A Mixed Up Embossed Make

The month's are just slipping away so quickly

and before we know it Christmas will be upon us.

Sorry didn't mean to scare you!

Hello and Welcome to my October make for

Mix It Up and our Anything Goes + Embossing

that can be Heated or Dry. 

I found This Tutorial over on You Tube

and thought I would give it a go.

It looks really dramatic on black card base.
I heat embossed my background using
 three embossing powders in Ranger Copper,
Zing Metallic Silver and Stamp-It Gold.
Cit in three sections, framing the middle one in gold,
attached the other two to black card base then
popped the middle one.
Finished with a simple sentiment from
Inspired by Stamping on a JustRite Tag
with a tiny pearl.
The copper was a little hard to photograph
but you can imagine how much nicer it is IRL.

Thanks for dropping in.
Pop over and see what the rest of the
Mixed Up Girls created.
Hope to see you in our Gallery this month.
Till next time

Up Up and Away!

Hello and Welcome to my Saturday post for Just Us Girls.

I'm Hosting Word Week and chose something 

that we would all like to do especially with

restrictions and lock downs abounding.

Welcome to our August Guest - Lisa Elton.

I decided that a hot air balloon ride would be

a great adventure - just don't think I could do it.

Where will your travels take you?

I'm still on the recovery road with my new knee

so CAS has been my go to of late.

My background was found in my bits box

and used SU Rich Razzleberry, Hello Honey and

Tim Holtz Antique Bronze Spray on photo paper

buffered with a paper towel.

Thought it looked like a golden sunset.

Simply added my hot air balloons.

Don't know where the stamps came from as a friend

gave them to me quite a long time ago.

They were inked with VersaFine Clair Fallen Leaves

Sentiment is from retired SU Build a Bouquet.

Attached to cream card base.

Pop over and see what Lisa and the Team 

created with the Travel Theme.

Join us and you could be our Chic of the Week

and in the running for Guest in October.

Thanks for dropping in.

Hello Friend

Hi and Welcome to today's post for Just Us Girls

Cecile is Hosting our Colour Challenge choosing

You can do so much with these gorgeous colours can't you!

Since I am still restricting myself to short spurts of sitting

I again went CAS with lots and lots of circle stamping

using the three colours above.

Stamps are from Visible Image, AALL&Create

and That's Crafty with some stamping from

the eraser end of a pencil and some lids of

various items in different sizes.

Inks are Memento London Fog and Teal Zeal

with Tim's Fossilized Amber.

Sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping

(no longer in business)

Added a teal framed background and pop over and see what our 

Super Talented July Guest Trina and the Gang chose to show off these colours

and join in our Gallery for a chance to be Chic of the Week

and a Future Guest.

Thanks for dropping in - 

What's Trending at Just Us Girls

There was a creaking noise as I opened my craft room door

for the first time in quite a while and 

Mo and Jo returned from their hiatus to greet me.

I have made a really quick CAS card for the

New Challenge over at Just Us Girls

Vicki is Hosting and looking for Long Skinny Cards.

Unfortunately this didn't photograph well

but time is running out to post before it goes live.

I have used TH Distress Inks and Lavinia Stamps,

some script in the background and attached to white frame

(which is hard to see) Added some purple twine

and attached to white card base.

Pop over and see the most amazing long skinny cards

made by our talented July Guest - Trina

and the Team. Come join us this week as this Trend

is everywhere at the moment.

This is the first time using the new Blogger

and is going to take a bit of getting used to.

Thanks for popping in.

On the 'Recovery Road'

Aren't these the most beautiful flowers!

They were delivered to me from my daughter in Nth Queensland

 while I was in hospital recently.

Hello Crafty Ones!

You may have noticed I have been on the quiet side 

for a bit and the reason for that is I had knee surgery

late last month and now spending most of my day either

resting, exercising and walking - not much time left over

for what I love to do most - Craft.

That 'Craft Door' has been closed for quite some time

and I look forward to opening it up real soon.

May be that  playtime will be at the dining room table

and bring out bit by bit as I get stronger by the day.

Unfortunately I have not been able to comment

on so many fabulous makes and I am sorry for that.

As the days go by I know I will have spare time to

try and get back to creating and commenting.

For all my lovely crafty friends that have left kind comments

I thank you from the bottom of my heart. 

I look forward to being able to return the favour soon.

Thanks for your understanding.

It's Word Week at Just Us Girls

Today's post is for the New Challenge at

Just Us Girls and we start of with our Word Week.

Welcome to our New Guest Designer - Trina Pham.

Maria is Hosting and chose

I got carried away after I made this card and forgot

to take a photo before it was posted off to 

my niece's little boy who turned 4.

 The only one I did have is from my phone

 which I sent off to a friend to look at.

It was an easy card to make using the rainbow colours

and a stencil which I moved around to cover the front of my card.

I highlighted all the 4's with a gel pen to match the colours.

As his favourite colour is yellow the Happy Birthday die cuts

(which are from CUTplorations Skinny Sentiments)

are that and backed with red card stock.

Off course the card base is yellow!

Pop over and see what our Guest Trina Pham

and the Talented Team created and

come join in this weeks Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in

Gel Plate Playtime.

It's the beginning of the month and time for the new 

Mix It Up Challenge

It's always Anything Goes but there is always

  An Optional Twist.

This one will get you excited as it is an

Open Technique where you get to choose - 

just tells us what it is.

I had so many ideas running through my head but

decided to challenge myself by using my

recently purchased Gel Plate.

As you can see I NEED a whole lot of practice

but I did have a lot of fun so 

My Technique is Using a Gel Plate.

I tried two different techniques - Acrylic Paint on the left and

Distress Inks on the right. 

The flower on the left was stenciled with 

Texture Paste and Magical's

 and my thistles enhanced also with Magical's.

Sentiments are a Tim Holtz Sticker and CUTplorations Die Cut.

Pop over and see what the rest of the Designer's created

and join in by adding yours to the Gallery.

Thanks for dropping by.

Time to 'Relax'

Welcome to Saturday's Post for Just Us Girls 

Our Host this week is Angie choosing

a delightful Tropical Scene.

A pretty cas card here focusing on those palm trees
and the beautiful sun setting in the background.
My sunset was blended with VersaFine Clair inks in
Cheerful and Summertime.
Palm trees from Inkadankado with Fallen Leaves.
Stenciled the ground and added some shimmer there
and to the trees.
Sentiment from Altenew.
Die cut, framed in white and on to
white card base.
Pop over and see what our Guest Mugdha
and the Team created.
Hope to see your creation in our Gallery.
Thanks for dropping in

Just Us Girls Colour Week

Hello and Welcome to my Saturday post for

Just Us Girls choosing the colours is our Host Vicki.
This is a popular mix and I am sure we will have
a great variety of card in our Gallery this week.

This was a simple card to make by stenciling
my background three time with the turquoise and kraft
adding texture with the white.
I then cut out several floral items, some I had already
lying around, arranging them with Press and Seal
and adhering them to the background.
Added a bow with the three colours
and a  SU Happy Birthday sentiment
and some Nuvo shimmer and roughed it up.
Pop over and see what our Guest Mugdha
and the Team created this week.

Thanks for dropping in. When this goes live I will be
in hospital recovering from knee surgery so commenting
may be a bit light on for a little while.
Catch you when I can

It's a Steampunk Blog Hop

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This is a long-ish post so maybe get a beverage of some sort

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Here is my make. 

Steampunk is pretty new to me so mine is CAS

with lots of colour, texture and a little dimension.

I used - Gesso,Tim Holtz Stone Stencil, Corrugated cardboard,

Chipboard, Tim Holtz Grit Paste, Skewers,

Dreamweaver Crackle Paste, 

Art Alchemy Metallic Paints, Waxes, Mica Powder,

Die cut Numbers, Industrial Elements, Gems and

Bits and Bobs from my Stash.

Here's a few close ups - 

Look at all these participating!

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PS! If you are excited with what you see and would

like to try your hand at Steampunk Mixed Media

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happening. Check it out Here. Become a Follower so you can join in.
As this goes live I will be in hospital having knee surgery
so may be a few days before I can
Thank You for your Kind Comments.

A 'CAS' Thinking of You card

Today's post is for
Addicted to Stamps and More
and our new Challenge is

Once more I have inked up a fairly new stamp of mine -
Woodware Going to Seed.
I saw This Card over on Pinterest and decided to Case It.
I cut out a Spellbinder die to use as a mask and inked
inside with Versafine Clair Cheerful and Summertime.
Stamped over it with my Seed Stamp with the Fallen Leaves
(those ink pads ink up so well)
and inking the edges. Added some score lines
and Nuvo Shimmer to the bigger images.
Sentiment is from Happy Little Stampers.
Attached to white card base.
Pretty CAS but colourful.

Hope you pop over and see what the Team have created
and come join in our Challenge this week.
Thanks for dropping in -

Roses with Love

It's time for the Reminder Post for the

STAMPlorations Challenges

After finishing this card I realized my first post for the

Stencil Challenge was pink also.

I recently purchased a gel plate and have had lots

of pulls that were failures as you do with something new.

This time my background pull worked out nicely.

I used the ARTplorations Roses Stencil and again

on top with Texture Paste as my feature.

I like how when it dries you get a pale colour 

and not a stark white.

Once that was dry I heat embossed my

STAMPlorations Rosebuds sentiment.

Added  lace and pearls to complete and

attach to cream card base.

Here are the products I used 

Thanks for dropping in.

Love reading your comments.

Blooming on Bark

What have I got here you ask?

It's a piece of bark I picked up some time ago

when I walked down to my mailbox. 

Welcome to my post for this month's 

Anything Goes Mixed Media All of the Time for

Bleeding Art Challenge

The bark has virtually been sitting around for an age - 

Time to do something with it. 

I sealed my bark with a coat of 

Clear Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint.

Stenciled the flower  from Studio Light MM19 with texture paste

and added Art Alchemy Rusty Red Wax.

Stems were inked with a black pen.

Background is a mix of AA Rusty Red and Golden Moss Waxes

Art Stones were added to the bottom for texture

and sprayed with Antique Bronze Distress Stain and waxed

again with Golden Moss.

I did try and add some glossy accent for water droplets

but didn't work out.

Sentiment was cut from thick cardboard and covered with

Art Alchemy Unicorn Hair Sparks Paint.

Word is from STAMPlorations Subway Art inked with

VersaFine Clair Fallen Leaves. The inked twine that I used

as a hanger is wrapped around sentiment.

Finished with some pebbles painted from behind

 with the Sparks Paint mentioned above.

Here's a couple of close ups!

That's it for me! Don't forget to pop over and see what

The Talented Team created for your pleasure this month.

Be inspired and come join in this month's Anything Goes Challenge.

Till next time Cherrio from

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