It's all about 'AUTUMN'

I came across a 'New Blog in Town' called

CAS Watercolour Card Challenge and excited

as it is one of my favourite types of card

Watercolour! and cas too.

Details are Here

There are times when I just love making

a cas card - so relaxing with water colouring

in all sorts of colours.

For this challenge it is 'Autumn'

Here are the products I used -

Coloured cs/water colour paper

Distress Inks and Inka Gold

for the water colour background.

I decided to move away from leaves and

 heat emboss grass from

SU Inspired by Nature in black.

I cut this in 3 added the sentiment

from Spellbinders in Black & Gold

Black Pearls and lines with a

gold gel pen to finish.

***
The October CAS Card Challenge at
STAMPlorations Blogspot is up
Details Here -  so I am joining
them again this month using plenty of  BLACK!

 

I am also going to play over at

Crafty Boots Challenge for their

'Autumn is in the Air Challenge'

Here.

 

Thanks so much for dropping in.

 

 



A Birthday Card for 'Someone Special'

I have made this Birthday Card for my Daughter

and chosen the stamps specially for her.

 

 

Over at Crafty Cardmakers Pam is Hosting

our 'Birthday Card Challenge'

 

The stamp I chose is from Inspired by Stamping Here
called Nature 1. It has the Ulysses butterfly and the
 Cooktown Orchid. This butterfly if you are lucky
(and I have been) can be seen fluttering by in
my daughter's back yard. She also has the most
beautiful orchids blossoming on her patio.
Now you can see the reason why I made this card.

 

 

I have added several coloured layers

added to my card base

and the background is inked up with

several Tim Holtz distressed inks.

The Cooktown Orchids were stamped randomly

and heat embossed in white.

(My daughter lives close to Cooktown)

The Ulysses butterfly has been inked up

with TH peacock feathers with

 a smidgen of  pearl ex powder added

giving it a nice shimmer. Also

in black and covered with glossy accents.

Happy Birthday sentiment is a Spellbinder die.

Finished with a few coloured gemstones.

I have made a computer generated greeting

for the inside adding the tiny butterfly for a final touch.

 

Thanks for dropping by.

 



What's the 'WORD' at Just Us Girls?

Once again it is 'Word Week' at

Just Us Girls and Sharyn is our Host
choosing LEAVES as 'The Word'

 

 

It's getting that time of the year over the pond called 'Fall'

and I am celebrating 'Spring' -

however to keep in line with the challenge

I have made my card using gilding flakes

in what I call 'Autumn' colours.

Now anyone that has used these flakes knows

the mess you can get yourself into -

gluing the shaped dies with the flakes

(don't breathe out)

and making sure you have covered them all.

I really did get messy with this card because

after I successfully glued flakes to my fingers

I cleaned them off just to get inky again

with my background.

Those leaves I think turned out beautifully

and needed a background to match.

Using a Memory Box stencil I painted it up

with Inka Gold using my fingers yes my fingers

to give it a little dimension.

I popped it up after it was dry also popping

those leaves from an old  Cuttlebug die.

Added some coloured cotton

and that very American sentiment from GKD

Finished with some gems.

***

I really did enjoy making this card -

after all what's fun if you

don't get a bit messy just sometimes.

*** 

Now pop over to Our Blog to admire

what our Guest for October - Jaydee

and the Team have made.

Join us and you could be our

Chic of the Week and in the running for

Guest Designer in December.

***

It so happens that over at

Mod Squad their challenge is Falling Leaves

so I am joining in the fun there with this card.

Details Here

 

Thanks for dropping in.

 

 

 

 



Time to play 'Tic Tac Toe'



A Crafty Friend of mine (Thanks Cheryl)
 told me about a blog called

 Stampin Smiles Designs
so of course I checked it out

and what better excuse to get some
 new crafty itemsout and play -
so that's just what I did.

 

You can find the Details Here

 

 

I chose to go top left to bottom right

(stencil, blues/greens and texture)

so I could try out my new stencils from

ARTplorations - Happy Flowers

and Square Dance.

The texture came from

Mont Marte Pearl White Acrylic Paint.

Blue & Green coloured background was

inked on watercolour paper with a

variety of Tim Holtz distress inks.

Added some script words to the sides

Happy - Spellbinder die

Birthday - Pink & Maine Birthday Wishes.

My floral feature is popped.

Finished off with some scoring on the side.

 

Thanks for dropping in

 

 



I Love to 'SPLAT'

Over at The Mod Squad there is a

Fabulous Challenge going on and Good Friends

Judy Woodland and Vicki Dutcher are Hosting.

What is it? Create your Inner 'SPLAT'

Details - Here

I love that kind of technique - getting a little bit inky

and creating a great result.

I decided not to go with a splatter stencil

instead inked up several TH distress inks,

wet them and added my splats to water colour paper

with a sheet of plastic. I did add a touch of

black splats to match up with my

Happy Birthday die from Spellbinders

and the butterfly from Inkadinkado

(which has been heat embossed for the first time)

Cut my card stock using a stitched die

and popping for dimension.

***

I thought the colours of those decorations on

the yummy cupcakes were similar to those I used above

so entering it in the Cupcake Inspiration Challenge #377

 

 

Hope you like what you see.

I love reading your comments.

Thanks for dropping in

 



A Simple THANK YOU

 

I got Happy Mail a few days ago and was keen to get it inked.

As the stamp I used is small I thought a simple

Thank You card would be just right.

 

 

I found a few challenges to link this card up to and they are Pals Paper Arts

Details can be found Here

and at As You LIke It 

for their Favourite Colour Combo and Why Here

***

Now my all time favourite colour is purple but

I really love the soft colours of Aquas and Pinks

so that is what I went with which I tried to match

 the colours above but not quite as I would have liked.

Here are the products I used -

Basic coloured card stock.

SU Calypso Coral stamped with

a Katzelkraft stamp for the background.

Floral image is by STAMPlorations Framed Dogwood

heat embossed then

inked and touched up with Twinkling H2O.

Finished off with white cotton and

Thank You sentiment from SU

cut from vellum.

 

Thanks for dropping in.

 

 

'Miss You'

Bobby is Hosting our Photo Week at Just Us Girls

and chosen this gorgeous photo below. 



I am not a pumpkin kind of person so chose

an old sunflower stamp for my Inspiration.

 

I have been lucky enough to be in a plane

above a massive paddock filled with these beautiful flowers.

What an awesome site!

***

I thought it fitting to go with Kraft card stock

and continue with earthy tones.

Products I used here are -

SU - Woodgrain background stamp

Sunflower stamp - Print Blocks Australia

Black embossing powder

Water colour pencils

Sizzix banner

Corner rounder

Pearls

Paper Smooches Sentiment

Burlap/Jute string

Tim Holtz Vintage Photo

Memento Peanut Brittle

SU Garden Green

White Uniball pen for centre of flower.

Don't forget to pop over Here

to see how our Guest Kathy

and the Team were inspired.

Join us and you could be our

Chic of the Week and go on to be

Guest Designer in November.

***

Thanks for dropping in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thinking PINK!

While I was playing around with pink colours for

the September CAS colour challenge over at

STAMPlorations Blog I couldn't stop.

 

 

I wanted to try a few items I hadn't used before

so this card came together easily.

 Again I mainly focused on the Twist as my main colour.

 

 

Details can be found Here
 

I used basic white card stock. For my image

inside the frame ( by Die-Namics)

 I water coloured with TH distress inks in

Abandoned Coral/Victorian Velvet

and Spun Sugar

 Topping this with a stencil from TCW

with White Texture Paste. 

The stitched edge is from Nina's Things

The floral flourish  from Marianne Designs.

Sentiment is Inspired by Stamping

Finished with a gem on the flower

after popping the frame.

Thanks for dropping in
Love to read your comments - makes for a 'Happy Day'

 

 



It's 'Autumn' over the Pond

It's Autumn over the pond but really it is

Spring on my side.

 

 

Over at Crafty Cardmakers Mary is Hosting

and has chosen 'Autumn' for the theme for

our latest challenge.

That can be autumn colours, or autumn themes such as harvest or falling leaves etc.

 

I saw a card over at Pinterest I wanted to case

  You can see it Here.

I knew I had similar leaf stamps and this was

a great challenge to showcase my make.

 

Here are the products I used -

Coloured card stock

Background stamps - SU & Prima

Leaves/flowers/sentiment are by Gina K Designs

Other - SU

Inks - Tim Holtz Distress Inks

Memento and Stampin' Up.

Cotton & button.

 

Pop over to our blog and see what inspired the Team.

 I am entering this card over at The Paper Players
Details Here
 

Thanks for dropping in.

 

 

 

 



Time to Colour at Just Us Girls

It's that time of the month for our Colour challenge at

Just Us Girls and Hosting this is Nancy choosing

these lively colours below.

 

 

I love inking up my stencils and thought

I would do just that to add colour to blend

in with my brightly inked flower.

Using basic card stock I inked up a

TCW and Tim Holtz stencil with TH Festive Berries

adding a banner from Sizzix embossed with CB Swizz Dots.

My tag is by Kaisercraft inked with a sentiment from Gina K.

I attached leaves also from Kaisercraft.

 and my flower by SU Creative Elements

embossing it with clear powder to give it a lovely shine

finishing  with Liquid Pearls a Pearl centre and ribbon.

Thought I would add a few rhinestones to match up

with the silver thread on the tied cotton.

 

Don't forget to pop over and see all the brightly coloured

creations by our September Guest Kathy and the Team.

Hope we inspired you and I hope to see you there.

Thanks for dropping in.

 

 

 

 

 

 



Dream Big

 

The CAS card challenge over at the

STAMPlorations Blog for September

is Anything Goes with the optional 

colour twist of Pink.

 

Sometimes it is nice to sit down and create

a clean and simple card and that is exactly what

I have done here. 

I love creating dimension by adding foam squares

and have done that with my 2 layers.

These are the products I have used here.

White card stock

Background stamped with TH Vintage Photo

from Darkroom Door - Woodgrain

The pink rose is from Penny Black

heat embossed with TH Worn Lipstick.

It has a gritty feeling to it with just a touch of

brown mixed in with the pink.

I used a stitched die from Nina's Things

and finished with a few pearls.

 

Details can be found Here
 

Thanks for dropping in.

Love reading your comments.

Till next time - Cherrio from



It's all about 'YOU'

 

Doesn't every crafter have little containers

full of all sorts of coloured sequins?

Off course you do - that's why Lisa

as our Hostess at Just Us Girls

thought it was time to use some of them

and chose SEQUINS for our Trend Week.

 

 

There are so many ways to use those little critters -
 perfect for a shaker card but not me this time.

 I could see me dropping them all over the floor.

I decided to go soft and subtle

 



I was given some unusual pieces of coloured paper

 which look like they were recycled and are

quite thin and didn't know how it would cut

so I tried it out using a Sizzix leaf die

and they turned out nicely.

 I then decided I needed  a touch of colour 

 behind my background so used another sheet there.

This  was stencilled with Sparkle Medium

and while wet I added some fine glitter.

My butterfly was cut from a Cheery Lynn die and

also added glitter and a pearl.

My sentiment is a new one - recently purchased

from a Win I had and is from Pink & Maine.

I must say they ink up beautifully.

To finish off my card I needed those

Sequins as part of the challenge and

also added some rhinestones.

 

Hope you check out Our Blog

for more blingy creations and then

get out your sequins carefully and

join us for this super challenge.

You could be our Chic of the Week and

be in the running as Our Guest in November.

I am going to enter this card in the CAS Challenge
over at STAMPloration - Details Here

 

Thanks for dropping in

 

 

Thinking of You.

 

The new Challenge over at

Crafty Cardmakers is being hosted by Marlene

and she has chosen LAYERS!

and want to see Lots of LAYERS

 

 

I think I have achieved that !

I found these sheets of die cuts in my stash

from Reddy Creative Cards (German Co)

and all I had to do was detach and layer them up

 using foam squares. Easy eh!

After completing that I attached them to a piece

of mauve paper cut from a Spellbinders die.

The card stock was stamped randomly

with a hydrangea stamp from

SU to match my focal point.

Just needed to add a sentiment from GKD which was inked

and cut out of vellum.

Hope you can pop over and check out

what the other Designers have layered

and would love to see yours Here

 

Thanks for dropping in so till next time

Cherrio from

 

 

 

 



I'm 'Flying High'

 

It's 'WORD WEEK' over at Just Us Girls

and once again I am Hosting.
As this is the beginning of a new month we have a
New Guest Designer. Welcome Kathy.
You can check out her talent at
Stamps at Play.

 

 

When I chose the Word (which by the way is TRAVEL)

 I had a specific type of card in mind.

After several attempts  I landed up going 

in a completely different direction.

I rummaged through some of my stamps and came across

one that was totally perfect. It made me think of just

what I will be doing in the coming month.

I am excited as we will be flying over the other side of

Australia to spend time with our daughter

and teenage grand children.

We haven't seen them for a few years.

 

On with the products I used here -
Card Base is GKD Pure Luxury
Background DP - SU Going Places
Stamped image - Inspired by Stamping
(heat embossed)
Sentiment inside - Stamp It Australia
Stars and tiny circles are punched.
Pretty simple considering the time I spent
on trying to make my other card work for me.

Hope you will pop over to Our Blog
to see how our Guest Kathy Schweinfurth
and the Team were inspired.
Hope you can join us there.

Thanks for dropping in -



There's GOLD here!

There is still a few day left to enter the current

CAS Card Challenge over at STAMPlorations Blogspot.

Details can be found Here

The optional colour twist is to use GOLD.

While I was fishing around in one of my drawers
(for what I can't remember) I came across my gilding flakes
and a penny dropped - this fluffy stuff would be
perfect and it had GOLD in it -
 make a cas card using this great product.
Well now I remember why I don't use it very often -
glue and flakes make for sticky coloured fingers!

I used an old Cuttlebug leaf die, cutting and
gilding  a few so you will see the others
on another card some time later.
I also had a bit of fun inking up the background
using a Memory Box stencil and various paints
and textures. I backed this with gold card stock.
My leaf was popped.
Sentiment is from Gina K Designs. 

 

Thanks for dropping in today.
Till next time Cherrio from

 

 

 



'Inspiration a Plenty' at Just Us Girls

We have this amazing photo below

chosen by Judy who is

Hostess for our Photo Week.

 

You just have to see the 'Bigger Picture'

 

 

When we all saw this we were in awe of how

beautiful it was - and then you look

at it and just wonder what you are going to pick up on

to create your project! The mind boggles!

 

 

That array of beautiful colours sold me so I went with

'trying' to capture some of that - and then there are

'those feathers' - yes Judy I just HAD TO use them.

 

There are so many elements used here I would bore you

with them all.

Being a bit of mixed media I used

gesso gelatos stencils paints

and some inka gold.

My feathers are from Stampin' Up

adding a few sequins, button. trim

and touches of liquid pearls.

Sentiment is Paper Smooches.

 

Now I know you will be anxious to pop over to

Our Blog to see what caught the eye of our

August Guest - Colleen and the Team.

I've said it before but - I know you won't be disappointed.

 

Hope we have inspired you to created and join us

and you could be our Chic of the Week and

be included in a chance to be our

Guest in October.

 

Thanks for dropping in.

 

 

 



Looking for a 'Sea Change'

 Bec is hosting the latest challenge over at

Crafty Cardmakers and has chosen

'By or Under the Sea'

 

I decided to go with an Under the Sea scene.

 

 

I used lots of bits and bobs here but

 I will endeavour to name a few -

The Under the Sea scene is an embossing folder.

Adding different ink types and colours.

Heat embossed the bottom to look like sand.

The background behind the sea creatures

(which were coloured with water colour pencils)

was inked up after I sponged the colours

onto my craft mat. Also added a stamped

image to the give water bubbles effect.

Glitter was added to part of the bottom of the sea.

Glossy Accents on the eyes and in a number of

areas for more bubbles but very hard to pick up.

 

 

I think that covers most of it.

Hope you can pop over and see what theme the Team

went for Here. Maybe you will get time to play with this

'Really Cool' Challenge. Hope so.

 

Thanks for dropping in.

Love reading your Comments.