'Holly' Christmas - my first for the year!

Hi there Crafty Friends!

A lot of you will know that there is a new

Christmas Challenge in Blogland

created by 2 Very Talented Crafters

Bonnie Klass & Loll Thompson.

They have picked an Amazing & Talented Design Team

so it is sure to be a favourite go to Blog. 

After all we go to their other 2 sites

CAS Mix Up and CAS Watercolour don't we?
The Details for the Holly Christmas are Here

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I finally got time to play with only a few days left to 

showcase in their Gallery.

Here is my CAS Holly Card. My first Christmas card of the Year.

I have used all metallic card stock here - a soft green

and a lighter one with texture.

I cut a SB circle for my metallic green

holly leaves (Tim Holtz Holiday Greens) 

This was popped in front of another SB die.

Behind that is embossed with an old Christmas CB folder

which I corner rounded.

Added my pearl berries in Red and Chino

because not all berries ripen at the same time.

Here is a close up to show you the green shimmer 

on the paper.

This is the same paper as my card base.

I then finished it off with the

Merry Christmas die from the same paper

as the holly and added a tiny red bow.

I am also going to pop this over to

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge

Anything Goes with Christmas with the

Optional Twist of No Patterned Paper.

That's it for now - till next time

Cherrio from

Just 'Experimenting' here

Hi Blogger Friends!

Today I am posting an experimental card

that didn't turn out toooooooo bad.

I had it in mind  for the current challenge at

CAS MIX UP Challenge

and decided to give it a go!

My Mix is - Acetate, stenciling, stamping,

inking and die cutting.

There are so many gorgeous card in the gallery

that have used acetate with alcohol inks. Swoon!

I don't have any but saw a tutorial on YouTube

using SU Crystal Effects and Re-Inkers

so got out my Glossy Accents (same thing)

and a few re-inkers and slooshed it all around.

I left it overnight and then added some

 PearlEx Antique Gold Powder

 and attached to my white card base.

Then I 'borrowed' Loll's idea to use a stencil

on top. Thanks for that tip!

I used a new stencil I had just bought

using texture paste. I didn't want it to overpower

the background so didn't add any white acrylic paint.

Smooched it a bit with gold paste.

Framed and popped it with a postage stamp die

and a tiny Hello sentiment.

Pretty happy with my first attempt but

I think I need some Alcohol Inks.

Thanks for dropping in

All about 'Colour' for Just Us Girls

It's Saturday and post day for Just Us Girls

for Colour Week. Hosting this week is Nancy.

and it is a favourite of mine - 

Once more my card was made while I was visiting

my bff so have used her goodies.

I had a lot of fun with Magicals here.

I cut four small rectangles from

smooching those magic powders concentrating

on the Dark Chocolate Truffle colour.

Popped them slightly for dimension.

The floral image was cut from a coffee coloured

metallic paper. Added a simple sentiment on white

card stock and die cut from CUTplorations.

Matted this with teal paper.

Card base is Kraft.

Pop over and see what our March Guest Stef 

and my Team Mates created Here.

Hope you will find time to play this week.

Thanks for dropping in - 

It's a Holiday card for?

It's a Holiday Themed Challenge over at

Addicted to Stamps and More 

and I chose a very unusual one for my card.

It's for St Patrick's Day on Saturday 17th.

Not the traditional Four Leaf Clover

or Pot of Gold card. 

I found the stamp I used among my friends stash 

had horse shoes and for me that brings Good Luck

 BUT

they have to be the right way up and they were - 

can't have that luck fall out!

so my card was born. 

Now to start from the back - this was sprayed with

green magicals (sorry don't know the colour)

and framed in white.

I then smooched my background for the stamp

from the same bottle then heat embossed in black.

This was cut from a Spellbinder die and popped.

Finished with some green gemstones.

Couldn't find a place for a sentiment so

decided to add an Irish Blessing from Google on the inside.

That's my post for today but don't forget to

pop over and see what Holiday Themed cards

my Team Mates have made for your inspiration.

I am sure you will find a holiday that could

celebrate by making something for this challenge.

Hope so!

Till next time Cherrio from

Is it Mythical or Magical?

Hello and Welcome to today's posting.

Carol is Hosting for the first time as a Jugs Designer

and chose

I am really looking forward to seeing what

transpires this week in our Gallery

with such a Fun Trend.

Something completely different from me this week.

I do have a confession to make here - 

My card was made quite some time ago at a card class.

You see there is nothing Mythical in my supplies

that would do this Trend justice.

I did think of Christmas as being Magical

but took the easy way out.

To my regular visitors they will know 

I cannot colour with pens so 

you will excuse me for my poor skills in this area.

I must give credit to our Class Instructor

Tania from Paper and Me 2

for this Magical Design.

Pop over and see Talent from

Stef Perry - our March Guestie

and of course my Team Mates.

Hope to see lots of Myth or Magic in our Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in.

It's 'Die' time at Happy Little Stampers

Hi there! Yes it's that time again for our
Anything Goes with Dies Challenge over at
Happy Little Stampers

As you can see I have used a few dies here, some of
my favourites from STAMPlorations and colours from Stampin' Up.
The floral image is Bloom with Hope inked with Rich Razzleberry
and centres with yellow Liquid Pearls.
Main tag is also cut from the same colour.
Behind that is a partial cut of Spellbinders Labels 27  backed by
scrap SU papers and ribbon.
Sentiment is from 49 and Market.
Tag is tied with yellow cotton. 

Our winner for this challenge will receive a $20 coupon

 to spend at the shop! Check out all the details HERE.

IF YOU USE STAMPS BY HAPPY LITTLE STAMPERS 
AND YOU ARE OUR RANDOM WINNER, 
YOUR PRIZE WILL BE DOUBLED!

Don't forget to pop over and see what the Team
have die cut for your inspiration. Hope you can
add yours to our Gallery.
Thanks for dropping in.
Till next time - Cherrio from

This Time it's Just for You

So you're  back too see my other Acetate Card?

You then know it is for  the CAS Mix Up Challenge

oops!

Before I go any further I just noticed I didn't add the

Graphics to my first Acetate card so off to fix it.

Okay! here we go...

I thought I would once again try something a 

little different with the Acetate
and it's pretty simple!
I delved into my bits box and found
some smooched (again) oxide inked paper
and cut out 2 dies (unknown) then
repeated with Acetate. I embossed
all 4 die cuts with Swiss Dots to add
a bit of texture. When I glued the Acetate
I did so slightly to the side.
My card base is cream and added a strip of
kraft paper as a backing for my dies.
Finished with a sentiment from Inspired by Stamping,
 a tiny Waffle Flower bow, a few gems and
corner rounding.
My Mix is Acetate, die cutting, watercolour smooching,
stamping and dry embossing.

Thanks once again for dropping in.
I'm off for some Sister Time for a long week end
so no crafting. But I do get to spend up
at a craft store as I have a Gift Voucher
she gave me for Christmas. Yay!

Oh! you will see a scheduled post
as Saturday is Just Us Girls Challenge Day.
It's something very different for me.

Till next time - Cherrio

Simply 'With Love'

Hi there Stampin' Friends.

I always look forward to seeing what technique 

we have to play with each month at CAS Mix Up

and this time round it is to use 

Acetate/Stamping/Your Choice

Details are Here

 I hesitated here wondering if I should add it to their Gallery

thinking it may be too plain but then Loll posted one she made

using acetate to emboss - so here it is.

My Mix is Acetate, Embossing, Inking, 

Die Cutting, Smooching.

My card base is from SU. I embossed my

Kaisercraft Leaves then cut it down to size

to feature behind my image.

This was made while I was visiting my friend

and I do remember that it was from Gina K.

It was heat embossed and cut from a SB die.

 The background for that is some smooching of

 Tim's Oxide's in Ripe Persimmon/Mermaid Lagoon.

  Die cut the 'with love'  to match.

Thanks for dropping in today.

I do have another Acetate Card in the making

so be sure to pop back in sometime

to see how I made that one. 

Till next time - Cherrio from

It's all about SPRING and FAITH!

Hello and Welcome to my little corner of Blogland.

Today's post is for our March Challenge

over at STAMPlorations 
which is all about Spring and Faith.

You can find all the info Over Here.

Don't you love the Graphic!

 It's coming on Spring over the pond but closing in
on our Autumn here in the south which means cooler days.
Flowers are still blooming and we can still sit outside
relaxing with a good cup of tea - hence I have incorporated the

STAMPlorations Framed-Tea-Cups here
I heat embossed in White onto Vellum paper
 and including the Sentiment which I think reflects the Faith side. 

It is a little hard to see but says 
Where there's tea there's hope
from STAMPlorations Always Tea Time

I found this nice soft DP in my stash and thought 

it suitable to frame those tea cups. 

The metallic card stock and all 3 layers were cut from

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

These are the STAMPloration products used.

You will find so many amazing creations by the Team
over on Our Blog so pop on over to get
your creative juices flowing and join in this month's fun challenge.
There is so much scope here.
Of course there are prizes and you can even get a 20% discount
just by using my code STAMPGIRLINA.

Thanks for droppin' by today.
Don't forget to leave a comment!

A Bit of Snarky Tissue-d Stenciling!

Hello Crafty Friends

I had a bit of time up my sleeve and thought I would

play again with 2 current challenges I posted on recently.

They are Shopping Our Stash and
The Sisters of Snarky Stampers

My card fits both - stencils and tissue
and this time I used a snarky sentiment.
I do love this old
 STAMPlorations Rocking Chair
as it goes perfectly with my
 STAMPlorations A Snarky Birthday sentiment
These were inked with Tim's Gathered Twigs.
I like how they turned out so aged looking.
My background has scrunched tissue
glued to a white base. I then inked my
ARTplorations Nestled Circles stencil
with SU Baja Breeze.
Finished with a few grungy bits and ruling
lines around for interest then adhered to brown card base.

These are the STAMPloration products I used.


Thanks so much for coming by today.
Till next time - Cherrio from

I'm using my 'Stash of Stencils'

Hey there Crafty Ones.

Today's post is for the current challenge over at

Shopping Our Stash and they are asking us to use our

Stashed Stencils and thanks to being on the DT at STAMPlorations
 I have plenty to choose from don't I Chris!!

They seem to be the ones I go to all the time
and don't need dusting off.

The decision was which ones to choose...

I chose 3 but a little disappointed that the main
glittered butterfly stencil faded into the oxide background.
The first stencil I added was
ARTplorations Square Dance followed by
ARTplorations Bloom Factory and lastly
ARTplorations Flutterbuy (Out Of Stock)
I added white texture paste to my butterfly stencil
and while wet sprinkled glitter on to it.
The background flowers/circles were inked with
Tim's Oxide Seedless Preserves.
My cut sentiment is from CUTplorations
and small sentiment by
STAMPlorations It's All About You Set.

That's it for this one but hoping to get time
to play with my stencils some more.
Thanks for dropping in -

A 'Tissue' - no I don't have the flu!

Hi there Crafty Friends!

Over at Sisters of Snarky Stampers they have their

current challenge which is T for Tissue so

popping this tissue card over to their Gallery!

I had all intentions of getting out a colourful napkin

or to use a bit more tissue than what I landed up doing here.

(May yet get time to do just that)

but I saw a card similar on Pinterest Here so decided to case it.

When I found it again - 

 because I hadn't saved it I realized it was made

by one of my blog followers and she lives just

south of the border. Thanks Cathy for the inspiration.

You can find her card details at Cathys Card Spot.

Also I used the same STAMPlorations sentiment

with white embossing powder - 

and great minds again - the same MB Branch.

My card base is a coppery metallic paper and

topped with a lighter grainy metallic paper.

I cut the circle for my moon with a Spellbinder die then

glued some scrunched up tissue paper onto it.

This is where I differed from Cathy's card by brushing

Perfect Pearls in White & Heirloom Gold

while some of the glue was still wet.

Here is a close up of the textured tissue.

I then sealed it with Clear Gel Medium.

My little bird is from Kaisercraft.

This and the branch were touched up with 

the Perfect Pearls as above. 

To add interest I then added some white lines

with a gel pen.

Till next time - Cherrio from

Happy Birthday!

Hey there Crafty Friends

It's Saturday and that means 

Challenge Time at Just Us Girls

and it is Word Week. 

It's also a new month and a 

New Guest Designer!

Welcome to Stef Perry from https://stefperry.blogspot.com/

Lovely to have you join us this month Stef.

Hosting this  week is Maria who has chosen

a super one you will all find inspiring!

Balloons!

Not much to say on this one as I made it

while I was visiting a friend and raided 

her bits drawer for the shimmery paper

for the popped balloon die, 

the few circles around it

and the cut out sentiment on the side.

Pretty cas using black & teal paper.

And that's it. Nice result!

Pop over and see what Stef and

the Jugheads created and come join us

this week for this fun challenge. 

Hope to see you in our Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in!

There's No Place Like 'Home'

Hello and Welcome to Today's Post.

It's time for a new challenge over at Happy Little Stampers.

It's a new month so it's our 

Anything Goes with Watercolours

with the optional twist of  'HOME'

I had a hard time photographing this so

 please excuse the quality here.

To start I watercoloured my background with

Tim's Oxide Inks adding drops of water

and touches of iridescent medium.

I then cut out part of my HLS House die

and a stitched slope where I placed my

heat embossed sentiment from STAMPlorations

then framed and popped it.

Finished with some Liquid Pearls 

in front of the house and pearls

beside the sentiment.

Our winner for this challenge will receive a $20 coupon to spend at the shop! 

Check out all the details HERE.

IF YOU USE STAMPS BY HAPPY LITTLE STAMPERS 

AND YOU ARE OUR RANDOM WINNER, 

YOUR PRIZE WILL BE DOUBLED!

That's it for me today.

Don't forget to pop over and see 

what my Team Mates created

then come join in the fun this month.

Hope to see you in our Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in.

Just 'Hello'

It's everyone's Favourite Anything Goes Challenge at
Addicted to Stamps and More
Here's my take.

and a close up of the shiny dragonfly

I went CAS here and if you look closely at the
ornate dragonfly from Fancy That you will see
I have cut it out from  a scrap piece of glossy paper
which was inked up with Brusho's and cling wrapped.
I chose where to cut it as I wanted to show of the
wings and tail in different bright colours.
My background has a very light smooching.
Popped up my frame which was cut from
MFT Peek a Boo die. Added the dragonfly
and finished with a sentiment from
STAMPlorations Feathers 2.



Pop over and see what my Team Mates
have created and come join us.
Hope to see you in our Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in.
Love reading your kind comments.