Did you SPOT what's Trending at Just Us Girls?

 

It's Trend Week at Just Us Girls

and our Hostess is Nancy who chose

SPOTLIGHTING!

 

I made the background for this some time ago and
this piece was left over. It is the shaving cream technique
and I have done something a little different
by using Liquid Pearls - Daffodil & Avocado giving it a
nice sheen (which hasn't shown up) and SU Yo Yo Yellow reinker.
The gorgeous stamp is from Repeat Impressions
stamped with Memento Pistachio and the
popped up spotlight is cut from Spellbinders Hexagons.
I coloured the daffodil with watercolour pencils and
heat embossed it with clear embossing powder
giving it a glossy finish.
Added some black matting pearls and
cotton to finish.

If you haven't already been to Our Blog
better pop over and see what our June Guest Cornelia
has Spotlighted and my Team Mates - you know
you will love what they have made.
Love to see you join us and you would be in the running for
Chic of the Week and go on to be our Guest in August.

I will be in Craft heaven when this goes live. There is a
big Papercraft Convention in Brisbane (catching the train at 6am)
I go to yearly and meet upwith some online crafty friends.
I met a couple a few years ago
and last year a few more.
One came from Perth in Western Australia
and another from Melbourne Victoria.
This year we are making a week end of it and
we are all super excited.
To make it even more special I have
Cheryl Wright coming back to spend a few days
at my house before she returns to home.
She is a well known Author who is super talented
in the craft side as well.

Thanks for dropping in.



We're looking for Birds.

Bobby is Hosting this week at Just Us Girls

and it is our Word Week. I can see

so many beautiful entries and Bobby having a hard time

picking a Winner for her chosen word

BIRDS.

 

 

If you have been a regular popping in to see my

work you will know I have been having fun

with water colouring.

Here I go again...

The colours I used for my background are

Memento Sweet Plum

Tim Holtz Stormy Sky/Peacock Feathers

and Cracked Pistachio.

My beautiful bird is from

Repeat Impressions and has a touch of

purple added to the chest.

Sentiment is Inspired by Stamping

Both bird and sentiment are heat embossed in Teal.

Added some squares for dimension.

Finishing off with some coloured gemstones.

***

Hope you pop over and see what beautiful

bird cards have been uploaded on Our Blog
by our June Guest Cornelia Wenokor
and the Design Team

and join us this week with yours.

You could be our Guest Designer in August.

Thanks for dropping in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



A Simple Hello!

Time for the latest challenge over at

Crafty Cardmakers and Kim's turn to HOST.
She has chosen a super popular Trend -

Monochrome.

 

When I made this card I was in water colouring mode

and I enjoy it so much.

I chose to make my monochrome with a touch of Colour.

My base is white card stock and I topped it

with the water colour technique using

Tim Holtz Cracked Pistachio/Peacock Feathers.

I also added a touch of speckles from Tim's stencil.

The Hello sentiment is from Lawn Fawn

and cut several times for dimension.

The Birthday Girl sentiment is from

Inspired by Stamping.

The butterfly is heat embossed and inked

from Cheery Lynn.

Lastly a row of pearls and paper pierced.

***

Hope you will pop over and see what my Team Mates

have made - inspired you and you get to

join us in this challenge.

***

Thanks for dropping in

 

 

 

 



It's Photo Week at Just Us Girls

 

 

 

Lisa is our Host over at Just Us Girls this week
and has chosen this gorgeous photo below
for us to be inspired by... 

What caught my eye?
The first thing was the wallpaper in the background
so my first job was to find an embossing folder
and ink it up - Cuttlebug Stylized Flower
with SU Yo Yo Yellow
I couldn't help but then notice the flowers
in such a pretty pink colour.
My Spellbinder Romantic Rectangles
was used for the backing for the focal point.
This was popped and inked with
Memento Angel Pink
Got an old GKD stamp set out
Vogue Vases - maybe one of the first ones
of Gina's I bought.
I inked the leaves in Memento Olive Grove
fussy cut the flowers twice once with
plain pink paper and the second with scrap DP
The big vase was popped and inked with sticky
embossing powder and I then added
Twinklets Diamond Dust which just
looks like crystal to me.
Added some ribbon and a strip
of mulberry paper to the back and a small strip
of paper to use as a shelf
finishing with pearls for the floral centres
and rhinestones in the background.

Don't forget to check out Our Blog
for lots more Inspiration and come join us
for your chance to be our
Chic of the Week and be in the running
for our Guest in July.

Thanks for dropping in

 



Sketch Time at 'The House'

It's the end of the month and that means

Sketch Time at The House that Stamps Built.

 

 

I find it hard sometimes to get my head around

a sketch and this was one of them.

However this is what I came up with.

 

 

I started with kraft card stock as my base

and then went searching for paper

through my stash and found a piece

of double sided dp and went from there.

I matted that first with some cream card stock

to blend in.

For the top part I cut the cream and dp

from Heartfelt Creations Layered Elegant Swirl and popped.

The sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping.

The gorgeous little butterfly is

Repeat Impressions - 108

cut from Spellbinders Circles

and attached to a Sue Wilson Vintage Lace Motif  die.

Touched up the butterfly with Wink of Stella

but is too fine to see.

Finished off with a few pearls.

 

Hope you like what I made and

Thank you for dropping in.

 

 

 

 



Another CAS card

 

I had my SU 4 Feathers stamp/die set out for

yesterdays post and kept playing with them as the

colours below for the CAS on Sunday Challenge

look great using this set.

 

 



My card base is close to the Mint Macaron.

Now for the messy but nice smelly shaving cream technique

using SU Melon Mambo (you should see my fingers)

Marina Mist & Memento Angel Pink

I attached that to white card stock and joined

together with ribbon.

The 3 feathers are inked again with Melon Mambo

and Baja Breeze.

Sentiment is from SU

Finished with a button cotton bow

and some bling.

I seem to be a cas mode at present and enjoying it.

 

Thanks for dropping in.

I love reading your comments.

 

 

 

 

 



Colour Challenge #174 at CAS Colours & Sketches

This week at CAS Colours & Sketches

it's Colour Week. Details Here

 

 

 

 

It was a little hard to photograph with the silver paper

and trying to make the metallic silver speckle card stock show up.

I hope this counts as CAS.

I got my SU 4 Feathers die and stamp set out

and cut 1 feather with the silver paper and topped

with cobweb paper. The other 2 are inked with

SU Rich Razzleberry & Baja Breeze.

I popped the silver background paper

and attached my feathers.

Sentiment is from SU and die cut

from JustRite .

Added some speckles from Tim Holtz stencil

rounded one corner and a cotton bow to finish.

 

Thanks for dropping in.

Love reading your comments.

 

 

 

 



It's Your Day!

 

 

I have had time to play again with the Inspiration Challenge at

The House that Stamps Built 

Details Here

I decided to once again use the water colour technique

for this card using Memento Olive Grove.

The floral image is from

Repeat Impressions 4308W - Lily of the Valley

and is heat embossed in black.

The tiny buds are coloured with a pink tom bow pen.

Behind my image is embossed with

Craft Concepts Cherry Blossom

which is a little hard to see.

Matted in pink and a MS punch to the side.

This is popped for dimension and

added some variegated pink cotton

and sentiment is from Stampin' Up.

 

Thanks for dropping in. Love reading your comments.

 

 

 

 

 



A Beautiful Day.

I recently saw a beautiful stamp from Altenew

used by fellow Design Team Members  and

knew I had to have it. You know the feeling!

 

I thought the current challenge at

The Mod Squad  for their

One Layer Birthday Card 

would be ideal to try my new stamps out.

I have used Altenew Peony Bouquet and

 Beautiful Day for the sentiment.

I know I need a bit of practice to get the best

out of that beautiful stamp set.

I masked the flower so I could arrange the greenery.

Inks used  are Memento Pistachio

 Eldenberry Sweet Plum & Lulu Lavender.

Needing a little something here I got out my

Tim Holtz Speckles stencil

scored the top and bottom

and added some purple gemstones.

 

Thanks for dropping in

I love reading your comments.

 

Photo Inspiration Time at 'The House'

Once again it is time for the Inspiration Challenge over at

The House that Stamps Built

Details Here

 

 

I was inspired by the beautiful pink flowers

so I chose to use

Repeat Impressions stamps 1706 I

for my main image

coloured with watercolour pencils

and 4314K for the background

stamping multiple times inking with

Stampin Up Melon Mambo.

We did a card similar to this at a card class recently

and liked the look so decided to do something similar.

I recently bought the Tim Holtz Mixed Media

die set so was anxious to use it. This was popped

to show off the flowering vine .

I inked the corner with Melon Mambo and

popped the main image in front of it.

Sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping and

punched from a McGill punch.

Finished with a few pearls.

 I am also entering this card over at

Sieze the Birthday for their 'Toppings'

which is 'Dimension'.

 

 

Thanks so much for popping by.

 

 

 

 

 

 



It's a cas one layer quickie card!

Challenge time over at

The Mod Squad is hosted by

 2 super talented friends Judy Woodland

& Vicki Dutcher

and have chosen ONE LAYER CARDS!

See here.

 

 

Most of us find this hard as we just want to

add on some of our crafty stuff Right?

Well my card would have to have been the

quickest cas one layer card I have ever made.

***

Judy LOOK! A Purple butterfly lol

(ps Judy & I love purple)

So on to the products I used for this quickie!

White cs

Tim Holtz Splatters stencil

Inking with Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers

& Cracked Pistachio

SU Rich Razzleberry.

Added a bit of spritzing also from RR

The beautiful butterfly/sentiment is from a duo

stamp set from Gina K Designs.

Added some Wink of Stella to the butterfly

but is a little hard to see.

And there you have it.

My quick easy cas one layer card.

***

Now I have just got to go play with

some new stamps I got and will endeavour

to use one of them for another entry

for this challenge.

Keep a look out.

Poof! I'm gone

 



It's Colour Week at Just Us Girls

 

It's our Colour Week over at

Just Us Girls and Hosting is Sue

choosing the colours.

 

which are

Here are the products I used on my card -

Mother of Pearl Iridescent card stock

SU Creative elements for my flowers

Inked with SU Rich Razzleberry.

I fussy cut 5 of them and layered 3

for the main flower.

Inked the background using

SU Rich Razzleberry & Gumball Green pens.

Cut a corner with an EK Success punch

and added a small piece of plum paper behind it.

Added some plum pearls and a few sprigs

from Martha Stewart punch

As you can see I have added foam

squares to pop my focal image.

 

***

 

Don't forget to pop over and see what our  Guest Aileen

 has created and how the Team used

the 3 colours above.

Hope to see yours there. You may just be our

Chic of the Week and be in the running for

our July Guest.   

 

Thanks for dropping in

 

 

 

 



Having a A Stitching Time

 

There's a new challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers

Maike is hosting and has chosen  Stitching, Faux or Real.

You can enter anything you fancy,

 it doesn't have to just be cards,

 as long as it meets the challenge,

and doesn't exceed the 15 total challenges entered rule!


 

I have had this card for quite some time and it was

the first time I had ever tried embroidery on a card

so you will see some  mistakes. This was made

at a card day and the cotton and card base were supplied.

However it was rather plain so I needed to

finish it off. I decided to keep it simple and

add a sentiment from Spellbinders

and a few coloured gemstones to finish.

I so enjoyed making this and have a few books

and supplies to play with but alas they have been neglected.

I did start to make another card for this challenge but

time was running out.

***

Now pop over and see what my Team Mates have

made for this challenge.

Hope you get the chance to join us.

Thanks for dropping in

 

 

 

Scrapping on!

 I could just keep going with trying to use up some of my

scraps and would be doing so for the rest of the year

but the challenge over at The House that Stamps Built
Details Here

closes in a few days so...
This is the last one.

This one was a bit fiddly. My patchwork sister
would have had this done in no time.
As you can see here - quite a few more scraps
than my last 2 cards.
I just made a patchwork type layout and added a
Repeat Impression Butterfly (108F)
touched up with Wink of Stella.
Used a hole punch for the trail.
My sentiment is also from
Repeat Impression - Hello Stamp Set.
Added the big Hello to the inside.
***
So that is it for this super Challenge
from Rock Star Joy.
Thanks for dropping in.

 

 



Another 'scrappy' card

So many scraps so little used so

more time to play at The House that Stamps Built
Details Here

Once again I have gone for a cas design
using some scrap kraft card stock
and a couple of coloured ones.
The stamps are from
Repeat Impression -
9706W
1706I Wild Violets
and 1713J Dandelions
heat embossed in white
and popped.
My sentiment is from
Inspired by Stamping - Hello.

I have been having so much fun using up
just a few scraps so I made one last card.
This will follow from this entry.

Thanks for dropping in again

 

 



A Floral Thinking of You.

Once again it is time for a new challenge at

CAS Colours & Sketches

and this time round it is a Sketch.

I love getting away from straight lines

so this challenge suited me nicely.

As you can see I flipped the sketch

and went from there.

I used kraft and coloured card stock.

Added a scrap piece of DP  and used

the same paper for my flower which is from

Die-namics.Other punches are from Stampin' Up

and Martha Stewart.

Sentiment is from Gina K Designs

and finished with a pearl in the centre

of my flower.

A pretty simple sketch and such a cas design.

 

I am also entering this card at

A Gem of a Challenge for their

#169 Flowers

 

Thanks for dropping by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trying Something New!

Over at The Mod Squad

I found this amazingly different technique

that I just had to try.

It is called Retiform Technique and was so much fun.
My friend Donna is hosting and after seeing her cards
I decided since I had never done this before
I would attempt to case her card.

Details Here

  

Here is how and the products I used -

Coloured card stock as my base and backing.

I then got out my sticky notes and started inking

using Memento Peanut Brittle/Sweet Plum &

Tim Holtz Milled Lavender/Cracked Pistachio

I did miss a few bits with the masking and thought of

adding a pen mark to cover but was worried

I would mess it up.

I got out my stamps

Shenanigans/Wonderful Words from

CAS-UAL FRIDAYS STAMPS

and Inspired by Stamping Hello/Trendy Circle Sentiments

and embossed them in colours to match.

I decided to go with just sentiments as they say it all.

Added a bit of spritzing to finish.
I can now say I have tried a new technique.

 

Thanks for popping in

 

 

 

 



What's Trending at Just Us Girls?

This week at Just Us Girls
Judy is Hosting our Trend Challenge.
The ever popular Vellum
has been chosen this time round.

 



Now a lot of you will know Judy & I love

the colour Purple so it was my choice of colour

for my vellum butterflies.

I guess I still had butterflies flying through my head

after our Challenge last week being Butterfly.

 

I used linen card stock as my base
 and backing for my image.
Here are the other products I used -
Foam squares for dimension
Green vellum - Sizzix leaf die
Purple vellum for the butterflies
using Sizzix die
Clear Scraps chevron stencil inked in
Memento Lulu Lavender.
A little spritzing
Sentiment in Rich Razzleberry
by Stampin' Up
Kaisercraft Pearls.
Green cotton behind the butterfly.

So there you have it.
Hope you will pop over to
Our Blog to see more
of what our Guest Aileen
and the Team designed for your inspiration.
Hope to see your creation there.

Thanks for dropping in

 

Scrappy Time at The House.

 

It's Designer's Choice at The House that Stamps Built

and Joy certainly picked one that we can all relate to -

Details are Here

 

 

Of course we ALL have a box full of scraps kept

for just this type of challenge.

Do you find it challenging to put a card

together with scraps? I didn't for this one

as it is really cas. I am playing around with

another one that is a little time consuming.

(More on that to come)

Here I used just by chance a variety

of purple/lilac coloured card stock I had

left on my desk to make but somehow

I got side tracked and forgot what it was for.

My favourite colours so made it Christmas!

My supplies included

Lilac Card Stock

Pearlescent Textured Card Stock

Mulberry Paper in 2 shades

Glitter Paper

My Noel which is from Repeat Impressions 2107

is cut from a Spellbinder die sitting on my desk

and popped

Framelits Banners - Stampin' Up

Corner Rounder.

***

And there you have it.

Thanks for dropping by.

I will be back again soon.

Till then Cherrio from

 

A touch of bling with the rhinestones.