Just Us Girls #507 - Photo Week

It's Photo Week at Just Us Girls and Maria has chosen a beautiful :Photo for our inspiration!

Sadly, this is our last week with our September Guest Designer, Janet Ribet!  Thank you Janet for joining us this past month with all of your awesome creations!  Now hop on over to JUGS to see how this Photo inspired Janet and the rest of the amazing Design Team.

Stamped red ink on red cardstock with the woodgrain background from Concord & 9th.  Stamped and die cut the sunflowers from Gina K's A Year of Flowers and colored with Touch Twin markers.  Stenciled the leaves on the background with Distress Oxide ink in Peeled Paint.  Added a piece of cardboard from some packaging, layered the sunflowers and added the sentiment banner tied with some raffia.

Come show us how you are inspired by this Photo and you could be chosen as our next Chic of the Week!  If chosen as our Chic of the Week, you then would be eligible at a chance to become our next Guest Designer.  Please limit your entries to 3 

Just Us Girls #506 - Color Week

It's the third Saturday of the month, which means it's time for our Color Week Challenge at Just Us Girls and Lisa has chosen a beautiful combination for us to play with this week.

Come on over to JUGS to see how Janet Ribet, our Guest Designer and the rest of the amazing Design Team have used these colors as inspiration.

I had just received my new A Year of Flowers dies from Gina K and couldn't wait to use them, hence the mint colored poinsettia!  I didn't have any mint, but the Tim Holtz Cracked Pistachio seemed to work.  The poinsettia  is stamped onto watercolor paper then used a waterbrush and the Distress ink to color it.  Added some Nuvo Drops to the center in Dove Gray.  Sponged the Cracked Pistachio onto some white cardstock leaving the center white.  The frame is from Memory Box and die cut from some gray Core'dinations.  Sanded the raised areas, but didn't make it light enough, so used a chalk pen to add the highlights.  Stamped the sentiment from Gina K in Slate Gray.

What are you going to create using thiese colors?  Come share you creations with us at JUGS and you could be chosen as our next Chic of the Week, which would then make you eligible at a chance to become our next Guest Designer.  Please limit your entries to 3.  

Just Us Girls #505 - Trend Week

It's Trend Week at Just Us Girls and Angie has chosen a very popular current trend - Stacking Die Cuts!

Come check out JUGS to see how our Guest Designer, Janet Ribet and the rest of the amazing Design Team have used Stacking Die Cuts.

I recently received these gen dies free in an order from Concord & 9th and this challenge was the perfect time to use theme.  Since it's a Gem I had to go sparkly.  Die cut the gem pieces from glitter cardstock.  Stamped the Turnabout from Concord & 9th in pinks and grays then used Sakura Stardust pens in silver and pink to go over some of the dots for more sparkle.  Matted onto a pink glitter circle and onto a black glitter layer.  Adhered the light pink glitter piece to a white card base.  Used a silver metallic gel pen to fill in the letters on the sentiment.  A little over the top glittery.

Come play along in our Trend Challenge and you could be chosen as our next Chic of the Week, which would then make you eligible at a chance to become our next Guest Designer!  Please limit your entries to 3. 

Just Us Girls #504 - Word Week

The first week of the month means that it's time for Word Week at Just Us Girls and Vicki has chosen the perfect word for the beginning of September - School!

I would like to welcome our September Guest Designer - Swanlady Janet Ribet!  Hop on over to JUGS to see what Janet and the rest of our amazing Design Team have created with the word School in mind.

Playing around some some Unity and Gina K stamps.  The background was part of an advertisement received in the mail, trimmed it down and stamped the ABCs and 123s in Memento Teal ink.  Stamped the report card in Memento Nautical Blue, the sentiment in red and the A+ in a royal blue.  Stamped the books with the apple from Gina K and colored with Touch Twin markers and fussy cut.  Matted onto some teal cardstock and onto a  yellow card base.

Come play along with us and you could be chosen as our next Chic of the Week, which would then make you eligible at a chance to become our next Guest Designer!  Please limit your entries to 3.