It's TIME OUT Challenge #35

 

The current challenge at Time Out Blogspot is

Nature with the Optional Twist of Animals

and is Challenge #35 

 

  

The sponsor of this challenge is Cas-ual Fridays Stamps

and I was lucky enough some time ago
to win my choice of stamps

so it gave me the chance to ink them up
once again for this challenge.

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Here is what I used to make the above card -

Cas-ual Friday Stamp - Wonderful Words for my sentiment

Black/white card stock

Memento Tuxedo Black/Lulu Lavendar Inks

Tim Holtz Seedless Preserves/Dusty Concord

Stampin' Up Pocket Silhouettes/Reason to Smile Stamps

Stampin' Up Rich Razzleberry Spritzing

Kaisercraft Pearls

Gelly Roll pen on flower

Sizzix Butterflies from scrap DP.

Thanks for dropping by and hope to see you
back here soon. Love reading your comments.
Cherrio from
 

 



Crafty Ribbons Bicycle Challenge

I found a new challenge recently and knew I had the perfect stamp

to enter the Bicycle with Ribbon Challenge at Crafty Ribbons

 

 

You don't often associate a bicycle with ribbon but I am really

happy how my card turned out.

I love playing around with backgrounds and getting my fingers

all inky especially when you get a great result.

I love the bright colours I used and it made the

embossed stamp really stand out.

Used several colours of card stock to match

I embossed my Stampin' Up Postage Due stamp with

black embossing powder then got inky with

Tim Holts Peacock Feathers/Bundled Sage and

Seedless Preserves

The small floral image next to my ribbon is also from

Stampin' Up - Fresh Vintage cut with

Spellbinders Square Die

Sentiment is from Cas-ual Fridays Stamps

Added  a crinkled piece of ribbon - love the look

Distressed the edges of my main image and background paper

and finished with a black pearl.

 

That's it for me for now so till next time

Cherrio from

PS - I'd love to read your comments.

 

 



It's TREND WEEK at Just Us Girls

It is again Trend Week at Just Us Girls and the

Lovely Lisa is our Hostess and we have been asked to

incorporate Gold on our card/project.

 

 

 

Here is what I used to make my card.

Metallic gold/black card stock

Kaisercraft DP - Art of Life

Memory Box Quinn Flourish

MFT Heirloom Rose Die

Martha Stewart Fern Punch

Kaisercraft Pearl

Sentiment is embossed in gold

from Inspired by Stamping

Big Wishes 2

Lace

 

It is a shame you can't see the gold shimmer on my paper

as it really looks so lovely.

 

Hop on over to Our Site and check out

the other Gold Creations and join us

for this Fabulous Trend Challenge.

 

You could be our Chic of the Week

and then be chosen for our Guest Spot in September.

 

Thanks for dropping in and your lovely comments.



Designer's Choice Challenge at The House

I have made another card for the current

Designer's Choice over at

The House that Stamps Built.

 

 

This time I went CAS in a big way.

I used white card stock and embossed the

fabulous Repeat Impression Stamp - 2409M Divi Divi Tree

with green embossing powder.

Cut out with Spellbinders Wonky Rectangle

Scored the background before popping my image.

Added 4 green pearls to finish.

A super simple card I thought suitable for anyone.

 

Thanks for dropping in

Till next time Cherrio from



It's White + One Colour over at The House and Sketch Time at Altantic Hearts

I thought I would try my hand at 2 different challenges

One of my favourites - The House that Stamps Built

Details Here

and a fairly new one -  Atlantic Hearts

Details Here
 

Also over at City Crafter Challenge their challenge is
You are my Sunshine - Use lots of YELLOW!

 

Here is my take on the above challenges

 

 

And I used the following items -

White and Yellow card stock

Repeat Impression - Easter Lily 1309

Swiss Dots Embossing Folder

Stampin' Up Punch

Stampin' Up Yo Yo Yellow ink/pen

Memento Black ink

Own ribbon

Glossy Accents

Pop Dots.

 

A pretty simple card. Hope you like it.

Thanks for dropping in

 

 



Challenge Time at Inspired by Stamping

The current monthly challenge over at Inspired by Stamping is IBIC #95

You can find the details Here

 

Here is my card inspired by the colours below.

 

 

I used the following items on my card -

Basic white card stock

IBS DP - Spring Lilacs/Vintage Floral

IBS Elegant Flowers Stamp

IBS Birthday Wishes Sentiment

Stampendous White Embossing Powder

Tim Holtz Antique Linen ink

Versacolor Cinnamon/Sage ink

Variegated Cotton

Spellbinders Tags.

 

Thanks for dropping by

Till next time Cherrio from

 



Sketch Time at Try Stampin' Or Not On Tuesday

It's time to post for the latest Sketch Challenge over at

Try Stampin' on Tuesday

 

 

and the lovely Sandi has challenged us with the sketch below.

 

 

Here are the products I used my card.

Card Stock in White Black & Grey

Images/Sentiment are Stampin' Up

Pocket Silhouettes & Heard from the Heart

Spellbinder Ovals cut out for masking

Inks - Memento Angel Pink Tuxedo Black London Fog

Pink Brads & Cotton

Small Heart Punch

I thought the small hearts went nicely with the Sentiment

to add a little finishing touch.

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We are now running our challenges for 2 weeks

to give you a bigger chance

to spend time in your craft room and join us.

You can also enter your card/project on our

Facebook site Here

 

Till next time

Cherrio from

 

 

 

 

 

 



We are CELEBRATING our 300th CHALLENGE at Just Us Girls

The Team at Just Us Girls 

are celebrating our

300th CHALLENGE

and we would love to have you join us.

 

 

We have a few AWESOME sponsors helping us to

celebrate our 300th!

 $25.00 gift certificate
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$25.00 gift certificate 
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$15 gift certificate OR choice of any 2 ARTplorations stencils 


$15 gift certificate for craft metal sheets

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With these prizes above I am sure you will be

joining in on our

300th Celebration Challenge.

  

Now with the important information out of the way

Here is my card for this SPECIAL OCCASION.

 

I saw a very similar card on Pinterest and loved it so much

especially as I had the same embossing folder so decided to

case it. You can see the details Here

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These are the products I used on my card -

Metallic Paper

Darice Embossing Folder

The background paper is from my stash and

thought it would go perfectly with the shimmery card stock

Spellbinders Fancy Tags

Cherry Lynn Butterfly

Sentiment - JustRite Labels 20 stamped with

Tim Holtz Aged Mahogany and popped.

Please check out OUR BLOG for all the beautiful

 cards the Design Team created

including some Special Guests

Nancy Penir Geri Bailly and Judy Woodland 
with our July Guest - Linda Beeson
Welcome Linda.

Hope to see your Congratulations Creation

HERE but don't forget (and it will be hard)

to limit them to 3

Gotta be in it to WIN IT!!!

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I thought I would sneak the following card in

because it is from one of our Generous Sponsors

Inspired by Stamping

As it is an Australian Site I have

quite a number of their stamps/papers etc

and I am entering it in their Monthly Challenge

Here

Because I had the beautiful

Vintage Rose Paper Pack 

I used that as part of the colours above.

 

I cut out 8 random squares from my

Spellbinder Die and popped them

on pink card stock after inking the edges.

My card base and backing are an iridescent pearl paper.

Sentiment is from Stampin' Up - Heard from the Heart.

Butterfly from Cherry Lynn in pink and vellum

Finished with some pearls.

Thanks for dropping in and checking my

longer than usual posting.

 



It's Red White and Bluey Stars

There are a few challenges that I am entering my card below in

 

 

They are the Colour Challenge from

The House that Stamps Built HERE

 

That gave me the idea to use another stamp from

Repeat Impressions. Awesome!

and Tuesday Throwdown HERE 

and their Challenge is #251 It's in the Stars

I have plenty of them on my card don't I?

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Here is what products I used -

Basic red white and blue card stock

The star background is from Darkroom Door

Tag is Kaisercraft - Tag Shapes

Sentiment - Repeat Impressions 2107

Memento inks - Love Letter/Paris Dusk

Gelly Roll pen on the poinsettia which is

cut and popped

A few punched out stars

Red rhinestone, twine and

finished with a tartan bow.

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And I found another challenge to enter at

craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge2

 

Thanks for dropping in

 

 

 

 



JUGS Inspiration Time

Maria is Hosting this week and it is our

Inspiration Challenge

Don't you just love what she picked for us?



 

 

Nothing looks more inviting than a gingham table cloth

with yummy mouth watering watermelon.

But then there is that lovely old red car in the background.

Take your pick on what inspires you and let those

creative juices flow.

 

 

That gingham table cloth sold me so that is what I went for.

I got out my Sizzix Hexagon embossing folder for my background

and die cut varies sized Spellbinder hexagon dies.

One that I haven't used in a while.

These were cut out from scrap DP.

Added several Sizzix butterflies after inking around the edges

Sentiment sponged lightly and from Gina K Designs

Finished with a few pearls.

 

Hope you are inspired and you pop over to our JUGS blog

 to see what the Design Team and Guest - Ros Crawford created

and come join in this weeks Challenge.

 

Thanks for dropping in

 



Time to Sketch at Try Stampin' or Not on Tuesday

 

It is time again for me to post for our Latest Challenge over at

Try Stampin' or Not on Tuesday

and you can find all the details HERE.

 

 

I had been away visiting my sister when the sketch below was

put up for the DT to work on so I had to quickly get into my

craft space and get to work.

Well I think Mo and Jo were napping

as it took me a little while to think about what I wanted to make.

Lucky for me we don't have to include stamping as what I made

would not have been suitable (phew)

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This gorgeous photo and sketch below is courtesy of KAYLIN.

 

 

I found some scrapbooking paper that looked colourful

just like the photo so after I embossed my blue paper

and cut it with my Stampin' Up die

I cut out the HELLO die from Lawn Fawn

and glued the little centre pieces to finish.

My flower is from MFT - Mini Hybrid Heirloom Rose

popped on Spellbinder dies and I added

Startdust Stickles.

So there you have it.

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I hope you will pop over to Our Blog

Checkout the other Designer's cards

and have a go at this great sketch.

Love to see yours there.

If you don't have a blog you can also now

enter your card on our

Facebook Page HERE

 

Thanks for dropping in

 



WIW Inspiration Challenge at The House

There is the most beautiful photo over at

The House that Stamps Built

and I got the chance to play with another new stamp

from Repeat Impressions.

 

Don't you just LOVE IT!

 

I have been away visiting my sister for the last week and

now getting back to normal and back in my craft room.

Here is what I made.

 

My base is Kraft c/s and scored

The background for my focal image is

sponged with Distress Inks

Stormy Sky Peacock Feather and

Cracked Pistachio

I then sponged some Iridescent medium

for a touch of shimmer.

The Flower is from Repeat Impressions - 9706

Embossed with Candy Blue

and Butterfly - 107 in Black

Added a touch of gold liquid pearls to the centre

of the flower and roughed it up for texture.

Finished with a sentiment from Justrite

and popped my flower.

 

Thanks for stopping by

 



I'm Hosting this week at Just Us Girls

It is my turn to be HOSTESS for this weeks Challenge over at

JUST US GIRLS

and as it is COLOUR WEEK 

 Below is my choice of colours to inspire you.

Autumn has just left us here in Australia but this is my favourite

time of year because of the beautiful colours you see on the trees

as they prepare for Winter. Unfortunately for me I live too far north

to see their beauty so I thought I would make my own AUTUMN.

 

 

Last week end I went to a craft show and

caught up with some crafty friends,

some I had never met before and they flew

from far and wide to meet up.

There were lots of hugs and laughter

and of course show and tell.

I saw a demonstration of how to use gilding flakes

and LOVED what I saw

so of course as all crafters do - buy some. 

This is my take on an Autumn Tree.

 I kept it cas as I wanted to show IT off.

The beautiful tree is from Repeat Impressions - 

 Spring Tree 1610W

I did a trial run and was so happy how it turned out

I decided to use it. It is a shame the paper looks blue

but I could cheat and say it is the sky.

I cut out a Spellbinder die for my popped frame

Sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping -

Fancy Sentiments

and finished with a few pearls.

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I had already made my card for this challenge

but had to change after buying those gilding flakes -

 the colours just matched perfectly.

So here is my first card.

 

There is so much on this card but will try

and tell you some of what I used.

Tim Holtz Stencils/Distress Inks/Pens

Cuttlebug Leaf Dies

Scrap Autumn coloured DP

Memento Inks/Tom Bow Pens

Spritzing

Scripty Hello - Lawn Fawn.

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I couldn't help myself -

bought more sentiment dies

at the craft show.

So no doubt you will see more in the future.

***

I hope I have inspired you to enter our

Colour Challenge

this week so you could be our next

Chic of the Week and then

be in the running for

Guest Designer in August.

 

Hope to see your Autumn Creation after you

check out HERE what the Design Team

and our Guest Ros Crawford have made.

 

Thanks for taking the time to pop in

and check out my rather long post.

 



It's TREND WEEK at Just Us Girls

 

Once again it is Trend Week over at

Just Us Girls and hosting this challenge is

Sue and she has chosen for us

a super trend that is really BIG at the moment

Stacked Die Cuts.

 

When I first saw this I didn't own any die cut sentiments so

of course as all crafters do - went out and bought some.

 

Here is what I used on my card -

White/coloured card stock

DP - First Edition Desert Blooms

Stampin' Up Punch

Sizzix Banners

Sentiment - Gina K Designs

Kaisercraft Pearls

Crochet cotton

HAPPY die cut - Heidi Swapp

(cut 3 times in different colours)

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Funny enough we did a card at class some time ago

which was perfect for this challenge

so I asked our Instructor Tania from

 Paperandme2 (Facebook Page)

if I could use it and she agreed. Thanks so much.

I know she would love it if you visited her site.

She is so talented.

Products used are Stampin' Up and die cuts.

 

So there you have it - 2 cards for this weeks challenge.

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Check out what the other Design Team

and our June Guest Designer Ros Crawford

have created HERE 

and hope you will come over and join in

with us for our Stacked Die Cuts Challenge.

 

Till next time Cherrio from

 

 



My Favourite Flower is ...

 

For the current challenge over at

As you Like It 

We are asked to  make something with your

Favourite Flower and say Why.

 

So I got to make a card with my favourite flower

A THISTLE - and WHY?

I was born in Scotland and the Thistle has always held a

special place for me. I know it is a weed but when that purple

softness comes out I think they are so lovely.

 

Here is a card I made for this challenge.

The thistle is a digital image

and I highlighted the main flower by

colouring in and added glossy accents

which hasn't shown up.

I used a Tim Holtz embossing folder for

the background some ribbon

a few pearls rounded the corner

and sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping.



It's SKETCH TIME at Try Stampin' Or Not on Tuesday

 

 

Once again it is time to post my card for the new

Sketch Challenge over at Try Stampin' Or Not On Tuesday

and here is my interpretation

Designed by Crystal

from

 

I did add 5 stamped images as I wanted to use all of

them as I thought they all went together.

I don't have who this little stamp set is from - shame.

 

It is a really cas card using red black and white card stock.

I inked the images in Memento Love Letter

The Live it Up is from that same set and

the bigger sentiment is from

Cas-ual Fridays Stamps

I added a row of red gemstones after I embossed the sizzix border

  around the sentiment and also on the shoe and handbag

to finish off.

 

Till next time

Cherrio from