It's beginning to look a 'Lot like CHRISTMAS'

It's beginning to look a lot like CHRISTMAS isn't it

and how timely is our Hostess Sharyn's colour choices?
RED GREEN GOLD

 

 

I recently bought the Elizabeth Crafts

Quietfire Merry Christmas die

and found a beautiful card by Selma Stevenson

HERE which I cased.

My card stock is a shimmery gold card stock. I have used this

also to cut out my Merry Christmas die and leaves.

Matted with red and another shimmery paper in green.

 

I used the following dies -

Spellbinders - Big Scallop Rectangles

Merry Christmas die as above

Poinsettia flowers and leaves are by Marianne Designs

and I inked the edges in gold/red.

MS leaf and fern punches

Cuttlebug Christmas embossing folders

The centre flower has tiny beads to finish.

 

Hope you will pop over to  OUR BLOG
and check out all the amazing cards by our
November Guest Louise
and the Talented Design Team.
I'm sure these traditional colours will
inspire you to create a few more Christmas Cards
or you may want to go in a different direction.
Hope to see you there.

REMINDER -  For October & November Only:
If you are picked as Chic of the Week for any of our October and November challenges,
you'll be in the running to be chosen as one of two
Guest Designers for the month of January 2016!
The Team will be taking a 2 week break in December,
so we will not have a Guest Designer for December.



Challenge Time at The Mod Squad

A Very Talented and Special Crafty Friend Judy Woodland

is Hosting this weeks challenge at The Mod Squad

and she has asked us to
Create Our Own Background with Stamps.
 

 

I created my background by stamping

SU Lotus Blossom & Beyond Basics in Versamark

I then attached the banner inked

with Memento Sweet Plum

Eldenberry & Lulu Lavender.

Sentiment is from GKD

Finished off with a strip of ribbon and rhinestones.

A pretty simple card but love this stamp set as the

flower has 3 steps and it can be inked in so many

different colour combinations.

 I chose my favourite this time.

 

While I was working on this card

I decided to play again so will upload that soon.

 

Thanks for popping in.

 



It's Snowing Silver for the Inkspiration Challenge #95 and The Mod Squad

Over at the Inkspiration Challenge

the latest Challenge is

Anything Goes with Silver.



 

I love using silver on my cards at Christmas

as it is such a cooling colour. Nice for us in

Australia where Christmas is 'HOT'

I took 2 photo of my card to show the shiny

snowflakes and the silver side.
It's a shame you can't see the shimmer on those trees.

***

Here are the products I used -

White Silver & White/Silver speckle paper

Metallic Silver Embossing Powder

Versacolor Silver Ink

Snowflakes by SU Snow Burst

Merry by Elizabeth Craft Designs

Banner behind the trees is a freebie

from a magazine

Trees are by Repeat Impressions

stamped several times

 and a touch of glitter underneath

Finished with silver sequins and

some rhinestones

 

Also over at The Mod Squad
the challenge there is to use
 Silver and or Pearl for
Lung Cancer Awareness Month.
and at Great Impressions for their
November Challenge - Bling on the Holidays.
 

***
 

Thanks for dropping by today.

 

Happy Brrrrrrrrrrth Day

  

Over at Crafty Cardmakers our new challenge is to
Make a Winter Birthday Card.
Josephine is Hosting this one.
Here is what I made. 

 

 

Lucky for me we don't get snow where I live

so I had to go searching for something suitable

for this challenge. I did start another card

with a wintery theme but wasn't happy with it.

I decided to go and check out https://doodlepantry.com/

and came across a perfect set and pre coloured

(my favourite kind) I chose Winter Birthday

How appropriate...

A pretty simple card as I used one of the main images

cut out with a Spellbinder die

some of the pretty papers and sentiment.

Added a few punched balloons and string

Startdust Stickles for the snow and a few

scraps for the tiny banners.

 

Hope you will pop over to our blog and

check out what my Teammates have made

to inspire you and then come play with us.

 

Thanks for coming by today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



They're BIG BOLD BEAUTIFUL Jumbled Sentiments

 

Over at The House that Stamps Built 

the Designer's Choice is to Focus on the Sentiment.

 

  

I recently won a $25 voucher from Repeat Impressions

and chose one of their new sets - HELLO.
Unfortunately I haven't cut it yet so
decided to just use the whole stamp as is.
A little bit crazy eh!
I heat embossed it in white then made my
 water coloured background in
SU Melon Mambo/Baja Breeze
Tim Holtz Abandoned Coral/Forest Moss
It was then matted on colours to match the background.
The feathers from Stampin' Up are inked with
 a few of the above colours.
Added some ribbon and a button and twine to finish.

Thanks for dropping in.
Love to read what you thought of my jumbled sentiment card.


 



I'm Celebrating Karen at 'Time Out'

 

Time Out Challenges are having a

'CASE' Challenge and have chosen

the talented Karen from Snippits.

She is super talented

and I regularly pop in to her blog to see what

wonderful creations she has been making.

Be sure to pop over and check her out for yourself.

You will be inspired.

 

 

Here is my take above on Karen's card below.

 

I also had the same stencil (Tim Holtz Clockwork)

as the one Karen used and had never used it till now.

I decided to try something a little different starting with

inking my paper with the stencil attached with

Tim Holtz Abandoned Coral then blotched

it with Mont Marte Pearl White Acrylic Paint

using my fingers to add depth and has added a lovely sheen.

Because of that I decided to add my sentiment

from Cas-ual Fridays to vellum embossed

with Tim Holtz Worn Lipstick.

 

I had fun making this as I love playing with stencils

and different mediums to see what effect you can create.

 

Thanks to the DT over at Time Out

for choosing Karen as their 'Case'.

 

I had made a few other cards before this one

so will pop them up just for you to have a look at

as they aren't quite the same as Karen's Case.

I would also like to enter this card over at one of my
Favourite Sites - The House that Stamps Built
for their Designer's Choice - Focus on Sentiment

 

 

 



What's TRENDING at Just Us Girls?

It's that time of the month for our

TREND WEEK

and our Host MARIA has chosen Watercolouring.

Now I had a LOT of fun with this one

even though as you will see it was a little messy

  My craft mat cleaned up better than my fingers.

 

 

 

Here's what my mat look like after I spritzed with water

and inked up my watercolour paper.
 

 

I dried most of it off with my heat gun but then decided

to leave it overnight and finish it off the next day.

***

Here are the products I used -

Basic coloured card stock as my base

and embossed frame which is by Stampin' Up

and slightly popped.

Black for matting

The beautiful flower is from

Inspired by Stamping - Elegant Flowers

and heat embossed in black to the watercolour background 

 popped for dimension.

Tag - JustRite

Sentiment - GKD

Several coloured inks

Kaisercraft ribbon slightly melted with heat gun

and finished with a few pearls.

Don't forget to pop over to Our Blog to

check out what our Guest Louise and

the Team have created with this fun challenge.

Hope to see you there.

 

For October & November Only:

If you are picked as Chic of the Week for any of our

October and November challenges,

you'll be in the running to be chosen as

one of two Guest Designers for the month of January 2016!

The Team will be taking a 2 week break in December,

so we will not have a Guest Designer for December.

 

 

 

 

 



Many Thanks

 

 

 

Over at Make My Monday Blog the new challenge theme is

MANY THANKS  and The Paper Players have a

COLOUR CHALLENGE.

 

It was a nice change to get away from making Christmas cards

 to enter my card in the above challenges.

***

I wanted to make a Thank You card for a Friend

(can't say why as she sometimes pops in here)

and loved the colours from the Paper Players.

I got to use my favourite SU ink as my

colour choice - Rich Razzleberry and chose

to go with the colours black white and silver.

 

I also used the following products -
SU Fifth Avenue Floral in background
Morning Meadow/Because I Care
SU Rich Razzleberry ribbon
SU Banner die
Black &Silver cotton
Kaisercraft Tag die
Kaisercraft Fern die cut in silver
Tim Holtz Speckles stencil
Bird wire stencil made by a friend
Rhinestones
Centre flower has Antique Silver Kindy Glitz

Hope you are enjoying some crafting time
and Thanks for stopping by







STRIPE me Pretty



It's WORD WEEK at Just Us Girls

and as Hostess SUE has chosen

STRIPES

 

 



The Ingredients are -
White card base stamped lightly with a
leaf stamp from Kaisercraft in Antique Linen
Sentiment - Inspired by Stamping in Tea Dye
SU Edgelits
Kaisercraft Leaf Die
MFT - Heirloom Rose
and DP - First Edition Desert Blooms.

Head over to our blog and see what the DT created
and our November Guest the Super Talented
Louise Hodge's Blog
PS Welcome Louise. So happy to have you with us.

REMINDER -  For October & November Only:
If you are picked as Chic of the Week for any of our October and November challenges, you'll be in the running to be chosen as one of two Guest Designers for the month of January 2016!
The Team will be taking a 2 week break in December,
so we will not have a Guest Designer for December.




Remembrance Day Thank You

It's getting to the time here in Australia and

other parts of the world to remember those brave soldiers

that have gone to War (past and present) to fight for

Our Country.  

   

It is at this time (and our Anzac Day)

that I think of an old friend who's husband

served in Vietnam and this card is in

remembrance of him.

*** 

Our latest Challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers

is to make a Thank You card.

 

I always like to make a poppy card this time of the year

so this challenge was so timely.

Julie is Hostess for this one.
***
Here are the products I used
for my card above -
Metallic sculptured card stock
Metallic patterned paper in
green and red for the
Poppies cut from Memory Box Die
SU punch on the side
Corner rounder
Pearls
Sentiment from Casual Fridays
embossed in black.
***
I also made another Thanks You card

 

I used -
Basic white card stock
Spellbinders Butterfly using scrap DP
Classic Square/Scallop dies
Cottage Cuts Tag
Stampin' Up stamps -
Because I Care/Beyond Basics
and Edgelits
Gemstones and Cotton.
***
I know my Talented Team Mates have
made some beautiful creations for you to  check out
so pop over to  our blog above - be inspired
and add your card for us to be inspired by your work too.
Thanks for dropping in.
Your comments are truly appreciated.





Just 'THE ONE'

Our HOSTESS for this weeks Wild Card Challenge

over at JUST US GIRLS  is the very talented

SHARYN

and she has chosen

A ONE LAYER CARD.

 

As with a lot of us we tend to shy away from them

because it is so much easier to add things.

Am I not right???

Well this got me thinking and it took me a

wee while to come up with something 'simple'

So here is what I made.

 

 

I got to ink up a couple of stamps

that I had in my stash but lay dormant.

Thanks Sharyn for making me search

for something suitable.

Products I used are -

Basic card stock

Floral/leaves stamps are from

Gina K Designs and Stampin' Up.

Tim Holtz Distress Ink in

Antique Linen Abandoned Coral

Peacock Feather Cracked Pistachio

Sentiment is Casual Fridays Stamps.

I was going to either score or add a line

either side of the sentiment but thought

better of it as so many times I just want to

add one more thing and I spoil it so....

I left well enough alone.

 

This is the last week for our

October Guest Julie Gearinger

who has contributed some beautiful cards

for us this month. Thanks Julie.

 

Pop over to Our Blog and

check out our ONE LAYER CARDS.

You won't be disappointed.

 

Thanks for dropping by.

Hope to see you over there this week.

Till next time

 



Making it for 'MONDAY'

 

Over at Make My Monday Challenge Blog

they have this fabulous challenge and it

just so happens that the colours and theme

chosen was right up my alley.

 

 

 

I love the colour Teal, playing with stencils

(not a requirement) sequins and twine.

The stamp set I used is from

Stampin' Up called Lotus Blossom

and just love how it makes a cas card

look fabulous.

I just used white and a turquoise coloured cs

then inked my images (which there are 3 + stem)

with Memento Teal Zeal and

Stampin' Up Baja Breeze twice.

The second time I stamped off the ink

then onto the centre of the flower which is

showing with just enough colour.

I then inked up my Tim Holtz Speckles

stencil using Peacock Feathers

and colours above.

I found that the distress inks didn't

work well on these stamps.

My sentiment is from Gina K Designs

Springtime Silhouettes.

Finished off with the rest of the recipe

with sequins and variegated twine.

 

I just loved this challenge and hoping I get time to

play again before the blog close.

 

Thanks for dropping in

 

 

 



It's PHOTO WEEK at Just Us Girls



It's time for our PHOTO WEEK at

JUST US GIRLS

and I am Hostess.



I love hexagons and found this great photo

with lots of inspirational bits and bobs  -

so much to look at and choose.

That was the start of my dilemma.

The trouble was I had so many different

ideas running through my head.

Mo and Jo seemed to go walkabout

coming back every now and then starting

something and then leaving it.

I had lots of  different sized hexagons

in different papers cut out and spread

everywhere but nothing looked right.

Does this happen to you? I am sure it does

and is so frustrating. Lucky for me I had

time (too much in fact) up my sleeve and I think

that was my problem.

 

Ok I am rambling here so I will get on with

my posting. Sorry!

 

I was inspired by the hexagons naturally and the colours

of red and black with a touch of green and yellow. 

 I made 2 cards as the first one I think I tried

to put tooooooooo much into it hence

my procrastinating over my second attempt.

This is the 2nd card.

 

 

I framed my SU Hexagon diecut several times

cut a large one from the Spellbinders Hexagon Die

to back my flower which is Spellbinders Layered Flowers

Cut several daisy flowers and layered

Green fern from Kaisercraft

Sentiment is by Cherry Lynn.

 

and my first one.

using the same Spellbinder Hexagon die

SU Hexagon embossing folder

some unknown DP

The background I stamped multiple times

with a hexagon stamp from Kaisercraft.

As you can see I have a few hexagon products

which just added to my confusion.

 

I think I will leave it there and let you

go over to Our Blog

so you can see what inspired everyone else.

 

For October & November Only: If you are picked as Chic of the Week for any of our October and November challenges, you'll be in the running to be chosen as one of two Guest Designers for the month of January 2016! The Team will be taking a 2 week break in December, so we will not have a Guest Designer for December. Good luck and happy crafting!

 

Hope to see your creations there this week.

 

 

 

 



Autumn Leaves in my Spring Time

 

It may be Spring in my neck of the woods but over at

Crafty Cardmakers Jackie is Hostess for our latest challenge

and she has chosen anything with Warm Autumn Colours.

 

 

Now it just so happens that I recently purchased

some gorgeous gilding flakes at a craft show and since there

 are so many fall/autumn coloured themes in blog land

I have had fun playing with them.

 

My card looks really simple and it was but trying

to cover my vine die with those flakes ...

well I got my glue out and covered it

then the fun began with those ever so light flakes.

 I started pressing down to make sure

all was covered and of course I had a little glue

on my fingers + you guessed it flakes a plenty.

And you can imagine they were also covering my desk.

Now to get on with what else I used on my card -

White card stock

I cut 2 different sized circles from my SB die

and inked with Tim Holtz

Tea Dye/Frayed Burlap & Dried Marigold

My vine die is from Kaisercraft

Gilding Flakes - Creative Expression

Sentiment - Inspired by Stamping

Spellbinders Radiant Triangles for my frame

Finished off by adding some gemstones.

 

I really enjoyed making this card - Thanks Jackie

I hope you like it as I love reading your comments.

 

Don't forget to go over to

Our Blog and check out what the

Talented Design Team have created.

Hope to see your Autumn Themed projects there.

 

 

 



I'm Sending Smiles...

 

Chris is Hosting this weeks Colour Challenge

at Just Us Girls

and has chosen these gorgeous bright colours.

 

Now I am sure most of my friends across the pond

are thinking Halloween but not me.

 

 

I love those colours together so got out some

bright coloured card stock

then I went to work on my bright background.

I used Tim Holtz Seedless Preserves/Dried Marigold

and Memento Lulu Lavender

(fingers looked pretty after my sponging)

My main image is from

 Stampin' Up - Postage Due

and sentiment from Inspired by Stamping

embossed in black.

They were cut out with Spellbinders Scallop Squares

and I inked the edges in black.

Add ribbon and pearls from my stash.

Finished off with a little distressing.

***

Don't forget to pop over Here

for more great inspiration from our
October Guest - Julie Gearinger.
and the Team

Hope to see you there this week.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



What is our TREND at Just Us Girls this week?

Nancy is our Hostess this week at
Just Us Girls and I love playing with her choice
 to use STENCILS on our project
for this weeks challenge. 

 

I started my card with iridescent gold card stock
for my base and as my backing for my stencil.
This was inked up with gold paint and left to dry.
I like the simplicity of this stencil -  by the way
it was made by a friend.
The leaves were cut from Leafy Swirls
by Fancy That with a gold embossed sheet of card stock
I found in my stash.
My butterfly is cut from a Spellbinders Butterfly Die
from iridescent mauve card stock.
I added a gold pearl to the cnetre
and 3 more to the rounded corner.
Finished off with my sentiment
inked in VersaColor Gold
from Inspired by Stamping.
***
Pop on over to Our Blog and check out
what we have in store for you there.
Hope to see your entry for this super challenge.



Going round in 'CIRCLES'

I certainly was going around in circles making something

I was happy with for our new Challenge over at

Crafty Cardmakers

 

Kim is our Hostess and she would like to see

CIRCULAR CARDS.

 

 

I didn't have any dies big enough so decided to find

something big enough to hand cut.

I found suitable card stock and cut out two - scoring the back

to attach to the front.

I tried cutting a few doily dies with my Cuttlebug but

they didn't want to cut properly so decided to

use one from my stash which I inked with

Tim Holtz Antique Linen.

I then attached DP from a Spellbinder Circle die

and a cut from Spellbinders Lotus Pendant.

My sentiment is from LOTV and framed with

Spellbinders Lacey Circles.

Ribbon is from Kassaz and inked to match the doily.

Added a Sparklet and then finishing off with

a variety of flowers from my stash with a touch

of Stardust Stickles. A tiny butterfly was added to the side

with a tiny gemstone.

 

PS - my first attempt went in the bin so don't be

discouraged and challenge yourself like I did.

It is a good feeling when you have persevered

and you are happy with your finished card.

 

Hope over Here to see what the Talented Design Team

have created. You won't be disappointed.

Looking forward to seeing your Circular Card soon.