Crafting with Dragonflies Challenges are Back.

After some time away due to ill heath 

I am so happy to see my friend

Hilde back in blog land

and has started the Crafting with Dragonflies

challenges again.

For the first challenge we are to add a butterfly or 2 or 3.

 

 

Here is the card I made with the required butterfly

I used the following items -

White card stock Stampin' Up Woodgrain Stamp

Stampin' Up Sentiment

The coloured panels have been corner rounded

and are Paint Swabs

Tim Holts Peacock Feathers and

Versacolor Seafoam Inks

Kaisercraft Leaf Die

Cherry Lynn Exotic Butterfly

cut twice and background has been left whole.

Finished with some gemstones.

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Hope you will pop over and play with this challenge.

I know Hilde will really appreciate it.

 

 

 



We're Trending this week at Just Us Girls

 

It's Trend Week at Just Us Girls

and Sue is Hosting.

 She has picked one of my favourites

Vellum.

 

 

I have seen a number of cards similar to my card on Pinterest

 and have always wanted to make my version.

This was a perfect time to do so.

 

 

I started my card with kraft card stock as my base

 then added navy and turquoise paper.

I used Stampin' Up Inspired by Nature stamp set for

my background flower that I inked with

Memento Paris Dusk spritzed with water and

stamped onto turquoise paper.

Sponged a little ink on the centre of the flower.

The stems (from the same stamp set)

 are heat embossed on vellum in white

and roughly torn for effect. 

I cut out 2 butterflies from a Cherry Lynn die -

one in white and the second (a little hard to see) in vellum.

Added a few small punched circles on the body and

 a touch of Stardust Stickles.

Continued with some white brads

and navy ribbon.

The sentiment is from Gina K Designs

and cut from McGill Vintage Label Punch.

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Don't forget to pop over to our Blog 

to see what other fabulous creations

have been made for your inspiration

and come and join us this week.

You could be our next Chic of the Week

and go on to join us as our Guest for October.

 Hope to see you there.

 

Thanks for popping in. I love to read

your wonderful comments.

 

Smile - it's your Birthday

 

The latest challenge over at

Try Stampin' on Tuesday is one

with a number of choices shown below

 

 

Thanks to our Designer Kaylin.

I just love this Inspiration Photo.

 

 

I have recently purchased a number of sentiment dies

and here is one of them from

Kaisercraft - Script Polaroids

I have used white as my base card

and included pink and cream to match the

colour of the ice cream cone.

The backdrop for my Smile die is

a piece of scrap DP with a little glitter on it.

Thought this looked a perfect match.

The pink paper is cut out with Sizzix Framlits

The tag is also from

Kaisercraft - Tag Shapes

Added Kindy Glitz to the 'Smile'

Sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping

and inked with Tim Holtz Broken China.

Cuttlebug Embossing

Button from my stash

3 Tiny Pearls & a gem to finish.

 

Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you at

Our Blog Here

 

 



Challenge #372 at Sketch Saturday

 

I saw this great sketch over at

Sketch Saturday and decided to have a play.

While playing with my sizzix butterfly I thought

they would look great on the side of my card.

 

 

For the circle I used an embossing folder from

Stampin' Up and cut out with

Spellbinders Circles after I cut a

larger one as backing.

The butterflies and background DP are from

an Oriental Paper Pack.

Also used are -

Sentiment is Gina K Designs inked with

Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers

 Variegated cotton and some

gemstones to finish.

 

Thanks for dropping in today. Hope yours

has been a good one.

 

 

 

Anything Goes at 'The House'



It's ANYTHING GOES at The House that Stamps Built

 

 

So where do I start?

I had a look through my Repeat Impression Stamps

and decided I needed to use this new butterfly

so in doing so I kept my card cas.

The butterfly was inked in orange then

heat embossed in clear powder to give it shine.

I love the Spellbinders hexagons

which I popped and inked the edges

The paper was on my desk as a spare

 using the shaving cream technique.

I decided it was a good match.

I have used white and kraft card stock

Also a little stencilling a touch of stamping

from Stampin' Up Beyond the Basics

The sentiment is also Stampin" Up Pocket Silhouettes

Butterfly is Repeat Impressions #107

Finished with some bling - pearls gemstones

and some orange dots.

I am hoping time permits so I can make another

card for this challenge.

 

That's it for now as I am off to play!



Addicted to Stamps Photo Inspiration #155

 

Addicted to Stamps have a gorgeous Photo Inspiration Challenge

going on at present and you can find the details

HERE

 

 

 

What gorgeous colours to be inspired by.

 

I picked  3 main colours for my flowers

to ink from the Gina K Designs Vogue Vases Set.

I stamped the vase and the flowers with

Memento Pistachio and the vase again

and fussy cut from scrap DP

The 3 flowers were also stamped again on

3 different scraps.

Added different centres to the flowers.

The vase has 2 pearls attached.

The background is from a Stampin' Up

Embossing folder from unknown DP

My vase of flowers is stamped on card stock

cut out from Spellbinders Ovals and backed by

Scalloped Ovals and popped.

The Best Wishes die is from Cherry Lynn

from the same DP as the yellow flower.

 

Thanks for stopping by today

 



It's WORD WEEK at Just Us Girls

Maria is our Hostess for our WORD week at

JUST US GIRLS

and she has chosen Autumn.

 

I had already made a card for this challenge

(See Below)

but decided to play around with the

colours of Autumn so I got out my Gelatos

and had a play.

I tried various colours and placements

before  deciding on the one above.

I wet my Gina K stamp - Fall Foliage

then smeared various colours onto it before

stamping on my white card stock.

The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions

Beautiful Days Stamp Set.

Added some sequins and a rhinestone to match

my leaf colours. Also inked around the edge

and spritzing various colours to the top.

 

 

 I have this lovely Tree Stamp so I decided to
 feature that with a touch of Autumn Coloured Inking.

 

Using basic black and white card stock

and gold paper as a backing.

I simply cut out an oval from Spellbinders to mask.

Inked with Tim Holtz Aged Mahogany/Dried Marigold

Stampin' Up Yo Yo Yellow

The tree is Spring Tree - 1610W from

Repeat Impressions

and heat embossed in black

Sponged the masked colours with Stampin' Up Champagne Mist

Sentiment is a simple one from Gina K Designs

Added some coloured cottons

 button and rounded one corner to finish.

If you haven't already popped over to our Blog

please do so as there is a whole bunch of

Talented Ladies there to showcase their

Autumn inspired cards.

Also a Big Welcome to our
Guest for August Karen B.
 I am so looking forward to seeing
more of her beautiful creations this month. 

We always look forward to what 

our Monthly Guests create for us.

 

By entering our Challenges you are in the running for

Chic of the Week  and could go on to be our

Guest for October.

What are you waiting for?

See you there.

I can now enter the Anything Goes Challenge over at
The House that Stamps Built
with one of the above cards. 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Christmas is Coming but DON'T PANICK!

 

 

There are a couple of challenges I made this card for and they are

The Paper Players

#255 Sandy's Sketch Challenge

and over at

ABC Christmas Challenge

 they are looking for an

O for Off the Edge

(hope my card qualifies)

not forgetting

As You Like It

with your 1 favourite colour

and those that check out my blog

regularly know that...

it is PURPLE

because thistles have purple

popping out the top and I just love them.

(My Scottish Heritage)

***

I decided because I could enter a card in a few challenges

I put my favourite thistle stamp away for this one.

***

So here is what I used

Paper is Pearlescent Textured card stock

I added an extra layer to the base with the same paper

and attached some Just Craft Glitter paper to the side.

Got out another favourite item

Spellbinders Layered Poinsettia for my glittery flower.

My tag is from Kaisercraft Tags and attached

some silver glittery ribbon

EK Success punch in the corner and cut out

an extra piece of glitter paper to add to the cut out piece.

Sentiment is from Gina K Designs  cut from

a JustRite Banner Die

Added a few gemstones 

and a sparklet to the flower.

***

Well that is another Christmas card to add to my collection.

 

Hope you like what I made and would love it if you

leave a comment.

 

 

 

 

 

 



Throwdown Colour Challenge #352

A few days ago I uploaded a card for the

 Colour Throwdown Challenge

and wasn't completely happy how it photographed.

I loved the colour combination so much I decided to

make another one.

Here is the colour throwdown.

 

I used the grey card stock as my base and again

on my featured stamping.

I popped that after inking around the edges.

The main image is stamped with Stampin' Up Vintage Vogue

(one of my first SU stamps and an old favourite)

The inks I used were Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers/Iced Spruce

and fussy cut. Also popped a few of the flowers for depth.

The leaf flourish behind it is from

Kaisercraft Vines

Fern from Martha Stewart punch

I inked the bottom (from the same stamp set)

with Memento London Fog which gave it

the darker colour.

Popped my Gina K sentiment on

Kaisercraft Shapes Die

Added some gemstones a few extra

small punched flowers with Liquid Pearls

 in the centre to finish.

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Hope your day is a Happy One.

 



Case ing Alice at Time Out

Over at Time Out Challenges the current challenge is to

CASE Alice.

 

Below is her card.

 

What inspired me about Alice's card?

It was the main feature on the side (isn't it cute) and the

big sentiment finished off with a few little embellishments

so I tried to incorporate that in my card.

I like having items off centre

 and this card really suited my style.

***

In a previous posting I used my Stampin' Up

Four Feathers stamps/dies and since I hadn't

put them away they just beckoned me

to be used again.

Started my card with a white base

and hot pink as backing.

I used a couple of my favourite colours

from Stampin' Up

Baja Breeze and Melon Mambo

Tim Holtz Iced Spruce

and Memento London Fog for my

background and feathers.

The background was stencilled with

Tim Holtz Speckles and

Clear Scraps Chevron

Sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping

Big Wishes 2

The crazed stamped image on the

right hand side is from Prima Marketing.

I liked the little coloured embellishments

Alice added so I attached a few gemstones

for a bit of shine and finished

with a button and cotton to my feathers.

***

Thanks for dropping in so till next time

Cherrio from

 

 

 



It's Just Us Girls Photo Inspiration Week

Our Hostess for this weeks Photo Inspiration Challenge is

Cheryl

and she has chosen a Beauti!

 

 

 

I just loved the colour of those chairs so decided

to ink up a new stamp and create a summery scene.

I used a white ripple card stock as my base

and then framed my scene with colours from the photo.

I used the following items on my card -

White card stock

Orange/Aqua paper

For the scene I used Repeat Impressions Stamps

3415Chair/3412Birds

Cut out a second one and inked with Memento Potter's Clay

Also used Memento Summer Sky and Pistacchio

Tim Holtz Dried Marigold

Sentiment and Reeds from Gina K Designs

Pearls to the corners.

 

As this is the last challenge for the month I would like to

Thank our Guest Linda for her lovely creations she shared with us.

 

As always pop over to our blog Here

to see all the other Inspirational cards that were

created for your pleasure.

Hope to see yours soon.

 

And you know that if you are chosen as our

Chic of the Week you are in the running to be

Our Guest for September.

 

Thanks for dropping in.

 

 

 



Colour Throwdown #352

 

Here I am again with a card I made for the

new challenge at Colour Throwdown and I am

loving the colours and the little bucket for inspiration.

 

I am really disappointed with how my card

didn't photograph well at all. I tried all sorts of

things but nothing came close to just how nice

the colour combination matched.

I have used white card stock and found this

gorgeous iridescent green card stock for my

backing that just matches the green perfectly.

I got out my Stampin' Up Four Feathers

die/stamp and inked on white & grey paper

with Memento London Fog. The bigger feather is

inked with Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers and I

also inked one in Vellum

The background was made by inking an acrylic block

with Peacock Feathers & Memento New Sprout

and stamped onto my card stock.

I backed that by popping it to a scored border.

Added a button and some variegated cotton

Again I was disappointed how my sentiment

isn't as clear as it should be. I used

Spellbinders Sentiments 6.

 

 

 

Thanks for dropping in and hope you will

come back soon.

 



Challenge #228 at Try Stampin' On Tuesday

The new sketch over at Try Stampin' on Tuesday
is a real easy one Thanks to Sarah.
As you can see below I made mine ever so easily.

 

Here is Sarah's Sketch

 

Not too much explaining about this card. I have made several
using this Marianne die - LR0139
and similar to this sketch
so it was pretty easy for me to do again.
I have used a pearl patterned paper as my base
gold as a backing
also a shimmery pink which I cut out from
Spellbinders - Opulant Ovals
Used own ribbons and a few pearls.
I just love this Lady as she is so elegant.

So there you have it.
Hope you will pop over to our blog
and see what the other Designers created.

Till next time
Cherrio from

 

 



Time to Colour at Just Us Girls

Our Super Talented Sharyn is Hosting our

Colour Challenge this week and has chosen

one with such bright and inviting colours.

Does it remind you of those All Day Suckers that

used to be so popular or am I showing my age?

My card was super simple to make

because I found some brightly coloured DP in my stash

(perfect match) and went with it.

 

 

 

I started my card with a white base then topped it with bright pink

scrapbooking paper then attached my coloured paper 

The Happy Birthday is a new Sentiment Die

I bought at a recent Craft show

and is from Impression Obsession.

Added some multi coloured cotton and tied a bow, a variety of

different coloured gems and a Sizzix butterfly to finish.

 

And there you have it - my

Brightly Coloured Birthday Card.

 

Don't forget to pop over HERE

and see what inspired the DT and

our July Guest Linda Beeson

See you there!

 

Thanks for dropping in

 



I'm Flying High for the Inspiration Challenge at The House

I am loving the new Inspiration challenge over at

The House that Stamps Built.

You can see all the details Here

 

There are 2 gorgeous photos to inspire us but I chose the one below.

 

 

I just happened to have some hot air balloon stamps

so it was time to get them out and ink them up.

I am even lucky enough to have recently added

the tiny bird stamp from Repeat Impressions

to my collection. How cool that I got to use it here.

 

 

I love trying to make scenes and of course with hot air balloons

that is exactly what I needed to do.

I masked both sides of my card to just have

a small part as the scene.

The hot air balloons were given to me by a friend

and I don't know who they are from.

Added the clouds in Memento Sky Blue

the grass mound in Memento Pistachio

The Birds (Repeat Impressions 3412) and the small balloon

are inked with Tim Holtz Broken China 

The larger one I used Memento Love Letter.

I also used Spellbinders Circles/Lacey Circles

The sentiment (sorry it is too light

and too scared to reink even though I would

used my stamp a ma gig )

is from Hampton Art.

The grass from Gina K Designs.

 

Hope you liked my little scene - look so inviting.

My daughter was lucky enough to go up in a

hot air balloon while on holiday to Africa.

 

So that is it for now.

Thanks for stopping by.

 

 



Colour Throwdown Challenge #351

I found the most gorgeous colour challenge over at

http://colorthrowdown.blogspot.com.au/

and it has my favourite colour combination

 

 

Don't you just love it!

Best of all I got to use my most favourite stamp.

 

Being a Scot I love thistles and some years ago

while visiting my Homeland I bought the stamp

that is on this card.

I tried different ways to highlight it but came up with

the shaving cream technique.

I heat embossed the stamp which is from Heritage Stamps

in black after I had fun playing with the

shaving cream. My craft room smells nice again.

I used Stampin' Up Rich Razzleberry and

Pink Food Colouring for my 2 colours.

Here are the other products I used -

White & Black card stock

Black embossing powder

Spellbinders  Petite Ovals/Scallop Ovals

and Labels 18

Best Wishes is cut from a Cherry Lynn Die

Kaisercraft Pearls and Own Ribbon.

Image has been popped.

 

Thanks for dropping by.

I would love to read your comments.

 

Cherrio from

 

 

 

 



It's TIME OUT Challenge #35

 

The current challenge at Time Out Blogspot is

Nature with the Optional Twist of Animals

and is Challenge #35 

 

  

The sponsor of this challenge is Cas-ual Fridays Stamps

and I was lucky enough some time ago
to win my choice of stamps

so it gave me the chance to ink them up
once again for this challenge.

***

Here is what I used to make the above card -

Cas-ual Friday Stamp - Wonderful Words for my sentiment

Black/white card stock

Memento Tuxedo Black/Lulu Lavendar Inks

Tim Holtz Seedless Preserves/Dusty Concord

Stampin' Up Pocket Silhouettes/Reason to Smile Stamps

Stampin' Up Rich Razzleberry Spritzing

Kaisercraft Pearls

Gelly Roll pen on flower

Sizzix Butterflies from scrap DP.

Thanks for dropping by and hope to see you
back here soon. Love reading your comments.
Cherrio from
 

 



Crafty Ribbons Bicycle Challenge

I found a new challenge recently and knew I had the perfect stamp

to enter the Bicycle with Ribbon Challenge at Crafty Ribbons

 

 

You don't often associate a bicycle with ribbon but I am really

happy how my card turned out.

I love playing around with backgrounds and getting my fingers

all inky especially when you get a great result.

I love the bright colours I used and it made the

embossed stamp really stand out.

Used several colours of card stock to match

I embossed my Stampin' Up Postage Due stamp with

black embossing powder then got inky with

Tim Holts Peacock Feathers/Bundled Sage and

Seedless Preserves

The small floral image next to my ribbon is also from

Stampin' Up - Fresh Vintage cut with

Spellbinders Square Die

Sentiment is from Cas-ual Fridays Stamps

Added  a crinkled piece of ribbon - love the look

Distressed the edges of my main image and background paper

and finished with a black pearl.

 

That's it for me for now so till next time

Cherrio from

PS - I'd love to read your comments.