Just Us Girls #350 - Word Week



Happy 4th of July weekend to my American friends!  It's word week over at Just Us Girls and Maria has chosen the word "summer".

 

I wanted to make a background with sunbeams, and chose this stencil from Memory Box.  I inked the back of it with three Distress inks and spritzed it with water then laid it on a piece of watercolor paper.  I then die cut the word from this piece and from black fun foam.  I layered the two and set it aside.  Using my mini MISTI, I stamped the sentiment.  (I messed up my original watercolor piece with my stamping, so the MISTI came in handy for try #2!)  I layered everything on black cardstock and added sequins.  I covered the die cut with shimmer and glossy accents for some shine.

 

You can see more from the JUGs design team and our July guest on the JUGs blog.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Shakers and Sprinkles (PTI)

Paper:  Recollections white, black, Strathmore watercolor paper

Ink:  Ripe persimmon, mustard seed, and squeezed lemonade distress inks; Versafine onyx black

Accessories:  Shakers and Sprinkles die (PTI), Shine stencil (Memory Box), black fun foam, sequins, spectrum noir crystal clear, glossy accents



Time Out Challenge #60 - CASE Challenge

Hi friends!  Today's card is for the Time Out challenge.  This week we are CASE-ing a designer's card.

This is the lovely card by Therese that we are case-ing.  So many possibilities!



I started with some Ken Oliver Color Burst colors in green, blue, and violet then die cut the butterflies from that paper.  Then I inked up a background stamp in similar distress inks.  The sentiment was formed to fit the wavy flag.  I added some Spectrum Noir sparkle and sequins.  The main panel was popped up on fun foam as is the large butterfly.

 

You can see more from the Time Out design team and our guest for this challenge, Birgit, on the Time Out blog.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Distressed Stripes (MFT), The Skinny (PTI)

Paper:  Recollections white, island indigo, Masters Touch watercolor paper

Ink:  Shaded lilac, peacock feathers, cracked pistachio distress inks; versafine onyx black; pthalo green, ultramarine blue, violet color bursts

Accessories:  Stitched Butterflies (Lil' Inkers), Wonky Stitches (Avery Elle), sequins, Spectrum Noir crystal clear, fun foam



Paper Players #301

Hi everyone!  I had a 1st birthday party to go to today and had to make a card.  I don't have many "kids" stamps, but I did have this one from WPlus 9 that I don't think I've ever used.  I saw the Paper Players sketch this morning and wanted to use it.  I did tweak it a bit. 

 

I started with a piece of watercolor cardstock and masked off a rectangle in the center of it.  Then I sponged broken china distress ink on it and spattered it with water.  The giraffe, balloon, and birds were stamped and die cut from white cardstock and colored with copic markers.  I mounted the giraffe and balloon on fun foam and added Spectrum Noir shimmer on them.  This panel was mounted on yellow cardstock then on the white card base. 

 

Here's the sketch from Paper Players this week.

 

That's it for today!  Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Party Animal (WPlus9)

Paper:  Recollections white, Masters Touch watercolor paper, summer sun

Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, broken china distress ink, broken china distress ink

Accessories:  Party Animal dies (WPlus9), Trio Banner die (WPlus9), Spectrum Noir sparkle pen, fun foam



Just Us Girls #349 - Photo Week

Hi friends!  It's Photo Week at Just Us Girls and Chris has chosen this fun photo for us to be inspired by.

Here's a close-up in case you need it.

 

I was inspired by that polka dot boot in the middle and the graduated heights of the fence to make this simple card.  I used a pinked edge square die to die cut the wood-look paper.  I stamped the boot and fussy cut it out (this was weird because I'm so used to coordinating dies...this one is an old set and doesn't have them!).  I just added the sentiment, sequins, and some Wink of Stella on the boot.

 

You can see more from the JUGs DT and our June guest on the JUGs blog.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Green Thumb (PTI)

Paper:  Recollections white, pretty in pink, Dolled Up (MME)

Ink:  Versafine onyx black, pretty in pink, bubble gum

Accessories:  Pinking edge square stax die (MFT). sequins, Wink of Stella, fun foam



Time Out Challenge #59 Reminder - Theme Challenge



We are in the second week of our current challenge over at Time Out.  The theme is masculine with an optional twist of mixed media.

I did the masculine theme only for this card.  I'm using our sponsor's stamps for this challenge, Stamplorations' World Birthday Cakes.  Each of the images of famous landmarks has a candle on top of it!  So cute!  I love red and brown and thought it would work well for a masculine card.  What do you think?

 

 I used this week's Mojo Monday sketch.

 

You can see more from the Time Out design team and our guest on the Time Out blog.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  World Birthday Cakes (Stamplorations)

Paper:  Recollections white, real red, soft suede, Christmas Cocoa dp (SU)

Ink:  Versamark, soft suede

Accessories:  Blueprints 13 die (MFT), white embossing powder, enamel dots, fun foam, canvas impression plate



Just Us Girls #348 - Color Week



It's Color Week over at Just Us Girls and Ina has chosen a fun color combo!

 

I just got this flower set from MFT  this week and thought it would look good in these colors.  I colored them with copics...I tried watercoloring with Zig markers, but it just wasn't working today.  I was going to leave the top part of the card plain, but I just couldn't!  That ever happen to you?  I ran it through an embossing folder for some texture.  Lots of sequins on this one too!

 

I used this week's sketch from Freshly Made Sketches.  I realized my sentiment is in the wrong place!

 I'm also entering this into the MFT Camp Create-Delightful Die Cutting Challenge.

 

You can see more from the JUGs DT and our June guest on the JUGs blog.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Funky Flowers (MFT), Simple Little Things (PTI)

Paper:  Recollections white, black, DeLovely (Cosmo Cricket)

Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, Versamark, copic markers

Accessories:  Funky Flowers dies (MFT), swiss dots embossing folder, sequins, white embossing powder, star dust stickles, fun foam



Time Out Challenge #59 - Theme (with a Twist)

Hi friends!  The new challenge over at Time Out is our Theme challenge with an optional twist.  This time, the theme is masculine and the optional twist is to use mixed media.  We are defining mixed media as stamps and ink plus two other elements that add texture and/or dimension.

I think this card can be either masculine or feminine. I guess it depends on whom you are sending it to.  I made this for my bff Maria who got her first hole-in-one last week while we were out golfing!  It was so exciting to see!  Anyway, I pulled out this golf martini stamp and stamped it on a tag then colored it with copic markers.  I added some texture with a stencil and texture paste on the gray panel (it may look orchid, but really is gray).  The word die was cut from black cardstock as well as black fun foam for dimension.  I put some Wink of Stella on it for some sparkle and added baker's twine on the tag.  I guess with the ink, copics, texture paste, and fun foam, I'm twisting!



 

Here's a picture of Maria after her hole-in-one!

 

We are sponsored by STAMPlorations for this challenge.  They are giving a $10 gift voucher for the winner plus a random draw for those who twist (prize one ARTploration stencil).

 

You can see more inspiration from our DT and guest, Patti, on the Time Out blog.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Golf Martini (Impression Obsession)

Paper:  Recollections white, gray

Ink:  Versafine onyx black, copic markers

Accessories:  Tag Sale #3 die (PTI), Wonderful Words: Congrats die (PTI), Swiss Dot stencil (MFT), texture paste, fun foam, Wink of Stella, baker's twine