Just Us Girls #827 - Word Week

The Just Us Girls challenge is wide open as Vicki has chosen this as her word for the week.

There are so many ways you can go with this theme that I expect to see a lot  of cards in our gallery.  One thing that means summer to me is something I happen to have just the stamp set for.

That's right!  What's summer without s'mores?  This S'mores set is from The Greetery. The graham crackers were cut from Kraft cardstock and the marshmallows were colored with Distress Inks in Antique Linen, Frayed Burlap and Gathered Twigs.  Don't ask how many combinations I tried to get the look I wanted and this is the best I could do,  The chocolate is done with Altenew's Mocha and Espresso.  The sentiment is The Greetery's Warm and Cozy and the background is an ancient Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder.  

Let's go take a look at how Kellianne and the rest of the Design Team put Summer on their cards. 

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Time Out #315 - Pick Two

There is a fun and appropriate Pick Two challenge at Time Out this fortnight.

You can use as many as you want as long as there are at least two on your card.  I went with Summer, Beach and Water. 

I've had that water patterned paper since back in my scrapbooking days and it worked great for my ocean/lake.  The edges were torn to represent the foamy waves and they are washing up on sand patterned paper.  The gulls and other nautical images are from Spellbinder's Oh Buoy set and the sentiment is from Stamplorations.  

Our sponsor for this challenge is Newton's Nook and they are sending our winner a $25 store credit.  The winner is also invited to be a guest designer, so get making those cards.  

If you need inspiration, the Design Team has plenty for you on the blog.

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The Paper Players #789

Stef's challenge at The Paper Players is for a masculine card and I wanted to show you the one I made for my brother's birthday.

The gas pumps are from C9's Fueled with Love, cut from scraps.  The background is Altenew's Checkered Squares embossing folder.  The sentiment is computer generated.  This was so fun to make and I came up with a few other sentiments to make more.  

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Color Hues #134 and Krafty Chicks #823

I finally got a card completed for the Color Hues challenge.  I was having a problem with ink smearing when using my Ohuhu markers so I ordered a different ink to see if that would make a difference.  It may have been the stamp because I still got a little smear so don't look too close.

The flowers are Pen Sketched from Altenew.  The stem in the center was my trial run but I needed it to fill out the arrangement so I cut off a mis-stamp at the top and finished the coloring. The background is Dotted Lattice from PFS over turquoise paper.  The sentiment is from BetterPress.

It's birthday week at Krafty Chicks so I'm sending my card to them too.

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Freshly Made Sketches #739

Flowers would have worked well with Karren's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches but instead of going with the expected, I went in a totally different direction with this fun card.

The dies are Birthday Brew from Spellbinders Just Add Cake kit.  I decided to go non-alcoholic and make root beer.  The sentiment is from the kit and the background is from a Honey Bee paper pack.  

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