You're COOL!

 It's Word Week at Just Us Girls and our Host Cecile

has chosen a pretty special one - FRIENDS.

While I was going through my stamps to find

a Friend word I came across this really 'cool chick'

from STAMPlorations - perfect for something

a little different to the soft feminine card I was planning on.

Went rummaging in my bits box to see if I had a

background suitable - yep found the one I used here

and the colours are soft and feminine-ish.

She was heat embossed in black 

as were the 'cool' sentiments.

Added part of the CUTplorations Clustered Heart Die

covered in Cosmic Shimmer's Frosty Heather.

A pearl holds her scarf together.

Finished with adhering to card stock that blended

with the background.

Head over to Our Blog to see what's in store for you

from the Team and come play with us this week.

Thanks for visiting.

Happy Flowers for Bizzy Becs Challenge

Posting today for the New Challenge at

Bizzy Becs Store Blog 

I chose to show off my card made with

Penny Black Fresh Flowers

It is such a sweet stamp and makes for a card

for any occasion. 

I went with the sentiment that goes with the flowers.

Heat embossed and coloured with Tim's Oxide Inks.

Using the same inks I made my background.

I then die cut a corner with a

Sizzix Thinlits Mixed Media Die

which can be ordered from the Store.

Added some splatters, a light spray of Perfect Pearls

and attached to coloured card stock.

Head over to The Blog to see what new projects

have been made and would be lovely to see

you add yours to the Gallery

and be in the running to be our Monthly Winner.

Australian Residence will win a Mystery Stamp

from the Store and Overseas 3 of Bec's Digi Stamps.

 Are you interested in joining the Bizzy Becs Designers?

If so send an email off to  Bec @ neworders@bizzybecs.com.au

and include in the subject line Design Team Callout 2022 

Thanks for dropping in

NOTES for 2022

The Design Team at Creative Artiste Mixed Media 

are back for 2022 and for my project I thought I would make

a cover for an old shorthand pad that has been 

lying around for ages.

It is going to come in hand for all the notes I try and jot down

as I create for Design Team Projects or

just for my own reference.

Here's how it began

I cut out a piece of wc paper to adhere to

the front of my notebook.

Inked the AALL&Create Stencil

in Peacock Feathers, Spiced Marmalade

and Ground Espresso in different directions

adding more stamping and stenciled around the flower

with texture paste and again in ink

I cut out a second flower head

from Visible Image Creative Chaos

using the same oxide inks and adding shine

with Ranger Clear Rock Candy Crackle Paint

which didn't crack very well.

Decided to add some Art Alchemy Peacock Wax to the 

centre of the flower and some beads 

and a scattering of prills.

Die cut my Notes from an old CB alphabet die

onto a leftover scrap piece and adding a few more prills.

This was popped as was the flower head.

Glued to my notebook to complete.

This was a whole lot of fun.

Here are the stencils and stamps I used

Pop over and see what my Talented Team Mates

created this month and we would love to see you

add your project to the Gallery.

Sending this project over to

Mixed Media Lovers

Challenge #10

Thanks for taking time to read my tutorial

and check out the photos along the way.

A Simple 'Hello'

It's Wild Card Week at Just Us Girls

and Hosting is Carol and chose Plaid. 

I'm thinking you all expected me to get out

my tartan paper!  Surprise! Surprise!

I decided to try and find some 'plaid paper'

After much searching I found some. 

I started by cutting a peek a boo die for my

plaid background. DP is from Rosie's,

embossed with geometric folder.

Added a die cut from my stash and

others from the same dp pack,

with some white thread to the back of the dies.

Sentiment is cut from an old CB die

and a cotton bow attached.

Of course I had to add splatters to finish.

Pop over and see what our Guests Chrissie and Stef created

and my Talented Team Mates of course.

AND haven't we had an amazing month

with Chrissie and Stef sharing their talents with us!

A HUGE Thank You to you both. 

Loved having you join us this month.

 Looking forward to seeing our Gallery this week!

Adding to the Daring Card Makers for their

In the Frame Challenge

Till next time - 

Joy-Peace-Love

 Sistah Diane has chosen

CAS Winter for our New Challenge at

The Sisterhood of Crafters

A  pretty CAS card with the theme of a Winter Scene.

Brayered the background lightly with white acrylic paint

and stenciled some snow.

Added some birch tree die cuts

and a few red birds.

Framed my sentiment in the same colour

and attached to white card base.

Pop over and see what the Sistah's created

and love to see yours in our Gallery.

Thanks for visiting today.

Reminder Post for Christmas Craft Creations

It's Reminder Time for our January Challenge at

 Christmas Craft Creations

As I was working on my Launch card for our

Stencil Theme I decided to make a tag

featuring the same Holiday Knit Stencil from Tim

using white texture paste.

Die cut my favourite deer dye from CUTplorations,

adding some extra colour with Lindy's Magical's

and Art Alchemy Wax for effect.

Used the same tree die as my earlier card,

heat embossing with Stampendous 

chunky white embossing enamel

and blue glitter while wet.

Mounted the deer on top of  hessian (burlap)

Waxed the outside edges, crinkled the coloured ribbon

and added twine. Finshed with the Merry Sentiment.

You still have time to enter this month's challenge.

Hope to see yours over in Our Gallery.

Thanks for popping in.

Merry & Bright Christmas

 It's time for our New Challenge over at

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge

It's Anything Goes and easy to go with

whatever Christmas creations takes your fancy.

I love using kraft on Christmas cards.

I die cut an arch and covered it in snowflakes

to surround my little wintery scene.

Added the Merry and Bright sentiment 

finishing by adhering to kraft card base.

Sorry the bright is a little hard to see.

Head over and see what the Team created

and hope to see yours in our Gallery.

Thanks for visiting.

Believe in the Magic

It's Photo Week at Just Us Girls

and our New Designer Lisa E has chosen a cutie!

Now you won't find many snowmen in my craft room,

luckily I have a very old Gina K stamp set called

There's Snow One Like You

and there are two 'snowpeople' too.

I heat embossed them in black, coloured 

and fussy cut carefully.

My background is lightly coloured in blue

and added lots of snow.

Die cut a partial circle after stamping

some snowflakes.

Added some Liquid Pearls and glitter

to part of the hats and positioned them.

Finished with a big snowflake with pearl centre,

sentiment, inked edges and

on to white card base.

This was rather fun to play around with.

Check out what our Guests - 

Chrissie and Stef created then

scroll down to the Teams makes.

Love to see yours in our Gallery.

Sending my snowpeople over to 

My Time to Craft Christmas

Challenge #26 - Things Beginning with S

Thanks for popping in.

Till next time - 

 

It's Your Day

 The first thing I noticed when I saw the 

January Challenge at

 CAS Mix Up Challenge

was the beautiful card by my friend Nancy

and I commented to her at the time I would like to

watercolour one of the STAMPlorations In Bloom stamps

that we both have and use Lindy's Magical's too.

Thanks Nancy for being my enabler. 

I finally got to make it.

I used the In Bloom Precious Plumerias

with a variety of bright coloured Lindy's Magical's

and Ken Olivers Metallic Metals

after heat embossing in white onto

Canson WC paper.

Wetting my paper I let the fun begin

adding colours till I was happy with the result.

Added some splatters and sentiment from

Inspired by Stamping (no longer in business)

Attached to metallic card base to blend with the

watercolour cream colour.

I have had a blast playing around with different

loose watercolouring. Something I haven't done

with stamped images for ages. Now makes three LOL

My Mix is - 

Watercolouring, Magical's, heat embossing, 

stamping, splattering.

Thanks for visiting.

Catch you again soon.

Sending Hugs

Having a little fun play time for the

CAS Mix Up Challenge and for the first one of the year

we are to do loose water colouring.

Details Here

I thought I would try something a little different 

by die cutting my images with acetate and inking

but was too thick so were then cut

with watercolour paper. While they were still together

I wet the paper and sprinked with Lindy's Magical's

in Alpine Ice Rose, Cathedral Pines Green

and Nuvo Cherry Bomb Shimmer Powder. 

After I had taken them out

I sponged through the negative cuts to use as a background, 

adding more colour to the die cut flowers as needed.

I then added some Distress Grit Paste through

Tim's Speckles stencil before adding the flowers

 in a different order to the front using the 

back watercolouring as a shadow.

Here's a close up. I had a hard time getting a clear photo

of the whole card.

Hope this qualifies as loose watercolouring.

Added a sentiment from a CB tag die

and tied a pink cotton bow.

Attached to card base to complete.

My Mix is - loose watercolouring, sponging, stencilling,

die cutting, stamping.

Hoping to make a more traditional 

loose water colouring card before the end of this challenge.

I am having so much fun.

Thanks for a fabulous Challenge.

Best Wishes for Just Us Girls

 

It's Colour Week at Just Us Girls and our Host is Lisa

choosing some gorgeously soft colours for us.

I seem to be in a CAS mood of late and loving it.

Added some soft blue stenciling in the background

 two silver frames on an angle.

topped with some pretty blue and heat embossed silver flowers

and a vellum piece to make three.

A simple blue sentiment, a few pearls and finished by adding

to white card base. 

Pop over and see what our Guests Chrissy and Steff

added to the Gallery with the Design Team's creations.

Hope to see yours there.

Thanks for popping in

You're Special

 Welcome to the First Challenge of 2022 at

The Sisterhood of Crafters

Sistah Darlene has asked us to 

use the colour BLUE

Of course I love to splosh some colour for my backgrounds

which I have done here using Lindy's Afternoon Delight Denim,

wetting the w/c paper, dropping a tiny bit of powder then

blowing with a spritzer to move  the wet colours for a fun backing.

Love the colours you get with just one little magic pot.

Shame they don't show up like they should in a photo.

Die cut a few wildflowers, inked them with

the leftover puddle and added a few splashes.

Fot extra interest I cut two with blue vellum.

Sentiment from STAMPlorations cut with 

JustRite Die and popped.

Finished with pearls and adhered to white card base.

Pop over and see what the Sistah's created

and hope you can add your blue card to our Gallery.

#Update Sending this card over to the

CAS Mix Up Challenge for their

January Challenge

Elements used are

Watercolouring, air blowing colours, die cutting, stamping,

splattering and ombre.

and the The Flower Challenge for their

#64 Monochromatic Challenge

 Thanks for dropping in.

What's our January Theme at Christmas Craft Creations?

Hello and Welcome to 2022 at Christmas Craft Creations

We begin our January Theme Challenge with Stencilling.

I love adding texture to Tim's

Holiday Knit Stencil used here on kraft card base.

Die cut trees and the deer has added crackle glaze.

Thought he needed grounding so added some textured snow

 and covered part of his feet as well as

the trees. While wet sprinkled some fine glitter.

Finished with the joy circle sentiment.

A close up -

I have already made a reminder piece

for later in the month so hope you

come back to see what I made.

In the meantime check out the

returning and new designers creations

and join us by adding yours to the Gallery.

# Update sending this over to the

My Time to Craft Christmas

Challenge #26 Things Beginning with S

Love to see you there.

Hohoho and the Rest

 The First Challenge for 2022 at

 The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge is Live!

I know Christmas was just around the corner

but it is never too early to start your stash for the year ahead.

Easy peasy with our Anything Goes Challenge.

A simple card to start off with.

Background is from my bits box and is

an alcohol piece attached to metallic card base

 with the CUTplorations coverplate die

from the same metallic paper.

Pop over and see what the Designers created

and join us with the start of your 2022 Christmas collection.

Adding my card to the Newish Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge

Challenge #7

I didn't follow the mood board but 

I have lots of RED. 

Thanks for dropping in