Just Us Girls #738 - Color Week

Carol Mc is our host for Color Week at Just Us Girls.

It's a new month and time to welcome our next guest designer, Bonnie Klass.  She and the Design Team have used these hot colors in such cool ways.  Be sure to check them out for inspiration.

It was time to get out my flip flops dies from Paper Smooches.  I cut them with the requisite hot pink and orange, embossing the soles and adding a little flower for decoration.  This is a Monarch card (3.5 by 7) to fit them with a sentiment. That part was easy.  Not so with the sandy background.  

It took me four tries to get what you see on my card.    From the top down:  Sand embossing powder which looked perfect before I heated it.  It turned gold.  Next I tried colored textured paste.  Another no. I got a little closer with the third one which I think is Frayed Burlap Distress Spray with too much spray.  I lightly sprayed it again for the final card, wiping it up with a paper towel for a lighter appearance and then splattered with Gathered Twigs.  The sentiment is from Honey Bee. 

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Just Us Girls #684 - Photo/Moodboard Week

Vicki is our host for Photo Week and has a summery looking photo for this week's challenge at Just Us Girls.

I'd love to have a little cabana on the beach 

but since I don't, this is what I do.

I sit under an umbrella. This one is made from an MFT die and a scrap of PTI polka dot and TH woodgrain.  I tore paper for a mask to make a beach with Frayed Burlap Distress Spray.  The clouds are courtesy of an MFT stencil and Broken China DI.  The flip flops and sentiment are from STAMPlorations. 

How does this photo inspire you?  The Design Team and our guest TK have a variety of ideas for you on the blog.  Check them out and make a card for the gallery.  You may have a chance to be a guest designer. 

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Addicted to CAS #141

What an appropriate word Jaydee selected for our mid-July Addicted to CAS challenge.  I can't wait to see how you interpret this word.  For me it's days spent at the lake.

Although I'm not a flip flop wearer, I think they're cute and couldn't resist getting this PS die to make summertime cards.   I started by using a Clarity brush and Distress Ink to make a sky and water and then tore an ancient piece of paper with a sand image although real sandpaper could have been an option. ;) I used sequins for the centers of the flowers and printed the sentiment on my computer.

The rest of the Design Team has wonderful cards to inspire you.  Be sure you check them out.