I was Inspired at Always Playing with Paper & The Mod Squad

Hope everyone is enjoying the Easter Break and getting time

to do some of your favourite things.

Mine of course is spending time in my Play Station.

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This time I am again playing at

Always Playing with Paper for their

Inspiration Challenge with the gorgeous photo below.



 

I know most people are looking at Spring but here in

Australia it is still summery but Autumn is here

especially in the early morning and late afternoon.

It just so happens that The Mod Squad 

are having a Springtime Challenge so I will

enter my card in both of these challenges.

 

 

Here are the products I used -

White cs as my base

Memory Box Texture Waive

stencilled in SU Melon Mambo

and Tim Holtz Dried Marigold

Scrap piece of paper corner rounded

and added own ribbons and pearls

Flowers are by Marianne Designs

& Cheery Lynn Designs

Brads for centre of flowers

MS leaves (scrunched for effect)

Sentiment is from Gina K Designs.

 

Thanks for dropping in.

Love reading your comments.

 

 



Easter Wishes - Challenge #160 at Crafty Cardmakers

 

We are celebrating Easter for our latest challenge over at
Crafty Cardmakers



 

Hosting this time is Mary.

 

Again I went cas for this challenge using

yellow/white card stock

Easter sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping

Cuttlebug embossing folder

Yellow frame is Marianne Die - LR0192

Leaves are also Marianne Dies - LR0157 &LR0192

Flower - MFT - Mini Rose

Pearls to finish.

 

Don't forget to pop over  and see my Team Mates

creations which I am sure will inspire you

to enter our Easter Challenge.

 

It's the Colour Challenge #64 at Always Playing with Paper

Once again it is the Colour Challenge over at

Always Playing with Paper

and it is a real favourite of mine. I love

playing around with colours as you can do

so much with them in your own style.

 

  

Aren't they just gorgeous colours to play with? 

Here is what I used on my card -
White card stock as my base
SU Embossing Folder
SU Nature's Walk Stamp Set
SU Punch for grey cs
Memento Paris Dusk
Docrafts Burleigh Blue DP
Butterfly coloured with
Faber Castell Watercolour pencils
in light blue & grey.
Added touches of colour to
butterfly and flowers with a gel pen
(a little hard to see)
Inspired by Stamping - flowers
Own Ribbon Gems Trim.

Thanks so much for stopping by

 

 

 



Softly Sofly for Colour Week

We are going soft on colours this week at Just Us Girls.

Chris is Hosting our Colour Week.

 

 

 

 I made this card really cas using some scraps
 ric rac and cotton.
I cut strips of DP and yellow paper
and adhered it to white cs.
The Hello is from Lawn Fawn and
heat embossed twice with Tim Holtz Worn Lipstick.
Birthday Sentiment is IBS
Finished with 3 little yellow flowers.

Pop over and see more pastel coloured creations
on Our Blog.
Hope to see you there.

 

It's Trend Week at Just Us Girls

 

It's time to SHAKE for Trend Week at Just Us Girls

Vicki is Hosting and would like to see your

Shaker Card.

 

 

BUT! before I get into details the JUGHEADS
have some EXCITING NEWS!
We have 2 new and extremely talented new Designers.
My good friend Judy Woodland from http://judywoodland2.blogspot.com/ 

 and Bobby Hagan from http://bitsandpiecesdesigns.blogspot.com/
are joining us.
These talented Ladies have been around Blogland
for some time and I am sure you have seen some of their
work at JUGS but please pop over and
 see what they have been up to recently.
WELCOME Judy & Bobby. We are so happy to have you join us.
 

Now on to my card -
Grey/Pink card stock
Stampin' Up Petite Petals
Happy sentiment - Impression Obsession
IBS sentiment in silver (should have used grey)
Sequins Pearls Ribbon
and foam squares.
Inks - Memento London Fog/Angel Pink
Tim Holtz - Victorian Velvet.
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Hope you get the chance to join us this week
as Shaker cards are so much fun to create.
Pop over to Our Blog to see what our
March Guest - Steph and all the Jugheads have created.
Hope to see you there as you could be chosen as our
Chic of the Week and be in the running to be
Our Guest Designer in May.



Celebrating the Irish!

 

It's time for a new challenge over at

CRAFTY CARDMAKERS 

 Pam is Hosting and wants us to Celebrate with the Irish
for St Patrick's Day which is the 17th March.

Your project - which doesn't have to be a card for this challenge
 is to GO GREEN

 so go all out with this one as we want to see

LOTS OF GREEN. Got the Hint?

  

 

I have used green /white ripple card stock

Background frame is by Gina K Designs

Flowers are Stampin' Up -  

Flower Shop and Petite Petals

inked in Memento Pistachio/New Sprout

Spellbinders Flourish

Own Ribbon

Sentiment - Inspired by Stamping

Rhinestones

Corner Rounder.

 

Looking forward to seeing

Lots of Green creations

over on Our Blog

 

Thanks for dropping in

 

 



Just for You!

 

It's that time of the month for our

Word Week at Just Us Girls

and Maria is our Hostess choosing

FLOWERS! as our word.

 

 

I saw the idea for my card from

DOstamping with Dawn Here 

and knew one day I wanted to case it

especially as I had the same stamp -

Retired SU Lotus Blossom.

I just love that stamp as it has a 3step

stamp and there are so many colour combinations

you could use. Just need to play with it

and see what looks good.

I came up with Memento Potters Clay

Desert Sand & Teal Zeal on mine.

Other products are -

Embossing is by Darice

Spellbinders Circles

Sentiment - Inspired by Stamping

Ribbon - SU

and rhinestones.

 

 

A little of the inside.

 

 

Don't forget to pop over to Our Blog

to check out Stephanie Castro's inspiration -

our March Guest Designer

Welcome Stephanie

and the Design Team's amazing talents -

join us and you could be our Chic of the Week

and our May Guest.

Hope to see you there.

Cherrio from

 

 

 



It's a Coloured Birthday Celebration

I found one of my favourite colour combinations over at

Colour Throwdown and just had to play.

Also at As You Like It their challenge is to

Make a card for your

Favourite Occasion and

Explain Why.

I think it is rewarding when you can make a

Birthday Card for someone special in your life

who is celebrating their Special Day.

So this time it is BIRTHDAY!

I am hoping to make another with my other favourite.

(not saying what it is) 

 

 



In the process of making this card I had chosen

one of my favourite stamps for this challenge

but when I went to get a stencil

I went a totally different way.

I decided to get my bokeh stencil out and play with that

inking randomly with Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers

and SU Melon Mambo. They go so well together.

Funny how this technique isn't quite so popular

now as there are always new ones to try.

I used 2 other stencils in the background.

I am hoping I can finish the card I originally started

in time before the challenge ends.

 

I recently bought this Happy Birthday die and thought

it perfect to place in front using the 3rd colour.

It is from Nina's Things.

I decided to mute the colours by adding a sheet of

patterned vellum on top. Liked that it had circles in white

adding to the effect.

Finished off with coloured sequins.

 

So that's it for now.

I do have another card scheduled for later today

so you get a bonus with 2 postings....

Thanks for dropping by

 



Celebrate! It's Photo Week at JUGS

 

It's Photo Week at Just Us Girls

and Hosting is Lisa who has chosen

rather a fitting photo as 2016 is

a Leap Year and all those who were born

on the 29th get to Celebrate their special day.

 

I looked at the photo and thought how easy was this?

Just some great flourishes and a date.

Well I was wrong. After a few attempts

and some paper being thrown in the bin

I went with this -   

 

Not my favourite and not completely happy

with the end result but sometimes you just have

to say - It's not that bad after all...

 

I kept it cas as the photo is just that.

I used the following items -

White and coloured card stock

Scoring

Framed my flourish which is rightly named

Flourish from Kaisercraft.

inked with Memento Olive Grove (a little too dark )

Sentiment is IBS

Number 18 is from Cuttlebugs Hippie Chick Alphabet

Added some pearls to give my card a lift.

 

Thanks for dropping in and be sure to pop over

and see what has inspired our Guest Pamellia

and the Team.

 

Join us and you are in the running for

Chic of the Week and

may be chosen as our Guest for April.

 

 

 

 

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For a 'Special Friend'

 

Our latest challenge at

Crafty Cardmakers

is being Hosted by Marlene

and she has chosen the Theme

'For a Special Woman'

and I had a Special Friend in mind

so I made this card just for her.

 

 

I made it fairly cas as she is one that doesn't go

all over the top fancy with her cards.

 

I used the following products on my card -

Basic card stock Doily

Flower is inked with SU Rich Razzleberry

from Gina K Designs

Sentiment (perfect for my friend) is from

Lily of the Valley and given to me by her

so it is pretty special.

Framed with Spellbinders Circles/Lacey Circles

Punch is from Fiskars

and a few rhinestones.

 

Pop on over to our blog and see

what my Team Mates created

and hope you get the chance to

Make something for a Special Lady

in your life.

 

 

 

 

 



Happy Birthday Wishes

 

It's Colour Week at Just Us Girls and Cheryl is Hosting.

She has picked a perfect colour combination.

What are you going to create with these 3 colour below?

 

 

 

Here is how I chose to  showcase these colours.

 

 

and the products I used -

White/watercolour paper

Memory Box Waives Stencil in

Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers/Stormy Sky

and Memento Teal Zeal.

Image was heat embossed in Candy Blue

and is by SU's Nature Walk.

Sentiments are

Happy - Spellbinders Die

Birthday Wishes - GKD

Corner Rounder & Foam Squares.

 

Pop over to our blog Here

to see what our February Guest Pamellia

and the Team created.

Join in and you could be our Guest in April.

 

Thanks for dropping by

 



Sending Best Wishes

 

Once again I am playing with paper over at

Always Playing with Paper -  this time for their current 

Colour Challenge.

 

Here is what I came up with

with these gorgeous colours below.

 

 

A favourite stamp set of mine

for the flower is from

SU - Lotus Blossom because it is a

3 step stamps and can use so many different colours.

This time I just used the 2 -

Memento Love Letter & Versa Color Old Rose.

I used basic coloured card stock in pink grey

& white with water colour paper.

 The background speckles are Tim Holtz

in Memento London fog. The stem is also this colour.

The sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping

Corner rounded and popped my image

and finished with some rhinestones.

 

Hope you like my cas card. Love to read your comments.

Till next time Cherrio from

 

 



V is for 'Vegemite'

 

Over at Just Add Ink the current challenge is to

create a project with the letter V

Details are Here

 

 

Now you may ask where my V is?

When I read the post the first thing that stood out was

VEGEMITE! What's this you say?

It is a yeast extract that us Aussie's love to put on toast.

My favourite is to add avocado with it - yum!

Now I know a lot of people can't stand the strong taste

but I spread it lightly not like my hubby who

smothers his toast with it.

 

The next thing that came to mind was the word

VACATION so I got out one of my favourite

SU sets called Feeling Sentimental and the

phone booth reminds me of the red British ones

so what better stamp to use when you are

over the other side of the world

on VACATION without your VEGEMITE?

The colours I used are part of the theme -

you see Vegemite comes in a jar or tube is

brown in colour and yellow is on the jar so I used

SU Yo Yo Yellow & Close to Cocoa.

 

Other products used are -

Background are stencils from

Tim Holtz - Speckles

Clear Scraps - Chevrons

Sentiment - Gina K Designs Country Roads

I picked this to go with the strip behind the

yellow cotton - I need my VEGEMITE

typed up on my laptop.

Did some distressing to match the stamped image

and finished with a tiny button tied with some

more yellow cotton.

 

Sorry this is a long posting but needed to

explain a little about our Vegemite.

 

My card certainly isn't what most people would be thinking

with the chosen letter - but I sure had fun with it.

 

Thanks for dropping in.

 

 

 

 



Tag it for TREND Week at JUGS.

 

It's Trend Week at Just Us Girls and I am Hosting.

 

 

I like to add dimension on most of my cards

and my thoughts went to 'Add a Tag'

so that is what I went with.

 

I had done a card similar a long time ago and decided
I would make another in the same layout.
I like the idea of the corrugated cardboard behind the tag
so used that as my starting point.
My card base is kraft and topped with cream paper
to match my postage tag.
Here are the other products I used -
Background is SU Beyond the Basics
Butterfly/floral stamped image is unknown
as a friend gave it to me.
She also made the crochet flower.
Crochet cotton, pearls
and another brad (doing well with them lately)
Inks are -  Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers
Abandoned Coral & Vintage Photo
Memento Teal Zeal
Sentiment is Inspired by Stamping.
Foam squares for more dimension.

Hop over to Our Blog to see what the Jugheads created
and Pamellia's Blog Here to see her beautiful work
as she is our February Guest.
You could be our April Guest just by
participating in our February Challenges.

Hope to see you there.
Thanks for dropping in.
Till next time -

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Another card for Always Playing with Paper #59

 

The current challenge over at

Always Playing with Paper is running for 2 weeks

so I got to create another card for their great Sketch.

 

 

I decided to get some Kraft paper out and

emboss my images in white and clear embossing powder

(for the background)

The stamp set I used is SU - Morning Meadow

Sentiment is also from that set.

I popped it for dimension punched the corner with a

Fiskars punch twice adding the white from the holes for effect.

Finished with gold pearls and a tiny butterfly by SU.

 

 

 

Thanks for popping in.



A RRRUFF day.

I just had to play with the current challenge at

The Paper Players which is Raining Cats & Dogs

for a few reasons.

My sister has had a bad fall and is in hospital

hence a Get Well card but with a difference.

 

 

 

Now we both love 'Scottie Dogs' being Scots ourselves.

and

I have been itching to use this Scottie dog die

(Marianne Die LR0039) as my hubby

bought it for me for Christmas. 

I have had the sentiment which belongs to

Inkadinkado for quite some time

and thought it a perfect

cheer me up for my card.

I know there will be quite a few 'ruff days'

when she gets out of hospital.

I used basic black/white & red card stock

some tartan paper on the side his collar

and a few small hearts.

Paper pierced around the edges

foam squares for dimension

a few bones inked from the die

and there it is finished.

Oh and I added a white dot for the eye and nose.

 

Thanks for dropping in

 

 

 



It's all about LOVE.

 

It's getting to that time of year when

Love is in the Air

so what better excuse is there to make a card

to say 'I Love You'

for our latest challenge at Crafty Cardmakers

and Hosting is Julie.

 

 

This was a simple card to make

and here are the products I used -

Black Silver and Red card stock/paper

Love Die is from Kaisercraft Decorative Die

Flourish - Memory Box Loveland Corner

The hearts in the Love triangle are

the cut outs from the flourish.

The tiny heart punch is Sullivans

and stamped from a SU stamp

Finish off with some rhinestones.

 

Don't forget to pop over to our blog

to see what the other Designers have created.

I am sure you will want to play with this challenge.

 

See you there!

 



Sketch Time at Always Playing with Paper

Here I am finally able to play with paper again

having had an extremely busy few weeks with

Doctor's Appointments and procedure for hubby who is now

home and in recovery mode - which means I do most

of the heavy work around the house for the next 6 weeks.

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I couldn't wait to play with the current sketch challenge over at

Always Playing with Paper

 

 

I decided I would flip my card around and go from there.

I loved the idea of the circles on the sketch below
 hence I got out my circle stencil
and gave my background the bokeh technique.

 using Memento Lulu Lavendar and Sweet Plum.

The leaves, tiny stamped flowers and sentiment are from

Gina K Designs Stippled Nature.

Memento Pistachio for the leaves and

SU Rich Razzleberry on the flowers.

My bigger flowers are also from SU

Flower Shop and Petite Petals.

They go so well together.

Did a little spritzing and finishing off with

popping the flowers and adding pearls to the centres

and liquid pearls to the tiny flowers.

Used basic card stock and rounded off the corner.

Oh and of course I used my favourite colour - purple.

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Below is the sketch to follow.

 

 

 

I really enjoyed this challenge and look forward to seeing

next weeks Colour Challenge - one of my favourites.

 

Thanks for dropping in.