Happy Mother's Day

Maria is Hosting our Word Week at Just Us Girls

and has chosen one that 

I am sure is close to all our Hearts.

Mother's Day is a very Special Day for me as I get to

spend it with one of my Daughters. It is a yearly

get together as we fly north to the Sunny Tropics to

celebrate that Special Day and 

2 of my Grandchildren's Birthdays.

Here is my 'Mother Card'

I love the big flower from SU's Fifth Avenue Floral 

and that is my choice as a feature

 using Brusho's Rose Red. I heat embossed it

in white before colouring.

Card base is kraft. Added some torn green paper

behind the Inspired by Stamping DP.

Leaves are cut from a Kaisercraft die.

Added a few pearls and ribbon to finish.

I would like to Welcome our May Guest Designer Kathie Durgan. 

Check out Our Blog to see what 

Kathie and the Designers have created

and come join us this week. 

You could be our next Chic of the Week.

Thanks for dropping in

A REALLY cas brightly coloured card.

Once again I am drawn to the gorgeous colours for

Game #89 at AAA Cards

Don't you just love them!

Well I do as this is my second card.

My first card is Here

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Now this one is reeeeeeeeeeeeely clean & simple

only taking a short time to put together.

Off course I had some fabulous stamps to use

making my card simple and striking.

The stamps I used are

STAMPlorations Flutter Zen Row

STAMPlorations Vignette Celebrate Artsy

and STAMPlorations Trendy Butterflies 2

I inked my background stamp with

Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers/Squeezed Lemonade

Wilted Violet and Festive Berries.

My butterflies and sentiment were heat embossed in black.

Added some scoring for interest and mounted

my card on black card stock. 

Here is a close up of the embossing.

I am popping this card over to
Card Mania for their Life is Colourful Challenge
and the

STAMPlorations Anything Goes Challenge

I have a card class coming up to try the new

and exciting TH Oxide Inks - can't wait.

That's it for me for now - till next time

Cherrio from 

Love to read your comments!

It IS Bright AND Beautiful

Once more I found myself playing with my new addiction.

Over at AAA Cards there is beautiful mood board

 which just screams Brusho's to me.

All the details for this challenge are Here.

I picked up on as many colours as I could and

just had to include feathers to my card.

I cut out a feather die from SU Four Feathers to use as a mask

and then added my Brusho's spritzing lightly

and waited for the magic to work.

I then decided to add more to my background 

with some dots from SU Timeless Textures.

My feather was then inked with TH Evergreen Bough

and then cut and placed where my mask was.

Inked the edges in TH Black Soot and Inka Gold

including inside and Blue Moonstone Sparkle Medium.

The Inka Gold was also randomly placed on the

background and the stitched edges.

The Hello die is from STAMPlorations

and again  inked with gold.

How often are we tempted to just add a little something?

In keeping with the CAS Challenge this couldn't happen.

Instead of popping different elements here I went

all flat and kept some white space. Hope I didn't overdo it!

Hope you enjoyed my take on the Bright & Beautiful Challenge.

*Update
Also entering this card over at
Card Mania - Details are Here for their
Life is Colourful Challenge

Thanks for dropping in. Till next time - Cherrio from

Beauty Blossoms

The Challenge this week at Hiding in My Craft Room is Freestyle

sponsored by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps with the Winner

to receive 3 Digi images of their choice.

The image I used for my card is from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

and was coloured with various pens adding WOS for shine.

I added a scrap piece of DP to the top

and underneath the popped featured flower.

The sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping.

Finished with sprinkled gems.

Thanks for dropping by today.

It's Always Tea Time!

Hosting this weeks Challenge at

Just Us Girls is Judge Judy

(sorry had to say it)

choosing an old favourite and one

I haven't done for some time.

It's

A little while ago I bought the 

Tea Cup Stack from Poppy Stamps

which I think makes for a good way to use this technique.

It is a little tricky with all the tiny pieces

but I managed to keep them all together after

cutting then mixing and matching 

 the different papers picked from my box of scraps.

My card base is white which was then randomly stamped with

TH Spun Sugar with one of the stamps from

STAMPlorations Always Tea Time

My sentiment is also from that set.

I cut 2 Sizzix Framelits tags - one for the back (with DP)

and the other white for my tea cups.

These were popped in front of the

stitched die cut paper backed

with paper to match.

Finished with some knotted variegated cotton on my tag.

This is the last week for our April Guest Laurie

so pop over and see what she has created 

with the rest of the Team and come join us

 for this fun challenge.

Thanks Laurie for showing us a small part

of your talent this month. 

# I will pop this card over at The Cuttlebug Mania Blog Spot
for their A Cuppa Challenge

Till next time - Cherrio from

Anything Goes at 'The House'

It's Anything Goes time at The House that Stamps Built

Details are Here

I'm still playing with my Brusho's and decided on the

Lime Green which I know comes out with lots of yellow - 

perfect for my Daffodil flower (904W) from Repeat Impressions.

A pretty simple card using black card stock, brusho's

and my RI Daffodils.

Corner rounded and adding my sentiment

which is from STAMPlorations finishing

with a bit of spritzing.

That's it for now - till next time

Cherrio from

Butterfly Moments!

Here is my last card for the Things with Wings Spring Hop

over at STAMPlorations Blog

A quick guide as to how this was made - 

The background that was added to my purple card stock

is partly the shaving cream technique and then I added

extra by stenciling with ARTplorations Retro Circles

The butterflies were inked from STAMPlorations Trendy Butterflies

and my featured butterfly is heat embossed on vellum from

STAMPlorations Trendy Butterflies 2

I have used stitched dies on all layers.

Sentiment is from the above stamp set.

Added some gems to finish.

It's coming to the end of the month

and our Things with Wings will have

flown all over the World giving crafters 

so many beautiful presentations. I hope you have

been able to play and of course comment because - 

Wouldn't you like to win some of these awesome prizes?

- (3) randomly drawn winners from all comments left on the STAMP blog and participating designers blog will each receive a $10 gift certificate to the store

- (1) randomly drawn participant in the Things with Wings Spring linky party will receive 

Trendy Butterflies 2

- (1) randomly drawn participant in the Things with Wings Spring linky party will receive the 

Spring Blooms Plate die

- (1) randomly drawn participant in the Things with Wings Spring linky party will receive her choice of any 2 of the new phrase dies (Sweet Spring Wishes, Bloom & Grow, Hello Sunshine, Be Kind)

- (1) randomly drawn participant in the Things with Wings Spring linky party will receive her choice of die set (Flutter Zen 1 layering dies, Flutter Zen 2 layering dies, Dragonfly layering dies)

- (1) randomly drawn participant in the Things with Wings Spring linky party will receive a 

$15 gift certificate to the store.

*Winners announced on May 10 in the April Challenges & Hops winners post.

Not much time left now so better get crackin'

#Popping this over HERE


Thanks so much for all the lovely compliments I received
during our month long hop. I really appreciated you taking time
to check them all out. 

'tis a Merry Christmas

  

The current Christmas Challenge at Happy Little Stampers is
  
Details are Here and I will link this card
to the above Challenge.
This is also going over to a newbie -
The Holly & Ivy Christmas Challenge  for Challenge #4
It's an Anything Christmas Goes.
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I had this reindeer die cut left over from last year

so thought it timely to use before it got squashed.

I heat embossed it with gold a couple of times

and popped it up in front of my

 Tim Holtz Holiday Knit stencil which was

painted with gold coloured paste.

This was then framed with a white stitched die piece of cs.

My base is heavy duty gold metallic card stock.

***

I am really enjoying the fun of making

Christmas cards throughout this year.
I won't get caught out again!

Thanks for dropping in. Love reading your comments.

Pick a Holiday Theme at Hiding In My Craft Room

The Theme this week is Any Holiday.
I got to choose my image above from

The Paper Shelter called Sweet Gardener
sponsoring this week's Challenge
with the winner receiving a $15 Gift Certificate.
***
Now there just happened to be a pre coloured digi
(my kind - as colouring human images scare me)
Sure made my card making so much easier - and
probably a whole lot better.
DP used for my background is from
Sugar & Spice - Spring Garden
and that is the Holiday Theme I used
as I am sure there is a Spring Time Holiday
some time or other right!
We do have a huge Spring Garden Celebration
where I used to live and the gardens there
are truly breathtakingly beautiful..
My sentiment matches the flowers perfectly
and is from STAMPlorations
 DP's used were from Kaisercraft Floral Delight
Other products I used are
Stitched Die
MS Leaves
EK Success punch
SU Petite Petals
Kaisercraft Pearl
Tim Holtz Abandoned Coral

Thanks for dropping by today
Love reading your comments.

It's Photo Week at Just Us Girls

It's Photo Week at Just Us Girls

and Hosting is our Crafty Chris choosing

this gorgeous photo 

What inspired me?

Funny but one of the first things I noticed

was the map in the background showing

Great Britain in bright pink.

So that is the one colour I picked up on and choosing to

emboss a part of my background with a

Couture Creations embossing folder sponged with

SU Yo Yo Yellow to match the carpet.

My floral image is from SU Bloom With Hope

again inked with Yo Yo Yellow & adding Melon Mambo

resulting in a few different colours for effect.

This was heated embossed with Ranger Black Powder.

Added some black glitter to the centre.

Leaves are from Kaisercraft

A strip of black & silver paper

and the same cotton were added to the back.

I inked up leaves in Memento London Fog

and sentiment is from the above stamp set.

Added some splatters for interest.

I am sure you will want to join us with

such a gorgeous photo to inspire you. Hope so. 

Don't forget to pop over and see what

our April Guest Laurie and the Jugheads created.

Thanks for dropping in

It's 'Inspiration Time' at The House

Don't you just love the Photo Inspiration Palette at

The House that Stamps Built ??

As soon as I saw it I knew I had to make time to play.

Check out all the Details Here

Lucky for me I had my background already made

as I have recently bought some Brusho's and

these are the colours I used - Violet & Turquoise.

I stamped the Repeat Impressions (9706W)

with Tim Holtz Black Soot - stamping another

but just the flower head which I cut and popped

using the same colours.

 Added touches of Inka Gold around the edges and centre.

My sentiment is from STAMPlorations Fond Expressions 2

Added some gold splatters to finish..

Thanks for dropping by today

Love reading your Kind Comments.

Taking 'Time Out' to Fly

I have taken some 'Time Out' to play at the 

Current Challenge over atTime Out 

which is this beautiful Home Sweet Home Inspiration Photo.

Details are Here

I couldn't resist but time is short as I am heading off

tomorrow to catch up with a family milestone birthday.

So I went cas with my card. 

What do you see when you look at those butterflies in flight?

Of course I saw those beautiful multi coloured butterflies

and the tiny die cut heart.

I recently purchased the CUTplorations Flutter Zen 2 Layering Dies

and was my choice of butterflies.

These were cut from a sheet of card stock 

from spritzed Brusho's Rose Red.

They co-ordinate with the STAMPlorations Trendy Butterflies 2

which I stamped lightly on the popped up top of my card

and stenciled with ARTplorations Rows of Hearts

I finished my card with a few pearls and a cut out sentiment

which is also from the above stamp using a left over piece 

of Brusho coloured paper.

I will pop this over to the

for a chance to win a $10 Gift Certificate Here

and of course I would love to win this challenge

with generous prizes from Shery at STAMPlorations.

I could then delete a few items from my Wish List LOL

Thanks so much for dropping in

Till next time - Cherrio from

STAMPlorations Things with Wings Blog Hop Continues

We are into the 3rd week of our 

Things with Wings Blog Hop & Linky Party

Hope you are all enjoying the fabulous creations

made for you by the STAMPlorations Girls.

I went all out grungy and distressy for this weeks card.

Lots going on here.

Kraft card stock as base inked with

ARTplorations Flutterby Stencil

This was also used on the corrugated cardboard

but was painted with colorburst paint.

Attached some inked mesh before  adding the distressed cardboard.

I then added another layer heat embossing the butterfly from

STAMPlorations Trendy Butterflies

Did a bit of random stamping from 

ARTplorations Dots All Over and

STAMPlorations Scribbly Splattery Grunge



then some Inka Gold.

Sentiment stamps are STAMPlorations Trendy Butterflies

and STAMPlorations Vignette Artful Butterflies

Inks were from Memento & Tim Holtz

As you can see LOTS to look at.

Here are the Prizes you could win - 

- (3) randomly drawn winners from all comments left on the STAMP blog and participating designers blog will each receive a $10 gift certificate to the store

- (1) randomly drawn participant in the Things with Wings Spring linky party will receive Trendy Butterflies 2

- (1) randomly drawn participant in the Things with Wings Spring linky party will receive the

 Spring Blooms Plate die

- (1) randomly drawn participant in the Things with Wings Spring linky party will receive her choice of any 2 of the new phrase dies (Sweet Spring Wishes, Bloom & Grow, Hello Sunshine, Be Kind)

- (1) randomly drawn participant in the Things with Wings Spring linky party will receive her choice of die set (Flutter Zen 1 layering dies, Flutter Zen 2 layering dies, Dragonfly layering dies)

- (1) randomly drawn participant in the Things with Wings Spring linky party will receive a

 $15 gift certificate to the store.

*Winners announced on May 10 in the April Challenges & Hops winners post.

You have a bit more time to join in. Hope you get the chance to play.

Thanks for dropping in to check out this weeks 

Things with Wings posting.

Next week is the last one so be sure to come back

and see how I inked up my Things with Wings!

Don't be afraid to leave me a comment - love reading them.

#Popping this over to

HERE

Till next time - Cherrio from