Big Hugs for Just Us Girls

Hello and Welcome. I'm here with my Saturday Post for

Just Us Girls 

It's Colour Week and as Host Bobby chose

2 gorgeous colours and gave us the third choice.

I will admit I went through several colours before 

choosing plain old black as mine - and different layouts.

I must admit my coral colour looks a little bright but
it is Tim's Abandoned Coral so I went with it.
I did some smooching for the background then inked up
some stamping from STAMPlorations
Scribbly Splattery Grunge and
Tim's Wildflowers in Hickory Smoke.
Added dies from the same Wildflower Set in
White and Black.
Sentiment is from STAMPlorations Bloom Happy.
Cut this out with a postage stamp die and
adhered to grey card stock and then on to
my black card base.

Pop over and see what colours our Guest Julie
and the Team chose.
Join in our Gallery and you could be our
Chic of the Week and be in the running for
Guest Designer in November.

Thanks for dropping in

Simply a 'Tree'

Hello and Welcome to today's card.

I have a busy time coming up soon
 with friends travelling from the other side of Oz,

also relatives and friends for a short time

but managed to whip up a card for the

current challenge over at CAS Watercolour - 

 The 'Theme' being Tree

I started with my watercolour background

with Tim's Stormy Sky using acetate.

I then inked up the Stamp It Large Conifer

with Memento Luxe Northern Pine

spritzing it with a mix of SU Champagne 

and water, stamping on to water colour paper.
Painted a water wash to the bottom of the tree
 and the leftovers were splattered around.

This was then cut from a MFT stitched die

popped onto a bigger die and popped

again onto white card stock. 

The sentiment is from SU and finishing

with a scored line either side. 

 Not too much crafting time coming up but
will try and squeeze in a few favourites.

I have scheduled posts but commenting
on your blogs may be a bit hit and miss.
 I will try my best!

Thanks for dropping in.
Till next time Cherrio from

You Brighten My Day

Hello and Welcome.
Today's post is for the current challenge
over at The Mod Squad and Hosting is my
Good Friend Judy Woodland. Judy is
asking us to use our Acrylic Blocks for our Background
and I love making them.
Details are Here

Gina K is the Sponsor so I thought it only
right to use her stamps and paper.
I have an addiction to Lindy's Magical's
so thought I would incorporate one colour on this card.
You can vaguely see I have used my acrylic block
three times inking with Tim's Distress Abandoned Coral
onto watercolour paper.
 As the outcome wasn't too pronounced
I thought I would put some Hags Wart Orange Magicals
onto my craft mat spritz it with water to activate
 and then press the acrylic block
onto it and transfer that to the first inkings.
With leftovers I smooched around the edges
and got a softer colour.
I then heat embossed my image from
Gina K's Springtime Silhouettes
(I know it's an oldie but still love that set)
with WOW Chocolate Caramel Pearl
which has a lovely chocolate colour and shimmery gold
depending how you look at it.
My sentiment is from Gina's Smile inked
with Memento Morocco.
Added some splatters from SU.
This was then cut with a stitched die
adding an inked piece of  crinkled ribbon
then finished by attaching to Gina K card stock.

Thanks for popping in

You're Special!

Hello and Welcome to my post for Happy Little Stampers. 

It's time for the Anything Goes with Dies Challenge for September.

 

The background for my card was made some time ago

and was in my bits box. It's was made my heating

several colours of Gelatos.

I cut this with a postage stamp die and

added  a coloured mat to the background.

This was adhered to metallic gold card stock.

Sentiment is a newbie from STAMPlorations

and inked with Memento Teal Zeal

then heat embossed with  clear powder.

My dragonfly is from Marianne Designs and

cut with gold paper.

Now that you have seen my card pop over and see

what my Team mates created and come join us

in the Gallery. Hope to see 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.

IF YOU USE STAMPS BY HAPPY LITTLE STAMPERS 

AND YOU ARE OUR RANDOM WINNER, 

YOUR PRIZE WILL BE DOUBLED!

Thanks for dropping in

What's our TREND this week at Just Us Girls?

Hello and Welcome to my Saturday Post for

Just Us Girls

It's Trend Week and Hosting is Carol choosing

So what does this mean you say?
They are basically stamps with an outline only.

I took the easy way out with my card just using
the outlined stamps from Repeat Impressions
with no colouring in here. Yay!
The background stamping is on white card stock
with the back matted with SU Rich Razzleberry.
The floral images were also inked with a
Rich Razzleberry ombre ink pad. You may notice
they are slightly different in colour.
The front images are the reverse heat embossed in white
onto Rich Razzleberry matted with white card stock
and popped.
Sentiment is from STAMPloration cut from a JustRite die.
This was all adhered to my white card base.

That's it!
Thanks for dropping in.
Hope you liked what you saw and come join us
in Our Gallery this week and don't forget to
check out what our Guest Julie
and The Team created for your pleasure.

It's a Merry Deer!

Hello and Welcome to today's post for

Addicted to Stamps and More. 

It's our Holiday Theme this time round and

since I am way behind on Christmas cards - 

I enjoyed trying some old and new products

and the result was fun.

The background has some of this and that which includes 

Magicals (of course) and some glossy gel medium.

I added white crackle paste from DecoArt 

to my ARTplorations deer

and let the red seep through giving it a hint of pink.

This was cut from a postage die in front of

pink card stock and popped

 The Merry is cut from mulberry paper

and is from hero Arts.

Card base is Linen stock.

So how are you going with your holiday cards?

If you are thinking like me and need to get cracking

on those holiday cards - please join in

this weeks challenge.

Come over and see what the Team have created

for your inspiration. 

Any holiday themed card is welcome in our Gallery.

See yours there???

Thanks for dropping in.

Your comments are always appreciated.

'Celebrate' with Me.

Time to Celebrate at Just Us Girls. 

It's a New Month with a New Guest Designer

Welcome to the Super Talented Julie Beech from
https://handcraftedbyjules.blogspot.com/
So happy to have you with us this month!

AND

it's my Birth Month - hence I chose the Word 

CELEBRATE! as I am Hosting this week.

This card was made a few months ago 

for my Sister's Birthday.

I have seen so many gorgeous cards on Pinterest

with this die - MB Perky Poppy and I knew I wanted

to try it out.

I started with inking my craft mat with

Tim's Oxide Inks in Wilted Violet and Seedless Preserves

on to glossy card stock. Of course I had to have purple tones.

Continued layering and drying

then buffed with paper towel and added Tim's Distress Glaze.

I first cut the poppy out with black card stock and then

again with the three different colours above

to get the ombre effect. 

Added a mat behind it in purple

then adhered to Linen card stock.

The 'Celebrate' die is from CUTplorations

cut from leftovers from the flowers.

Finished off with a few purple gems.

Pop over and see how our Guest Julie
and the Team are celebrating.
Please come join us in our Gallery
as I would love to see your 'Celebrate Cards'.
You could be my Chic of the Week and be in the running
as our Guest in November.

Thanks for popping in.
Love reading your comments!

Spring has 'Sprung' in Oz

It's official! It's the 1st September which means

It's SPRING!

Well it is here in Australia. We hopefully say

Goodbye to those Wintery Days and I can get back out to

 my very dreary garden and do a tidy up.

Hello and Welcome. 

My post  is for the new challenge over at

Crafting with Dragonflies where the theme is

Spring has Sprung!

There are a few new items here beginning with the

beautiful Darling Dog Roses from STAMPlorations.

I heat embossed with white embossing powder then

 decided to colour them with Tim's Distress Inks in

Abandoned Coral/Carved Pumpkin and Mowed Lawn.

I got a paintbrush out and flicked some colour to the sides.

The sentiment is also from STAMPlorations -  Bloom Happy.

This was cut from a stitched die.

The background paper is SU. 

I recently watched a video with Jennifer McGuire 

and she used the Lawn Fawn Stitched Borders 

as a background. These were then purchased

and I did likewise adding a bit of interest.

Pop over and see what the Dragonfly Team

made to inspire you. 

Hope to see your in the Gallery.

I will be back again later with another Blog Post

so be sure to come back and check it out.

A lot of you will know what it is as it's Saturday!

Till then Cherrio from

Butterfly Bliss

Welcome to a new month of challenges over at

Happy Little Stampers.
We start off with our Watercolour Challenge
and this month's optional twist is

(you're going to love this one)

BUTTERFLY.

There was a lot going on in making this card.
I was trying out some new products and
loved the result I achieved.
Starting with my background which has
Red Wine Metallic Paint and Black Starlight Wax
and has a fabulous sheen to it.
Added some random script. Then heat embossed
my butterfly in charcoal.
Cut that out with a Postage Die
backing it with paper to match.
Sentiment is also from the same paper and is
from CUTplorations.
Added an oval gem to the centre of my butterfly
and finished by adding to my card base.

And don't forget - 

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!

Pop over and see what my Team Mates created and come join us.

Love to see you in our Gallery

Thanks for dropping in.

You're My Style

Hello and Welcome.

Today I have a card for the Retro Rubber Challenge.

I found this great blog a few weeks ago where you 

need to use a stamp that is more than a year old.

Now we all have zillions that are tucked away

and just a little bit dusty don't we?

I know a lot of my friends will recognize this stamp.

It's from Gina K Designs - Springtime Silhouettes

and was one of the first stamp sets I bought 

way back around 2011.

It was such fun looking through those old stamps

to choose which one to use for their current

 Anything Goes Challenge

I also decided to use some older Spellbinder Dies

Squares/Lacey Squares and Fancy Tags for the sentiment.

Those fancy shoes were heat embossed in white 

on black card stock.

Then I added the backgrounds.

Finished with some ribbon behind my sentiment,

 a few liquid pearls and a pink flower to the shoes.

That's it for now.

Thanks for dropping in.

Till next time Cherrio from

School's In!

Hello and Welcome to my card for the 

new challenge over at Just Us Girls.

Vicki is Hosting our Photo Week with

Every time I looked at this photo Mo and Jo did a runner

but I persevered and called them back.

I rummaged through my DP box looking for 

patterned paper to go in those banners and came across

the perfect piece instead. 

I inked up my SU Woodgrain stamp as backing.

I then got out my Jumbo Banners from MFT

and started cutting away.

Added inserts to match the colours and letters in the photo.

Cut out the letters with a SB die with the word STUDY

I needed a little something either side of the banners

so cut out some tiny ones and added rub on numbers.

(these have been in my stash for yeeeeears)

Popped up bits here and there and my card was done.

Card stock used is SU Tip Top Taupe
but certainly didn't photograph well. Sorry.

That's it for today.

Pop over and see what our 

August Guest Designer Ros Crawford

and the Team created.

Thanks Ros for the pleasure of seeing
your talents at JUGS this month.

# Popping this over to the current challenge over at
CAS-ual Fridays Blogspot for their
Inspiration Photo Challenge

where school is in full swing here in Oz.

Till next time - Cherrio from 

You are 'FABULOUS'

Time for a new Challenge over at

Addicted to Stamps and More and this time round

It's Everyone's Favourite - Anything Goes.

Hello and Welcome to today's Post.

I will admit I have had this card done for 

quite some time - just hadn't blogged it so - here it is.

You can all guess what my background is!

Yes Alcohol Inked. Cut with a stitched die.

I decided to add a bit of dimension and

cut out the centre with MFT Peek a Boo Die

and popped it.

Inked the top sentiment onto my white card base

and die cut the fabulous - both from

STAMPlorations. The 'fabulous' has a 

touch of shimmer from a Nuvo pen.

And there you have it - pretty simple

but love the bold colours from the AI's.

Pop over and see what my Team Mates created

and come join our Gallery.

Love to see you there.

Thanks for dropping in

Strawberries? Yes Please.

Hello and a Big Welcome. 

Today's post is for a couple of challenges 

I found while browsing. Something a little 

different from flowers and the like.

Well not too far away as it is 'fruit'.

When I saw the challenges for

Berries at Addicted to CAS

and my Good Friend Bobby was Hosting

I knew I had a NBUS stamp that was perfect.

Also The Paper Players challenge calls for

Fruit & Vegetables

I heat embossed my NBUS Repeat Impressions 

Strawberry Stamp - 515L

with WOW Metallic Platinium powder

onto water colour paper and coloured

my image with various colours of 

red, green,orange and lemon Brusho's.

Added a water wash to the background

with metallic paints.

Attached this to my parchment card base.

I cut a octagon shape from the same card base

and popped it for dimension.

Sentiment stamp is part of a set gifted by a friend

which matched perfectly. Inked in Festive Berries

and heat embossed in clear powder.

Finished with some red twine.

Thanks so much for popping in. Love reading your comments.

Till next time - Cherrio from

It's Colour Week at 'Just Us Girls'

Today's card is for the New Challenge over at

Just Us Girls. Angie is Hosting and 

It's a favourite of mine.

With such lovely soft colours I got out a

lovely floral stamp from Carabelle

and coloured with shimmery paints.

I did a wash around the flowers to add interest.

This worked out nicely as it was that shimmer

that gave me the colour choice of my Altenew Sentiment.

Added green beads to the centres, some twine and

popped the framed the flowers.

Pop over and see what our Guest Ros Crawford

and the Team created for your pleasure.

I'm sure you will want to play with this colour choice

but remember to use just the 3 colours. Neutrals are fine.

Hope to see you in our Gallery this week.

Thanks for dropping in.

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.

***

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.

***

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