Just Us Girls #801 - Word Week

It's Word Week at Just Us Girls and Carol chose this word:

While at Michele's this summer, I stamped one of her darling Penny Black images and decided this was the time to use it.

It's called Little Sledder. I think she is precious and reminds me of my four blond granddaughters. (when they were little of course). She was stamped on watercolor paper and colored with Distress Inks.  A Penny Black frame, also cut from watercolor paper, was added to SB Blush and a sentiment from PTI finishes it off.  

What comes to your mind when you think of the word winter?  For inspiration, our guest Leslie Miller and the Design Team have a wide variety of beautifully made cards.  We'd love to see your card in the gallery.

What a great turnout we had for our 800th challenge.  I put all the eligible names in a bowl and had my husband draw a name.  Drum roll . . .  the winner of the Dazzling Diamond hot foil plate is Karen Letchworth.  Please send your mailing address to bobbarah @ gmail .com, Karen, and congratulations. 

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The Flower Challenge #103

Summer is upon us and for the June challenge at The Flower Challenge we want you to use embossing, either heat or dry.

I saw this fabulous card by Debby Hughes and tried to make one similar.  She used watercolor pencils and got a little more differentiation in color while mine is more subtle. 

I started by smooshing a panel of watercolor paper with Speckled Egg and Lost Shadow Distress Ink, spraying until it was well blended.  I ran it through the Magnolia Dream embossing folder that was a gift with purchase from Altenew.  The flowers and leaves were watercolored with Kitsch Flamingo and Evergreen Bough DI.  When it was dry, the panel was cut down, splattered with Hero Arts Unicorn Spray and added to a gray card base.  That same gray was used for the BetterPress sentiment.  

Which type of embossing will you choose?  The Design Team has wonderful cards to inspire your choice.  We'd love to see your card in our 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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Altenew Inspiration Challenge - April 2025

Amy R has a lovely bunch of Coneflowers as the inspiration for Altenew's April Inspiration Challenge.  

I thought their Smile More would be the set to use.

Stamped in Memento London Fog on watercolor paper, the flowers were colored with Distress Inks in Kitsch Flamingo and Picked Raspberry.  The centers are Twisted Citron and Aged Mahogany and the leaves Mowed Lawn and Rustic Wilderness.   The black background was embossed with the Geo Steps folder and the sentiment from One-Go Birthday added.  I know it's a literal translation but I like how it came out.  

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Color Hues #106 and AAA Colorful #14

With a color duo like lemon and lime it would be so easy to make a card featuring either of those fruits but I went a different way for Color Hues. 

Altenew's Daisies were embossed on Ranger watercolor paper to keep the integrity of white petals and colored with Distress Inks in Twisted Citron, Crushed Olive, Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard See and Lost Shadow.  The sentiment from Ellen Hutson was stamped on a banner from Sizzix and a yellow border added. 

AAA Colorful has the same colors for their challenge so my card will go to their gallery too.

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The Flower Challenge #100 - reminder

There is still time to make a card for The Flower Challenge's 100th challenge.

I hadn't used my Altenew Hanging Flowers in a while and saw a card on their website featuring a color combination that I liked.  It didn't quite turn out like I wanted but it was fun to make.

All the pieces were cut from watercolor paper and the blossoms painted with Altenew Dusty Rose and the leaves in Just Green, adding more ink to different layers.  When dry, I splattered them all with Toasted Mauve before assembling.  To keep with the rustic look, Altenew's Spicy Yogurt cardstock was cut with a STAMPlorations circle coverplate and the panel inked with more Dusty Rose.  The sentiment is from MFT.

Remember there are prizes to be had for some of those celebrating our 100th challenge with us.  We hope you'll be part of this occasion by entering a card in our gallery. 

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Just Us Girls #753 - Word Week

Sue is our host for Word Week at Just Us Girls and this is what she chose

My friend Loll made a number of cards using the Immense Joy die from Penny Black and they were so creative and JOYous that I had to have the die.  I used it for my card today.

I had bought a few PB stamps recently when a gentleman was selling out his supply and while they were older products I didn't have them.  This darling elf was one of them.  He was stamped on watercolor paper and colored with Distress Inks.  The JOY was also watercolored. I plan to do a few more of these with different images.

The Design Team and our guest Jenn have cards they made expressing Joy.  Please check them out and then make a card for our challenge.  We'd love to see your card in our gallery.

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Color Hues #94

Had fun yesterday making a card for Color Hues in rust and green.  

Eclectic Garden from C9 was cut three times from Canson watercolor paper and watercolored with Red Jasper and Green Opal Altenew inks, with a little Dark Chocolate for the centers.  A panel was cut from the same paper and lightly watercolored with the same inks before applying the flowers.  The sentiment is from PFS.  

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