A Groovy Birthday Card

Sue is our Host at Just Us Girls 

and chose a lovely and popular combination

 for our Colour week 

Instead of inking up pretty flowers I went with

inking up a new AALL&Create Stencil

 

Simply stenciled three stencils in red and black,

added a sprinkle of red embossing powder

on the black, splatters, sentiment is

heat embossed with both colours.

Adhered to white card base and that's a wrap!

Of course our Guest Mac Mable and the Team

have made spectacular cards in this weeks colours

so head over and check them all out.

Come join in with yours and you could be

Chic of the Week and be our Guest in June!

Thanks for visiting

So Incredably 'Precious'

 The heading says it all for the card I made for

our New Challenge over at

The Sisterhood of Crafters

I knew what I was going to make as soon as I saw

Sistah Lia chose Slimline Cards.

I don't make many of the large traditional size but

my thistle die is a biggie!

I went with a Mixed Media type of card.

Lindy's Witch's Potion Purple and

Freak Franklin Lime Magical's were used on my Thistle

and  Tim's Faded Jeans oxide ink

on my background as the Scottish flag

is Blue and White.

Added stencilling and stamping

from Visible Image and AALL&Create

and a whitewash to tone it down.

 Kaisercraft Weathered Texture Die

backing my Thistle.

Inked my perfect sentiment 

as a Thistle is to me So Precious.

Tore the edges inked and

adhered to purple ribbon.

Hand drawn squiggles around the edges

adding to white card base.

Here is a close up highlighting the colours better.

Have you checked out what my Sistah's created?

Head over and check them out Here.

We'd love to see your Slimline creation in our Gallery.

PS - it doesn't have to be the Traditional Size

So go for it!

Thanks for visiting

 

A 'Tartan' Christmas Wish

 Time for our New Challenge at

Christmas Craft Creations 

and the theme is right up my alley.

TARTAN /Plaid

A very CAS card using tartan background to 

highlight some holiday greens fromTim Holtz

 sprinkled with snow. Added bells and a pearl,

tied some twine and added to a black frame

onto white card base. 

Head over and see what the Team created

and come join us in the Gallery.

Thanks for visiting and commenting.

What's the Trend at Just Us Girls

It's Saturday and that means it's

time for our Weekly Challenge at Just Us Girls 

I am Hosting our Trend Week and chose

Foil on Alcohol Inked Cards.

This is something I have long admired but

have never tried it. I bought foil

a few years ago at a Craft Show and they have

sat in limbo till now.

I spent some time with my supplies outside with a fan on

renewing the fun it is to just play with alcohol inks.

I admit there were a few that went you know where

but still had plenty to choose from. 

This one using Alcohol Inks and GoPress Foil

(Golden Cream Light Mirror Finish)

Memory Box Perky Poppy

Lawn Fawn Stitched Borders and

Craft4U die cut sentiment with gold foil.

and this one - has lots of 

blue green foil (Iridescent Finish)

die cut into three, lightly popped

attached to white frame.

Sentiment from Pink Fresh Studio

Added a few clear cabachons

Adhered to white card base to finish.

I realize now I should have used

one of the other coloured ones for contrast and interest.

I am super excited to see the Gallery this week

after checking out the incredible makes from

our Talented Guest Mac Mable and Teamies.

Go see for yourself and join in the fun

by adding yours too. Hope to see it there.

You could be Chic of the Week

and chosen to be our Guest in June.

Thanks for checking out my post today.

A Tag for Bizzy Becs

There is a New Anything Goes Challenge starting over at

 Bizzy Becs Store 

and I have made a colourful tag using

several dies from my new favourite

Sizzix Wildflower Stems #1

which is available to pre order from the store.

Background was made with 

Tim's Oxide Inks available In Store

using acetate on wet inks.

Added crackle paste with a stencil

and an extra flower head for dimension

with a few pearls.

Finished with a fitting sentiment.

Pop over and see what is in store for you 

at our April Challenge

We would love to see yours there.

Thanks for visiting.

An 'Eggstraordinary' Nest.

It's funny where a Challenge will take you.

Today's card for Just Us Girls did just that.

It's our Word Week and Elizabeth chose EGG.

After all Easter is just around the corner!

As it is a New Month it is with great joy that

we Welcome our Very Talented Guest Mac Mable.

We are all in for a month of Treats!

As you see this isn't the normal Easter type card

and sometimes a photo doesn't do it justice!

Here's  a close up below of the nested eggs.

I only have one little stamp with eggs and

after umteen attempts nothing worked out.

Pinterest to the rescue and by chance I found

a few ideas for a Mixed Media Make.

I used bark, leaves and various items

picked up from time to time.

Attached some cut up straw onto some hessian

for the nest and punched out the eggs.

Where there are eggs there are feathers!

Raided the chicken pen again lol
To give some sort of depth to the eggs

I added crackle glaze and wax.

On to adhering art stones, liquid pearls and splatters.

Waxed in various places for added colour.

Attached to bright card base to finish.

Head over and check out the

'eggstraordinary' cards our Talented Guest Mac Mable

and the Team wowed you with and

add yours to our Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in for a visit.

LIVE your Art!

It's that time of the month for our 

New Anything Goes Challenge at

Creative Artiste Miixed Media

I hadn't planned on a hanging piece to begin with

but in the end I decided to go the extra distance.

You will see lots more makes using

Tim's Wildflowers as I have so many ways

I want to use them.

Background is covered by blending

Tim's oxide inks adding stencilling and

texture with grit paste.

Flowers were cut and coloured with the same colours

as the background.

Sentiment is from AALL&Create.

This is when I decided to go further

with packing paper and cardboard backing.

Added a mixture of products to the cardboard

and adhered all together to complete.

Check out what's in store for you over at

Our Blog

We would love to see your Mixed Media Make there.

You just have to use multiple mediums

on our Anything Goes Challenge.

If you are unfamiliar with Mixed Media

check it out Here

Thanks for visiting

You're Special

Our New Challenge at STAMPlorations is live

and today's post is for the Stencil Challenge

It is always Anything Goes using a Stencil.

Check out - Details Here

I started my background with the

ARTplorations Plaid Maker stencil

using Distress Grit Paste.

Once that was dry I inked up with

Tim's Oxide Blueprint Sketch.

Added sentiment from

STAMPlorations Bloom Sketches.

Die cut my dragonfly from

CUTplorations DragonflyLayering Die

Back cut is inked with 

Lindy's Afternoon Delight Denim

and front cut with blue vellum.

Added Stickles Frosted Lace to the centre.

Finished with gems and corner rounded one edge

and adhered to navy card base.

Here's a closer look

Products used

If you use any STAMPlorations products

link them up to our

Anything Goes Challenge

to win more goodies

and - 

Don't forget to pop over and see all the makes

from the STAMP family Here and join us this month.

Thanks for visiting and leaving me your kind comments.

It's Photo Week at Just Us Girls

 This weeks Challenge over at

Just Us Girls is Photo Week and

Hosting is Bobby

and here is the photo of a sweet outdoor scene

with birds singing around those pretty flowers.

I took my inspiration from the lovely blue birdhouse

then the pretty blue and yellow birds - hence

there is one sitting on the birdcage.

Added a background to highlight them

and the green flourish to add lots and lots of

pretty flowers using dies and punches.

Not to forget the pretty butterfly.

Of course I had to have a smooched

 blue background to start with.

Added my sentiment and some Liquid Pearls

to the centre of my flowers.

Adhered to navy card base and 

my pretty card is complete.

I had so much fun making this card

thanks to Bobby's beautiful photo. 

I am sure our gallery will be full of colour this week.

Head over and see what our Guest JoAnne

and the Team took from the photo.

Could be Spring in some parts but

Autumn is on it's way here. 

A big Thank You to JoAnne for

sharing her talents with us this month.

Sending this over to the

Tic Tac Toe Challenge for the

I chose the middle across

Butterfly (it's tiny) 

free and flowers (lots of them)

Thanks for visiting

The Sentiment Says it All

Our New Challenge over at  The Sisterhood of Crafters

and Sistah Vicki is looking for THE SENTIMENT

to be the focal point of  our card. 

I got out a favourite stamp that makes for an easy card

to highlight the sentiment...

It's Hero Arts Leafy Vines

inked up with SU Calypso Coral.

Sentiment dies are a gift from a friend.

Inked the background die in the same colour as the vines

and the words layered up three times in white.

Gave it a light spray with Perfect Pearls.

Finished with a tiny butterfly and pearls.

head over and see what the Sistah's created

and we would love to have you

add yours to our Gallery.

 Thanks for visiting and leaving a comment.

Christmas Wishes

Time for another card for the

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge 

I inked my AALL&Create embossed background 

lightly with Tim's Frayed Burlap.

Die cut the bottom and again in green.

Holly branch is from Kaisercraft 

using the same green and coloured

the berries with Ruby Red Liquid Pearls.

I seem to get a better result with them

over the Nuvo Drops.

Stamped my sentiment, added some

red cotton, attaching it to red card base.

Head over and see what The Team created

and join in with yours in The Gallery.

Thanks for visiting.

Have you seen a Plaid Snowflake?

The current challenge over at

Can You Handle the Pressure 

is coming to a close and I wanted to 

add to the Gallery for their

Anything Goes Embossing with a Twist of Plaid

For my card I got out some very old 

Cuttlebug Christmas Embossing Folders.

Embossed and die cut the squares, corner rounded a few,

 framed them and popped.

The main big plaid (tartan) snowflake diecut 

 is also CB which included the embossed image.

 I used that, but can't see it after I clear heat embossed it twice.

The white snowflake was dry embossed.

Added layers as well as a scored strip to the background.

The old Swiss Dots just added something extra also.

Sentiment is from Tim's Great Outdoors.

Nice to get some old favourites out again and have fun!

Thanks for dropping in for a visit.

Enjoy Today!

Welcome to today's post for 

Just Us Girls

It's Colour Week and Hosting is Lisa E

choosing beautiful soft colours for us to play with.

I went with die cuts in rose and green,

torn strip of paper and stencilled background

adhered to ivory card stock.

Sentiment heat embossed and popped,

corner punched, framed in green and

 adhered to soft pink card base.

Die cut sentiment is from Altenew.

I thought the lovely soft colours was perfect

for a CAS card.

Popover and see what our Guest JoAnn and

The Talented Team created

and we would love to see yours

in our Gallery.

Thanks for visiting

It's Bold and Beautiful

 Hello and welcome to todays post for

Just Us Girls hosted by Vicki

I was watching This Video on YouTube with

Simon Hurley recently and as soon as it finished

I knew I HAD TO TRY IT!

as it was perfect for our Trend Week

Here's a close up

My stencil is Altenew Cheerful Bloom

and simply did exactly as Simon showed us

using most of my Nuvo Shimmer Powders

and fussy cut.

Added my STAMPlorations sentiment

heat embossed in gold.

 Added lots of pop dots and attached to

Crazed Paper I got from our Officeworks.

It was such an easy and quick card but

what a dramatic result! 

I am going to do this again but with my

Lindy's Magical's as I am sure to get

another dramatic result.

Head over and see the beautiful cards

the Team created and I am sure 

you will want to join in this week.

Add to our Gallery and you could be our

Chic of the Week and in the running to be

our Guest Designer in May.

#UPDATE Sending this over to 

Can You Handle the Pressure?

AG Embossing with a Twist of Plaid

without the twist

and

Country View Challenge for their

Mother's Day Challenge

My simple sentiment says it all.

Thanks for visiting