If Nothing Ever Changed -

Hello and Welcome. Today's post is for the 

Anything Goes with Dies Challenge over at

Happy Little Stampers

I started the background for my butterfly

with a Brusho background then added

a stitched die cut frame behind it.

I then cut out the die outline of 

my butterfly and again using the same

stitched frame set only the smaller size

popping it in front of the Brusho background.

I then added the detailed butterfly die to my outline.

Finished with some splatters, pearls and sentiment.

The products I used here are

CUTplorations Pierced-Curly-FramesTags-Nesting-Dies

ARTplorations Flutter-Zen-2-Layering-Dies

and sentiment 

STAMPlorations Trendy-Butterflies-2

Pop over and see what dies

my Team Mates used - be inspired

and come join in Our Gallery.

AND

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!

Thanks for taking time to check my latest posting.

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.

We are 'Focusing on Sentiments' for April at STAMPlorations.

Time is just flying by and now April is here!

Hi and Welcome to today's post.

It is all about Focusing on Sentiments over at

STAMPlorations

Checkout all the details Here

I thought the STAMPlorations Large Hellinium 

was 'Simply Gorgeous' so used that as part of my card.

To start with the background I inked white card stock

all over with Tim's Peacock Feathers

sprayed it with water then placed my

ARTplorations Ethnic Organic One on top

lifting that to take a bit of colour away

then placing it back to add

Tim's Mermaid Lagoon for a bright effect.

It was slightly damp when I heat embossed the

Large Hellinium (sorry it is out of stock)

with Lawn Fawn White Embossing Powder

and some stuck to the stenciling which

I was kinda happy with the effect.

I then added the heat embossed 'simply' sentiment

STAMPlorations Bold Sentiments Gorgeous

cut out my 

CUTplorations Gorgeous Die

and heat embossed it also to blend in.

Finished with corner rounding

attaching it to my white card base.

That's it for my part

BUT

there is so much more to see over at

Our Blog

Off course there are prizes to win so 

don't forget to leave a comment here

for your chance to be a winner...

and why not create something

with your sentiment as your focal point

and add it to the Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in

It's all about SPRING and FAITH!

Hello and Welcome to my little corner of Blogland.

Today's post is for our March Challenge

over at STAMPlorations 
which is all about Spring and Faith.

You can find all the info Over Here.

Don't you love the Graphic!

 It's coming on Spring over the pond but closing in
on our Autumn here in the south which means cooler days.
Flowers are still blooming and we can still sit outside
relaxing with a good cup of tea - hence I have incorporated the

STAMPlorations Framed-Tea-Cups here
I heat embossed in White onto Vellum paper
 and including the Sentiment which I think reflects the Faith side. 

It is a little hard to see but says 
Where there's tea there's hope
from STAMPlorations Always Tea Time

I found this nice soft DP in my stash and thought 

it suitable to frame those tea cups. 

The metallic card stock and all 3 layers were cut from

CUTplorations Double-Running-Stitch-Rectangle-Nesting-Dies

These are the STAMPloration products used.

You will find so many amazing creations by the Team
over on Our Blog so pop on over to get
your creative juices flowing and join in this month's fun challenge.
There is so much scope here.
Of course there are prizes and you can even get a 20% discount
just by using my code STAMPGIRLINA.

Thanks for droppin' by today.
Don't forget to leave a comment!

We're painting it RED at STAMPlorations.

It's February and you know what that means

'Love' is in the air so we are
Painting the Town Red so to speak
at STAMPlorations
 All the details are  HERE!

Here's what I made 

I had a bit of fun with the ARTplorations Zen Hearts
but you can't see a lot of it as I cut it down after the tape
I used to hold down the stencil left a mark.
(that's because I used glossy photo paper)
I watered my paper then added Brusho's
in Brilliant Red letting the colours
run slightly behind the stencil.
Don't you love how I worded my sentiments?
They are from STAMPlorations Trendy Feather 2
heat embossed in black
and CUTplorations Love Word Die 
  in black for a shadow effect behind the white.
Cut my card stock from 2
 CUTplorations Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies
and adhered to red pearlized paper.

Here are most of the products I used



Don't forget to pop over to our Blog and
Check out all the
 RED  LOVE THEMED creations
from the STAMPlorations Team
and leave them some love.
# You will have read of a few changes
when you checked out all the details above
but a quick rundown -
We will have just one challenge
for a few months for you to join in. As long as you
stick to the Theme! any project is Welcome.
So GO FOR IT! 
Of course there are prizes to be won
 and Shery is giving a 10% discount on all products
from February - April.
So WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR???

Thanks for taking time to pop in today.

I'm Hosting this week at Just Us Girls

I'm Hosting over at Just Us Girls for Colour Week.

and chose these colours as they just scream

Tim's Oxide Inks to me.

 I decided to make a fancy fold to show off
the beautiful butterflies from the latest
Stamp Set/Die from STAMPlorations called
Fluttery and Fluttery Dies
These were inked with
Spiced Marmalade/Fossilized Amber
and Peacock Feathers with an extra one
cut and added to the middle.
I sponged the edges and then added
some random stamping from
SU Timeless Textures.
Added a butterfly to the inside with
a sentiment from STAMPlorations Trendy Butterflies 2
and there you have it.

Now pop over to Our Blog to see what our
January Guest Cathy and the Team created.
Hope you find time to join us this week.
Love to see you in the Gallery.

As this is the first time I have used this stamp/die set
I am adding it to the Gallery at
Just Add Ink Check it out  Here

Sweet Birthday Wishes

Hello my Crafty Friends

Over at CAS Watercolour the Theme for

 their first challenge for 2018 is Birthday.

Details are Here

Now for the last few weeks our temperatures here have been

in the high 30c which is close to 100f so 

I thought ice cream would be fitting.

My card is basic white. For my ice cream

I got out my  STAMPlorations Sweet Cravings Stamp Set and

 CUTplorations Sweet Cravings Dies 

I  heat embossed the ice cream in Wow Brown Sugar

on Kraft paper and die cut.

For my topping I used Folkart Paints and 

a tiny spray of Distress Stain in Antiqued Bronze on

watercolour paper and smooched.

I then die cut that and fussy cut just the topping.

This was popped on to my card.

Added sprinkles of Nuvo Drops and

finished with my sentiment 

from Pink & Maine Birthday Wishes 

which matches perfectly don't you think?

Inked with Memento Lulu Lavender.

Thanks for popping in today.

Love reading your thoughts.

I Scream You Scream...

It's the middle of the month and that means

A Reminder for the October CUTplorations Challenge

at STAMPlorations

I decided to go with Happy and chose

 STAMPlorations Sweet Cravings

and CUTplorations Matching Die for my focal point.

You know the old saying - 

I scream - you scream - we all scream for ice cream

A perfect Birthday Card. 

There are lots of yummies here - 

I decided to add a bit of interest with so many

party stamps and cut my card stock on an angle.

My ice cream cone was heat embossed with

Zing Brown Sugar then of course I had to add

toppings - Nuvo Drops in 

Violet Galaxy/Wisteria Purple/Pumpkin & Blue Lagoon

and you have to have sprinkles!

I let that dry and continued on adding

some stenciling from ARTplorations Square Dance

stamping from STAMPlorations Balloons & Banners

STAMPlorations Groovy Shoes

STAMPlorations Bold Sentiments

STAMPlorations Party Time

with CTMH Thistle, Memento Lulu Lavender

TH Carved Pumpkin 

and die cut CUTplorations Happy Die

So you see - so many fabulous party stamps/stencils/dies.

Hope you enjoyed licking your lips and drooling over

that yummy ice cream. It's certainly ice cream weather here in Oz.

Thanks for dropping in and hope you will go check out what

my Team Mates created Here and come join us.

You still have plenty of  time.

Till next time Cherrio from