Spring Wishes!

It's Spring Time at Cut It Up Challenge

and we are looking for Spring Time Colours!

I have been checking out suitable items in my Bits Box 

lately instead of creating new ones

and again I found the beautiful bright embossed background

to place my white daisies. Tim's Wildflowers are

my go too's when I need some nice florals.

I die cut the heads again for depth and added some

splatter stamping for interest.

Sentiment dies are from CUTplorations -

perfect for our Spring Challenge.

Head over and see what the Team created

for your pleasure and come join in

with yours to our Gallery.

Thanks for visiting

For a Friend...

Hi and Welcome to a New Month 0f 
Challenges at Just Us Girls  where we start off with our

Colour Week  and a New Guest - 

Welcome toTracy McNeely 

Stephanie is Hosting and chose some really cool ones.

I knew I had a few different green tones in my Brusho pots

for the backs of my funky shaped leaf dies. My other colour

is a red tone. The background is a Kaisercraft leaf EF.

Sentiment and Die - SU.

Our Guest Tracy and the Team have been going green

so head over to our gallery and check them out.

Love to see how you choose to use these fun colours

with your additional colour.

Thanks for visiting

Pretty in Pink...

It's that Time of the Month for my Mixed Media Make for the

Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenge

I decided to go with soft pinks for my 5/7 canvas.

Managed to take a few photos as I went along.

Starting with the colour elements then adding

stencilling and stamping from AALL&Create.

A few coloured chipboard pieces and art stones for interest.

Added some pretty dp to back my Little Birdie flowers to.

Needing a little something I adhered a resin bottle 

with a touch of pink wax to the top of the chipboard 

Finishing with some cabachons

and to find an encouraging sentiment to complete.

My Team Mates have all made fabulous mixed media makes

for you so hop over and see how their finished pieces .

Be encouraged and enter yours to our Gallery.

See you there!

 

Hello Friend!

Time for our Case a DT Week at Just Us Girls

This happens when we have five Thursday's in the month.

The DT like this one as it is our Anything Goes 

but you have to Case One of Our Cards from this challenge.

There is always so many amazing creative makes so

check them out, make your choice and add to our Gallery.

Here's Mine!

This bunny has been all over blogland 

(and multiplied like gremlins)

 so thought I would give one a home.

An easy card with stencilling from Little Birdie

inked with Tim's Ox Frayed Burlap

Die cut my bunny and pretty coloured flower

adding a STAMPlorations sentiment

attaching to kraft card base to complete.

Head over and check out what the Team created

for you to case and go for it and add to our Gallery.

 Thanks for visiting

Going 'Dotty'

We have a fun theme over at Cut It Up Challenge .

We want to see Dots and/or Stripes

this time round - just be sure to

Use your Dies!

I had a lot of fun just playing around and tearing up

little bits of washi tape with dots and stripes

in various colours as part of my background.

Also adhered a piece of striped DP

coloured leaf dies, a hello sentiment to the tiny tag

and a fun strip down the side.

Adhered to white card base. 

Head over and see what the Design Team created 

using our Theme and

come join in the fun and add yours to the Gallery.

Thanks for visiting

Fly High!

It's Just Us Girls Stencil Week.

Another CAS easy peasy card from me.

The stencil is a favourite one from AALL&Create

 inked with Tim's distress inks.

The dragonfly is an Animal Spirit stamp

inked, heat embossed clear

and sentiment is from STAMPlorations.

Added some splatters.

Adhered to SU Mossy Meadow card base.

Head over and see what our Guest Denise

and the Team chose to stencil

and join in with yours to the Gallery.

As this is the last week Denise is our Guest

I would like to thank her for sharing such 

lovely creations with us this month.

Thanks for visiting

Happy Birthday!

It's our Mood Board Week at  Just Us Girls

It's my turn to host and chose the colourful one below

with of course featuring some of my favourite colours

as well as other aspects.

Here's a larger view of choices.

This wasn't what I had planned to make but with

very little play time atm I reverted back to my bits box

and came up with that gorgeous background

 which matched my mood board. Gotta love that!

It was already inked with Hero Arts Leafy Vine,

all I had to do was cut the big HB die

several times for depth adding a white shadow.

Finished with some lovely smoke pearls by Uniquely Creative

corner rounding and adhered to coloured card base.

You will love how creative the Team were 

with this Mood Board so head over and check them out.

Love to see yours in the Gallery/

Thanks for visitng.

'tis a Merry Christmas

 It's time for our New Challenge over at

Christmas Craft Creations

Our Theme for the Month is 

Stencils or Embossing Folder.

Unfortunately purple never comes out true in a photo.

Craft time of late has been very limited with

caring for hubs failing heath so CAS it is for my

card for this month's challenge.

I used kraft paper, purple card stock,

an old CB embossing folder, purple ribbon,

and big Christmas die to complete.

Head over to our Blog and check out

what my team mates created for you

and come join in with yours to the Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in

Love Always

 It's time for our New Challenge over at

Cut It Up and as it is February - 

you guessed what our Theme would be.

Yes Have a Heart!

Moving away from the obvious red/pink hearts

I found this colourful scrap in my bits box - how cool!

Dusted off my old CB heart die  cutting three,

doodled the inside and background in black.

Adhered pearls here and there and

finished with a simple sentiment.

Such a fun card to create.

Head over and see what my Team Mates created

using our HEART THEME and come join in.

Love U

Hello and Welcome to today's post.

Elizabeth is hosting this week at Just Us Girls

February is the month of LOVE  so how fitting

that she chose that word for our challenge. 

I decided to move away from the obvious colour

and went with my favourite

(again I found it hard to get a true colour in my photo

but it is close.)

Going CAS again smooching my background with Tim's ink.

The CUTplorations hearts were cut from my bits box.

Added a small darker heart to the main one,

 the CUTplorations love die

and an old CB U in upper and lower case.

Attached to purple base to complete.

Check out what our Guest Denise and the Team

created with their LOVE themed cards

and add yours to the Gallery.

Thanks for visiting

It's Colour Week at Just Us Girls

Hello and Welcome. It's Colour Week at

Just Us Girls.

With a New Month we have a New Guest Designer

Welcome Denise from The Crafty Den

and being February there are bound to be 

a bountiful supply of fluttery hearts with these colours

so I went in a different direction.

I cased my card from former DT Cecile Ribon Here

as it was such a fun cas design just changing the colours.

Still stretched for craft time it was just perfect.

Die cut MFT red circle, black leaves from Tim's Wildflower Stems 1

  and pink flower - three times script inkings in black. 

A simple sentiment from STAMPlorations,

adhered to white card base to complete.

Head over to Our Blog to see how Denise

and the Team chose to use these colours.

Hope to see yours in the Gallery.

Hello Sweet Friend!

 

Today's post is for the Cut It Up Challenge

Our Theme this fortnight is

This Makes Me Happy.

My card was made for my BFF

and posted  to her with a few dies

that I had doubled up on. 

She has gifted me so many double ups

so it was my turn to send her mine - she laughed

which made me Happy!

The stencilled background is from Art Anthology

inked with Tim's Saltwater Taffy

The SU gingko die cuts camd from a panel

in my bits box then die cut the frame.

Added sentiment and adhered to pink card stock

onto SU Mossy Meadow.

Head over and check out what the Designers chose 

as inspiration that made them Happy

and join in by adding yours to our Gallery.

Thanks for visiting

Thinking of You...

We have added a New Challenge this year 

to our Weekly Themes at Just Us Girls 

 and I am thrilled to be our First HOST!

It's Anything Goes using a STENCIL - 

and don't we all have loads to choose from?

How fortunate I was that with our first challenge of the year

I made two cards. This is the other one and coming in handy

as I have had hubby in hospital on and off for a few weeks

so from playing Nurse and home chores play time

was on the backburner.

I do love adding texture to a stencil as I have done here.

I used my Magical's letting the colours soak into the background.

Added some white thread behind the die cut

and cut the sentiment several time for dimension.

Popped onto white card base and my stencilled card is complete.

Head over and see what our Guest Stef 

and the Team created with their stencils and

come join in the fun.

Hope to see yours in the Gallery.

A Big Thank You to Stef 

for sharing her talents with us this month. 

A LATE update sending this over to the

Inkspirational Challenge for their

Challenge #307 Use Stencils

Thanks for visiting

Just for You.

It's Mood Board Week at Just Us Girls

and time to check out the Fabulous Board 

our Host Sue picked for us and see what

catches your eye - and there are a lot of lovelies too.

The heart in the centre top photo was my pick 

concentrating on the grey hues and hearts

with a splash of pretty flowers.

I got out a 'very old' CB embossing strip

as backing for my heart dies and MS punched hydrangea flowers.

They were coloured with 'magical's' 

with Liquid Pearls to the centres,

touched up with Nuvo Glitter Gloss

Added splotches, punched sentiment,

corner rounding and adhered to SU grey card base.

Head over and see what caught the eye of 

our Guest Stef and the Team . Hope we have inspired you to

add yours to the Gallery.

Thanks for the visit.

I'm a Cut it Up Designer

 I recently got an invitation to join the Ladies at

Cut It Up Challenge Blog

and as the name says - cut it up but using dies

with our die cutting machines

and don't we all have oodles to choose from.

I'm excited to start the New Year with New Challenges,

 meeting and working with New Friends along the way.

The first challenge theme at Cut It Up starts with

A New Year 

which brings endless possabilities - 

New Die, paper, tool, technique just a few.

Mention what your New is in your post.

PS My New are the Mushroom Dies.

After a rough week it was nice to find mo and jo to help me

create this fun card. 

I die cut my mushrooms and coloured them with

Tim's distress inks and Lindy's Magical's.

Background is stencilled and stamped with leaves.

The bottom I inked for grounding then decided to

add some extras - sissel and art stones.

Of course I had to add some splatters, ink the edges

and add a fussy cut sentiment I thought perfect as

mushrooms do grow wild and free...

Adhered to card base and my first card for

Cut it Up is complete.

Head over and see what the other New Designers

and Regulars chose to showcase our New Challenge.

Hope to see yours in our Gallery.

Thanks for visiting and your kind comments.