It's Anything Goes at Send a Smile 4 Kids

 It's again time for another challenge over at
Send a Smile 4 Kids and it is the
ever popular one - ANYTHING GOES.
 

 

This little fellow is from Digi Stamps 4 Joy 

and looks like he enjoyed catching that little fish. 

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I used the following products for this card -

DP from Doodle Pantry

Tim Holtz Speckle Stencil

Distress Markers/Inks

Spellbinders Square Die

Cardboard Backing

Pop Dots

Variegated Cotton

 

 

Now this fox nearly got the better of me and gave

me some anxious moments but I got him together in the end.

He is from our sponsor The Cutting Cafe'

and is a huge file with so much going for it.

I didn't do too much to him (that is after I got him

hand cut and assembled)

Did a little sponging around the edges

 and also for parts of his body.

Finished with a sentiment and he was done. PHEW!

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Our sponsors  prizes for this challenge are

The Cutting Cafe' - 3 Digi's or Cutting Files

Digi Stamps 4 Joy - $10 Gift Certificate

Whimsy Stamps - $15 Gift Certificate.

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Pop on over to see what the other Lovely Designers

have made for you and they would love to receive

your comments.

***

And with this posting as my last as part of the

Great Team at Send a Smile 4 Kids

I would like to wish them

All the Best for the Future and Thank them for

 their Support and Friendship.

It was an amazing and fun time.

 

Cherrio from

 

 

 



 

It's COLOUR Week at Just us Girls

Maria is our Lovely Host for this week
COLOUR CHALLENGE and aren't they such lovely bright ones.
I am sure most of you over the pond would welcome the chance
to get away from snow and these colours do just that. 

 

 

I have had the SU Sew Suite stamps set for some time

and been itching to use it and this challenge and colours

just seemed to suite.

I used basic card stock and also the following -

Spellbinders Labels 18 stamped softly in the background

Fussy cut the cotton reams and added coloured cotton

Also fussy cut the model stand after stamping it with DP

Scrunched the measuring tape and added a brad

Glued on some buttons

Added some ribbon

Memento Inks

SU Sentiment from Pocket Silhouettes.

A tiny pearl to the tiny flower.

***

Pop on over to see what the other fabulousy talented

Jugheads have created and of course our Super Talented

Guest - Judy Woodland.

***

Hope you get the chance to come play in this weeks

COLOUR CHALLENGE

because if you win our CHIC OF THE WEEK

you could be our GUEST in MARCH. 

 

I have also placed this at the Design Team Showcase Blog



It's TREND WEEK at Just us Girls

Hosting the TREND WEEK CHALLENGE is SUE

and I loved what she chose 'STENCIL' as I have been

buying and playing around with them for a wee while now.

 

I had already made a few cards with different stencils

 and couldn't decide which one to use for our challenge...

so since my sister (a quilter) was visiting

 I asked her which one she liked.

 

This is the one she chose.

 

 

I like to arrange items off centre or on an angle

and thought this needed just that look.

 

I used the following items on my card -

White card stock

Stencil - Crafters Workshop Mini Texture

SU Petite Petals/Punch

SU Pocket Silhouettes/Just Because for Sentiments

Kaisercraft Leaf/Pearls

Karl Punch - tiny flowers

Memento ink - Sweet Plum/Elderberry

Variegated cotton.

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So there you have my card for this weeks challenge

so be sure to go and check out Our JUGS site to see

what my talented Jugheads have to show off to you

and of course my very talented crafty friend Judy Woodland

who is our GUEST for January.

***

Hope you get the chance to play with this fabulous challenge

and you will be in the running for 'Chic of the Week'

and our Guest in March if you do.

 

I have also placed this at the  Design Team Showcase Blog

 

***

Thanks for popping in and hope to see you

over at Just us Girls

 

 

 



WIW Colour Challenge at The House that Stamps Built

There are some fabulous new challenges this year over at

The House that Stamps Built - one of my favourite sites

and this week it is the

WIW Colour Challenge - Blue Silver & White

so I got my fingers busy and came up with this card.

 

 

I just love some of their beautiful flower stamps

and love to just ink or heat emboss them instead of colouring.

For this one - RI Tulip Bouquet I did that using Candy Blue

Embossing Powder onto my white card stock.

My base is white and matted with blue.

I also added a strip of floral silver vellum to the side.

Finished off with some silver mesh topped with a popped

sentiment from SU a few gems and sequins with a

touch of paper piercing in the corner.

Simple but striking I thought.

 

Thanks for dropping in

 



Top Tip Tuesday - Keep it Simple Challenge

 

It's a New Year with New Challenges at

Top Tip Tuesday and to start their year off

they have a
 KEEP IT SIMPLE CHALLENGE.

 

 

Well I think I really did that with my card.

 

It is a one layer (unusual for me) card

using basic white card stock.

I cut out a die from Spellbinders Labels 1

to use as my mask then sponged my card using  Memento

Lulu Lavendar Dandelion and Pistacchio.

I then inked 3 stamps from

the SU Pocket Silhouette stamp set with

Memento Tuxedo Black.

My sentiment is from SU Heard from the Heart.

Finished off by punching 3 little hearts on the side

and added yellow paper on the inside to highlight them.

MY HINT IS -

 

Stamp your sentiment off centre so you can add

a little something special to the side like I did

with the 3 little hearts. Just added interest and your eyes

are attracted to it.

 

Thanks for stopping by

Till next time ...

Cherrio from

 



An 'As You Like It' Challenge

 

Over at As You Like It Challenge Blog their new challenge is to

Make a card with your favourite shape/fold and tell why.

 

With so many dies/folders to use with our die cutting machines

I love it when I can get them out and create something

a little out of the ordinary or a bit special.

 Just don't do it often enough.

With this challenge it has given me

the chance to do just that. 

This is a fairly simple card but with the gorgeous colours

I think packs a punch.

All products used here are from Stampin' Up

 apart from the tiny yellow flowers on the frame.

 



 

I took this photo to show you that it is just scored

and folded at the back.

 

It is so nice to see the New Year and move on from

all those Christmas Cards we needed to make.

 

Hope you like my 'Shaped Card'

 

Thanks for stopping by...

 



Send a Smile 4 Kids - Challenge #93 Valentine/Love Cards for Kids.

 

This gorgeous little honey bear is a pre coloured image from

 Doodle Pantry

I used basic white card stock for my base.

The cute background paper is also from Doodle Pantry

which I distressed.

I framed inked and popped my honey bear added

lots of yellow dots

and finished with the Doodle Pantry sentiment.

  

 

For this card I have white card stock as my base

and stamped kraft paper with SU Woodgrain stamp.

Added red card stock.

Punched out hearts that were stamped from SU Punch Potpourri

and Clearly for You.

Coloured the rose from DRS Designs

called Rose Heart and fussy cut and popped.

with Tim Holtz distress pens and added a touch of shimmer

with Wink of Stella pen and a tiny red pearl.

The beautiful heart die is from

Cheery Lynn Celtic Heart

which was given to me for my birthday from a

very special friend.

Added a little sentiment from Gina K Designs.

 

Hope you can pop over to our blog Here 

with your Valentine/Love cards for Kids.

 

Our sponsors for this challenge are

 

 

 

 

 

THANK YOU.

 



Our WORD WEEK at Just us Girls

The LOVELY SHARYN is hosting this weeks

WORD CHALLENGE and your challenge is

to make a card depicting what inspires you about

WINTER where you live and tell us what it is.

'Easy' you may say but it had me

 stumped for a long time.

For me Winter is staying indoors with my little pot belly stove

burning nicely and playing in my craft room.

Now how do I make a card with that in mind?

Since I didn't have  a stamp with a fire place I decided to

go the opposite way and look outside to see what inspired me.

I know Winter is coming on when all the beautiful frangipani's

start losing their leaves and the trees go bare

but my sister in law has the beautiful pink one

that the flowers stay on so that is what I like about Winter in

my part of the world. It is always nice to visit her to see them

flowering in her back yard.

My card is fairly simple with a white card base.

I topped that with the bright yellow of the centre of the

flower. I then stamped the background to my main frangipani

with the frangipani stamp from Darkroom Door in

Spun Sugar Distress Ink.

I attached 2 flowers with a brad in front of the sparkly pink ribbon.

Added a few sequins a little yellow spritzing

and a sentiment from Gina K Designs.

Don't forget to pop over and check out what Winter

means to my other Jugheads and our January Guest Designer

the Super Talented Judy Woodland.

Just like Judy you could be our  Guest Designer for March

by entering our challenges and be chosen

as a CHIC of the WEEK.

Hope to see you over at

JUST US GIRLS

 

I have also added this card to the Design Team Showcase.

PS Wishing you all a 'GUID NEW YEAR'.



It's PHOTO WEEK at Just us Girls

Our HOST this week at JUST US GIRLS
 is  NANCY. 

 

 

 

Christmas Day has gone and the New Year

is just around the corner. I hope you had

a Merry and Safe Christmas and are looking forward

to seeing what 2015 brings you.

***

Moving on from Christmas creations

I was so happy when I saw this

beautiful photo and colour scheme from Nancy.

I again went cas on my card as I wanted to ink up a

Stampin' Up set I had bought (retired) and the colours

just oozed soft tiny flowers.

My base is basic white cs topped with

DP from Inspired by Stamping - Vintage Floral

I punched 3 tiny flowers to match and pair up with

Stampin' Up Sweet Summer.

Underneath the Sentiment from IBS - Birthday Wishes

is a border from Stampin' Up Fresh Vintage.

Corner rounded, inked the top and punched side and added

ribbon and a tiny bow.

 Finished with a SU border with Tim Holtz London Fog

 and 3 tiny Kaisercraft pearls to the flowers.

***

Come on over and see what the Team and our Guest LeeAnn

created and then  join us using this gorgeous colour combination.

Win Chic of the Week and you could be joining us as our

GUEST DESIGNER for FEBRUARY.

 

Thanks for popping in again

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



I am a Guest over at Top Tip Tuesday

 

 

 

I was recently asked if I would do a Tutorial on a technique

that I had used at an ABC Christmas Challenge.

Of course I said yes especially as it fits perfectly with the

Current Challenge at Top Tip Tuesday to MAKE YOUR OWN.

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So here goes for my first ever TUTORIAL.

 

To start your project gather your every day supplies you have at home -

Baby Powder, Craft Glue and Acrylic Paste.

The recipe I used can be found on the internet and  is

1/4 cup Baby Powder

1 tablespoon Glue

1 tablespoon Acrylic paint

 

 

 

Mix together in a small container till you get a smooth paste.

You may need to add a little water.

You could also use coloured Acrylic Paint which I added to the white.
Let your imagination take over.

You will need a stencil to place on your card stock then start
applying your paste. I used an old credit card filling in the open spaces.

 

When you are happy with the result carefully remove the stencil and give it a good wash.

It shouldn't take very long for your work  to dry.

 

Close ups of the Texture showing
the Wink of Stella shimmer.

 

 This also show the depth and roughness of the Texture

and the cream colour.

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Here is the finished card.

 

 

Other products I used are -

Clear Scraps Diamond Stencil

TCW Mini Textile Stencil

Folkart Daffodil Paint added to Texture Paste

Spellbinders Poinsettia Die

Kraft & Cream card stock

Fancy That Leafy Swirl

JustRite Antique Labels

MS Leaf Punches

Kaisercraft Pearls

Sentiment is from Gina K Designs Snow One Like You.

Wink of Stella Pen for a little shimmer.

***

I had recently made another card using this technique

You can check it out HERE

This card has lots of colour, texture and some bling.

***

So I think I covered everything here and I hope

you are inspired to check out this challenge HERE

and what the Design Team made

 then show us your project using your

MAKE YOUR OWN

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Thank you so much Samantha for the opportunity

to publish this Tutorial and get my fingers

and lots of other things very messy

and have so much fun doing so

 

Thank you also for popping in. I really appreciate it.

 

 

 

 



It's MY TURN to HOST at Just us Girls

Welcome to my FIRST posting as part of the
FABULOUS TEAM at JUST US GIRLS

I chose for you a COLOUR CHALLENGE.

 
I loved these colours and thought it perfect
for the card I made for your Inspiration below.
 

 

I had to make this 'SPECIAL'

because the beautiful peacock die was given to me

by my best friend for my birthday so I will be sending

it on to her as a 'THANK YOU'

***

Now where do I start?

The peacock is cut from the Peacock Tattered Lace Die.

I then traced the cut out piece to

use as my backing. I then heat embossed it randomly

with Zing Aqua and Purple embossing powder

which gave it a lovely sheen

Sponged Tim Holts Peacock Feathers

and Seedless Preserves on the feathers.

Designer Paper is from Sugar & Spice Spring Garden collection.

How lucky was I that it included peacock feather paper?

I spritzed the mat behind the popped peacock

with a Tom Bow marker

The sentiment is from Gina K - Assorted Greetings

Added a Kaisercraft Sea Breeze Sparklet

 to the flower and leaves

which are from Marianne Designs & MS punch

 

I think that's about it. Finally finished this card after having

several peacock cut outs in various papers/colours for some time

just waiting for me to play with them.

Really happy with how it turned out and I know

my crafty friend will  be too.

 

I am really looking forward to seeing how my colours

inspired you by entering in our

Colour Challenge over at

JUST US GIRLS 

and be sure to check out what our Guest LeeAnn

and the other Designer's made also.

If you are our Chic of the Week you are in the running for

GUEST DESIGNER for FEBRUARY.

***

See you there

 

 



It's TREND WEEK at Just us Girls

It's TREND WEEK

 

 

and our Host this week is Maria who chose

MIXED MEDIA -

 

Something I was not terribly familiar with

so I did a LOT of searching on Pinterest

and had so many things running through my head.

Luckily I have been playing with stencils lately and

more recently texture paste.

 (I know it has been out there for an age)

My sister in law had given me a suitcase full

of all her Folk Art Paints (lucky me)

as I had just bought some white paint to make

my own texture paste.

So I mixed up my paste and added some of her paint

and away I went. I wanted a rough look so made sure I had

a few bumps hehe

The background I made with a favourite technique of mine -

inking an acrylic block with different coloured inks

misting it and placing my card stock on top. It gives a great effect.

Also distressed the edges.

And my fun continues

***

I used a diamond stencil making it uneven to add

some extra depth. While it was still wet I sprinkled some

glitter over it and added a few dollops of gold paint.

There is a slight shimmer on the background misted with

iridescent medium.

I picked this particular colour scheme because I wanted

to use my thistle stamp which I bought some years ago

while I was holidaying in Scotland.

I heat embossed it and inked the background and again

added a little glitter. I backed it with Spellbinders Labels 20.

Finished off with a wee bow.

***

Other items I used are -

Tim Holtz distress inks in

Bundled Sage, Seedless Preserves

Forest Moss, Milled Lavender

Memento Pistachio

 

This post was a little long but hope you enjoyed

reading how I made my card and I inspired you

to get creative and join us for our

 MIXED MEDIA Challenge.

 

Don't forget to pop over to see what our Guest Designer Lee Ann

and the Fabulous  Design Team have created for your Inspiration.

 

You could be our Chic of the Week and be in the running to

be our Guest Designer for February.

 

Hope to see your name on a card over at

JUST US GIRLS

 

Thanks for stopping by

Cherrio from

 

 



My Favourite Movie - As You Like It Challenge #42

The Challenge over at As You Like It 

is to make a card using your

Favourite Film or Song

 

 

 

I think my all time favourite for quite some time is

Lonesome Dove.

 

 

Lonesome Dove recounts the adventures of retired Texas Rangers Gus McRae (Robert Duvall) and Woodrow Call (Tommy Lee Jones) who live in a Texas Border town of Lonesome Dove. They drive a herd of cattle from there to Montana to establish the first cattle ranch.

When I first hired the movie it had Doves on the cover and my hubby wondered what on earth I had brought home. Since then we have bought the DVD including Return to Lonesome Dove and believe that through this sequel the Quarter Horse was born.

They are very long movies but so enjoyable.



 

I have again made this card cas simply because it is a busy time of year

and I liked to move away from Christmas cards

and was  reminded of the fabulous movie above -

and the great challenge from

 As You Like It.

I used a shimmery Linen card stock for my base and backing

 topped with a pink Spellbinder's circle

for the Dove which is a Cherry Lynn die. I cut out 2

and cut off the second bird and popped it.

 Added a little glitter to the wings and tail.

Added a few pearls and sentiment is from Gina K Designs.

Corner rounded the base and that was it finished.

 

 I know how busy we all are

at this time of year and appreciate you taking the time

to pop in and check my card out. Thank You.

 



Winter Fun Challenge #92 at Send a Smile 4 Kids

 

 

 

It's time for our last challenge of the year at

Send a Smile 4 Kids and perfect for those

Christmas cards especially for Kids.

You all know how I love pre coloured digi's

and the set I used for my card above is

Cute Bear Winter Wonderland

from Dollar Graphics

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Started with red card stock

added an embossed backing from a Cuttlebug Christmas

embossing folder and inked it in blue.

I printed out the 4 images the same size side by side

on white paper and used a red mat as backing.

Added some glitter for the snow and starform stickers

 holiday ribbon and a greeting.

 

 

My second card is made from the digi Tower of Gifts

from A Day for Daisies

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I used the following -

Basic card stock

Cuttlubug Christmas embossing folder

Paper  - Boofle

Spellbinders die

Tim Holtz distress pens/Tombow pens

Own Ribbon, sequins and glossy accents.

 

Our Generous Sponsor's are

Dollar Graphics - $15 Gift Certificate

A Day for Daisies - $12 Gift Certificate

Sassy Studios - 4 Images of Winner's Choice

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Please pop over to the Main Blog HERE 

and to my Team Mates blogs

to see what Winter Fun Cards they have made

and join us with yours for our last 2014 Challenge.

***

I would like to say a

BIG THANK YOU

to our very GENEROUS SPONSOR'S for 2014

  and a special THANK YOU to our

 TEAM LEADER & CHALLENGE CO ORDINATOR

KAREN

for all the work she does behind the scenes

and LUCIANNA for always making sure we have

our sponsored digi's in plenty of time for us to create with.

***

I hope you all have a Safe and Merry Christmas

and look forward to seeing you all in the New Year.

 

PS -  Hoping to get some rain so I can play in my garden

while on my blog break.

 

Cherrio from

 

 

 

 

 

 



Make it SPARKLE for JUGS WORD Week Challenge

LET IT  'SPARKLE'   

 

 

Our HOST for this 'sparkly challenge' is SUE

 

Since it is getting really close to Christmas I am finding

it coming around TOO quickly. It seems to do that every year.

So to make it easy on myself I thought I would make

this simple but 'SPARKLY' card to add to my

unfinished Christmas Card Stash.
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I used basic card stock a little piece of
torn vellum and attached my
'SPARKLY' snowflake
from a Cuttlebug die which I covered in
Glitter (of course)
Added a Bejewelled Gem some variegated twine
and the sentiment is from Repeat Impressions.
***
Pop on over to our blog Here
to check out what the other Designers
and our Guest Lee Ann have
made for your Inspiration and then
make a "Sparkley' card. If you win our
Chic of the Week you will be in the running for
Our Guest Designer for February.

Hope to see you there
Cherrio from