Life is a Beach at Art and Soul Studio Challenge

Time for my latest project  as Ambassador for

Art and Soul Studio over at their Blog.

It's a very Tropical Mood Board for December 

as we are in our Summer Season in Oz

 and it depicts just that! 

The heading says it all. 

I started by adding Gesso to my 5"x 7" canvas

then crumpled up tissue paper for texture.

and DecoArt White Crackle Paint,

 adding colour

with Art /Alchemy Emerald Green/Mermaid Sparkle

and Glitter Gold Colour Craft Lustre Powder

Now to add my sea shells

Nice variety to choose from here.

Cut the mesh bag and thought it only right that

I would use a portion to help add more texture

and painted part of it with

Art Alchemy Gold Rush with a baby wipe.

Now to add those sea shells and some Calcined Bauxite

Then some painting,waxing -

pearls, mica flakes, beads and prills.

and a few close ups

finishing with the required sentiment word (Life)

from Inkadankado

I know December is a busy month and it would be

fabulous if you can join our   Art and Soul December Challenge.

 There are $50 Gift Certificates on offer & we have a stunning mood board every month

There's so much beautiful inspiration from my Talented Team Mates.

 All the details about the December Challenge can be found Here

Items purchased from Art and Soul Studio - 

Art Alchemy Paints

Nuvo Mouse

Derivan Matisse Calcined Bauxite

Josonja's Texture Paste

Liquitex Gesso

Derivan Matisse Mica Flakes

Hope you enjoyed checking out my project.

Thank You for coming by today.

Till next time - Cherrio from

It's a CUTplorations 'Threefer'

Hello and Welcome to today's post.
It's all about the latest happenings over at
STAMPlorations where we are focusing on Phrase Dies.
You can find The Details Here
PS This a longish post!

I had sooooooooooo much fun choosing how I was going to
showcase these fabulous Phrase Dies.

I knew which stamps I wanted to use with this die and chose

STAMPlorations One Cool Chick. I think it's a perfect match.

It needed a background so I versamarked  the

ARTplorations Zen Hearts stencil with pink glitter.

Also added it to the surrounds but a little hard to see.

My CUTplorations You Are My Sunshine die 

was cut from red card stock.

Finished by adding a black mat, attached to red card base 

pearls on her scarf and bracelet and a little bit of lippy.

This was pretty simple to make.
My background is a mix of Tim's Oxide Inks.
I then stenciled the ARTplorations Flowers 1
thickly with Gloss Gel Medium and
Pearl White Acrylic Paint.
Added my CUTplorations Life is Good 
die cut from the same card stock as my base.
touching it up with WOS for shimmer.
Gems were attached to finish.


and my last one I went all out
adding so many bits and bobs hoping I wouldn't
make a mess!

As you can see there is a lot going on with this one.
I used ARTplorations Retro Circles first inking
and sponging in yellow to add more colour
then added crackle paste.
I started my other background with
 lots of Brusho colours then I started adding
stamping and heat embossed images
from STAMPlorations Mixed Media Grunge
and STAMPlorations Scribbly Splattery Grunge
in a variety of colours.
I then stenciled ARTplorations Evolution
with white acrylic paint.
This was cut on angles and attached
adding the CUTplorations Art Happens die in yellow.



There is so much more to check out over at
STAMPlorations so go on over and see for yourself!
You know there are prizes to be won for joining in
with your creations!
and for commenting here and on our Blog!
Want a 20% discount? Just use my code
STAMPGIRLINA  and you are good to go.


Thanks so much for taking the time to check out
My Long Blog Post.

There's No Place Like 'Home'

Hello and Welcome to Today's Post.

It's time for a new challenge over at Happy Little Stampers.

It's a new month so it's our 

Anything Goes with Watercolours

with the optional twist of  'HOME'

I had a hard time photographing this so

 please excuse the quality here.

To start I watercoloured my background with

Tim's Oxide Inks adding drops of water

and touches of iridescent medium.

I then cut out part of my HLS House die

and a stitched slope where I placed my

heat embossed sentiment from STAMPlorations

then framed and popped it.

Finished with some Liquid Pearls 

in front of the house and pearls

beside the sentiment.

Our winner for this challenge will receive a $20 coupon to spend at the shop! 

Check out all the details HERE.

IF YOU USE STAMPS BY HAPPY LITTLE STAMPERS 

AND YOU ARE OUR RANDOM WINNER, 

YOUR PRIZE WILL BE DOUBLED!

That's it for me today.

Don't forget to pop over and see 

what my Team Mates created

then come join in the fun this month.

Hope to see you in our Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in.

It's all about 'DIES' at AAA Cards.

Hello and Welcome to today's post.

STAMPlorations are sponsoring the

Die Cuts Only Challenge at AAA Cards

so I decided to get out a few of my dies

and here is what I made - and it has to also be CAS.

I have used these dies from STAMPlorations - 

CUTplorations Flutter-Zen-2-Layering-Dies

and the Hello Die.

I used metallic card stock to back the cut out

and the popped butterfly. It need a little colour 

so randomly sponged with Nuvo Burnished Bronze Mousse

on both butterfly and sentiment.

Finished with a few pearls.

Thanks for dropping in today.

Love reading your kind comments.

It's a 'Crackle-ing' Hello

Hello Crafty Ones.

Can you believe it's November! Christmas is just down the road

but I'm not going to show you a Christmas card. Phew! she says.

Instead I want to show you a cas card I made
for the latest challenge over at the
 Mix It Up Challenge Blog for this month's

Anything Goes Challenge with the 

Optional Twist of 'Stenciling'

I just love stencils as there are so many ways to use them
with our craft products. For this one I used
ARTplorations Retro Circles
on watercolour paper pasting it with
DecoArt White Crackle Paste.
Doesn't it look 'awesome'

Once dry I sprinkled Brusho's in Lemon/Turquoise & Sea Green.
This was cut with a stitched die and
mounted onto green card base.
My sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping - A Big Hello
inked with TH Oxide Peacock Feathers cut
from a MFT stitched die.
Finished with scattered pearls.
***
Now pop over to Our Blog

 to see what the rest of the Team
have made for your inspiration.
I'm sure you will want to join us this month so...
See you there!
Thanks for dropping in

It's CAS Watercolour 'Fall' Leaves

I have been in somewhat of a get those Christmas Cards

made earlier this year mode 

but thought I needed a change and the

new challenge over at CAS Water Colour did just that.

As soon as I saw this

I knew exactly what I wanted to make.

Because it is a cas challenge I used just one leaf.

It was cut from an old Cuttlebug Leaf Die

then added Autumn Gilding Flakes

#Hint Cut your die out using jac paper

then peal off one layer and add

your flakes. No glue to get your fingers

covered in those flakes.

I am so glad I tried this. Guess I will use those flakes

a bit more often now. They make that leaf look fabulous.

The background is simply swiped with a wet paint brush 

using TH Distress Inks on canvas paper.

Added a touch of Inka Gold using Karen Dunbrook's

credit card swipe technique. Thanks Karen.

Distressed and inked the edges.

Sentiment is from Happy Little Stampers

 Thinking of You heat embossed with

 Wow Metallic Platinum.

Finished with a few pearls.

I have another leaf cut out and flaked 

(no sense just cutting one) so

that's for another day.

Congratulations on celebrating your 1st Birthday
Loll Bonnie and the Talented Designers.

Going to pop this over to the

 Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge

where the Optional Twist is Gold.

#Update I see my card qualifies for the
Colour Me Fall Challenge over at
The Mod Squad so I am now dropping it over there.

Thanks so much for popping in today.

Love reading your thoughts!

Till next time - Cherrio

Merry! Merry!

Hello my Crafty Friends. 

Once again it is time to showcase my latest card for

Happy Little Stampers  

This month's Christmas Challenge is

Anything Goes with our Optional Twist - Sparkle.

Once again I went with non traditional Christmas colours.

As I used silver glitter paper for my die cut & sentiment

 I went with a purple background using 

Brusho's in Violet/Purple & Lime Green.

I framed this with the silver paper 

and popped it onto metallic card stock. 

Added a few pearls to finish.

Hope I have inspired you with my card and you pop over

to see what my Team Mates created and come join us.

You could be - 

Our winner for this challenge and receive a $20 coupon

 to spend at the shop! Check out all the details HERE.

Thanks for dropping in