Just Us Girls #831 - Word Week

It's play time at Just Us Girls.  That's because "Play" is the word our host Vicki chose for the week.

The first thing I thought of was my Sunny Studio Team Player set.

The balls and bat were stamped and colored with Altenew Artist Markers.  I thought the Chain Link embossing folder from Lifestyle Crafts was appropriate for the background.  The sentiment is a mix of SSS (birthday) and one from the set. 

Our guest designer Bonnie and the rest of the Design Team have their idea what "Play" is and you'll find their cards on the blog to inspire you. 

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Time Out #317 - Theme Challenge

Time Out has a theme challenge this fortnight and this is it.

The prize for this challenge is a stamp, stencil and die bundle from Pinkfresh Studio called Berries and Blossoms, donated by team member Jaydee. 

We welcome Kathy Asper of My Asperations as our guest designer. 

What's water without something swimming around in it?  Here we have a duck from Gerda Steiner along with some fish, cat tails and a little dragonfly to finish out the scene, all colored with Altenew Artist Markers.  The background was made with an MFT cloud stencil and Salty Ocean Distress Ink that was spritzed with water.  The sentiment is from Altenew. 

We'd love to see your water themed cards in our gallery.

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CAS Mix-Up July 2026 - Eclipse

Last month you saw the resurrection of the CAS Christmas challenge and today is the restart of the CAS Mix-Up challenge and I'm honored to be on the Design Team.  This month's challenge is

There are a number of videos listed on the blog if you want a refresh on what an eclipse card is.  You can also get inspiration from the Design Team cards.  And remember this is a clean and simple challenge.

An image from Penny Black's Garden Trio was stamped in the corner of Bristol cardstock and colored with Zigs.  The medium Frame It die, also from Penny Black, was cut from the middle and layered 5 times with the image as the top layer.  I didn't know where to add a sentiment without ruining the design so I left it off.

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Just Us Girls #830 - Die Week

Ina is the host for Die Week at Just Us Girls and she has a specific die she wants you to use - one of those long forgotten ones. 

I know we all have favorite dies that we haven't used in a while but when I was looking for something I forgot it was die week and made the card below.  It does use dies and since I'm not in my studio there is no way I can make a different card so I'm going with the flow.  

These Crazy Birds are from Tim Holtz, colored with Zigs, die cut and Glossy Accents added to their eyes.  For the background I cut a panel with The Greetery's Crimped Frames and smooshed it with Mowed Lawn and Faded Jeans Distress Ink.  The sentiment is from MFT.  Now you can see why I wanted to use this forgotten stamp set. Aren't they fun?!

Now for technically correct cards using a forgotten die, please check out what the Design Team has done. We welcome Bonnie Klass from Stamping with Klass as our guest for the month of July so be sure to stop by, say hi and marvel over her wonderful card creations. 

 

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Freshly Made Sketches #742 and NBUS #87

Amy's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches gave me the chance to get out my Spellbinders Just Add Cake birthday kit using Light The Candles.

Everything was cut with scraps.  I used Ohuhu markers to color behind the frosting die to make multi-colored sprinkles.  The sentiment is from the kit and the background is SB Starshine.  I had so much fun decorating that I made a second card.

This one has blueberries with blueberry sprinkles and two candles.  The sentiment is from the kit and the background is Hero Arts Confetti Circles. 

This is my first time making these cupcakes and using Confetti Circles so off they go to Darnell's NBUS challenge.

Thanks for dropping by and spending a bit of your day with me.

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