Author: tinstar05

Well hello and welcome to my last week as a Guest Designer roll over at Just Us Girls. This week our challenge is to splash something on your card.

I’ve had a ball playing along with the other JUGS DTs and am sad about finishing up and that is what inspired my card this week – tears – I decided to create a card with a ‘splash’ of rain that sort of looks like tears- LOL!

I used a Stampin Up set called ‘Beautiful You’ which I heat embossed, coloured and masked before I drizzled soe blue water coloured ink down to look like rain. I then used a rain drop stencil to lift off some of the blue colour. I’m pretty happy with how this worked out.

Check out the Just Us Girls challenge blog for links to the other fabulous projects from the DT and come join in our fun and share your project by 11am Friday 6th September (Melbourne time) or 9pm Thursday 5th September (US Eastern Standard time) .

Thanks to the JUGS DT team for having me this past month, I’ve had a blast.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Hello there, it’s time for another Watercooler Wednesday Challenge and Heidi is our host with an all about occasions challenge this week!

I’d I kept this card very monochrome, heat embossing my Altenew flowers ad the colouring with similar shades of blue as per the cardstock. I added the sentiment on a black banner for effect.

Come join in the fun and make a card for an occasion of your choice. Check out the projects that the other artists at Watercooler Wednesday Challenges have created, take the challenge and link your creation to the challenge post. We’d love to have you join us.  You have until Tuesday, 3rd September at 10:00 Melbourne Time or Monday 2nd September 5pm US Mountain Time to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Today, I’m playing with some of my new goodies I bought at the Paperific craft show on Friday.

First up a card for Christmas Kickstart Challenge – canine companions and Little Red Wagon #511 – Tag it!

I used the Tim Holtz Crazy Dogs stamp set for my card – I love these cheeky dogs. I added some puffy paint to the hat and created the sentiment on my laptop.

Next is another Christmas card, this time for ABC Christmas Challenge. I chose R for reindeer. My stamp is from Woodware Craft Collection called ‘reindeer bells’ which I coloured with my Stampin Blends.

Next is a card for The Flower Challenge #35 – favourite flower.

At the moment, I’m loving this multi-layer stencil from Altenew which I sponged with my Catherine Poolers Design inks.

Lastly is a card for Happy Little Stampers – Watercolour Challenge – Ocean and CASology #350- Water.

I created a watercoloured background with my Kaleidacolor ink pad ‘Denim’ and a digital surfer image. I love how this background came out.

Well that’s it for today – thanks for looking and enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Well hello and welcome to week 4 0f my Guest Designer roll over at Just Us Girls. This week we have a photo inspiration for you.

Here’s a close up for you. Isn’t this a pretty table setting?

I was inspired by the cup and saucer plus the colours of the flowers for my card. I had a tea cup and saucer already coloured and cut out in my stash (I think this was a stamp set from my friend Jo). I added a sentiment from CAS-ual Fridays set ‘Coffee Talk’ that sums up how I feel once I’ve had my morning cuppa!

Check out the Just Us Girls challenge blog for links to the other fabulous projects from the DT and come join in our fun and share your project by 11am Friday 30th August (Melbourne time) or 9pm Thursday 29th August (US Eastern Standard time) .

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

It’s a bit unusual for me to get crafty mid-week but I had some spare time last night.

First up is a card for The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #141

For this card I used a stamp from Katzelkraft, which I watercoloured in and added to a card front with my PC generated sentiment. I also added a sentiment for the inside of the card (to slightly softed to blow!)

Next up is a card for Happy Little Stampers – Anything Goes with Dies – August

I used the Stampin Up Frosted Frames dies to create this wreath from green glitter paper. Nice and easy with a banner across the middle and a si=oft white bow.

Next is a card for TGIF Challenge #225.

I stamped and embossed my Concord & 9th floral image on black cardstock. I then selectively coloured some of the petals and leaves with white chalk and then used pink, blue and yellow inks over the top for a really subtle look using the inspiration photo colours.

Lastly is a card for CAS Christmas – August – Glitter.

I created an alcohol ink background panel with a bit of gold flakes and a gold embossed sentiment over the circle feature.

Well that’s it for today. Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Hello there, it’s time for another Watercooler Wednesday Challenge and Marsha is our host with an anything goes masculine challenge this week!

For my card I created a stencilled background using my Oxide Inks, used a banner for the sentiment and added a bit of black and white twine

Come join in the fun and make a masculine card. Check out the projects that the other artists at Watercooler Wednesday Challenges have created, take the challenge and link your creation to the challenge post. We’d love to have you join us.  You have until Tuesday, 27th August at 10:00 Melbourne Time or Monday 26th August 5pm US Mountain Time to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Well hello and welcome to week 3 0f my Guest Designer roll over at Just Us Girls. This week we have a colour challenge for you – it’s all about hot pink, red and grey.

I’ve been having fun lately with sponging and stencils, so thought this technique was good for this colour challenge. I used my Altenew layered dahlia stencil set with Catherine Pooler Designs ink in Rose Petals and Rouge on a grey card panel. The sentiment is from Taylored Expressions ‘Simply Strips’. As you can see, my pink and red are from the darker more muted spectrum, but I do like the look on the grey base.

Check out the Just Us Girls challenge blog for links to the other fabulous projects from the DT and come join in our fun and share your project by 11am Friday 23rd August(Melbourne time) or 9pm Thursday 22nd August (US Eastern Standard time) .

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

It’s the weekend again and I’ve got some time to get crafty while Miss K is having a sleep over at a friend’s place.

First up is a card for 2 challenges:

• Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge – Only One Third
• CAS Colours & Sketches #334

For this card I used Stampin Up products – stamp set ‘Beautiful Friendship’, inks Grapefruit Grove, Coastal Cabana and Basic Black, the Subtle embossing folder and some Coastal Cabana ribbon. I love this EF and will be using it a lot more.

Next up is a card for another 3 challenges:

• AAA Cards #146 – Made in Minutes
• Cardz 4 Galz #103 – Wings
• Seize the Birthday #172 – Butterflies

Again I used Stampin Up products – stamp set ‘Butterfly Wishes’; inks in Fresh Fig, Rioch Razzleberry, Granny Apple Green, Crumb Cake and Basic Black. I added a few diamantes for a little bit of bling. The large butterflies are punched out and popped up for some dimension.

Lastly is a card for 2 challenges:

• Just Add Ink #470 – No Stamping
• The Male Room #117 – Birthday

This time I used a Stampin Up Memories & More kit ‘Come Sail Away’ for this card. I chose a variety of papers, one of the sentiments and added a charm and this card was done!

Well that’s it for today. Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Hello there, it’s time for another Watercooler Wednesday Challenge and Dawn is our host with an all about occasions challenge this week!

I created a card for a friend of Miss K’s who’s having a 13th birthday this weekend. I used a die set from CAS-ual Fridays called ‘Huggable Critters’ and I’ve used no stamps on this card, just card stock with some sponged ink.

Come join in the fun and make a card for an occasion of your choice. Check out the projects that the other artists at Watercooler Wednesday Challenges have created, take the challenge and link your creation to the challenge post. We’d love to have you join us.  You have until Tuesday, 20th August at 10:00 Melbourne Time or Monday 19th August 5pm US Mountain Time to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Well, this month we have another challenge over at Sweet Stampin’ Christmas challenge blog with an optional twist to use snow people on your project.

I used a Bugaboo digital image which i coloured with my Stampin Blends, mounted on some black cardstock and then a white card base. This is a small 10 x 10 card perfect for a gift.

Come join in our fun and add to your Christmas card stash. Visit the challenge blog to check out the inspiration the other CaSSettes have made. Link up your card by 3am 11th September (Melbourne time) or 6pm 6pm 10th September (UK time).

Thanks for looking and have a great day.