Did Someone Say Ice Cream?

It's Saturday and  Just Us Girls Challenge is Live!

Our Host for Trend Week is Elizabeth

and chose a 'beauty'

It has been an 'AGE' since I have made a Wobbler Card

and found a stamp/die that made for a fun card!

It's Sweet Cravings from STAMPlorations.

Heat embossed in white and coloured with

Tim's oxide inks and for the wobbler

I die cut it another and coloured the same.

Added sprinkles to the top layer.

What is an ice cream without them?

Background has a bit of stencilling

and a few splatters.

Sentiments are from the same stamp set.

Added to coloured card base.

Head over to Our Blog and

check out our Guest Lucie 

and my talented Team Mates creations

and join in this fun challenge with yours.

Thanks for visiting and commenting.

'tis the Season

The New Challenge over at The Sisterhood of Crafters

is to Create a Seasonal Landscape 

chosen by Sistah Debbie.

As you can see I went with a Winter Theme 

using my favourite Great Outdoors Stamp Set

from Tim Holtz in front of a wintery oxide inked background,

Distress Grit Paste and iridescent medium for shimmer and snow.

Inked the edges and attached to bright card base.

Head over and see what seaon my Sistah's chose to create

and we would love to see yours in our Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in and commenting.

A 'Shaker' Merry Christmas

 Hello and Welcome to today's post for

Christmas Craft Creations

and our Theme for this month is TREES!

My Christmas Tree die is from CUTplorations

which is popped with lots of bling behind it

as a shaker card. 

Added a couple of Christmas presents to the front

and a strip of dp to the side. A simple sentiment

and my shaker card is complete.

Pop over and see how the Team chose

to showcase their Trees and come and

join in the fun by adding yours to the Gallery.

Thanks for visiting and commenting.

Till next time - Cherrrio from

Sending a 'Butterfly' With Love

 What do you do on a cold Sunday?

Find a Fun Challenge - 

Yep! went to  CYHTP Dry/Heat Embossing

for their Can You Handle the Preasure

with the optional twist Butterflies

so headed off to play. 

I had a butterfly left over on my desk

so that made it easy.

I dry embossed the Henna folder from Darice 

on white card base and then got out

a few Nuvo Shimmer Powders, sprinkled on

to the same folder and sprayed lightly with water,

placed my card stock inside and embossed, leaving it

for a short while for all the colours to seep in.

The butterfly has been inked with Nuvo Gold Powder

and popped. I inked the edges of the white embossing

with the leftovers.

Sentiment die is from Spellbinders. 

Added a few pearls to finish.

Thanks for the visit and leaving lovely comments.

'Hello'

 The New Challenge over at Color Hues

is live and looking for Black and Yellow

I saw a card similar to what I made over on Pinterest

and it is perfect for the CAS Mix Up Challenge

(Welcome back)

You all know how much I love my stencils and 

Lindy's Magical's so these two challenges

just made for some fun play time.

Lots of die cutting as I didn't know which ones I would use.

(I have leftovers)

My yellow background is Lindy's Yellow Rose of Texas,

Stencil is AALL&Create Cracked Walls 1 #37

through Ranger Opaque Crackle Texture Paste.

Added itty bits of washi tape Cut Tear Layer #9 

and a touch of Tim's Speckles in the corner.

Simple sentiment from STAMPlorations,

inking the edges as I did before adhering

to white card base.

* My CAS Mix is Smooching,Texture Paste, Stencilling, 

Die Cuts, Washi Tape, Stamping.

* Black & Yellow colours for Color Hues

Thanks for popping in and checking my card out.

Some Creative Fun

It's Just Us Girls Word Week

 Host Lisa E has chosen PAINTBRUSH 

for something very different.

With a New Month we welcome our Guest Lucie G

who will be sharing her talents with us.

Welcome Lucie.

When I saw Lisa's choice of  WORD it got my

mixed media juices flowing.

The paintbrushes are from AALL&Create #38.

My background came out of my bits box

inked with Tim's Oxide Inks.

It was a quick make with lots and lots and lots of stamping from 

AALL&Create, That's Crafty and Visible Image

doing all the work.

Inked the edges and adhered to card base.

You would all know how much fun I had here!

Now head over and see how our June Guest Lucie

and the Team used our 'Word'. 

You are going to love their creativity.

Come join us and you could be chosen

Chic of the Week and in the running for a Guest Spot.

Thanks for visiting and commenting.

Love Me a THISTLE!

It's time for our New Anything Goes Mixed Media Challenge at 

Creative Artiste Mixed Media

This piece came about after I was watching

the Talented Tracy Evans use her

AALL&Create Thistle #334.

I had only just recently purchased mine

so decided to ink it up.

The background is done on the gel press

and after a long hiatus I needed lots of practice.

I eventually got three then inked my thistle.

I landed up using the middle one.

I found after watching Tracy that the best stamp pad

to use is VersaFine Clair. Lucky I have a few.

I then did some random inking, some

crackle stencilling (as I do) and strips of washi tape - 

 also from AALL& Create.

I am so glad we have a store here in Oz that sells

these amazing products. 

Inked a ring around the thistle, added some

heather flower soft to part of it and

found the lovely wool to add a nice touch.

Lightly inked the edges and a bit of distressing.

I found the lovely soft green pearlized card stock 

that blended nicely and attached to finish. 

Head over to our Blog and check out what my

Fabulous Talented Team Mates created this month.

We would love to see yours in our Gallery. 

You just need multiple mediums to join in the fun.

Thanks for dropping in for a visit. Love reading your comments.

Just 'Thinking of You'

 I came across a 'new to me' challenge just yesterday

TGIF Challenges and this one is a Technique Challenge

to use frames. Here is my make.

There are so many ways to incorporate a frame

in your card and I chose a Sizzix 663423 die that

has the tiniest of frames. I cut out two in grey

and used the inside of one as a backing

I first embossed the main background with a

leaf folder from Kaisercraft then built it up with

floral dies coloured with Tim's 

Kitsch Flamingo and Saltwater Taffy Oxides

 a sprinkle of Lindy's Oom Pah Pah Pink

and a leafy vellum die cut.

Finished with a die cut sentiment from Crafts4U

with the leftover ink and attached to

white card base. 

That's it for today. Thanks for visiting.

Just 'Hello'

Welcome to today's post for Just Us Girls

Carol Mc is our Host for our Photo Week.

Several things going on here - 

started my background with 

scrunched up damp card stock

then inked with Tim's Salty Ocean

Smooched  the white embossed 

Postage Due bicycle stamp from SU Kitsch Flamingo,

Salty Ocean and Salvaged Patina.

Punch from Martha Stewart,

ribbon - stash and simple sentiment from STAMPlorations.

Added a fussy cut flower in Kitsch Flamingo.

Check out how our Guest Deborah and the Girls

chose to showcase what they took

from this lovely photo.

Hope you come and join in this week.

Thanks for dropping in

It's all about THE BAG!

 Hello and Welcome!

I love it when someone gets a gift in a

brown paper bag with a bonus of tissue paper.

This happened at Christmas time and I 

saved it from the recycle bin knowing

I was going to use it for our 

BAG IT Challenge 

at The Sisterhood of Crafters

Sistah aNNie chose the theme

and is such a popular trend at the moment.

A friend from another Design Team I am on 

made one some time ago and I knew I

wanted to go in a Mixed Media way.

I started with the background

(Gesso/Crackle Paste and Art Alchemy Sparks)

which I left for quite some time wondering

if I liked it. Lucky I did and it just

all flowed on nicely from there.

Used loads of 'stuff' from my stash

which included designer paper/card stock,

Laces, material flower, flourish,

die cuts, heat embossing, tissue paper, pearls.

Here's a close up showing the detail!

Thanks aNNie for a great theme

giving me the chance to try something

just a little different and give me a Mixed Media Fix!

Head over and see how my Talented Sistahs 

chose to showcase their Bags.

We'd love to see your artistic skills

in our Gallery and join in on the fun.

Sharing this one over at

Mixed Media Lovers Blog

Challenge #13

We Love 2 Create Mixed Media AG

Thanks for visiting and commenting.

With Love!

 I have a quick post today for a couple of challenges.

Over at Color Hues this time round  the colours   

Red and Aqua got my attention 

and as I had butterflies around my desk the

Clean and Simple on Sunday have a fun  Butterfly Challenge 

I thought CAS and Colour would be a nice match up.

My background is some simple 

partial stamping from AALL&Create

and randomly coloured with the required red and aqua.

Fussy cut butterfly is the same.

To add interest I embossed it with a frame die

attaching it to the card base

after adding a simple sentiment. 

This card is heading over to the above Challenges.

and an Update!

Try it on Tuesday  Butterfly Challenge

Thanks for your visit and I love reading your thoughts.

Thinking of You

Welcome to today's post for Just Us Girls

  Bobby is Hosting our Colour Week.

I started by adding a background 

with Tim's Stone Stencil in Blue Print Sketch Oxide ink

and flicked some water drops.

Die cut my floral arrangement using

SU Calypsol Coral, Magicals Cape Cod Coral and Tan card stock

which includes the little strip on the side

(thanks Cecile) and one with vellum.

Added some more stencilling to the sides,

some crochet cotton and a button.

Sentiment is SU.

Adhered to navy card base.

Head over and see what our Guest Deborah

and Team created.

Will we see yours in our Gallery?

Thanks for visiting

Live in the Moment.

Hello and Welcome to my post for Just Us Girls

Our Host is Carol M choosing a fun trend - Shaped Cards.

I got out my Hexagon Spellbinder Die 

and made a little note card.

Unfortunately I forgot to write down the colours

of Lindy's Magical's I used as I made it  so quickly.

I do love the result I got with them.

Added a Lavinia Stamp, heat embossed in black.

Sentiment is from Tim Holtz Small Talk.

Framed in black onto white card base. 

Head over and see what our Guest Deborah

and the Team chose to use for their Shaped Card.

They are fabulous and all so wonderfully different.

Hope you get to have a bit of fun this week

and add to the Gallery.

Sending this simple shaped card over to

The Paper Shelter for their

Challenge #511 Shaped Cardl

and Update!

Addicted to CAS

Challenge #220 Flower

(Hoping I have enough white space)

Thanks for visiting.

Way to Go in PINK!

 Time for our New Challenge over at

The Sisterhood of Crafters and

Sistah Diane is in the PINK!

So we are going all out Pink this time round.

I was determined to move away from pink flowers 

and created this fun chic card instead.

A simple acetated background with

Nuvo Cherry Bomb Powder and a 

lighter shade with Tim's Kitsch Flamingo

Added Tim's background rays

stencilling with Transparent Gloss Texture Paste.

Heat embossed Unity Live Laugh Love Girl

and sentiments from Paper Smooches.

Adding some sequins for bling,

matted in black onto hot pink card base.

***

but then I gave in and made an easy floral card  

with the SU Hearfelt Bloom doing all the work.

Inked with SU retired Melon Mambo,

heat embossed clear diamond dust,

Art Alchemy Silver Wax and white gel pen

to the flower centre.

Sentiment from the same set.

Die cut and framed in grey.

I also heat embossed the card base 

with the clear embossing powder

then adhered my flower to complete.

Check out what my Sistah's created

as they always impress. 

Your turn to show us your 'Pink' make

and add to our Gallery.

Thanks for visiting

Merry and BRIGHT!

Time for our New Challenge over at

Christmas Craft Creations

This month's Theme is Two Colours.

I chose Red and Gold.

My background splash is

Lindy's Cuckoo Cardinal Red and 

Grab a Guy Gold.

Sentiment from Hero Arts cut from gold paper.

An easy one for this month.

Love to see you add to our Gallery this month.

Thanks for visiting and commenting