Happy Birthday in Colour

We have a super colour combination this week

at Just Us Girls from Our Host - Maria.

Aren't they a perfect colour choice to make a card
with some beautiful floral dies? The main one is from
Elizabeth Craft 's Black Eyed Susan that I got
at half price. Yay! The others are from my stock.
I cut the flowers out several times from
Tim's Oxide Ink blending in
Fossilized Amber,Spiced Marmalade
and Distress Carved Pumpkin.
I also added some shimmer from Nuvo Shimmer Powder
 in Solar Flare and the leaves and stem from Green Parade.
I then cut the Memory Box Pinpoint Double Frame
to show the background in the same colours as the flowers.
I had cut out the tiny bits to add to the centres
 but ended up using pearls instead.
Birthday sentiment is from Happy Little Stampers.
This was then popped onto white card base.
Here's a close up.

This card is flying over the sea to a very dear

and talented crafty friend and will (hopefully)

have received it before this goes live.

. I know she will see this post so had to 

make sure I posted it in plenty of time.

PS For all those Outlander Fans she has the same

birth day as our Jamie. Swooning here!

Okay back to real life!

Pop over to Our Blog to see what our Guest Christine

and my Talented Team Mates created

and come join us this week. 

Thanks for dropping in.

It's Trend Week at Just Us Girls

Hello and Welcome to  my Saturday post for

Just Us Girls

 Hosting this week's Challenge is Angie choosing

I went off in my own little world to make my card
and pleased with the result I was - only to find
  I read the Trend wrong!
I had made a card 'Off the Page'
Back to my play station I went and came up with -

I got out a very old SU set called Inspired by Nature
which is still on a wood block. Aren't we spoilt with
our positional tool that we can stamp over
if the first one isn't quite right!
Couldn't do that here so took pot luck
that the inks and spritzing would be enough.
It didn't turn out too bad I thought.
I used SU inks in Rich Razzleberry
Close to Cocoa and Calypso Coral,
Memento Olive Grove and Tim's Gathered  Twigs.
I fussy cut the floral image so it is 'Off the Edge'

I corner rounded the inside and attached it to
Rich Razz card stock.
My sentiment is from Kaisercraft.
Added some shimmer with Twinkling H2O's
and Nuvo Glitter Gloss.
Finished with some cotton on the side.
Pop over and see what's
'Off the Edge' with Guest Christine
and the Designers Here
Thanks for dropping in

Sweet Spring Flinging at STAMPlorations

It's Day 11 and our Spring Fling is nearly over!

Have you been checking out our Daily Flings at

STAMPlorations

If not you have been missing out on tons of Giveaways.

The Link to today's Giveaway is Here

and this is it

For your chance to win I encourage you to COMMENT!

Leave them here and also on Our Main Blog

by Friday the 19th and Winners will be announced

on Monday the 22nd. It could just be you!

Here is what I made for today's post - 

It's a pretty simple card but full of colour and shine!

I started my background with Lindy's Magical's in

Witches Potion Purple, Sweet Violet Purple Teal

and Hydrangea Blue. I love the shimmer you get from them.

I then adhered my  ARTplorations Happy Flowers Stencil

for stability and covered with heavy duty gesso.

After that was dry I cut it in three leaving a space for

the sentiment from Hello Coffee Stamp Set

(out of stock)

Inked that up then popped the Happy Flowers

and added tiny gems to either side. 

And another EXTRA for your pleasure.

I used lots of 'Bloom Items' here

(Unfortunately some of these are OUT OF STOCK at present)

STAMPlorations Bloom Doodles for my leaves

STAMPlorations Bloom Factory and Big Bloom Factory 

for my background inked with Tim's

Oxide Inks in Abandoned Coral,

Wilted Violet, Seedless Preserves

and Cracked Pistachio.

Lightly stenciled the Bloom Factory Stencil in

Memento Lulu Lavender and

 die cut with the CUTplorations Curly Labels

sponging the edges. 

To finish I added some splatters and my 

Sweet Spring Wishes Sentiments.

Get 25% off  our Spring Fling Collection Here

and use my code STAMPGIRLINA for an extra 20%

That's it for now.
Don'r forget to COMMENT!
Thanks for dropping by.

Home is where the Key Fits

Welcome to a new month of challenges over at

Just Us Girls

Our Host for our Word Week is Bobby

Choosing Houses.
We have a new Guest too - Christine Perez

Welcome Christine.

The stamp from AALL&CREATE
and die from Moving Madness Creations
 is from a recent visit to my craft shop and bought
with this challenge in mind.
I went clean and simple here multi stamping
my background houses with Memento London Fog.
The main two houses and lamp were heat embossed in black
and cut from a SB Circle die.
I then cut the backing from Uniquely Creative
Cross Stitch Nesting Arches.
I simply highlighted the lamp with a Gelly Roll pen
The Home key die was cut with orange card stock
and added texture with crackle glaze.
Both were popped on to the background.
Added orange card as a backing then attached to
black card base.
Finished with three tiny gold stars.

Pop over and see how Christine and the Design Team
chose to showcase their Houses and come join in
our Gallery. You could be our Chic of the Week
and be chosen as our Guest in June.
Thanks for popping in.
Comment are always appreciated.

Dream Time for Creative Artiste Mixed Media.

Hello and Welcome to  today's post for our 

April Challenge over at the

Creative Artiste Mixed Media Blog 

where Anything Mixed Media Goes

as long as we use multi mediums. 

My play time has been limited lately with

family celebrations and hubby's cataract surgery

so please excuse the lack of detail on how

my canvas was created. I was just playing around when I made

the background but came in handy for this months project.

I will do my best to mention the products I used.

Here's a few close ups

I was planning to try something new for this month's creation

but was not to be - so hopefully next time!

Products used - 

Gesso, Art Alchemy Metallic Paints, Nuvo Shimmer Powders,

Stencil from ScrapFX, 

Dream Catcher from Which Craft Do You Do,

SU Butterflies, Prima Marketing Art Stones

and flower (just a perfect match)

 from my stash with a brad in the centre.

Will have a more detailed description with next month's project for 

Thanks for dropping in. 

Spring Time at 'STAMPlorations'

Hello and Welcome.

Did you happen to see the news yesterday over at

STAMPlorations where we are having a

12 day Spring Fling Giveaway?

If not you can check the main blog above or
 all of today's details HERE
There are different prizes each day so don't forget to
leave a comment here as well as my Team Mates creations
and of course OUR BLOG for your chance of winning!

***
I am participating in this fabulous event and here is

my first card -

My background was made with Tim's Oxide Inks in

Abandoned Coral, Salty Ocean,

Peeled Paint and Fossilized Amber.

I then cut my flowers from

STAMPlorations Trendy Spring Blooms

to match the background

with CUTplorations Trendy Spring Blooms Dies

in a lighter shade for contrast.

Also cut out small flowers from the same die set

in various colours. Added pearls to the centres of the flowers.

The sentiment is from

STAMPlorations Happy Everything

While I had the Happy Everything stamp set out I made
another card with one of my favourite stamps - the
STAMPlorations Large French Marigold

It was heat embossed clear then coloured with
 Pumpkin Fiesta, Hog's Wart Orange Magical's
and Nuvo Solar Flare Shimmer Powder.
The background was smooched with
Nuvo Solar Flare and Green Parade
The bottom half was inked with Tim's Oxide's in
Fossalized Amber, Peeled Paint and Salty Ocean.
I then stenciled on top with white texture paste
using ARTplorations Fairy Tale Forest
Sentiment was heat embossed with Lindy's Pumpkin Fiesta
from the above stamp set.
Finished with some gold thread behind the popped marigold
with tiny beads in the centre.

Here is a close up of the shimmer on the flower.

But wait! There's More...
Here is a link for you to get 25% of the Spring Fling section
and if you use STAMPGIRLINA you can get up to 45%
on your goodies!
Hope I have covered all the essentials here.
Look forward to reading your kind comments.
I'll be back next week with some more Spring Sensations.

See you then.

Celebrate Big for CUTplorations

Hello and Welcome to today's post for our

CUTplorations Challenge for April

Here is my take on the Mood Board below.

I decided to concentrate on the bold bright colours here

with some Alcohol Inks on Yuppo paper.

After I was happy with the result I cut it

in three parts and attached it to my white card base.

It's a pretty simple card finishing with

three layers of my 

CUTplorations Celebrate Big Die

with the third one heat embossed with

glitter embossing powder. 

Pop over and see what my Team Mates created,

come play and add yours to our Gallery.

There is always awesome prizes to be won 

AND

if you used my code STAMPGIRLINA

you get 20% off your purchase. 

Thanks for dropping in

Till next time Cherrio from

What if Nothing Ever Changed?

Today is April Fool's Day but I'm not fooling you

'cause it really is the first of many Challenges each Month

 over at Happy Little Stampers 

It is of course our Watercolour Challenge.

 Here is what we are looking for this month

if you choose to do our Optional Twist.

 My play time was very limited in March 

so I rummaged through my 'Bits Box'

to find something watercoloured brightly

and found the piece I used above.

It has a mixture of my favourite products - 

Brusho's, Magicals, Nuvo Shimmer Powders

and thrown on was some Art Alchemy Metallic Paints

and good old Inka Gold.

I added some script from Kaisercraft

then carefully tore it in 3 then adhered to

my white card base.

I went looking for a nice butterfly stamp

and found this one - an oldie but goodie from Gina K.

This was heat embossed and then coloured 

with some of the above products and fussy cut.

Added a few drops of Nuvo Crystal Drops.

Before popping it I cut out a few small MB ringlet dies.

Finished with my STAMPlorations sentiment.  

Pop over and see what my Team Mates created

and come join us this month in our Gallery.

Love to see you there.

Thanks for dropping in

UPDATE! We have a New Designer joining the Team
and it's the most amazingly talented colouring Artist -
 Gwendolyn Goh
A lot of you will have already seen her talents in Blogland
and I feel so lucky to again be working with her here.
A HUGE Welcome to the Team Gwendolyn.

We're Going Wild at Just Us Girls

It's Wild Card Week at Just Us Girls - 

that's because we have 5 Saturday's this month.

Sue is Hosting and has chosen an easy peasy one for us.

EMBOSSING FOLDERS

I couldn't just make an ordinary card with

my Henna Embossing Folder from Darice so
I got out a mix of waxes and pastes and just
sponged randomly till I liked the result.
I then heat embossed my flower from
Happy Little Stampers Doodled Flowers with
WOW Chocolate Caramel Pearl Powder onto
cream metallic card stock and fussy cut.
Cut out a small flourish from metallic paper
to go behind my popped flower.
Added my SB word die after adhering my embossed piece
 to the same metallic paper and card base.
Finished with a few pearls.

Thanks for dropping in today and
Thank You to
Greta for being our March Guest showing us
some of her talents.

Three Fine Feathers

Hi there and Welcome.

It's my turn to showcase my Free Post for the

Art and Soul Mixed Media Blog with

This Mood Board as a Guide.

You will remember my previous canvas

a few weeks ago and this time decided to

do a small one using feathers and the above colours.

It's a pretty simple one which was started by

adding a background with my Stamperia Stencil

with Ultra Mat Gel.

Adding colour to the background with

Magical's in Hydrangea Blue,

Ramblin' Rose Pink, Witches Potion Purple,

Nuvo Solar Flare Shimmer Powder 

and Tim Holtz Distress Stain in Mermaid Lagoon.

My feathers were then clear heat embossed

and coloured with some of the above colours.

Added some splatters with 

Nuvo Cherry Bomb Shimmer Powder

finishing with an appropriate sentiment.

Distressed the edges of my canvas for interest. 

Products I used from Art and Soul Studio are

the inks, powders, the gel and embossing powder. 

 

Thanks for dropping in

Happiest Birthday Wishes

Hello and Welcome to my Saturday Post for

Just Us Girls.

It's our Photo Week and Hosting is Maria!

What's a Birthday without balloons?

I started by inking up my die cut balloons with Tim's Oxide Inks

in Abandoned Coral, Cracked Pistachio

and Fossilized Amber adding a smidgen of 

shimmer from a Nuvo Brush.

I cut out the Nesting Arch from Uniquely Creative

to show my DP in the background.

This was slightly popped. I then added

my balloons with string attached.

Sentiment is from SU. That's it!

Check out what our Guest Greta

and the Team have created and join us

for this fun challenge.

You could be our Chic of the Week

and be in the running to be

Our Guest in May.

Thanks for dropping in