Just 'Adding Inks'

There is a beautiful Inspiration Photo over at

Just Add Ink and does have my favourite colour

so I though I would play with a new stamp set I received purchased.

Also over at The Card Concept purple is there too

so double the fun!

Here is the first one from Just Add Ink

Details are HERE

I tried to duplicate this as much as I could with the

purple in the cup the gold edges and the

wooden board it is sitting on.

The same goes for this gorgeous photo

with the purple haze and gold background for 

the Card Concept.

Details for this one are HERE

I startes with Grey c/s

adding scrap pieces of DP

My cup and sentiment are from STAMPlorations Always Tea Time

heat embossed on DP  and cut from MFT Stitched Die

Backed in gold with Spellbinder Die and sponged.

Added touches of Inka gold.

This was popped in front of scrap dp. Scalloped

border is from MFT.

I was a little disappointed I should have used a larger

sentiment. I curved it on my Stamp Positioner but 

didn't quite work out how I wanted. 

Finished with some pearls.

Thanks for dropping in today.

Love reading your comments.

It's Super Scrap Saturday at Hiding In My Craft Room

It's time for the Super Scrap Saturday Challenge over at

Hiding In My Craft Room 

and this weeks sponsor is 

with the Winner receiving the
3 Digi Images used by the Team.

Here are the products I used
Basic card stock
Designer Paper - Amy Tangerine Yes Please
(It's been a while since I delved into my scrap box)
Sentiment is Paper Smooches which I thought
perfect for my Besties with a phone.
She was coloured with water colour pencils
Added glossy accents to the phone and eyes.
Stitched dies
Own ribbon and gems.
Thanks for popping in.

It's Trend Week at Just Us Girls

Hosting this weeks Trend Challenge is Sue

choosing Multi Step Stamping.

With so many of this type of stamp on the market today

it is no surprise just how popular this trend is.

I have a few multi step stamps  but chose to use an old favourite

from Stampin' Up called Lotus Blossom.

They have made this stamp the easiest one to do this technique with

Maybe that is another reason why I chose it.

To go with a favourite stamp I went with a 

favourite colour - yes it is purple again sigh!

I've had a sneek peek at what the other Jugheads

made and you are in for a surprise - can't say any more.

On to how I put my card together - 

Basic coloured card stock throughout.

My flower was coloured with 

Memento Lulu Lavender Sweet Plum

and New Sprout and

Eldenberry (sentiment)

This was cut from the stitched circle die from MFT

I backed this by stenciling lightly with the

ARTplorations Nestles Circles

Sentiment is from

 STAMPlorations Vignette Celebrate Artsy

and finishing with some purple gems.

Check out what our April Guest Laurie Unger
and the Team made for your Inspiration and
come join us. You could be our Chic of the Week
and go on the be our Guest in June.

Thanks for dropping in

Imagine that....

STAMPlorations are having a

Things with Wings Spring Blog Hop

and Linky Party. 

All the details can be found on our Blog above.

How about that! A whole month of Spring Sensations.
The card above is the first of mine and you will see
one each week - yes I have been busy having loads of fun
and hope you will be so inspired that you too will join in.
 Look what you can win -

And the Prizes are:

- (3) randomly drawn winners from all comments left on the STAMP blog and participating designers blog will each receive a $10 gift certificate to the store

- (1) randomly drawn participant in the Things with Wings Spring linky party will receive Trendy Butterflies 2

- (1) randomly drawn participant in the Things with Wings Spring linky party will receive the Spring Blooms Plate die

- (1) randomly drawn participant in the Things with Wings Spring linky party will receive her choice of any 2 of the new phrase dies (Sweet Spring Wishes, Bloom & Grow, Hello Sunshine, Be Kind)

- (1) randomly drawn participant in the Things with Wings Spring linky party will receive her choice of die set (Flutter Zen 1 layering dies, Flutter Zen 2 layering dies, Dragonfly layering dies)

- (1) randomly drawn participant in the Things with Wings Spring linky party will receive a $15 gift certificate to the store.

*Winners announced on May 10 in the April Challenges & Hops winners post

Now that I have your Attention - here is how I made my card.

I started with ARTplorations Shower of Flutters 

and did a lot of smooching

with Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers/Crushed Olive

Abandoned Coral/Squeezed Lemonade

and adding some Inka Gold. 

Then for added interest inked up

STAMPlorations Scribbly Splattery Grunge

My bold black butterflies are 

STAMPlorations Trendy Butterflies

and inked with Tim Holtz Black Soot

I fussy cut a second one and heat embossed it with 

Zing Aqua and popped it.

Sentiment are from STAMPlorations Trendy Butterflies 2

and STAMPlorations Vignette Artful Flutters




You will want to go over to STAMPlorations
and check out what all the fuss is about and
be inspired by the amazingly talented Team
then rush to your craft space and create create create.
After all you did see ALL THE PRIZES you could win by doing so.
What ARE you waiting for?

Popping this over to the
Anything Goes Challenge


oh! Thanks for dropping in here too
See you there........

Hiding In My Craft Room - Challenge #295 Monochromatic

This is my first posting as a Designer for 

Hiding In My Craft Room

and just so happens this week's Sponsor.

and the Giveaway is the Space Party Cricut Cartridge 

Thanks to Laurie.

Our challenge this week is to go Monochromatic

Here is how I chose to play

Using my favourite colour combination I

inked up the retired SU Stippled Blossom stamp

with TH Milled Lavender/Seedless Preserves

and cut and framed from a Spellbinder Die.

The background piece of cs was embossed

with an old CB folder.

 Added stamped leaves and gems.

I finished off with my sentiment from Gina K Designs

and a ribbon.

Pop over and see what the Team chose to make 

while they were Hiding in their Craft Room.

Hope you get time to play also and join in this weeks challenge.

Thanks for dropping in

Sailing Away

It's

at Just Us Girls

and Hosting and choosing our word 'SEA'  is Nancy.

A Big Welcome to our April Guest - Laurie Unger

I decided to go all at SEA for my card.

Now you don't see much but that boat

wouldn't be there if there wasn't any

and the map surrounded by it - right!

A pretty simple card - a bit male-ish

which is good 'cause we all need to do them from time to time.

My ship is by Prima Marketing and framed with

Spellbinder Dies. The DP is from SU Going Places

Sentiment is STAMPlorations Vignette Chevron & Arrows

stamped on to cotton trim. Added some brads to the frame.

That's it!

Pop over to Our Blog to check out

how our  April Guest Laurie 

and the Team chose to use the Word SEA.

Thanks for dropping in. Love reading your comments.



#400 Cupcake Celebrations

There are 400 Reasons to Celebrate at

Cupcake Inspirations

and the Reason for this is they are celebrating their

Here

Congratulations on achieving such a Huge Milestone

I chose this Challenge as my Inspiration

using products by 

as they are one of the Sponsors 

and as part of the STAMPloration Team as a Guest Designer.

I am a little disappointed that my daisies look to be
overpowered by the DP I used for the pocket. IRL they are darker.
I started with choosing black card stock as my base
then got out my supplies.
I have used ARTplorations Plaid Maker and
STAMPlorations Vignette Chevron & Arrows
 as  my background inked with Memento New Sprout/Dandelion
My daisies are STAMPlorations Pocket Bloom/Die
and inked with Tom Bow Markers.
I cut my Happy from CUTplorations Happy
using DP from Kaisercraft Art of Life
which was also used for the pocket and
the strip on the side.
The Birthday sentiment is also from the
Chevron & Arrows stamp set.
Finished off with some spritzing in black.


Thanks so much for dropping in.
I hope you will go over to the
Cupcake Inspiration Blog and
join in their 400th Birthday Celebrations.

Spread Your Wings and Fly

It's Photo Week at Just Us Girls and Hosting is

Vicki choosing -

I'm afraid I didn't have a teapot in my collection so

went away from that and choosing the teapot colours

as my background. I found 2 matching coloured scrapbook papers

and cut them out with  a Spellbinder Square die

corner rounding 2 sides of each square.

These were popped onto white card stock that has been

cut with a stitched die.

Now the fun part - my butterfly

I got out various coloured distress inks similar to the

photographed butterfly and smooched them onto

card stock then cut the butterfly from a Kaisercraft die.

This was then heat embossed with clear powder

giving my butterfly a lovely shine.

The sentiment is from Gina K and

finished off with a few pearls.

Thanks for dropping in on my blog today
and hope you will check out what
our March Guest Nance and the Team created
Here and come join us.
You could be chosen as Chic of the Week
and then in the running for our
Guest Designer in May.
Thank you Nance for treating us to
seeing what a talented designer you are.



It's Colour Week at Just Us Girls

Time for our Colour Challenge at

Just Us Girls and Hostess for this week is

Our Lovely Lisa.

choosing the colours below.

Now as most of you know purple is my

favourite (and Judy's) colour so this pleased me no end.

***

This is a fairly simple card in which I used metallic paper.

I cut out a corner with a SB die to lay my flowers into.

I inked up some water colour paper

with TH Victorian Velvet/Seedless Preserves

and Spun Sugar adding a small amount 

of Iridescent Medium for a bit of shimmer.

I then  punched the flowers with 

my MS poinsettia punches

(something I haven't used in ages) 

randomly putting them in their place.

Added some grey leaves and fern.

I found this tiny piece of silver corrugated cardboard

in my bits box and cut my XOXO 

from the CUTplorations XOXO die

and cutting a second one in grey cs for backing.

I finished off with added gems and sequins

in colours to match.

***

Hope you will pop over to 

Our Blog to see how these fabulous colours

inspired our March Guest Nance and

my Team Mates then join us. In doing so

you could be chosen as Chic of the Week.

***

Thanks for dropping in today.

Till next time - Cherrio from

It's your 'Mid Month Reminder' for STAMPlorations

Time flies when you are having fun and sadly

my time as a Guest Designer for the 

CAS Card Challenge at STAMPlorations

is coming to an end.

So here is your reminder that you still have a little time

to get your CAS card in for this months challenge.
(Don't forget there are prizes to be won)

I wanted to feature the new stamp set
STAMPlorations/CUTplorations Pocket Blooms
Starting with my white card base I then
cut my backing with a sizzix die
inking it up using ARTploration Plaid Maker
with Memento Spun Sugar.
I added Memento Victorian Velvet onto my craft sheet
spritzing and smooched it onto white card then
 heat embossed the daisies in white onto that.
My denim pocket was inked and cut from blue paper
adding the XOXO using Memento London Fog.
I then attached some blue ribbon, popping my flowers
and denim pocket.
Added the sentiment also from the same stamp set
and a few hearts to finish.

While I had the Pocket Blooms stamp set out
I thought I would try and make this card
a little different.
The background is stenciled with ARTplorations Zen Hearts
with Tim Holtz Distress inks
and after colouring in my daisies I popped it
onto the front. Now my something different
is that I cut out the denim pocket with blue paper
and then again with denim material to which I
tried distressing it by cutting the material and
adding ink to give it a worn look.
I added stitches with a white gel pen.
Sentiment is also from the above stamp set.


I am popping the top card Here for the


Hope you have enjoyed checking out my
CAS cards for STAMPlorations over the
last 3 months. I so appreciated all your kind comments.
I would  like to sincerely thank Shery Russ for giving me
the opportunity to be part of this wonderful group.
Also to all the STAMPlorations gals - a big Thank You
for your warm welcome and friendship.
I will however be back for a little surprise 'Something'
coming up in the near future.
So keep checking but for now it's Cherrio from

It's 'Merry'

It's time for Challenge #3 over at Season's Greetings

Our Challenge this fortnight is - 

Always Anything Goes with the Twist

Wet & or Dry Embossing.

Here is how I made my card

using the Optional Twist - 

Card base is a metallic paper

to which I added  purple for my first frame

cut with a stitched die

then I embossed silver paper from an old

Cuttlebug Christmas set adding it to the frame.

I then die cut another shade of purple cs

with Spellbinders Labels 18 inking it

randomly with one of the stamps

from SU Snowburst in Memento Sweet Plum.

I showcased my Ornate Baubles from Kaisercraft

again cutting them in purple and heat embossed

them with Polysparkle Powder (which is a little hard to see)

I then got my die and penciled around the edges of the baubles

on grey shimmery paper and hand cut to add as backing.

I rounded the backs, added dimensional squares

making them pop then  added some gems.

My Merry die is cut from Lawn Fawn

which was only partially cut to fit.  

I would also like to give a BIG WELCOME

to my dear friend Cheryl Wright who is

now part of 

Thanks so much for dropping in.

Hope you will find time to play with this fun Challenge.

Pop over to see what all the Kangaroos (sorry had to say it)

have made Here and I look forward to seeing you there.