It's CASimply Black and White

It's Saturday and Trend Week at Just Us Girls Challenge 

Vicki is Hosting and chose BLACK and WHITE.

This called for a really CAS card.

 

I heat embossed the STAMPlorations Blossom Sprays 1

in black and added Nuvo Glitter Gloss to the flowers

die cut it the white frame and again in black with the bigger one.

Finished with my sentiment from 

STAMPlorations Bloom Sketches.

Easy Peasy eh!

It was near impossible to photograph

trying to get the shimmer to show up but 

you will all know just how nice it is IRL.

Pop over and see what our Guest Claire

and my Talented Teamies made

with this Simple Trend.

Thanks for dropping in - 

Happy Birthday Wishes

 It's time for our New Challenge over at

The Sisterhood of Crafters and it's

Leaf it to Chance

(use leaves on your project)

I think I have that covered!

It was a little difficult to get a good photo 

as the card stock I used is a lovely metallic paper

with a pattern. I bought it a few years ago from our

local Office Supplier.

The leaves are from SU Botanical Blooms

and Sizzix Thinlits 664377 including the flowers.

Sentiment die cut using SU Avant Garden.

Pop over and see what my Sistah's created

and join us this time round in our 

'Leaf it to Chance' Gallery

and we will pop in to see how

you chose to 'leaf' your creation.

Thanks for dropping in

Till next time - Cherrio from

A Pretty Poinsettia for Christmas Craft Creations

 I have some exciting news for you today.

I have joined the Talented Team at

Christmas Craft Creations.

We have a monthly themed Christmas Challenge and

I was so excited when I saw what the August Theme was as I

love making Non Traditional Coloured Christmas Cards and

a favourite of mine  is kraft as you can add any colour choice.

I decided to use some patterned metallic card stock -

it's not a white white because of the sheen.

I got out my favourite Spellbinders Poinsettia dies

and cut several for layering.

Background dies are from Tim's Mini Holiday Greens

and Memory Box Quinn Flourish.

The texture plate is embossed instead of die cut.

Added Lawn Fawn Hemp Cord behind the flourish.

Of course you have to have some snowy

pearl white splatters which break the plain background.

Sentiment die is from Elizabeth Craft Designs.

Finished with some pearl coloured gems

to the flower centres.

Pop over and see how my Team Mates

chose to use Non Traditional Colours on their

Christmas creations.

Why not join in with yours.

It's good to get those Christmas cards in the ready!

Thanks for dropping in.

Love reading your kind comments too.

A Beautiful Day for Altenew's Ultimate Challenge

Altenew are  hosting the

Ultimate Challenge Blog Hop

with amazing prizes to be won,

 inviting Designers from a variety of Blogs

to showcase their talents using their products.

As part of the team at The Sisterhood of Crafters

I chose my old favourite - 

 Altenew Beautiful Day Stamp-Die-Bundle

As I mentioned above I have use the 

Altenew Beautiful Days Stamp Set and Dies

inking up with their Red Cosmos Ink Set

and Tim's Mowed Lawn, Crushed Olive and Iced Spruce

Sentiments are from

Altenew Label Love, Larkspur and Frosted Garden.

Added white cotton behind the popped floral spray.

Framed in pink and on to white card base.

Look at the amazing prizes that are to be won!

. Prizes

$250 in total prizes! To celebrate this fantastic blog hop,

Altenew is giving away $25 gift certificates to

TEN lucky winners.

Winners will be chosen at random from the comments

left on any of the blogs listed below

and will be announced on the

Altenew blog on September 5th, 2021.

 

. Special Offer 

FREE U.S. shipping with code HAPPY08A8 or

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at checkout on orders over $39 from 8/10/2021

at 12:01 am EDT to 8/11/2021 at 11:59 pm EDT.

Shop here: https://altenew.com/collections/all-altenew-products

Not valid on prior purchases.

Cannot be combined with other promo codes. 

Hop Order -

Altenew

AAA Card Challenge

Happy Little Stampers

Addicted to CAS

Perfectly CAS

Addicted to Stamps and More!

Seize the Birthday

Color Hues the Color Challenge

Time Out Challenge

Less is More Challenge

Double D Challenge Blog

The Sisterhood of Crafters

Color Throwdown

Lots to check out for sure! Enjoy browsing and

don't forget to leave comments for your chance to be a Winner!

PS We have our New Challenge over at 

The Sisterhood of Crafters going live tomorrow

so why not head over and see what we have in store for you.

Thanks for popping my way.

Deck the Halls with 'Holly'

 It's time to show off my latest card for 

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge

 Anything Goes Christmas.

A CAS card using STAMPlorations Layered Holly

Inked with Tim's Rustic Winderness Oxide

and Festive Berries Distress

then heat embossed in black.

The berries were heat embossed with Ranger Red Cinnabar

which you can see has a touch of gold.

The splattered background is leftovers from

my last card for this challenge as it was still

on my glass mat and added some red.

 Made both cards the same week end.

Sentiment is from the same stamp set.

Always good to have CAS cards 

for no bulk posting.

That's it for now. I will have another Christmas card

to show you later in the month.

Don't forget to pop over and see what my Team Mates created

and join in and add your Christmas creation to our Gallery.

 Cherrio from 

It's Word Week at Just Us Girls

Hello and Welcome to my Saturday Post for

Just Us Girls and our Host Bobby has chosen

Before I go any further I would like to welcome

our New Designer Elizabeth Stewart from

Papersweetness.

We are all excited to have you join the Jugheads

and share your talents with us.

It's not Harvest time here in Australia but we do have 

a Pumpkin Festival early in the year where

there is a competition to see who can

throw a pumpkin down a very long hill

and make it to the bottom. (Not an easy feat)

It is in a small rural town not far from where I live.

Once again I have used  my STAMPlorations 

Oh So Grateful Die and

Thankful and Blessed for my sentiment

It's my go to Harvest type items.

Did some light stenciling behind my popped pumpkin with

ARTplorations Barley Stencil.

I inked up my watercolour paper with 

Tim's oxide inks in various colours and

a bit of shimmer from Lindy's Grab a Guy Gold

 for my background and stamped/die cut pumpkin.

Die cut the corner with Tim's Thinlits Mixed Media.

Finished by adhereing to matching coloured card base.

As it is a new month we have a New Guest

Welcome to Claire Apostoloff.

Lovely to have you join us and 

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

Check out what Claire and the Team created

and come join in this weeks challenge.

You could be our Chic of the Week and in the running for

Guest Designer in October. 

Thanks for dropping in

Creating 'Chaos' for Creative Artiste Mixed Media

 There is a new Anything Goes Challenge at

Creative Artiste Mixed Media Blog

you just need to use multiple mediums on your project.

My BFF sent me a very early birthday package

(she knew I couldn't wait that long)

 containing lots and lots of dies.

 The one I used here really took my eye 

 choosing to make a very bright MM card.

At the time I hadn't planned what I was going to do with it

so didn't take photos or write down what I used.

However the stenciled background is from AALL&CREATE

and I had only just bought it after finding them listed

 on my online craft store yay!

I used Tim's oxide inks then some stamping

from my favourite Visible Image Set - Creative Chaos.

The background for my die cut was in my bits box

and just cut down to size.

I used the same inks for my die cut just adding

some shimmer from Ken Oliver's Liquid Metal Copper.

 I liked how not all the paper came out of the holes

giving it a different look.

I heat embossed the 42 in the cut out

to  add a darker colour and shine.

A bit of stamping filled the lower corner nicely.

Adhered to a matching rough textured card base.

Pop over and see what the rest of the Talented Team created

and hope you can join us this month with yours.

#Note Popping this over to a new to me  Mixed Media Challenge

Mixed Media Lovers for their

Challenge #4

Let's share the news and support this new Challenge

Thanks for dropping in

Till next time - 

There's 'No Card' Today

 The heading says it all!

However there is something else.

I am hosting our Wild Card Week

over at Just Us Girls 

and looking for Anything But a Card

With five Saturday's in the month we have our

Wild Card where the Host has free range to choose!

There are so many ways you can use your creativity

as you can see below. 

I thought I would share a little 4x4 Mixed Media Canvas

in a fairly simple way. 

The canvas has gesso added which makes everything

you add after that 'stick'.

I textured/coloured up my canvas and 

some paddle pop stick for the fence

 then started adding bits and bobs.

These include bits of bark from the yard,

dried flowers and seeds from a bouquet I was given,

The centre of the blue flower (from my stash)

is actually the centre from the seeds.

Added some cheese cloth, 

a few leaf dies and  art stones.

So you see Mixed Media can be

fairly easy by adding things you may have

around the house. It's fun just to experiment.

My kind of relaxation while others

love to dabble in colouring images.

Pop over and see how everyone

chose to play this week.

We also say good bye to our lovely Guest Chrissie

who inspired us greatly with her talents. 

Thank You for joining us this month.

Thanks for dropping in today

The Ocean is Calling!

It's time for our New Challenge over at 

The Sisterhood of Crafters

and our theme is

'The Ocean is Calling and I Must Go'

chosen by Sistah Birgit.

I went a bit overboard here after I had a few

attempts that didn't turn out however had a lot of fun

with this one adding lots to the ocean floor.

Products used are 

Lindy's Magical Sprays/Powders

Nuvo Shimmer Powder, 

Art Alchemey Metallic Paints/Waxes/Art Stones

Little Birdie Embossing Texture Paste,

Bauxite Bits, Glitter, Glossy Accents.

Seahorse and sentiments - 

 AALL&CREATE Underwater Wonders.

Pop over and see what my Talented Sistah's created

and be inspired to create your own

Underwater Magic.

Love to see yours in our Gallery.

Till next time - Cherrio from

tis the Season - Christmas that is!

 We are back after after having a wee break at

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge.

Our Challenges are always Anything Goes Christmas.

I so love Tim's Mini Holiday Green's Dies

and I have cut a few of them after inking up

my watercolour paper with a few Lindy's Magical

Sprays and Powders.

I also cut three different sized paper pieces

as a backing.

Found some cotton and attached that

adding coloured beads.

Flicked some splatters, added my sentiment,

corner rounded

and added to my card base.

The paper is Metallic Galaxy

which has a lovely silver shimmer.

That's another Christmas Card to add

to my growing stash.

So good to not be panicked late in the year

with NO Christmas cards ready to send.

How about you - Have you started yet?

Christmas in July is a great starting point.

Pop over and see what the Team have chosen

to share and add yours to our Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in.

Till next time it's Cherrio from

Love You in Red White and Blue.

It's Saturday and time for our new challenge at

Just Us Girls and hosting this week is Nancy.

You are right - you have seen these flower dies

just a wee while ago and for a JUGS Challenge -

however this card was done quite some time ago.

Just didn't realize this challenge was so far down the track.

Going with the bottom left hand side image

I stenciled my heart background with texture paste

 from ARTplorations, Love Heart Die is  CUTplorations

 and sentiment - STAMPlorations

Coloured die cuts are a mixture of Lindy's Magical's.

Added a red pearl to finish.

Pop over and see what everyone chose to showcase

from the super photo choice by Nancy

and add yours to the Gallery.

Love to see you there - 

till next time - Cherrio from

It's Just Us Girls Colour Week

Today's post is for our Colour Week at Just Us Girls 

and our Host Angie chose these pretty colours.

After my full on recycled project from last week

I thought CAS was in order for this weeks Colour Challenge.

I used two shades of grey card stock.

Inked the STAMPlorations Celebrate Artsy

in the three colours, adding some splatters,

a die cut flourish and butterfly from Gina Marie Designs.

Sentiment  from STAMPlorations Bloom Happy

and I am done. Easy Peasy!

Pop over and see what our Guest Chrissie and the Team

created for your pleasure and

come join in this week's lovely Colour Challenge.

Thanks for dropping in

You're so very Special.

It's time for  our New Challenge over at

The Sisterhood of Crafters and Sistah Debbie has chosen 

Embossing - Dry or Heated.

You will have seen the stamp I used above

quite some time ago HERE

as I made both cards at the same time not knowing

which one I would use, but looking down our 

List of Themes Challenges this one fitted perfectly.

I used both dry and heat embossing here.

I heat embossed my Full of Glee stamp by Penny Black

with Nuvo Gold Enchantment Powder using

Canson Cold Press Watercolour Paper

colouring it with several 

Lindy's Starburst and Moonshadow Sprays

and touching up with Ken Oliver Copper Powder

I lightly misted with a mix of Gold Perfect Pearls

 which gave it a shadowy effect.

Centre flower has roughed up glossy accents

and Art Alchemy Wax brushed on.

The floral spray was cut from MFT oval die.

My dry embossed Kaisercraft leaves background is on

cream paper and die cut from SU Botanicla Blooms.

Adhere to Bazill card base.

Sentiment is from STAMPlorations Fond Expressions 2

heat embossed in the same Nuvo Powder above.

Added a tiny waffle flower bow to finish.

This is a fabulous challenge I am sure will have

loads of lovely entries in our Gallery.

Hope to see yours there.

Be sure to check out what my Sistah's created

as again they have Amazing Makes for your pleasure.

Thanks for dropping in.

Till next time - Cherrio from

Tea? Coffee? How about Both?

It's Trend Week at Just Us Girls

and our Host is Sue choosing to go

environment friendly with Recycling.

So many choices here.

I did start off with something else but 

got carried away in the process so

 decided to keep it for another day.

Searching for something 'a bit out of the ordinary'

I came across This on YouTube and just had to try it - 

and it was 'so fun'  rather messy but that is 

what happens with Mixed Media.

Here is how it started using gesso then

adhering the torn stained tea bags.

Stenciling with texture paste and tea leaves.

Unfortunately  the stencil wasn't quite right

and lost its effect.

If you clicked on the link you will have seen the

tea water added here and there then getting the darker colour

with the coffee water. I did sprinkle some coffee

around the edges also.

For a bit of shimmer I added Ken Oliver's Liquid Metallic Copper

To keep with the recycling I attached

(don't laugh) some real chicken feathers.

Thought they would blend in nicely with

the perfect heat embossed sentiment from 

STAMPlorations Feathery

This was added in front of a bit of dry wall tape.

And there you have my mixed media feathery recycling project.

Check out what our Talented Guest Chrissie and the Team

chose to recycle and have some fun with yours

adding to the Gallery. Excited to see what's there this week.

Thanks for dropping in.

'Because' you inspire me...

Hello and Welcome to my Saturday Post for

Just Us Girls 

with another month of Great Challenges.

We start off with - 

Our Host Bobby choosing Script!

for our Word Challenge.

We also start our month with a new Guest Designer 

and I am excited to have Chrissie Stokes joining us.

Welcome Chrissie!

There are times when you start on a card and in the end

isn't just how you want it to be.

This happened here after a couple of failed attempts

and still not happy with how it looks.

I have a scripted background as well as my sentiment.

The floral Uniko image is a gift (Thank you Mac)

 and I chose the wording on this card

because it is exactly how I feel.

Your creativity really does inspire me!

The background is inked with

Lindy's Salt Water Taffy

(the lightest pink I could find)

and script in black

Also backed with the same pink

although hard to see.

The lovely floral stamp is heat embossed with

yellow glitter powder.

Adhered to black card base.

I have some other ideas for this lovely stamp

so you will see it again to show it off as it should be. 

Pop over and see what our Talented Guest Chrissie 

and Team scripted then come join in

with yours in our Gallery.

You could be our Chic of the Week

and in the running as our Guest in September.

Thanks for dropping in

A Little 'Art' for Creative Artiste Mixed Media

Today I have a 'little mixed media piece' for our

New Challenge over at Creative Artiste Mixed Media 

They are monthy and Anything Goes

using multiple mediums. (so fun)

Lots of things happening here - 

Started with a 4x4 inch canvas, gessoed

and stencilled. 

Painted with Art Alchemy Metallic Emeral Green

Added some slightly shredded packing paper, tag

white washing and waxes.

Other products used are 

Metal objects, cotton, art stones,

metallic embossing powders, coloured domes.

Art was die cut from an old Cuttlebug alphabet set.

Some photos taken along the way.

Hope I inspired you with my mini canvas and you

have a  play and add yours to our gallery Here

Thanks so much for popping in to see what I have been 

messing around with.

Till next time - Cherrio