What's the 'Word' at Just Us Girls

Hello and Welcome to my Saturday post for
Just Us Girls. 

Our Host this week is Nancy
and has chosen Sympathy for our Word Week.
It's one that pulls at our hearstrings - but also
gives comfort to the recipient.

As it is a new Month we have a
New Guest Designer. Linda Snodgrass from
 https://linscraftcorner-linda.blogspot.com
Welcome Linda. So glad you are joining us and
looking forward to seeing your creations at JUGS this month.
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I started my card with inking up the
SU Stippled Blossoms floral images in
Memento Angel Pink and Rhubarb Stalk
and fussy cutting them. Went on to the leaves
with Memento New Sprout.
For the background I added a butterfly
from SU Nature's Walk
and some script from
Happy Little Stampers Thinking of You
in SU Tip Top Taupe
 cutting that out with a stitched die.
Sentiment is heat embossed from the same stamp set.
Popped my floral display after adding a touch of WOS
to the top flower and some Liquid Pearls to the centres.
Randomly dropped a few glossy accents to the script.
Finished by attaching to Tip Top Taupe card base.

Pop over and see how our Guest Designer Linda
and the Team chose to use our Word
then join us in the Gallery.
You could be our Chic of the Week and
may be chosen as a future Guest.

Thanks for popping in.
Love reading your comments!

It's Time to - MAKE YOUR MARK

Hello and Welcome to our New challenge over at

Addicted to Stamps and More It's our

 

where we need to see colouring in some way or other.

Make your mark with pencils, pens, sponges

water colours, inks etc - you get the drift.

Here's my Make.

I started by randomly inking my 

STAMPloratons Trendy Leaves

with Memento Olive Grove/Peanut Brittle

and Rhubarb Stalk.

Added small dots from SU Timeless Textures

with Tim's Gathered Twigs.

Backed that with torn card stock.

Added some jute for interest.

Finished by adding a touch of WOS

to the Rhubarb Leaves

and the CUTplorations Thankful Word Die.

Hope you will pop over and see what my Team Mates

created and come join us in our Gallery.

Thanks fro dropping in.

The CUTplorations Gals are 'Back'

Hello and a Big Welcome!

Our hiatus  over at STAMPlorations is over

and it is the CUTplorations Gals turn to inspire you

to join us for our Brand New Challenge Here

Now I know it's Pumpkin Time over the Pond

so what better way to celebrate than by making a card

for our October Challenge. 

It doesn't have to be a pumpkin -  you can interpret

the photo any way you choose.

I chose the 

STAMPlorations Oh-So-Grateful-Stamps-and-Coordinating-Die

to showcase, playing around with a technique

 I had never tried before until recently.
I started my background by randomly inking up stamps from
STAMPlorations Mixed-Media-Grunge
with  Tim's Distress Inks in Gathered Twigs
Crushed Olive/Carved Pumpkin
and Fossilized Amber.
I then started on my pumpkin with colours above
 and die cutting.
I then added lots of layers of clear embossing powder
heat setting after each application. I quickly
put it in my freezer hoping I would be successful
in getting it to crack. And it worked!

I inked the CUTplorations Thankful-Word-Die
and did the same to that but not quite as pronounced.
Cut out my background with the

CUTplorations Crazy-Double-Running-Stitch-Rectangle-Nesting-Dies
and adhered some inked up dry wall tape for interest.
Popped my pumpkin and attached the sentiment
to basic white card base. 

Hope you will pop over to our Blog
and check out what my Team Mates created
for your pleasure and would love to see
you in our Gallery this month.

A Little Reminder - 

• Players can link up as many projects as they want (1 project per blog post)
• Players must use at least 1 STAMPlorations product (stamp, stencil, die, or coloring page, or digi stamp)
• To qualify for the prize, players must display challenge graphic and link back to the challenge post (blogs only)
• Prizes: $15 GC for the winner (voted by the team); $5 GC to three (3) randomly picked players

Thanks for dropping in.

Love reading your comments.

Did someone say GOLD!

Hello and Welcome to a New Month of Challenges

at Happy Little Stampers where we start off with our

and we are looking for GOLD! as our Optional Twist.

My card is pretty simple with Magicals as my background

and heat embossing my hibiscus stamp from

49andMarket with gold embossing powder.

Added a heat embossed sentiment from
Happy Little Stampers Dandelion Wishes

in gold matted with gold
 and on to gold card base.

Finished with a few gold pearls.

Pop over and see what my Team Mates

created and come join our Gallery this month.

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!

Thanks for dropping in

We're Going 'Wild' at Just Us Girls

Hello and Welcome to my Saturday Post for

Just Us Girls

Since there are 5 weeks in September we have our

Angie is Hosting this week.
Pop over and see what our Guest Julie
and my Team Mates striped out on.

I wanted to move away from the florals

 so went a bit grungy here.

As I have had a busy month getting my DT cards

up and scheduled, spring cleaning and gardening

all in the ready for relatives and friends invasion

this is a QCAS card - quick clean and simple card.

Got out my STAMPlorations stamps -

Celebrate Artsy for the sentiment and

Art Marks, Mixed Media Elements and

Scribbly Splattery Grunge

Inked them up with Tim's 

Carved Pumpkin/Mermaid Lagoon

and Black Soot on the sentiment.

Basic bright card stock used and

finished with striped washi tape.

That's it.

Just like to say Thanks to Julie for being our

Super Guest this month. We all loved your work.

Also when this goes live I will be in the thick of

Birthday Celebrations with some very Special People.

Back to normal next week!

Thanks for popping in

I'm Guest Designer at the Retro Rubber Challenge Blog

Hello and Welcome to today's post.

Several weeks ago I was invited to be Guest Designer over at the

Retro Rubber Challenge 

Thank You so much Jane for the Invitation.

Their New Challenge is this Sketch below.

Lots of potential here that you can go to town on

BUT you must use a stamp that is at least 12 months old.

After all it is nice to get those older stamps out 

and ink them up isn't it?

I had so much fun working out which ones to use and 

landed up with a couple of older Retired SU ones - 

even using Retired Designer Paper and Inks.

Just don't know how old they are as I bought them

as Retired Items! 

I started by inking my background from

SU Creative Elements several times.

I then got out the SU Delicate Details stamp

with it's lacey border inking and placing it underneath.

Both were inked with SU Tip Top Taupe.

My flower is from the same set as above

 in Calypso Coral first then I inked

two more in Tangarine Tango and fussy cut them for dimension.

This was attached to a MFT stitched circle die

and backed with a Spellbinders Scallop die 

from Groovy Guava DP.

Sentiment is from Altenew.

Finished by sponging the edges, adding cotton,

a bow and some tiny beads to the centre of the flower. 

Thanks for dropping in.

Love to see how you interpret the Sketch

and add to the Gallery Here. 

Of course you checked out what the 

Design Team created first didn't you?

It's Photo Week at Just Us Girls

Hello and Welcome to today's post for

Photo Week at Just Us Girls.
Maria as Host has chosen this gorgeous photo.

I love seeing the changing colours of the trees as it
doesn't happen in my neck of the 'bush'
As it is coming into that time of the year over the pond
it's perfect timing for all those 'fall' coloured creations.

As I had only recently got a new to me stamp/die set from
STAMPlorations called Oh So Grateful
 I had to play with it especially as I
wanted to focus on the pumpkins in the truck.
I got out Tim's Oxide inks and inked away
on glossy card stock wiping it with a
paper towel then adding layers of
clear embossing powder. I tried the crackle effect
by putting it in the freezer but didn't quite work out
as good as I wanted.
My background was smooched and then I cut out part of the
inked birch tree die putting them behind my cut out oval die.
The sentiment as you can see is from the stamp set above
I love how motley it stamps.
Finished my card by attaching to orange card stock.
***
Hop over and see how our Guest Julie and the Team
were inspired by that gorgeous photo and
come join us in our Gallery this week.
***
So much happening for me in the next few weeks
so if I don't get to comment much I apologize.
Life will get back to normal after
all my family and friends from far and wide
 return to their own homes at the end of the month.

Thanks for stopping by

Go After Your Dreams

Time for the latest Challenge over at

Addicted to Stamps and More 

It's our Photo Inspirations and hasn't

Kylie chosen a beauty!

I've gone for a mixed bag here

focusing on the flowers in the background

but colouring mine in the yellow tones

of the light and using

similar words to the above sentiment.

I recently got this gorgeous stamp called

Darling Dog Roses from STAMPlorations

and this is the second card I have made with it.

You may have seen it Here

I heat embossed the flowers in white.

Once more I got out Tim's Distress Inks this time in

Squeezed Lemonade Fossilized Amber and Mowed Lawn

using a water brush to colour.

I added some splatters and inked my sentiment

from STAMPlorations Noteworthy in Fossilized Amber.

Attached my floral image onto SU card stock

after cutting with a stitched die.

Pop over and see what my Team Mates have created

and come join in our Gallery this week.

Love to see you there!

Thanks for dropping by.

Till next time - Cherrio from

This IS for 'Someone Special'

Hello and Welcome

Today's card was made for my BFF so

of course it had to be 'Special' and her birthday

is just a few days before mine.

I was keeping this for a challenge that I thought

fitted in with my card above and I found that at

Seize the Birthday for their current challenge to use

Die Cuts or Punches

I recently bought the Retired SU  Botanical Blooms Set

and a few of you would have seen me use it before.

It was perfect for this card with all the dies.

I wanted the background to be a little subtle and

knew I had some patterned vellum in my stash. Perfect!

I know she likes browns/copper colours so I went with that

and some gorgeous teal card stock that was purchased

when I was staying with her a while back.

I cut out a number of flowers and stamens

and the leaves from gold card stock and some 

painted paper using Rustic Brown Metallic Paint.

I inked the stamped centres with Tim's Gathered Twigs.

I decided to add a strip of embossing on the side

from Couture Creations. Adhered it to my card base

with the vellum and gold ribbon from Christina Re.

Sentiment is from STAMPlorations Fluttery Set

 heat embossed in gold with gold thread

added to the back and popped.

Finished with a tiny flower on the side,

Pearls and a sparklet to the centre of the flowers and vellum.

Thanks for dropping in

Big Hugs for Just Us Girls

Hello and Welcome. I'm here with my Saturday Post for

Just Us Girls 

It's Colour Week and as Host Bobby chose

2 gorgeous colours and gave us the third choice.

I will admit I went through several colours before 

choosing plain old black as mine - and different layouts.

I must admit my coral colour looks a little bright but
it is Tim's Abandoned Coral so I went with it.
I did some smooching for the background then inked up
some stamping from STAMPlorations
Scribbly Splattery Grunge and
Tim's Wildflowers in Hickory Smoke.
Added dies from the same Wildflower Set in
White and Black.
Sentiment is from STAMPlorations Bloom Happy.
Cut this out with a postage stamp die and
adhered to grey card stock and then on to
my black card base.

Pop over and see what colours our Guest Julie
and the Team chose.
Join in our Gallery and you could be our
Chic of the Week and be in the running for
Guest Designer in November.

Thanks for dropping in

Simply a 'Tree'

Hello and Welcome to today's card.

I have a busy time coming up soon
 with friends travelling from the other side of Oz,

also relatives and friends for a short time

but managed to whip up a card for the

current challenge over at CAS Watercolour - 

 The 'Theme' being Tree

I started with my watercolour background

with Tim's Stormy Sky using acetate.

I then inked up the Stamp It Large Conifer

with Memento Luxe Northern Pine

spritzing it with a mix of SU Champagne 

and water, stamping on to water colour paper.
Painted a water wash to the bottom of the tree
 and the leftovers were splattered around.

This was then cut from a MFT stitched die

popped onto a bigger die and popped

again onto white card stock. 

The sentiment is from SU and finishing

with a scored line either side. 

 Not too much crafting time coming up but
will try and squeeze in a few favourites.

I have scheduled posts but commenting
on your blogs may be a bit hit and miss.
 I will try my best!

Thanks for dropping in.
Till next time Cherrio from

You Brighten My Day

Hello and Welcome.
Today's post is for the current challenge
over at The Mod Squad and Hosting is my
Good Friend Judy Woodland. Judy is
asking us to use our Acrylic Blocks for our Background
and I love making them.
Details are Here

Gina K is the Sponsor so I thought it only
right to use her stamps and paper.
I have an addiction to Lindy's Magical's
so thought I would incorporate one colour on this card.
You can vaguely see I have used my acrylic block
three times inking with Tim's Distress Abandoned Coral
onto watercolour paper.
 As the outcome wasn't too pronounced
I thought I would put some Hags Wart Orange Magicals
onto my craft mat spritz it with water to activate
 and then press the acrylic block
onto it and transfer that to the first inkings.
With leftovers I smooched around the edges
and got a softer colour.
I then heat embossed my image from
Gina K's Springtime Silhouettes
(I know it's an oldie but still love that set)
with WOW Chocolate Caramel Pearl
which has a lovely chocolate colour and shimmery gold
depending how you look at it.
My sentiment is from Gina's Smile inked
with Memento Morocco.
Added some splatters from SU.
This was then cut with a stitched die
adding an inked piece of  crinkled ribbon
then finished by attaching to Gina K card stock.

Thanks for popping in

You're Special!

Hello and Welcome to my post for Happy Little Stampers. 

It's time for the Anything Goes with Dies Challenge for September.

 

The background for my card was made some time ago

and was in my bits box. It's was made my heating

several colours of Gelatos.

I cut this with a postage stamp die and

added  a coloured mat to the background.

This was adhered to metallic gold card stock.

Sentiment is a newbie from STAMPlorations

and inked with Memento Teal Zeal

then heat embossed with  clear powder.

My dragonfly is from Marianne Designs and

cut with gold paper.

Now that you have seen my card pop over and see

what my Team mates created and come join us

in the Gallery. Hope to see you this month.

Don't forget - 

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!

Thanks for dropping in

What's our TREND this week at Just Us Girls?

Hello and Welcome to my Saturday Post for

Just Us Girls

It's Trend Week and Hosting is Carol choosing

So what does this mean you say?
They are basically stamps with an outline only.

I took the easy way out with my card just using
the outlined stamps from Repeat Impressions
with no colouring in here. Yay!
The background stamping is on white card stock
with the back matted with SU Rich Razzleberry.
The floral images were also inked with a
Rich Razzleberry ombre ink pad. You may notice
they are slightly different in colour.
The front images are the reverse heat embossed in white
onto Rich Razzleberry matted with white card stock
and popped.
Sentiment is from STAMPloration cut from a JustRite die.
This was all adhered to my white card base.

That's it!
Thanks for dropping in.
Hope you liked what you saw and come join us
in Our Gallery this week and don't forget to
check out what our Guest Julie
and The Team created for your pleasure.

It's a Merry Deer!

Hello and Welcome to today's post for

Addicted to Stamps and More. 

It's our Holiday Theme this time round and

since I am way behind on Christmas cards - 

I enjoyed trying some old and new products

and the result was fun.

The background has some of this and that which includes 

Magicals (of course) and some glossy gel medium.

I added white crackle paste from DecoArt 

to my ARTplorations deer

and let the red seep through giving it a hint of pink.

This was cut from a postage die in front of

pink card stock and popped

 The Merry is cut from mulberry paper

and is from hero Arts.

Card base is Linen stock.

So how are you going with your holiday cards?

If you are thinking like me and need to get cracking

on those holiday cards - please join in

this weeks challenge.

Come over and see what the Team have created

for your inspiration. 

Any holiday themed card is welcome in our Gallery.

See yours there???

Thanks for dropping in.

Your comments are always appreciated.