Just Us Girls #642 - Photo Week

 Hello friends!  Sue chose this fabulous photo for the Just Us Girls Photo Week Challenge.  Lots of inspiration to pull from!

I immediately thought of this stencil set from Pink Fresh.  The vines hanging down looked similar to the one in the photo.  This took me about 15 minutes to create which was great because my craft room is upstairs and I don't have a/c up there!  It was hot!  I chose three different shades of green and yellow and blue for the flowers.  After stenciling, I die cut the piece with a stitched rectangle and stamped the sentiment.  I mounted it onto a green panel and added crystals.  Easy peasy!

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

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Recipe

Stamps:  Choose Hope (PFS)

Paper:  White, green

Ink:  Versafine onyx black, sunshine, seaside, fresh pear, key lime, olive

Accessories:  Hanging Garden stencil (PFS), stitched rectangle (MFT), crystals

Just Us Girls #641 - Color Week

 Hello!   Cecile has chosen a very pretty color palette for the Just Us Girls Color Week challenge.

First of all, this card is so much prettier in person.  I just couldn't capture it on camera.  I needed a wedding card for today and this was the perfect color combo.  I started by hot foiling the flower and sentiment, then die cut them with coordinating dies.  I used some coral ink for the flowers and a bit of green for the leaves.  That took care of the gold and the coral.  For the light gray, I used fog card stock and ran it through an embossing folder.  I mounted that panel onto a gold panel.  The flower and sentiment were die cut two more times for dimension.  I added coral crystals for that final shine.  The corners were rounded as well.

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

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Recipe

Paper:  White, gold, fog

Ink:  Coral reef, fresh pear

Accessories:  Magnolia Bouquet hot foil & die, Elegant Occasions hot foil & die (Spellbinders), Dainty Diamonds embossing folder (SU), corner rounder, crystals

Just Us Girls #640 - Trend Week

Hi friends!  This week it’s Trend Week over at Just Us Girls and Carol Mc. Chose a fun one…rocker cards. 

 

I had never heard of this before, so I looked on Pinterest for inspiration. There are a lot of them!  I can’t believe I never heard of these!  I started by pulling out the largest scalloped circle I could find and die cut a white circle and folded it in half. Then I die cut a smaller circle from rainbow pattern paper and cut it in half.  That was adhered to the scallop circle. Then I stamped the butterfly and used the coordinating stencil to add a rainbow of inks. I adhered the bottom part of the butterfly to the rocker part. For some shimmer, I added crystals and shimmer to the butterfly.  I had a limited amount of space, and the small “hi” sentiment fit perfectly. 

Recipe

Stamps:  Spread Your Wings (Waffle Flower), Perfect Sentiments (Pink Fresh)

Paper:  White, rainbow (Lawn Fawn)

Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, raspberry bliss, sunshine, summer shower

Accessories:  Spread Your Wings die and stencil (WF), circle and scallop dies (Spellbinders), crystals, shimmer

Just Us Girls #639 - Word Week

 Hello!  It's Word Week at Just Us Girls and Nancy chose MAMMALS.

I love foxes.  I think they are such a pretty animal.  I started by using a cloud and grassy edge stencil for the background.  Then I colored the elements with copic markers and die cut them.  I added some white accents (I don't do that very well, I have to admit!) and crystals.  That panel was die cut with a stitched rectangle and mounted onto a blue mat.  There's shimmer on all the die cuts too. 

You can see more from the JUGs design team and our new guest for July, Fran, on the JUGs blog.  Welcome to JUGs for this month!

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Recipe

Stamps:  Woodland Friends (Gina K)

Paper:  White, blue

Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx black, sky blue, grassy knoll

Accessories:  Woodland Friends dies (Gina K), stitched rectangle (MFT), mini cloud die (MFT), grassy edge (SSS), crystals, shimmer

Just Us Girls #638 - Photo Week

 Hello everyone!  This week Vicki is our hostess at Just Us Girls, and she chose this cute summery photo.  It sure made me smile!

I went literal with this photo when creating my card, as you can see!  I was in search of pineapples in my stash of stamps and came upon this older set from Rina K.  It's a stamp/stencil/die set.  I first die cut the pineapple from white card stock and placed the die cut back into the negative space on my MISTI.  Then I stamped the yellow body of the pineapple and the green fronds.  Then I stenciled the green spots on it with the coordinating stencil.  I did this two more times.  Then I went in search of a set that had sunglasses and found one!  I had a die for them, so I die cut them six times and stacked them in twos for dimension.  The flower is from another stamp set.  I stamped it, colored it with copic markers, then die cut it and attached it to pineapple.  For the background, I first used a tan ink for the sand, and aqua for the water.  I did put a piece of post-it tape down before inking to create the horizon.  Then I used a cloud stencil for the sky.  The sentiment made me laugh, so I had to use it.  I drew in the birds and added crystals to finish it off.  

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

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Recipe

Stamps:  Sending Sunshine (Rina K), Sunscreen Required (C. Pooler), Toucan Do It (C. Pooler)

Paper:  White, black

Ink:  Versafine onyx black, Memento tuxedo black, sunshine, olive, sky blue, aquamarine, warm buff

Accessories:  Sending Sunshine dies, Sunscreen Required die, Toucan Do It die, stitched rectangle die (MFT), cloud stencil (MFT), crystals

Just Us Girls #637 - Color Week

 Hello!  It's Color Week at Just Us Girls, and Elizabeth has chosen this primary color combo with an additional color of you choice.  This should be fun!

These new products were sitting on my desk, so I put them to work!  I started by using the four layering stencils to create the garden gloves in the three colors and added the green.  Then I used the coordinating dies to cut them out.  I sponged the same blue and red inks onto a scrap piece of white card stock so I could die cut the accent pieces on the gloves and have it match.  The fog mat piece was created using a leaves piercing cover plate.  The sentiment was stamped in black ink and die cut with a coordinating die.  I added red pearls to finish it off.

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

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Recipe

Stamps:  Just a Hello Floral (Pink Fresh)

Paper:  White, fog

Ink:  Versafine onyx black, sunshine, summer shower, berrylicious, grassy knoll

Accessories:  Garden Gear Gloves die and stencil (The Greetery), Swirling Leaves Pierced cover plate (Honey Bee), pearls

Just Us Girls #635 - Word Week

Hi friends!  Lisa E. is the hostess at Just Us Girls for our Word Week.  She chose a cool word:  PAINTBRUSH.

I love how colorful this card is!  I die cut the handles and tips of the brushes from a rainbow of card stock colors and the brushes from black card stock.  I used silver card stock for the metal piece.  The sentiment was stamped in black and the word "color" from rainbow ink colors.  I added crystals in rainbow colors and a red heart.  I mounted the white panel onto black and then added that to a rainbow stripe pattern paper.  

You can see more from the JUGs design team and our new June guest, Lucie, on the JUGs blog.  I'd like to welcome Lucie to JUGs for this month!

Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe

Stamps:  Crafty TAB (Concord & 9th)

Paper:  White, black, rainbow paper (Lawn Fawn), various card stock colors, silver

Ink:  Versafine onyx black, candy apple, clementine, sweet mustard, grassy knoll, seaside 

Accessories:  Crafty TAB dies (C9th), crystals, shimmer