What's the Trend Challenge at Just Us Girls?

Hello and Welcome to today's post.
It's my turn to Host this week's Trend Challenge at
Just Us Girls

I decided to go full on with my frame by using

a peek a boo die cut.
I had this lovely shimmery piece of paper (Lindy's of course)
 in my Bit Box and as it was only a small piece
I had enough to cut out a simple flower die to match

the background of my frame.
This was then popped after inking my sentiment
which photographed a blueish colour,
finished with a few gems to match.

Pop over and see what our Guest Mugdha
and the Girls framed and come join us
in the Gallery. You could be our Chic of the Week.
 Thanks for dropping in.

You are my 'SUNSHINE'

Hello and Welcome to today's post for
Just Us Girls
This weeks host is Maria choosing a word that
should bring a smile everyone's face.
As it is a new month we have a New Guest Designer.
Welcome Mugdha from  craftomania123.blogspot.com/

We all love to get out in the sunshine especially
at the moment with restrictions abounding.

Maybe you could go in a different way by

showing someone how they bring sunshine into your life
like I did here.

Tim Holtz Rays Stencil did all the work here.
I simply inked with VersaFine Clair
Cheerful and Summertime then sprayed a little with
 Lindy's Glory of the Sea Gold Spray for shimmer.
Cut out my Sentiment Die from CUTplorations several times
and swiped with the inks above getting a variegated look.
Added some diamond dust to the centre of the O.
Attached to a small white frame and on to yellow card base.
Simple but striking!
Thanks for dropping in.
Don't forget to check out what our Guest Mugdha
and the Team created and add yours make
to our Gallery.

Sea Shells by the Sea Shore

Hello and Welcome.

Today's post is for the new Anything Goes Challenge

(using multiple mediums) 

   at Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenge

This time round I decided to visit the seaside since

winter is fast approaching - trying to hang on to 

the warm and delights of the sea.

Started off with gesso then texture paste for dimension.

Sprayed with Lindy's Magical's, adding some

plaster's tape and on to my sea shell arrangement.

Added lots of bits and bobs -

Art Alchemy Art Stones and Waxes,

Glitter, Derivan Mica Flakes and Bauxite,

Tiny beads and Nuvo Stone Drops.

Pop over and see what the rest of the 

Talented Team created for your pleasure this month

and hope to see you in our Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in

Till next time - Cherrio from

'Hello' there

Most people that know me will be aware of

how much I love adding texture to my makes and 

this is what I have done here with one of my 

newest favourite stencils from Tim Holtz.

Hello and Welcome to Addicted to Stamps and More

for their make Your Mark Challenge.

My stencil mark has been applied with texture paste.

The leaf in from Gina K inked with 

SU Mossy Meadow. Sentiment is Altenew.

Corner is punched  and inked also with the Mossy Meadow.

Added a white punched flower and a pearl to the centre.

the pearl spray in the background is from my stash.

Attached to white card base.

Pop over and see what the rest of the Team created

and hope to see your mark in our Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in.

Acrylic Block Stamping for Mix It Up

Hello and Welcome to today's post for

Mix It Up. 

This month we are looking for some

Acrylic Block Stamping with our

Anything Goes Challenge.

Before I go any further if you are a regular visitor 

I must explain why you are seeing this card

when only a few days ago you saw the same stamps

 and with similar colours!

This one was made for the above challenge,

blogged and scheduled quite some time ago.

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Once more I have played with one of my

favourite stamp sets Creative Chaos

from Visible Image.

Don't you just love that grungy black frame?

My good friend Aussie aNNie created it for me

making my card look extra nice. Thanks Annie.

I did my stamping a little different by

inking my SU colours of 

Calypso Coral, Mossy Meadow and Hello Honey

onto the edge of  my acrylic block and swiping

in different directions. Also added some extra swiping 

just by inking the fine edge like you would with a credit card.

I then inked my main flower and

around the edges with stamps from the set above. 

Using some of the shaving cream leftovers I 

coloured my paper for the cut flower head and then again

 with a smaller cut and popped both.

Sentiment is from STAMPlorations.

Attached to SU Groovy Guava card stock.

Hope you like my make and pop over

to see what my Team Mates created then

come join in the Gallery this month.

Thanks for dropping in.

Stencil Time at STAMPlorations

Hello and Welcome. As it is the first of the Month

it's time for my post for the

 June Stencil Challenge at STAMPlorations

For this challenge I decided to  head back and use

a few of the older stencils and the main focus is on one of my favourites
 ARTplorations Flowers 1 Stencil.

I started my background smooching with

 Autumn Maple Crimson Magical's

then added Texture Paste through the 

ARTplorations Dots All Over Stencil

and while wet sprinkled some Martha Stewart glitter.

(You may need to click on it to get a better view)

On to my topping. I used the

 ARTplorations Plaid Maker Stencil

randomly then the flowers with texture paste.

After that was dry I put the flower stencil back and

sponged a mix of the above Magical's

and Lindy's Bougainvillea Fuchsia.

To highlight the flowers I added Art Alchemy Indian Pink Wax.

Distressed the edges and added a small popped frame.

Sentiment is from 

STAMPlorations OUT-OF-STOCK Bloom Happy

Finished by adding to white card base.

Here are the products I used

Hope you like my colourful make.

Check out all the art work from all the Designers

and would love to see your stenciled creation

in our Gallery this month.

#Reminder

When playing in our challenges, you must display the challenge graphic 

AND link back directly to the challenge post 

(NOT to the main blog or the challenge section) 

via TEXT link in your blog post in order to qualify for the prizes. 

I will have a reminder for you in the middle of the month

just in case you get sidetracked.

Also there is a 20% discount if you use my code

STAMPGIRLINA to purchase goodies.

Thanks for popping in

Time to 'Layer' it Up at Happy Little Stampers

Can you believe we are half way into the year!

I know I can't. 

Our Challenge over at Happy Little Stampers

starts with our Watercolour Challenge.

This month our Anything Goes Option is Layers

Every now and then it is nice to go back to a technique

or something in your stash that is a favourite.

This is what I did here. I got out two that go so well together - 

SU Manhattan Flower EF and Fifth Avenue Floral Stamp Set.

Heat embossed the flowers in white then watercoloured  with

Nuvo Powders and fussy cut, popping up the smaller one .

This was attached to hand cut Manhattan Flower.

To add more layers I added more dry embossing with

Kaisercraft Leaves with paper to blend with the flower.

Corner rounded for effect. 

To finish my card I added Diamond Dust to the

 embossed background and front flower

instead of adding a sentiment.

Finished by adhering to my white card base.

Pop over and see what my Team Mates chose to inspire you

and join us in our Gallery this month.

It's 'Wild Card Week' at Just Us Girls

Hello and Welcome to my Saturday post for

Just Us Girls

Since we have 5 Saturday's this month it's time to

Play the 'Wild Card' and choosing how is

Our Host Sue!

and we ALL have a plentiful supply in our stashes don't we?

No excuses for not getting just a smidgen out to play with us this week.

I was happily crafting along with my favourite
Visible Image Creative Chaos stamp set
when I realized that one I had made
moons ago for another challenge goes live in a few days
so if you pop back then
you will see a double take on this great stamp set.
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The gorgeous grungy papers I used here are from Paper Rose.
I inked up the flowers on one of the papers
and fussy cut the heads in another, adding stamping
here and there for interest. Coloured a few circles with
a white gel pen and stenciled some splatters.
Glitter was sprinkled on to the main floral centre.
Sponged TH black soot around the edges before
adhering to white card base.
A simple stamped sentiment finished it off
Thanks Annie for again adding a cool grungy frame to my photo.

Pop over and see what Deborah and the Team
created using different patterned papers.
Come join us in the Gallery!

Steampunk in September

Are you a Steampunk Enthusiast and looking for

somewhere to showcase your creativity?

Look no more. There's a New Exciting Steampunk Blog 

in the making and come September it's all Go!

Check out the Steampunk Challenge which includes a bit of

grunge and industrial bits thrown in. Join up

so you will be ready and itching to get started

and add a Note to your Diary.

First one starts on the 1st September and runs for the month

so check back often for more details a little bit down the track.
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PS In the meantime if you are itching to see some
amazingly talented Steampunkers showing their style
 there is a Blog Hop going live on the 19th June.
There are 14 sponsored prizes for commenting.
More details on that coming soon also.

Photo Week at Just Us Girls

Hello and Welcome to my Saturday post for

Just Us Girls

Bobby is Hosting and picked an awesomely colourful one.

Here's a close up!

As soon as I saw this I KNEW what stencil

I was going to use. 

It's  ARTplorations Evolution 

and isn't it just perfect!
My inspiration came from those chair covers.
Bobby was thinking the same as she has used the
same stencil on her card. How cool is that!

I kept it really simple. I love how when you 

use oxide inks on photo paper and after your inking dries

you wipe it over with a paper towel and the colours 'explode'

I did that multiple times shifting the stencil

to get lots of colourful layers.

I used Tim's Distress Glaze to seal

adding the die cut Hello from Pink Fresh Studio.

Attached to bright orange card stock to finish.

Pop over and see what our Guest Deborah

and my Team Mates created.

Hope to see your take on this fab photo in our Gallery.

Thanks for popping in

What lies 'Under the Sea'

We have the most beautiful photo at

Addicted to Stamps and More for this weeks Challenge.

I couldn't go past the sea shell covered in pearls.

As you can see that is where my inspiration came from.

Lots of smooching for my background,

stamping some fish netting, adding grit texture paste,

ink splatting, fussing cutting my coloured sea shells

 and popping them. Added lots of glitter, pearls

and gems. Finished with an appropriate sentiment.

Pop over and see how the Team were inspired

and come add yours to the Gallery.

Thanks for popping in.

It's Stencil Overload 2

Welcome back! Here is my second overloaded stencil card
for this month's CAS Stencil Challenge

I multi layered
ARTplorations Square Lots   Broken Glass   Bubble-Dance  
again with Tim's Oxide Inks then
Gel Medium to Just Flow and sprinkled with glitter.
Cut with a Spellbinder Die and framed.
Sentiment is an Impression Obsession Die cut.

Thanks for popping back in again.

It's Stencil Overload

I had a fun afternoon playing with my stencils for the

current CAS Stencil Challenge where we are
required to layer them.
Hello and Welcome!

I made two cards using some of the same stencils 

with totally different layouts. The first one is below.

I inked several of Tim's Oxide Inks through
ARTploration Sencils -  Weaving  Just Flow
Square Lots and Texture Paste for dimension with Barley.
 Cut on an angle and distressed the edges.
Sentiment is from STAMPlorations Bloom Happy.
Attached to white card base.
It was such fun playing with all my stencils,
some got inked for the first time too.
Why not give it a go. There are several videos
to check out if you need a helping hand.

Thanks for dropping in today.
My second overloaded stencil card
will be posted a bit later.

My CAS Mix Up Resist Make

Hello and Welcome.
It's always fun to try new techniques and this month at
CAS Mix Up we are asked to try our hand at Gesso Resist.

This is something I haven't done with gesso.

 I chose to create my card with the technique that Susan used
from a You Tube Tutorial by Kim Schofield Here.
 I made several attempts and a few didn't make it
but after inking this one above maybe those throw away ones
may not have been so bad after all.

I blended Tim's Oxide inks and once dry
added some water splatters.
Continued on by randomly stamping Prima Marketing Fire Fly
 with some circles from the top of a water brush.
My main image is from Inspired by Stamping
which is unfortunately no longer in business.
I have had this set for quite a few years and this is
it's first inking. Shame on me!
I wanted to brighten the colours so
brushed on a coat of gloss gel medium.
I was undecided what colour to use as my base.
I had a black frame on white base then vice versa
but liked neither and came up with just a touch of black
and scoring around the white card base.
My sentiment is a sticker from Tim Holtz.
Thought it fitted nicely with the stamped  image.
That's my card done.
My Mix is - Gesso Resist, Gel Medium, Stamping,
Inking, Scoring, Stickers
I am popping this over to the
NBUS Challenge #14 where we play with
Never before Used Schtuff
(mine is the stamped image)


Thanks for dropping in today.
Really appreciate your kind comments.