Just Us Girls Challenge - New!!

Hi everyone! It seems everybody loves a challenge these days! Since the My Time to Create Challenges have come to an end, some of the girls on the team wanted to stay together and create a new team. So we came up with the Just Us Girls Challenge. We have a new blog and we hope that you are going to love the new look of it and the fun challenges! Each week we will choose a "Chic of the Week" whose card will be featured on the blog each Friday. You'll receive a blinkie to proudly display on your blog.

Pam is hosting our challenge this week, and she has chosen a technique I use quite often...paper piecing. And since this is Breast Cancer Month, we've thrown in the option to use pink on your card.

Isn't that a cool graphic? The girls have really rocked the graphics for the blog, let me tell you! I was so excited when I heard that paper piecing was our challenge because I had just finished making 20 baby shower invitations for my nephew and his wife last weekend that I paper pieced. Here's my take on the challenge.This photo is somewhat washed out...it's much more colorful IRL. I used SU's new dp from their Holiday Mini catalog called Pawsitively Prints. The white mat was run through the cuttlebug using a Quick Kutz folder (I think!). I added star dust stickles to the carriage, too!

A tip for you when paper piecing: use your Xyron machine. Remember that sticker making machine that you HAD to have? Well dust it off and use it for paper piecing! I always use mine for this technique because I usually have small pieces cut out and putting glue or tape on them is so difficult. Running it through the Xyron makes it much easier!

So do you think you'd like to enter our challenge? We do have blog candy for you...a $25 gift certificate to either Gina K Designs or Papertrey Ink! Wow! I wish I could enter! LOL! All you have to do is post a direct link to your card to Mr. Linky on the

Just Us Girls blog by Thursday, October 15 for your chance to win! If you post to an online gallery, please use the keyword JUGS2. It might be nice to stop by the JUGs DT to leave them some love. Here are the links to the girls' blogs.

Alicia Weiman
Dana Gustafson
Kristin Bueter
Maria Levine
Mona Pendleton
Pam Imholz
Tracey Cuccia

Thanks for stopping in today, and I hope you enjoy our new challenge! Have a great Columbus Day weekend to my US friends and a Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian friends! Enjoy it with friends and family!
Recipe
Stamps: Bitty Baby Blessings (PTI), sentiment (SU retired)
Paper: Neenah white, almost amethyst, Pawsitively Prints dp (SU)
Ink: Memento tuxedo black
Accessories: Quick Kutz folder, Xyron machine, star dust stickles, satin ribbon (Target)