut from
MFT Peek a Boo die. Added the dragonfly
and finished with a sentiment from
STAMPlorations Feathers 2.



Pop over and see what my Team Mates
have created and come join us.
Hope to see you in our Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in.
Love reading your kind comments.

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.

***

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!
***
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.