JUGS #286 Photo Challenge

 

Our Hostess over at Just Us Girls is Cheryl.
Hasn't she picked the most gorgeous
inspiration photo for us as this is
PHOTO WEEK 

 

And as it say 'This picture has it All'
and so many things that inspired me.
They were -
The curve and curtain under the sink so I cut that out with
a Spellbinder die. The lace I dyed to match the photo.
Added some pearls for the handles
The background with the yellow swiss dots is from the tea towel.
The ric rac and ribbon are from the tea towels also.
I backed my flowers (which are at the back of the photo)
by scoring white card stock to create the tiles.
The vase and flowers are from Gina K Designs
Vogue Vases (an old favourite) which is popped.
The flowers I fussy cut and attached them to a Spellbinder die.
Finished off with some coloured bling.
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I am sure you will also be inspired by this fabulous photo
and pop over and enter your creation at Our Blog
so I will see you there.
***
Don't forget to check out the other Designers cards
as I know you will be impressed.

So till next time
Cherrio from





Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #302

While surfin' the net I came across a great challenge HERE 

with a sweet colour combination.

 

 

I think these colours go fabulously together so

in I went to my crafty domain and came up with ...

 

 

 

 

Here are the products I used -

White black and yellow card stock

The coloured background was made using the

shaving cream technique in just 2 colours.

Sentiment Stamp is from Papermania - Typography.

which was embossed in black and spritzed.

Inked the S's in Yo Yo Yellow by Stampin' Up

Added a little ribbon and sequins to finish.

 

Hope you liked what you saw and pop back in sometime

to see what other challenges inspire me.

 

Till next time

 

 



Sketch Time #100 at Atlantic Hearts

 

 

 

I found this new Challenge Blog recently thanks to my

good friend Shari. I was commenting on her lovely card

and thought I would join in on the current challenge over at

Atlantic Hearts



I pretty well kept to the layout of the sketch below.
Just added lots of flowers...
 

 

Here are the products I used on my card -

Mother of Pearl card stock

Pastel card stock

Unknown DP found in my stash

Spellbinders Labels 20

Spellbinders Fancy Tags 2

Sentiment from Gina K Designs Fanciful Tags

Stampin' Up Petite Petals Stamp/Punch

Tim Holtz Distress Inks

Kaisercraft Pearls

Pop Dots

That's it for today. Thanks for dropping in
and for your lovely comments.
Cherrio for now



Just a 'touch' of colour for JUGS #285 Challenge

It's again COLOUR WEEK at Just us Girls

and our Hostess Nancy has picked a Super One with

just 2 colours and we get to pick the 3rd.

How fabulous is that?

 So many colours running through our heads and

what colour will you choose!
 

 

 

 

Well mine was easy. I have this gorgeous stamp

from Repeat Impressions - Spring Blossoms 1320M

 that I knew would work perfectly for this one

by stamping it in black and highlighting

part of it with the beautiful yellow of the daffodil
which was inked with Stampin' Up Yo Yo Yellow.
A pretty simple card with a bit of layering basic coloured cs
popping the cut out daffodil which I added Crystal Effects for shine
and paper piercing I got a great result.
The sentiment is from Gina K Designs which was cut out with
Just Rite Antique Tags and partly tucked underneath.
***
Hop over to our Just us Girls Blog HERE
and check out what the other Designers
 and our Guest - Deb have made for your inspiration.
You could be our Guest in May.
See you there!
***
I am going to enter this in the current challenge over at
Time Out Challenge for their Challenge #27 which is
CAS with the optional twist of
Black White and a Splash of Colour.
 



It's Time to get 'INKY'

Our Hostess this week at

JUST US GIRLS is SUE

and she chose SPLATTERS for our
TREND WEEK

 

 

 

After several attempts to make my own splatters

inky fingers and all I gave up and

got out my Tim Holtz splatters and speckles stencils

and started inking. Again there were a few throw aways.

I decided on this background. To add a bit more filling

I spritzed the same 3 colours randomly.

I still managed to get inked up fingers lol

Here is what I used on my card -

Basic card stock

Tim Holtz Stencils

Sizzix Fancy Tags

Stampi' Up - Nature Walk stamp in Memento Black

Stampin' Up inks/pens in

Melon Mambo Yo Yo Yellow & Baja Breeze

Own Ribbon

Sentiment is from Gina K Designs

Pop Dots

***

It was fun getting inky fingers and hope

you will check out the other Designer's Splatter cards

and then join us over at Just us Girls

with your creations.

By doing so you could be our Guest in May.

Hope to see you there.

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Thanks for dropping in...

 

 

 

 

 



Playing with Paper at The Paper Players

 

I'm playing again over at The Paper Players

for their PP235 Colour Challenge

I tried to get my colours as close as I could

 to the colours above.

The flowers on my card were sent to me by a lovely girlfriend

who is now a SU Demonstrator.

I have already used a few of them but this challenge

gave me a chance to do so again.

I am not sure of the colours but I know they will

be current SU ones so hope they are close enough.

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Here is what I used on my card -

Basic white card stock

Yellow Co ordinations card stock

Kraft card stock

Stampin' Up

Flower Shop flowers

Ribbon

Sentiment - Heard from the Heart

Cuttlebug Swiss Dots

Flower Soft Dew Drops & Beads

in the centre of the flowers

Unknow DP

Gold/Green cotton

Scored line at the bottom of sentiment

inked with Memento Pistachio

***

Thanks for stopping by

Till next time Cherrio from

 

 

 

 

 



I 'MALE'd this card to my Son in Law

I am the Hostess this week for the

WORD CHALLENGE at JUST US GIRLS

and I chose MASCULINE.

 

All too often we get carried away making 'Girly' cards

so this week it is the Male's Turn.

***

I have a girlfriend who is forever looking out for crafty items

for me and most of what is on this card is thanks to her.

***

The background stamp is from Urban Stamps - Cogs

Inked in several colours from Memento

I also got the metal cogs and inked a few of them

on the background.

I was given a bunch of different types of metal cogs

so worked perfectly for my Son in Law

as he was in the middle of restoring an old car -

hence I thought he could do with a few spare parts

The sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping -

Chalkboard Birthday.

***

Hope I got to you with this challenge and

you get your male card stash updated.

Please checkout what the other Design Teamies

 and our

Guest for March - Jen Mitchell

have made and I look forward to seeing you over at

JUGS

 

 Nice to have you with us this month Jen.

 

So glad you stopped by

 

 



Sieze the Birthday 'Masculine' card

 

I was asked by a girlfriend to make her a card

for her brother who happens to be

'Guitar Crazy'

and I had the perfect stamp for this card.

How lucky I am that this card suits the current challenge over at

Sieze the Birthday for a Masculine Card.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is the Recipe -

 

Basic Card Stock

The Guitar and Sentiments are from

Inspired by Stamping Stamp Sets -

Guitars/Masculine Tags/Chalkboard Birthday

Kaisercraft Grunge Stamp

EZ Cut Music Embossing Folder

Stampin' Up Beyond Basics Stamp

Dimensional Magic on the Guitar

Memento Inks -

London Fog/Black/Peanut Brittle.

 

Thanks for popping in today

 



I'm Stampin' on Tuesday again

 

 

 

 

There is another Sketch Challenge over at

Try Stampin on Tuesday

so I thought I would put my dies to work

and this is my creation.

 

 

 

I used the basic card stock and embossed my background with

a Darice folder called Henna.

I framed that in front of coloured card stock.

The flowers are from Stampin' Up - Flower Shop.

The colour on one of the flowers look a little red but is

actually burgandy.

I decided after placing them on my card that

they were too nice to cover up so cut out a circle of

acetate from a Spellbinder die so you can see clearly

through it to the flowers.

I popped my sentiment on top of that with a

double punch. My sentiment is from Gina K Designs.

Finished off with a few pearls.

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Thanks for dropping in so till next time

Cherrio from

 



Fab Friday Sketch #58

 

The current Challenge over at FAB FRIDAY is this Sketch below.

Above is my interpretation.

 

These are the products I used for my card -

Basic card stock

Memory Box Quinn Flourish

Marianne & Joy Craft Dies

Flower is from Stampin' Up Flower Shop

Sentiment is also Stampin' Up - Pocket Silhouettes

Diamond Dust in the middle of the Flower

Kaisercraft Pearls

MS Punch.

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Thanks for dropping by

 



Thinking 'SPRING' at the Mod Squad

 

Again this week I have a Special Friend as Hostess at

The Mod Squad

 

 

Susan Sieracki has asked us to create a card depicting 'Spring'

Maybe she picked this one because of all the 'Winter Blues'

all my overseas friends are experiencing while I have been

basking in 'Sunshine' but I won't gloat as it won't be long

and I will be experiencing those cooler days.

Also over at The Paper Players their challenge is 'Spring'
 

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I have a special reason for making this card.

The flowers I used have been sent to me and are from

SU Flower Shop. I loved this set and I received

a bundle of them in my mail box

Thanks so much Maria...

***

Here is what I used -

White card stock as my base

Small piece of DP on the side

SU flowers - Flower Shop

Kasazz Leaves

Tim Holtz Stencils

Sizzix butterfly

Pearls Micro Beads and Dew Drops

Sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping.

 

 

Thanks for dropping in.

 

 



Photo Inspiration Time at Just us Girls

It's time to inspire you with this gorgeous photo our

Hostess of the Week - Vicki

has found for us.

I took a long and hard look at this before I came up with

what inspired me.

As you can see LOTS of things did.

These are the products I used -

White card stock as my base and also the backing

Jar/Sentiment - Dear Lizzy

Quickutz - Daisy cut several times for depth

Fancy That - Leafy Swirls

Memory Box - Fuchia for the bended daisy

Gold Glitter

Carl Daisy Punch

Dew Drops on the Daisies

Memento Olive Grove Ink

Sequins

Die-Namics Banner Stax

***

Hope to see your inspirational projects HERE

but before you go check out what my other

Jugheads and our Guest Stephanie created for you.

 ***

Thanks for dropping in

and hope to see what inspired you with

 this weeks Photo Challenge.



Taking it's 'TOLE' at the MOD SQUAD.

 

Over at The Mod Squad my good friend Judy Woodland

is hosting this weeks Challenge
and here is what she has asked us to do -

 

  Today I have a little paper tole for you.
All you need to do is take an image,
make at least 3 copies,
and cut out smaller and smaller bits of it
to layer together.

Here is my interpretation

 

I used my all time favourite Stampin' Up stamp -

Fifth Avenue Floral for this card

I have made many a card for this technique with this stamp

as the big rose is just perfect for cutting and layering.

I used 3 different coloured textured card stock

and heat embossed on two fussy cut

and popped them as a backing.

I then inked the rose stamp three times

and cut our smaller bits for the tole technique

distressed and cut in a few places before

putting it together

I added a touch of iridescent medium for

a little sheen on the flower backed by

a few leaves from Marianne Designs

some Kaisercraft pearls and

sentiment from Gina K Designs.

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Thanks for stopping by and till next time

Cherrio from

 

 

 

 



Lisa's Lovely Colour Challenge at Just us Girls

 

It's Colour Challenge Time over at

Just us Girls 

and the Lovely Lisa is our Hostess.

Here is the gorgeous photo and colours
she chose for your inspiration.

 



 

I have had this gorgeous paper from Victoria Gardens

for a little while now

and knew it would be ideal

 to match up with this weeks colours.

I backed this with pink and basic card base.

Folded over the double sided paper to show off the flowers

which were stamped and punched with the SU Petite Petal set

and

EK Success small flower die

Leaves from a Sizzix leaf die

Sentiment is from Gina K Designs

Made a small incision to add my ribbon 

and finished with some rhinestones.

***

Don't forget to check out with the other Jugheads created

and this month's Guest Stephanie

then pop your newly made card over to

Just us Girls

You could be our next Chic of the Week

and be in the running for our Guest Spot in April.

 

Hope to see you over there.

 

I Tried Stampin' on Tuesday

 

 

I'm trying a bit of Stampin' on Tuesday

for their Challenge this week which is A Sketch

 

 

and thought I would play my hand at the Bokeh Technique

again which is HOT at present.

I followed the Sketch pretty much but decided to cut

my background into three pieces and then

pop my Floral Image on top.

I used Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers & Aged Mahogany

for the background then sponged from the cut out circles with

Dew Drops Brilliance - Moonlight White.

The lovely stamped flower is from

Stampin' Up - Because I Care Set

and I inked it with both inks to give it a variegated look.

Added the required 3 gems in different colours and

finished with a sentiment from Gina K Designs

and crimped ribbon.

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Thank You for stopping by and checking out my latest card.

 

 



A Little Bit of Red at Fashionable Stamping

 

 

One of my favourite Stampin' Up stamp sets is

Feeling Sentimental and I love creating with it.

I found the current challenge over at Fashionable Stamping

was perfect for my card. I have seen several

different ideas of using this stamp on Pinterest

and thought I would do my version of 'Spotlighting'

hence - the touch of RED.

***

I used black & white card stock

then inked my Darkroom Door Postcards stamp

and distressed the edges

 to back my very British Phone Box.

This was matted against the black card stock and image

was cut from Sizzix Fancy Tags.

I cut out a small piece of the second inked image

attached it to the main piece and coloured it with

Tim Holtz Festive Berries pen.

Added a bit of scoring around the edges and on the

sides of the sentiment which is from Gina K Designs

which I thought summed up my card perfectly.

I finished off with touch of Wink of Stella clear pen

on the red part of the phone box. 

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Thanks for dropping in to see my post today.

All your comments are really appreciated.

 



I'm ADDICTED!

 

I seem to have been bitten by the CAS bug lately and now heading  the way to

ADDICTION!

 

 

There have been so many great challenges which have suited

this style and I found another 2 that I am entering this card in.

They are

Addicted to CAS and this week Code Word is MASK

and

AAA Cards and the game is ORANGE you glad you're CAS

 

Here is what I used on my card -

White & Orange card stock

Spellbinders Circles Die for masking

Die D Lites flower cut by 2

Scoring

Sequins

Gin K Designs Sentiment

Memento Peanut Brittle Ink

Tom Bow Marker for spritzing

Variegated Orange Cotton

Corner Rounder.

 

Thanks for dropping by