We're Smooching for Trend Week at JUGS

What a FABULOUS trend SUE

chose for us this week as Hostess at Just Us Girls.

It's all over the internet at present and

I love getting inky fingers.

 

 

Once again I have used one of my favourite colour combinations -

Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers & SU Melon Mambo

for my smooching background.

I found a new way (to me) of doing it - Inking Acetate

and spritzing with water.

My floral stamp is from Penny Black - Temptation

heat embossed in black. 

Added a few extra blobs with

Tim Holtz Speckles Stencil

Sentiment is from SU Lotus Blossom.

Finished with a few pearls and gems.

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I know you are going to love playing with this one

so pop over to Our Blog

and see what awesome smooching has been created by

Guest Designer Angie Cimbalo and the Jugheads.

 

We look forward to seeing you there.

 

 



I'm again Playing with Paper - A Sketch Challenge

I'm again playing over at

Always Playing with Paper 

and this time for their Sketch Challenge.

 

Details are Here.

 

 

I wanted to get away from adding flowers

but didn't quite get there. However I decided

to add butterflies and then found some

pretty floral paper so used the colours

from that as my bases.

Because I used plain paper as one of my backings

I scored beside the sentiment which is from GKD.

My butterflies are from Sizzix and I have popped my

floral DP for dimension.

 

This is a nice cas sketch so am looking at

playing around with this again before

entries close.

 

Thanks for dropping by -

 



We're looking for SHAPED CARDS at Crafty Cardmakers.

Jackie is Hosting our latest challenge at

Crafty Cardmakers

and has chosen the theme - Shaped Cards

 

 

 

I had a lot of fun playing with this card.
 

Here are the products I used -

I hand cut the card base in the shape of

a cotton spool with cream card stock and inked it with

Stampin' Up Woodgrain.

Tim Holtz Frayed Burlap/Vintage Photo

Stampin' Up Sew Suite/Sentiment

SU Melon Mambo

Kaisercraft pearls

Buttons

Fussy cut the model with DP

Own pins & ribbon

Foam square for dimension.

 

Pop over to see what the Designers

have made and hope you get time to

join us for this great card challenge.
Please limit your entries to 15 including ours.

Thank You for dropping in.

 

 

 

It's WORD WEEK at Just Us Girls

 

Sometimes just sometimes a Challenge Theme throws you

and this week it happened to me.

Lisa is our Hostess at Just Us Girls and she chose as her word

'RAINDROPS'

Now I don't have a single umbrella or any rain boots

in my little collection so I got my thinking cap on

and decided to make my own.

 

 

My first take on photographing my card didn't come out

very well as I think the dark background lost

my raindrops so went back and added more making them

a bit bigger. Even then some of the drops on the flowers

and greeting haven't shown up very well. Sigh!

 

  Here is what I used  -

White card base

Grunge paper from Doodle Pantry

Sentiment Die - Nina's Things

Glossy Accents for the raindrops

SU Baja Breeze & Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers

inked from  SU Morning Meadow

Kaisercraft pearls

 

 

Welcome to Angie Cimbalo as our April Guest.

Pop over to our blog and check out

all the Raindrops that have fallen over there.

Hope we have inspired you to create your

Raindrops creation and join us.

You could be our Chic of the Week

and be in the running for our

June Guest Designer.

 

Thanks for dropping in



Just Us Girls Inspiration Challenge #336

 

It's always fun when it is our Inspiration Challenge at

Just Us Girls

and look what our Host Nancy has chosen...

Here is what I made. 

 



 

As you can see I took my inspiration from

that gorgeous photo and made a seaside scene.

 

Not too many details on how I made this as I

don't know who the seaside stamps are from.

Did some sponging for the sky surf and sand.

The birds are from Repeat Impression.

Added some jute cotton trim and

some dew drops to finish.

 

Hope on over to Our Blog to see

more amazing creations and

hope you get the urge to play with us

this week. If so you could be our

Chic of the Week and be in the running

to be our Guest in May.

 

Thanks for dropping in

 

 

 

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.