It's about being a bit 'ARTY'

 

The current 'Theme & Sketch Challenge' at

STAMPlorations is 

 

Details are Here

 

You can go with just the 'Theme' which is Mixed Media
or the 'Sketch'. I went with both.
 

I love getting my hands a bit inky with Mixed Media

and am just a beginner at it so when this challenge

called for just that I knew what I was going to play with.

I started with ARTplorations Nestled Circles Stencil
using Silver Metallic Paint & Gel Medium.
After that was dry I got all inky with
watered down Jo Sonja Deep Yellow on a paintbrush
and began to 'splatter'.
Again I waited till that dried.
The floral image I used is
STAMPlorations Bloom Happy
It had been heat embossed with Zing Charcoal.
and cut  with the CUTplorations Matching Die
It was coloured with a variety of inks & paints
adding dots from a white uniball pen and popped.

   

Here is a closer view of the depth of the 

silver metallic acrylic paint.

Added a few grey splatters to the background.

 

The sentiment is from the same stamp set.

I thought it a perfect match for the sunny flower

which was heat embossed with Zing Metallic Finish

to blend with the stencilled background. 

 

 

I used an EK Success corner rounder punch

and added a metallic silver piece of paper

to the side then popped that to finish. 

 

I am so loving all my new goodies from STAMPlorations

and being part of the Talented Team for the next 3 months.

 

Hope you will go over and join in the fun like I did.

 There are so many different prizes to be won

and if you aren't in it - you can't win them.

 

I am going to pop this card over at Dare2bartzy

 for their Something New Challenge

'cause I got lots of new 'stuff'

 

and Happy Little Stampers January Mixed Media Challenge

 

I've got 'Layers'

 

and their Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies

 

and I used a Die

Hope I can join both challenges with this card.

 

Thanks for coming to visit.

Hope you will come back again soon.

 



For a 'Special Aunt'

Over the weekend I had the absolute pleasure celebrating

a huge milestone birthday for my husband's Aunt.

She has turned '90' and is still so full of life laughing and living.

I may add that her sister who is 93 is doing the same!

It was a huge family get together and was such a happy

day with the weather  - just perfect.

 

 

Of course I had to make a special card and went with

soft colours and the beautiful stamp set from Altenew

Beautiful Day. I hope I did it justice.

 I chose the top left inspiration photo
(Double D Challenge below)
 as my feature point being floral. The colour of my flower
is not the same as the photograph but the smaller flowers
do have a touch of apricot blending in.

My new stamp positioning  tool came in so handy

as I stamped the images all at once.

I did stamp a second one and die cut it to

add on top for dimension.
I inked up my rose with various coloured inks
and touching it up with metallic water colour paints
which has given it a lovely sheen.
The centre of the flower has been dotted with
a white uniball.
Sentiment is also from this stamp set.
Added a piece of mulberry paper to the side
some pearls and corner rounded to finish.

I am going to join in the Birthday Celebrations over at
Double D Challenges for their  Anniversary Celebration



and Seize the Birthday
for their Anything Goes Birthday



That's it for this time round.
Thanks for dropping in.
I love reading your comments by the way!

It's all about the 'NEW'

 

'HAPPY NEW YEAR' My crafty friends.
Hope you all had a fabulous Christmas/New Year break
and ready to get creative once more.
***
 I am Hosting the first Challenge for 2017 over at

Just Us Girls and it is our 'Word Week'

For this I chose 'NEW'  which can mean so many different things!

New beginnings, new house, new baby,
 new craft products (I am sure we all have them)

or go with a new technique. Your choice!

I went with the 'new products' I received recently.
***

A Big Welcome to our first Guest for 2017
Shawna Standish from The Grand Stampede

 

 

My card is fairly cas choosing a 'recently new'
stencil and sentiment stamps.
The stencil is ARTplorations Happy Flowers
and sentiments STAMPlorations Floral Bliss
Card base is Tangarine cs
My focal point has been cut with a stitched die
from white cs. I inked my stencil image with
Tim Holtz Mowed Lawn and
SU Calypso Coral and touches of Iridescent Medium.
I sponged the background of the flowers with
a wet baby wipe dipped in left over Calypso Coral.
Finished with some pearls to match.
 

Check out what 'New' inspiration
we created for you Here and then
pop your 'new' project in. You could be our Chic of the Week
and in the running for Guest Designer in March.

Thanks for dropping by



My First Posting as Guest for the CAS Challenge over at STAMPlorations.

 

I am over the moon excited to be posting here as a

Guest Designer for the CAS Challenge over at STAMPlorations.

 

 

 

 

 Pop over to our Blog for Details Here.

 

I started my card with basic grey card stock.

For my focal point I cut white card stock with a

stitched die. Then the fun part started.

The background has been stamped randomly with

stamps from Scribbly Splattery Grunge - I so love this stamp set

as you can do so much with it.

I then stamped the French Marigold on white c/s 

with Zing Charcoal  embossing powder colouring it with

metallic watercolour paints in various colours

and fussy cut.

(you can see the shimmer on my card)

I popped it for dimension and finished off with

my sentiment from Noteworthy.

 

Here are the STAMPlorations stamps I used on my card.

 

 

 If you like STAMPlorations products

(including the above stamps)

 and wish to purchase them from their shop.

Simply enter the code STAMPGIRLINA

 (not case sensitive) at checkout

 for a 20% discount.

This code cannot be combined with any other offer code

 and is valid from 1st January 2017.

What a great incentive for the  New Year. Thanks to Shery!!
***

Hope you will pop over and join us in  this month's challenge.

Looking forward to seeing your creations there.

 

Thank so much for popping in today.

Love reading your comments.

 

 

 



Flowers Bloom!

I have moved on from Christmas card making

to join in at 2 sites.

The ARTplorations Stencil Blog Hop at STAMPlorations

is coming to a close.

 

 

So I thought I would play over there one more time

. You can find all the details Here
and Here

I do love playing around with stencils

as I have said before and had some time on my hands

so decided to get creative (sort of)

The other challenge I am playing in is

at CAS Mix Up Blog which includes

Stamping Sponging + Your Choice

Details are Here

 

 

 

My card includes sponging using the Faux Mother of Pearl

technique following Loll's  link Here stamping

 and texture pasting through a stencil.

 

(Showing the Mother of Pearl effect)

 

I started off with the M of P technique

using SU Champagne Mist on Glad Wrap.

I then inked up Tim Holtz Abandoned Coral/Peacock Feathers

and sponged my cs.

I blotted that with a baby wipe to lift some of the colour

and also flicked some water droplets.

My stencil stamping and sentiment are

from STAMPlorations -

Bloom Happy - Sentiment

Happy Flowers Stencil

Scribbly Splattery Grunge - Stamping

I used white texture paste on my stencil

and like how it got a softer look  after it dried.

Finishing my card with a sentiment to suit the stencil.

 

This will be my last posting before Christmas

so would like to wish you all a

Merry Christmas and Thank You for

all your kind comments throughout the year.

 

 

 

 

 



Exciting News!

 

I have been holding on to some  'Exciting News'

for such a long time and I can now tell you all

I have been invited to be a Guest Designer

for the CAS Card Challenges

over at STAMPlorations.
 

 
 

As part of the Application we were asked to use 'Purple'

and I made 3 cas cards

Now of course I fell over with excitement

as you all know it is my 'favourite colour'

 

Here are the cards I submitted.

Water coloured background

 

A bit of sponging and a Tim Holtz die

 

An old favourite SU stamp here.

 

Congratulations to my fellow Team Mate over at

Just Us Girls - Chris who was also chosen to be

Guest Designer for the Theme & Sketch Team.

 

I am so looking forward to being part of the

Great Designers over there for the next 3 months in 2017.

A big Thank You to Shery for this great experience.

 

 

 

 

A Merry Christmas for STAMPlorations.

I am killing 2 birds with the one stone here

entering my card in the Sketch & Theme Challenge

and the CAS Challenge

over at the STAMPlorations Blog

 

 

Just by chance my card is CAS and Red & Green.

For the Sketch & Theme challenge I went with the Sketch.

As I am way behind with my Christmas card making

these challenges were perfect for me to play in.

 

I used basic white card stock

cut an angle with a stitched die with DP

cut a cream piece to break it up from the white.

Added a 'Merry' die from Memory Box 

and a snowflake die from Spellbinders

stamped Christmas and finished with a few gems.

 

That's it for today.

Thanks for dropping in.

Love to read your kind comments.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



It's a 'Stencilathon' at STAMPlorations

 

It's all about 'STENCILS' over at STAMPlorations

with great prizes and discounts on their stencils.

Better go over Here and check what the blog hop is all about!

 

 

I just love playing around with different techniques

using stencils as there are so many fabulous ones to choose from

 especially Here

I recently received some great stencils/stamps to play with

and had to try them out.
I will also pop this over to the CAS for the December Challenge
 Check it out Here

 
and Here

 

I had no idea where I was going with my card but knew

I wanted to use the bright colours from Colour Throwdown

You can find all the details Here

 

 

I started adding ink to my

2 ARTplorations stencils

Retro Circle & Square Dance

with the colours above using

Tim Holtz - Festive Berries

SU - Melon Mambo

and Versacolor - Lime

This cs was cut with a stitched die.

I then inked up my new STAMPlorations stamps -

Scribbly Splatter Grunge (love it)

and Bloom Happy for the Sentiment

cut out from the matching die and popped.

Added a few circles from the rubber end of a pencil

with the 3 colours from above.

A little bit of spritzing finished my card off nicely.

 

Thanks so much for dropping in.

I really love reading your comments.

 



Hugs & Happy Thoughts

 

It's our last Challenge for the Year at Just Us Girls

and Hosting is the Lovely Lisa for our

Colour Challenge with yet another

Gorgeous Combination. 

  

 

I thought it time I got out my

Tim Holtz Thinlits dies again as they are

fabulous and you can do so much with them.

***

Starting off my card with White Gold Metallic Paper.

I have fairly stained fingers after inking up

my background by spritzing Tim Holtz

Seedless Preserves & Stormy Sky dropping

a small amount of PearlX Aztec gold

 then smooching onto card stock.

I framed that then added the

cut Thinlits die, deciding not to pop it.

Corner rounded those and added my sentiment

from Altenew - Beautiful Day.

My butterfly is cut from a Kaisercraft Die

which I played around with ink wise. I had

already made 2 others but found they were too dark.

Used the same inks as above but then painted it

with Twinkling H2O's for a nice sheen.

Added gold pearls to complete my card.

Pop over and check out what our
December Guest Teresa and my
Amazingly Talented Team Mates have created Here.
Join us and you could be our
Chic of the Week going on to be our
Guest in February.
***

In case you don't get back again -

I would like to wish you  a

Very 'MERRY CHRISTMAS'

*** 

I am sure I will be blogging again

before the 'Big C Day' so

Cherrio for now

 

 

A simple Merry Christmas Wish for STAMPlorations

It's time to play over at STAMPlorations

for their CAS December challenge.

The optional colour twist is Red & Green.
Check it out Here

I love inking up watercolour paper

with distress inks and that is what I have done here

using Tim Holtz Festive Berries & Mowed Lawn.
I also added a few drops of Champagne Mist from SU.
My Poinsettia is from Spellbinders and
branch behind it is Tim Holtz Holiday Greens.
These were both touched up with Wink of Stella.
I mounted this on top after cutting my card stock
with a stitched edged die.
Sentiment is from Gina K Designs.
Finished off with some gold pearls. 

I am running way behind with my
Christmas card making so cas is the way
I have been heading recently.
Lucky I only have last minute cards
to post to my Aussie Friends.

I am going to pop this over to my friends at
Crafting with Dragonflies
for their last challenge for 2016 Here
and Here


I plan to have a huge tidy up in my craft room
as soon as my Christmas cards are done and posted.
Ready for a New Year of Crafting Creations.

Till next time - Cherrio from

'Joy' to the World

It's the last challenge for the year over at

Crafty Cardmakers and Kim is Hosting

choosing Christmas with a Twist

Unfortunately I didn't have anything

quirky or unusual so went for

non traditional Christmas Colours

which are my favourite kind.

 

 

Here are the products I used -

Basic white/coloured card stock

Spellbinders Circles

White Sparkle Medium on background

TCW Stencil

Glitter Paper

Scrap DP to die cut Trees

Sentiment is unknown.

Punched  glitter stars and tiny circles.

***

This is my last post as a Designer at
Crafty Cardmakers as I

have decided to step down.

I have enjoyed my time with the Lovely Ladies
and I know the new Designers will too.
A special Thank You to Lin for giving me
the opportunity to be part of her Team.