Just Us Girls #678 - Color Week

 Hi friends!  Nancy has chosen pretty colors for the Just Us Girls Color Week challenge.  Pink and yellow!

I pulled out this layering die set from Honey Bee for this challenge.  My friend Cheryl gave me a birthday card using this flower and I loved it.  I had the die (never used it) and thought it would be pretty in these colors.  I die cut everything from white card stock and inked them with two pink inks and two yellows.  I shaded with the darker inks for dimension.  I adhered them on a panel that I stenciled by Tim Holtz with the lighter yellow ink and die cut it with a stitched rectangle.  I didn't want a black sentiment, so I die cut the sentiment from gray card stock.  Pink crystals were added for dimension.  I wasn't sure how yellow leaves were going to work, but I think it came out fine!

You can see more from the JUGs design team and our new guest for May, Claire, on the JUGs blog.  Welcome Claire!  I can't wait to see what you create this month for us!

Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe

Paper:  White, gray

Ink:  Lemon whip, lemongrass, ballet slipper, sparkling rose

Accessories:  Lovely Layers Peony dies (Honey Bee), Impression Obsession die, stitched rectangle (MFT), Gothic stencil (T. Holtz), crystals

Just Us Girls #677 - Wild Card Week

Hello!  Vicki is our hostess for this week's Just Us Girls challenge.  It's the fifth Saturday in April (where has the time gone?) so we have an extra challenge.  Vicki chose to have you CASE one of the design team members!  This seems like a fun one! 

The design team members were able to create any card they wanted for the participants to CASE.  I was very busy this week and didn't get a "new" card done, but I did have this one that I haven't posted.  I participated in a Pink Fresh event a while ago, and this is one of the cards we made.  It uses one of their fabulous stamp/stencil/die sets for the floral images.  I used Pink Fresh inks with the stencil and I think a gray ink for the outline to keep it soft.  The mat is die cut with one of their slimline dies and the sentiment is one of their gold foiled sentiments.  I added gold pearls to complete it.  You can see some dimension with the die cuts.  I added some of them with dimensionals.  I love this card!  That's why I still have it and haven't sent it out to anyone yet!  LOL!

You can see more from our JUGs design team and our April guest, Joanne James, on the JUGs blog.  This is Joanne's last week with us and I'd like to thank her for joining us this month with her beautiful creations!

Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe

Stamps:  In the Meadow (PF)

Paper:  white

Ink:  Various PF inks

Accessories:  In the Meadow stencil and die set (PF), Blanket Stitched Slimline die (PF), foiled sentiment (PF), gold pearls

Just Us Girls #676 - CAS Week

Hi friends!  It's CAS Week over at Just Us Girls, and Carol has chosen for us to use food and/or beverages on our cards.  These CAS cards are a challenge for me for sure! 

I chose to use this cute punny set from SSS.  I stamped, colored, and die cut the image.  Before adding it to the card, I gave it some pink color to place it on to stand out more.  To give it more interest, I scored some lines in the bottom corner.  The sentiment was stamped, crystals were added and I also added some glossy accents to the donut.  Easy peasy card, but I always feel like it's missing something!

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

Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe

Stamps:  Funny Food (SSS)

Paper:  white

Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, pink, copics

Accessories:  Funny Food die (SSS), crystals, glossy accents

Just Us Girls #675 - Photo/Mood Board Week

 This Moodboard for the Just Us Girls challenge this week was so appropriate for today because our weather was almost in the 80's.  Much needed warmth and sunshine here in Western New York!  Nancy is responsible for these beautiful photos and I had so many ideas for this challenge, it was hard to choose!

I settled on these garden tools from The Greetery.  I'd love to have pretty garden tools like these!  I die cut them (3 times for dimension) from white card stock and the handles from lavender card stock.  For the design on the spade, I first used the coordinating stencil then the coordinating stamp set.  The design on the hoe (?) just used the coordinating stamp set.  I noticed some script on the mood board, so I used a light gray ink and a script stamp for the background.  I layered that onto a lavender scalloped mat.  I added the preprinted sentiment strip and purple pearls to finish it as well as some shimmer on the flowers.

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

Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe

Stamps:  In Spades (The Greetery), Script Bold Prints (Hero Arts)

Paper:  White, lavender

Ink:  Sweet mustard, soft lilac, candy violet, fresh pear, olive, twilight

Accessories:  In Spades dies and stencil, stitched rectangle (MFT), scallop die (Winnie & Walter), All Things Happy sentiment strips (SSS), pearls, shimmer

Just Us Girls #674 - Word Week

 Hello friends!  The Just Us Girls Word Week challenge is hosted by Carol this week, and she has chosen SUNSHINE.  A lot of us in the northern part of the country are certainly looking for some!

I pulled out another stencil for this card.  I used two different yellow inks to ink it up.  I found a stamp set that has this very cute face to stamp on the sun and added some pink cheeks with a copic marker.  The panel was die cut with a stitched rectangle.  I stamped the sentiment with Versamark ink and embossed it with white embossing powder.  The coordinating die was used to cut it out and I die cut two more pieces to layer it for dimension.  I finished it by matting it on a black piece also die cut with a stitched rectangle and added yellow crystals.

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

Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe

Stamps:  No Bad Days (Erin Lee Creative), Tag You're It: Celebrations (Honey Bee)

Paper:  White, black

Ink:  Versafine onyx black, Versamark, Sunshine, Sweet Mustard

Accessories:  Radiating Rays stencil (MFT), Tag You're It die (HB), stitched rectangles (MFT), white embossing powder, crystals

Just Us Girls #673 - Color Week

 Hello friends!  Bobby is the hostess for this week's Just Us Girls Color Challenge.  She has chosen terracotta and green.

I initially thought of a plant in a pot (I see some of the other designers had the same idea) but I needed a quick sympathy card.  My good friend's brother passed away suddenly and I had to go to the wake/funeral yesterday.  Stencils make for a quick card, so I chose this turnabout stencil and used the two challenge colors.  After stenciling, I cut it on the diagonal, added the die cut sentiment and the black strip and some crystals and was done.  I really like the way the colors worked and how the card came out.  

You can see more from the JUGs design team and our new guest for April, Joanne James, on the JUGs blog.  Welcome Joanne!  I'm looking forward to seeing your creations this month!

Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe

Paper:  White, black

Ink:  Peeled paint and tea dye oxide 

Accessories:  Retro Petals turnabout stencil (Concord & 9th), stitched rectangle (MFT), With Sympathy die (Dee's), crystals

Just Us Girls #672 - CAS Challenge

 Hello friends!  This week's challenge over at Just Us Girls is our CAS challenge.  Sue is hosting this challenge and has chosen 1/3 or less, meaning only 1/3 or less of your card should be used.

I chose this silhouette set from Gina K.  I stamped the image in Versafine onyx black on the bottom of the card.  I wanted some color and thought about (and searched for) the Kaleidoscope ink pad.  Remember those?  I love them!  I stamped the sentiment using this pad and then die cut it with the coordinating die.  I stamped the secondary sentiment above it in black.  I love how simple this card is and how the ink really punched it up.

So this card was the first one I made.  I only thought about the 1/3 or less part of the challenge, not so much the CAS part!  The girls told me to post it, but I don't think it fits the CAS challenge.  So I'm just going to post it anyway as a secondary card.  I just adore these little mice.  I just started cross stitching again last summer.  I did this craft 40 years ago and probably had to put it aside because of work, etc.  I find it so refreshing once again and have several finished pieces and several pieces in the works!  So I had to have this stamp/die set.  

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

Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe Card 1

Stamps:  Friendly Silhouettes (Gina K)

Paper:  White, black

Ink:  Versafine onyx black, Kaleidoscope bouquet

Accessories:  Friend die (Gina K), stitched rectangle (MFT)

Recipe Card 2

Stamps:  Sew Very Mice (Lawn Fawn)

Paper:  White, Desert Storm, woodgrain dp

Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx black, copics

Accessories:  Sew Very Mice dies (LF)