A CAS Merry Christmas Card for Mix It Up Challenge

 Did someone say Christmas?

Well it is nearly here and over at Mix It Up Challenge

our Anything Goes with the 

Optional Twist for December is CAS (Clean and Simple)

Just what we need  this month.

here's a close up - still hard to get a good photo

of the sparkle!

I was recently gifted the tree die I used above

so I decided it needed 'sparkle' and so it is.

The background was a mix of smooched Magical's

and Nuvo Powder.

Added a silver Christmas Die attaching to

white card base and my

CAS card is complete.

Pop over and see what the Team created

and join in our Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in.

A Jugs 'Merry Christmas'

 It's our last Just Us Girls Challenge for 2020

and Cecile has chosen a very appropriate photo

for us to play with.

I was going to go with the colours and gifts but

landed up getting out Christmas Paper instead.

I concentrated on the gifts, cutting my

Echo Park DP in different sizes,

adding ribbon, twine and a Christmas bell.

Adhered to a cuttlebug embossed strip and framed.

Repeated that again and attached to card base.

Sentiment die is from Lawn Fawn.

Pop over and see what our Guest Joyce

and the Team created and join us

for our last challenge of the year.

We Jugheads are having December off to

have a wee break and some family time for sure.

Me - I will be resting up after my second knee surgery,

doing my exercises etc and look forward to  

creating again with the girls in 2021.

Thanks to Joyce and all our Fabulous Guest Designers

throughout the year for sharing your great talents with us

and to you all for checking in leaving kind comments.

Merry Christmas to you all. See you in the New Year.

Love me a 'Thistle'

Hello and Welcome to my Saturday Post for

Just Us Girls 

I'm Hosting our Colour Challenge

and chose those that would show off my favourite flower.

I did make a mistake with my choice - should have been

black instead of  navy but I did add touches of navy

to replicate the 'blue bells' of Scotland to go with

the 'flower of Scotland' The Thistle.

I knew when I saw the Cosy Cup Coaster Die 

I wanted to use them for this challenge.

Thanks so much to my JUGS Teammate Angie

and another crafty friend who so generously 

sent me a nice supply.

Background has been embossed, adding 

several coloured coasters and topped with 

my thistle and blue bells coloured

 with Lindy's Magicals.

I know they aren't really blue bells...

The Thistle word is cut from a 

very old cuttlebug alphabet set.

Finished with several die cut bows,

a lavender mat onto white card base.

I so enjoyed making this one.

Hope you get a chance to play along with us this week. 

You could be our Chic of the Week

and in the running for a Guest Spot in the New Year.

Don't forget to see how our Current Guest Joyce 

and the Team chose to use these colours.

Thanks for stopping by.

Pink and Brown doesn't make me 'Frown'

The New Challenge over at Color Hues 

is to use Pink and Brown.

I love these two colours together so thought

I would play along. 

I got out the retired SU stamp set - 

Heartfelt Blooms inking it with

VersaFine Clair Fallen Leaves 

as I knew it would ink up well.

(It  is a very dark brown)

I wanted a bit of sheen so heat embossed with

Ranger Frosted Crystal. I then added

some pink colour to the flowers

then some clear rock candy crackle paint for shine.

Flower centre is raised and coloured brown.

Background was stenciled with

ARTplorations Nested Circles

with pink and brown inks.

Cut my floral image with

Uniquely Creative

Cross Stitch Nesting Arch die

and sponged around the edges.

Sentiment is from Altenew.

Added pink ribbon and a bow

and popped onto pink card base.

Unfortunately my card didn't photograph well

and does look better IRL. 

Thanks for dropping in

See you again soon.

A CAS Reminder for STAMPlorations

 Welcome to today's post.

We are half way through our monthly Challenges at STAMPlorations

and I have gone with a simple belated birthday card

showcasing one of my favourite ARTplorations Stencils

Sanna Lipperts Flowers 1

It is so easy to work with just a bit selective sponging.

I used Tim's Distress Inks.

My background is the new

ARTplorations Gridlocked Stencil

lightly sponged

I added some tiny splatters.

Framed my flowers with the

A2 Basic Nesting Dies

and finishing with my belated sentiment from

Out of Stock STAMPlorations Party Time 

adhering to coloured card stock.

Pop over and see what all the STAMP girls have created

as there is always so much inspiration for you to 

get motivated to play and add your entry to the Gallery

to win one of our fabulous prizes.

Thanks for dropping in.

Till next time it's Cherrio from

A Quick Post for the Color Hues Challenge

 Just adding this quick post for the Colour Hues Challenge

I saw Nancy's Reminder this morning and

as I had a wee bit of time up my sleeve I thought

I would make a quick card as I love using Kraft Paper.

Because time was running out I decided to

use an old SU favourite just using the dies

from the Botanical Blooms Set.

Added some splatters from Tim's Speckles Stencil

with the specified colours.

The leaves were cut from kraft paper,

flowers inked/smooched with Nuvo Shimmer Powder.

Sentiment from STAMPlorations.

Finished with twine and pearls and

adhered to kraft card base. 

That stamp/die set makes for such an easy

and quick make as it was here.

So glad I finally got time to play with my 

good friend Nancy's Challenge.

Such a relaxing afternoon with the AC on

(so hot here today and will be for a few days to come)

Thanks for popping in

What's the 'Trend' at Just Us Girls?

 This weeks Trend Challenge for Just Us Girls is a first for me - 

Sue is our Host and wants to see

I thought I would 'try' colouring the lovely 

Australian Cooktown Orchid Spray from

 Inspired by Stamping. 

They are mostly 'purple' and became Queensland's

floral emblem in 1959 during celebrations to mark

the state's centenary.

I did try and replicate it somewhat here

using distress inks, gelatos and

Colourblast and LuminArte pots of colour.

Added a background wash and some splatters.

Finished with the Cooktown Orchid Sentiment

framed with purple and onto kraft card base.

Hope I get a pass!

Pop over and see how our Guest Joyce and the Team

showed off their no line watercolour creations.

I look forward to seeing many beautiful cards

in our Gallery this week.

Till next time - 

It's Word Week at Just Us Girls

 Hello and welcome to a new Month of Challenges at

 Just Us Girls

It's Word Week with Vicki Hosting and choosing Triangles.

We have a new Guest and a big welcome to 

Joyce Mehrberg.

I had a lot of fun making my card especially with the

placement of my multitude of triangles.

I was looking for something colourful and came across

a piece that was just that in my bit box.

After placing them they looked rather ordinary so decided to

add an embossed Kaisercraft Chevron background.

Sentiment is from SU. Added a bit of hand drawing

to it and attached to metallic coloured card base.

Pop over and see what Joyce and the Girls

have created and come join in this week's

fun word challenge.

You could be our Chic of the Week and

in the running for a Guest Spot next year.

Thanks for dropping in

Till next time - Cherrio from

Creative Chaos for Creative Artiste MM

 Well the heading says it all!

Welcome to my 'finally finished' project for

this month's challenge at

Creative Artiste Mixed Media

I thought I had chosen something simple

and make another Mixed Media with a DVD!

Wrong!

I added gesso to my dvd then lots of colours

with a mix of sprays/powders then - 

it all went wrong after that.

I wanted to add some black text.

I used a stencil and that landed up the

biggest mess so of course I wiped what I could

off and all the lovely shimmery colour went with it too

so for some shine I added some clear rock candy.

Next mistake was the wrong colour spray so wiped that

and found I had a nice coloured cracked background.

To diffuse the darkness I stenciled randomly

with white texture paste. This then gave me the chance

to add text but this time stamping with Archival Ink yay!

I am thinking at this stage I am going to salvage this.

Had a play around with my dream weaver chipboard

adding umteen different colours to try and blend in with 

my background. It needed a backing which I was happy with - 

after more stenciling/inking. Decided I needed yet more using 

Stampendous Embossing enamel but the bluey speckles

didn't front (darn) but looked okay with the bronze.

Still needing more I added some 

white and coloured cheesecloth. Added a big gem

and a sentiment sticker from Tim Holtz to 

finally have something finished just in time

to add with my Talented Team Mates creations at

 Creative Artiste Mixed Media Blog Post.

As I wasn't sure it would really turn out I

didn't take progress photos as they may have just been binned!

Here's a few close ups!

There you have it! A bit chaotic but I 

got there in the end. Sure hope you don't

have any issues when you create yours for

this month's challenge. See you over in the Gallery.

Thanks for taking time to visit.

Creativity takes Courage

Hello November! Not long now till this year

will be over. No doubt we are all hoping for a better 2021

but till then

It's time for our New Steampunk Challenge

and this month we are looking for the use of cardboard

in the steam/grunge/industrial style.

Here's my Canvas Make.

There's lots going on here starting with a blank canvas.

Added gesso and then steampunk stenciled my background, the

required cardboard (corrugated)

and placing of elements of all sorts from my stash.

I then went on my merry way with colours

after I had added black gesso.

Powders from Lindy's Magical's, Sprays,

Nuvo and Brusho Powders.

Finished with lots of  Art Alchemy Waxes

and sentiment from Tim Holtz.

Here's a few  a few close ups!

I am enjoying the challenge of steampunk and I admire

 and am in awe of the talent of my Team Mates.

Pop over and see for yourselves. 

Be like me and just jump right in and see how creative you can be

and add to our Gallery. You could be a Prize Winner

from one of our Generous Sponsors!

Sending this over to the We Love to Create Blog

for their Anything Goes Mixed Media Challenge

Thanks for dropping in

STAMPlorations November Stencil Challenge

Hello and Welcome to my creation for this month's

STAMPlorations November Stencil Challenge

I have been out of town for a few weeks and came home to

an abundance of goodies from STAMPlorations and I had to 

use just a few here.

As time is short I made a CAS card

using  Lindy's Screamin' Banshee Black Magical's

(love the shimmery colours  it creates) 

for the background adding white texture paste with my new

ARTplorations Slimline Fanned Stencil 

After that was dry I cut part on an angle

and added my STAMPlorations Happy Happy Clear Sticker

cut from the 

CUTplorations Curly Labels Tag and Nesting Dies

I then cut another piece slightly larger

to use as a mat. This was smooched with

the Magical's and popped.

Finished with adhering to white card base.

Pop over and see what all the STAMPploration Family

created for this month and come join us.

There's always prizes to be won.

Thanks for dropping in.