Simply 'Thinking of You'

Hi there! You've popped in because you know this post is for

the latest challenge over at Just Us Girls

Hosting this week is the Lovely Lisa.

It's our Colour Week (a favourite of mine)

choosing  

I found it a little hard to get a decent photo.
Sometimes our camera/photo editing doesn't do
our card justice. That is the case here.
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I got out an old favourite stamp/punch set from SU
for my card today. It's Petite Petals.
I cut 3 inked with Hampton Art Aqua.
Put them aside to arrange my background.
The first inking is a stamp gifted by a friend
in Memento London Fog. I then added a bit of
grunge in the aqua from SU Timeless Textures.
Cut out a MFT circle frame in SU Brilliant Blue
I used this same card stock for my base.
The grey leaves were cut from a Sizzix die
and inked again from the Timeless Texture Set.
Added Nuvo Drops to the centres of the flowers
which were popped.
Sentiment is from Happy Little Stampers.

Thanks for dropping in -
Hope you will go over and check
our May Guest Patti and the Team's creations
and join us in the Gallery.

A Dragonfly Birthday Reminder

Hi and Welcome!

Just a quick post to remind you there is still time

to play over at the Crafting with Dragonflies

for their 5th Birthday Celebrations.
And what Birthday Celebration is complete
without a Dragonfly Card - so here's one for you.

I have been experimenting with Alcohol Inks and
came up with this background and thought it would
show off my butterfly stamp.
This was gifted to me by a friend so do not know
who made it. I inked it and then decided to
emboss it in black as well to add shine.
My Happy die is cut in black and blue twice but is a bit hard to see
and from Impression Obsession.
 I cut the SU birthday sentiment from black paper
and embossed it in white.
Finished with gems.
***
And for my second card

I took the easy way out with this one using the

Pre Coloured Butterfly Bella

Bella was cut from a CUTplorations Tag

and I inked the edges with  Tim's Carved Pumpkinn

Added some shimmer to her hair 

and the dress straps with Nuvo Glitter Gloss

also Drops to the centre of the flowers.

A girl need lipstick so has a touch of glossy accents.

I popped my tag on to some distressed DP after adding the

variegated cotton to the top of the tag.

Sentiment is cut with a SB die and is from

Lily of the Valley.

Hope you enjoyed looking at my Birthday Reminder cards

AND

 you get time to celebrate with us

at Crafting with Dragonflies - 

Check out what the Guests and Designers created

and hope I see yours in our Gallery.

And not forgetting

our Generous Sponsors

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The Paper Shelter

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It's a Twofer Butterfly Challenge

Hello and Welcome to  today's post.

If you have been checking up on me lately

you will know I have had butterfly images

floating around my blog quite a bit lately.

Now who doesn't love them. We have so many

in our stash it is hard to choose just which ones to play with - and

 The Twofer Card Challenge prompt is just that!

Off course I made time to play and here are my 

Twofer Butterfly Cards.

I tried to think of something out of the ordinary

BUT that flew out of the window with some of my butterflies.

So mine are the 'conventional' sort.

For my first card I went a bit grungy here
with my trusty Brusho's. I love the result
you get with the black and added orange and yellow
to the mix. I used acetate to move the colours around.
I even added a bit of  Gelatos Gold Champaigne
and some Burnt Orange Magicals.
I stamped my butterfly with black embossing powder
and also a spare to pop blending in with the same colours
 as my background and fussy cut.
Stamped a couple of plain butterfly images
from STAMPlorations Trendy Butterflies
in Tim's Black Soot. Sentiment is also
from the same set.
To add interest I randomly inked some Kaisercraft Script.
This was all cut from a stitched die and
attached to black card stock.

For my second card I started by adding some
dry wall tape to a piece of kraft card stock
and layered it with DecoArt Crackle Paste
leaving it to dry then decided to pull the tape off
and was happy with the result. This was cut with
a Sizzix Banner and popped. My background is a mix
from SU Timeless Textures in
Tim's Abandoned Coral and Prima Marketing Bare inks.
I heat embossed my butterfly in white and smooched/dried
in Abandoned Coral and again fussy cut.
Sentiment is from STAMPlorations Pocket Blooms.
This was cut with a stitched die and adhered to
Kraft card stock to finish.
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Just in case you aren't familiar with this challenge
you make 2 cards with the same stamp/die
 but for 2 different occasions.
***

Here is a photo of the butterfly stamps I got from a friend.
 If anyone knows the maker I would love to hear from you
so I can give credit.

I have been busy lately creating for a few of my Favourite Blogs
and getting DT postings up and scheduled as some of you know
 I will be away for a few weeks so what you see
from now on are Scheduled.
Thanks for dropping in and leaving your Comments.
So it's Cherrio for a wee while

Simply 'With Love'

Hello and Welcome!

It's been rather cool here and my little wood fire

has been burning to keep me warm inside.

What better way to spend a little more time

playing in my craft room.

I mentioned in an earlier post I was hoping to 

make another card for the Gelato/Crayon Challenge

at CAS Mix Up before I heading north for a few weeks.

I did just that!

There has been sooooooooooo many challenges

using butterflies they seem to be flying

all around my craft room.

The one I used here wasn't what 

I was going to use but the spare one I had left over

from creating for another challenge was too big. 

I started my background with a stamp from

Katzelkraft which doesn't have a name on it

using Prima Marketing ink in Bare.

I then cut out a frame and filled it with gelatos

in Metallic Mint and Gold Champaigne

rubbing it in with my finger. 

I then cut out a few flowers from

Tim's Wild Flower Dies in the same colours

and adding a soft peachy colour.

Attached them to the background and 

popped my frame.

My butterfly was cut from a Cheery Lynn

die from gold metallic paper

and the SB sentiment the same.

My Mix is Gelatos, Die Cutting and

Lucky for me I stamped my background. Phew!

That's me for today.

Thanks for dropping in.

Hello 'Friend'

Hello and Welcome to my Saturday Post for Just Us Girls 

I just loved playing with this weeks Trend Challenge

chosen by our Awesome Angie
and it's a huge favourite of mine.

STENCILS!

I have quite a collection but one of my favourites is
ARTplorations Flowers 1

I got out a background piece from my
'bits box' again and thought the
brusho background would be a
perfect backing for those gorgeous flowers.
I added gloss gel medium to white acrylic paint
for my stenciling then my white and purple
CUTplorations hello dies
 and STAMPloratons friend sentiment.
adding a white background then
onto purple card stock.

Hope you liked my stenciled flower
and don't forget to pop over and see what
our May Guest Designer Patti Kehl
and the Team created then join us this week.
You could be our next Chic of the Week and
be in the running for Guest Designer in July.

Thanks for popping in

It's Crafting with Dragonflies 5th Birthday Celebrations

Hi and Welcome!

It's hard to believe it is 5 years since

Crafting with Dragonflies

came onto the Blog Land Scene.

I was one of the Original Designers and

honoured to be asked back again to be 

A Guest Designer - especially for this occasion.
Thank You Hilde.

We are fortunate to  have sponsors for this challenge -
Check them out below.

Here is my first card I made with an image from
one of our Sponsors Digi Stamps 4 Joy

After printing out the floral spray I decided to
get out my watercolour pencils choosing various pinky colours.
I then added some white gel pen dots around the flowers
and Gold Liquid Pearls to the centres.
This was cut with a stitched die as are the other layers.
To add interest I added a textured back with
an ARTplorations Flourish Stencil.
(A bit hard to see here)
My Birthday Sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping
cut with a MFT die inked with SU Calypsol Coral.

And a second one made as a Thank You to

Hilde for inviting me to join in the Celebrations.

I made this fairly cas to focus on the lovely 

floral spray. I coloured these with pearlized paints

then cut with a MFT stitched die.

The background was embossed with an old

Cuttlebug Folder. Added some light splatters

and the centre of the flowers were also inked again with the
white uniball pen then yellow Liquid Pearls.

Sentiment is from SU.

Finished by attaching to white card base.

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and I made another one - this time from WhoopsidaisyDesigns

and a close up of the background with embossed glitter,
glitter bodice  and Nuvo Shimmer on the tu tu.

A ballerina has to have 'bling'
Now
Pop over Here to see what the Dragonfly Guests
and Designers created for your pleasure.
Love to see your Birthday Celebrations in The Gallery.

Adding my top card to the
All About Occasions Challenge over at
Watercooler Wednesday


Thanks for dropping in today.

It's Anything Goes at Addicted to Stamps and More

Hi and Welcome Back

Today's post is for the new challenge over at

Addicted to Stamps and More

It's our 

While I was visiting my BFF I used one of her

gazillion stamps and the one I used here

I just had to have. It is Hero Arts Leafy Vines

There are so many gorgeous ideas using this stamp

and I was so eager to try mine out I made a CAS Birthday Card.

I heat embossed in white and sponged 

Memento Sweet Plum & Lulu Lavender

onto the corners. I then simple die cut the

big Birthday Die my BFF sent me 

(she had a spare - lucky me)

I spritzed it all over with Iridescent Medium

and attached to my white card base.

That's it! Too easy.

Thanks for dropping in.

Hope to see you over in our Gallery.

A Special 'Thank You'

HI there Crafty Friends - it's time for a new challenge

over at Happy Little Stampers - 

Anything Goes with Dies Challenge!

I received this beautiful Die Versions Pretty Wings

  die from a very dear friend

and I loved putting it to a card. Thank You SS.

The background for this gorgeous die was made with

SU Calypsol Coral reinker and iridescent medium

on photo paper using scrunched cling wrap.

I cut the square SB dies showcasing the colours

in each corner. These were popped then I added 

my butterfly sponged with the medium

for shimmer and finished with a few pearls.

Sentiment is from 49andMarket.

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!

How's that for inspiration. 

I am going to send this beauty over to
Shopping our Stash for their
Butterfly Challenge
where my butterfly die has been in my stash
for some time.

Thanks for popping in...

See you in the Gallery!

'Love' from Me to You

Hello and Welcome.

It was a wet and dreary day here yesterday so I managed to

finish a card I had started for the latest challenge over at

CAS Mix Up to use Gelatos.

If you saw my first card you will see it was

a little different - well this one is

sooo very different again and something I had

never thought of  before. 

You see I wanted to add texture (again)

and thought I would try rubbing my gelatos

onto a gorgeous wide piece of lace - yes lace.

I liked what I saw and then thought I would add

a wee bit of shimmer. I glued the lace onto white card stock

with Gloss Gel Medium and 

added  Elizabeth Craft Cool Diamond Glitter.

I backed it with white card stock.

Cut out my CUTplorations Clustered Hearts Die

in gold metallic paper and topped it with

CUTplorations Love Word Die in a light Teal colour.

Sentiment is from STAMPlorations.

My Mix is - Gelatos, Gel Medium, Glitter, Lace,

Die Cutting and Stamping.

I am heading north at the end of the month 

to spend some time with our daughter and

going to see the Professional Bull Riding - 

I know it isn't everyone's cup of tea

but we are country folk and have been

involved with horses/cattle for a lot of years

so we are looking forward to it as well

a bit of drag racing!

Also catching up with 2 of our grandchildren.

So the next few weeks will be busy getting

DT posts scheduled and not a lot of time for

other challenges. I hope to make just a

CAS card the normal way with gelatos

before I head off. We'll see.

Thanks for dropping in today

Till next time - Cherrio from

'Wing' ing it at STAMPlorations

We are celebrating 31 days of Spring over at
STAMPlorations
We are back to our 5 Regular Challenges -
just a little different. We are all going with the same theme
Things with Wings!
and what better way to do it for me but with a
Butterfly and Flowers!

Check out All the Details HERE.

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I started with -
My potted flowers and butterfly from the
Fluttery Stamp Set and Die
which were heat embossed with
Wow Metallic Platinum Embossing Powder
and coloured with Pearlescent Paints.
My background is a mixture of
Transparent Gloss Texture Paste and
Mont Marte Pearl White Acrylic Paint
thickly pasted with the
ARTplorations Shutters Stencil
Leaving that to dry I then cut out a tag from
CUTplorations Tags 1 Nesting Dies
with card stock to match the flowers and
tying a variegated piece of knotted cotton.
My sentiment was then inked with Tim's Worn Lipstick
and cut with a die from the same set.
I had added some yellow liquid pearls to the
centre of the flowers but wasn't happy with that
so while still wet I poured some tiny seeds on top.
The flower pot and butterfly are popped and
sentiment just slightly.

Here are the STAMPloration products used above.

There is always so much more to check out  over on
Our Blog -  prizes to be won for commenting here and there
and of course joining in our Spring Happenings.

Don't forget you can get an extra 20% discount
on all the fabulous STAMPloration Products by using
my personal code - STAMPGIRLINA  

Thanks so much for dropping in today.

Hello to 'Rainbow' Feathers

I'm back and this time playing over at

CAS Watercolour for their May Challenge

to use Rainbow Colours.

I have a few feather sets and this time decided on 

STAMPlorations Trendy Feathers 2.

I heat embossed them in clear powder then 

added rainbow coloured brusho's hoping

that they would still come out in true colours.

As most of you would know there are all sorts of

bit colours that appear as well. As luck would have it

my colours stayed true. Yay!

I then fussy cut them and brushed them with

Nuvo Glitter Gloss. These were popped after I

cut my back and splattered with

black/pearl white acrylic paint.

Finished with a simple Hello

from the same set and a few pearls.

That's it this time round. 

Thanks so much for dropping in.

Love reading your comments.

It's CAS Mix Up Challenge Time

Hi and Welcome!

It's a new month and the new challenge over at

CAS Mix Up is up and running.

I always find myself itching to try their

Monthly Mix and really excited to once more

play with my neglected gelatos.

Here is my first card

PS I was so eager to play with them

I even have anther one in the making 

 First of all my Mix is

Gelatos (of course) Stamping, Magicals and Die Cutting.

I wanted to do something out of the ordinary with 

my Gelatos so starting with a washed background

with Magicals adding shaved bits of different 

Gelato colours heating to melt

allowing them to bubble up for depth.

Here is a close up.

I added the smallest bits

of Stampendous Aged Copper Embossing Enamel

heating from underneath to also melt.

Added a little more interest by adding

some lines in the background.

I then cut out my MFT peek a boo die

and popped it in front.

Added the lovely Gina Maine floral flourish 

smooched with the same gelatos and the

middle piece to match the background.

To finish I added my sentiment from

Happy Little Stampers.

Hope you liked my take on the Gelatos/Crayon Challenge.
I sure had fun.
Thanks for dropping in.