Just Us Girls #798 - Stencil Week

 It's Anything Goes Stencil Week at Just Us Girls with our lovely Ina as our hostess!  Let's have some fun with your stencils.

Hop on over to JUGS to see what our fabulous Guest Designer, Greta Hess and the rest of our amazing Design Team have created with stencils this week.

Another Halloween card using the tree and moon stencil.  Sponged white ink through the stencil on black cardstock then added some yellow to the moon.  Added some shimmer pen on the moon for some shine.  Stamped the skeleton with Versamark and heat embossed with white ep and fussy cut.  Stamped the tombstone, colored by sponging a couple shades of gray and fussy cut.  Die cut the letters for the sentiment and added shimmer pen and adhered across the top of the trees.  Put it all together on a kraft card base.

Play along with us and you could be chosen as our next Winner 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 #797 - Mood Board Week

 It's Mood Board Week at Just Us Girls with Carol Mayne as our lovely hostess!  Carol has chosen an image that is so full of inspiration.

Now hop on over to JUGS to see what our fabulous Guest Designer, Greta Hess and the rest of our amazing Design team have created.

I was inspired by the colors, pumpkins and leaves.  The pumpkins were made out of die cut ovals and inking with orange inks.  Recognize those leaves?  Yes they were die cut from the leftover magicals piece from a couple weeks ago.  The sentiment is from Concord & 9th.  Die cut the gold frame and added to the kraft card base.

Come play along with us and you could be chosen as our next Winner 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 #796 - Word Week

 It's Word Week at Just Us Girls and it's my turn to be hostess.  Our word is Halloween!  This gives you time to get all of your Halloween cards ready and sent out ahead of time.

Hop on over to JUGS to see what our amazing Guest Designer, Greta Hess and the rest of our talented Design Team have created with Halloween.

Started by inking a white panel with Distress Inks in purples, dark blue and black.  Stamped and heat embossed the haunted house and treen (Gina K).  Added yellow gel pen to the windows and white for the little ghost in the doorway.  Die cut the moon from white and inked with a couple shades of yellow.  Adhered the moon then stenciled the flying bats.  Last, added the ghosts and the die cut Boo.  Yes, there is a little oops on the bottom of the card base from some accidental splatter of white paint when I shook the jar.  Homemade cards do not need to be perfect ;)

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

Old Birthday Boy

 Playing along with Art Impressions Challenge #413 - In the Navy using this dapper gentleman.  

This is for my Old Man!  Using AI Birthday Laugh Lines stamped the birthday boy and colored with alcohol ink markers and paper pieced his shirt and added some clear shimmer pen to the balloon.  Outlined his glasses with a black gel pen.  Matted on some navy cardstock.  Inked the birthday embossing folder with some navy ink and embossed onto a lighter blue panel and used the same blue for the card base.  I stamped the sentiment from the same set cutting out the You're not old, for the front and added the rest of the sentiment to the inside.

Thanks for dropping by for a closer look!

Just Us Girls #795 - Die Week

 It's time for Die Week at Just Us Girls with Bobby as our lovely hostess and she is challenging us to use Leaves.

A new month means a new Guest Designer!  Please welcome Greta Hess who will be joining us for October!  Jump on over to JUGS to see what Greta and the rest of our amazing Design Team have created using dies and leaves.

Background stamped with a woodgrain stamp and die cut the brown grid coverplate and adhered to the woodgrain panel.  Used some Lindy's Magicals (thanks to Ina for introducing me to these) in red and orange on some watercolor paper and die cut the leaves that I inherited from my sister's collection.  Added some brown marker to the veins of the leaves.  Die cut the sentiment from dark brown and copper cardstock and inlaid the letters into the shadow piece.  Die cut the frame and heat embossed with some Spice ep from Stampendous.

Come play along with us and you could be chosen as our next Winner 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 #794 - Stencil Week

 It's time for our Anything Goes Stencil Week at Just Us Girls with Lisa as our lovely hostess.  Pull out those stencils and have some fun!

A huge Thank You to Jaydee for joining us this past month with all of her awesome creations!  Check out JUGS to see what our talented Guest Designer, Jaydee and the rest of our amazing Design Team have created with stencils this week.

This is for my grandson's 16th birthday.  Using some old Gina K sets.  Stamped and heat embossed the car with black, then colored in the flames, lights windows adding some shimmer pen over the coloring.  Fussy cut the car.  Stenciled the street with white ink on black.  Sponged on ink for the sky kind of randomly then die cut the sun and used the negative to stencil in the sun, which I now wished I had stenciled before inking the blue.  Added some yellow shimmer pen to try to brighten the sun a little more.  Stamped the sentiment and separated the words and added to a blue die cut banner and topped it with the red die cut 16.

Come play along with us and you could be chosen as our next Winner 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 #793 - Mood Board Week

 It's Mood Board Week at Just Us Girls with Bobby as our lovely hostess and she has chosen a beautiful scene for our inspiration.

Hop on over to JUGS to see how our amazing Guest Designer, Jaydee and the rest of our talented Design Team were inspired by this week's Mood Board.

I was inspired by the stone crock.  Pretty simple one layer card using Gina K Vogue Vases and Various Sentiments.  Stamped the vase with Distress Oxide Hickory Smoke and did a rock and roll technique to add the Scorched Timber.  Masked the vase and stamped the branches.  Colored the buds with orange gel ink pen.  Stamped the sentiment in black all on an ivory card base.

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Just Us Girls #792 - Word Week

 It's time for Word Week at Just Us Girls and Carol Mc is our fabulous hostess and has chosen the word "Container".  Let your imagination run wild with this!

Come check out JUGS to see what containers were used by our lovely Guest Designer, JayDee and the rest of our amazing Design Team.

My Containers hold beer!  Perfect for toasting for a celebration.  I used Altenew's Bottleful and colored by sponging Distress Inks.  Positioned them to be clinking for the toast and added an unbranded cheers die cut sentiment.  Put it together on a piece of a music score background.  I wasn't able to find a card base in the color I wanted, so inked the edges of a cream colored base with Distress Oxide Fossilized Amber.

Play along with us and you could be chosen as our next Winner 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 #791 - Die Week

 It's Die Week at Just Us Girls with Vicki as our lovely hostess with Anything Goes using dies!

With the start of a new month means a new Guest Designer!  Please welcome Jaydee!  Now hop on over to JUGS to see what Jaydee and the rest of our amazing Design Team have created using dies.

Using a few unknown dies for this card for my sister wishing her a quick recovery and to let her know that I love her.  Heart die small cover plate for the background in ivory backed with pink shimmer cardstock.  Die cut the bigger heart from some darker pink, the same as the card base.  The band aid has a cut out heart that I used the same pink shimmer for the inlaid heart.

Come play along with us and you could be chosen as our next Winner 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 #790 - Stencil Week

 It's time for our Anything Goes Stencil Week at Just Us Girls with Carol Mayne as our hostess, so pull out those stencils and let your imagination go wild!

Hop on over to JUGS to see what our talented Guest Designer, Julie Beech and the rest of our amazing Design Team have created with stencils this week.  Thank you, Julie for joining us this past month with all of your awesome creations!

Using random pieces from my stash.  Unknown stencil for background with Distress Oxide ink on kraft.  Glittery heart layered onto a copper spritzed piece.  Layered Love die (again unknown) and Tim Holtz you die.

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Just Us Girls #789 = Mood Board Week

 It's Mood Board Week at Just Us Girls with Lisa as our lovely hostess and she has chosen a perfect photo for our inspiration with school starting soon.

Hop on over to JUGS to see what our amazing Guest Designer, Julie Beech and the rest of our talented Design Team have created.

I was inspired by the chalkboard, book and apple.  Using a Gina K image for the stack of books with the apple sitting on top, colored and fussy cut.  Added some clear glaze pen to the apple for some shine.  The background is from Unity stamped in white pigment ink on black.  Stamped and heat embossed the paper clip boarder from the same Gina K set with silver ep onto the red card base.

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This is also a fit to the Tic Tac Toe Challenge # 277 using the first column

King of the Club

 Playing along with Art Impressions Sports & Leisure Challenge #410.  Golfing is both Sports & Leisure as far as I'm concerned, even though it can be quite frustrating at times.

AI Golden Oldies are such fun images and I love this old golfer taking a swing!  Colored him with alcohol ink markers then die cut with an oval die, trimming around the end of the club for an out of the box look.  Layered onto another green die cut oval.  Stenciled the background with Distress Oxide in in Lucky Clover.  Stamped the sentiment also from AI, but a different set with a green ink.

What do you think of this dapper golfer?  Want to play a round of golf with him?

Just Us Girls #788 - Word Week

 It's Word Week and Just Us Girls and our fabulous hostess, Elizabeth has chosen the word Birthday!  

Hop on over to JUGS to see all of the awesome birthday creations by our Guest Designer, Julie Beech and the rest of our amazing Design Team.

A little fun with this Whipper Snapper flamingo.  Colored with alcohol ink markers and fussy cut.  Using a piece of patterned paper from my stash and die cut a stitched scalloped panel from white and put it together onto a pink card base.  Stamped the sentiment in black directly onto the patterned paper.

Come play along with us and you could be chosen as our next Winner 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 #787 - Die Week

 It's time for our Die Week Challenge at Just Us Girls and Elizabeth is challenging us to use florals!  We all have an overabundance of floral dies, so pull them out and play along with us.

It's the beginning of a new month and that means a new Guest Designer!  Please welcome Julie Beech!  Hop on over to JUGS to see what Julie and the rest of our Design Team have created with florals.

Using an unknown floral die and alcohol ink markers on glossy cardstock.  Yellow gel pen added to the flower centers.  The background is a piece of gauzy tissue that was used to pack something I ordered and adhered to a piece of white cardstock.  Stamped the sentiment in black and Versamark and heat embossed with clear ep.  The card base and sentiment strip are Wild Lilac by Gina K.

Come play along with us and you could be chosen as our next Winner 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 #786 - CASE a DT Member

 This is kind of a free for all challenge at Just Us Girls this week with Ina as our hostess.  It's time to check all of the Design Team's creations and choose one to CASE.  Who will you choose to CASE this week?

Hop on over to JUGS to see what our talented Design Team have created, then join in on the fun!

For my baseball loving grandson.  Using a mix of various sets.  Wanted the baseball to look like it was being hit out of the park.  Sakura clear glitter pen used on the "smoke" puffs and colored in the center of the image with a light blue alcohol marker.  Die cut the baseball adding the lines with red gel pen.  Stamped and fussy cut the bat.  Die cut the banner in red and stamped the sentiment with navy ink.

Come play along with us and you could be chosen as our next Winner 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 #785 - Stencil Week

 It's Stencil Week at Just Us Girls with Bobby as our hostess!  Pull out those stencils and have some fun!

Hop on over to JUGS to see what our Guest Designer, Donna Mikasa and the rest of our Design Team have created this week with stencils.  This is also our last week with Donna, so check out her page and leave some love.  Thank you, Donna for joining us this past month!

Using a starburst stencil and Memento Luxe Dandelion ink.  Added the die cut stars in glitter and yellow and the banner stamp and die.  Put it together on a yellow card base.  Pretty basic.

Come play along with us and you could be chosen as our next Winner 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 #784 - Moodboard Week

 It's time for our Moodboard Week at Just Us Girls and Carol Mayne is our hostess and has chosen a fabulous board for our inspiration

Hop on over to JUGS to see what our talented Guest Designer, Donna Mikasa and the rest of our amazing Design Team have created.

Obvious inspiration from the little flowers.  I picked up this background stamp from the dollar store and it actually stamped decent.  Applied ink to the flowers with a small round brush and the green areas are alcohol markers.  Die cut the Concord & 9th flower and added some clear glaze and a candy dot after it dried.  Stamped the sentiment and die cut with a banner die.  Put it together on a coral card base.

Come play along with us and you could be chosen as our next Winner 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 #783- Word Week

It's Word Week at Just Us Girls and Vicki is our hostess and has chosen a perfect summer word, Water!

Hop on over to JUGS to see what our amazing Guest Designer, Donna Mikasa and the rest of our talented Design Team have created with Water.

Started with a piece of watercolor paper and just kept adding various watercolors and inks for the variation in blues.  Cut a piece off of a cover plate die for the waves.  Die cut the sailboat coloring with alcohol ink markers and leaving the sails white.  Snipped a piece of red cardstock for the little flap on top of the mast.  Die cut a blue banner die and layered onto red, putting it all together on a white card base.

Come play along with us at JUGS and you could be chosen as our next Winner 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 #782 - Die Week

 It's time to play with your dies again here at Just Us Girls for our Die Week challenge.  Carol Mc. is our hostess for this challenge and she would like to see "Summer Things".

With the start of a new month means a new Guest Designer.  Please welcome Donna Mikasa!  Hop on over to JUGS to see what Donna and the rest of our talented Design Team have created.

Summer to me is more golf!  This sassy golfer is from Art Impressions.  Stamped the image then paper pieced her visor and skort.  Colored with a combination of alcohol markers, Prismacolor pencils and some gel pen.  Die cut the image with a rectangle die as well as the teal and green layers.  Stamped the sentiment in Memento Pine Green and die cut with a banner die.

Come play along with us and you could be chosen as our next Winner 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 #781 - Anything Goes Stencil Week

 It's Anything Goes Stencil Week at Just Us Girls with Bobby as our lovely hostess.  

Check out JUGS to see what our talented Guest Designer, Joanne James and the rest of our amazing Design Team have created using stencils.

I think this is our last Grad party for this year.  Stenciled the stars with Memento Luxe yellow ink on a linen card base.  Stamped the sentiment in Memento navy ink.  Die cut a couple of layered stars in yellow and glitter paper then colored the glitter star with a blue alcohol ink marker.  I always try to make grad cards in the school colors and this year I had 2 that were blue and gold and the other was blue and white.

Come play along with us and you could be chosen as our next Winner 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 #780 - Moodboard Week

 It's time for our Moodboard Week at Just Us Girls and Vicki has chosen a beautiful scene for our inspiration.

Hop on over to JUGS to see how this inspired our Guest Designer, Joanne James and the rest of our amazing Design Team.

I was drawn to the poppies and the blue of the sky and water.  Inked a striped embossing folder with blue ink and ran it through my Big Shot.  I've had these poppies for a long time and now am finally using them from Concord & 9th.  Stamped the poppies in Memento Morrocco and DI Aged Mahagony, die cut with the matching dies and added black glaze pen in dots to the centers.  Die cut some stems from another set in green.  Die cut the unknown tag and stamped the sentiment with more Morrocco.  Die cut a little bow from another unknown set and colored with alcohol ink pen.  Put it all together on a white linen card base.

Come play along with us and you could be our next Winner 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 #779 - Word Week

 This week at Just Us Girls it is Word Week and Carol Mayne is challenging us to use numbers.

Come check out JUGS to see what our Guest Designer, Joanne James and the rest of our Design Team have created using numbers.

More graduation!  This is a card box that I made for my niece's party.  The base is just a cardboard box and the top is a 12 x 12 stretched canvas all spray painted royal blue.  Die cut letters and numbers were added to the band.  The tassel was made from embroidery floss. 

Come play along with us and you could be chosen as our next Winner 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 #778 - Die Week

 It's time for our Die Week challenge at Just Us Girls and Ina is challenging us to use layers with our die cuts.

It's the start of a new month, which means a new Guest Designer.  Please welcome Joanne James who will be joining us for the month of June!  Hop on over to JUGS to see what Joanne and the rest of our amazing Design Team have done with die cut layers.

Still grad season here.  The background was stenciled with yellow stars on this mini slimline card.  Added a couple of die cut stars and a die cut banner with the sentiment heat embossed with yellow ep.  Had a little boo boo on the lower edge of the card, so I added a couple of blue striped pieces to the top and bottom edges.

Come play along with us and you could be chosen as our next Winner 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 #777 - CASE a DT Week

This month their is a 5th Thursday, so it's CASE a DT Week at Just Us Girls.! Who will inspire you to CASE them?

Hop on over to JUGS to see what our amazing Design Team have created this week and pick one out to CASE.

Since it is graduation time and I needed a few cards for the occasion, it was a perfect opportunity to get this card done.  This one is pretty simple.  Inked up a striped embossing folder with some blue ink and ran it through my Big Shot.  Die cut a large star from some white linen cardstock and then die cut the 2025 with a Concord & 9th set from both blue and white glitter cardstock.  It's hard to see, but the outline of the numbers is the glitter cardstock.

Come play along with us and you could be chosen as our next Winner 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 #776 - Stencil Week

 It's that time to pull out those beloved stencils for our Anything Goes Stencil Week at Just Us Girls with Lisa as our lovely hostess!

Hop on over to JUGS to see what our Guest Designer, Rosemary Dennis and the rest of our Design Team have created this week with stencils.

Using Gina K Inspiration Mosaic background embossed with gold ep.  Masked off each block and used various stencils to fill each one for a One Layer Card.  Sent this off to my daughter-in-law

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