Just Us Girls #792 - Word Week

Carol Mc is the host for Word Week at Just Us Girls and has chosen this:

There are so many ways you can go with this word but I chose to use Pitcher-esque from The Greetery as my container. 

After stamping and cutting the pitcher, I filled it with flowers from Simon Hurley's Floral Stems and placed it on an embossed background using Altenew's Window Slats folder.  

What will you use for a container?  For inspiration, check out what the Design Team and our guest Jaydee have made.  

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Just Us Girls #791 - Die Week

 Vicki is the host for Die Week at Just Us Girls.  

I'd like to welcome Jaydee as our guest designer this month.  Her work is always spectacular so you'll want to take time to browse through her blog.  

I used Concord and 9th's Birdhouse Blossoms for my card - minus the blossoms. 😉  The house is cut from woodgrain paper and the little bird from grey scraps.  The background is SB's Leafy embossing folder and the sentiment is from The Ton. 

The rest of the Design Team have some great die cut cards for you to enjoy and be inspired by.  We hope you'll join us for the challenge.

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Just Us Girls Challenge #790 - Stencil Week

 Carol is our host for Stencil Week at Just Us Girls and it's Anything Goes.

I had a background already stenciled and turned it into this card.

This set is from Concord and 9th and I think I bought it because of the puns.  It has a stencil for the background but also various vegetables to cut out.  I used the carrot and the tomato, stamping the sentiment directly on it.  I'm seeing this as a valentine for one of my grands.  

Now it's your turn.  The stencil challenge is always popular so I hope you'll join in. 

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Just Us Girls Challenge #789 - Mood Board Week

Lisa has a Mood Board for the challenge at Just Us Girls this week.

There are so many ways to go with this and although it had me stumped at first I'm happy with my card.

I randomly stamped the books from Altenew's Tall Tales around the edge of my panel and colored them with artist markers. The sentiment is from the same set and both panels were cut with Hero Arts Postage die and added to a dark green base. 

What sparks your creativity in the mood board?  The Design Team has inspiration for you on the blog.

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Just Us Girls Challenge #788 - Word Week

What an easy word Elizabeth has chosen for Word Week at Just Us Girls. 

We all need birthday cards and there should be a lot of different ideas for inspiration in the gallery as well as from the Design Team.

This card is for a great grandson.  The truck is from Penny Black, colored with Altenew artist markers.  The star paper is an oldie from my stash.  The center was cut with Hero Arts rounded rectangles and that portion glued to the inside of the card. A smaller rectangle was cut from white and pieces of paper cut and folded to make it pop up.  Here's another view.

This was so much fun to make and we have a number of young great grandsons so I'll be making more with other cars and trucks. 

Will we see your birthday card in our gallery?

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Just Us Girls Challenge #787 - Die Week

Elizabeth is our host for Die Week at Just Us Girls and she would like us to use floral dies.

That's an easy assignment for me since I have so many floral dies.  The difficult is in choosing one.

I decided to go with my new Altenew Houseplants.  The flowers are cut from W9 Cashmere and C9 Grapefruit, the leaves from a green in my stash with a bit of gray for the pot. Everything was shaded with Altenew inks and the basket hung in front of Altenew's Masonry Wall.  

The Design Team has plenty of lovely inspiration for you.  I hope you'll take a look and then make a card for the challenge.

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Just Us Girls #786 - CASE a Designer

Here's the Design Team's chance to inspire you with their individual cards as Ina hosts CASE a Designer Week at Just Us Girls. 

I had fun with this card and I hope it inspires you to use the elements to make a card of your own.  The Honey Bee Picnic Basket was made and hiding in the package.  I added it to a tan background that was embossed with the HB Burlap folder and filled it with some of the TH Wildflowers.  The best way I saw to add a sentiment was with The Greetery Market Basket's sentiment and holder on a strip of black.   

Not your style?  The rest of the Design Team have a variety of ideas for you to choose from.  We hope you except the challenge and link your card.

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Just Us Girls #785 - Stencil Week

I'm the host at Just Us Girls for Stencil Week where anything goes.

I'm expecting a large turnout for this challenge even if it is the middle of the summer.  I hope you can join the Design Team and our guest Donna Mikasa with your stenciled card. 

 

My card is 5 by 7 to fit more of the Altenew gold hot foil Floral Wreath that was stenciled with Altenew Inks.  The sentiment is from Dare2BArtsy stamped in Emerald. 

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Just Us Girls #783 - Mood Board Week

It's Mood Board Week at Just Us Girls and Carol M has a fun one for us. 

 There are so many images that you can use, together or separately, to make a wonderful nature inspired card. 

I took the colors and used the Honey Bee Wildflowers for my card.  Two SU! embossing folders were used on the background - Ferns and Subtle - along with SB Elliptical Ovals.  The sentiment is also from Honey Bee.

Need some inspiration?  The Design Team and our guest designer Donna Mikasa have cards to do just that over on the blog.  Check them out and then add your card to our gallery.  We'd love to see you there. 

I hadn't thought of how much this card resembles the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #695 until Donna pointed it out.  I'm sending this card to them but there will be another one later. 

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Just Us Girls #783 - Word Week

Vicki is the host for Word Week at Just Us Girls and her word is "Water".

I had fun with this one and I'm thrilled with the results. 

I got this shaker bottle die and 'bottles' from MFT a long time ago and may have used it once.  The background was masked and colored with Distress Inks with the water spritzed and blotted.  A small piece of paper was distressed on the edge and rolled up to place inside with some cork for the stopper. The Betterpress sentiment couldn't have been more perfect.  

How do you see water playing a role on your card?  For inspiration, our guest Donna Mikasa and the rest of the Design Team have some fabulous cards for you to see.  

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Just Us Girls #782 - Die Week

Carol Mc is our host for this week's Die Challenge at Just Us Girls and she wants us to use a summer die.

That leaves it wide open for so many ideas but I went simple with my card.

Honey Bee's Flippin' Fabulous flip flops were cut from some of their DSP and the straps colored with an artist marker in Rose Quartz to match.  The same DSP was used for a border behind the 'sand' that was made using Antique Linen Distress Spray.  As you probably guessed, the sentiment is from the same set.  

I'd like to welcome Donna Mikasa as our guest designer for July.  She and the Design Team have some wonderful summertime cards to inspire you to enter our challenge.  I hope to see your card there. 

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Just Us Girls #781 - Stencil Week

I'm your host for stencil week at Just Us Girls and I can't wait to see what wonderful cards you make with all the stencils available to you out there.

I need to say a big Thank You to Joanne James for being our guest designer this month.  Her wonderfully creative cards have been an inspiration to the team and our followers.  

My card started with one of the sprigs from the Hello Beautiful set from Altenew, colored with Victorian Velvet, Aged Mahogany, Evergreen Bough and Pine Needles Distress Ink.  Then it was time to decide how to display them.  I love the detail on the SB 4 Petal Frame Pierced Plate and cut it from white and layered the middle section over a Slate Gray 4 Petal die cut.  

Stencil Week is one of our most popular challenges so I hope your card will be included in our gallery.  

ETA:  I had every intention of adding my card to the Inkspirational Challenge and then forgot to do it until nudged by my teammate Carol M.  

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Just Us Girls #780 - Mood Board Week

Vicki is hosting our Mood Board Week at Just Us Girls and she picked this lovely scene to inspire you.

Here's a close-up view.

Of course I was inspired by the poppies, my second favorite flower, and I knew right away what stamp I would use. 

The stamp is another oldie, Poppy Gems from Penny Black, and is colored with Zigs.  I added a black border to finish it off and decided to not spoil the picture by adding a sentiment. 

You can be inspired by the flowers, the beach, the water, the colors.  Whatever your little creative heart desires.  Check out what the Design Team and our guest Joanne did if you need some ideas. 

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Just Us Girls #779 - Word Week

It's Word Week at Just Us Girls and our host Carol M chose the word 

I used a number collage embossing folder for my background panel.  The cake is from Sugar Pea's Bring on the Cake, an oldie in my stash, cut from scraps.  I put on two candles for a great grandson's second birthday.  The sentiment is an unbranded die.

How will you use a number on your card?  For inspiration, check out what the Design Team and our guest Joanne have done.  

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Just Us Girls #778 - Die Week

Ina is the host for Die Week at Just Us Girls and she wants layers.

We welcome Joanne James as our guest designer for the month of June.  Be sure and check out Joanne's blog The Crafty Owl .

My card features the PFS Geo Tiles cut in gold and added over a Brusho panel from my Bits box.   The border is C9 Juniper cardstock and the HA sentiment is stamped in navy on a scrap of the panel.

The Design Team and Joanne are ready to inspire you to make a layered die cut card for this challenge.  I hope to see you in the gallery.  

 

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Just Us GIrls #777 - CASE a Designer

This is the challenge at Just Us Girls where the designers get a chance to do whatever they want and you get a chance to CASE their card.   

This is actually a CASE of a card I saw on Pinterest by Jenn.  While she ink blended with Altenew inks, I couldn't get a look I liked so I chose to use watercolor paper and Distress Inks for my flowers from Altenew's Incredible.  I added Dried Marigold, Worn Lipstick and Peacock Feathers randomly and then spritzed the heck out of the image to get everything to flow.  Altenew's Always Sunshine embossing folder adds background leaves and the sentiment is from their One-Go Birthday.   

All you need to do is pick a card, any card, and use your magic to make something of your own.  Please be sure to tell us whose card you chose and how it inspired you.  Vicki is our host this challenge.

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