Happy New Year!

 

A quick card for the Happy New Year Challenge at Cas-ual Fridays

 

And for CAS on Sunday:  Challenge #24

 

 

Used a Swiss Dot ef for the background, stamped the sentiment from CAS-ual Fridays Shenanigans and heat embossed with gold ep.   Added the gold dots on the side with the depressed dots with a gel pen.  Found the shiny gold numbers in my stash and mounted onto a piece of silver glitter cardstock.  Happy New Year!

 

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Challenge #221 - Inspiration

Another challenge at Just Us Girls with Lisa as our host this week for an inspiration challenge.

This is the last week for our Guest Designer Jan Del Bone.  Thanks so much for joining us this month with your beautiful creations!

I made this into a birthday card and the inside says "It's Five O'clock Somewhere"  A lot of heat embossing here.  After stamping and embossing the clock face, cut it out and sponged Antique Linen Distress Ink around the edge.  Stamped the fire works from Kitchen Sink Stamps and embossed in gold.  Stamped the sentiment from  and embossed in silver.

Just a reminder that Just Us Girls is starting up the Guest Designer position once again!!  Winning  Chic of the Week puts you in the running for the GD spot.  At the end of the month, after we have all of our Chic's of the weeks for that month, the JUGS girls will decide who the Guest Designer will be for the following month!   

How to play: Please copy and use our graphic on your post. You need to upload your new project [no back dating please] for this week's challenge to your online blog or to a public photo gallery. Leave a link that goes directly to your project in the Linky Tools form at the bottom of this post. If you upload to online galleries, please use the keyword or tag, JUGS221. After you post to Linky Tools you may also leave a comment here.

Deadline to be considered for the "Chic of the Week" is 9:00 PM EST on Thursday, Jan 2nd.  The Linky Tools form will close at that time. Our top pick, "Chic of the Week", will be announced on the following Friday morning.

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year! 

Thanks for playing with us this week!   We can't wait to see what you create!

Stampendous December Challenge

The December challenge at Stampendous is to create a CAS Christmas card.  I needed some last minute cards so this challenge was perfect.

 

I stamped the snowflake from Stampendous Jumbo Snowflake Trio with Memento Luxe Nautical Blue and heat embossed with Stampendous Crystal embossing powder.  Added the sentiment with Memento Nautical Blue dye ink.  Very quick and easy.

 

Thanks for taking a look!

Just Us Girls Color Challenge #220

 

It's a color challenge this week, brought to us by the talented Sue T. at Just Us Girls!  Beautiful choice for the colors, Sue T.


Don't forget to check out our December Guest Designer Jan Del Bone!  She has an amazing creative style.

 

I used my beloved Tim Holtz deer die cut again.  Stamped the sheet music on kraft and die cut the deer.  Sponged with Distress Inks and topped it off with some TH Rock Candy Crackle Paint.  Added Christmas Red Stickles to the berries on the flourishes.  Colored the poinsettia, by Gina K with Twinkling H2Os and cut them out and layered.  It needed a little something, so I added the bow on the deer.

 

 

This was the original one I made for this challenge.  Added WPlus9 white ink (my favorite white) on the dry embossed snowflakes.  Die cut the larger snowflakes from brown and kraft cs, adding some Rock Candy Crackle Paint to the brown one.  Circle sentiment is from Gina K.  I wanted the small snow dots to stand out more, so colored with Sakura Stardust red gel pen.

Just a reminder that Just Us Girls is starting up the Guest Designer position once again!!  Winning  Chic of the Week puts you in the running for the GD spot.  At the end of the month, after we have all of our Chic's of the weeks for that month, the JUGS girls will decide who the Guest Designer will be for the following month!   

How to play: Please copy and use our graphic on your post. You need to upload your new project [no back dating please] for this week's challenge to your online blog or to a public photo gallery. Leave a link that goes directly to your project in the Linky Tools form at the bottom of this post. If you upload to online galleries, please use the keyword or tag, JUGS220. After you post to Linky Tools you may also leave a comment here.

Deadline to be considered for the "Chic of the Week" is 9:00 PM EST on Thursday, Dec. 26th.  The Linky Tools form will close at that time. Our top pick, "Chic of the Week", will be announced on the following Friday morning.

Thanks for playing with us this week!   We can't wait to see what you create!

Just Us Girls Technique Challenge #219

It's my turn to host the challenge at Just Us Girls this week.   For this week's challenge, I chose Faux Silk.  Splitcoaststampers has a great tutorial for this technique.  I love the soft look this gives to your background.

We would like to give a warm welcome back again this week our December Guest Designer  Jan Del Bone!

 

First I crinkled up some tan tissue paper twice.  Then followed the directions to adhere to some ivory cardstock. Lightly sponged the creases for more dimension and then stamped my images and sentiment.

I had to do one more.  I really like this look for a sympathy card.

Just a reminder that Just Us Girls is starting up the Guest Designer position once again!!  Winning  Chic of the Week puts you in the running for the GD spot.  At the end of the month, after we have all of our Chic's of the weeks for that month, the JUGS girls will decide who the Guest Designer will be for the following month!   

How to play: Please copy and use our graphic on your post. You need to upload your new project [no back dating please] for this week's challenge to your online blog or to a public photo gallery. Leave a link that goes directly to your project in the Linky Tools form at the bottom of this post. If you upload to online galleries, please use the keyword or tag, JUGS219. After you post to Linky Tools you may also leave a comment here.

Deadline to be considered for the "Chic of the Week" is 9:00 PM EST on Thursday, Dec. 19th.  The Linky Tools form will close at that time. Our top pick, "Chic of the Week", will be announced on the following Friday morning.

Thanks for playing with us this week!   We can't wait to see what you create!

Snowflakes!

There are 2 challenges this week to use snowflakes:
Addicted to CAS

 
and CASology

 

 

Embossed a piece of Core'dinations cardstock with a snowflake folder and lightly sanded to reveal the lighter core.  Added the Tim Holtz snowflake and 25 die cuts from some Core'dinations Glitter Silk.  Added a strip of washi tape and mounted onto a piece of gray cardstock die cut with a Spellbinders die.  Stamped the Kitchen Sink Stamps flourishes with WPlus9 white ink and the sentiment from Gina K with Vivid Teal ink.

 

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12 Tags of Christmas Day 12

The last tag is up at Ellen Hutson's The Classroom and it is by none other than Ellen Hutson herself!




Ellen uses some amazing products and techniques on her tag which I sadly do not have those products to achieve her look, so improvising once again! 

 

Not very happy with the results on this one :(.  Painted the tag with Distress Paint and misted to try to get a more gradient look then added some Distress Stain to try to get a more turquoise color like Ellen's - fail!  Stippled on some Tarnished Brass Distress Stain and dribbled on some Pearl Glimmer Mist.  Die cut the ornament from the tag and stamped the pine boughs with Memento Rose Bud.  Had to use vellum behind the die cut and stamped the scalloped borders in white and heat embossed then added Distress Stains trying for the faded out look.  Added a strip of ScorTape and rose colored glitter, then adhered to back of ornament opening.  The pine branch was found in my Christmas stash.  It was silver so used WPlus9 white ink, heat set, inked the raised areas with Memento Rose Bud then lightly added some Stickles in gold.

 

Thanks for taking a look!



12 Tags of Christmas Day 11

The 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist is almost over at Ellen Hutson's The Classroom!  Today's tag is created by Heather Campbell!

 

 

 

I got a little carried away with the poinsettias!  They aren't really poinsettias, I used an old set by SU, watercolor minis, this is as close as I could get.  I also stuck with the Tim Holtz tag die.  Stamped the background with SU Canvas background on the diagonal with Antique Linen Distress Ink.  Stamped the flowers with Worn Lipstick Distress ink and the leaves with Memento Pistashio and Northern Pine.  Added some depth to the flowers with a Tuscan Red Prismacolor marker and used a Prismacolor Gold marker for the centers.  The sentiment was stamped with Memento Northern Pine.  Tied some twine to the top.

 

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12 Tags of Christmas Day 10

It's day 10 at Ellen Hutson's The Classroom for the 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist!  The talented artist with today's tag is Jill Foster with a very cool background technique.

 

My version

 

The deer image is a couple of years old by Inkadinkado, stamped on some Tim Holtz watercolor paper for some texture.  I love the look of the gelatos, but I don't have any so I used Distress Stains for my background.  Misted the tag and applied the stains then misted again to let the colors blend.  Stamped the Joy in Versamark then Memento Grape Jelly, stamped and heat embossed with clear ep.  Snowflakes are a Martha Stewart punch and added some purple rhinestones.  Dyed the seam binding ribbon with some reinker, crinkling it up and letting it dry.

 

Thanks for visiting!

 

12 Tags of Christmas Day 9

The beautiful parade of tags continues at Ellen Hutson's The Classroom!  Today the talented Teri Anderson is featured.

I am very limited on shape dies, so I did a search for a clip art skate and found this one.  Cut it out by hand, sponged on some Antique Linen Distress ink, colored the blade with a silver Sharpee marker and pink gel pen on the laces.  I had some snowflake printed vellum on hand.  I did the frame of the tag with Barn Door Distress ink and spritzed with water. I don't sew, so pierced around the opening and drew the stitches with white gel pen.  Die cut individual letters from dp and added the punched vellum snowflake and bling.  This pales in comparision to Teri's lovely tag, but I did what I could with my resources.

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12 Days of Christmas Day 8

On the 8th day of Christmas Ellen Hutson's The Classroom brings to us Sharon Harnist!

 

Yes, my little deer has returned once again, this time flipped over and glittered!  Followed her directions to make the background, it's really a pretty effect.  Found some chipboard jingle bells and smeared them with Picket Fence Distress Stain.  Added some Rock Candy Distress Stickles to the greenery.  I just realized that I forgot to add the lace at the bottom, oops!

 

Thanks for taking a look!

The 12 Tags of Christmas Day 7

The 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist at Ellen Hutson's The Classroom is over halfway done.  Today's artist is Paula Cheney!



Die cut the tag from Gina K Soft Sand cardstock.  Stamped some flourishes randomly with Memento Bamboo Leaves, sponged the edges with Antique Linen Distress ink and then spritzed with gold Glimmer Mist.  The presents are from various stamp companies all colored with Prismacolor markers, cut out and stacked except for the bottom one.  I needed a larger package for the bottom of the pile so I hand cut it and then scored it with my ScorBuddy.  Added some touches of Sakura Stardust gel pens to the bows for some subtle sparkle.  The sentiment is by Studio G and stamped with Memento Northern Pine.  Tied some Bo Bunny red polka ribbon to complete it.

 

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12 Tags of Christmas Day 6

Day 6 at Ellen Hutson's The Classroom is featuring the super talented Julia Stainton!  She creates some of the most beautiful things.  Here is her gorgeous tag for inspiration

Here is my use what is at hand version

 

I didn't have any vintage Santas so went on a search and found this one from some tags from Nina Brackett that I saw the link on FaceBook.  Die cut the frame from some Grundge Board and first  embossed it with some vintage gold ep, but didn't like the look so I added some Distress Stickles in Antique Linen.  Still didn't care for it so dumped on some gold glitter and decided to stop there.  I didn't have any pretty roses, but still have a bunch of these Prima flowers.  Punched out some branches.  I remembered that I had some little charms and found the pearl in them.

 

Thanks for taking the time to visit!

Just Us Girls Sketch Challenge #218

Maria has come up with a great sketch for us to try at Just Us Girls!

We would like to give a warm welcome to our December Guest Designer  Jan Del Bone!

 

I varied from the sketch just slightly.  Used some digi dp from Mel Stampz, she has lots of free papers.  Used some washi tape on the bottom.  The snowman and sentiment are from Gina K and the large snowflake is from Stampendous.  The fur on the snowman's hat is chunky embossing powder glued on and not heat embossed.

Just a reminder that Just Us Girls is starting up the Guest Designer position once again!!  Winning  Chic of the Week puts you in the running for the GD spot.  At the end of the month, after we have all of our Chic's of the weeks for that month, the JUGS girls will decide who the Guest Designer will be for the following month!   

How to play: Please copy and use our graphic on your post. You need to upload your new project [no back dating please] for this week's challenge to your online blog or to a public photo gallery. Leave a link that goes directly to your project in the Linky Tools form at the bottom of this post. If you upload to online galleries, please use the keyword or tag, JUGS218. After you post to Linky Tools you may also leave a comment here.

Deadline to be considered for the "Chic of the Week" is 9:00 PM EST on Thursday, Dec. 12th.  The Linky Tools form will close at that time. Our top pick, "Chic of the Week", will be announced on the following Friday morning.

Thanks for playing with us this week!   We can't wait to see what you create!

12 Tags of Christmas Day 5

If you haven't checked out The 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist at Ellen Hutson's The Classroom you should definitely check them out.  Some really beautiful creations over there!
Today's tag is by Kelly Alvarez!

Die cut a tag from some diagonal striped cardstock, added ScorTape to the edges and added glitter.  Cut a rectangle of light blue dp, stamped the trees by Studio G and colored them with colored pencils and gel pens.  The balls on the trees are Souffle pen dots.  Freehand cut some "hills"  from some Glitter Silk by Core'dinations and lightly sponged on some light blue ink to define the hills better.  Made the little snowlady from 2 punched circles, also Glittersilk and half a circle for her hat and added a little punched circle for a pompom.  The eyes, mouth and carrot nose were colored with glaze gel pens. Tied some pink baker's twine for a scarf.  Glued a small Glitter Silk star over the circle and punched a little hole. Tied on some plain old twine to finish off.

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12 Tags of Christmas Day 4

The fun and amazing inspiration continues over at Ellen Hutson's - The Classroom.  Day 4 brings us the amazing and talented Kittie Caracciolo!   She makes the most gorgeous scenes.

 

My tag is a dumbed down version, but tried to stick with the theme and feel of Kittie's tag.

 

 

Yes, that deer is back again!  I don't have very many dies like these, so I just use what I have on hand.  Stamped and embossed the trees from Gina K with white ep and used a white souffle gel pen for the falling snow.  I did have a wavy crimper which I used on some shimmery white cardstock and cut 2 layers freehand into small rolling hills.  The little branch/bushes are a Martha Stewart punch.  Added some Distress Stickles in Rock Candy on the punched bushes and the edges of the hills.  The Tim Holtz deer was die cut from some darker blue cardstock and sponged around the edges with Distress ink in Faded Jeans.  Topped it off with a white satin ribbon.

 

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12 Tags of Christmas Day 3

Another beautiful tag over at The Classroom, this one by Ronda Palazzari!

I tried to stay with her design with what I had to work with.  It's really hard to see the music score background, I must have gone a little too heavy with the paints and stains.  I first tried to use Distress Stains since I had the colors that Ronda used, but that didn't work out very well,  Then I used the Distress Paints over my mess in 3 different colors and when dry, stamped the music over the paint.  Everything looked a little too bold, so out came the Picket Fence Distress Stain to tone it all down.  Stamped some gold snowflakes and a copper flourish.  I converted a fern die into a tree cut from patterned paper and sponged with Distress ink in Bungled Sage.  Stamped a script stamp on ivory cardstock and die cut the deer, then sponged with Distress inks in Antique Linen and Vintage Photo.  Stamped the sentiment and heat embossed with silver ep.  Tied on a gold ribbon to finish it off.

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12 Tags of Christmas Day 2

The fun continues over at The Classroom with a tag from Julie Ebersole

I didn't have any cityscape dies so I went with wood veneer trees.

I used Ivory instead of white cardstock.  Covered the trees with Tim Holtz Distress Stickles in Vintage Photo. Added two strips of ScorTape and sprinkled on the glitter.  Stamped the little snowflakes with Colorbox Bronze ink.  Stamped the sentiment onto vellum with Memento Luxe Rich Cocoa ink and finished it off by tying some cream floss.

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12 Tags of Christmas Day 1

Over at Ellen Hutson's The Classroom they have started the 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist.  I just love the inspiration they provide.
Day 1 is Jennifer McGuire's very creative tag:

And this is what I came up with:

I don't have any embossing paste and no small wreath stamp, so I stamped the holly leaves and berries on Gina K Heavy Weight White cs, colored with Touch Twin markers and cut them out to give them the depth. I added washi tape instead of cardstock layers and the stitching is also washi tape trimmed down.

Thanks for taking a look!

Just Us Girls - Wild Card

 

Nancy has a one layer, winter themed card challenge for us this week.  One layer cards are always tough for me, I feel like I really need to add layers!

 

Don't forget to check out our November Guest Designer, Nancy Penir - Artful Notions!

I had to add the swirly border because my image wasn't quite centered!  I think it turned out to be a good mistake.  The image is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black on Gina K Kraft cardstock and then colored with Prismacolor and Touch Twin Markers.  Added some Sakura clear glaze pen to the poinsettias and bells.  Used Tim Holtz Distress Stickles in Rock Candy on the bow.  The swirls and sentiment (by Basic Gray) were stamped with Memento Luxe ink in Rhubarb Stalk, I wish I would have used some clear embossing powder on the sentiment now.

Just like potato chips, I couldn't stop at one!  

Stamped the snowglobe, added some Stickles to the stars and snow.  Reverse masked and sprayed with some shimmer spray over the glass globe.  Heat embossed some snowflakes in white, added the sentiment then sponged blue ink all around.

Just a reminder that Just Us Girls is starting up the Guest Designer position once again!!  Winning  Chic of the Week puts you in the running for the GD spot.  At the end of the month, after we have all of our Chic's of the weeks for that month, the JUGS girls will decide who the Guest Designer will be for the following month!   

  

How to play: Please copy and use our graphic on your post. You need to upload your new project [no back dating please] for this week's challenge to your online blog or to a public photo gallery. Leave a link that goes directly to your project in the Linky Tools form at the bottom of this post. If you upload to online galleries, please use the keyword or tag, JUGS217. After you post to Linky Tools you may also leave a comment here.

Deadline to be considered for the "Chic of the Week" is 9:00 PM EST on Thursday, December 5th. The Linky Tools form will close at that time. Our top pick, "Chic of the Week", will be announced on the following Friday morning.

Thanks for playing with us this week!  We can't wait to see what you create!

Seeing Spots

Playing along with Reverse Confetti - Time for a Card Tuesday Color Challenge

And the Lawnscaping Challenge Polka Dots

Image stamps are by Gina K and colored with Touch Twin Markers and cut out.  Sentiment is from Cas-ual Fridays Stamps. The dp are pieces from my stash.  Ink used Memento Tuxedo Black and Nautical Blue.  Added a strip of gray washi tape down the left side.  Spellbinders dies to cut out the circle and reverse scallop circle.  White cardstock is from Gina K, absolutely no bleeding with alcohol markers  :)

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Just Us Girls Challenge #216 - Photo Inspiration

Vicki has a beautiful photo for our inspiration this week

 

 

I was really inspired by the colors and the polka dot and stripes.  I embossed some Core'dinations White Wash cardstock and sanded.  I just recently found this fun burlap paper by DCWV at Joann's to die cut the star, it's burlap on one side backed with kraft paper.  Had to use some of my Tim Holtz mini garland for some glitz.  The die cut branches are Core'dinations Shattered.

 

Welcome back again this week to our Guest Designer Nancy Penir!  Check her card out here:  http://artful-notions.blogspot.com/2013/11/jugs-216.html

 



Just a reminder that Just Us Girls is starting up the Guest Designer position once again!!  Winning  Chic of the Week puts you in the running for the GD spot.  At the end of the month, after we have all of our Chic's of the weeks for that month, the JUGS girls will decide who the Guest Designer will be for the following month!    

How to play: Please copy and use our graphic on your post. You need to upload your new project [no back dating please] for this week's challenge to your online blog or to a public photo gallery. Leave a link that goes directly to your project in the Linky Tools form at the bottom of this post. If you upload to online galleries, please use the keyword or tag, JUGS21t. After you post to Linky Tools you may also leave a comment here.

Deadline to be considered for the "Chic of the Week" is 9:00 PM EST on Thursday, November 21st. The Linky Tools form will close at that time. Our top pick, "Chic of the Week", will be announced on the following Friday morning.

Thanks for playing with us this week!  We can't wait to see what you create!

Christmas Gift Coasters

The November challenge at Stampendous is to make a handmade holiday gift.

 

I made stamped tumbled tile coasters.  The background is stamped with a script background in Saddle Stazon ink.  The flourish and the monogram are stamped in Timber Brown Stazon.  Used Quick Grip glue to adhere cork to the backs.  Quick gift!

 

Thanks for taking a look!

Just Us Girls Color Challenge #215

This week Marisa has chosen a gorgeous color combo for us at Just Us Girls - red, kraft, white and  brown.

 

And please welcome back Nancy Penir again this week, our November Guest Designer!

The tag was cut with the Tim Holtz die, then trimmed a little shorter.  Stamped the Gina K bird house with Memento Tuxedo Black and snowflakes with WPlus9 white ink (love this ink) directly on the tag.  Stamped it again on white and some woodgrain dp, paper pieced the woodgrain and popped up the bird. Added a piece of Bo Bunny ribbon and tied with some baker's twine, then added a large sequin beneath the little bow.  Punched the snowflakes out of some shimmery white cardstock and added some sequins and bling.

Just a reminder that Just Us Girls is starting up the Guest Designer position once again!!  Winning  Chic of the Week puts you in the running for the GD spot.  At the end of the month, after we have all of our Chic's of the weeks for that month, the JUGS girls will decide who the Guest Designer will be for the following month!   
 

How to play: Please copy and use our graphic on your post. You need to upload your new project [no back dating please] for this week's challenge to your online blog or to a public photo gallery. Leave a link that goes directly to your project in the Linky Tools form at the bottom of this post. If you upload to online galleries, please use the keyword or tag, JUGS21t. After you post to Linky Tools you may also leave a comment here.

Deadline to be considered for the "Chic of the Week" is 9:00 PM EST on Thursday, November 21st. The Linky Tools form will close at that time. Our top pick, "Chic of the Week", will be announced on the following Friday morning.

Thanks for playing with us this week!  We can't wait to see what you create!