Birthday Wishes

Here I am again still in the Watercolour Mood and such

 perfect timing for me to play over at The Paper Players

as their Challenge #304 is

 

 

I have been playing with this new stamp a few times now -

you will see it again in a few weeks.

The lovely stamp is called Watercolour Poppies #719

from Rubbernecker Stamps.

I inked this stamp on watercolour paper

colouring and blending with Tim Holtz distress inks

Evergreen Bough/Squeezed Lemonade and

Memento New Sprout 

adding a touch of white with a uniball pen

to the centre of the flowers

 a bit of spritzing and finished with

my SU sentiment cut from Spellbinder dies. 

 

Thanks for dropping in.

Love reading your kind comments.

 

 

 

 



You Inspire Me

A dear friend recently gave me a Mixed Media Canvas

and I fell in love with the concept. I have always admired

that sort of craft and since we were at

a Craft Show - what better time to buy a few products

required for this type of art.

Just by chance I saw a blog called Stamps & Stencils
with a challenge that caught my eye Here
This gave me a chance to experiment and try my hand
at a bit of mixed media. I must admit I just went with
the flow hoping what I did turned out okay.

I love using corrugated cardboard and string
so that was my choice - middle row down.
I have used so many bits and bobs here but will
endeavour to list a few.

Gesso and gelatos for my flower - just played with it
and didn't know if I would even use it.
Kraft card stock
Corrugated cardboard and the piece I pealed off
was used for my tag.
I used  Tim Holtz distress inks
SU and Memento inks
Bokeh stencil for my circles
Scrap DP torn and inked adding script
from Kaisercraft stamp.
Texture Paste and paint to the cardboard
My flower consists of a Marianne Die
and DieNamics Die inked and a centre pearl
Added the necessary string
Sentiment is from Altenew

I must admit I enjoyed playing with this
but it left my craft room and my fingers in
an awful state.

I would also like to add this to the
Ooh la la Challenge for their
Challenge #209 Texture

Thanks for dropping in
 and love to read your comments
on my practicing Mixed Media.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



A Simple 'Thinking of You'

  

Once again it is our

Colour Week at Just Us Girls and Bobby has chosen

these amazing colours below.

I have a friend who needed a little cheering up
so decided to make a cas pick me up card.
I have used Woodgrain card stock
and topped that with an image from
SU - Inspired by Nature which I
heat embossed and sponged the background with
SU Melon Mambo/Calypso Coral
and Tim Holtz Squeezed Lemonade.
This was popped with the black frame.
Added a few drops of water to add to the effect.
My sentiment is from GKD and I
finished with 3 different sized pearls close to
the colours above.

Don't forget to pop over to Our Blog to see what
Our Guest Carol Mayne has created and
of course the very talented Designers.
Hope you can join us and maybe you could be
our next Chic of the Week.

Thanks for dropping in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Simple Happy Birthday

I found this blog recently called

Watercooler Wednesday and they have a

CAS Butterfly Themed Challenge.

Now I, like most of you

I'm sure love butterflies and have a

mountain of them in our stash

so what better excuse is there to just get

one of those stamps out to play.

Details Here

I seem to be obsessed with backgrounds of late

and this is another one.

I have had a canvas paper pad for an age

and decided to try using it for my

watercolour background

using Tim Holtz Cracked Pistachio/Mermaid Lagoon

Peacock Feathers and Evergreen Bough.

Also added a bit more colours through

TH Speckles stencil. This was matted with the same

paper as my Happy Birthday from Spellbinders

attachedin a curved manner for effect.

The gorgeous butterfly is Gina K Designs

embossed in Teal.

I found it hard not to add some bling but

would not have been cas if I did.

 

Thanks for popping in.

I love reading your comments.

Till next time - Cherrio from

 

 

 

 

 

 



It's a 'Male Thing'

 

It's Designer's Choice at The House that Stamps Built

and for most of us we don't create enough cards for

the Males in our life. So thanks to Shirley we can add to our stash.

Details are Here.

I thought it fitting that I would make a background

using distress inks inking on water colour paper for

the beautiful bonsai stamp from

Repeat Impressions - 2409W.

I gave it a touch up with Gold WOS which is a little hard to see.

Added my sentiment from Stampin' Up

Backing it with white and rusty paper

which is scored. My card base is an olive colour.

A pretty cas card - just fitting for the Male Theme.

 

Thanks for dropping in.

I love reading your comments.

 

 

 

 

 

 



Bling it On!

Who doesn't LOVE a bit of BLING?

Well most of us do and I am sure Mary does

as she chose is Hosting our next challenge at

Crafty Cardmakers

You can find the Details here
 

  

I couldn't resist an array of butterflies as they always

look lovely with a bit of bling on them.

I have used basic white card as my base and

popped the white ripple card stock.

The background script is from Darkroom Door

inking it and the edges with Tim Holtz Evergreen Bough.

Arranged a variety of butterflies from Sizzix

using scrap DP for added colour.

The main butterfly has the addition of vellum.

Finishing off with sequins and rhinestones.

 

Hope you will pop over to Our Blog to see

all things blingy from my Team Mates.

Love to see you join us.

Thanks for dropping in and I do

Love reading your Kind Comments.

 



'Thinking of You'

 

It's the first week of July and over at

The House that Stamps Built

and it is their Colour Challenge.

using the colours below.

You can find all the details HERE.

 

And here are the products I used -

Basic card stock

Watercolour paper

Tim Holtz Thinlits Mixed Media 2

Repeat Impressions Tulip Bouquet 912K

(I water coloured just the flowers in the

2 colours specified) 

Die-namics Stitched Oval Die

Spellbinders Labels 18

Sentiment - Inspired by Stamping

Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers/Festive Berries.

Pearls are Kaisercraft.

 

Since there are a few die cuts here I am joining in at

Cut It Up Challenge for their #100 Challenge Celebration.

 

 

It's  Anything Goes!

 

So glad you dropped in. Thank You.

I love reading your kind comments.

 

 



It's Trend Week at Just Us Girls

 

It's Trend Week at Just Us Girls and Hosting this week is

Vicki who chose Sponging.

So many different ways to play with this one!

 

 

This was an easy cas card to make and a nice male card.

I decided to sponge the background

and masked the top and bottom.

The stamp I used was purchased at a recent craft show

and is from Stamp It Australia - Large Conifer.

Inked this with Memento Northern Pine.

The background colours are -

Memento Bamboo Leaves and

Tim Holtz Squeezed Lemonade/Dried Marigold.

Card stock is white linen.

The tree was inked once and then stamped off

on either side giving it the lighter effect.

Sentiment is from GKD.

While the main tree ink was still wet I dusted it with

Elizabeth Craft cool diamond glitter.

Still a little hard to see here.

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And there you have it.

Pop on over to Our Blog to see

more inspiration and we would love to see yours this week.

 

Thanks for dropping in.

Love reading your comments.

 

 

 

Guest Designing at Crafting with Dragonflies

 

Once again I am over at

Crafting with Dragonflies as I  have been invited

to be their Guest Designer.

Thank you Hilde for the opportunity to  be part

of the Team for July. So nice to be back with

some old Design Team Mates.

 

 

The challenge this fortnight is 'Summer Fun'

so my first thoughts went to the days when

we would enjoy the great outdoors biting into

an 'all day sucker' - that is what we call them.

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For my card I cut out quite a few circles from

scrap DP with a Spellbinder Circle die.

I attached these in a circular motion around a large circle

cut from jac paper only using one sticky side.

(lollypops are of course colourful)

I have matted the background with coloured paper

and embossed one from a Couture Creations folder.

For my lollypop stick I cut up an old straw.

Added a button which I glittered to the centre

a bow on the straw and some coloured gemstones.

The sentiment is computer generated and the song -

Sunshine & Lollypops kept running through my head.

This was also cut from Spellbinder circle dies.

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It may be the middle of Winter here in Australia

but like the Alan Jackson song may say

It's 5 o'clock somewhere - we can say

it's Summer Time somewhere and a

golden opportunity to get into this new challenge 

and have some fun.

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I look forward to seeing your interpretation

of Summer Fun over Here

 

Thanks for dropping in

 

 

 

Sun Sand and Surfin' in SUMMER!

What screams SUMMER?

Spending time at the Beach of course.
And this is the word that Maria chose
as Hostess for Word Week at Just Us Girls

 
So of course I went with the sand and surf for my card.

 

 Now I did a bit of cheating here using a
pre coloured image from The Paper Shelter
 called Happy Times Beach Boy.
I went with the waive theme for my background
inking with Memento Potter's Clay
and is Memory Box Texture Waive.
Did a bit of distressing and layering.
Sentiment is from Paper Smooches
Branches at the bottom are also from Memory Box
and sponged again with Memento Potter's Clay.
Added some glossy Accents to the surfboard but too hard to see.
Welcome to Carol Mayne as our July Guest.
So nice to have you with us this month.
Hope you pop over to Our Blog
and check what everyone has made
using the word Summer.
 Thanks for dropping in

 

 

 

 



Anything Goes at The House

 

Over at The House that Stamps Built

their current challenge is Anything Goes

and I found myself a little time to join in.

 

 

I inked up my Repeat Impressions Spring Tree 1610W

with Memento Northern Pine.

I recently purchases the Tim Holtz Thinlits Mixed Media dies

and love how you can pop it and add a piece of DP

in the background. This piece is from

Stampin' Up Going Places.

My sentiment is also from SU.

I have done a bit of sponging around the edges

and around the tree. Finished this off with

Wink of Stella highlighting the tree.

 

Thanks for dropping in.

 

 

 

 



Focusing on the Sentiment at Crafting with Dragonflies.

 

It's been a while since I have had time to play with

 a few challenges and since it is Winter time in Oz

I have been able to spend

a bit more time in my play station.

 

I was a Designer over at Crafting with Dragonflies and due to

ill health my friend Hilde closed the site down for some time.

But as you all may know SHE'S BACK! and I thought

I would play with this fortnights challenge which is

to Make the Sentiment the MAIN FOCUS!

 

 

I went for a simple style so I could show off my sentiment

which is from Stampin' Up. The tags are also by SU.

Ink is SU Calypso Coral.

I used basic card stock some scrap designer paper and

some foam squares for dimension. The i in birthday is fussy cut

in the same paper as the background.

My card looked rather bare

so decided to get a paper punch and a craft punch and

add some circles .

 

Hi there Hilde Susan Wynn and CG.

 

Thanks for dropping in.



A Birthday card for Someone Special

 

I am Hosting our

Shabby Chic/Distressed Challenge over at

Crafty Cardmakers

and have made my card for a special friend.

(just hope she doesn't see it before her birthday)

 

 

I have used metallic card stock in cream and pink.

The embossing folder is an old Cuttlebug one

called Floral Fancy.

Also used Spellbinder Squares/Scallop Squares

and Decorative labels 27.

My flowers and sprigs are from Martha Stewart.

Leaf is Kaisercraft.

The 60 is also from an old

Cuttlebug Alphabet Set.

Ribbon is Kasazz and have added a

pearl flourish and assorted sized pearls

from my stash.

Finished off with a pink stick pin.

Hope you will pop over and see what

fabulous creations my Team Mates have made -

be inspired and create a project and

join in our latest challenge.

 

Thanks for dropping in

 

A simple HELLO.

It's our Photo Inspiration Challenge over at Just Us Girls

this week and Chris is Hosting.

She has chosen this super summery photo for us to

be inspired by.

What caught my eye here?

The fence stood out first then I saw those

lovely bright boots with pretty flowers.

There is also the greenery behind the fence.

 

 

I decided to feature the fence which is cut from

DP from Doodle Panty as I didn't have any of those

super rain boots.

The flowers and greenery are from Stampin' Up

and the leaves are a Kaisercraft die.

The smaller flowers are from various punches

with liquid pearls in the centres.

Aded a few brown pearls to hold the fence together.

My sentiment is a new one I bought at a recent craft show

and is from Altenew. 

Hope you will pop over to our Blog to see

what our Guest Cornelia

and my Team Mates have created

and look forward to seeing yours there.

You could be chosen as Chic of the Week and

be in the running for our Guest Designer is August.

Thanks  Cornelia for the pleasure of seeing your

beautiful work as our Guest for June and hope to see

more from you real soon.

 

Thanks for dropping by



What's the COLOUR choice at Just Us Girls?

It is my turn to host over at Just Us Girls

and since Winter has arrived where I live

I thought bright colours were in order -

and for those over the pond - you should be basking in
sunshine & hot weather.
 

I had all intentions NOT to have

flowers on my card BUT since I just

got a new die set from Nina' Things I had to try it out.

I couldn't seem to get  true colours for my card
when I photographed it so

 after some thought I decided to make another card

using one of the other coloured flowers and

again using the same die for the leaves.

 

 

 I cut 2 circles from Spellbinders
and backed it with pink inking with SU stamps and popped.
Added a bit of spritzing and gems.
Sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping.
 

 

I chose to use the pink die cuts here for the flower

continuing with a scrap piece of dp for the side,

pink cording, a small bit of embossing

from Couture Creations, some ribbon and

a MS punch.

I then cut out my leaves from a Kaisercraft die

attached my popped flower which was cut several times

adding a pearl to the centre.

Sentiment is from Paper Smooches -

 I just loved that font when I saw it

and had to have it.

I corner rounded one side.

 

Hope you pop over to our blog and see what

Cornelia (Our June Guest) and my Team Mates

have created. They all have that WOW! factor.

I am sure you will love playing with these

 bright colours. You could be chosen as our

Chic of the Week.

 

Thanks for dropping in

 



My Man is Rockin'

I'm here with my card for Crafty Cardmakers

for our #166 For a Special Man Challenge

Details are Here.

Julie is our Hostess choosing this as it is

Father's Day on June 19th in the UK

and our Blog is based there.

 

I have made my card for my dear hubby's birthday

who is Guitar Crazy. He is at this moment

having a little jam session on his own.

My guitar stamp is from Inspired by Stamping.

I went a bit grungy here using several

stencils in different colours and a bit of spritzing.

I recently bought Tim Holtz Mixed Media Die

which I have used here and backed it with a

piece of dp with music (of course)

The sentiment is cut from Die-namics

and is by Paper Smooches.

 

Thanks for dropping in.

Hope you will pop over and see

what Special Male cards my

team mates have conjured up.

 

Love to see yours there but

REMEMBER not to enter

any more than 15 challenges

(including ours)

 

 

 

 

 



Did you SPOT what's Trending at Just Us Girls?

 

It's Trend Week at Just Us Girls

and our Hostess is Nancy who chose

SPOTLIGHTING!

 

I made the background for this some time ago and
this piece was left over. It is the shaving cream technique
and I have done something a little different
by using Liquid Pearls - Daffodil & Avocado giving it a
nice sheen (which hasn't shown up) and SU Yo Yo Yellow reinker.
The gorgeous stamp is from Repeat Impressions
stamped with Memento Pistachio and the
popped up spotlight is cut from Spellbinders Hexagons.
I coloured the daffodil with watercolour pencils and
heat embossed it with clear embossing powder
giving it a glossy finish.
Added some black matting pearls and
cotton to finish.

If you haven't already been to Our Blog
better pop over and see what our June Guest Cornelia
has Spotlighted and my Team Mates - you know
you will love what they have made.
Love to see you join us and you would be in the running for
Chic of the Week and go on to be our Guest in August.

I will be in Craft heaven when this goes live. There is a
big Papercraft Convention in Brisbane (catching the train at 6am)
I go to yearly and meet upwith some online crafty friends.
I met a couple a few years ago
and last year a few more.
One came from Perth in Western Australia
and another from Melbourne Victoria.
This year we are making a week end of it and
we are all super excited.
To make it even more special I have
Cheryl Wright coming back to spend a few days
at my house before she returns to home.
She is a well known Author who is super talented
in the craft side as well.

Thanks for dropping in.



We're looking for Birds.

Bobby is Hosting this week at Just Us Girls

and it is our Word Week. I can see

so many beautiful entries and Bobby having a hard time

picking a Winner for her chosen word

BIRDS.

 

 

If you have been a regular popping in to see my

work you will know I have been having fun

with water colouring.

Here I go again...

The colours I used for my background are

Memento Sweet Plum

Tim Holtz Stormy Sky/Peacock Feathers

and Cracked Pistachio.

My beautiful bird is from

Repeat Impressions and has a touch of

purple added to the chest.

Sentiment is Inspired by Stamping

Both bird and sentiment are heat embossed in Teal.

Added some squares for dimension.

Finishing off with some coloured gemstones.

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Hope you pop over and see what beautiful

bird cards have been uploaded on Our Blog
by our June Guest Cornelia Wenokor
and the Design Team

and join us this week with yours.

You could be our Guest Designer in August.

Thanks for dropping in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



A Simple Hello!

Time for the latest challenge over at

Crafty Cardmakers and Kim's turn to HOST.
She has chosen a super popular Trend -

Monochrome.

 

When I made this card I was in water colouring mode

and I enjoy it so much.

I chose to make my monochrome with a touch of Colour.

My base is white card stock and I topped it

with the water colour technique using

Tim Holtz Cracked Pistachio/Peacock Feathers.

I also added a touch of speckles from Tim's stencil.

The Hello sentiment is from Lawn Fawn

and cut several times for dimension.

The Birthday Girl sentiment is from

Inspired by Stamping.

The butterfly is heat embossed and inked

from Cheery Lynn.

Lastly a row of pearls and paper pierced.

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Hope you will pop over and see what my Team Mates

have made - inspired you and you get to

join us in this challenge.

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Thanks for dropping in