An 'Eggstraordinary' Nest.

It's funny where a Challenge will take you.

Today's card for Just Us Girls did just that.

It's our Word Week and Elizabeth chose EGG.

After all Easter is just around the corner!

As it is a New Month it is with great joy that

we Welcome our Very Talented Guest Mac Mable.

We are all in for a month of Treats!

As you see this isn't the normal Easter type card

and sometimes a photo doesn't do it justice!

Here's  a close up below of the nested eggs.

I only have one little stamp with eggs and

after umteen attempts nothing worked out.

Pinterest to the rescue and by chance I found

a few ideas for a Mixed Media Make.

I used bark, leaves and various items

picked up from time to time.

Attached some cut up straw onto some hessian

for the nest and punched out the eggs.

Where there are eggs there are feathers!

Raided the chicken pen again lol
To give some sort of depth to the eggs

I added crackle glaze and wax.

On to adhering art stones, liquid pearls and splatters.

Waxed in various places for added colour.

Attached to bright card base to finish.

Head over and check out the

'eggstraordinary' cards our Talented Guest Mac Mable

and the Team wowed you with and

add yours to our Gallery.

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LIVE your Art!

It's that time of the month for our 

New Anything Goes Challenge at

Creative Artiste Miixed Media

I hadn't planned on a hanging piece to begin with

but in the end I decided to go the extra distance.

You will see lots more makes using

Tim's Wildflowers as I have so many ways

I want to use them.

Background is covered by blending

Tim's oxide inks adding stencilling and

texture with grit paste.

Flowers were cut and coloured with the same colours

as the background.

Sentiment is from AALL&Create.

This is when I decided to go further

with packing paper and cardboard backing.

Added a mixture of products to the cardboard

and adhered all together to complete.

Check out what's in store for you over at

Our Blog

We would love to see your Mixed Media Make there.

You just have to use multiple mediums

on our Anything Goes Challenge.

If you are unfamiliar with Mixed Media

check it out Here

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You're Special

Our New Challenge at STAMPlorations is live

and today's post is for the Stencil Challenge

It is always Anything Goes using a Stencil.

Check out - Details Here

I started my background with the

ARTplorations Plaid Maker stencil

using Distress Grit Paste.

Once that was dry I inked up with

Tim's Oxide Blueprint Sketch.

Added sentiment from

STAMPlorations Bloom Sketches.

Die cut my dragonfly from

CUTplorations DragonflyLayering Die

Back cut is inked with 

Lindy's Afternoon Delight Denim

and front cut with blue vellum.

Added Stickles Frosted Lace to the centre.

Finished with gems and corner rounded one edge

and adhered to navy card base.

Here's a closer look

Products used

If you use any STAMPlorations products

link them up to our

Anything Goes Challenge

to win more goodies

and - 

Don't forget to pop over and see all the makes

from the STAMP family Here and join us this month.

Thanks for visiting and leaving me your kind comments.

It's Photo Week at Just Us Girls

 This weeks Challenge over at

Just Us Girls is Photo Week and

Hosting is Bobby

and here is the photo of a sweet outdoor scene

with birds singing around those pretty flowers.

I took my inspiration from the lovely blue birdhouse

then the pretty blue and yellow birds - hence

there is one sitting on the birdcage.

Added a background to highlight them

and the green flourish to add lots and lots of

pretty flowers using dies and punches.

Not to forget the pretty butterfly.

Of course I had to have a smooched

 blue background to start with.

Added my sentiment and some Liquid Pearls

to the centre of my flowers.

Adhered to navy card base and 

my pretty card is complete.

I had so much fun making this card

thanks to Bobby's beautiful photo. 

I am sure our gallery will be full of colour this week.

Head over and see what our Guest JoAnne

and the Team took from the photo.

Could be Spring in some parts but

Autumn is on it's way here. 

A big Thank You to JoAnne for

sharing her talents with us this month.

Sending this over to the

Tic Tac Toe Challenge for the

I chose the middle across

Butterfly (it's tiny) 

free and flowers (lots of them)

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The Sentiment Says it All

Our New Challenge over at  The Sisterhood of Crafters

and Sistah Vicki is looking for THE SENTIMENT

to be the focal point of  our card. 

I got out a favourite stamp that makes for an easy card

to highlight the sentiment...

It's Hero Arts Leafy Vines

inked up with SU Calypso Coral.

Sentiment dies are a gift from a friend.

Inked the background die in the same colour as the vines

and the words layered up three times in white.

Gave it a light spray with Perfect Pearls.

Finished with a tiny butterfly and pearls.

head over and see what the Sistah's created

and we would love to have you

add yours to our Gallery.

 Thanks for visiting and leaving a comment.

Christmas Wishes

Time for another card for the

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge 

I inked my AALL&Create embossed background 

lightly with Tim's Frayed Burlap.

Die cut the bottom and again in green.

Holly branch is from Kaisercraft 

using the same green and coloured

the berries with Ruby Red Liquid Pearls.

I seem to get a better result with them

over the Nuvo Drops.

Stamped my sentiment, added some

red cotton, attaching it to red card base.

Head over and see what The Team created

and join in with yours in The Gallery.

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Have you seen a Plaid Snowflake?

The current challenge over at

Can You Handle the Pressure 

is coming to a close and I wanted to 

add to the Gallery for their

Anything Goes Embossing with a Twist of Plaid

For my card I got out some very old 

Cuttlebug Christmas Embossing Folders.

Embossed and die cut the squares, corner rounded a few,

 framed them and popped.

The main big plaid (tartan) snowflake diecut 

 is also CB which included the embossed image.

 I used that, but can't see it after I clear heat embossed it twice.

The white snowflake was dry embossed.

Added layers as well as a scored strip to the background.

The old Swiss Dots just added something extra also.

Sentiment is from Tim's Great Outdoors.

Nice to get some old favourites out again and have fun!

Thanks for dropping in for a visit.

Enjoy Today!

Welcome to today's post for 

Just Us Girls

It's Colour Week and Hosting is Lisa E

choosing beautiful soft colours for us to play with.

I went with die cuts in rose and green,

torn strip of paper and stencilled background

adhered to ivory card stock.

Sentiment heat embossed and popped,

corner punched, framed in green and

 adhered to soft pink card base.

Die cut sentiment is from Altenew.

I thought the lovely soft colours was perfect

for a CAS card.

Popover and see what our Guest JoAnn and

The Talented Team created

and we would love to see yours

in our Gallery.

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It's Bold and Beautiful

 Hello and welcome to todays post for

Just Us Girls hosted by Vicki

I was watching This Video on YouTube with

Simon Hurley recently and as soon as it finished

I knew I HAD TO TRY IT!

as it was perfect for our Trend Week

Here's a close up

My stencil is Altenew Cheerful Bloom

and simply did exactly as Simon showed us

using most of my Nuvo Shimmer Powders

and fussy cut.

Added my STAMPlorations sentiment

heat embossed in gold.

 Added lots of pop dots and attached to

Crazed Paper I got from our Officeworks.

It was such an easy and quick card but

what a dramatic result! 

I am going to do this again but with my

Lindy's Magical's as I am sure to get

another dramatic result.

Head over and see the beautiful cards

the Team created and I am sure 

you will want to join in this week.

Add to our Gallery and you could be our

Chic of the Week and in the running to be

our Guest Designer in May.

#UPDATE Sending this over to 

Can You Handle the Pressure?

AG Embossing with a Twist of Plaid

without the twist

and

Country View Challenge for their

Mother's Day Challenge

My simple sentiment says it all.

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It's an Oldie but a Goodie

 Todays post is for our  New Challenge over at

The Sisterhood of Crafters and we would like to see

those 'old tucked away neglected stamps' come to life again.

We would also like you to mention how long

you have had it in your stash.

I was lucky that Gina K had the year on the

sets I used. 

I knew that I wanted to choose some of Gina's older stamp sets

as these were some of the first I bought way back then.

They are Springtime Silhouettes 2011

and sentiment is from Whimsical Wishes 2012.

I found a card on Pinterest that used the Silhouette stamps

and I took my inspiration from Michelle Woerner's card Here

It's an old style layout but still lovely. 

I used old SU Going Places DP papers/ribbon

 and the SB circle die, 

even sponged inside the die like we used to.

Topped it off with some old Liquid Pearls

 to the centre of the flowers.

Attached to card base to complete.

That was 'so fun'

Head over and check out what oldie's the Sistah's found

to create with and we sure hope you

bury your head into your old stash and

add yours to our Gallery. You will be surprised

at what you find. I can hear you saying

I forgot I had that! Time to ink it up again.

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Celebrate the Season

 This month at Christmas Craft Creations

we are looking for Slimline Creations.

I decided to go with the traditional size after 

watching Kristina Werner make This card

It's pretty simple really.White card base and

red to heat emboss my Large Christmas Flower

from STAMPlorations with Nuvo Gold Enchantment Powder.

Stamped the flower on scrap paper for masking then

blending Tim's Aged Mahogany around the flowers.

Also on the inside.

Sentiment is from STAMPlorations Merry.

Decided I would add some gold embossing

on the sides for even more sparkle.

Head over and see which way the Team chose 

to make their Slimline Cards -

traditional or mini size!

Looking forward to seeing the Gallery this month.

Thanks for dropping in

'TIS THE SEASON

It's time for a New Challenge over at

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge 

For this Challenge I went with a Wintery Scene.

My background is a mix of Lindy's Magical's and

Iridescent Medium on the edges and

flicked for snowdrops.

Die cut my trees with metallic paper

and added in front of very lighly inked trees

from Tim's Great Outdoors.

Sentiment is also from the same set.

Punched a few shimmery stars and 

attached to navy card.

Head over and see what The Team created

and add yours to the Gallery.

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A Little Bit of Ireland

Elizabeth is Hosting our Word Week over at

Just Us Girls and has chosen

Now if you look at the date -

St Patrick's Day is coming up soon and that was 

my first thought on where I was heading.

After searching every stamp set I have 

I couldn't find any 'lucky' ones and

that is where I was stumped for quite some time.

Eventually I went CAS with my favourite technique

using Lindy's Magicals in

Bells of Ireland (of course)

and found some tiny hearts hiding in my

drawer of old Cuttlebug Dies, cut a tiny stem 

inked the edges to give a little definition.

Sentiment is computer generated using the

Emerald Isle Font (naturally)

even got lucky inking the edges.

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Since we are talking about lucky!

I was lucky enough to spend time in Ireland

with my sister/husband niece and cousin

doing the tourist thing checking out the 

beautiful floral displays that are everywhere,

get a photo with an Irish Model (lol)

and couldn't go past Sweet Molly Malone

then as we were driving along I saw 

a sign that had MY NAME on it so 

asked the bus driver to pull up so I could get a photo.

(Lucky Me)

Hope you head over to Our Blog 

and see what is in store for you there.

Join in and you could be Chic of the Week and

in the running for our Guest Designer in May.

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As we start a New Month we welcome our

 March Guestie JoAnn Burnam. 

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Live in the Moment!

Did you blink and February disappeared?

It did for me and found myself being reminded

the New Challenge for 

Creative Artiste Mixed Media was due.

Lucky for me it has been raining steadily all day

as well as last night so perfect day to get inky.

Sorry there are no progress photos this time

but a run down on how it was made

and products used.

So glad my playtime was creative and 

turned out quite nicely.

I used Canson 300g Cold Press W/C paper

inking up Tim's Crackling Campfire and

Peeled Paint inks for the background.

Stencilled AALL&Create Moc Croc and

Art Anthology with texture paste,

liking that it gave me a light colour.

Then on to some random stamping from

AALL&Create #28, That's Crafty Texture

and Visible Image Live in the Moment Sentiment.

Added touches of Lindy's Pumpkin Fiesta EP

on top of the texture paste in parts.

My dragonfly stamp was a gift from a friend.

Added some Nuvo Glitter gloss to the centre of the dragonfly

then sprinkled Lindy's Ponderosa Pines Olive

over the top and roughed it up a bit.

Inked some of the edges with the same powder

and Tim's Black Soot.

Tried a bit of gold wax on the dragonfly

but didn't show up enough.

Pop over and see what The Team created

and we would love to see your MM project

in our Gallery.

Thanks for visiting.

Till next time -

A Bright Happy Happy Birthday

 We have had our February Hiatus and now we

craft on at STAMPlorations.

Time to showcase what I made this month.

Something a little different for our

Anything Goes Stencil Challenge

I started my card by inking up the

ARTplorations Art Splatters

with Tim's Oxide Inks in various colours 

then some watermarks with my fingers.

For an interesting background I  put the

CUTplorations Circles All Over Cover Plate

through my machine and adding

tiny red splatters before adding the

CRAFTplorations Happy Happy Stickers

Ran the

 CUTplorations Crazy Double Running Stitched Nesting Die

adding a frame and attaching to white card base.

Products used are

Head over and see what the Stencil Team have created

and come join in our Gallery for a chance to win prizes.

Check out the Guidelines Here

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