It's Trend Week at Just Us Girls

Hello and Welcome to my Saturday post for
Just Us Girls 
It's our Trend Week and Hosting is Angie
and looking for

Started by smooching watercolour card stock with
 Tim's Oxide Inks then got out my
  very old Tim Holtz Tattered Florals,
 die cut several flowers, shaped and layered them,
adding Art Alchemy waxes to add more colour.
The centre had twine wrapped around then I
adhered coloured art stones and a touch of shimmer.
Die cut my Kaisercraft leaves and attached to
a cut out striped background and card base.
Finished with a smooched sentiment die cut
several times for depth.

Pop over and see lots more stripes from our Guest Betty
and my Talented Team Mates.
Hope your eyes don't go funny after checking them out.
Come join us this week and you could be our
Chic of the Week and in the running for our
Guest Designer in April.
Thanks for dropping in

My Colourful Make Over

Welcome to today's post.
It's a New Year of Mixed Media over at
Creative Artiste Mixed Media
and we are welcoming a New Designer
and so excited that Super Talented Jo 
is joining our Team. Check out her blog Let's Art Journal.

Over the Christmas break I was looking for my hardly ever used

washi tapes (mostly given to me by my granddaughter)
 for something or other which were
in a box a friend had sent me with craft goodies.
It was then that I decided it needed a make over.

As you can see it was pretty ordinary but a lovely solid box.
Not the easiest thing to photograph so bear with me
with the photos I took along the way.

After applying gesso all over I added

 Textured Sand Paste randomly and some stenciling

with Tim Holtz Stone Stencil.

Continuing on I added my bits and bobs of

chipboard pieces, punchenella, cheescloth

and clear rock candy crackle paste.

Adding colour with Lindy's Magical's in

Witches Potion Purple. Caribbean Blue

and Blue Hawaiian Blue.

Added a die cut  and heat embossed sentiment

which was inked accordingly.

Finished it off by adding 

Art Alchemy Mermaid Sparkle Sparks and Waxes - 

Heather Hills, Peacock, Rose Robes,

Cosmic Shimmer in Patina and Frosted Heather.

Now some photos in no particular order.

It was so nice to have a big break over 

Christmas/New Year but now

anxious to get messy in a creative way again.

Thanks for dropping in and don't forget to

pop over and see what my 

Really Talented Team Mates created

and Welcome Jo to our flock.

Hope to see you in the Gallery.

Till next time - Cherrio

Sharing the Love for Try It On Tuesday

The New Challenge Theme over at

Try It On Tuesday is Share The Love

I'm not a Valentine type person so went

for a simple Love You card that I can

 give to someone special.

I played with my favourite Visible Image

Creative Chaos Stamp Set and enjoyed going grungy.

I started with my background smooching

with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Hickory Smoke.

Added some grunge stamping from STAMPlorations

and then painted down one side with 

diluted black gesso.

Heat embossing first with Zing Charcoal

then that gorgeous flower with Ranger Black.

Did the same again on watercolour paper

that had been inked with Lindy's Powders and Brusho's.

Attached the popped flower after I

added Nuvo Glitter in red.

Flicked some ink and coloured some of the

circles with Liquid Pearls.

Sentiment is from Altenew.

Corner rounded one side and attached to

basic white card stock.

Here's a close up.

I'm not sure if this is CAS enough for the

CAS Watercolour Challenge but no harm

in adding to the Gallery for the red and black theme,

and most of all I had 'fun' making it.

Thanks for dropping in to check my card out.

Love reading your comments.

Till next time Cherrio from

I'm Guest Designing at CAS Mix Up Challenge

I was tickled pink when I was chosen as the Top Pick

for the Oxidized Metal Challenge in November

at CAS Mix Up Challenge
and

 Bonnie and Loll have kindly 

 invited me to be their February Guest for

What a fun challenge this was.

Certainly got my thinking cap on. 

Of course there are a few tutorials included

to help you with which way you want to go.

I started with cutting my

 Kaisercraft Textured Weathered die with acetate

and inked over it with Tim's Oxide Peeled Paint.

I then cut out another die, inking with VersaMark

and adding Little Birdie Frosty Fizz Embossing Texture Paste

heating it till it bubbles up. 

To add a little extra I cut the same die with a scrap of pink paper

then added Art Alchemy Royal Robes Wax,

 popping it on top slightly to the side.

Sentiment is from SU Lotus Blossom

inked with Memento Angel Pink.

Kicking myself as I should have inked

it in a darker colour.

Added some splatters, inked the edges

and attached to card base.

Thought I would show you the dies and stencil cut outs.

My Mix is Die Cut Stencils, Stamping, Sponging,

Splatters, Heat Embossing, Waxing.

Be sure to pop over and see what the

Talented Designer's created for your pleasure

and join in this month's Super Mix Up Challenge.

Sending this CAS card over to Try It On Tuesday

for their White Space or Gorgeous Grunge Challenge

and fits in with the White Space requirement.

Thanks for dropping in and love reading your thoughts.

I'll pop back later in the month to give you a Reminder

for the CAS Mix Up Challenge.

Take a 'BOW'

It's WORD WEEK at Just Us Girls

and Hosting is Lisa who want to see

A BOW on our creations.

As it's a new month we have our February Guest

Betty Jacobson joining us. 

Welcome Betty.

You can check out her Blog Here

My ribbon stash has been  neglected

for such a long time so it was nice to

unwrap the one I used here.

 It blended nicely with my

SU Rich Razzleberry card. 

That ink pad would have been my

very first favourite from SU and still is

one I go to often.

My card is a really simple one but I think

with that big bow - packs a punch!

I even had to check out how to use my bow easy again.

The stamp set I used is Fresh Vintage

stamping multiple times. Added some SU punching

attached that beautiful big bow and finished off with

my Happy Birthday sentiment from STAMPlorations Party Time.

Pop over and see what our February Guest Betty Jacobson

and the Team chose to showcase their bows

and then add yours to our gallery.

You could be our Chic of the Week going on to be

in the running for Guest Spot in April.

Thanks for dropping in

XOXO For You

Welcome to February at Happy Little Stampers
and first up is our Watercolour Challenge
We are an Anything Goes Challenge and each month
we have an Option to choose if you wish
and this month is
  BLING!
and who doesn't love that!

Once again I had fun with Lindy's Magical Powders
smooching, drying with different colours.
I adhered my popped, corner rounded watercoloured piece
 to cream card stock, attached a metallic heart die
and the xoxo (using a mix of Magical's)
Finished with some bling by adhering
purple glitter to the back of some gemstones
and my card is complete.
Pop over and see what my Team Mates created
and come join in the glitter this month.
Hope to see you in the Gallery.
Thanks for dropping in

It's CAS 'Gorgeous'

Hey there! Time for our New Challenge over at

Addicted to Stamps

It's an easy one for some and others find it hard

to NOT keep adding to their projects. Which one are you?

I recently bought the Retired SU Heartfelt Blooms

and knew this would be the perfect CAS needed

for this week's Challenge.

All I had to do was ink up that gorgeous stamp

using VersaFine Clair Monarch

(I find these stamp pads perfect for their rich colours

and everything comes out clearly with very little effort)

Finished with stamping my sentiment from

MFT and STAMPlorations.

Added a white frame and attached to 

purple card base.
Perfectly CAS don't you think?

Don'r forget to pop over and see what The Team created

and come join us in the Gallery,

Thanks for dropping in

Fly High 'Grunge'

Hello and Welcome to today's post.

I thought I would play along and join in the Gallery for the

White Space or Colourful Grunge over at

Try it on Tuesday.
When I saw this challenge my choice was to go with

Colourful Grunge as I love that style.

I did have a lot of fun with this as I had no idea

what the end result would be. 

I used a variety of Lindy's Magical's for my background

and umteen stencils and stamps -
too many to mention for my layout.

Over at The Sisterhood of Crafters their challenge is
Newly Acquired Stash
. Check it out Here

The new products I used are
STAMPlorations Winged Things and
Art Alchemy Such a Drip Stencil (ST6555538)

Thanks for dropping in today.
Till next time - Cherrio from

Heartfelt Thanks

It's Saturday and that means time for my Post for

Just Us Girls

Vicki is our Host this week and it's

sure to be a favourite

as we all love Butterflies!
I wanted to make a card with Designer Paper
that had butterflies on it and
rummaging through my box of loose papers
I came across the pretty paper I used  here.

I thought it perfect to try out my new
Nesting Dies from CUTploratons
and framed them in a matching pink colour.
I had also planned to add a die cut butterfly
but thought the dp showed them off
so nicely, I added some Nuvo Shimmer to them instead.
Finished with a popped STAMPlorations sentiment
and a tiny heart.
Pop over and check out all the fluttering butterflies
from our Guests Mary and Hannelie
and of course my Team Mates.
On our Blog and come join us this week.
Love to see you there.
A Big Thank You to Mary and Hannelie for
 Guesting with us. It has been wonderful having you
 share your talents with us.
Thanks for dropping in today.

It's in the 'Pink'

Today's post is for the current challenge at

CAS Stencil being hosted by Nancy

I have quite a few 'new' ones that need some inking

and finally chose ARTplorations Molecules

inking with Memento Angel Pink and

die cut. I then inked up my

Rubbernecker Floral with Tim's Picked Raspberry

 adding Versamark and sprinkled with

Wow Shocking Pink Embossing Glitter for sparkle.

A touch of Iridescent Medium was added to the background.

I attached this to bright pink card stock.

I saw a card that Carol Mayne had made by

embossing a stencil. I had never seen this before

so gave it a try and the same stencil is attached 

to my card base. Thanks Carol for this great idea.

Finished with a simple STAMPlorations Hello.

Here's a close up to show you the embossed stenciling.

Thanks for dropping in.

Till next time Cherrio from

For 'Someone Special'

It's Colour Week at Just Us Girls and Hosting is Sue

choosing

Welcome to today's post.

With such bold bright colours I decided to
go soft on my Trendy Spring Blooms from STAMPlorations
die cutting them in white and highlighting the centres.
I looked at my ribbon collection and found I had
matching ribbons in the  three colours.
Added them to the Henna embossed background
by Darice. Punched out a few smaller flowers
adding gems to the centres.
Finished off with my sentiment from
STAMPlorations Fluttery.
Pop over and see more brightly coloured creations
On Our Blog
Add yours to the Gallery and if you are chosen as
Chic of the Week you are in the running to be
Our Guest in March.
Thanks for dropping in

Miracles Happen

Hello and Welcome to my

  Reminder Post for our January Challenge over at

STAMPlorations

I started here with kraft card stock and

painted some strips with Gesso.

After that was dry I added colours randomly from

Freaky Franken Lime Magical's and 

Nuvo Shimmer Powders in Solar Flare.

Added Distress Grit Paste to the

ARTploratons Barley Stencil 

and random stamping with the

ARTplorations Lupinus Stencil

Both stencils are designed by talented Sanna Lippert.

I then heat embossed and coloured my

  STAMPlorations Bloomful Flower and popped

Sentiment was also heat embossed. 

Finished with some coloured cotton, coloured cheesecloth, 

backing it with white card stock and on to orange base.

You still have time to join our gallery for this month's challenge.

Hope to see you there.

Thanks for dropping in and don't forget to check out

all the other Designer's Makes.

We are having a break for February so you will

see me back on 1st March for our new Stencil Challenge.