Just Us Girls #436 - Trend Week

It's Trend Week at Just Us Girls, a time to create using one of the current trends we are seeing all around Blogland!  Lisa is our hostess this week and she has chosen the ever trendy Black and White Stripes!

Come on over to the JUGS Blog to see what Karren Johnson, our April Guest Designer and the rest of the amazing Design Team have created using Black and White Stripes!

I paired the beautiful peonies from Altenew with the black and white bold strripes and stamping the sentiment directly onto one of the white stripes.  The card base is Apricot Appeal from SU.

I just had to make a second card using the black and white stripes.  I love this Gina K set, Lots of Lines.  Stamped the 3 squares onto white and added a bolder striped piece along the edge,  The leaves are a die cut from green vellum, left in the die and inked with Versamark and then heat embossed white green ep.

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

Birthday Flowers

I was working on a birthday card and came across this sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch!

I started with a pre-made watercolor card base and stamped the peonies from Altenew in shades of peache, pink and poppy red.  Added some colored pencil to blend the color a little more.  Masked the flowers and stamped the leaves in Memento Olive and colored with pencils.  Die cut the happy by Tim Holtz and stamped the birthday from Altenew.

Altenew 4th Anniversary

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Fall Florals

I've been needing too many sympathy cards lately!  I took my inspiration from the Curtain Call Challenge - Fall Florals and Altenew

Using my first and one of my favorite Altenew sets - Beautiful Day.  Stamping and masking.  I used fall colors in inks from Altenew, Memento and Hero Arts.  The sentiment is from Gina K.  One you make your masks, it all comes together pretty quickly with the help of my MISTI.

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Another Leaf Sketch

I am loving this new set from Concord & 9th!  Using it, this time for the challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches

This was really hard to get a good photo of with all of the metallics.  Used the woodgrain background, also from Concord & 9th stamped with Hero Arts Wet Cement ink on some kraft.  Stamped the splattery base of the leaf with Versamark and heat embossed with gold ep.  Stamped the leaf with Versamark and then heat embossed with some glittery copper ep over the gold ep.  Sponged the edges of the leaf panel with Distress Inks.  Stamped some leaves from Altenew on the Gina K Warm Cocoa base with Versamark and heat embossed with more gold ep.

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Purple and Yellow

A quick birthday card playing with my new stamps and dies from Altenew and Reverse Confetti.

I used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches

I used a pre-made card base by American Crafts.Added a Viva Decor Pearl Pen dot to the center of the flower.  The yellow panel was laying on my desk, so I just grabbed it up and went with the sketch.  I am loving the label sentiments from Altenew.

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