Just Us Girls #188 - Technique Challenge

Hi there friends!  It's been a few days since I last posted....busy week!  But I'm here with a new technique challenge from Just Us Girls.  This week, Tangii came up with a great and easy technique...use some kind of white medium on your creation.  It could be white ink, white pencil, chalk, etc.

I recently took another class from Online Card Classes (His & Hers), and Jennifer McGuire made the coolest card with white pigment ink and dye inks.  I did something similar with my card.  I stamped the solid tree from PTI's Layered Postmarks:  Holiday in their Fresh Snow ink.  I overstamped the postmark print in Always Artichoke.  Then I added too many snowflakes (I never know when to quit!) and used the ink to shade around the kraft card stock.  I stamped the sentiment from PTI's Stylish Sentiments:  Holiday in Versamarkon velum and embossed it in white embossing powder.  I added a couple of sequins to the sentiment.  It's all mounted on an Always Artichoke base.  A sheer ribbon bow tops off the tree.

You can see more great inspiration from the JUGs DT at these blogs.

 

JUGs blog

Elise Durenberger

Maria Levine

Marisa Ritzen

Nancy Leppek

Tangii Crain

Vicki Dutcher



Thanks for stopping by!  I have Mother's Day cards to share.  Hopefully on Monday!  See you then!

My Time Made Easy - Year in Review

Hi everyone!  Have you seen the new products from My Time Made Easy?  You can see them here. 

 

Today is our Year in Review post where we use old and new products.  I chose to use this new cut file called Tiny Tucker Tab.  It is the cutest little box!

Here's the box.  It's all one piece, cut from one piece of cardstock.  I printed this print from the Bee Mine digital paper pack onto the cardstock and cut out the template.

On top is this bee.  I stamped the bee from Bee-Loved stamp set onto the bee cut file from the My Bee Loved cut file.  I added some glitter to the wings for some sparkle.  I also added a button on the front threaded with some black and white baker's twine.

I created a tag to go along with the box.  The tag is from the BFF Valentine Tags cut file.   I stamped the flower from Bee-Loved stamp set in Crushed Curry ink, then stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set .  I added some of the decorative paper on the bottom and finished it off with some ribbon and a button.

You can see more My Time Made Easy inspiration at these blogs.

 

MTME Store

MTME Gallery

Lauren Meader

Dawn Barwick

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

Jackie Randolph

Karien van der Westhuizen

Kimberly Morrow

Lori Hairston

Lori Kalus

Mary Vogel

Pattie Goldman

Romaine Rancier

Tracy Holmes

Wendy McGaffey

 

I also have to mention the winner of the MTME template of her choice:  Lori Aragon.  Please go the Lauren's blog to find out how to claim your prize!  Congrats!

 

Thanks for stopping by!



My Time Made Easy - Release Day

Today is the day!  My Time Made Easy release day, and you can see all the new products here.  Did you guess what the template was in our peek giveaway contest?  Well today we get to tell you that the new template is a grill called Great Grillin.  Perfect timing for Father's Day.  This is the cutest little template to package up some grillin' stuff. 

 

I cut the top of the template from S'more S'mores digital paper and accented it with Marina Mist and Early Espresso SU cardstock.  The mits were cut using the Sizzling Servings cut file.

When you open the lid of the grill, you will see a grill that can be lifted off to reveal a box that you can put your gift in.  I put some red filler paper inside to make it look like the grill was in use.

The entire team is posting today.  You can see what they created with this template at these blogs.

 

MTME Store

MTME Gallery

Lauren Meader

Dawn Barwick

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

Jackie Randolph

Karien van der Westhuizen

Kimberly Morrow

Lori Hairston

Lori Kalus

Mary Vogel

Pattie Goldman

Romaine Rancier

Tracy Holmes

Wendy McGaffey

 

Tomorrow I'll announce the winner of our contest from yesterday, so come back then!  Thanks for stopping by!

 



May You Have a Peek - GIVEAWAY CONTEST!

It's the last day of April, so don't be a fool! Here is a peek at a project, that is sure to make you drool.

 

Tell me what do you think, what could it be? Leave me a guess, and you may win a template for FREE!

 

Here are the details:

My Time Made Easy is having their monthly release of new products tomorrow on May 1st. Check out all the amazing Pretty Packaging Templates My Time Made Easy has to offer HERE! There are OVER 100 to choose from. They offer templates in PDF (printer friendly) SVG, GSD, DXF, and WPC.

 

So take a look at all the project peeks each design team member has to share and leave a comment with each one of them. Every time you leave a comment at a blog it is another chance to win.

Lauren Meader
Dawn Barwick
Debbie Marcinkiewicz
Jackie Randolph
Karien van der Westhuizen
Kimberly Morrow
Lori Hairston
Lori Kalus
Mary Vogel
Pattie Goldman
Romaine Rancier
Tracy Holmes
Wendy McGaffey

 

ONE person from EACH blog will be chosen randomly to win a FREE template of their choice! Winners will be announced on May 2nd.

Thanks for stopping by!  See you tomorrow with the full reveal!



Just Us Girls #186 - Photo Inspiration Challenge

Hi everyone!  This week's Just Us Girls challenge is a photo inspiration challenge brought to us by our newest member Nancy.  She's chosen a couple of great photos for your inspiration.

I love pink and black as well as damask designs, so I brought out my Pretty in Pink ink and Damask Designs stamp set by Papertrey Ink to create my background paper.  I cut a black circle with a die and ran it through an embossing folder.  To make the design stand out more, I rubbed some luster rub on stuff (I don't know what it's called!) onto the it and it gives it a nice shimmer.  The sentiment is from Sending You, also PTI.  The flowers are something new I picked up at my LSS called Twinkle Blooms.

I followed the sketch from the Fusion Card Challenge.   

Stop by these blogs for more inspiration from the JUGs design team.

 

JUGs blog

Elise Durenberger

Maria Levine

Marisa Ritzen

Nancy Leppek

Tangii Crain

Vicki Dutcher

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Damask Designs and Sending You (Papertrey Ink)

Paper:  Neenah white, black

Ink:  Versafine black onyx, pretty in pink

Accessories:  Circle die, luster rub on, twinkle blooms, corner rounder, damask embossing folder



Just Us Girls #185 - Color Challenge

Happy Saturday everyone!  This week's challenge at Just Us Girls is a color challenge, and Marisa chose these lovely spring colors!

I'm late getting mine done, and I had no idea what I was going to do.  When I went to my craft table, these new stamps from WPlus9 were sitting there so I of course had to use them!  This set is called Paisley Prints and I just love paisley prints!  I made my background with them in the four challenge colors.  Then I added the pink piece on the bottom.  I first stamped it with the sentiment from Stylish Sentiments:  Birthday from Papertrey Ink, then used a SU punch for the decorative edge, and finally ran it through the Swiss Dots folder for some texture.  The flower is made from PTI felt and Beautiful Blooms II dies.  I added a button threaded with some baker's twine.  The flourish is from My Favorite Things and I cut it from certainly celery paper, then added some Star Dust Stickles for some sparkle.  It's so much prettier and colorful in person.  I just couldn't capture it in the picture.  Such a shame!

I used Fusion card challenge's sketch for my card this week.  Love this challenge!

Stop by these blogs for more beautiful inspiration from the JUGs design team.

 

JUGs blog

Elise Durenberger

Maria Levine

Marisa Ritzen

Nancy Leppek

Tangii Crain

Vicki Dutcher



Thanks for stopping by today!  Enjoy your weekend!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Paisley Prints (WPlus9), Stylish Sentiments:  Birthday (PTI)

Paper:  Neenah white, so saffron, regal rose, certainly celery

Ink:  Versafine black onyx, pretty in pink, regal rose, certainly celery, so saffron

Accessories:  PTI felt, button, flourish die (MFT), Beautiful Blooms II die (PTI), star dust stickles, border punch (SU), Swiss Dots embossing folder

 

Another CAS(E) this Sketch Card!

Happy Monday everyone!  I'm here to redeem myself from yesterday's mistake!  Yesterday I used this sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch and totally flubbed the sketch (well, not totally), so I had to make another. You can see that card here.  I actually made this last night when I should have been doing report cards, but it really bothered me that I messed up.  So I went back down to the craft room and made another.

I actually CASED one of the DT cards made by Kim.  I loved her diagonal floral spray so much that I had to create one too.  I have so many stamps that I purchase because I was inspired by something someone made, and then they just sit.  I'm trying to start using them.  This floral set is Folk Art Floral from WPlus9.  I stamped the flowers and leaves in these SU colors:  apricot appeal, regal rose (saying goodby to this one is very sad...sniff, sniff), tempting turquioise, and wild wasabi.  The butterfly is from Heart-2-Heart #10 and the sentiment from Signature Greetings II, all from Papertrey Ink.  I added Star Dust Stickles to the butterfly and the centers of all the flowers.  It's so sparkly in person!

 That's it for me.  I wrote this post on Sunday night, and I had not finished my report cards yet.  Let's hope they are done today by 10:00 am! 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Heart-2-Heart #10 and Signature Greetings II (PTI), Folk Art Floral (WPlus9)

Paper:  Neenah white, peach parfait

Ink:  Apricot appeal, regal rose, tempting turquoise, wild wasabi, Versafine black onyx

Accessories:  Heart-2-Heart #10 die (PTI), star dust stickles, corner chomper, dimensionals