A 'Blooming' Fabulous Day

Hello and Welcome to my make for the day.

I recently purchased the Retired SU Botanical Blooms

Stamp/Die Set. It was one that I had let slip away 

but when I saw it on a Retired SU site for sale

I JUMPED at it.

Here is a CAS (I think) trying it out.

Because I have used both required elements for the

CAS Watercolour Challenge which is

Splash Watercolouring and

CAS Mix Up Challenge

Colouring our Die cuts

(I used the splash technique)

Die cuts, stamping and pearls

I will add this to their Galleries.

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I inked up my watercolour paper

with Tim's Seedless Preserves 

for the main floral die and a smidgen of Magicals

(couldn't help myself as the purple adds a lovely shimmer)

and Mowed Lawn for the smaller blooms.

The leaves were splashed with Milled Lavender

and a hint of Magicals (again)

Added my Darkroom Door Sentiment then

I cut a strip of the green paper tearing the edges

 to add to the background and then 

arranged my leaves and flowers.

Backed this with card stock from SU

and adhered to white card base.

Finished with pearls.

Here is a close up

I plan to play a lot more with this set

and include the matching paper so

be on the lookout! 

Thanks for dropping in

Till next time - Cherrio from

Simply 'Hello'

Hello and a Big Welcome to this weeks challenge at
Just Us Girls
Bobby is our Host and chose a Big Favourite -
 very in vogue and popular.


Oh how I love making backgrounds!

I have played around with some old and new products here.
Always nice to see how they stack up and I must say
I am REALLY happy how this card turned out.
Wanting to get away from the usual flower thing
I chose a new stencil from Kaisercraft - Bamboo.
This was stenciled with
Golden Olive Metallic Gilding Polish.
My watercolour background(s) were made with
Sea Grass Green Magicals and
Prima Marketing Rustic Brown Metallic Paint.
The front was cut with a circle die
then adding the bamboo stencil which was
smooched on the side with distress ink.
Behind that is corrugated cardboard
sponged with gold paste and a touch of
the green Magicals.
Again I backed that with leftovers from
the front smooching. As you can see it is a lot lighter
and adds another dimension.
I finished with a simple die cut sentiment from Altenew.

Our July Guest Julia and the Team
have also had fun with their watercolour backgrounds.
I look forward to seeing yours in our Gallery.
Thanks for dropping by.
Till next time - Cherrio from

It's your 'Birthday'

Hello and Welcome to today's make.

Since I still had my CAS-ual Friday's Stamps out

 I made another card for their current challenge

 asking for Heat Embossing

I went into my bits box to see what I could find

and came across the background piece I used here.

It is one I did some time ago at my girlfriend's house

where we were experimenting with shaving cream.

She had never done it before.

I know the re-inkers I used would have been

Tim's Peacock Feathers and Black Soot

 but not sure of the gold.

I heat embossed the flower from 

CAS-ual Fridays Wonderful Words

with Zing Aqua EP

adding Nuvo Crystal Glaze to the petals
(which can't be seen in the photo)
and tiny beads to the centre after I fussy cut it.
I did have another one that had coloured
petals but it landed you know where.

I cut the square peek a boo die from MFT

from white card stock and popped 
in front of the patterned paper. 

Added my heat embossed sentiment from

CAS-ual Fridays Shenanigans

and the Birthday Die from CUTplorations Birthday Word Die

cut from SU Tip Top Taupe card 

 CAS-ual Fridays

Thanks so much for coming by today.

Love to read your comments.

Till next time - 

Cherrio from

It's Celebration Time at Addicted to Stamps and More!

There's Big Celebrations at

ADDICTED TO STAMPS AND MORE

'cause we are turning 6 and it's our

300th Challenge.

How awesome is that!

Of course Birthday Celebrations

aren't complete without a Prize

which is kindly donated by Kylie - 

The Leader of the Pack

over at Happy Little Stampers

Here's my Happy Birthday Celebration Card.

What is a Birthday Celebration without balloons?

Mine were created by the CUTplorations Balloon Shaker Die

using DP from Stampin' Up.

Behind my popped balloons is the Evolution Stencil

from ARTplorations using white Texture Paste.

My Happy die is from CUTplorations 

popped and cut several times for depth.

Sentiment is out of the

STAMPlorations Balloons & Banners Set.

Added 3 punched glitter stars to finish.

Pop over and see what my Team Mates created

for this Special Occasion

AND

come join our Celebrations.

See you in our Gallery!

Thanks for dropping in.

It's CAS-ual Embossing

Hi and Welcome.

Today I got to create a card

for the  CAS-ual Fridays

Heat Embossing Challenge.

I started by heat embossing multiples 

of flowers from the 

CAS-ual Friday's Wonderful Words Set

with Ranger Black E/P.

I then got out Distress Inks in 

Fossilized Amber, Carved Pumpkin

and Abandoned Coral and blended away.

The background needed a little something so

stenciled off some colour from Tim's Stone Stencil.

Tried a little Clear Crackle to the flowers

and some Antique Silver Kindy Glitz to the centres.

Haven't used that in an age and surprised it was still fine.

Added a few splatters and then heat embossed

my sentiment from the same set.

Finished by added to black card stock.

Hope you like my make for the day.

Thanks for dropping in and leaving a Comment.

'tis another Poinsettia Card

I'm back with another Christmas card for a couple of challenges

My second one for CAS Christmas Card Challenge

Check out the details Here and
The  City Crafter are Celebrating
Christmas in July with Silver
so will pop this over to their Gallery.

My Christmas cards are not complete until I 

use my Spellbinder Poinsettia Die.

This one wasn't quite as quick as my previous

poinsettia card but is still a CAS style.

I cut my card stock on an angle and then

sponged some Iridescent Medium with a

piece of bubble wrap (Thanks Loll).

Love the shimmer!

I then got to that poinsettia inking 

 card stock with Coral Reef Wax 

wiping some of the colour off the top with a spotty stencil

from Kaisercraft giving it a nice effect.

I cut several flowers and glued them all together.

Behind it is some silver leaves from

Tim's Holiday Greens.

Added grey card stock and my

Merry Christmas die from Paper Smooches 

 cut from the same silver paper

as my leaves. This was the hardest part

trying to keep it all together and getting it straight.

Finished off with pearls and gems

Thanks for dropping in.

Love reading your comments.

'CELEBRATE'

Hi there and Welcome to today's Post.

It's for the new Challenge over at

Happy Little Stampers

Anything Goes with Dies.

I have this gorgeous Cover Plate from CUTplorations

that I used here and had recently been playing

with a new addiction to me - Alcohol Inks

so decided to cut it up and use on the front

of some pearescent card stock which matched.

Pretty simple right! 

All I had to do then was to cut a few CELEBRATE

dies again from CUTplorations using the same card base

and my card was done. 

Nice when a card comes together easily. We need that

for the other time that nothing seems to go to plan.

Pop over and see what my Team Mates created

with their dies and come join us this month.

Hope to see you in our Gallery.

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!

Thanks for dropping in.

A Mix Up Watercolour Card

Hi and Welcome. I have a card for you today for the

CAS Mix Up and CAS Watercolour Challenges.

Same card though!

Check out the details for Mix Up Here

We are asked to show how we colour our Dies

and Watercolour Here to Splash Watercolour.

Loll has an easy peasy Tutorial Here

Now those that know me are aware that I love

messing around with all sorts of techniques.

Here is what I came up with - 

I am using 'those' SU 4 Feathers Dies

but before I got to them I started with my background.

I inked my craft mat with Tim's Mermaid Lagoon

then added some  Perfect Pearls Powder. All I had to do was

a bit of thumping my watercolour cs onto the mat

and drying as I went along making sure I only covered

part of my paper. It has a real shimmer IRL.

I then cut out my feathers and randomly thumped

parts of the feather. The back one I inked the edges.

My twine wasn't the right colour so I inked that up with

the Mermaid Lagoon (with my fingers)

Yes I had nice coloured fingers when I finished.

The feather were then popped after I added my twine.

Sentiment is from 49 AND Market.

My MIX is -  Die Cuts

Splash Water Colouring 

Distress Inks and Powder

Stamping 

My CAS is Splash Watercolouring

on the background and cut feathers.

Clean and Simple on Sunday
have also got a CAS Splash Water Colour Challenge
so will pop this over there.

Since it's Winter here in 

'The Land Down Under'  it's a great time to play

and I have a few other cards in the finishing stages

so there is more to come for those CAS Challenges.

Once more I will add this over at
Monochrome Magic for their latest Challenge Here
This time not with the twist of 'purple'

Till next time

Cherrio from

Celebrate the Season for CAS Christmas

Hello and Welcome

The new challenge over at

CAS Christmas Challenge is a beauty

and sure to be a big hit with a 

favourite Christmas Flower - Poinsettia

to take pride of place for this month.

Check it out Here
Over at Little Red Wagon their Challenge is
Christmas in July so this card will be in both Galleries.

This was the easiest and quickest Christmas card

I have ever made so it's going to be mass produced

for later in the year to help me out 'cause

I am so far behind and I know I will 

need them in a hurry.

Here is how I made it.

That beautiful poinsettia is the

STAMPlorations Large Christmas Flower

I saw Shery - the Owner make a card with this flower

and she stamped the back of the stamp then turned it around

and stamped the correct side off centre a bit and that is

what I have done here. Doesn't it look fabulous!

I used Memento Sweet Plum on the background and

Eldenberry on the main image.

Added some WOS Gold/Green

to the centre berries and Nuvo Glitter Gloss

on the front flowers.

Added my sentiment from

STAMPlorations Framed Celebrate the Season

Cut this from a stitched die and attached to

SU Rich Razzleberry card stock.

I refrained from added gems or glossy accents

on those berries and think I did the right thing.

# AAA Cards are also celebrating

Christmas in July Here so joining in

their Gallery also.

# Update - and how could I not add this card to the

Monochrome Magic Challenge  over at

Monochrome Magic with the 

Twist of Purple!

and The Flower Challenge has

Monochrome as well. Yay!

I do love 'Purple'

Thanks for dropping in.

Love reading your Comments.

They're So Sweet

Hello and Welcome to my
Saturday Post for Just Us Girls
It's our Word Week and Hosting is Carol
choosing a scrumptious word
CITRUS

It's a New Month and our Guest for July is
the Talented Julia Aston from
https://createwithjulia.blogspot.com/
A big Welcome Julia - so happy to enjoy your talents
with us this month.

It certainly isn't icy pole weather here
but more like winter fruits of oranges and mandarins.
Don't have any stamps like that so icy poles it is!

I cut them with the CUTplorations Sweet Cravings die
 from white card stock then
and filled the empty space with some squiggles from
STAMPlorations  Balloons & Banners in matching colours
and inking the edges.
I then had fun with the background with Tim's Oxide Inks.
I added some glossy accents and Nuvo Drops to the icy poles
and bows from Waffle Flower.
My Sweet Sentiment is from CUTplorations also.
Finished by attaching to matching orange card stock.

Thanks for dropping in
Love reading your comments.
Don't forget to pop over to Our Blog
to see Julia and the Team's
Citrus Creations.
Come join us in the Gallery.
You could be our next Chic of the Week
by doing so.

A 'Wild One'

Hello and Welcome to today's post for

Crafting with Dragonflies

I'm Guesting this time round for our New Challenge

and we are looking for Animals.

I went 'WILD' here inking up this Lion

from the Happy Little Stampers 'Born to be Wild'

stamp set. 

I started the background using 

Tim's Oxide Inks in Fossilized Amber

and Spiced Marmalade onto photo paper

smooching and drying as I went along.

I sealed that with Tim's Distress Glaze

which bring the colours back to life.

I then cut a peek a boo frame from MFT
and a stitched die

from watercolour paper and smooched

the same colours as above only in Distress this time.

Add a few splatters of Black Soot.

This was then popped onto black card stock.

Sentiment is from the same stamp set.

Pop over and see what the Dragonfly Designers

created HERE and hope you get time to

join in the Gallery.

I am going to pop this over to the

Happy Little Stampers Gallery

for the Watercolour Challenge

Anything Goes with an

Optional Twist of Birthday
and the CAS Challenge with Animal
as the Optional Twist.
Got both covered here.

And something a little different for
The Paper Players
Celebration Theme. It's their 400th Challenge

celebrating  with a Lion's Birthday Message.

Thanks for stopping by.

Birthday Celebrations for Someone 'Special'

Hello and Welcome to a Very Special Post.

Over the last month we have had

5th Birthday Celebrations with Designer's from

STAMPlorations showcasing

a few of their favourite cards with a few new ones

thrown in - Well it just happens that our

Amazingly Beautiful Generous and Caring Leader

Shery Russ 

is having a Birthday of her own and to

celebrate her day we have a

Surprise Birthday Post in her honour.

Pop over HERE  to check out all the

beautiful Birthday Projects created just for her.

Here is mine.

Wishing Shery the Happiest of Birthday's

and so privileged to be part of her Craft Family.

For my card I chose Shery's

 In Bloom Precious Plumerias

Before I heat embossed it in white I made my background

from Lindy's Magicals in Sweet Violet Purple Teal

(Shery's favourite colour is purple)

and Lucky Shamrock Green with a bit of smooching

and drying as I added colour.

I had some left on a brush so added  tiny splatters.

I then cut several 

CUTplorations Celebrate Words to finish

and added several pearls.

This was then taped to a white background and on to

pearlized card stock.

Here are the products used above.

#UPDATE I see The Paper Players are celebrating their

400th CHALLENGE!

What a fabulous milestone.

Congratulations!

Adding my card to the Gallery!

Thanks for the Reminder.

Thanks for checking out this post.

Love reading your comments.

Cherish - Dream - Live

Hello and Welcome to my Post for today.

It's for the July CAS Mix Up Challenge

and this month's Mix is to

Colour Your Die Cuts, Stamping and

Your Choice.

My Choice was to colour my leaf die cuts

using Magicals in 3 slightly different colours,

PearlEx Powder and Artisan Powder

Stamping my Sentiment from Kaisercraft

and scoring using my score buddy.

Sentiment and card stock are from SU in

Calypso Coral and Groovy Guava.

That's it for today but I'll be playing with this challenge

again before the end of the month. I missed last month

as time slipped by me too quickly. 

Thanks for dropping in.

See you again real soon....

A Magical 'Happy Birthday'

Hello and Welcome to today's post for

Happy Little Stampers

It's a New Month and a New Challenge for our

I have been having so much fun with new products lately

and my Birthday Card is doing just that.

I recently purchased a couple of  Lindy's Magical Packs

and just like Brusho's - they are addictive.

The beautiful stamp I used is hot out of my mail box

and from STAMPlorations In Bloom - Precious Plumerials

simply heat embossed in white

then the Magic Began.

I spritzed water on my craft mat and added 

Hydrangea Blue

smooching and drying as I went along.

Added more colour selectively on some of the flowers.

I then did the same only lightly with

 Lucky Shamrock Green

and coloured the leaves the same.

Here's a close up of the shimmer.

My Birthday Stamp is from Happy Little Stampers

inked with Memento Teal Zeal.

This was cut with a stitched die and adhered to

white card base.

Finished with a few gems.

Don't forget - 

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!

Pop over and see how my Team Mates

are celebrating with Watercolour

(and our optional Birthday Twist) this month.  

Will I see yours in our Gallery?