Best Wishes for Just Us Girls

It's Saturday and time for me to show you what I made for our

Colour Week at Just Us Girls and hosted by Maria

who chose this lovely photo for your inspiration.

As the graphic says - pick any 3 colours and

neutrals are welcome!

I choice the colours of the flowers and leaves.
For my background I decided to make my own and found
A different shaving cream technique which isn't
quite as messy. I just used the two colours.

I got out my SU Lotus Blossom stamp set
and inked up with SU Yo Yo Yellow,
Tim's Distress Inks in Festive Berries and Mowed Lawn.
Added a few leaves from Kaisercraft.
Here's a close up to show you how nice the
Ranger Red Cinnabar embossing powder is
with the lovely gold fleck which went on last.

This was cut from a Spellbinder Die

as is the scalloped backing. Sentiment is from Cherry Lynn.

Added a tiny Waffle Flower bow

and a white background to green card stock.

Pop over and see what our Guest Eva and the Team created.

Thanks for dropping in. Love reading your comments.

A Blossoming Flower

It's been some time since I have played over at the

CAS Mix Up Card Challenge but this month's technique

Baby Wipe Stamping and Your Choice

has been on my 'To Try List' for a long time

so there was no excuse for me to NOT try it out. 

My Mix is Baby Wipe Technique, Stamping

Die Cutting and Embossing

I used Ramblin' Rose Pink Magicals

on my first baby wipe, wetting it to

activate the crystals and then wiping it on to

card stock several times to get the bright shimmery effect.

The leaves are soaked up with

Tim's Carved Pumpkin

SU Mossy Meadow and Yo Yo Yellow reinkers.

These were die cut from SU Botanical Blooms.

I love this stamp/die set as it is so versatile.

Behind the leaves I inked a few twigs with 

Tea Die Distress Ink as is the lovely sentiment from

STAMPlorations Blossoming

You will see faint embossing to the white card.

I only embossed with one half of the folder

to take away the starkness.

I inked the leaf edges with Nuvo Gold Glitter

which is very hard to see.

Added some tiny beads to the centre of my flower

to finish my card that I adhered to kraft card base.

I had a lot of fun with this technique and 

have made another card using one of the

inked baby wipe colours. I will show that another day.

Thanks for dropping in

Love reading your kind comments.

Thanks to a Dear Friend

Hi there and Welcome to today's post for

Just Us Girls

It's our Trend Week and Hosting is Nancy choosing

BOLD LETTERS!

I got a lovely stamp set from my bff

and of course the big bold 'thanks' sentiment 

was perfect for this weeks challenge and also

a nice way to say Thank You to her.

The beautiful floral image I coloured is from

STAMPlorations Blossom Sprays #1.

I heat embossed it with WOW Metallic Platinum.

Since my colouring skills are very limited

I got out some Twinklin' H2O's and metallic paints.

I cut this with a stitched die then attached 3 gems

and adhered to SU Tip Top Taupe cs.

Don't forget to pop over and see what our Guest Eva

and the Talented Team created. Join us in our Gallery

and you could be a future Guest Designer.

Thanks for popping in. Love reading your kind comments!

I'm Thinking of You

Hi there!  It's time for our CUTplorations Challenge

as part of the monthly challenges at STAMPlorations

image source: Ellen Giggenbach

and here is how I was inspired.

I tried to gather as much as I could from the photo
starting with blue card stock and adding white texture with the
ARTplorations Fairy Tale Forest Stencil also adding it to
my kraft card base using Gloss Gel Medium.
After the white texture paste dried I smooched over it with
Tim's Oxide Faded Jeans.
I then cut out the side piece with 
CUTplorations Pierced Curly Frames
for my owl (given to me by a friend)
I then cut out the leaves and flowers from
CUTplorations Trendy Spring Blooms Dies
in appropriate colours. I attached them and
added some Liquid Pearls to the centres.
Finished with my CUTplorations Thinking of You Die

Thanks so much for dropping in.

Hope to see your project in our Gallery this month.

It's PARTY TIME!

Hello and Welcome to my Saturday post for

Just Us Girls and this week we have something

a little different for our Word Week.

Carol is hosting and chose Movement.

I must admit it stumped me for a while but then I remembered

I had these 'wobble' bits that you add to the back of your image

and they make them shake - yay to movement. 

See what I mean!

I had fun with this project as I knew the

STAMPloratons A-Snarky-Birthday-to-You

was perfect for my brightly coloured cup cakes.

These were heat embossed in white and

coloured with Brusho's and Nuvo Shimmer Powders.

The top wobbly cupcake has 

Nuvo Glitter Drops for the icing.

Other stamps I used are

STAMPlorations Party Time and  Balloons-and-Banners

Hope you will take the plunge and play along with us this week.

Love to see you in our Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in - 

don't forget to check out what our 

New Guest Designer Eva Dobilas from I Love to Stamp

(Welcome Eva)

and of course my Oh So Talented Team Mates
created for your pleasure.

My Mixed Media Jar

What's in store for you today?

It's my first attempt at a Mixed Media Jar for

Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenge

and Anything Goes!

Here is how my jar started out.

by applying black gesso

then white crackle paint.

I think it cracked a bit too much so

applied some white gel medium then stenciling

on all four sides

 adding art stones from Finnebair

and now to brighten it up with Lindy's Sprays

and some cheesecloth for texture

some embellishments, painting  and waxing

and glass beads, pearls and diamond dust

and finished with  coloured cotton

and here is the lid

There you have it. My first ever MM jar.

Pop over and see what my Team Mates created.

They really are super talented in the Mixed Media Field.

If you love dabbling in paints, texture and any itzy bits you have

 around the house don't be afraid to

try your hand and you may just be like me and

LOVE IT!

Till next time - 

HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY DAY!

Hello and Welcome to May. 

Oh yes we are nearly half way through the year

and isn't it scary how time is just flying by!

You know what that means - it's our

Watercolour Challenge over at Happy Little Stampers

and we are looking for HAPPY  as our

Optional Twist this month.

I made this card a little while ago while playing with

my fascination for Nuvo Shimmer Powders.

I used Cherry Bomb and Green Parade

on water colour paper. I inked randomly

using an acetate sheet to colour in the floral image

I heat embossed my

 STAMPlorations In Bloom Precious Plumerias

twice giving it a shadow effect.

Sentiment is from Pink & Maine.

Attached to white card base and I'm done.

Pop over and see what my Team Mates created

and come join us in our Gallery.

Thanks for dropping by - 

I'm Hosting at Just Us Girls

Hello and Welcome. It's my turn to Host at

Just Us Girls for Photo Week 

and chose this photo for our Inspiration

You all know I love purples and when I saw this 

mood board I thought there was so much going for it

and I have this fabulous sea horse stamp I wanted to use again.

I did however make another simple card choosing

a floral image inspired by the flowers underneath the sea horse.

Here is what I used on my first card - 

Visible Image Create Your Calm Stamp.

Lindy's Stamp Gang Sprays

Navy Embossing Powder

Kaisercraft fish net stamp

CUTplorations Enchanting die.

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For my floral stamp - 

Stampin Up Because I Care/Creative Elements

Tim's Oxide Peacock Feathers

Memento Teal Zeal

Nuvo Shimmer Pen/Seeds.

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Pop over and see what our April Guest Christine

and the Designers created.

Hope they have inspired you.

I look forward to checking it out 

to see if you are our Chic of the Week.

You will be in the running to be our Guest in June.

A big Thank You to Christine for being a 

Fabulous Guest this month and sharing your talents with us.

Thanks for dropping in

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