Just Us GIrls #833 - Stencil Week

Sue is the host for Stencil Week at Just Us Girls. 

I was just playing around with a new set from Pinkfresh Studio and ended up making two cards.

I wanted to try stenciling on colored cardstock so I started easy by using Alabaster from SB, stamping the Blooming Peony in black, and coloring with Buttercream, Rose Quartz, Pinkalicious, Citrus Burst, Frayed Leaf and Forest Glade.  The sentiment is from their Cozy Blooms set.

For the second card, I white heat embossed on SB Windy cardstock and used Wisteria, Hydrangea, Icy Water, Frayed Leaf and Forest Glade inks.  The sentiment from SSS's Just Add Cake is white heat embossed on Windy.

I want to say a special Thank You to Bonnie Klass for being our wonderful guest this month. 

The Design Team and our guest Bonnie have wonderful cards to inspire your stenciling.  We hope to see your card in our gallery.

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Just Us Girls #829 - Stencil Week

It's Stencil Week at Just Us Girls with our host Lisa.

This seems to be a popular challenge with stencils all the rage now.  I hope you'll take the time to make a card for us.  For inspiration, you can always count on the Design Team and our guest this month, Kellianne.

I pulled out PTI's Wild Blooms and colored them with Altenew inks.  After trimming the panel and running it through the Time Worn folder from SU!, I added it to a card base of PTI's Melon Berry.  The sentiment is from Honey Bee's My Favorite Flower.  

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Just Us Girls #825 - Stencil Week

It's Stencil Week at Just Us Girls with our host Denise. 

I saw a card by Stephanie Lanzalotto using Altenew's Tranquility Rose and it inspired me to get mine out for this challenge. 

The inks I used are Gina K's Carnation trio and Altenew's Buttercream, Warm Sunshine, Firefly and Grass Fields.  After die cutting, I arranged them on a background embossed with SSS Dancing Starlets.  A sentiment will come later - maybe. 

There are many ways to use a stencil on your card.  I hope you'll choose one and join the Design Team and our guest Kerry in the challenge. 

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Just Us Grils #820 - Stencil Week

It's Stencil Week at Just Us Girls and our host Vicki says it's Anything Goes.

I wanted to try something new this time and use my neglected Oxide inks.

Oxides are less transparent than regular inks and I knew I could use them on kraft cardstock.  I did have to order some finger daubers that I could designate just for those inks but that's fine by me.  The image is from Pinkfresh Studio called Painted Daisies and I wanted the flowers white so I started with Hero Arts Unicorn white.  Daisies are my favorite flower after all.  The sentiment is from PF's Cozy Blooms.  

I know you have plenty of stencils so why not  try something new with them?  I can't wait to see what you do.  If you need inspiration, the Design Team has plenty of it for you. 

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Just Us Girls #812 - Stencil Week

Ina is the host for stencil week at Just Us Girls.

It's Anything Goes with a stencil so get yours out and start creating.

I love this Pinkfresh Studio hot foil plate (Birds on a Branch) for anniversary cards and the stencil makes it easy to color. This one uses bronze foil, Altenew inks and a border of SB Cascade cardstock.  The bronze foiled sentiment is BetterPress.  

I can't wait to see what you make for the challenge.  The Design Team and our guest Denise Morgans have wonderful inspiration should you need it.

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Just Us Girls #807 - Stencil Week

I'm hosting the stencil challenge this week at Just Us Girls. 

I saw Jennifer McGuire use a foil plate, die and stencil from Pinkfresh Studio and had to buy it.  I ended up making four different cards.

It's called Pretty Blossoms and has a die that cuts out the background.  The image was hot foiled in matte silver and colored with Altenew inks in Wisteria, Hydrangea, Frayed Leaf and Forest Glades. Once cut, the flowers were glued to matte silver cardstock and a Better Press sentiment was foiled to match.  

This card was hot foiled in black and stenciled with Pastel Sunrise, Canyon Clay, Lime and Limeade ink from Altenew.  The background was left intact and another BetterPress sentiment was added.

Now for the cards that really made me buy the set.

The plate was hot foiled in gold and stenciled with Concord and 9th Pimento and Brickyard, and Altenew Just Green and Hunter Green.  The die cut out the background.  The card base was cut at an angle and the stenciled panel was cut to match with a little extra for gluing.  A thin gold strip covers where they meet.  This allowed me to get two cards from one panel.

The sentiments are both from PTI, some I haven't used in ages but they fit along the line perfectly.

This photo give you a better idea of the see-through bottom of the card front and the gold that was used for the strip. 

I hope I have given you some ideas for using your stencils and that you make a card for our gallery.  The Design Team and our guest Laurel have more inspiration for you on the Just Us Girls blog. 

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Just Us Girls #803 - Stencil Week

It's stencil week at Just Us Girls and our host is Sue.

This will be our last challenge until the new year.  We hope you check in with us in January.

The image is Spellbinder's Full Bloom Poinsettia glimmer plate, foiled in gold.  Distress Inks were used to color it.  Salt Water Taffy, Abandoned Coral, Fired Brick, Rustic Wilderness, Ground Expresso, varying the intensity with pressure and layers.   The gold foiled sentiment is from PFS.

Thanks to all our guest designers and to all of you who have been so good about entering our challenges.  We couldn't do it without you.

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Just Us Girls #798 - Stencil Week

Just Us Girls Stencil Week is brought to you by Ina.

This is usually one of our busiest challenges and it's so great to see you loving our stencil week.

Because Altenew's Golden Days flower is so large I made a 5 by 7 card.  It was hot foiled in matte silver and stenciled with Altenew's Sugar Plum inks.  PTI's Plum Pudding was a great match for the card base.  The foiled sentiment is from SB.  

Our guest designer Greta and the rest of the design team have some beautifully stenciled cards for you to peruse.  I hope you draw inspiration from them and make a card for the gallery.

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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 #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 #755 - Stencil Week

It's Stencil Week at Just Us Girls and Lisa is our host.

This will be our last challenge of 2024 as the Design Team takes December off.  We hope you'll join us in January 2025 for a new year of challenges.  

My card is made with a hot foil plate from Spellbinders called Full Bloom Poinsettia and comes with stencils.  Since I had my Glimmer Machine out, I ended up making four cards with different foils and color ways.  Three of them were colored with Altenew inks and the last one with Distress Inks except for the pine cone.

These were so easy to color and it makes me happy to have four more cards for my stash.

We'd love to see your stenciled card in our gallery.  For inspiration please check out the Design Team and our guest Jenn's cards on the blog.

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Just Us GIrls #750 - Stencil Week

I'm hosting Stencil Week at Just Us Girls.

Peony Print from PFS was hot foiled on Hammermill paper in gold.  The coordinating stencils were used to color them using Distress Inks.  After adding a gold border, the panel was added to a pink card base along with a gold foil sentiment also from PFS.  You can see some of the gold border at the top but the sentiment looks black.  Too bad foil is so hard to photograph but if you've used foil at all you can imagine what it looks like IRL. 

The Design Team and our guest Kerry have a variety of stenciled cards for you to be inspired by.  Please check them out and then make a card for our gallery.  We'd love to see you there.

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Just Us Girls #746 - Stencil Week

It's Stencil Week at Just Us Girls which has proven to be one of our most popular.  Elizabeth is our host for this challenge.

I started by stenciling Altenew's Tranquility Rose with their Spring Bouquet and Green Valley inks.  For the background I used Lost Shadow DI through a Dream Weaver stencil, cut the panel down and mounted it on a bright pink cardstock (not red like it looks in the photo) and then on a gray card base.  The sentiment is also from Altenew.  

The Design Team and our guest Nance have some wonderful cards to show you on the blog.  I hope they inspire you to make a card for our challenge.

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Just Us Girls #741 - Stencil Challenge

The Stencil Challenge is live at Just Us Girls, with our host Stephanie.

This is one of our more popular challenges and I can see why.  Stencils are so easy to use to make fabulous cards.  The only difficulty is choosing which stencil to use.

The PinkFresh Studio Birds on a Branch was hot foiled in copper and colored through the stencil with Altenew inks.  I love the monochrome look of the image and the fact that it can be used as a masculine card.

What stencil will you choose to use?  For inspiration be sure and check out what our guest designer, Bonnie Klass, and the Design Team have made over on the blog.  

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