'Celebrate' with Me.

Time to Celebrate at Just Us Girls. 

It's a New Month with a New Guest Designer

Welcome to the Super Talented Julie Beech from
https://handcraftedbyjules.blogspot.com/
So happy to have you with us this month!

AND

it's my Birth Month - hence I chose the Word 

CELEBRATE! as I am Hosting this week.

This card was made a few months ago 

for my Sister's Birthday.

I have seen so many gorgeous cards on Pinterest

with this die - MB Perky Poppy and I knew I wanted

to try it out.

I started with inking my craft mat with

Tim's Oxide Inks in Wilted Violet and Seedless Preserves

on to glossy card stock. Of course I had to have purple tones.

Continued layering and drying

then buffed with paper towel and added Tim's Distress Glaze.

I first cut the poppy out with black card stock and then

again with the three different colours above

to get the ombre effect. 

Added a mat behind it in purple

then adhered to Linen card stock.

The 'Celebrate' die is from CUTplorations

cut from leftovers from the flowers.

Finished off with a few purple gems.

Pop over and see how our Guest Julie
and the Team are celebrating.
Please come join us in our Gallery
as I would love to see your 'Celebrate Cards'.
You could be my Chic of the Week and be in the running
as our Guest in November.

Thanks for popping in.
Love reading your comments!

Spring has 'Sprung' in Oz

It's official! It's the 1st September which means

It's SPRING!

Well it is here in Australia. We hopefully say

Goodbye to those Wintery Days and I can get back out to

 my very dreary garden and do a tidy up.

Hello and Welcome. 

My post  is for the new challenge over at

Crafting with Dragonflies where the theme is

Spring has Sprung!

There are a few new items here beginning with the

beautiful Darling Dog Roses from STAMPlorations.

I heat embossed with white embossing powder then

 decided to colour them with Tim's Distress Inks in

Abandoned Coral/Carved Pumpkin and Mowed Lawn.

I got a paintbrush out and flicked some colour to the sides.

The sentiment is also from STAMPlorations -  Bloom Happy.

This was cut from a stitched die.

The background paper is SU. 

I recently watched a video with Jennifer McGuire 

and she used the Lawn Fawn Stitched Borders 

as a background. These were then purchased

and I did likewise adding a bit of interest.

Pop over and see what the Dragonfly Team

made to inspire you. 

Hope to see your in the Gallery.

I will be back again later with another Blog Post

so be sure to come back and check it out.

A lot of you will know what it is as it's Saturday!

Till then Cherrio from

Butterfly Bliss

Welcome to a new month of challenges over at

Happy Little Stampers.
We start off with our Watercolour Challenge
and this month's optional twist is

(you're going to love this one)

BUTTERFLY.

There was a lot going on in making this card.
I was trying out some new products and
loved the result I achieved.
Starting with my background which has
Red Wine Metallic Paint and Black Starlight Wax
and has a fabulous sheen to it.
Added some random script. Then heat embossed
my butterfly in charcoal.
Cut that out with a Postage Die
backing it with paper to match.
Sentiment is also from the same paper and is
from CUTplorations.
Added an oval gem to the centre of my butterfly
and finished by adding to my card base.

And 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 what my Team Mates created and come join us.

Love to see you in our Gallery

Thanks for dropping in.

You're My Style

Hello and Welcome.

Today I have a card for the Retro Rubber Challenge.

I found this great blog a few weeks ago where you 

need to use a stamp that is more than a year old.

Now we all have zillions that are tucked away

and just a little bit dusty don't we?

I know a lot of my friends will recognize this stamp.

It's from Gina K Designs - Springtime Silhouettes

and was one of the first stamp sets I bought 

way back around 2011.

It was such fun looking through those old stamps

to choose which one to use for their current

 Anything Goes Challenge

I also decided to use some older Spellbinder Dies

Squares/Lacey Squares and Fancy Tags for the sentiment.

Those fancy shoes were heat embossed in white 

on black card stock.

Then I added the backgrounds.

Finished with some ribbon behind my sentiment,

 a few liquid pearls and a pink flower to the shoes.

That's it for now.

Thanks for dropping in.

Till next time Cherrio from

School's In!

Hello and Welcome to my card for the 

new challenge over at Just Us Girls.

Vicki is Hosting our Photo Week with

Every time I looked at this photo Mo and Jo did a runner

but I persevered and called them back.

I rummaged through my DP box looking for 

patterned paper to go in those banners and came across

the perfect piece instead. 

I inked up my SU Woodgrain stamp as backing.

I then got out my Jumbo Banners from MFT

and started cutting away.

Added inserts to match the colours and letters in the photo.

Cut out the letters with a SB die with the word STUDY

I needed a little something either side of the banners

so cut out some tiny ones and added rub on numbers.

(these have been in my stash for yeeeeears)

Popped up bits here and there and my card was done.

Card stock used is SU Tip Top Taupe
but certainly didn't photograph well. Sorry.

That's it for today.

Pop over and see what our 

August Guest Designer Ros Crawford

and the Team created.

Thanks Ros for the pleasure of seeing
your talents at JUGS this month.

# Popping this over to the current challenge over at
CAS-ual Fridays Blogspot for their
Inspiration Photo Challenge

where school is in full swing here in Oz.

Till next time - Cherrio from 

You are 'FABULOUS'

Time for a new Challenge over at

Addicted to Stamps and More and this time round

It's Everyone's Favourite - Anything Goes.

Hello and Welcome to today's Post.

I will admit I have had this card done for 

quite some time - just hadn't blogged it so - here it is.

You can all guess what my background is!

Yes Alcohol Inked. Cut with a stitched die.

I decided to add a bit of dimension and

cut out the centre with MFT Peek a Boo Die

and popped it.

Inked the top sentiment onto my white card base

and die cut the fabulous - both from

STAMPlorations. The 'fabulous' has a 

touch of shimmer from a Nuvo pen.

And there you have it - pretty simple

but love the bold colours from the AI's.

Pop over and see what my Team Mates created

and come join our Gallery.

Love to see you there.

Thanks for dropping in

Strawberries? Yes Please.

Hello and a Big Welcome. 

Today's post is for a couple of challenges 

I found while browsing. Something a little 

different from flowers and the like.

Well not too far away as it is 'fruit'.

When I saw the challenges for

Berries at Addicted to CAS

and my Good Friend Bobby was Hosting

I knew I had a NBUS stamp that was perfect.

Also The Paper Players challenge calls for

Fruit & Vegetables

I heat embossed my NBUS Repeat Impressions 

Strawberry Stamp - 515L

with WOW Metallic Platinium powder

onto water colour paper and coloured

my image with various colours of 

red, green,orange and lemon Brusho's.

Added a water wash to the background

with metallic paints.

Attached this to my parchment card base.

I cut a octagon shape from the same card base

and popped it for dimension.

Sentiment stamp is part of a set gifted by a friend

which matched perfectly. Inked in Festive Berries

and heat embossed in clear powder.

Finished with some red twine.

Thanks so much for popping in. Love reading your comments.

Till next time - Cherrio from

It's Colour Week at 'Just Us Girls'

Today's card is for the New Challenge over at

Just Us Girls. Angie is Hosting and 

It's a favourite of mine.

With such lovely soft colours I got out a

lovely floral stamp from Carabelle

and coloured with shimmery paints.

I did a wash around the flowers to add interest.

This worked out nicely as it was that shimmer

that gave me the colour choice of my Altenew Sentiment.

Added green beads to the centres, some twine and

popped the framed the flowers.

Pop over and see what our Guest Ros Crawford

and the Team created for your pleasure.

I'm sure you will want to play with this colour choice

but remember to use just the 3 colours. Neutrals are fine.

Hope to see you in our Gallery this week.

Thanks for dropping in.

Cool Guitars for My Man.

Hello and Welcome to today's post.

It's all about the Males this time round as Father's Day is 

just around the corner in Australia and 

my Hubby's Birthday next week.

Since he loves playing his guitar with his 'old' mates

this is what I chose.

I got out bright coloured Distress inks 

in Black Soot/Hickory Smoke/Carved Pumpkin

Fossilized Amber and Peacock Feather.

Simple inked the back background multiple times

from SU Timeless Textures stamps

then my guitars from Inspired by Stamping.

 Added a few 'picks'

You can't play a guitar very well without them!

Sentiments are from STAMPlorations 

Oh So Grateful and One Cool Chick

Added some washi tape to the top and bottom.

Cut this out from a stitched die and adhered to 

black card base.

***

The new challenge over at Crafting with Dragonflies

is asking for a 'Guy' card.

Pop over and see what the Designers made and join in.

You have 2 weeks so plenty of time to play.

***

There are a few others that have the same idea so 

will pop this card over to

 Water Cooler Wednesday

Details Here

Retro Rubber Challenge is a new one I just found

and you need to use stamps that are more than a year old.

The main stamp set I used I know is more than 2 years old

as the Owner used to live in Australia but

moved back to America. My background stamp is

also older than a year and is 

SU Timeless Textures - now retired.

I went the top line left to right

using a stitched die, washi tape and going masculine.

Details for this challenge are Here

Hope you all have a great week end and

get to do the things you love doing

especially craft!

Thanks for dropping in.

Love reading your comments.

You TOTALLY Made my Day!

I've been playing for the current challenge over at

CAS-ual Fridays
where we are asked to Stamp a Pattern.

Details Here.

I only have a few of their stamps but knew

the Wonderful Words Set

would suit perfectly.

My inked background was from my Bits Box

which no doubt were in similar colours to what I used

for my Stamped Pattern.

The flowers were inked up with 

Tim's Distress Inks in

Dusty Concord/Seedless Preserves

and Peacock Feathers.

The tiny leaves (inked in Memento Teal Zeal)

 and dots are from Inspired by Stamping.

Sentiment inked with Dusty Concord.

Added a white mat to the back and adhered to

coloured card base to match.

Thanks for dropping in.
Love reading your comments.

Friendship Pansies

A CAS card for today's post. 

Hello and Welcome.

I got this delightful wee stamp from a

Special Friend (Thanks SS) and is just perfect

for the current challenge over at

AAA Cards

The challenge calls for Friendship

 I heat embossed the Redletterworks Stamp

with Zing Metallic Purple powder

onto watercolour paper, coloured 

the flowers with Twinkling H2O's

and Metallic Paints. The leaves are

coloured with PearlEx Powders.

I cut this with a stitched die popping it slightly

onto another piece of  paper slightly larger.

 Finished by popping that on to

Metallic Gold Card Stock.

Why is it always so hard to get a true purple

when you photograph that colour. I did try!

Thanks for dropping in

Till next time - Cherrio from

It's an Oldie but a Goodie

Hi there Crafty Ones.

Over at Just Us Girls it's Trend Week

and Sue has chosen something a little different -
Fast Watercolours!

You may think how does this work?

Here is a link to none other than

Jennifer McGuire's tutorial to showcase how she has done it.

 I played around with an

old technique and an old stamp
to make my fast watercolour flower.
It's from the SU Fifth Avenue Floral Stamp Set.
I heat embossed it with white e/p on glossy paper, then wet
it dropping Calypso Coral/Melon Mambo
and Yo Yo Yellow with a water brush and let it spread
(with a little bit of help) then fussy cut it.
My background is embossed with SU Manhatten Flower.
I then added the sentiment from Pink & Maine.
Attached the Kaisercraft leaves
and popped my flower. Corner rounded one edge
and adhered to Bazzill card stock to match the flower.

Hope you pop over and see how our
August Guest Ros Crawford
and the Team chose to interpret this Trend.
Should be fun to see what transpired
in our Gallery this week.
Thanks for dropping in.

Best Wishes..........

Time for a new challenge over at Happy Little Stampers

for our Anything Goes with Dies.

I recently bought the Retired Botanical Blooms Stamp/Die Set

and have had a little play with it again.

My card base floral sprays and DP are SU 

I found a matching colour to go with it.

Sponged the flower edges with Memento Potter's Clay

and popped for dimension.

Sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping.

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 and hope to see you 

in The Gallery this month and don't forget

to checkout what my Team Mates have created.

Simple-eee a Thistle.

Hello and Welcome to today's post.

Time for a new challenge over at Addicted to Stamps and More

and it's our popular CAS (Clean and Simple)

Sometimes they are sooooooo hard to do - 

you just want to add just that little bit more don't you?

This time round I had my cas hat on and came up with this - 

I decided to use the old faithful Distress Ink in

Dusty Concord and smooched away. Added a bit

of iridescent medium for shimmer.

I then got out my new Black Wax and

 Dreamweaver Thistle stencil sponging 

to get the coverage. 

Added this to a thin background of black.

Heat Embossed my SU Happy Birthday,

attach to white cs as a frame then to

my purple card stock and my CAS card was done.

Pop over and see more CAS styles from the Team

and come join us in our Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in.

When Black really isn't Just BLACK!

I'm back with another card with my

Screamin' Banshee Black Magicals and the result I got

with this card really surprised me.
I did warn you there would be more Black Magic!
How cool are the colours it created here!

It's for the current CAS Mix Up Challenge

I love these challenges as I get to try out
different Mixed Media Techniques every month.
Some I have done before and others -
it's a whole new experience.
I saw this technique on You Tube not long ago
and loved it, just hadn't had a chance to try it
so here it is!
I chose my Dusty Attic Stencil called Webbing
placing it down on my craft mat then
sprinkled that black magic onto it,
 spritzed with water then turned it over
onto water colour paper. WOW!
I then looked at it and decided to cut it
around part of the print leaving
enough white space  for my card base.
I then cut  my Tall Flower die from Simply Dies
from leftovers (Tim's Oxide Inks)
 as it blended nicely with the background.
My sentiment is from Gina K Designs
in Memento London Fog.

My Mix is - Stenciled Monoprint, Stamping
and Die Cutting.

Thanks for dropping in
Till next time - Cherrio from

It's simply 'Merry'

Hello and Welcome. Here's what I have been up to for

the CAS Christmas Challenge. This month's prompt is Tree

Such a simple one? Which way will I go? Dies or Stamps?

I landed up with trees as I had this tiny stitched cut out

 left over from a previous card and 

 a perfect backdrop for my snowy trees.

It's simply smooched lots with Screamin' Banshee Black Magicals.

You will see it used quite a bit in the lead up to Christmas.

I cut out my trees with some Mulberry type paper

heat embossed and added glitter, I flicked

some white acrylic paint to the background sky for the snow,

popping the trees and adding a star.

Cut out the Merry from Lawn Fawn.

Card Base is Ripple Card Stock.

Since I am WAY BEHIND with Christmas cards

I'm sure you will see more before the end of the month.

I will added this to the Monochrome Magic Challenge Gallery

for the  

Monochrome or Monochrome with a Twist of Christmas

as I have only used the Black Magicals 

as my Monochorome colour.

Hope that it counts.

Thanks for dropping in.

Hope you leave a comment as I love reading them.