It's Mixed Media Time at Creative Artiste!

Hello and Welcome to my post for

 Creative Artiste Mixed Media

Craft time was short this last month and I love that 

products from AALL&Create give me the chance to

whip up somethng quickly with so little time.

Hence what I made here did the trick.

What I had started out to do didn't eventuate

so this is my revised piece.

My background is randomly inked with stamps from

their Petal Path set.

I then die cut a circle, cut in half,

coloured with Lindy's Salt Water Taffy.

Die cut a strip of w/c paper, stamping some script words.

Inked the smaller flower  with Tim's Kitsch Flamingo

 and fussy cut the head for dimension.

I also did that with the main flower inking the edges 

with a touch of black.

My vase is Tim's also coloured with SWT.

I cut out some mesh from my stash in gray

with the vase die but was too much so

placed some small bits for texture.

The Figure 1 and 2 stamps are from the Container Stamp Set.

Finished with black thread to the background

and squiggles around the edge.

Just a couple of close up's of my simple MM make.

Head over and check out the creative MM makes 

from our Talented Guest Granne 

and Amazing Team Mates inspiration.

Please make sure you use multiple mediums on your entries.

 This is a mixed media challenge for cards and projects.

Hope to see yours in our Gallery.

Hello Coffee!

 It's the Design Team's Favourite Fun Challenge

at Just Us Girls when there are Five Weeks in a month.

Yes it's our Case a DT Week!

I'm Hosting this time round.

I decided to create my card using

some Kaisercraft DP/scraps.

The background sheet was the start

then using scraps for the TH coffee cup.

Die cut an old CB C as part of the cup itself.

TH Splatters stencil, inked with his Tea Die.

Sentiment - STAMPlorations.

Check out what fun the Design Team had

creating their own Anything Goes card 

for you to Case - just remember to tell us 

who/whose card you case-d.

Have fun and add yours to our gallery.

Hello Summer!

 Welcome to today's post.

I had a fun time making this card for the 

current challenge at AAA Cards

Here is the Game Plan and lowdown Details

I chose to go with the summer colours

and what better way to enjoy summer is with

some cool icy poles, deciding to go green

instead of the usual raspberry lol

My icy poles are coloured with Lindy's Magicals

heat embossed and die cut from

STAMPlorations stamp/die Sweet Cravings.

As with summer the sun (die cut) is shining and you need

cool sunglasses cut with some dp and silver paper.

Some dry wall tape and a strip of paper for interest.

Finished with the perfect STAMPlorations sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by

Thinking of You!

Time for our new Cut It Up Challenge

and looking for Monochromatic makes.

I started with cutting my tag and smooching it with

Turquoise Brushos. Die cut  my CUTplorations 

Flutter Zen 1 with the same for the bottom

butterfly die cut and white for the top.

Inked a piece of scrunched up seam binding

and attached to the tag.

As it looked a little flat I got out my

very old Iridescent Medium diluted with a touch of water

and sprayed each piece. Smooched the card stock

with the mop up from a wet one giving it a soft effect.

Added some blue glitter to the middle of the butterfly.

Sentiment is from Crafts4U (an Aussie Company)

Check out how the Team chose to create their

Monochromatic creations and join in

with yours to our Gallery.

One in a Million!

Today's post is for AAA Colourful Challenge

and is my second make

and The Sisterhood of Crafters

Circle stamps are inked with Tim's Distress inks

Floral stampings - AALL&Create using Versafine Claire inks

Added splatters, die cut and framed in yellow

on to coloured card base.

Sentiment is also AALL&Create.

This card is also heading off to The Sisterhood of Crafters

for their Stripes and/or dots challenge

Thanks for visiting

For Someone Special!

It's our ever popular Stencil Week at 

 Just Us Girls and our Host is Bobby

 

I recently bought some new texture paste

and anxious to try it out. After I created my background with

yes Gecko Green Magical's

I got out my ARTplorations Bloom Factory stencil

and covered it with a good coating of paste.

I love the raised effect.

I then heat embossed the matching BF flower from the

STAMPlorations stamp set with Zing Aqua,

curled it and added some matching flower soft.

Sentiment is from STAMPlorations Fluttery

on to a MF die. Corner rounded

and attached to white card base.

A big Thanks to our July Guest Donna

for sharing her amazing talents with us.

Sending this over to The Paper Fun Day Challenge

AG / Optional Twist Stencils

Simple Things!

AAA Colourful have such a super colour challenge this month

and I got right in and created something so very different 

but so fun to make.

Details - Here.

I started with getting out my colourful gelatos

that haven't seen light for an age.

Rubbed them on to watercolour paper and

spread the colours around with my fingers.

Added more fun with Ranger Crackle Paste

with AALL&Create Stencil sprinkling with

WOW Shocking Pink Embossing Glitter

(a little hard to see the pink)

Die cut a couple of dies in bright yellow,

adding a popped white circle with AA sentiment

framed with yellow on to white card base to complete.

While I had those colours swanning around my head

I made another card but will see it a bit later.
Thanks for dropping in

A Beautiful Day!

Hello and Welcome to my post for our 

Mood Board Challenge at Just Us Girls 

Our Host Carol M chose such a simple beauti

full of the wonder of Nature.

I certainly didn't have any trouble creating

my card with an abundance of pretty little punched flowers

in a variety of colours.

It was fun just punching all those flowers with

scraps of paper all over my desk.

Once I thought I had enough I cut out a circle

to place them around then the surround

with a leaf embossing folder from Kaisercraft.

With flowers and some small leaves completed

I added different colours of Liquid Pearls to the centres

and around my STAMPlorations sentiment.

Head over and see how our Guest Donna and the Team

created their  cardswith inspiration from that gorgeous mood boad.

I am sure you will  want to go and create yours and

 add to our Gallery.

See you there.

Following the Lead at AAA Cards...

Just doing a bit of browsing and clicked over from AAA Colourful Challenge

to theAAA Cards Blogspot and was drawn to their current challenge

Follow the Leader #294 so here's my lead from Kristan's card.

I love the use of script stamping. It adds so much to a CAS card.

Going pretty much with the same features as Tristan's card,

my background started with inking a SU Timeless Texture stamp

and the flower from 49andMarket Postcard from Paris

with Versafine Clair Morning Mist

then the script also from the same set

in Versafine Clair Nocturne (the inks do look very similar)

Die cut the Spellbinders Shapeabilities butterfly from a 

scrap shaving cream piece then embossed it,

 adding colour from Tim's Squeezed Lemonade

amd Fossilized Amber and a touch of Nuvo Glitter Gloss.

Attached to bright card base to complete.

Such a lovely CAS card from Kristen to follow.

Thanks for a super challenge. I so enjoyed adding to the Gallery.

Sending this CAS card over to

SCS Cards for their

July Challenge without the Beachy Theme.

 

Live LIfe!

Today's post is for the current challenge at

Sunday Stamps for  Going in Circles

A sketch challenge by Lisa.

and Inkspirational Challenge for

Three of the Same

I flipped my card to fit the MFT circles.

Once again using Lindy's Magical's

for my three circles and found some

itty bitty stamps that would fit nicely inside.

Inked with Versafine Clair Nocturne

(as is the background stampings)

Added some grungy images and sentiment

from AALL&Create to complete my sketch card.

Adhered to coloured card base.

Thanks for dropping in

'tis The Season!

 It's our Christmas in July Challenge at  Cut It Up

I cased THIS card I saw on Pinterest.

As I was on the same DT as the maker

Cornelia Wenokor I had the die and

a similar stamp.

I used CUTplorations Christmas Tree Die

a Spellbinder circle die and

inked the STAMPlorations 'this the Season stamp

in black on to kraft paper with

Versafine Clair Nocturne and heat embossed.

Inked up Tim's Festive Berries

also heat embossed.

Added some washi tape to the bottom and

finished with a red dew drop.

Head over and see what the rest of the team created

and hope to see you in our Gallery.

Word Week at Just Us Girls

 Hello and Welcome to Word week at

Just Us Girls

Vicki is Hosting and chose WATER!

My cards aren't normally what you associate water with

but MO and JO got lost.

Just one of those times nothing wants to work and the

waste paper basket gets a workout.

Smooched background are Distress Inks.

The leaves on the first card are from STAMPlorations

 adding umteen stamped raindrops from

Carabelle Studio then with glossy accents.

Found an itty bitty stamp that worked with the leaves.

(It's Autumn in Australia)

The other card is from my bits box

and stamp is also STAMPlorations - 

Blossom Sprays 1 heat embossed

and partly bleached.

I found the Katzelkraft KTZ146

waterfall stamp and though it would work

heat embossed  cascading over the floral image.

Adding this sentiment 

as I needed a sympathy card for a neighbour.

Our Guest Donna and the Team however

 had no troubles creating fabulous water themed cards

for you to pop over and check out.

Be inspired and add yours to the gallery.

PS MO and JO returned so you will see

a bit more creativity from me again next week.

It's the Simple Things!

It's Friday and July which means

our New Anything Goes Mixed Media Challenge

at  Creative Artiste Mixed Media is live!

Here is what I have been playing with - 

something fairly simple as June flew by too quickly.

It all started with a piece of cardboard

exposing the corrugations and adding texture paste

in metallic white with opaque crackle paste to the bottom.

Adding my bits and bobs - 

flowers I cut twice, not sure which I would use.

The cream material is a meshy material I got from my sister

so no idea what it is but managed to cut it with a

piece of paper behind it for stability.

A bit of  torn inked paper that was from a fish and chip shop

that I quickly separated knowing I would use it crafting.

Washi tape, part napkin and some cheesecloth.

close up of the crackle and flower

Finished with a few tiny flowers on the side with liquid pearls

to the centre. Also a pearl to the big flower and

simple AA&Create sentiment from a MFT die.

We have two talented Guest this month - 

Welcome Henriet and Majda's.

Check out their Mixed Media Makes

and be inspired also by my 

Talented Team Mates creativity and

head off to your play place and add yours to the Gallery.

Please be aware that for Mixed Media

we are looking for multiple mediums eg:

inks, paint, pastes, layers, fibres, canvas, 

cardboard, die cuts just to name a few.

The sky is the limit to your imagination just have fun.

Treasure your Blessings...

 Hello and Welcome to my playtime for the current challenge at

AAA Colourful Blogspot

where they have another fabulous colour board Here

My card is a simple design but inking the

leaves in the above colours took some time.

I always enjoy the colourful results you get with

Lindy's Magical's. I used the Haunted Halloween set.

Die cut a few incase one didn't turn out so was able to add

a couple of extra branches.

Behind the leaves I cut a stitched arch and popped it.

Added my STAMPlorations sentiment and a single leaf.

Randomly placed coloured pearls and a few

drops of glossy accents (but a little hard to see).

I used linen card stock as base and for the arch.

Thanks for dropping in.