'Inspire'

 Welcome back to a New Year of Challenges at

Just Us Girls

We start our Challenges off with Color Week

chosen by our Host Lisa K

AND we have a few a few changes coming during the month too.

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 Lisa has made it so easy for us with such lovely shades of blues.

To get back into the swing of things I went with

a favourite of mine - a colourful background of blues

with Lindy's Afternoon Delight Denim and

Tim's Denim Delight on Canson Cold Press WC paper

(which is a very creamy coloured paper)

 with his Wildflowers coloured in the same colours.

Added some navy cotton, a simple sentiment

and a blue pearl to the white flower.

Scored the card base to frame the popped florals.

We welcome our January Guest - Jules Pedd

and the Team back again for 2023.

Head over and see how the colours inspired us all.

Hope to see yours in our Gallery.

Thanks for visiting

Wishing You Happiness!

The Talented Designers at Color Hues are back

and have a fabulous colour combination

 chosen by Nancy to inspire us.

Color Hues #55 Light Pink and Gold

As you can see my card hasn't the

traditional gold colour BUT  is

Lindy's Grab a Guy Gold.

My pinks are Tim's gorgeous Saltwater Taffy

and Distress Worn Lipstick EP for my

 STAMPlorations Fond Expressions 2 sentiment.

Dies were a gift.

Added some gold thread for interest and

gold flicks from a posca pen.

I couldn't help but add some stenciling

from AALL& Create also.

Inked the edges and adhered to white card base.

Love the fabulous colours Nancy.

Thanks for dropping in and commenting.

Christmas Wishes

 Sistah Diane chose the Theme to use

 Traditional Christmas Colours of  RED & GREEN

for our last Challenge of the Year at

The Sisterhood of Crafters

A simple layout here using the chosen colours

with stitched die cuts, sentiment,

Kaisercraft Berry Vine full of red berries

and finished with twine. 

We will be back on the 11th January to 

start all over again to create and inspire you.

Look forward to you joining us again in the New Year.

Wishing you a Merry Christmas

and a Safe and Healthy New Year.

Merry! Merry! Merry!

The Theme for our December Challenge at

Christmas Craft Creations is Gnomes.

I only had one lonely gnome stamp but

lucky for me our local craft store had a

special on them recently (and with dies yay)

in plenty of time to create for our last challenge of the year.

I knew the paper I wanted to use here.

It's Boofle with lots of tartan and other gorgeous pages.

My bff brought it back from England

many years ago and use it sparingly.

I inked my gnome with Versafine Clair Nocturne

and heat embossed clear.

Inked again on one of the dp's

and fussy cut his hat, boots and mittens.

His beard is layered lightly with Liquid Pearls.

Added a touch of shimmer with a gel pen

and gloss.

Popped him onto a MFT die cut, added

three Merry dies and a heart to finish.

Head over and see what my Team Mates created.

Look forward to seeing your gnomes in our Gallery.

Thanks for your encouraging and kind comment

throughout the year.

Merry Christmas and as the Scots say

A Guid New Year Tae Yin An Awe

See you in 2023. 

PS So looking forward to watching the

Edinburgh Military Tattoo once more.

Merry Christmas!

 The December Stencil Challenge over at 

Happy Little Stampers is live.

You may wonder where the stencil is on my card.

The background is Tim's Speckles and I sprayed

Lindy's Black Orchid Silver through the stencil

on w/c paper and let it dry.

A close up!

I did the same with iridescent medium

and added extras with splatters.

The trees are coloured with the same background colours.

Sentiment is Hero Arts.

Finished with a few punched stars.

That's it for the year.

Hope you have a Merry Christmas

and a Safe Happy New Year.

It's a White Christmas

It's our last challenge of the year at

 Creative Artiste Mixed Media

and I had a lot of fun creating a 

Very Snowy Christmas Hanger.

 I bought the hanger last year - just didn't get to work on it.

I knew when I saw it, it was perfect for Mixed Media.

Let the fun begin! Gessoed with black and white.

Painted the outer circle with 

AA metallic rusty red and dark forest.

adding crackle paste to the inside circle

Lots of  'messy stuff'' going on here

adding crackle paste, glitter, art stones.

touched up back trees in green,

AA waxes, acrylic paint for snow capped trees and houses.

It needed a backing so cut out a circle

and smooched with Tim's ox inks and some

irridescent medium for shimmer.

and that finished off my

Christmas Wall Hanger.

Head over to our Blog to see what my

Talented Team Mates had fun creating.

Hope you get some 'you' time to create

a little mixed media something for us.

This is our last challenge for the year.

We take a break in January but

we will be back with more Mixed Media

for your pleasure in February.

Thank you for your kind comments throughout the year.

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas

and a Safe Happy and Healthy New Year. 

I'm Guest Designer at Color Hues

 I am excited and honoured to be

the Guest Designer

 at Color Hues Challenge

for Challenge #54

Here is what I made

I started with my background inking the

Altenew Peony Bouquet flower several times

with Memento Paris Dusk onto cream card stock.

I then inked and layered up the peony flower and 

Altenew Beautiful Day leaves in the same ink.

The last layer of the flower is heat embossed with

sparkly candy blue embossing powder as is the small leaves.

Here is a close up you can see a little of the sparkle

Added some navy blue thread to the back

while putting my floral spray together.

Sentiment is from Happy Little Stampers and

cut from MFT circle die.

Framed in blue and attached to cream card base.

Isn't it just such a lovely combo?

You will want to head over to Color Hues Home

to see what  the Talented Design Team 

created for your inspiration 

and we all look forward to seeing yours in the Gallery.

You have till the 28th December.

See you there.

Thank you so much Color Hues for the pleasure of being

your Guest Designer for December.

A Merry 'Deer'

 

It's Photo Week at Just Us Girls 

and full of wonderful Christmas Inspiration.

This is our last challenge for the year

as we take December off to

unwind, get ready for festivities,

relax and share time with family and friends.

Here's a closer look!

What took your eye?

For me it was that photo above the cosy fireplace.

I got out my trusty CUTplorations Deer die

inking it up with a concoction of colours

adding gloss gel medium to seal.

The die cut behind the deer was cut from the start of the colours

and backed by four embossed Christmas strips,

adhered to kraft card base, finished by

adding a small Merry die cut.

A Big Thank You for all the lovely encouraging comments

throughout the year and to all our Talented Guest Designers.

See you in the New Year.

Have a Merry Christmas and Safe Healthy New Year.

It's Merry and Bright!

Choosing our Theme this time round at

The Sisterhood of Crafters is

Darlene choosing - Anything Christmas or Winter

Perfect with Christmas not too far away!

It's always good to have a few CAS cards made

and that is the way I went here.

Using a Christmas embossing folder

for the background, torn bits of dp,

die cut snow flakes, diamond dust, vellum,

heat embossed sentiment, white card base.

Check out what the Sistahs created

and come join us with yours in our Gallery.

Love to see you there.

Thanks for visiting

A Merry Christmas Wish.

 Carol M is our Host at Just Us Girls

for Colour Week choosing traditional

Christmas colours of  RED GREEN GOLD

I went in a traditional way with my Red Poinsettia but

you don't have to make a Christmas card 

just use the colours.

My poinsettia flower is Spellbinders

coloured with Lindy's Cuckoo Clock Cardinal,

Cathedral Pines Green and Perfect Pearls Forever Red,

adding a gold pearl to the centre.

Background foliage - Tim's Holiday Greens

in red, green and gold.

Added ribbon to white background

and onto gold paper.

This was popped onto white card base

with gold heat embossed sentiment.

Head over to the Gallery to see

the beautiful coloured cards

our Guest Karren and my 

oh so talented Team mates created.

I am sure you will want to add yours.

If you are our 'Chic of the Week'

you could be chosen to be our Guest in the New Year.

oops! I forgot to add this card over at Color Hues for their

Challenge #53 Scarlet & Green

Thanks to seeing the lovely card from Lisa E

it is now in the Gallery.

Thanks for visiting

Live Each Moment!

 Hi and Welcome to today's post.

I have been having a great time inking up

some new stamps from the fabulous talented Tracy Evans.

The card below is my take on her presentation 

on YouTube Here

After seeing this a few of the stamps were purchased

from a Birthday Gift Certificate thanks to my bff.

I found the perfect challenge to add my card at

All Sorts Challenge for their

Week 72 AG add Number/Numbers

(got that covered)

Check out Tracy's presentation for all the details.

Stamps used are AALL&CREATE #752 Elegant Stems

stamped and fussy cut

#754 Power of the Word #757 Tickets

#350 Splattered Numbers inked with

Tim's Oxide inks - Abandoned Coral

Picked Raspberry, Kitsch Flamingo.

Added White Cotton, Splatters, Die cut bird

onto black background and white card base.

Thanks for visiting

It's a One of a Kind!

We are 'Trending' this week at Just Us Girls

Lisa K is Hosting and picked a fabulous one.

How often do we go the extra mile to

make a matching envelope to go with our card?

This is what Lisa is asking for - how cool!

It was one of those days once I started on my card

I just kept playing and so happy with the end result.

Of course it helped with my favourite 

Visible Image Creative Chaos Stamp set.

Stencils, stamping and washi tape - AALL&Create

The flower was stamped on the background and second one

on w/c paper, fussy cut the head then

there are lots of Lindy's Magical colours added

then popped.

Distressed the edges and adhered to

SU card base which is very hard to see.

Inked my envelope with stamps from the VI set

on one corner so I can still add a postal address.

Head over and see what our Guest Karren

and my talented team mates created.

Love to see yours in our Gallery.

Thanks for visiting

Happy Birthday for The Sisterhood of Crafters

Sistah Lia has chosen the Theme for our

 latest challenge at The Sisterhood of Crafters

which is A Card with as Aperture

These are always fun to make and just a little different.

I chose colours that blend nicely together.

Embossed the front and heat embossed my

 SU Bloom with Hope flower, coloured with

w/c pencils and a touch of Magical's for shine.

Sentiment is from the same stamp set.

Added a bow and some greeen foliage to finish.

Head over and check out the Sistah's creations.

Hope to see yours in our Gallery.

Thanks for visiting

'tis the Season

It's time for our New Challenge over at

Christmas Craft Creations

Theme for this month is Washi Tape.

I had fun here tearing off bit of

colourful 'washi tape' to sit behind my

popped little decorated Christmas Tree.

Punched a star for the top.

Behind all that bling are

splatters of blue and gold.

Sentiment is from Tim's Great Outdoors.

Inked the edges and adhered to

bright card base.

Head over and see what my Team Mates created.

We would love to see you add yours

to out Gallery this month.

Thanks for visiting