Just Us Girls #516 - Wild Card Week

There is a 5th Saturday this week, so that means it's Wild Card Week at Just Us Girls and Vicki has chosen Anything Goes!

A huge THANK YOU to Kristin Sluhan for being our Guest Designer this past month!  Visit JUGS to see what Kristin and the rest of the talented Design Team have created for this Anything Goes Challenge.

This was made for my grandson who is going to be 14.  He is already 6'5" and loves to play basketball.  I combined many sets including the basketball from Gina K, sentiment from CASual Fridays, jagged frame with stars from Fiskars, wood background from Concord & 9th and flames from Clear Stampz.  The flames were stamped with yellow, orange and red inks, then blended with Touch Twin markers then added some red glimmer paste from Gina K.  Colored the jagged frame in with a darker brown to give the effect of the basketball breaking through.  Added some yellow Wink of Stella to the stars.  The basketball was stamped first, masked and then the flames, added some painters tape to cover part of the flames and stamped the jagged frame.  The background is ivory stamped with Hero Arts Soft Sand ink.  The sentiment was stamped with Memento Espresso Truffle and adhered to a Gina K Warm Cocoa card base.

Let you imagination run wild and join us for our Wild Card Week at JUGS!  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.

Glittery Framed Sketch

Playing around with some glitter paper using the sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch! and the challenge at CAS of Friday to use a frame.

  

Using a set from Kaiser Kraft stamped the tree with green Stazon ink onto some gold glitter cardstock and cut out.  Used some square dies to frame the sentiment using some brushed gold and gittered gold cardstocks.  Stamped the sentiment with Memento Pine ink and added some gold gel pen to the stars.  The lower half of the card was inked with Delicata Gold Glitz ink direct to paper then added the background die over the gold ink.  It's hard to capture all of the sparkle on this card.

I really appreciate you dropping by for a closer look!

Reindeer for Christmas

Another Christmas card inspired by the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch!

The big reindeer head was made with a pear die, word window punch for the ears and a branch die for the antlers.  Die cut the head then stamped the heart for the nose and drew the mouth and eyes.  Added some chalk to the cheeks and the ears.  Sponged Distress Ink in Walnut Stain around the edge.  Added white gel pen dots to the eyes.  Used a Tim Holtz plaid stencil for the background sponging black ink onto kraft.

Hope you like my little reindeer and thanks for visiting!

Just Us Girls #515 - Photo Week

Its Photo Week at Just Us Girls and Maria has chosen a beautiful, but frozen scene for our inspiration.

Come visit JUGS to see how this photo inspired our November Guest Designer Kristin Sluhan and the rest of the amazing Design Team.

This uses some of the pieces on my desk from playing around.  The background (behind the trees) was made with hand sanitizer and Perfect Pearls, I can't remember where I saw this technique done.  It has shimmer and texture.  Die cut the trees from some wood look paper giving them some character.  The little snowman is from Gina K and was colored with Touch Twin markers and fussy cut.  The sentiment is from a Tim Holtz die set.  Added some Nuvo Drops in white spread across the bottom and sprinkled on some white and clear glitter.  Adhered it all together onto a red card base.

Now it's your turn to show us at JUGS how this Photo inspired you!  You could be chosen as our next Chic of the Week, which would then put you in the running for a chance to become our next Guest Designer!  Please limit your entries to 3.

Sketch in Kraft

Sneaking a card into this week's sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches.

Used a Tim Holtz striped stencil and sponged Distress Oxide ink in Fired Brick onto kraft.  This was supposed to be stenciled directly onto the kraft card base, but the ink got where it wasn't supposed to be and the washi tape masking off the area to be inked pulled off some of the cardstock, so trimmed the panel to layer onto a Gina K Skeleton Leaves card base.  Stamped the tree from Kaiser Kraft with Memento Bamboo Leaves onto kraft.  Stamped the sentiment from Stamplorations with Memento Rhubarb Stalk ink and trimmed and fishtailed the ends.

I really appreciate you dropping by for a closer look!

Just Us Girls #514 - Color Week

It's Color Week at Just Us Girls and our multi-talented Angie is our hostess this week choosing a beautiful combination for our inspiration!

Check out JUGS to see what our Guest Designer Kristin from Lilypad Designs and the rest of the amazing Design Team have created using this color combo.

This was so hard to get a decent photo of!  Started by stamping the ornament with teal ink on some lighter teal cardstock, then stamped the design with Deco Foil Transfer Gel and foiled with teal foil.  Had a couple little smudges, so stamped the little snowflakes around the ornament and added white gel pen dots.  Die Cut different sizes of squares in the dark and light teals and inlaid them together.  I didn't like the lighter layer, so added some Wink of Stella clear shimmer pen.  Used a Tim Holtz snowflake embossing folder and embossed a piece of Core'dination teal cardstock and sanded the raised areas.  Die cut and foiled the "joy" with teal foil and layered it all onto a darker teal 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.

Twofer Holiday Greenery

Joining in on this month's challenge at Twofer Card Challenge to use Holiday Greenery.

I used the same stamp set to create a sympathy card and a Christmas card.  The full image was stamped on the sympathy card with the sentiment Peace, Prayers and Blessings and the pine cone colored with Touch Twin markers.  The Christmas card was stamped using only a part of the image stamping around the edge to frame the Peace and Joy sentiment.  I used the Gina K set Peace and Joy.

Thanks for dropping in!

Red and White Christmas

I was inspired by the sketch challenge at CAS(E) this Sketch!

Used a Tim Holtz diagonal stripe stencil and added Gina K glimmer paste in red.  After it was dry, dye cut with a tag die.  Stamped the Santa Hat from Tim Holtz and colored with Touch Twin markers and die cut with the coordinating die.  Die cut the "merry" 3 times and glued together.  Stamped Christmas and cut it out.  Added a die cut bow and a dot of Nuvo Drops in red.  Added Stardust Stickles to the white parts on the hat, the bow and the merry.

Thanks for stopping by for a closer look!

Just Us Girls #513 - Trend Week

It's Trend Week time at Just Us Girls and this is a fantastic challenge for us this week chosen by our hostess Carol!  This is pretty wide open for creating anything but a card.

Come over to JUGS to see what our November Guest Designer, Kristin Sluhan and the rest of the amazing Design Team have created.

I made some wintery coasters by stamping various snowflakes onto tumbled tiles using Stazon and Brilliance inks.  After the ink was completely dry, sprayed with a matte sealer then glued cork squares onto the back.

Come share with us your creations for anything but a card 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 #512 - Word Week

It's time for Word Week at Just Us Girls and Ina has chosen a very timely Word for us.

I would like to welcome our November Guest Designer - Kristin Sluhan!  Come over to JUGS to see how Kristin and the rest of the awesome Design Team are inspired by the Word Thanks.

Using Gina K's Something Good in Every Day and the sentiment from Concord & 9th - Lace Leaf.  First stamped the flowers in fall colors on ivory masking  as I went.  Colored and enhanced the flowers with Prismacolor pencils.  With the flowers all masked, stamped the wood slice then added the leaves.   Stamped the sentiment directly on top of the images with Memento Espresso Truffle.  Layered onto some soft brown cardstock and onto a kraft base.

Come share your Thanks creations with us and you could be chosen as our next Chic of the Week, which would put you in the running at a chance to become our next Guest Designer!  Please limit your entries to 3.