May Your Days be Merry!

Hello Crafty Friends - so glad you popped in.

Today's post is for the current challenge over at

CAS Mix Up and the November challenge is

I have stamping - my sentiment

Glitter - Leaf

+ Choice - Splash Water Colouring

Die Cuts & Shimmer.

and over at Stamping with Loll

Loll has a splash Water Colour Challenge Here

so will pop this card over there also.

I love that easy peasy technique (Thanks for the tutorial Loll)

and is  perfect for leftovers which I have once again used here.

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My water colour splash was inked with Tim's Oxide Ink

in Abandoned Coral cut out from

CUTplorations Crazy-Double-Running-Stitch-Rectangle-Nesting-Dies

attaching a white frame behind it and popped.

Added my glitter leaf from Kaisercraft.

Sentiment is from

STAMPlorations Merry Stamp Set

Added a touch of Nuvo Shimmer to the sentiment leaves

and my card is done.

We have a whole month to play with this CAS Challenge so

I am sure I will be back with more Glitter - after all

Christmas is all about glitter isn't it?

then again I may go a different direction.

Till next time 

It's all about the 'TAG'

Are you nearly ready for Christmas?

It is just around the corner and details of

this month's Anything Goes Christmas Challenge
(and optional twist of TAG)

for the Happy Little Stampers 

can be found Here

Now Tags just aren't my favourite thing and A
Challenge is A Challenge - so here goes

Because I make very few tags I seem to
procrastinate over these little blighters
and get into one big craft mess in the process.
However this tag surprisingly came together nicely for me.
How? Having some fabulous stamps and Designer Papers
from the Happy Little Stampers Store certainly helped.
I cut 2 tags from the
 CUTplorations Curly Labels/Tags Nesting Dies -
One in kraft which was then stamped with snowflakes from SU
in Frayed Burlap and the other from the Designer Paper
and inked the edges with Tim's Festive Berries
The snowflakes are from Spellbinders cut from
Gina K paper and touched up with Colour Paste in gold.
I then attached the sentiment labels from
CUTplorations Bracket Labels/Tags Nesting Dies
inking the HLS sentiment with red embossing powder
and sponged the outline.
Added Merry Christmas to the kraft tag/
I then attached the dew dropped snowflakes
and some Christmasy cording and that tag was done.
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The tags below were done some time ago.
I won't go into too much detail.
This tag was cut from a Sizzix set.
The tree is from Stamp It (Australia)
added some red liquid pearls, a die cut and tiny
pearls to the bottom. The tiny tag has the
Merry Die and twine is from HLS.

I had a biut of fun colouring my elf here.
He is from STAMPlorations Christmas Elf

Isn't it the cutest set!

I used a manilla tag for this one and embossed

the background from a Cuttlebug folder sponging it lightly 

and sprayed with a bit of shimmer.

Added the perfect sentiment from a SB die

some ribbon a bell and a few other bits & bobs.

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Now if you are a tag type person whether it is

just a tag or a tag on a card I hope you will come play with us

this month over at Happy Little Stampers. If not and you just

want to get more Christmas cards made - go for it!

I look forward to seeing what inspires you this month.

Don't forget -

Our winner for this challenge will receive a $20 coupon to spend at the shop! 
Check out all the details HERE.
Thanks for taking the time to drop by and read
this lengthy post. I appreciate it.

Be 'Thankful'

Hello Crafty Friends! What's in store today?
It's Saturday which means it's Just Us Girls Challenge Day.

Hosting this weeks Word Challenge is Maria

choosing a very appropriate word THANKFUL.

I know it has only been a few weeks since you saw this

Rubbernecker Poppy Stamp here BUT I love it and again it is

close to our Remembrance Day in Australia.

Why is this date so Special?

Armistice Day is on 11th November and is also known as Remembrance Day.

 It marks the day World War One ended, 

at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month, back in 1918.

 A two-minute silence is held at 11am to remember the people who have died in wars.

Just this time it isn't (but it should be) a Red Poppy!

I thought I would try using Tim's Oxide Inks

in Dusty Concord & Wilted Violet

What an unusual result! Once again I offset it.

Added some splatters from Purple Brusho's.

Sentiment is from STAMPlorations Fond Expressions 2

I cut this out with a scallop stitched die and popped.

Added some Nuvo Crystal Drops to the centre of the flowers.

So that's it for me for today.

Don't forget to pop over to Our Blog

to see what our November Guest Trina Pham

and the Jugheads created.

I'm sure you will find time to play

and show us your 'Thankful' creations.

By the way! The Jugheads are taking December off so
those chosen as a Chic of the Week  in November
will be in the running for 2 Guest Spots when we
come back rested and raring to go again in January.

I'm Guest Designer at CAS Watercolour Card Challenge

I am excited to be joining the Talented Designers over at

CAS Watercolour Blog as their Guest Designer for November.

Thank You Bonnie & Loll for the Honour.

As it is so close to Christmas this is just perfect timing

to add to your CAS Christmas Stash by joining in the current 

You can find the Details Here

I created my framed background using
Distress/Distress Oxide Inks in
Seedless Preserves/Peacock Feathers & Broken China.
I then cut them from MFT Stitched Die
and popped for dimension.
My Merry Die is from Memory Box.
Christmas Sentiment is Hero Arts
To finish I added a few punched silver stars
and tiny sequins in pink and silver.

Don't forget to pop over and see what
 The Talented Design Team have created.
You have until the 24th of this month to play.
Hope you get time to join us.
I love looking at the variety of colours and styles created
for this special time of the year.
Will I see yours there?

Thanks so much for dropping in.

It's a 'Crackle-ing' Hello

Hello Crafty Ones.

Can you believe it's November! Christmas is just down the road

but I'm not going to show you a Christmas card. Phew! she says.

Instead I want to show you a cas card I made
for the latest challenge over at the
 Mix It Up Challenge Blog for this month's

Anything Goes Challenge with the 

Optional Twist of 'Stenciling'

I just love stencils as there are so many ways to use them
with our craft products. For this one I used
ARTplorations Retro Circles
on watercolour paper pasting it with
DecoArt White Crackle Paste.
Doesn't it look 'awesome'

Once dry I sprinkled Brusho's in Lemon/Turquoise & Sea Green.
This was cut with a stitched die and
mounted onto green card base.
My sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping - A Big Hello
inked with TH Oxide Peacock Feathers cut
from a MFT stitched die.
Finished with scattered pearls.
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Now pop over to Our Blog

 to see what the rest of the Team
have made for your inspiration.
I'm sure you will want to join us this month so...
See you there!
Thanks for dropping in

I Think You're....

It's Photo Week at Just Us Girls and our

Judge Judy is Hosting!

Look at WHAT SHE FOUND!

Now how much fun can you have with this!
I certainly did with my background.
I think I have used just about everything imaginable here
to try and replicate what's above.
Lots of Brusho's shimmer a bit of stenciling
credit card swiping -  which made my craft room
very messy but I loved it.
I decided to add lots of sentiments
from MFT Simply Fab Sayings
a swirly thingy to highlight the so
and the fabulous is  CUTplorations Fabulous Word Die.
Matted that with purple paper onto black card stock.

Pop over to Our Blog
to see more fabulously colourful creations
by our October Guest Karola
and the Team and come join us this week.
Hope to see you there.

It's my 'Favourite Flower'

Hello Crafty Ones

It's my turn to HOST this fortnight's challenge over at

Cardz 4 Galz and I have chosen

'Your Favourite Flower & Why'

Now those that know me will know what it is before

I've even added my photo.

Off course it is a 'Thistle' and being a Scot

I just love them. 

I have several 'thistle' stamps and was going to use one of them

but after looking through one of my die drawers I saw 

this British Thistle Die I had forgotten about.

Once more my Brusho's came out.

I used Purple/Sea Green & Leaf Green

but only the greens on the background.

My thistle was cut out after I had spritzed

the 3 brusho colours, carefully picking

out the best spot colour wise.

The background was cut with a stitched die

after I added some inked stamping from Kaisercraft

a few splatters from Tim Holtz and a cut out frame.

Added some WOS to the thistle a purple bow

 and a few butterflies above.

Sentiment is from STAMPlorations Bloom Happy.

That's it for me today.

Love to see what your favourite flower is

AND why! so pop over and see

the Team's favourites and come join us.

It's Snowing...somewhere

No Crafty Ones - it isn't snowing real snow where I live

but it is on my card for the latest challenge over at

The Mod Squad and what a timely one for me.

 Check out the Details Here

I was working on another card (which you will see at a later date0

when I had a leftover piece of water colour card stock. I had some

Blue Brusho's and White Pearl Acrylic Paint on my craft mat

so not to waste it I just smooched it and thought 

it would come in handy especially as 

Christmas is just down the road.

Little did I know I would snap it up quickly to make my card above.

As it was only a small piece I cut out 

part of my birch tree die to adhere to the front. 

I recently purchased some Delta Fantasy Snow

from Happy Little Stampers. It takes ages to dry

but has little balls of snow with bits of shimmer

and looks so realistic. I added it to the bottom

on the trees and even my wee bird which is from

a very old Gina K stamp set called Snow One Like You.

I cut him out separately as he was attached to a bird cage.

He has a tiny bit of Nuvo shimmer.

My sentiment is from STAMPlorations Celebrate the Season

inked with Memento Summer Sky.

(wish I had inked it further up)

Finished with some glitter stars.

I found a few other Challenge Sites I though 

I would drop my card over to.

They are - The Merry Christmas Challenge

It's Anything Goes + Christmas

and The Water Cooler Challenges

for  Charlotte's All About Christmas

Thanks so much for dropping in today.

Love reading your comments.

Till next time - Cherrio from

Your Smile.......

Don't we all love it when a card comes together nicely!

This card did just that and it is for the

over at Addicted to Stamps & More

I think the sentiment I chose from

STAMPlorations Fond Expressions 2

makes for a perfect Pick Me Up.

Moving away from my addiction to Brusho's

I got our my other addiction - 

Tim's Oxide Inks and don't we all love them.

For my background I chose 

Peacock Feathers/Picked Raspberry 

and Fossilized Amber

blending separately and drying

each colour as I go.

The hardest part was finding some DP

to match one of the colours which I eventually did

and cut my panel from Tim's Mixed Media.

Adding my butterfly from

CUTplorations Flutter Zen 2 Layering Die

 and a gem to the centre.

My sentiment was cut from a Spellbinders circle die

inking the edge and popped to finish.

Be sure to pop over and see what the other

Designers created and come join us.

Hope to see you there.

Thanks for dropping in today.

'Love' Always

It's Colour Week at Just Us Girls and hosting is Vicki

choosing these colours

They 'scream' Halloween to me but I chose a different path
as I am not a Halloween sort of person.

I think this flower from SU Bloom with Hope

makes for a lovely card. I remembered I had some

Twinkling H2 O's in my stash so I decided to

heat emboss the flower and go from there.

I fussy cut that out and then went on to 

create the background.

This was achieved using SU Timeless Textures

with TH Black Soot & Mowed Lawn.

The green leaves are from Marianne Designs

and a MS punch.

I finished my flower with some Diamond Dust

in the centre.

and cut my sentiment from STAMPlorations Pocket Blooms

with a MFT Stitched die.

Pop over to Our Blog to see what our

October Guest Karola

and the Team created using these fabulous colours.

You are never disappointed!

Hope to see you there. 

Thanks for dropping by

A Stenciling I Did Go

I have had the stenciling on this card done for days now

and has just been sitting on my bench

 so today I thought I had better finish it off 

and add it to the CAS Mix Up October Challenge

which is to use more than one stencil on your cas card.

I used stamping, Distress inks, stenciling and

 water colour splotching with Brusho's.

I have a hoard of stencils so just started playing around

with several of them - not really taking much notice of

which stencils/colours I used as I wasn't sure at the time whether 

it would turn out or just be an overcrowded mess!

Most are ARTplorations and one gifted

to me by a friend (she had a spare)

The main image is ARTplorations Bloom Silhouettes.

My sentiment is from Gina K. 

Attached to brown card stock to finish.

Now that is done I am of to play some more.

Thanks for dropping in. I will be back later

with a scheduled post. 

I Scream You Scream...

It's the middle of the month and that means

A Reminder for the October CUTplorations Challenge

at STAMPlorations

I decided to go with Happy and chose

 STAMPlorations Sweet Cravings

and CUTplorations Matching Die for my focal point.

You know the old saying - 

I scream - you scream - we all scream for ice cream

A perfect Birthday Card. 

There are lots of yummies here - 

I decided to add a bit of interest with so many

party stamps and cut my card stock on an angle.

My ice cream cone was heat embossed with

Zing Brown Sugar then of course I had to add

toppings - Nuvo Drops in 

Violet Galaxy/Wisteria Purple/Pumpkin & Blue Lagoon

and you have to have sprinkles!

I let that dry and continued on adding

some stenciling from ARTplorations Square Dance

stamping from STAMPlorations Balloons & Banners

STAMPlorations Groovy Shoes

STAMPlorations Bold Sentiments

STAMPlorations Party Time

with CTMH Thistle, Memento Lulu Lavender

TH Carved Pumpkin 

and die cut CUTplorations Happy Die

So you see - so many fabulous party stamps/stencils/dies.

Hope you enjoyed licking your lips and drooling over

that yummy ice cream. It's certainly ice cream weather here in Oz.

Thanks for dropping in and hope you will go check out what

my Team Mates created Here and come join us.

You still have plenty of  time.

Till next time Cherrio from