Just 'Hello'

Hello Crafty Ones - 

Don't we all love making gal cards? You betcha..

Here is one I made for the current challenge over at

you guessed it! Cardz 4 Galz and it is a

favourite one of mine - add some texture.

Details are Here

It's also perfect for the current CAS Challenge

over at STAMPlorations - Feminine Colours.

Details Here

I started by stenciling ARTplorations Shutters

with white acrylic paint and adding

a small amount of colour paste.

While that was drying I 

inked up my feather from  

STAMPlorations Trendy Feathers 2

with Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers.

Sentiment is also as above.

Added a small piece of mesh for interest

then popped my fussy cut feather

and sentiment.. Finished with a few pearls.

I will add it to their Never Ending Anything Goes Challenge

Here

Thanks for dropping in.

Love reading your kind comments.

Happy Birthday Wishes

Hello Crafty Friends

Over at Colours & Sketches 

I found this gorgeous colour combination

and knew I just had to play. 

I have been away celebrating

Mother's Day & Birthdays with family and 

eager to get inky again.

I think Rich Razzleberry would have to be my favourite

SU colour so knew it would be fun 

to include my RR ribbon.

Here are the products I used -

Card Base is SU Sahara Sand

My floral image and Lace are inked with RR from

SU Avant Garden & Delicate Details.

The splotches are inked with

Tim Holtz Victorian Velvet &

Memento London Fog.

Sentiment is also from Avant Garden

inked in Victorian Velvet.

This was cut from a stitched die.

Finished with a few gems and a touch of WOS

on the flowers.

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A nice CAS Birthday card to add to my stash.

Thanks so much for dropping by

I really appreciate your kind comments.

It's Colour Week at Just Us Girls

This card was made with a heavy heart as a very dear
and old friend passed away recently.
She was a second Mother to my hubby as she spent
every week end watching her son and my hubby play soccer.
She was also a big part in our lives when we all lived in Darwin.
There are so many beautiful memories of our time together.
She was also the one that warned us
of the force that Cyclone Tracy was about to leash on us.
***
I started with Metallic Linen card stock.
With the same paper I then inked up my background images
which are from SU Bloom With Hope. These were coloured
with metallic paints. The focal flower was heat embossed
in navy, fussy cut and popped.
Behind that I added a few sprigs from a MS punch.
For the TH Splatters I used Mowed Lawn Stormy Sky
and Peacock Feathers. I'm afraid the Lime Green
is a little hard to see.
I cut out a tiny circle and added a punched heart
to which I added WOS. I thought this perfect
to put under the sentiment which is also from
that same stamp set.
Finished off with some pearls (of course) and
some cotton and bow.

Hope you pop over  and see what our May Guest
Kathie Durgan and my Team Mates have made.
Join us and you could be our Chic of the Week
and be in the running for Guest in July.

Thanks for dropping in today.

It's a FIRST!

May finally arrived and our new Challenge Blog

Mix It Up Challenge is in full swing with Team A

showcasing their Craft Styles.
It is Team B's turn to showcase ours and
as a REMINDER! to get your entries in
and join in our First Challenge -
It's an Anything Goes Challenge with the
Optional Twist to Emboss.
For all the nitty gritty check it out HERE

Here is how I made my card -
This was my first attempt at using Brusho's
and I had only bought a few so of course I wanted to
'use them all' only 3...
My base is basic black card stock.
The fun began when I added
black turquoise and violet to my water colour paper
and let some magic happen.
Once that was dry I kept on adding bits & bobs here and there.
My rose stamp is from Penny Black - Temptation
which was heat embossed with Ranger black powder.
I think I should have done that first as it
didn't stamp as clear as I would have liked
but I did have other 'stuff' added (gold gelatos) which didn't help.
Next time I will know better!
For a bit more texture I have added
splotches of Inka Gold.
There is a tiny bit of script to the left side which is
from 49 AND Market
Some grunge from STAMPlorations Scribbly Splattery Grunge
Sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping.
Added a stitched sheet of card stock as a frame
and finished with a rounded corner.

Hope you will pop over and support this new challenge
by entering in your Embossed Project.
Thanks for dropping in -
We all love reading comments so why not leave one for me
and the Team while you are over there!

We're Distressed at Just Us Girls

It's Trend Week at Just Us Girls

and Sue is our Host choosing a Most Popular Trend
using Inks as a background.

As I write this post I haven't yet had the experience of
trying the TH Oxide Inks but will remedy that
before this post goes live Yay!
So I am still playing (and lovin' them)
with Tim's Distress Inks for this challenge.

I did have another card in progress but time is
running out and needed to schedule this post
before heading off to spend time with family.
***
As a lot of you will know I love playing with backgrounds
so this challenge was such fun. I could have made so many more.
I started my base with a metallic card stock.
The background was made with
TH Distress Inks in Wilted Violet and Mermaid Lagoon
then I got out some Pearl EX Powder  and
smeared it with a paint brush which has given it
a lovely shimmer. I keep forgetting I have them.
Added my featured flower from
ARTplorations Rose Duet stenciled with
Pearl White Acrylic Paint. while that was wet
I sprinkled with Elizabeth Craft Cool Diamonds.
My sentiment is from
STAMPlorations Trendy Butterflies 2
Finished with some gems.


I will add this card to the following Challenges at
STAMPloratons for their

Details - Here and

Details - Here

You need to pop over to our Blog and check out
what our May Guest Kathie Durgan and the
Team have made for your inspiration. I know there will be
lots of beautiful distressing for you to envy.
Hope you are so inspired that you will join us this week
as I know we all love Tim's Distress Inks.

Thanks for dropping in

Happy Mother's Day

Maria is Hosting our Word Week at Just Us Girls

and has chosen one that 

I am sure is close to all our Hearts.

Mother's Day is a very Special Day for me as I get to

spend it with one of my Daughters. It is a yearly

get together as we fly north to the Sunny Tropics to

celebrate that Special Day and 

2 of my Grandchildren's Birthdays.

Here is my 'Mother Card'

I love the big flower from SU's Fifth Avenue Floral 

and that is my choice as a feature

 using Brusho's Rose Red. I heat embossed it

in white before colouring.

Card base is kraft. Added some torn green paper

behind the Inspired by Stamping DP.

Leaves are cut from a Kaisercraft die.

Added a few pearls and ribbon to finish.

I would like to Welcome our May Guest Designer Kathie Durgan. 

Check out Our Blog to see what 

Kathie and the Designers have created

and come join us this week. 

You could be our next Chic of the Week.

Thanks for dropping in

A REALLY cas brightly coloured card.

Once again I am drawn to the gorgeous colours for

Game #89 at AAA Cards

Don't you just love them!

Well I do as this is my second card.

My first card is Here

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Now this one is reeeeeeeeeeeeely clean & simple

only taking a short time to put together.

Off course I had some fabulous stamps to use

making my card simple and striking.

The stamps I used are

STAMPlorations Flutter Zen Row

STAMPlorations Vignette Celebrate Artsy

and STAMPlorations Trendy Butterflies 2

I inked my background stamp with

Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers/Squeezed Lemonade

Wilted Violet and Festive Berries.

My butterflies and sentiment were heat embossed in black.

Added some scoring for interest and mounted

my card on black card stock. 

Here is a close up of the embossing.

I am popping this card over to
Card Mania for their Life is Colourful Challenge
and the

STAMPlorations Anything Goes Challenge

I have a card class coming up to try the new

and exciting TH Oxide Inks - can't wait.

That's it for me for now - till next time

Cherrio from 

Love to read your comments!

It IS Bright AND Beautiful

Once more I found myself playing with my new addiction.

Over at AAA Cards there is beautiful mood board

 which just screams Brusho's to me.

All the details for this challenge are Here.

I picked up on as many colours as I could and

just had to include feathers to my card.

I cut out a feather die from SU Four Feathers to use as a mask

and then added my Brusho's spritzing lightly

and waited for the magic to work.

I then decided to add more to my background 

with some dots from SU Timeless Textures.

My feather was then inked with TH Evergreen Bough

and then cut and placed where my mask was.

Inked the edges in TH Black Soot and Inka Gold

including inside and Blue Moonstone Sparkle Medium.

The Inka Gold was also randomly placed on the

background and the stitched edges.

The Hello die is from STAMPlorations

and again  inked with gold.

How often are we tempted to just add a little something?

In keeping with the CAS Challenge this couldn't happen.

Instead of popping different elements here I went

all flat and kept some white space. Hope I didn't overdo it!

Hope you enjoyed my take on the Bright & Beautiful Challenge.

*Update
Also entering this card over at
Card Mania - Details are Here for their
Life is Colourful Challenge

Thanks for dropping in. Till next time - Cherrio from

Beauty Blossoms

The Challenge this week at Hiding in My Craft Room is Freestyle

sponsored by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps with the Winner

to receive 3 Digi images of their choice.

The image I used for my card is from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

and was coloured with various pens adding WOS for shine.

I added a scrap piece of DP to the top

and underneath the popped featured flower.

The sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping.

Finished with sprinkled gems.

Thanks for dropping by today.

It's Always Tea Time!

Hosting this weeks Challenge at

Just Us Girls is Judge Judy

(sorry had to say it)

choosing an old favourite and one

I haven't done for some time.

It's

A little while ago I bought the 

Tea Cup Stack from Poppy Stamps

which I think makes for a good way to use this technique.

It is a little tricky with all the tiny pieces

but I managed to keep them all together after

cutting then mixing and matching 

 the different papers picked from my box of scraps.

My card base is white which was then randomly stamped with

TH Spun Sugar with one of the stamps from

STAMPlorations Always Tea Time

My sentiment is also from that set.

I cut 2 Sizzix Framelits tags - one for the back (with DP)

and the other white for my tea cups.

These were popped in front of the

stitched die cut paper backed

with paper to match.

Finished with some knotted variegated cotton on my tag.

This is the last week for our April Guest Laurie

so pop over and see what she has created 

with the rest of the Team and come join us

 for this fun challenge.

Thanks Laurie for showing us a small part

of your talent this month. 

# I will pop this card over at The Cuttlebug Mania Blog Spot
for their A Cuppa Challenge

Till next time - Cherrio from

Anything Goes at 'The House'

It's Anything Goes time at The House that Stamps Built

Details are Here

I'm still playing with my Brusho's and decided on the

Lime Green which I know comes out with lots of yellow - 

perfect for my Daffodil flower (904W) from Repeat Impressions.

A pretty simple card using black card stock, brusho's

and my RI Daffodils.

Corner rounded and adding my sentiment

which is from STAMPlorations finishing

with a bit of spritzing.

That's it for now - till next time

Cherrio from

Butterfly Moments!

Here is my last card for the Things with Wings Spring Hop

over at STAMPlorations Blog

A quick guide as to how this was made - 

The background that was added to my purple card stock

is partly the shaving cream technique and then I added

extra by stenciling with ARTplorations Retro Circles

The butterflies were inked from STAMPlorations Trendy Butterflies

and my featured butterfly is heat embossed on vellum from

STAMPlorations Trendy Butterflies 2

I have used stitched dies on all layers.

Sentiment is from the above stamp set.

Added some gems to finish.

It's coming to the end of the month

and our Things with Wings will have

flown all over the World giving crafters 

so many beautiful presentations. I hope you have

been able to play and of course comment because - 

Wouldn't you like to win some of these awesome prizes?

- (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.

Not much time left now so better get crackin'

#Popping this over HERE


Thanks so much for all the lovely compliments I received
during our month long hop. I really appreciated you taking time
to check them all out.