A Simple Merry Christmas

It's Reminder time at STAMPlorations for our November
CUTplorations Challenge.

Here's my make for your Inspiration.

I decided to go clean and simple with bright colours and bling!

Picking out the purple and red from the photo I got out my

trusty Brusho's and wet my water colour paper then tapped

Purple Violet and Brilliant Red to achieve my background.

This was cut from the

CUTplorations Curly Labels Tags Nesting Dies
I inked the edges withTim's Wilted Violet Oxide Ink.
Next came my Merry Christmas from
CUTplorations Merry Christmas Word Art Die
adhering the die to double sided tape
so I could simply add my glitter.
Finished with a red pearl to dot the 'i'

STAMPloration products used - 

Hope you get time to play this month and don't forget
to pop over and see what the rest of the Team created.

Thanks for dropping in

Just to say 'Thanks'

By the time this goes Live you will all know that I had been asked

by Loll & Bonnie from CAS Water Colour Blog to be their

 Guest Designer for November. I was happy to say Yes.

The flower I used for our 

 at Just Us Girls was gifted to me from them

 Thanks You So Much. 

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These lovely colours were chosen by Angie
who is Host this week..

My flower was cut several times 

inking around the edges and layered.

The background has been stenciled with white texture paste 
(which is a little hard to see)

and is from ARTplorations Ethnic Organic One

 lightly sponged with Tim's Antique Linen.

Behind the flowers is a leaf cut from a shimmery textured

gold paper and is from Fancy That - Leafy Swirl

My backing paper is turquoise textured card stock.

I inked the sentiment with Tim's Peacock Feathers and added

a touch of PearlEx powder. 

This was all put together onto brown card stock.

Pop on over to Our Blog to see what 

Our November Guest Trina Pham

and the Team created.

With such a lovely colour combination I 

hope you get time to play with us this week.

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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.

Thanks for dropping in today

A Holiday Reminder.

Hello There! My post today is a Reminder 
(just in case you have gotten sidetracked at such a busy time)
that you still have time

to enter the CAS Watercolour Holiday Challenge.

Check out Details are Here

I thought this time I would go Traditional in colour.
My card stock is a metallic green.
For my die cut decorations I wet water colour paper
and added Brusho's in Leaf Green Sea Green
Brilliant Red & Burnt Sienna.
picking the best part to highlight them.
I sponged Iridescent Medium for a shimmery look.
They were framed with
CUTplorations Curly LabelsTags Nesting Dies
in the same paper as my base.
Finished with a little Merry die unfortunately
I don't know where I got it from.
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You have until the 24th of this month to play.
Pop over Here to see the Design Teams
Reminder cards.
Hope you get time to play.
Thanks for dropping in and a
Special Thanks You to Loll & Bonnie
for the pleasure of being their Guest.

Giving 'THANKS' Blog Hop & Linky Party

It doesn't matter where we live or whatever time of the year it is
We Give Thanks for waking up to a New Day.

On to the reason for my Posting!
We have a HUGE Linky Party happening over at
STAMPlorations and it is the 3rd one of it's kind.
You can find - All the Details HERE
There are 35 Designers participating with
8 Invited Guest so yes this is HUGE!
So much fun and so many ways to participate and join in to win BIG.
I won't go into the details here as this posting will be long.
Just pop over to our Blog (linked above) to find out.
I have made 3 cards with the
STAMPlorations Typografia Gratitude stamps.

I have kept my cards cas focusing on the sentiments
matting the first one and adding some scrap paper
after cutting from the
CUTplorations Crazy-Double-Running-Stitch-Rectangle-Nesting-Dies
This was also used on the card below.

For my second card I used the shaving cream technique
with Tim's Peacock Feathers Reinker
to back my framed sentiment which had a bit of grunge from
STAMPlorations Mixed-Media-Grunge
added for interest. Added a few pearls to finish.

And my last card I went for Kraft card stock
adding white texture paste to the
ARTplorations Rows-of-Hearts
I inked the sentiment with Tim's Oxide ink in Abandoned Coral
and splats in Vintage Photo. I sponged my binding to match.
This was attached to the CUTplorations Tags-1-Nesting-Dies
and the bottom with CUTplorations Curly-LabelsTags-Nesting Dies

HERE is the Link to the Shop
and below all the Designers participating.

Thanks for popping in
Sure hoping you will come hop comment and play.

Merry Christmas

It's Trend Week and Hosting this weeks challenge at
Just Us Girls is The Lovely Lisa who chose
  Silhouette Stamping.

Now this isn't really 'stamping' as such but it is

A Silhouette!

I lightly attached the ARTplorations Christmas Reindeer

to black card stock and sprayed with

Tim's Antiqued Bronze Distress Spray Stain and let it dry.

I then cut the centre out to use for the top layer then

added a black frame.

I found some patterned vellum that matched colour wise

and cut out the sentiment from Paper Smooches

attached it to black card stock and the simple-ist 

Christmas card was done.

Pop over to Our Blog to see what inspired our
November Guest Trina Pham
and the Team and come play.

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.

Thanks for dropping in - Love reading your comments!

'Seriously'

I Love a 'Colour Challenge' and once more 

I am playing over at CAS Colours & Sketches

and the colours are

All the details are Here

As the challenge states - cas

here is how I made my card.

My card stock is from 2 of the colours above.

I added dots from ARTplorations onto white card stock 

with texture paste and once it was dry I added some

 breezy waives from Memory Box.

Then came 3 die cuts which were cut from some smooched 

oxide inks in Peacock Feathers & Cracked Pistachio.

Added some silver glitter and a tiny bow from Waffle Flower.

Sentiment is from STAMPlorations.

Thanks for dropping by.

Till next time - Cherrio from

It's for 'Remembrance Day'

Each year I make a Poppy Card for

Remembrance Day in Australia.

The reason for this is - 

Armistice Day is on 11 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.

This was timely as the current challenge - 

Thank You/Thanksgiving was chosen by Tammy

 over at  Cardz 4 Galz. 

I started with cutting my card stock with a stitched die then
adding texture paste to my MB Texture Distressed Grid
 and while that was drying
I cut out my MB Poppy twice - once for the green stem
then for the flower in a red shimmery paper.
I offset the bottom poppy slightly to show the
green background. I then cut a white leaf from Kaisercraft.
I lightly sponged Tim's Festive Berries over the dry texture paste
and added my poppy. A teeny weeny bow from Waffle Flower
was added to finish.
I then added a stitched die frame from kraft paper
and attached to my white card base.
The Thank You is a die cut from a friend and was inked with
Tim's Antique Linen to match.

Thanks for dropping in today.

Happy Happy Happy Day

It's time for a new Challenge over at Addicted to Stamps and More
and this time round it is our Make Your Mark.      

It's always fun playing with colours and I was really happy
with the result of my smooching here. I think I am addicted!
There were pinks reds and sandstone Brusho's.
Also added a touch of stenciling with Nuvo Mousse.
The squiggle (hope that's a word) was also multi coloured
and cut out popped and a gem added.
My Kaisercraft leaves are vellum.
Sentiment is from Stampin' Up
inked in Calypso Coral.
So you can see I really did Make My Mark here.

Make your Mark - your entry MUST contain the use of anything that can make a mark - Stampin' Write, Copics, Promarkers, Painting, Chalks, Watercolours, Sponges, Stencils, Masks etc etc

Don't forget to pop over and see what the Team created
and join us. Sure hope to see you there.

Till next time - Cherrio from

A 'Single' Snowflake

Hello Crafty Friends

Today's post is for the current challenge at

City Crafter Challenge Blog

where we are required to add just 1 Snowflake.

Check out the Details Here

I am loving the results you get with Tim's Oxide Inks

and this is what I used here.

Inks were Cracked Pistachio and Peacock Feather.

using the splash technique from Loll Thompson

from Stamping with Loll

found Here. It is so easy and so effective.

After I had finished I then got out my Iridescent Medium

and randomly sponged around the inking.

Added a blingy snowflake from Spellbinders

 and the Merry Christmas die from Paper Smooches

with silver glitter and popped a pearl for the final touch.

This was cut from a stitched die and popped.

Of course I am going to pop this over to

Loll's Splash Watercolouring Challenge too.
and CAS Colours & Sketches
for their Colour Challenge Here

I am really enjoying making cas cards with 

some of my favourite and others products

Tim's Oxide inks or Brusho's.

This time Tim won out.

Off to add this to the challenges above

and then to play some more.

Till next time

Enjoy your playtime!

Simply 'Hello'

Hello Fellow Crafters 

Today's post is for the new CUTplorations Challenge at

STAMPlorations and below is our 

Inspiration Photo for November. 

I must admit it took me a wee while to

figure out how I would incorporate my card from this photo.

I looked through my STAMPloration Stash only to find

I didn't have any leaves - which I thought I would go with. Alas!

However I decided to ink up some feathers 

from the STAMPlorations Trendy Feathers 2 

and my card was started.

I chose Memento Lulu Lavender & Dessert Sand which were

fussy cut. Now I needed a soft background so inked up

ARTplorations Foiled Again in the same colours cutting it with the

CUTplorations Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies

This was backed with matching coloured cs.

My Simply is from STAMPlorations Bold Sentiments

 inked with Memento Sweet Plum.

The Hello Die is

CUTplorations Hello Word Die

I finished off with some purple cotton.

You have the whole month to play and I hope

you will come join us before the mad rush of December

catches us up all too quickly. 

Below are the STAMPloration products I used here.

Do you like what you see here and would like to

purchase some of the fabulous products?

You can get a 20% off just by using my code

STAMPGIRLINA.

Thanks for dropping in today.

Hope to see you over at STAMPlorations this month.

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.