Just Us Girls #758 - Mood Board Week

I'm hosting Mood Board Week at Just Us Girls and picked the photo because I knew I had the perfect image for a card. 

See those berries in the bottom center?  That was my inspiration but it took a number of tries that ended in the recycle bin before I ended up with a card I could post. 

I used the Cotoneaster embossing folder and stencil from Altenew.  I won't bore you with my trials and tribulations but this one is embossed on light blue paper, colored with Altenew inks and snowed upon with chunky Frantage from my friend Bonnie.  

Which of these pictures will inspire you?  The Design Team and our guest Annette have some wonderful cards for you to see on the blog and there is also a larger photo.  Take a peek and then make a card for the challenge.  We'd love you to join us.

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Time Out #280 - Inspired By

It's the Inspired By challenge at Time Out and this is your inspiration:

Your favorite thing to do in January.  Now that's a hard one.  I mean I like to do a lot of things but do I have any stamps or dies that will tell that story?  I ended up going back to the good old younger days for my idea.

My husband and I used to go cross country skiing so I pulled out an old set from PTI, made some skis and planted them in a snow drift made with a fabric embossing folder and a SSS die.  The background is Softly Falling from SU and the sentiment is from the PTI set.   

I hope you have a favorite thing to do that you can share with us on a card.  For inspiration, please check out the Design Team's cards. 

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Inkspirational #332

When a challenge asks for a quilt you can be sure I'll be making a card for it.  I had several ideas but for Inkspirational I went with Grandmother's Flower Garden, or a semblance thereof. 

Scraps of patterned papers fill the hexagons on the PTI coverplate, which has been applied to copy paper with double sided sticky sheet.  A little hugs die from SSS layered for dimension finishes it off.  When  you cut a coverplate and only use part of the image, it leaves you with plenty of leftovers.  And you know what leftovers mean.  A twofer.

The original cut of the coverplate slipped so I had to trim it down which gave me the chance to add a border.  This time I used the yellow print from the center of the first quilt for the outside and added a prayer die from SSS.  

Julia from the Design Team mentioned posting a quilt that inspired our cards.  While I do have one, I'm showing the quilt I just made for my granddaughter who is expecting her first baby in March.

The striped fabric around the center is from her graduation quilt and the four plaid squares are leftovers from her baby quilt.  I gave it to her at a baby shower that was held on Saturday.  I'm just glad I found a long-arm quilter to get it done in time. 

Thanks for dropping by.  I love sharing my cards with you.

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Freshly Made Sketches #668

I was planning out my valentines and thought Freshly Made Sketches had a great design for one. 

Paper is from an older pack by Stamps of Life except for the heart which is from another older pack that has lost its label since there are few pages left. The hugs die from SSS was cut from kraft.

Thanks for dropping by.  Have a wonderful weekend.

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Just Us Girls Challenge #757 - Word Week

Our host Sue has chosen Masculine for Word Week at Just Us Girls.

Masculine cards can be difficult cards to make and ones I usually need a lot of so I'm glad to get a nudge with this challenge. 

I recently got this Take Wing set from Penny Black and I think it makes a great masculine card.  The two pieces were stamped on watercolor paper and colored with Distress Inks.  The sentiment is a Betterpress from SB.  

The Design Team and our guest Annette have some masculine cards for you to see.  I  hope they inspire you to play along with our challenge.

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