Just Us Girls #62 - Sketch Challenge

Happy Saturday! Are you done with your holiday shopping yet? I'm going today with my niece to get her gift(s) and hopefully knock some other gifts off my list! But before I go, I have my Just Us Girls card to share. Alicia came up with this really fun sketch today and I happened to make it into a Christmas card to add to my stash!

Cute sketch, huh? Papertrey Ink's new Banner Builder set was perfect for this challenge! I used SU's retired Dashing dp, real red, and old olive cardstock. I strung some baker's twine through the buttons and added some bling between the banners. The flower is Tim Holtz's paper rosette die. I cut it down a bit before putting it together to make it smaller. The sentiment is from Paper Makeup Stamps Little Moments set. I added some ferns behind the flower using a Martha Stewart punch.If you want to see more amazing samples from the Design Team, stop by the Just Us Girls blog. We have a new guest designer for December, Elise Durenberger, so I'm sure you'll have lots to drool over!

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a great weekend!

Recipe
Stamps: Banner Builders (PTI), Little Moments (PMS)
Paper: Vintage cream, real red, old olive, Dashing dp (SU)
Ink: Memento tuxedo black
Accessories: Banner builder dies, rosette die (Tim Holtz), buttons, baker's twine, bling, MS fern punch

Wonderfully Wrapped - My Time Made Easy Blog Hop

Hello December! Can you believe it? Where has the time gone?

The holidays are right around the corner and gift giving is easy with templates from My Time Made Easy. And, since it's the first of the month, My Time Made Easy has a new release for you. It's only a template this month, but it's a great one that will get lots of use! It called Wonderfully Wrapped.I actually made this at the end of October when Lauren first revealed it to the DT. I couldn't wait to make it and give it as a gift to my student teacher who was completing her term with me in my classroom. She went to Ghana, Africa to complete her student teaching. The sentiment I chose, from On Display 1 stamp set, was perfect!I cut the template using SCAL on my Cricut using riding hood red cardstock. The decorative piece was cut from Graphic 45 dp. The colors looked Christmas to me, even in October! The sentiment was stamped on the Trendy Tags 2 of 6 cut files. I added some flowers, leaves, bling, and ribbon and was done!

You can see more of this template from the MTME DT following the links below. Thanks for stopping in and happy hopping!

Thanksgiving Thanks

My aunt and uncle had us over for Thanksgiving this year and I wanted to send a thank you for the lovely dinner and conversation we had. My mom's sister and two brothers were all there and that was so nice to see all of them together, which doesn't happen very often because my one uncle lives in Pennsylvania.

I purchased this stamp from my LSS, Buffalo Stamps and Stuff. It's from Serendipity Stamps and I love their images. They are always so fun to color. I followed the Mojo Monday sketch from last week. The dp is SU's retired Autumn Vine and the ribbon is something I picked up at Target last year. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

Thanks for stopping in today! Have a great week!

Just Us Girls - 3D Christmas Challenge

Hi everyone! Did you see my new blog header? I asked Heather Rolin (who owns Individual Blog Banners) to update my blog header and signature for the holidays, and she did a fab job! It looks so festive! Thanks Heather!

Today is Saturday (woohoo!!) and it's time for another Just Us Girls challenge. Kristin has challenged us to add a 3D holiday embellishment to our projects! I had the perfect embellishment for my card.

I bought this set from Taylored Expressions last month called Merry Little Cocktail and found Christmas wine charms I had never used. So I created my card around it! The sketch is from Taylored Expressions from last week, too. I used SU's Jolly Holiday dp and paired it with Old Olive and Vintage Cream cardstock. The ribbon is old olive taffeta. I added red and star dust stickles to the image, green glitter dots, and the tree charm with some baker's twine. Very simple card to do...not much coloring! Love it!

Want more inspiration? Head on over to the JUGs blog and see the amazing projects the DT and our featured designer, Cheryl Rowley, did this week! This is Cheryl's last with us already...where has the time gone? Stop by their blogs to leave some much deserved love!

On a personal note, I'm picking my new Dodge Journey up this morning! I was ready for something different after having 5 minivans! I'm really excited because I've never had power locks and windows on any of my cars! My hubby never wanted them because he was afraid they'd break and be a pain to fix. (And his best friend is a mechanic...go figure!!) It's black, which I know will be a challenge to keep clean, especially in our weather up north. But, I've always wanted a black card! So I'll be tooling around town today having fun!

Thanks for stopping by and listening to my rambling! Have a great weekend!

M4TW - Black Friday Challenge!

Happy Black Friday everyone! Are you stuffed like your turkey today? Well, get out and shop! But before you go, you should play along with our Paper Makeup Stamps Makeup for the Weekend challenge! I'm the hostess and the challenge I chose is to make something shopping related with an option to use black on your creation. Here's what I did.

I used the Retail Therapy set from PMS. PERFECT for this challenge! I just love the sentiment! I don't pay cash for anything anymore! It's always on my debit card and sometimes on my credit card! Who carries cash anymore? LOL!!! Back to the card...I've colored the packages with various copics. The dp is All Dressed Up from DCWV and I paired it with Pink Pirouette cardstock. The sentiment is cut from a Spellbinder tag and I strung it with two different types of ribbon. The black glitter dots finished it off. I used the current SCS sketch for my layout, but flipped it.

Stop by the PMS blog to see what the other girls on the PMS DT have done. And then, let's see what you come up with! You don't have to use PMS stamps, but why not use them if you have them? This Retail Therapy set also comes in digi format, so you can have this set today to play with!

Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy your weekend!

Recipe

Stamps: Retail Therapy

Paper: X-press white, pink pirouette, All Dressed Up dp (DCWV)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, sahara sand

Copic Markers: RV13, 14, 21, 23, 25; W-1, 3, 5

Accessories: Nesties, die tag, SU folder, glitter dots, star dust stickles, dimensionals

Happy Thanksgiving and Some Design Team News!

Hi everyone! Happy Thanksgiving! I was supposed to have Thanksgiving at my house this year, but my aunt and uncle invited us over, so how could I say no? I'm missing the smells of the holiday in my house, though!

I wanted to relay some information about some upcoming sales and events for the design teams on currently on.

My Time Made Easy is having a Black Friday sale! All stamp sets and paper are 20% off (this does not include templates or packages)! Now is the time to stock up on what you've been drooling over!

Paper Makeup Stamps is not doing a release this month. We are going to an every other month release instead. This will give us time to use the new (and old) stamps we have and time to show them off! What we are having in place of a release is a customer blog hop on December 7th. All you have to do is commit to creating a card using a Paper Makeup Stamp that is a winter or Christmas image. If can be released this year or a previous year. Please send an email to katie@papermakeup.com with the subject of December Fan Blog Hop to join in the fun. You MUST register for the hop no later than December 3rd. On December 4th we will send out final details to everyone in the hop along with a list of blog hop participants. But you dont have to wait until the 3rd... you can register now just by sending Katie the email! We hope you play along with us!

So, have a great Thanksgiving and we'll see you tomorrow with a Makeup 4 the Weekend challenge from Paper Makeup stamps!

Just Us Girls - Color Challenge

Hi everyone! Sorry my JUGs post is going up so late! I'm the hostess this week for the Just Us Girls challenge, and I was so concerned with getting the JUGs post up (because I was at a conference in Saratoga Springs, NY on Friday and Saturday), that I forgot to do my own personal post! So here it is!I've chosen these colors from my Vera Bradley laptop bag in the Pirouette pattern. I thought they would be good for holiday cards or any occasion cards. Here's mine.
I thought I had flower dies from Papertrey Ink to match the flowers on the Vera Bradley bag, but alas I did not! So I found this patterened paper from PTI called Black & White Basics. I just colored the flowers in with copic markers to match the challenge colors. I ran the black piece through a Cuttlebug folder that reminded me of the quilted bag. The flower is a Spellbinder die and I just ran the pieces through a paper crimper a few times, then layered it with glue dots and put the glittered flower in the center. Then I put chunky glitter on the flower with some glue. The sketch is from this week's Mojo Monday. The sentiment is a free one from Paper Makeup Stamps that you receive with every order this month.

Stop by the JUGs blog to see the fabulous creations the girls made. You can visit their personal blogs through links on the blog post. Also, please visit our featured designer, Cheryl Rowley, and say hello!

Thanks for stopping by today!