Cool Guitars for My Man.

Hello and Welcome to today's post.

It's all about the Males this time round as Father's Day is 

just around the corner in Australia and 

my Hubby's Birthday next week.

Since he loves playing his guitar with his 'old' mates

this is what I chose.

I got out bright coloured Distress inks 

in Black Soot/Hickory Smoke/Carved Pumpkin

Fossilized Amber and Peacock Feather.

Simple inked the back background multiple times

from SU Timeless Textures stamps

then my guitars from Inspired by Stamping.

 Added a few 'picks'

You can't play a guitar very well without them!

Sentiments are from STAMPlorations 

Oh So Grateful and One Cool Chick

Added some washi tape to the top and bottom.

Cut this out from a stitched die and adhered to 

black card base.

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The new challenge over at Crafting with Dragonflies

is asking for a 'Guy' card.

Pop over and see what the Designers made and join in.

You have 2 weeks so plenty of time to play.

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There are a few others that have the same idea so 

will pop this card over to

 Water Cooler Wednesday

Details Here

Retro Rubber Challenge is a new one I just found

and you need to use stamps that are more than a year old.

The main stamp set I used I know is more than 2 years old

as the Owner used to live in Australia but

moved back to America. My background stamp is

also older than a year and is 

SU Timeless Textures - now retired.

I went the top line left to right

using a stitched die, washi tape and going masculine.

Details for this challenge are Here

Hope you all have a great week end and

get to do the things you love doing

especially craft!

Thanks for dropping in.

Love reading your comments.

You TOTALLY Made my Day!

I've been playing for the current challenge over at

CAS-ual Fridays
where we are asked to Stamp a Pattern.

Details Here.

I only have a few of their stamps but knew

the Wonderful Words Set

would suit perfectly.

My inked background was from my Bits Box

which no doubt were in similar colours to what I used

for my Stamped Pattern.

The flowers were inked up with 

Tim's Distress Inks in

Dusty Concord/Seedless Preserves

and Peacock Feathers.

The tiny leaves (inked in Memento Teal Zeal)

 and dots are from Inspired by Stamping.

Sentiment inked with Dusty Concord.

Added a white mat to the back and adhered to

coloured card base to match.

Thanks for dropping in.
Love reading your comments.

Friendship Pansies

A CAS card for today's post. 

Hello and Welcome.

I got this delightful wee stamp from a

Special Friend (Thanks SS) and is just perfect

for the current challenge over at

AAA Cards

The challenge calls for Friendship

 I heat embossed the Redletterworks Stamp

with Zing Metallic Purple powder

onto watercolour paper, coloured 

the flowers with Twinkling H2O's

and Metallic Paints. The leaves are

coloured with PearlEx Powders.

I cut this with a stitched die popping it slightly

onto another piece of  paper slightly larger.

 Finished by popping that on to

Metallic Gold Card Stock.

Why is it always so hard to get a true purple

when you photograph that colour. I did try!

Thanks for dropping in

Till next time - Cherrio from

It's an Oldie but a Goodie

Hi there Crafty Ones.

Over at Just Us Girls it's Trend Week

and Sue has chosen something a little different -
Fast Watercolours!

You may think how does this work?

Here is a link to none other than

Jennifer McGuire's tutorial to showcase how she has done it.

 I played around with an

old technique and an old stamp
to make my fast watercolour flower.
It's from the SU Fifth Avenue Floral Stamp Set.
I heat embossed it with white e/p on glossy paper, then wet
it dropping Calypso Coral/Melon Mambo
and Yo Yo Yellow with a water brush and let it spread
(with a little bit of help) then fussy cut it.
My background is embossed with SU Manhatten Flower.
I then added the sentiment from Pink & Maine.
Attached the Kaisercraft leaves
and popped my flower. Corner rounded one edge
and adhered to Bazzill card stock to match the flower.

Hope you pop over and see how our
August Guest Ros Crawford
and the Team chose to interpret this Trend.
Should be fun to see what transpired
in our Gallery this week.
Thanks for dropping in.

Best Wishes..........

Time for a new challenge over at Happy Little Stampers

for our Anything Goes with Dies.

I recently bought the Retired Botanical Blooms Stamp/Die Set

and have had a little play with it again.

My card base floral sprays and DP are SU 

I found a matching colour to go with it.

Sponged the flower edges with Memento Potter's Clay

and popped for dimension.

Sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping.

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!

Thanks for dropping in and hope to see you 

in The Gallery this month and don't forget

to checkout what my Team Mates have created.

Simple-eee a Thistle.

Hello and Welcome to today's post.

Time for a new challenge over at Addicted to Stamps and More

and it's our popular CAS (Clean and Simple)

Sometimes they are sooooooo hard to do - 

you just want to add just that little bit more don't you?

This time round I had my cas hat on and came up with this - 

I decided to use the old faithful Distress Ink in

Dusty Concord and smooched away. Added a bit

of iridescent medium for shimmer.

I then got out my new Black Wax and

 Dreamweaver Thistle stencil sponging 

to get the coverage. 

Added this to a thin background of black.

Heat Embossed my SU Happy Birthday,

attach to white cs as a frame then to

my purple card stock and my CAS card was done.

Pop over and see more CAS styles from the Team

and come join us in our Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in.

When Black really isn't Just BLACK!

I'm back with another card with my

Screamin' Banshee Black Magicals and the result I got

with this card really surprised me.
I did warn you there would be more Black Magic!
How cool are the colours it created here!

It's for the current CAS Mix Up Challenge

I love these challenges as I get to try out
different Mixed Media Techniques every month.
Some I have done before and others -
it's a whole new experience.
I saw this technique on You Tube not long ago
and loved it, just hadn't had a chance to try it
so here it is!
I chose my Dusty Attic Stencil called Webbing
placing it down on my craft mat then
sprinkled that black magic onto it,
 spritzed with water then turned it over
onto water colour paper. WOW!
I then looked at it and decided to cut it
around part of the print leaving
enough white space  for my card base.
I then cut  my Tall Flower die from Simply Dies
from leftovers (Tim's Oxide Inks)
 as it blended nicely with the background.
My sentiment is from Gina K Designs
in Memento London Fog.

My Mix is - Stenciled Monoprint, Stamping
and Die Cutting.

Thanks for dropping in
Till next time - Cherrio from

It's simply 'Merry'

Hello and Welcome. Here's what I have been up to for

the CAS Christmas Challenge. This month's prompt is Tree

Such a simple one? Which way will I go? Dies or Stamps?

I landed up with trees as I had this tiny stitched cut out

 left over from a previous card and 

 a perfect backdrop for my snowy trees.

It's simply smooched lots with Screamin' Banshee Black Magicals.

You will see it used quite a bit in the lead up to Christmas.

I cut out my trees with some Mulberry type paper

heat embossed and added glitter, I flicked

some white acrylic paint to the background sky for the snow,

popping the trees and adding a star.

Cut out the Merry from Lawn Fawn.

Card Base is Ripple Card Stock.

Since I am WAY BEHIND with Christmas cards

I'm sure you will see more before the end of the month.

I will added this to the Monochrome Magic Challenge Gallery

for the  

Monochrome or Monochrome with a Twist of Christmas

as I have only used the Black Magicals 

as my Monochorome colour.

Hope that it counts.

Thanks for dropping in.

Hope you leave a comment as I love reading them.

Are you a WINNER at Send a Smile 4 Kids?

How time flies! Hello and Welcome.

Have you come over to check and see if you are a 

WINNER for the Send a Smile 4 Kids Blog Hop?

If so you can check out ALL THE WINNERS HERE

There were certainly some awesome Prizes up for grabs.

***

Before I announce the Winner of my prize

 for commenting here

I would like to say A BIG THANKS to all those that did .

I truly appreciate you taking time to do so.

I have chosen Andrea La Vigne

with this comment.

Really cute card! I love the coloring on your elf, 

and the little scene you created for him. :) ~ Andrea

Congratulations!

I had a sneak peek at Andrea's Blog and noticed

that she contributes to the SAS4KIDS challenges

so a Bonus Thank You Andrea.

Now you need to - 

Please contact Karen at khasheck@gmail.com BEFORE August 18^th at midnight CST 

with your NAME, EMAIL ADDRESS AND MAILING ADDRESS. 

If you do not contact Karen before August 18^th at midnight CST, your prize will be forfeited.

Once more a Big Thank You to you all.

Life is a BEACH

Hello and Welcome to my Saturday post for

Just Us Girls

It's our Word Week and Hosting is Maria choosing

a very Summery Word - BEACH.

You all know that it's not Summer in my neck of the woods

but it's a good excuse to create a beach scene for when it will be.

This was a lot of fun to make taking my mind off the cold weather.
There were lots of bits & bobs added here starting with
the background sky using Distress Inks and Blue Wax.
The sand is made from heated Embossing Enamel
followed by Embossing Powder.
Stamp set is from Inkadinkado Flamingo Fun.
Added a few coconuts to the tree and on the sand
and some sea shells.
Sentiment is heat embossed on vellum.
Attached to coloured card stock.

Hope you will pop over and see what our
August Guest Designer - Talented Ros Crawford from
https://ros-mikeysmom.blogspot.com/
and the Team created for your inspiration.
A big Welcome to you Ros -
so happy to have you join us this month.
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I'm sure you will have fun with this challenge.
See you in the Gallery.
Thanks for dropping in

Happiest Birthday Wishes

We're looking for something a little different this time round at

Crafting with Dragonflies -  A Gatefold Card!

I know they are pretty easy to make and thought I would try

something a little different. 

I did a trial run and even had a few mishaps along the way.

Pretty happy with the result.

Not much to explain here as the products just happen to be
all from Stampin' Up.
The front flower is from Botanical Blooms
with matching DP,
The inside flower - Morning Meadow that
I thought went perfectly with the focal flower
and sentiment - Happiest Birthday Wishes.

Pop over and see what the Dragonflies have created
and come play.

Thanks for dropping in.
Love reading your comments.

It's All About You.

Hello and Welcome!

It's the beginning of a new Month and that means

it's time for our Watercolour Challenge over at

Happy Little Stampers 

and this month's Optional Twist is Flowers!

I got out my trusty Oxide Inks in 

Picked Raspberry & Peacock Feathers

and smooched and dried till my

card stock was covered.

I then selectively cut 

from Tim's Wild Flowers Dies.

I flicked what ink was left on my craft mat onto

 my background then placed my flowers.

Added my sentiment from

Inspired by Stamping cut from

a MFT stitched die.

 Inked with Memento Teal Zeal.

Card base is matching the flowers.

A nice easy Challenge this month don't you think?

Hope so and I see you in our Gallery.

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!

PS This card was sent to our Leader Kylie
for her Birthday last month.

Thanks for dropping in and don't forget to

see what my Team Mates created.

Wishing You Happiness

It's Saturday and it's Just Us Girls day.
Hello and Welcome.

It's our Photo Week and our Hostess Nancy
chose this beautiful photo for our Inspiration.

Of course I saw that beautiful orange flower
with the sparkly centre and just went from there.
I have used a few Stampin' Up products here.
My background is from
Timeless Textures - a great mixed media set
and my flower is from Bloom with Hope.
I do like that set and use it often.
The background was inked with
Oxide's in Carved Pumpkin and Fossilized Amber
as is the flower which was heat embossed with
Lindy's Pumpkin Fiesta powder.
The centre was sprinkled with Diamond Dust
and Cool Diamonds Glitter.
My leaves are from Marianne Designs.
Sentiment - Happy Little Stampers.
Added a strip of dp to the edge for added effect.

Hope you get a chance to pop over and see what
our Guest Julia and The Team created
and join in our Gallery this week.
In doing so you could be our next
Chic of the Week and go on to be
our Guest in September. 

Thanks for dropping by

You've got Rainbow Flowers

Hello again and Welcome.

Here is my second CAS card made for the

Somewhere over the Rainbow Challenge at

AAA Cards

My Rainbow coloured flowers are from

STAMPlorations Eclectic Florals

using Tim's Distress Inks.

Sentiment is from  VIGNETTE-Celebrate-Artsy

in Black Soot.

I finished by scoring 3 lines to add interest

and what a QCAS card it is as Darnelle calls those

quick clean and simple cards. 

 Came together so easily. Love when that happens -

just not often enough. 

Well that's a short post.

Thanks for dropping in. 

Love reading your comments.

Colour me a 'Rainbow'

Hello and Welcome to a CAS card post today for the

Somewhere Over the Rainbow Challenge

over at AAA Cards

As STAMPlorations are sponsoring this challenge

I had to use a few of mine.

My butterfly image and a bit of grunge are from

Flutter-Zen-Row-Artsy-Borders and Art-Marks

heat embossed in white on watercolour paper.

I then got out Tim's Distress inks and 

inked my craft mat spritzed it and

blended together with a dipped acetate sheet.

The background is a little larger than I wanted

but still plenty of white space.

The birthday sentiment is from

Balloons-and-Banners.

I then cut with a stitched die and attached to

white card stock.

While I had all my goodies out I made another

CAS card so keep your eyes open for that soon.

I am also going to pop this over to the current


Details Here

That's it for today.

till next time - Cherrio from

I Made My Mark with...

It's time for the Make Your Mark Challenge over at

Addicted to Stamps and More

Hi and Welcome.

I love making cards with Kraft card stock

adding white elements.
My mark is simply the heat embossed white lace.

I saw a card on Pinterest and decided to CASE it

but unfortunately I didn't save it to give credit.

It's pretty simple - I heat embossed the lace

from SU Delicate Details and my IBS Sentiment

then cut out the MB Quinn Flourish, cut a bit of 

the bottom and tucked the side under the kraft

card stock. Got out a much neglected die

called Heirloom Rose from MFT and

blinged it up with Nuvo Crystal Glaze.

I got a pack of Crystal Gems from

a recent craft show and they matched

nicely with the glazed flower so sprinkled them

around to finish my card.

 Added one to the centre of my popped flower also.

Here's a close up of the glittery flower.

Pop over and see how my Team Mates 

made their mark and come join us this week.

Love to see you in our Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in

Till next time - Cherrio from