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 A CAS Christmas card using Ellen Hutson's Santa's Flight and Tim Holtz Crazy Birds Accessories.

Stamped the sentiment in Memento Northern Pine.  Stamped the Santa Hat and die cut with the coordinating die.  Colored with alcohol markers and added some Stickles Frosted Lace to the hat brim and pom pom.

Entering this at The Male Room, 52 Christmas Card Throwdown and Simply Clean & Simple Card Designs

Thanks for stopping by and a very Merry Christmas to all!

Still Working on Christmas Cards

 Trying to finish up my Christmas cards and drew inspiration from several challenges.

This was the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches.  The background is navy pearl cardstock and used a snowflake flourish die with glittered cardstock and added the sentiment in red from Concord & 9th.

Next uses the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches.  I used one of my favorite Clearly Besotted sets.  Colored with alcohol markers.

This was inspired by AAA Cards using the beautiful combination of Black, White and Gold.  Die cut the big snowflake from white cardstock and covered with Stickles in Frosted Lace.  Inked the base banner with Golden Glitz ink and added the black layer with the sentiment embossed in gold ep.  Layered onto a piece of soft gold cardstock and layered onto a white card base.

And one more inspired by Can You Handle the Pressure? and Time Out Challenge.  Inked the raised area of the embossing folder with white ink and embossed onto light blue cardstock.  Die cut the sentiment from white glittered cardstock and mounted onto a white card base.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by!

Just Us Girls #707 - CAS Week

It's CAS Week at Just Us Girls and it's a fun one brought to us by our lovely hostess Bobby!  The challenge is In a Circle, how fun is that!  

This will be our last challenge for this year.  We will be taking a break for the month of December to be able to prepare for the upcoming holidays and to spend precious time with our loved ones.

Come check out JUGS to see what our awesome Guest Designer, Melissa Craig and the rest of our amazing Design Team have created In a Circle.

I dug way back in my vast collection and found this very old Stampin Up set.  I made masks of each part of it inking the snowflake and the dotted scalloped border with Brilliance Blue ink and the word circle with Hero Arts Red Royal ink on a white card base.  Super simple!

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.

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas season!

Just Us Girls #706 - Photo/Moodboard Week

 It's time for our Photo/Moodboard Week at Just Us Girls and Carol Mc. has chosen a beautiful Moodboard full of inspiration.

Check out JUGS to see how our amazing Guest Designer, Melissa Craig and the rest of our very talented Design Team were inspired by the Moodboard.

It's pretty obvious what inspired this simple card, that fun cake.  Stamped the trees in Pine Green, Teal and Lime Green and stamped the sentiment from a Concord & 9th set in Royal Red.  Mounted onto a red card base.  Pretty simple!

And 1 more!  Using Concord & 9th Joy set and dies, an unknown ornament die, small bow die and Martha Stewart punch for the greenery.  Background is Tim Holtz snowflake embossing folder inked with Golden Glitz ink and embossed.

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.

Just Us Girls #705 - Word Week

 It's Word Week at Just Us Girls and Carol M. is our lovely hostess this week and has chosen a very timely word for our inspiration.

Check out JUGS blog to see how our awesome Guest Designer, Melissa Craig and our amazing Design Team were inspired by Thanks or Thanksgiving.

This cute little turkey looks a little scared.  I found this set a thrift store last year and I don't know who made it.  Stamped with Memento Espresso Truffle and then with Versamark and heat embossed the turkey's body first.  Masked off the body and stamped the dotted feathers with Versamark and heat embossed with buttercup yellow ep.  Colored in the tail feathers with watercolor markers from Altenew.  I had a little oopsy on the bottom, so in come the acorns.

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.

Just Us Girls #704 - Color Week

 It's Color Week at Just Us Girls and Carol M. has chosen the perfect color combo for some of us to get started on our Christmas cards!

The start of a new month means a new Guest Designer, please welcome the very talented Melissa Craig!  Now come on over to JUGS to see what Melissa and the rest of our amazing Design Team have created with these colors.

Started with a green foiled Gina K background.  It's so hard to get a good photo of foil.  Die cut the unbranded tree from some white glittered cardstock that I colored with an alcohol marker and used a punch from the white glittered cardstock for the star leaving it white.  Die cut the sentiment from more white glittered paper and colored the pieces with red and green markers.  Put it all together on a red 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.

Just Us Girls # 703

 It's time for CAS Week at Just Us Girls with Nancy as our fabulous hostess!  Remember to keep it Clean and Simple.

Come on over to JUGS to see what our talented Guest Designer, Bonnie Klass and the rest of our amazing Design Team have created using just the center of your card.

I went with a very old stamp from my stash, I believe it is a Studio G as well as the sentiment.  Stamped the jack-o-lantern face onto orange cardstock and filled in the eyes, nose and mouth with a yellow Sakura Moonlight gel pen, then added some yellow Stickles over the top.

Come play along 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.

Just Us Girls #702

 It's time for our Photo/Moodboard Week at Just Us Girls and Ina has chosen a very pretty fall photo/color combo for our inspiration.

Come check out JUGS to see how our talented Guest Designer, Bonnie Klass and the rest of our amazing Design Team were inspired by this photo/color combo.

Started out by taping off the edges of a white card base then heat embossing the leaf from Concord & 9th's Lace Leaf set with gold ep.  Did some ink blending with Distress Oxide inks, then added some water over the leaf and lifted some of the color with a paper towel.  Stamped the sentiment from the same set with Versafine black ink.  A one layer card!

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.

Just Us Girls #701

 It's Word Week at Just Us Girls and Lisa E. is our lovely hostess and she has chosen the very timely word Pumpkin!

Hop on over to JUGS to see all of the pumpkin creations by our fabulous Guest Designer, Bonnie Klass and the rest of the amazing Design Team!

A simple little Halloween card using a very old Studio G image of the pumpkins and cat.  Stamped

the image, then colored with Prismacolor pencils.  Stamped the image again with Versamark and heat embossed with black ep.  Randomly stamped the spider webs, also from Studio G in black on an orange 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.

Just Us Girls #700 - Color Week

 It's a big milestone at Just Us Girls this week celebrating our 700th challenge!  This week is our Color Challenge with our very own, fabulous Lisa Kind!  Some of our Design Team are offering up prizes for this challenge so make sure to visit each blog and leave a comment for a chance to win.

Here are the beautiful colors Lisa has chosen for this week's challenge

I would like to welcome our October Guest Designer - Bonnie Klass!  Now, hop on over to JUGS to see what Bonnie and the rest of the Design Team have created with these colors.

Stamped the Brutus Monroe background with Distress Oxide ink in Tumbled Glass on kraft.  Die cut the leafy branch from white cardstock and used a blending brush to blend Distress inks in Orange Marmalade and Rusty Hinge.  Inked the edges of a white card base with the Rusty Hinge.  Die cut the sentiment from Concord & 9th from kraft and heat embossed with clear ep.

Come play along with us and you could be chosen as our next Chic of the Week as well as win some fabulous prizes!  If chosen as our Chic of the Week, you would then be in the running to become our next Guest Designer!  Please limit your entries to 3.

Just Us Girls #699 - CASE a DT

 It's CASE a DT week at Just Us Girls.  The idea behind this is to CASE one of our Design Team members from this week's post.  

Hop on over to JUGS to see what our amazing Design Team have created and choose one of those creations to make one of your own.  CASE - copy and share everything.

I made this for a friend who retired from the sheriff's department.  Started with a piece of foiled, patterned paper from my stash, I think it was DCWV.  Die cut the stars in the brown and yellow/gold and layered them.  Used an unknown beer die and added some Stickles to the beer and Nuvo drops for the foam.  Stamped the sentiment directly on the patterned paper and heat embossed in black.

Choose one of our cards from this week's post to CASE and share it with us and 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.

Just Us Girls #698 - CAS Week

It's CAS Week at Just Us Girls and I'm the hostess this week. I would like to see the gallery filled with Sports themed creations this week, in a CAS style, of course.

  

First I want to say THANK YOU to Stephanie Lanzalotto for joining us this past month!  Now, hop on over to JUGS to see what Sporty creations Stephanie and the rest of our fabulous Design Team have made.

I remember way back in high school when the cheerleaders would decorated the player's lockers and that was what I was going for with this.  Yes, the shoes look a little large next to the locker, but this card is for my grandson who wears a size 15!  The locker and shoes are an old set from Gina K.  The basketball is an unknown die and the star is a punch stamped with a little 11, which is his basketball number.

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

Just Us Girls #697

 It's Photo/Moodboard Week at Just Us Girls and here is the awesome Moodboard selected by Carol for our inspiration.

Check out JUGS to see what our Guest Designer Stephanie Lanzalotto and the rest of our Design Team have created with this Moodboard as inspiration.

I stamped the apple from Gina K with orange and red Distress Oxide inks going for a blended look.  Masked the apple and stamped the green leaf shadow from Concord & 9th in Pistachio Memento ink the stamped the sentiment from another Concord & 9th set in black.  Die cut the panel with a pierced edge rectangle die.  Inked the edges of a white card base with the same Pistachio ink. 

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.

Just Us Girls #696 - Word Week

 We have our fabulous Design Team member Bobby as our hostess this week for Word Week at Just Us Girls and she has chosen the word Moon for our challenge.  I can't wait to see all of the beautiful moons filling the gallery!

Hop on over to our JUGS blog to see all of the Moons from our talented Guest Designer Stephanie Lanzalotto and the rest of the amazing Design Team.

Started by masking off the circle and blending Distress Inks in yellows.  Then masked off the moon and ink blended the entire background with Distress Inks in purples, blues and Black Soot.  Stamped the spooky scene from a very old Gina K set in black.  Stenciled the bats and stamped the sentiment from another old Studio G set.  Used a white gel pen to color the ghost in the doorway. Mounted onto a purple card base.

Another Halloween card.  Die cut a circle and sponged Distress Inks in yellows again.  Adhered to a piece of patterned paper then stenciled the cat and bats with Versafine Black Onyx ink.  Adhered to a piece of black and white polka dot paper and then to a white 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.

Just Us Girls #695 - Color Week

 It's Color Week at Just Us Girls and Lisa E. is our lovely hostess and she has chosen a beautiful color combo for our inspiration - Aqua and Apricot.

A huge WELCOME to our fabulous Guest Designer for the month of September - Stephanie Lanzalotto!  Come check out JUGS to see all of the amazing creations using this color combo by Stephanie and the rest of the talented Design Team.

Started with the striped paper from my stash in the perfect colors.  Die cut the happy from the patterned paper and then stamped birthday directly on the stripes.  Added the die cut balloons and colored the pieces and placed them back inside the die cut.  Put it all together having one of the strings going through the H onto an SU Apricot Appeal card base.

This one is a new, unbranded floral background stamp colored with watercolor pens.  Placed the die cut white frame over the flowers and added a die cut happy and stamped birthday strip and again used an Apricot Appeal 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.

Just Us Girls #694 - CAS Week

 It's my turn to be hostess at Just Us Girls for CAS Week and I went with a theme - Baby.

Come on over to JUGS to see all of the baby creations by our Guest Designer, Greta Hess and the rest of the Design Team.

I've had this cute little ducky in my collection for many years, it's by Suzy's Zoo, and I am still in love with it.  Started by stamping the little duck on a white card base and colored with Prismacolor Pencils.  Masked it and stamped the gingham with Distress Oxide Salt Water Taffy ink.  Added the sentiment from a very old SU set - So Very, stamped in a darker pink and stamped the tiny hearts in the Salt Water Taffy ink, then used my Word Window punch.  Almost a one layer card.

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.

Just Us Girls # 693 - Photo/Mood Board Week

 It's time for our Photo/Mood Board Week at Just Us Girls and Bobby has chosen an awesome collection for our inspiration.

Come on over to JUGS to see how our fabulous Guest Designer, Greta Hess and the rest of the amazing Design Team were inspired by this week's challenge.

It's easy to see what inspired this card.  The blue striped background was done with an inked embossing folder and the smaller square was stenciled in gray.  Pulled out an old Gina K set and stamped the starfish in a caramel colored ink and fussy cut.  The sentiment is from Mudrah and stamped in Memento Nautical Blue.  Put it all together onto a white card base.

Now it's your turn to share your creation with us.  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.

I am also adding this to the current Can You Handle the Pressure? challenge, anything goes with an optional twist of stripes.

Just Us Girls #692 - Word Week

 Our Lovely Lisa is our hostess this week at Just Us Girls for our Word Week Challenge and she has chosen the Word Bee to inspire us.

Hop on over to JUGS to see all of the Bee creations by our amazing Guest Designer, Greta Hess and the rest of the talented Design Team.

I went with a mini slimline using an unbranded honeycomb die that I inked with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Antique Linen.   Stamped, die cut and colored the little bee from Concord & 9th Be Mine stamp set and added Stickles to the wings.  Stamped the sentiment and die cut with a fishtail die and put it all together on a SU Barely Banana card base.

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

Just Us Girls #691- Color Week

 Over at Just Us Girls it's time for our Color Week Challenge and Vicki has chosen a very fresh and versatile color combo to inspire us.

Come on over to JUGS to welcome our new Guest Designer, Greta Hess who will be joining us for the month of August.  Now check it out to see how these colors inspired Greta and the rest of our fabulous Design Team.

I saw this technique over at Splitcoaststampers and had to give it a try.  Added the hollyhocks which were colored with markers in this week's challenge colors and added some green leaves which were colored by swiping Distress inks in greens direct to the leaves.  Added the sentiment from Gina K in Memento Nautical Blue. 

Come share your creation 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.