It's all 'PURPLE'

Hi there Crafty Ones.

You can see by the heading my card is all about Purple
and it's for the latest challenge over at Less is More 

You can find the details  Here

Of course a lot of you know that it's 

'My Favourite Colour' so

of course I had to play!

Brusho's make for a fabulously easy background

and that is what I used here - just Purple.

I started with heat embossing my

 STAMPlorations Large Helenium in black

then cut from a MFT stitched die.

I added black glitter to the centre and some

random purple Nuvo Drops.

My sentiment is from 

STAMPlorations Trendy Feathers 2

also heat embossed.

I finished by adding some

glittery Starform Stickers to the corners

and attached to purple card stock.

Popping this over to the

Here

Thanks for dropping in today.

It's the First Twofer Challenge!

Hi there! So glad you dropped in

'cause I am delighted to see the

Fabulous Twofer Card Challenge #1 is Live!

Here!

We all (or should) know the Delightful Darnell

who is challenging us to make 2 different cards 

with the same stamp/die but for 2 different occasions.

I know there are going to be gazillions

of crafters out there to encourage

Darnell and her Fabulously Talented Team

on there New Journey

SO...... let the fun begin.

I was sooooooooooooooo excited

when I saw what the prompt was FEATHERS!

and I had only recently got out my favourite

SU Four Feathers Set for another card.
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On to Card 1
The current and addictive challenge over at
CAS Mix Up is to use cling wrap
and what better way to show off my feathers!
I used Brusho's on glossy photo paper
popped onto stitched die cut card stock.
Sentiment is from Paper Smooches.
Added a few gems and attached cotton
to the feathers.

(Close up)

Card 2
I made as a male card.
The background woodgrain is from
Dark Room Door and stamped with
Tim's Frayed Burlap as is the
front feather. The other two are
in Gathered Twigs.
These were popped in front of
some wrapping paper from some
sweets my sister received from
an overseas friend and is very brittle.
Just knew it would come in handy one day!
Sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping.
Finished with some jute on the feathers.
***
So of course these cards are going over to
The Twofer Challenge over Here
Please go over and check out what
the Darnelle Designers have created
and Card 1 for their
CAS Mix Up January Challenge

My Mix is Cling Wrap, Die cutting and Stamping.

Thanks so much for coming by today
Till next time - Cherrio from

'Celebrate'

Today's post is for Trend Week at Just Us Girls

and Hosting is Sue choosing Galaxy Night Sky or Backgrounds.

There are so many gorgeous galaxy creations out there

and this was such fun trying to replicate one.

I made mine such a long time ago I can't remember

the colours of Tim's Oxide's I used - sorry!

I did add a spray of iridescent medium and also

splatters to make it look like snow.

Diecut my houses - even added paper

to the inside to show all the lights were on

with more shimmer on the roof area.

Added some very old starform stickers,

the celebrate sentiment die from STAMPlorations,

matted then fixing it to my card stock

and my galaxy card is done.

Do pop over and see what our Guest Cathy

and the Team created and come join us this week.

Hope to see you there.

A Cling Wrap Thank You

I was soooooooo excited when I saw the results 

you get from inking with Cling Wrap

 so of course I now have a multitude of

crazy coloured patterns and have made another card

 for the CAS Mix Up January Challenge 

at CAS Mix Up

My Mix is - Cling Wrap, Brusho Powders

Stamping, Smooching, Die Cutting

I used basic white card stock. 

Insert has been smooched with the same

Brusho powder but watered down and smooched

with a smidgen of Iridescent Medium.

My focal leaves are from Kaisecraft cut from

photo paper after cling wrapping 

in shades of Brusho Greens.

I cut and popped my frame 

attaching my leaves after I

inked my Thank You sentiment from SU.

I will make one more card with this technique

and put the others away for a rainy day and

move on to something else. 

Thanks Ladies for a super fun challenge.

Till next time - Cherrio from

Flowers 'Bloom'

Hi there Crafty Ones - I am here today for my first card

Designing with the Anything Goes with Dies Team

 over at Happy Little Stampers 

You will have seen my first card
for the Water Colour Challenge a few days ago.
Now you get a bonus seeing 2 cards

a month for Happy Little Stampers. Yay!

Still a Happy Little Stamper -
just jumped ship in a new direction!

I was looking for something a little different for the background
of my floral image and remembered my Twinkling H2O's so
that is what I used - Millard Green and did a waterwash
getting an ombre effect using watercolour paper.
 Did the same for my Kaisercraft leaves.
The tiny flowers are from
 CUTplorations Trendy-Spring-Blooms-Dies
cutting several and mounting.
Sentiment is from STAMPlorations Bloom-Happy
Added a few SU gems and some variegated cotton
and my card is done.

IF YOU USE STAMPS BY HAPPY LITTLE STAMPERS 

AND YOU ARE OUR RANDOM WINNER, 

YOUR PRIZE WILL BE DOUBLED!

How good is THAT!

Check out all the details HERE.

Don't forget to check out what my Team Mates created
and come join us this month.
Love to see you in the Gallery.

A New Technique for ME.

Hi there Crafty Friends. 

When I saw the new challenge over at CAS Mix Up

I knew I had to finally try my hand at their
 January Mix Challenge Cling Wrap. 

I played around with a few different elements

and decided that the Brusho one was the nicest.

I do have a few other bits and will keep them for another time.

My Mix is Cling Wrap, Brusho's, Stamping, Die Cuts, Bling.

This time I used the cling wrap technique on SU Glossy card
spritzed with water then added my

Brusho's in Turquoise, Purple and Prussian Blue.
It does have a nice little shine to it.

I cut my top piece with a wonky stitched die twice

and popped it against the background.

My birthday sentiment is from Stampendous

inked in Tim's Mermaid Lagoon.

Finished with a few sequins and gems.

What a fun technique!

Seize the Birthday have started off their challenges

for the New Year with an Anything Goes Theme

so will pop this one over there and a new to me Challenge Blog
SumMore Fun asked for Something New
The heading says it all - New Technique.

UPDATE! Sending this card over to CAS Watercolour for their
January Challenge - Birthday.
Thanks Bonnie & Loll.

Thanks so much for dropping in today and

Thank You for your Kind Comments.

Anything Goes at Just Us Girls

We're Back at Just Us Girls

after our lovely long break and now

raring to go for the New Year.
Hope you all had a fabulous Christmas.
***

First of all I want to welcome our 

New Designer

Super Talented Carol Mayne from Just Me

So happy to have you join us Jugheads!

***

Vicki is Hosting our first challenge which is our

Word Week choosing the easy peasy

Anything Goes!

This is the second card I have made with this lovely
cas die set from Gina Marie.
My card base was embossed with a brick folder
from Kaisercraft.
The background for the die cuts were watercoloured
and thumped with Tim's Oxide Inks
in Fossilized Amber/Spiced Marmalade
Inka Gold in Apricot/Yellow Gold on canvas paper.
Attached my dies and added the Birthday Sentiment
from IBS cut from MFT stitched die.
Matted with SU Hello Honey popped
 and finished with a few pearls.
***
Thanks for popping in.
Please go over to Our Blog
and give Carol a big welcome,
our January Guest Cathy McCauley and
check out what we have all created then
come join us this week.
Hope to see you there.

Joining in with this card over at
 CAS Watercolour
for their January Birthday Challenge

Sweet Birthday Wishes

Hello my Crafty Friends

Over at CAS Watercolour the Theme for

 their first challenge for 2018 is Birthday.

Details are Here

Now for the last few weeks our temperatures here have been

in the high 30c which is close to 100f so 

I thought ice cream would be fitting.

My card is basic white. For my ice cream

I got out my  STAMPlorations Sweet Cravings Stamp Set and

 CUTplorations Sweet Cravings Dies 

I  heat embossed the ice cream in Wow Brown Sugar

on Kraft paper and die cut.

For my topping I used Folkart Paints and 

a tiny spray of Distress Stain in Antiqued Bronze on

watercolour paper and smooched.

I then die cut that and fussy cut just the topping.

This was popped on to my card.

Added sprinkles of Nuvo Drops and

finished with my sentiment 

from Pink & Maine Birthday Wishes 

which matches perfectly don't you think?

Inked with Memento Lulu Lavender.

Thanks for popping in today.

Love reading your thoughts.

It's a Summer Holiday

A Guid New Year tae ane an awe

And mony may we see!

( A wee bit of Scotland coming out here)

Time for New Challenges and

New Team Mates at Addicted to Stamps and More
and our first Challenge Theme is HOLIDAY

I'ts Summer here in Australia and it's all about

getting out in the great outdoors and having fun!

And that is how I chose to go Hot Air Ballooning! 

I had a couple of goes at getting a nice sky background
and this one worked. I used 

 Tim's Oxides in Faded Jeans and Salty Ocean

Distress Ink in Hickory Smoke.

Balloons were inked up with

Memento Morocco/Eldenberry/Rhubarb Stalk

Added some clouds from Repeat Impressions.

Sentiment is computer generated

with Cliff  Richard's Summer Holiday running through my head.

This was cut with a MFT stitched die.
It's a little large and looking at it now should have been smaller.
Backed this with cs from Gina K onto white card.

Hope you will come over To Our Blog
to check out all the inspiration from the Returning Designers
 and  Newbie Gwendolyn
and join us with your Holiday Card.
Thanks for popping in - don't forget to
comment. Love reading your thoughts!

It's CUTplorations January Challenge

A Guid New Year tae ane an awe

And mony may we see!

( A wee bit of Scotland coming out here)

We are off and running over at STAMPlorations

for our CUTplorations Inspiration Photo Challenge.

What did you pick up on when you looked at this

really Beautiful Scene?

I will admit I had a meltdown knowing I didn't

have a STAMPloration tree as that is what I

wanted as my focal image so improvised
by cutting one - but before that
I wanted to try and match the beautiful sky background
using Oxide Inks, Inka Gold and a White Gel Pen.

Turned out nicely then added some 'trees'
which really are leaves from
STAMPlorations Trendy Spring Blooms
for the background then my cut tree
I used as a stencil and inked.
Adhered this to
CUTplorations Crazy-Double-Running-Stitch-Rectangle-Nesting-Dies
Sentiment is CUTplorations Enchanting Word Die

And so my card is done.
Thanks for dropping in. Love to read your thoughts.
Hope to see you over in The Gallery
and don't forget to check out my Team Mates Inspirations
and the Prizes to be Won!
Till next time Cherrio from

It's Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge

A Guid New Year tae ane an awe

And mony may we see!

( A wee bit of Scotland coming out here)

Hope you all had a Very Merry Christmas
and now we move on to 2018.

The first Challenge over at Happy Little Stampers is our
Anything Goes Watercolour Challenge
(and I'm part of the New Look Team)
with the Optional Twist to use Sequins.
I'm sure we all have lots of little containers
full of these little treasures.

My watercolour background effect was the result of
spritzing water on to my craft mat after I added
Tim's Oxide Inks in Mermaid Lagoon & Salty Ocean
then spread with an acetate sheet.
The feature of my card is of course the feather
which is a stencil by TCW. I added texture paste
and once dry inked with Mermaid Lagoon.
It needed a little something so I put my stencil
back over the feather and versamarked it
then heat embossed the glitter.
Added some tiny text for interest.
Sentiment is from HLS Thinking of You
which unfortunately is retired.
Finished with HLS Blue Sequins and
a few gems and cut with a stitched die
adhering to metallic card stock.

Our winner for this challenge will receive a $20 coupon to spend at the shop! 
Check out all the details HERE.

IF YOU USE STAMPS BY HAPPY LITTLE STAMPERS AND YOU ARE OUR RANDOM WINNER, YOUR PRIZE WILL BE DOUBLED!
How good is THAT!

Thanks for dropping in. Please check out Our Blog
to see what the Team have created
and come join us this month.
Hope to see you there.

Simply 'With Love'

Just a few more days now till Christmas.

My cards are done dusted and posted and

so nice to move on to other fun.

I was recently gifted a lovely die from

Bonnie & Loll (Thank You So Much)

and have been itching to cut.

So my card was born.

I am going to pop it over to

CAS Watercolour for their

Here's the Details

My watercolour came about from

Tim's Oxide inks in Peeled Paint/Seedless Preserves

swiped on to my craft mat and then used acetate

to smooch my watercolour paper.

I then cut out the floral swirl and butterfly 

(from Gina Marie) and coloured accordingly.

Attached this after tearing the corner

to the watercoloured background.

Inked Iridescent medium to the border

die cut and sentiment which is from Spellbinders.

Finished with a few SU Gems.

Thanks for dropping in to see what I have been up to.

I appreciate it and love reading your comments.

PS -  I do have another card made using that lovely die set
so keep your eyes out for it at a later date.

Till next time

Cherrio From 

Ho Ho Ho and all That

Christmas is nearly here and my post is a 

Reminder for the Current CUTploration Challenge

All the Details are Here

It's that time of the year when CAS is the order of the day.
This is just that!
My card stock is a pearescent textured paper
for my base and feature.
I inked my sentiment with Tim's Inks in
Festive Berries/Fossilized Amber & Lucky Clover.
As the card stock is pearescent the colours are muted
which turned out nicely.
This was then cut from CUTplorations Holiday Words Plate Die
(Makes for a super cas card)
I cut out the backing with the
 Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies
  after embossing with an old Cuttlebug folder
from Winter Wonderland.
Finished with scattered gems.
I sure hope you have a little spare time
so you can come join us and check out
what the Team created for your inspiration.

Here are the STAMPloration Products used above.


Thanks for dropping in.
Wishing you all a
Very Merry & Safe Christmas.