Less is More - ONE LAYER.

Here is another card I made for the current

Less is More Challenge.

Details are Here

 

 

I made a boo boo with my last card by not reading

the clearly written words - ONE LAYER.

How could I not see it? Blonde moment.

So of course since I like splatters I decided

to make another one.

Here is what I used on my card -

White card stock

Tim Holtz stencils

Stampin' Up Just Believe Stamp

Stampin' Up Yo Yo Yellow

Melon Mambo Inks

Memento Teal Zeal/Pistachio Inks

Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers Distress Ink

Black Embossing Powder

Spritzing in the above colours

Corner Rounder.

 

Thanks for stopping by

 

 



A super simple splatter card for 'Less is More'

I have made this card for the current challenge over at

Less is More

and the details are HERE
 

 

Here are the items I used on my card -

Yellow and white card stock

Tim Holtz Speckles Stencil

TCW Mini Textile Stencil

Stampin' Up Four Feathers Stamp/Die

Stampin' Up Yo Yo Yellow ink

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping

Birthday Wishes

Doodling around the edges in yo yo yellow

Small button and cotton.

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Thanks for popping by.

 



Challenge #214 for Try Stampin' on Tuesday

 

It is that time of the week again for the new

Sketch Challenge over at

Try Stampin' on Tuesday

 

 

and here is the Sketch Courtesy of Lynda (Thank You)

 

These are the products I used -

Basic coloured card stock

Stampin' Up Four Feathers Stamp/Die

Kaisercraft Nesting Rectangles

Sizzix Embossing Folders

Tim Holtz Splatters/Speckles Stencils

Tim Holtz Distress Inks in

Frayed Burlap Antique Linen Peacock Feathers

Stampin' Up Rich Razzleberry/Baja Breeze Inks

Jute String

Sentiment is from Gina K Designs

 

Please pop on over to our BLOG

to see what the other Designer's have

created for your Inspiration.

Hope to see yours there.

 

Thanks for dropping in

 



I'm 'SHAKING' this week at Just Us Girls

 

Have you always said I must make a Shaker Card one of these 'One Day'

Well my one day came when our

Hostess Sue

 asked us to do that for our Trend Week at

Just Us Girls

and I had so much fun I am going to play with

that trend some more as it was much easier than I thought.

 

Here are the products I used -

White and Hot Pink card stock

Acetate

Hot Air Balloon stamp was given to me by a friend

The clouds and sentiments are from

Art Impressions

Background stars stamp - Hero Arts

Sequins

Variegated cotton

Kindy Glitz

Pop dots/tape.

***

Pop over to our blog HERE to see what

the other Designer's have made

and then hop into your craft room and go for it.

Hope to see you there soon.

 

Thanks for dropping in.

 



It's Sketch Time again at Atlantic Hearts

Here is a card I made for the current Sketch Challenge

over at Atlantic Hearts.

You can find their blog HERE

 

 

 

I am not completely happy with how this turned out

but maybe I am being a little critical of my own work.

We do that don't we?

Here are some of the products I used

White/Kraft card stock.

Background is made using the

shaving cream technique -

 although you can't see too much of it.

The image is heat embossed in white

and is from Stamp It

The background was inked with

Tim Holtz Distress Inks and Stencils

The border is a Stampin' Up punch

Sentiment is also from Stampin' Up.

Finished with some variegated cotton.

 

Thanks for stopping by today.

Hope to see you back again soon.

 

 

 

Another Heat Embossed card for The House that Stamps Built.

This is the second card I made for the current

Designer's Choice Challenge at The House

 

 

Something completely different from my previous card.

Again I used another of the lovely Repeat Impression stamps

I have in my little collection and perfect for

heat embossing. Thanks Kathy.

 

I used the RI stamp 1713J - Dandelions

(I know they are supposed to be yellow)

as my focal image (popped)

 and embossed it with

Zing Embossing Powder

Basic card stock

Background is a Sizzix embossing folder

Corner rounder

Sentiment and ribbon are from

Stampin' Up Rich Razzleberry

also spritzed with the same colour.

 

Again I hope you like what I made.

I love to read your thoughts.

 



It's Designer's Choice at The House - Heat Embossing

My friend Kathy Stacy has one of my favourite techniques

for the current DC Challenge at

The House that Stamps Built Here

and she has asked us to create a card with Heat Embossing.

Thanks Kathy - I love doing this especially with RI stamps.

 

I have made a couple of card and here is the first one.

 

I went cas on this one by just using white card stock

The gorgeous flower is from

Repeat Impressions - Daffodils 904W

I cut out an oval from a Spellbinder die for masking

The embossing folder is from Stampin' Up

Sentiment from Inspired by Stamping

Inks - Tim Holtz

Broken Chins/Stormy Sky

Memento - Pistachio Summer Sky

Dandelion/Olive Grove

Black Embossing Powder

 

So you see it is pretty simple and I will send this off

to a friend who is a little under the weather.

 

I will post my second card a little later.

Thanks for stopping by.

 



Time for a change - G is for Glitter at ABC Christmas Challenge

 

My thoughts turned to GLITTER and CHRISTMAS

for the Current Challenge over at

The ABC Christmas Challenge

 

 

I think Christmas cards should mainly be CAS as we need to

produce so many. So that is what I decided to do with this card.

 

Christmas is not Christmas without

Glitter and of course a Snowflake.

So of course I got my favourite (and oldie)

Cuttlebug Snowflake die and cut it out

with this lovely coloured glitter paper.

I chose Gold Metallic Paper as my base

I then topped it with similar paper embossed with

another Cuttlebug Embossing Folder added gold

paper to back my scored gold paper.

Popped my gold snowflake after adding a

Sparklet to the centre.

 The sentiment is also an olide but goodie

from Stampin' Up - Heard from the Heart

and inked with Versacolor Gold

Also scored top and bottom of the sentiment.

 

Thanks once again for stopping by

 



And while I was at it - I kept on playing

And I kept on playing at the

Top Tip Tuesday

Mellow Yellow Challenge

 

 

I again used the paper and pre coloured image from

Fred She Said - HERE

and went with a swing card using

basic card stock

embossing folder and

Spellbinder die.

Finished it with some Liquid Pearls and

Glossy Accents on the butterfly.

 

That's it for now..

 

 

 



Spring is in the Air for JUGS #287 Word Week

Spring is in the Air  - just not where I live.

 We are in our Autumn but that doesn't stop me from
making a card with bright cheerful colours.

Sharyn as our Hostess chose SPRING
for Word Week
and I am sure all my friends across the pond
 are looking forward to it after a

Long and Cold Winter.

Here is a close up of the butterfly which was fussy cut
after adding crystal effects and popped on top of the image
 but doesn't show the shine.

 

I also used the following items on my card -

 White & Green card stock

Designer Paper and Image - Fred She Said + the

Pre coloured image called Marigolds & Morpho

Fancy That - Leafy Swirls

Sentiment is from Gina K Designs

Just Rite Tags

Own Ribbon/Micro Beads

 

Pop over to Our Blog and check out

the other inspirational cards by the

Design Team and our Guest Kathy

and hope to see your entry there.

In doing so you could be our Guest for JUNE.

Thanks for popping in.

***

I would also like to enter this in the

Top Tip Tuesday Challenge

Mellow Yellow.

 

 

 

 

WIW Colour Challenge at 'The House'

The What if Wednesday Challenge over at

The House that Stamps Built is a colour Challenge.

 

and here is my card.

 

 

I love Kraft and Red together. My third choice

of colour was Cream.

 

Here are the products I used -

KRAFT card stock

Small scrap piece of cream DP

Stampin' Up Red Flower Shop flowers

MS Leaf Punch - leaves were inked with

SU flower stamp and scored

Cream Lace

Sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping

Big Wishes 11

Pop Dots

Red Glitter on the flowers

and topped with Kaisercraft Droplets

 

 

Hope you liked what I made and

Thanks You for dropping in.

Till next time -

Cherrio from



It's Mellow Yellow at Top Tip Tuesday

It has been a while since I played with a challenge over at

Top Tip Tuesday but the current challenge has me

playing with Mellow Yellow.

 

 

 

The Script Dies are all the rage at the moment so

of course I 'needed' them. I bought one online and it arrived

in the mail yesterday so after seeing the challenge above

I got straight into cutting that Hello die and made this cas card.

I did say on an earlier post you wouldn't see

 'feathers' on my next post

but there are those stencils that keep calling me instead.

Perfect for a simple background.

***

Here are the products that I used

Basic white and yellow card stock

Lawn Fawn Scripty Hello

(cut several and popped for depth)

TCW Mini Texture Stencil

Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers Distress Ink

Stampin' Up Yo Yo Yellow Ink

Friend Sentiment from Stampin' Up - Just Believe

Sequins.

***
#Tip If you have a word that you want to leave a
letter out cover it with washi tape ink up the word
then remove the tape before stamping on your card.

I think I will play with this colour again before the week is out

as it is so bright and colourful with so many possibilities.

 

Thanks for popping in



Sketch Time for Atlantic Hearts #101

It's time to play with Sketch Challenge #101 at

Atlantic Hearts

 

 

 

I know I have Feathers on my brain at present

and that is because a very dear friend sent me the

Four Feathers Stamp/Die from Stampin' Up

and I can't stop playing with it.

I decided to go away from flowers as I had

that set sitting close by. Love it!

***

So here goes with what I used on my card

White & Brown card stock

Stampin' Up Four Feathers Stamp/Die Set

Tim Holtz Speckles Stencil

Tim Holtz Distress Inks in

Forest Moss/Antique Linen

Memento Inks in

Morocco Potter's Clay Peanut Brittle

Jute String

Pop Dots

***

I sure hope you like it and thanks for dropping in.

PS My next scheduled post doesn't have Feathers hehe

but that doesn't mean there won't be

 as I may do one on the spur of the moment

after all those feathers are still floating around.

 

Till next time - Cherrio from

 

 



I'm Designing for STAMPIN' ON TUESDAY.

I have been invited to join the Talented Team over at

Try Stampin' on Tuesday

and looking forward to New Friends and New Challenges.

Thank You CherylAnn for this opportunity.

For my first assignment below is the sketch for this week's

Challenge #212

Courtesy of Lynda

Here is my interpretation -

I stuck to the format pretty closely by adding

the heart as above.

Here are the products I used -

Peach card stock

Designer Paper - Kaisercraft Lady Rose

Cuttlebug Heart Die

Sullivan's small heart die glittered

Sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping -

Fancy Sentiments

Sequins/Cotton/Ribbon

A fairly cas card but so colourful with such

pretty paper.

Hope you will pop over to the other

Designer's blogs on the right hand side of our Blog

and leave them your comments.

Also I look forward to checking to

see your take on Challenge #212.

Thanks for popping in. Till next time

Cherrio from



JUGS #286 Photo Challenge

 

Our Hostess over at Just Us Girls is Cheryl.
Hasn't she picked the most gorgeous
inspiration photo for us as this is
PHOTO WEEK 

 

And as it say 'This picture has it All'
and so many things that inspired me.
They were -
The curve and curtain under the sink so I cut that out with
a Spellbinder die. The lace I dyed to match the photo.
Added some pearls for the handles
The background with the yellow swiss dots is from the tea towel.
The ric rac and ribbon are from the tea towels also.
I backed my flowers (which are at the back of the photo)
by scoring white card stock to create the tiles.
The vase and flowers are from Gina K Designs
Vogue Vases (an old favourite) which is popped.
The flowers I fussy cut and attached them to a Spellbinder die.
Finished off with some coloured bling.
***
I am sure you will also be inspired by this fabulous photo
and pop over and enter your creation at Our Blog
so I will see you there.
***
Don't forget to check out the other Designers cards
as I know you will be impressed.

So till next time
Cherrio from





Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #302

While surfin' the net I came across a great challenge HERE 

with a sweet colour combination.

 

 

I think these colours go fabulously together so

in I went to my crafty domain and came up with ...

 

 

 

 

Here are the products I used -

White black and yellow card stock

The coloured background was made using the

shaving cream technique in just 2 colours.

Sentiment Stamp is from Papermania - Typography.

which was embossed in black and spritzed.

Inked the S's in Yo Yo Yellow by Stampin' Up

Added a little ribbon and sequins to finish.

 

Hope you liked what you saw and pop back in sometime

to see what other challenges inspire me.

 

Till next time

 

 



Sketch Time #100 at Atlantic Hearts

 

 

 

I found this new Challenge Blog recently thanks to my

good friend Shari. I was commenting on her lovely card

and thought I would join in on the current challenge over at

Atlantic Hearts



I pretty well kept to the layout of the sketch below.
Just added lots of flowers...
 

 

Here are the products I used on my card -

Mother of Pearl card stock

Pastel card stock

Unknown DP found in my stash

Spellbinders Labels 20

Spellbinders Fancy Tags 2

Sentiment from Gina K Designs Fanciful Tags

Stampin' Up Petite Petals Stamp/Punch

Tim Holtz Distress Inks

Kaisercraft Pearls

Pop Dots

That's it for today. Thanks for dropping in
and for your lovely comments.
Cherrio for now



Just a 'touch' of colour for JUGS #285 Challenge

It's again COLOUR WEEK at Just us Girls

and our Hostess Nancy has picked a Super One with

just 2 colours and we get to pick the 3rd.

How fabulous is that?

 So many colours running through our heads and

what colour will you choose!
 

 

 

 

Well mine was easy. I have this gorgeous stamp

from Repeat Impressions - Spring Blossoms 1320M

 that I knew would work perfectly for this one

by stamping it in black and highlighting

part of it with the beautiful yellow of the daffodil
which was inked with Stampin' Up Yo Yo Yellow.
A pretty simple card with a bit of layering basic coloured cs
popping the cut out daffodil which I added Crystal Effects for shine
and paper piercing I got a great result.
The sentiment is from Gina K Designs which was cut out with
Just Rite Antique Tags and partly tucked underneath.
***
Hop over to our Just us Girls Blog HERE
and check out what the other Designers
 and our Guest - Deb have made for your inspiration.
You could be our Guest in May.
See you there!
***
I am going to enter this in the current challenge over at
Time Out Challenge for their Challenge #27 which is
CAS with the optional twist of
Black White and a Splash of Colour.