A Potted Birthday Bloom

 Our Host Nancy has found a 

fabulous Mood Board for us to take inspiration from

this week at Just Us Girls

As soon as I saw that pot full of blooms

I knew where I was heading.

Here's a closer view.

My background is stencilled with texture paste

and after drying added Lindy's Magical's

letting it run through and onto the raised cracks.

Added an inked up Kaisercraft texture die.

Fussy cut my pot from AALL&Create and SU bloom coloured

with distress inks and a touch of perfect pearls.

This was popped onto the itty bits from the

background die. Thought it made a perfect

resting place for the potted flower.

Finished with a simple sentiment

and raised onto SU card base. 

Pop over and see amazing makes of all kinds

from our Guest Joanne and our Talented Designers.

There is so much to feast your eyes over that Mood Board.

We would love to see what caught yours

to add to the Gallery. See you there!

Sending this card over to

Daring Cardmakers

Bloom and Grow Challenge

and

Just Add Ink

looking for #648 Choose Two

mine are - Wall and Garden.

Thanks for visiting

Raindrops are Falling...

 

April Showers are falling over at

The Sisterhood of Crafters but for me

they are BIG raindrops from a big shower!

There are times when a challenge really stumps you

and Mo and Jo flee to the hills.

Well that is what happened to me with this one,

lots of procrastinating and finally -

decided showers are raindrops right?

so off  I went to gather my supplies.

Background is Lindy's Magical's,

raindrops are from Carabelle.

Floral image is AALL&Create #752 Elegant Stems

stamped in Versafine Clair Nocturne and heat embossed clear.

Cut out a flower head in two parts, popped and coloured with

Tim's Kitsch Flamingo and

 Nuvo Catherine Wheel Shimmer Powder.

Sentiment is AALL&Create #754 Power of the Word.

Head over and see how the rain fell on my Sistah's creations

and come join in with yours in our Gallery.

Thanks for visiting

Santa's Elfs at Work!

We are looking for a bit of Humour this month 

for our Christmas cards at Christmas Craft Creations

 

I had a load of fun making this card.

The stamp set is from STAMPlorations

Whoever made the elfs legins didn't knit them

very well as all the colours are mixmatched.

(that was fun)

in red green and silver.

The boots have a touch of glitter.

Added various fun sentiments and

sequins and gems to finish.

Hope you find time to add your

humour card to our Gallery this month

when you see what the Design Team created.

Thanks for the visit.

You are my 'Sunshine'

Carol Mc is Hosting 

Word Week at Just Us Girls and chose

'SUNSHINE'

My background rays are embossed and coloured 

in a variety of distress inks and shimmer powders.

Cut out the cool sunglasses in gold and black.

CUTplorations sentiment die cut several time

for depth. Backed with orange card stock

and on to white base.

There is plenty of sunshine 

from our Guest Joanne and The Team to swoon over

 so head over, check them out and

come join in the sunshine with yours in the Gallery.

See you there.

Thanks for visiting

Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenge

 

Our new challenge over at Creative Artiste Mixed Media is live.

I have made a simple tag this time as I have long time friends

visiting from the other side of Australia and have been

showing my girlfriend all sorts of crafty ideas.

Sorry there are no progress photos this time.

The background we made together using the

 shaving cream technuique

then stenciling (AALL&Create)

Die cut the flowers and leaves from Tim's Wildflowers

coloured with Magical's

adding a punched sentiment and coloured seam bunding tie.

Head over and see what is in store for you

from the Talented Design Team and

come join us with your Mixed Media this month.

Thanks for visiting.

Thinking of You

It's time for our new Stencil Challenge over at

Happy Little Stampers

I did my usual smooched background

adding stenciling with texture paste

and a shadowed flower to the side.

Finished off with a layered sentiment

tiny bow and pearl

and attaching to white card base.

Head over and see what my 

Stencil Team mates created and

come join in with yours to our Gallery.

Love to see you there.

 

A Busy Bee

Time's a 'flyin and we are into April

(no foolin)

What have we got for Color Week at Just Us Girls

A New Guest Designer Welcome Joanne James from

The Crafty Owl

and Our Host Bobby's Colour Choice!

Terracotta and Green.

I used AALL&Create stencils for my background

in the specified colours and some random script words.

My bee is a Sizzix die from Jennifer Ogborn

 inked and heat embossed clear and backed with sisel.

Sentiment is Tim's Small Talk,

adhered to brown card base.

Head over to see how our New Guest Joanne

and my talented team mates used these colours.

Love to see you in the Gallery.

Thanks for visiting

It's CAS Week at Just Us Girls

It's our CAS (Clean and Simple) Week at

Just Us Girls . Host is Sue and is asking for a card

1/3 or Less - something I have never made before.

Among my old retired SU Sets I found Clearly For You

 with a pretty little floral stamp I thought would work perfectly. 

I wet a paint brush and swiped it with Tim's Speckled Egg

to highlight  the flower inked with Memento Rhubarb Stalk

and heat embossed clear for a nice shine.

A little swipe to ground it and finish with

a simple sentiment and some tiny splatters.

Head over and see what's in store for you from

our Guest Michele and my Talented Team Mates.

Will you be having fun creating an

itsy bitzy teeny weeny 1/3 card for our Gallery this week?

 (not a yellow polka dot bikini)

I've got you singing that song now eh!

Couldn't help myself.

Thanks for visiting

Colour Me a Rainbow

What's our Theme this time round at

 The Sisterhood of Crafters

We are looking for Rainbow/Rainbow Colours.

For my rainbow background I used Tim's Distress inks

with the Scratchy Stencil from Kaisercraft.

Lavinia stamping with Versafine Clair Nocturne

leaving one lighter and heat embossed clear.

Sentiment is from AALL&Create Power of the Word

Framed in black onto white card base.

Check out what my Sistahs created for your inspiration

and we would love to see yours in our Gallery. 

Thanks for visiting

Simply HELLO!

 What a fabulous Mood Board Elizabeth chose

as Host for us at Just Us Girls

Check it out with a closer view...

I took a few things from the fabulous mood board -

again playing with my new Artsy Stems dies from Tim

instead of flowers.

My background was picked from the top right

using Liquid Pearls on an acrylic block

and left to dry. Chose the hello sentiment from the middle

and the green tones from the bottom left.

Pearls to the centre and layers to finish.

Head over and see what caught the eye of our Guest Michele

and the Team from that amazing Mood Board

and hope you are inspired and add yours to our Gallery.

Thanks for visiting

Creative Chaos at Just Us Girls

Elizabeth is our Host this week at 

Just Us Girls and chose Rainbow.

I couldn't go past the fun of inking up

Tim's distress inks and wetting them 

on w/c paper to let the colours drip and do their thing.

The sentiment from Visible Image Creative Chaos

fits perfectly here. Heat embossed clear after

inking with VersaFine Clair Nocturne.

Nothing else was needed here just added a

black frame onto white base and I am done.

You will see all sorts of amazing rainbow colours

in all different ways over in our Gallery

by our Guest Michele

and my Talented Teamies.

Check them out and come and have

a whole lot of fun by adding yours.

See you there!

Going Green!

Welcome to my post for Sisterhood Of Crafters

We are looking a little Green - could it be

some people are thinking 

The Luck of the Irish!

I usually do but went in a different direction.

Once again I found a lovely background in my bits box

and a little Mixed Media was created with

stamping and stenciling the background

then inking up this lovely tree

and sentiment from STAMPlorations -  Wild and Free

Distressed the edges and inked in black,

adhering to green card base.

Head over to The Sisterhood and check out how my

Talented Mates chose to use GREEN on their projects.

Hope to see yours there.

#Update Sending this card over to

Try it on Tuesday as they are also looking GREEN 

Here

Thanks for visiting

Joy the the World!

We are looking for One Layer cards this month at

Christmas Craft Creations

Do you find them hard or a favourite?

I'm a layer maker so this was a little different.

With a one layer card sometimes it is

a CAS one which I have here.

Stencils were inked on the background and tree

in traditional Christmas colours,

script stamping to the background.

Finished with a sentiment and inked edges.

Head over and see how the Team created

their one layer cards and come join in

with yours in the Gallery.

Thanks for visiting

We're back at Happy Little Stampers!

 We had rather a long hiatus at Happy Little Stampers

but we are all back now ready to inspire you

 for the rest of the year.

As part of the Stencil Team here is my inspiration for this month.

I recently purchased Tim's Artsy Stems

and have already uploaded another card I made

with these dies and similar colours  Here

Again the stencil I used is from

 AALL&Create  - #58 Mock-croc

using Tim's Distress Inks. I added the

Darkroom Door Coffee Stain with

VersaFine Clair Fallen Leaves

for a background to my die cut.

Unfortunately the colours were too similar

and the flower is a little lost.

I added a touch of colour to the flower

and Nuvo Gloss to the centre,

splatters and a simple sentiment to finish.

Pop over and see what my Team Mates created

and come join in with your stencil card

in our Gallery.

Thanks for visiting.

Be True to You...

I am Host at Just Us Girls for Colour Week and chose

Mustard Turquoise and Black.

Welcome to March and our New Guest Designer

Michele Ferguson.

I was having a play with shaving cream and stencils 

a while back and these colours work perfectly together

You all know I love making backgrounds.

Here is a close up of the layered flower.

Flower, Stencil, Sentiment and background stamping 

are from AALL&Create.

Flower head has been cut three times as you can see

from the close up.

Added thread to the background - 

something Tracy Evans the designer of the

stamp I used does regularly.

Placed a black pearl to centre of the flower.

Backed by black frame overlapping the white card base.

Finished with a simple sentiment.

Head on over and see what our Guest Michele

and The Team created using the colours I chose

and hope you get a chance to add yours to the Gallery.

You could be chosen Chic of the Week

and go on to be our Guest in May.

Thanks for visiting

 

A Trio of Butterflies...

Hello and Welcome to my post for our 

New Anything Goes Challenge 

at Creative Artiste Mixed Media

For my project and inspiration 

I had a fun but somewhat messy time

(as you do with Mixed Media)

creating three very different  ATC's.

You know me as always I start off taking photos

and get carried away creating and forget along the way.

I started here with torn tissue paper pasted onto my

three ATC's (which disappeared in the end)

then added texture with a favourite stencil

from AALL&Create.

As I had butterflies out for another challenge

I decided to use up a few more here.

After the texture paste dried I added 

Lindy's Magical's in different colours

for each ATC and let it run in various directions.

Collected elements to add to the backgrounds

with inked lace, sisel, cotton thread and a piece of coloured bark.

Coloured the butterfly with the same Magical's

to match the bark

and added a bead to the centre.

Added glossy accents to the butterfly wings.

and added a gem to the centre here.

Finished with some inking on the edges

a little coloured backing and sentiment

from Tim's Small Talk.

Hope you will pop over and see

what was created for you from

our Guest Designers and the Talented Team.

* Stop Press

We have the most amazing talented

Fiona Whitehead joining our Team

I'm Excited! Welcome Fiona.

Hope you can join in with this month's AG Challenge

using Multiple Mediums.

Sending this over to Try it on Tuesday for their

current challenge - Let's Get Messy Challenge

certainly did that!

Thanks for visiting. Enjoy reading your kind comments.