Our 4th 'Giving Thanks' Blog Hop at STAMPlorations

It's our 4th 'Giving Thanks Blog Hop

and Linky Party at STAMPlorations with so much to tell you - 

 I thought it easier to send you For All the Details HERE!

that is - 

after you finish reading my Post!

Here are two cards I made keeping them CAS

 to showcase how gorgeous this stamp set is

with such perfect sentiments suitable for any occasion.

I have inked up the gorgeous Grateful Flutters Stamps

designed by our very own Shery Russ. Since I had my

rather neglected Oxide Inks out I decided to use them

for both cards.

Card 1 - I randomly inked my butterflies onto white card stock,

corner rounded, added some sequins and gems

and some tiny inked pink hearts from Balloons & Banners

with my sentiment in black, attaching to 

a hot pink card base.

Card 2 - has the background inked

multiple times to cover then heat embossed in white.

Sentiment is also heat embossed.

Flicked some water marks,

 a bit of grunge from Art Marks

and some white dots from an inked eraser end of a pencil.

No bling needed here.

There are lots of ways for you to win Prizes - over $200 in fact.

How generous of Shery! 

Hop Leave Comments Visit our Facebook/Instagram sites

 - even tag your friends for chances to win. 

You have till November 30th and winner will be announced

on December 10th in the November Winner's Post.
Oh! Don't forget you can get a 20% discount just by adding
STAMPGIRLINA when you Order!

Now that you have read my Post click on the Link

at the top where everything is explained in full.

Thanks so much for taking time to pop in.

Please check out all the other fabulous projects

from the other Designers and leave them some Love.

Hello 'Beautiful'

Hello and Welcome to today's post.
It's my turn to Host for our Trend Week at
Just Us Girls
I chose Bleach as it is a technique I haven't tried before
and I know it has been around for an age. 

I'm afraid my card didn't photograph too well.
I think the metallic shimmer made it tricky.
The beautiful Lily Stamp and Sentiment
I used here are from STAMPlorations
 Smile and Hello Coffee
I heat embossed my flower with
Lindy's Pumpkin Fiesta
and then worked on bleaching.
When that was dry I added colour with
some metallic paints. This was cut from
a Spellbinder die with SU Groovy Guava
card stock - same as my base.
I popped that onto some metallic paper
attaching some ribbon to the side.
Sentiment was inked with
SU Calypso Coral. Finished with pearls.

Hope you can pop over and see what our
November Guest Claire and my Team Mates
created for your pleasure and get time
to get out some bleach from the laundry
and play with us this week.
Look forward to seeing you in our Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in and leaving
such kind comments.

A Very Special 'THANK YOU'

Hello and Welcome to a Special Post.

Each year I make a card with Poppies 

for Remembrance Day in Australia.

This post is a few days early but thought it

perfect for our Anything Goes with Dies at

Happy Little Stampers

I kept it CAS using a background

done with predominately Red Alcohol Inks on Yupo Paper.

I cut the Perky Poppy from my Memory Box Die

and attached to the background.

Added a frame and a simple Thank You

sentiment in gold.

Pop over and see more die cuts from my Team Mates

and come join us this month. 

All the details are Here

Thanks for dropping in

Time to Give 'Thanks'

November has come around and it is time for our 

New CUTplorations Challenge over at

STAMPlorations.

Hello and Welcome to today's Post.

I started my card by smooching a background with

Lindy's Magical's in Rose Pink then stenciled

with ARTplorations Droplets with clear embossing powder.

My background for the floral stamp was sponged with

Tim's Abandoned Coral, Carved Pumpkin,

Fired Brick and Ripe Persimmon

I then got out my Bloom Sketches and randomly

stamped again using  Ripe Persimmons in a shadow effect.

I added glossy accents to the centre of the main flower

 and while wet sprinkled with

 Stampendous Aged Copper Embossong Enamel

but did not melt it.

Added a touch of Nuvo Crystal Glaze to the other two flowers.

I added a small frame in a lighter pink then popped

to my droplet background and finally to 

SU Groovy Guava card base.

Finished with my Thanks sentiment from 

STAMPlorations Boxed-Blooms-and-Bold-Sentiments
cut from  Fluttery-Dies

and some scattered pearls.

Pop on over and see what my Team Mates have made

for your pleasure and come join us in our Gallery.

Don't forget there is a 20% discount to entice you

just by using my code - STAMPGIRLINA.

Thanks for dropping in

It's Kylie and Friends '12 Days of Christmas'

Well Hello and a Big Welcome.
It's my day to showcase my card 

 for

You should have already been wowed by
Jane, Michelle and Anita's creations
and if you haven't you better pop over and check them out.Here
You know there is a prize to be won
for joining in with us.
Today we're showcasing another Kylie Card and mine
over Here

Now on to how I made my card.
Of course I wanted to show off the Stamp Set I used.
It's the Christmas Joy Set from the
Happy Little Stampers Shop
I heat embossed the poinsettia flower several time
around one side then decided to colour my background
with Lindy's Magicals (again)
I then added some watercolour wax
in Coral Reef  for more colour on the centre leaves.
Finished with heat embossing my sentiment,
corner rounded one edge and attached to
matching coloured card base.

Thanks so much for popping in
and be sure to check out tomorrow's creation
 from Barb. 

Till next time
Cherrio from

I Can Hear 'MUSIC'

Hello and Welcome to my Saturday post for

Just Us Girls

As it is a new month we have 

 Claire Garland from https://stringbows.blogspot.com/

as our November Guest. Welcome Claire and

we look forward to you sharing your talent with us this month.

***

Sue is Hosting our Word Week and has chosen MUSIC! 

Now I have The Beach Boys song I Can Hear Music

running in my head. Thanks Sue. I do love their music though.

Guess I am showing my age here LOL

Now the Beach Boys couldn't make music 

without their guitars could they?

So that instrument was mandatory on my card.

I went a bit grungy here inking some stamps from

STAMPlorations with Tim's Distress Inks.

My guitar is heat embossed in copper

and from Inspired by Stamping.

Cut this out with a stitched die matted

on red and attached to black card base.

Pretty simple really.

Pop over and see what our 

New Guest for November Clair Garland

and the Team created and come join us

in our Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in.

Love reading your comments.

A 'RRRUFF Day!

Hello and Welcome to today's post for

Happy Little Stampers

It's a New Month so that means

New Challenges starting with our

Watercolour Challenge.

Our optional twist for November is GET WELL.

I decided to ink up an old stamp 

and have a bit of fun with it.

I started by scrunching up some dampened card stock

and inking with Tim's Distress inks then straighten

it out for a backing for my 'Get Well' image/wishes.

I smooched colours on my water colour paper

in sky and dirty colours then stamped

my image and sentiment. Added a 

touch of grunge for the dog to sit on.

Cut this with a stitched die and added a tiny

white mat to the back then on to my background.

Attached to brown card base

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 the Gang have created

and come join us this month.

Thanks for dropping in

It's Anything Goes at Addicted to Stamps and More

Hello and Welcome to today's post for the

New Challenge over at Addicted to Stamps and More

and it's our favourite Anything Goes.

I recently bought a lovely Penny Black stamp

called Full of Glee and wanted to try iyt out

and so resulted in today's card.

I saw a lovely card on Pinterest by Loll Thompson

and my inspiration came from her beautiful CAS card

Here using this same stamp. 

I chose a favourite colour (similar to Loll's) to paint my flowers

SU Calypso Coral with the centres Tim's Fossilized Amber.

The leaves - Mowed Lawn and stems Gathered Twigs.

I added a touch of shimmer to the flowers with

WOS Clear Glitter.

The flowers were heat embossed with WOW Metallic Platinum.

Splattered some spots and inked sentiment

 from Happy Little Stampers in Calypso Coral.

This was cut from a stitched die and adhered to

SU Groovy Guava card base.

Pop over and see what my Talented Team Mates have made

and come join us in the Gallery this week.

No excuse as is the AG Challenge!

Thanks for popping in

A Special Christmas CUTplorations Release Blog Hop

Hello and Welcome to a 

Special CUTplorations Christmas Release

and Blog Hop.

I had so much fun with a few of the fabulous new
Christmas Dies below that I landed up making three cards.

Aren't They GORGEOUS!

As this is a long post I will give you a quick rundown
on how I made these cards.
Card #1 The background was simply made by adding
cyan and lavender pearl pigment powder
to gel medium and layering it with a brush.
The deer and sentiment is cut from gold paper.
Added a gold frame and attached to white card base.
Card #2 was fiddly as I as I adhered silver flakes
to my die cut deer. Won't do that again in a hurry.
The background was from my bits box
and leftovers from smashing metallic paint
and a touch of Iridescent Medium
Added my sentiment and adhered to card base.
Card #3 I stenciled my background
and distressed the edges. The deer was cut from red card stock
and inked with Hero Art Unicorn Pigment Ink and popped.
Added a few die cut snowflakes and
part of the new Christmas Die.
Finished with sequins and gems and adhered to card base.
***

All the Nitty Gritty details for the blog hop are Here 

with more amazing projects by the 

CUTploration Gals to swoon over. Check them out.

 ***

I hope you will spare the time to leave a comment here

for a change to win one of two prizes.

A quick recap - They are

 Choice of one (1) cover plate die & one (1) word/phrase die

 from the new Christmas dies featured during the hop OR

 a $15 GC to the store. Commenting closes November 9.

 Winner to be announced on November 10
 in the October Winners post.

***

Here are the new products I used
CUTplorations Two-Reindeer-Thin-Metal-Dies
CUTplorations Merry-and-Bright-Phrase-Die



and older ones
ARTplorations Christmas-Reindeer-Stencil
CUTplorations Crazy-Double-Running-Stitched-Nesting-Dies
STAMPlorations Christmas-Elf
STAMPlorations Mixed-Media-Grunge

What are you waiting for?

It's a great way to add a few more

Christmas cards that we all need to

give to Family & Friends.

I will look out for you in our Gallery.

Thanks so much for dropping in

and

DON'T FORGET TO COMMENT 

FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN!

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like - yes Christmas!

Hello and Welcome to today's post for
Just Us Girls

Vicki is our Host this week and chosen this
awesome Christmas Themed Photo.

So many elements you can choose from here.
What caught your eye?

I went with the colour in the background
and tried a new way with shaving cream.
You ink your acrylic block then add the shaving cream
scloosh (is that a word?) then swipe it on to
your card stock. Wipe away the excess and repeat
if you need to. I used Tim's Festive Berries.
 To add a bit of interest I then randomly inked a
SU stamp that looked like snow
with Memento Rhubarb and heat embossed Silver
around the middle.
Attached my glittery Kaisercraft Die Cuts
adding some Starform stickers to hang them.
Finished with the Starform Merry Christmas sentiment.
Funny how those out of vogue stickers 
still come in handy sometimes.
Oh and there are 2 gems attached to the gems.

Pop over and see what our Guest Linda
and the Gang created.
Hope you can spare a wee bit of play time
to add your card to our Gallery.
Thanks for dropping in.

Excited to be an Art & Soul Studio Ambassador

Hello and Welcome to my Exciting News.

I have been invited to be an Ambassador for 

Art & Soul Studio

It is a 'local to me' amazing craft store 

in Hervey Bay, Queenland.

You walk inside and you know you are indeed in

Craft Heaven!

Just a few shots from their vast supplies!

 and our Afternoon Tea.

was soooooooo yummy!

I don't officially start till November but

I am playing with the October Mood Board

to get me started. 

It's an amazing new adventure for me getting

involved with Mixed Media.

I have only delved in it is a small way

with my card making but now I

want to venture further with all the textures,

paints etc and get messy along the way.

You will get to see me branch out away from 

just cards in the future but for now - 

Here is my finished project.

A quick rundown on products I used

From Art & Soul Studio - 

Studio Light Stencil - MASKMM17

Tim Holtz Stone

Carabelle SA70134 Stamp.

Other supplies - 

Dutchdoobadoo Pop Art Stencil

Gelatos, Brusho's, Gel Medium

Sizzix Embossing Folder

CUTplorations Dies

Gold/White and Lavender Card Stock

Kaisercraft Pearls

Memento Eldenberry Ink. 

As this was NOT my first attempt

I did not photograph or write down all the products I used here.

 I wasn't even sure if this one would turn out.

I will admit I am happy with the end result this time.

Next time will be more informative. 

That's it for now. Thanks so much for hanging in

to check our this longer than normal post.

Till next time - Cherrio from