A Word of 'Encouragement'

 

 It's WORD WEEK at Just Us Girls and
Hosting this week is Sue choosing
ENCOURAGEMENT.
It's a new month and we have our November Guest
Cecile' Ribon joining us - WELCOME.
 

I arrived home from my holidays (vacation)
to find a belated birthday gift from my very dear
crafty friend Maria in Germany.
Thank You soooo much!
 

The stamp set I received is from Stampin' Up
called Timeless Textures. I so love this set
and I can see me using it lots.
I found a card I loved from Pinterest
Here by Susan Byington and cased it.
These are the products I used -
Basic card stock from my stash and GKD
Several stamps from TT
SU ink - Rich Razzleberry/Garden Green
Tim Holtz Distress inks - Frayed Burlap/Antique Linen
Memento - New Sprout
Sentiment from Inspired by Stamping.
Dimension Squares.

Pop over to Our Blog to see more
Encouragement creations from
November Guest Cecile and the DT.
Hope to see yours there.

I am also joining in at  Creative Corner Challenge
who also have Encouragement as their Theme
Details are Here

Thanks for dropping in.
Love reading your thoughts on my cards.

 

Christmas Time is A Coming!

Back in the swing of things and playing along this time at

The Paper Players for their Tic Tac Toe Challenge.

They are always fun as you get lots of choices.

 

 

 

I am also joining in at

Addicted to Stamps and More for their

Challenge #218 Holiday

 

 

and Stampin' Royalty for their

All that Glitters Challenge. Details Here

 

 

For my Tic Tac Toe

I chose the top column - red/glitter/snowflakes.

This is my first Christmas card this year.

 I can't believe I have left it soooooo late - again.

I got my Christmas container out yesterday to make this card

and I am always surprised at what is in there.

 

My card base is sculptured pearlescent paper

and red card stock is also pearlescent paper.

I attached score tape to the 3 strips of  paper

and added glitter - of course you know how it is with

that it sticks everywhere.

My snowflake is from Spellbinders and glittered also.

Frame is embossed with SU framelits -  hand cut.

 Sentiment from Gina K Designs.

Both are popped.

Finished with some gems.

 

Thanks for dropping in.

I love to read your comments on my cards.

 

 



I'm Back!

I am back home after spending an amazing time with family

and now it is craft time!

I found 2 blogs I love to play in and they are

The House that Stamps Built

for their Colour challenge

 

Details Here

and

The Mod Squad

  Go for GOLD!

 

 

Here are the products I used -

Basic card stock

Stamps - Gina K Designs

Springtime Silhouettes/Elegant Florals

Repeat Impressions - Postcard 5015P

(Used on backgrounds)

Tim Holtz Distress Inks

Vintage Photo/Dried Marigold

Memento - Peanut Brittle

SU Champagne Mist

Inka Gold

Sentiment - Cheery Lynn

Nina's Things - Die/Stitched Die.

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Thanks for dropping in and

Thanks You for your Kind Comments.

 

 

 

 



An 'Explosion of Colour'

 

Josephine is Hosting our

EXPLOSION OF COLOUR CHALLENGE

 

over at Crafty Cardmakers

 

 

As you can see I did exactly as she asked.

I used so many mediums here -

paints inks stencils texture paste glitter

stamps embossing

for my explosion of colour.

 

You can see the shimmer here.

 

I used new dies that are a little different from

the normal stitched ones. You cut with one

and the other is  stitches so you can choose

the distance between cut and stitch.

My big sentiment is also a new one I thought

would make a good feature.

They are both from Nina's Things

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Hope you will be able to join us for this challenge.

Pop over and see what colourful creations the Team created.

It doesn't have to be a card but make sure it doesn't

exceed the Total 15 challenges (including ours).

 

Thanks for dropping in

 

 



It's a BIG BOLD SENTIMENT.

Big Bold Sentiments are all the rage at present

and Maria is hosting at Just Us Girls

for our WILD CARD WEEK!

focusing in on just that.

  

This was an easy card to make - the hardest
part was picking which scrap pieces of colour to use.
My white card base is embossed with
We R memory keepers Geometric
which is very hard to see.
This was then popped with a stitched white
piece of card stock and then popped again
with my sentiments by MFT - Simply Fab Saying
(how perfect for this challenge)
They were heat embossed in white.
Finished touches with some
tiny punched hearts & pearls.
 

Here is a quick card I made with a
big sentiment from Cas-ual Fridays Stamps.

Pop over to Our Blog and see
  lots more BOLD SENTIMENTS.
We'd love to see yours too.
Join us and you could be our Chic of the Week
and go on to be Guest Designer for December.

Thanks for dropping in.

What's up Pussy Cat?

It's Photo Week at Just Us Girls

and Chris has chosen this photo for Inspiration.

Now when I first saw this I was horrified.

What can I make with this? I love the photo

and that BLACK CAT - just didn't have anything suitable

so I went to trusty Google and found an image.

Yikes I had to try and colour

that pumpkin! Well I did manage to

colour it of sorts using water colour pencils

blending and a few distress pens.

I even went over it with Wink of Stella.

The black cat has been covered with Glossy Accents.

The background DP is from K & Company.

Added some burlap (hessian to me) from the cheap shop.

Button from my stash and tied with a bit of the burlap

that fell off the side.

The sentiment is computer generated.

Don't know if it is the right one but as I am

not into Halloween I took a gamble.

This certainly was challenging (and that is what they are all about)

to start with but after I got going

I am happy how my card turned out.

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Now I know my Team Mates will have some

awesome creations -  so too our October Guest - Jaydee.

Pop over and check them out -

'tis the season for all things pumpkin related

so there is no excuse for not joining us this week.

You could be our Chic of the Week and in the

running for Guest Designer in December.

I am entering this card over at The House for their
Inspiration Challenge - Details Here

Thanks for dropping in



It's Judy's Turn to HOST!

Hello to you - Crafty Ones.

It's Colour Week over at Just Us Girls and hosting

this week is Judy choosing

Olive Gold & Rust

Here is how I used those 3 colours.

 

 

 

Here are the products I used -

Card base - GKD

Designer Paper - Bo Bunny/Kaisercraft

Leaves - Kaisercraft

Flower - Nina's Things

Hello cut several times - Lawn Fawn

Inka Gold on flower

Button from my stash

Dimension squares

Pearls

Inking on the edges

 

Pop over to Our Blog and check out

what's in store for your inspiration.

Hope you can join us. In doing so

you could be our Chic of the Week

and be in the running for Guest Designer in December.

 

Thanks for dropping in

Till next time - Cherrio from

 



'Aloha'

It's TREND week over at Just Us Girls

and Hostess this week is Sue and chosen Pineapples

 

 

Well this threw me as I have nothing relating to them.

How excited I was when I went to my monthly

girls day out card making and our Demonstrator Tania

had chosen a card with just that.

 Thanks Tania - you saved the day. All credits to you.

 

 

I didn't finish my card that day

but came home and added some splatters from a

Tim Holtz stencil. Also added a few strips

of paper under the pineapple.

Card stock is SU and has been stamped on the edges with the

pineapple stamp which is part of the

 set Pop of Paradise from SU

My sentiment is from Gina K.

 

Now pop over to Our Blog

and check out what our October Guest Jaydee

and my Team Mates created.

Join in and you could be our Chic of the Week

and be in the running for

Guest Designer in December

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Once again my card qualifies for the latest (For the Birds) challenge over at
The Mod Squad
You can find the details Here

Thanks for dropping in

PS Will be flying over the other side of Australia in a few days

but never fear I have all my cards done dusted and scheduled

for while I am away catching up with family. I'm Excited!

 

 



Falling 'Autumn Leaves'

 

I just couldn't help myself making another

'Autumn Card' even though it is Spring here.

 

 This time my card is more the 'Autumn Colours' 

I got out the Memory Box stencil - Texture Distressed Grid

and added dimension with white texture pastes.

I love the old Cuttlebug leaf dies I have had for ages

 and that is what I turned to for my card.

After blending distress inks and adding

a few speckles from  TH Speckles Stencil on to

water colour paper.  I cut the leaves

and heat embossed them with clear powder.
Scored them to add veins but very hard to see.

The branch is from Memory Box - Woodland Branch.

 Sentiment is from MFT - Simply Fab Sayings.

 

This card is again for the 'New Blog in Town'

CAS Watercolour Blog

You can find the details Here

 

Thanks so much for dropping in.
I love reading your lovely comments.

It's all about 'AUTUMN'

I came across a 'New Blog in Town' called

CAS Watercolour Card Challenge and excited

as it is one of my favourite types of card

Watercolour! and cas too.

Details are Here

There are times when I just love making

a cas card - so relaxing with water colouring

in all sorts of colours.

For this challenge it is 'Autumn'

Here are the products I used -

Coloured cs/water colour paper

Distress Inks and Inka Gold

for the water colour background.

I decided to move away from leaves and

 heat emboss grass from

SU Inspired by Nature in black.

I cut this in 3 added the sentiment

from Spellbinders in Black & Gold

Black Pearls and lines with a

gold gel pen to finish.

***
The October CAS Card Challenge at
STAMPlorations Blogspot is up
Details Here -  so I am joining
them again this month using plenty of  BLACK!

 

I am also going to play over at

Crafty Boots Challenge for their

'Autumn is in the Air Challenge'

Here.

 

Thanks so much for dropping in.

 

 



A Birthday Card for 'Someone Special'

I have made this Birthday Card for my Daughter

and chosen the stamps specially for her.

 

 

Over at Crafty Cardmakers Pam is Hosting

our 'Birthday Card Challenge'

 

The stamp I chose is from Inspired by Stamping Here
called Nature 1. It has the Ulysses butterfly and the
 Cooktown Orchid. This butterfly if you are lucky
(and I have been) can be seen fluttering by in
my daughter's back yard. She also has the most
beautiful orchids blossoming on her patio.
Now you can see the reason why I made this card.

 

 

I have added several coloured layers

added to my card base

and the background is inked up with

several Tim Holtz distressed inks.

The Cooktown Orchids were stamped randomly

and heat embossed in white.

(My daughter lives close to Cooktown)

The Ulysses butterfly has been inked up

with TH peacock feathers with

 a smidgen of  pearl ex powder added

giving it a nice shimmer. Also

in black and covered with glossy accents.

Happy Birthday sentiment is a Spellbinder die.

Finished with a few coloured gemstones.

I have made a computer generated greeting

for the inside adding the tiny butterfly for a final touch.

 

Thanks for dropping by.

 



What's the 'WORD' at Just Us Girls?

Once again it is 'Word Week' at

Just Us Girls and Sharyn is our Host
choosing LEAVES as 'The Word'

 

 

It's getting that time of the year over the pond called 'Fall'

and I am celebrating 'Spring' -

however to keep in line with the challenge

I have made my card using gilding flakes

in what I call 'Autumn' colours.

Now anyone that has used these flakes knows

the mess you can get yourself into -

gluing the shaped dies with the flakes

(don't breathe out)

and making sure you have covered them all.

I really did get messy with this card because

after I successfully glued flakes to my fingers

I cleaned them off just to get inky again

with my background.

Those leaves I think turned out beautifully

and needed a background to match.

Using a Memory Box stencil I painted it up

with Inka Gold using my fingers yes my fingers

to give it a little dimension.

I popped it up after it was dry also popping

those leaves from an old  Cuttlebug die.

Added some coloured cotton

and that very American sentiment from GKD

Finished with some gems.

***

I really did enjoy making this card -

after all what's fun if you

don't get a bit messy just sometimes.

*** 

Now pop over to Our Blog to admire

what our Guest for October - Jaydee

and the Team have made.

Join us and you could be our

Chic of the Week and in the running for

Guest Designer in December.

***

It so happens that over at

Mod Squad their challenge is Falling Leaves

so I am joining in the fun there with this card.

Details Here

 

Thanks for dropping in.

 

 

 

 



Time to play 'Tic Tac Toe'



A Crafty Friend of mine (Thanks Cheryl)
 told me about a blog called

 Stampin Smiles Designs
so of course I checked it out

and what better excuse to get some
 new crafty itemsout and play -
so that's just what I did.

 

You can find the Details Here

 

 

I chose to go top left to bottom right

(stencil, blues/greens and texture)

so I could try out my new stencils from

ARTplorations - Happy Flowers

and Square Dance.

The texture came from

Mont Marte Pearl White Acrylic Paint.

Blue & Green coloured background was

inked on watercolour paper with a

variety of Tim Holtz distress inks.

Added some script words to the sides

Happy - Spellbinder die

Birthday - Pink & Maine Birthday Wishes.

My floral feature is popped.

Finished off with some scoring on the side.

 

Thanks for dropping in

 

 



I Love to 'SPLAT'

Over at The Mod Squad there is a

Fabulous Challenge going on and Good Friends

Judy Woodland and Vicki Dutcher are Hosting.

What is it? Create your Inner 'SPLAT'

Details - Here

I love that kind of technique - getting a little bit inky

and creating a great result.

I decided not to go with a splatter stencil

instead inked up several TH distress inks,

wet them and added my splats to water colour paper

with a sheet of plastic. I did add a touch of

black splats to match up with my

Happy Birthday die from Spellbinders

and the butterfly from Inkadinkado

(which has been heat embossed for the first time)

Cut my card stock using a stitched die

and popping for dimension.

***

I thought the colours of those decorations on

the yummy cupcakes were similar to those I used above

so entering it in the Cupcake Inspiration Challenge #377

 

 

Hope you like what you see.

I love reading your comments.

Thanks for dropping in

 



A Simple THANK YOU

 

I got Happy Mail a few days ago and was keen to get it inked.

As the stamp I used is small I thought a simple

Thank You card would be just right.

 

 

I found a few challenges to link this card up to and they are Pals Paper Arts

Details can be found Here

and at As You LIke It 

for their Favourite Colour Combo and Why Here

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Now my all time favourite colour is purple but

I really love the soft colours of Aquas and Pinks

so that is what I went with which I tried to match

 the colours above but not quite as I would have liked.

Here are the products I used -

Basic coloured card stock.

SU Calypso Coral stamped with

a Katzelkraft stamp for the background.

Floral image is by STAMPlorations Framed Dogwood

heat embossed then

inked and touched up with Twinkling H2O.

Finished off with white cotton and

Thank You sentiment from SU

cut from vellum.

 

Thanks for dropping in.

 

 

'Miss You'

Bobby is Hosting our Photo Week at Just Us Girls

and chosen this gorgeous photo below. 



I am not a pumpkin kind of person so chose

an old sunflower stamp for my Inspiration.

 

I have been lucky enough to be in a plane

above a massive paddock filled with these beautiful flowers.

What an awesome site!

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I thought it fitting to go with Kraft card stock

and continue with earthy tones.

Products I used here are -

SU - Woodgrain background stamp

Sunflower stamp - Print Blocks Australia

Black embossing powder

Water colour pencils

Sizzix banner

Corner rounder

Pearls

Paper Smooches Sentiment

Burlap/Jute string

Tim Holtz Vintage Photo

Memento Peanut Brittle

SU Garden Green

White Uniball pen for centre of flower.

Don't forget to pop over Here

to see how our Guest Kathy

and the Team were inspired.

Join us and you could be our

Chic of the Week and go on to be

Guest Designer in November.

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Thanks for dropping in