Just Us Girls #817 - Die Week

It's the beginning of April and Sue has a great challenge for us at Just Us Girls Die Week.

I couldn't resist using my lovely layers April Showers from Honey Bee.

The boots were already cut in the folder but I double heat embossed them for 'weatherproofing'. 😉The patterned paper is from PB and the flowers are cut from scraps.  I used my favorite new embossing folder Tiny Flora for the background and a sentiment from Honey Bee's Squeeze the Day.

Now it's your turn.  Get out those dies and make a card for the challenge.  Need inspiration?  The Design Team and our guest have plenty of it for you on the blog. 

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Freshly Made Sketches #726

I have another Spellbinder's sale item for my card for Freshly Made Sketches.  It seems I can't resist a sale but I end up with some really great products and as long as I use them I feel good about it. 

I got the Push Pin Notes because I thought it would work well with "Just a Note" sentiments and then couldn't find a single one in my stash.  Well I did find one after the fact but it was too big anyway.  The patterned paper is ancient from PTI and I made the note to match the blue lines.  What better place to pin a note than a cork board so I pulled out some that I have had for quite a while and used it for the other half of the panel.  The sentiment is from Honey Bee. 

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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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Color Hues #109

I'm trying to use more of my neglected stamps and pulled out Fabulous Florets from Altenew for my card for Color Hues - yellow and blue.

The layers were stamped with Altenew inks in Iceberg, Eastern Sky and Citrus Burst and arranged on a panel embossed with their Organic Linen folder.  Panels were cut with Waffle Flower A2 Layers dies to give the card a little more yellow.  The sentiment is from Honey Bee. 

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Altenew Inspiration Challenge - March 2025

The minute I saw the inspiration photo at Altenew's March Challenge I knew I had the perfect image.  

All I needed to do was get it stamped and colored.  What do you think?  

The Dancing Sunflowers were colored with the accompanying stencils using Altenew inks.  The card took a couple of turns during the process and for a few of them I held my breath.  I wanted needed to make a colorful background so I cut a mask of the sunflower and used brushes to add the pink, green and yellow around it.  Whew!  I liked it but thought maybe some splatters would add to the look.  I held my breath and used Altenew's Jet Black Spray with a paint brush.  So far so good.  Now if the sentiment that comes with the set stamps okay.  It did but I thought the black needed something to tie it all together so I added a tiny black border.  Finally done and everything worked out beautifully IMHO.

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Just Us Girls #723 - Mood Board Week

Vicki has a lovely mood board for us this week at Just Us Girls.

I couldn't resist that beautiful sunflower, especially since I had recently purchased one from Altenew.

It comes with a stencil that was used with Altenew Pastel Sunrise, Canyon Clay, Frayed Leaf and Forest Glades ink.  The sentiment is from EbyE.

I made a different card first using the second layer of the stencil.  I don't often like the way the second layer looks and choose to shade the flowers myself like the one above. 

This sunflower was die cut, added to some DSP from Honey Bee and run through their burlap embossing folder.  This sentiment is part of the Dancing Sunflowers set.  Totally different look.  

What peeks your interest in that mood board?  What do you think the Design Team and our guest Colleen were inspired by?  Head on over to Just Us Girls, check them out and see a larger version of the mood board.  

This is the first outing of the Dancing Sunflowers so I'm sending my card to NBUS #61.

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Tic Tac Toe #241

Hey there!  I'm so glad you dropped by.

Anytime a challenge asks for flowers you can be pretty sure I'll make a card.  This one's for Tic Tac Toe.

I used the bottom row: flowers, stripes or dots, and green.  I hope my Hemstitch oval counts as dots.  The Canterbury Bells are from Altenew and the sentiment is from Honey Bee. 

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Time Out #251

There is a photo challenge at Time Out this week. 

I had another idea when I first saw the photo but once I got the stamp set out I changed my mind.

I was going to use the large blooms from The Greetery's Lovely Blossoms but once I looked at the set again I realized I couldn't fit many on the card.  But. . . there are smaller flowers that often get neglected so I stamped up two different sizes and made a background.  For the yellow flowers on the purse, I used some flower embellishments from SSS that I've had forever.  The sentiment is from Honey Bee.

I hope you'll be inspired by the fabric and the cards that the Design Team has made to make a card for our gallery.   

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Freshly Made Sketches #605 & NBUS #55

Just a quick post before the challenge at Freshly Made Sketches closes.

I got this Mondo Rhododendren from Ellen Hutson's close out sale and colored it with Zigs.  It's also going to NBUS since this is its first outing.  

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