Just Us Girls #752 - Color Week

 It's time for Color Week at Just Us Girls with Carol Mayne as our lovely hostess and she has chosen a beautiful color combo for us to play with.

Since this is the first challenge of the month, that means we have a new Guest Designer!  Please welcome Jenn Borieson will be joining us for the entire month.  Hop on over to JUGS to see what Jenn and the rest of our amazing Design Team have created with these colors.

I had promised myself I would not buy any new products for Christmas, so I pulled out the old Gina K set and stamped the ornament onto some blue cardstock and heat embossed with gold ep and fussy cut.  Then I added some shimmer with a clear shimmer pen, which turned the blue a little darker.  Die cut the sentiment from white glitter paper and colored with a blue alcohol marker then added some clear ink then added some clear glaze.  Cut the ornament top and "AND" from white glitter cardstock and colored with a gold Sharpie.  Stamped and heat embossed the string to hand the ornament in gold.  

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 #747 - Color Week

 It's time for our Color Week Challenge at Just Us Girls and Lisa has chosen a fabulous combination for us to play with.

A huge welcome to Kerry Parkinson who will be joining us for the month of October as our Guest Designer!  Check out JUGS to see what Kerry and the rest of our amazing Design Team have created with this combo.

The embossed background was a piece I had laying on my desk with the oval already cut out, so decided to put it to use.  I inked over it with Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide Ink, but decided it was too dark, so sponged over that with some white ink, still a little dark, but oh well.  Die cut the branch and colored the leaves with chartreuse colored ink and the stem with the Hickory Smoke.  Added some Nuvo drops in light blue to the berries.  Die cut the sentiment from some light blue and the shadow from some light green vellum.  Put it together on a white linen 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 #743 - Color Week

 It's Color Week time at Just Us Girls and our fabulous Bobby has chosen a very versatile color combo for us to play with.

With a start to a new month brings us a new Guest Designer!  Please welcome the very talented Nance Salkeld!  Hop on over to JUGS to see what Nance and the rest of our amazing Design Team have created with these colors.

This is actually a very unconventional sympathy card for my brother-in-law.  My sister recently passed away very unexpectedly and she loved hot air balloons.  Stamped, colored and masked the ballons then die cut a large circle from some masking paper and used the negative to sponge on some blue ink for the sky.  Stamped and die cut the sentiment and done.

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.

I am also linking this to AAA Cards for their CAS with Optional Twist of Sympathy-Get Well

Just Us Girls #738 - Color Week

 We have a fabulous color combination from our amazing Carol Mc to start off August at Just Us Girls for Color Week!

And since it is the beginning of a new month, that means a new Guest Designer.  Please welcome the very talented Bonnie Klass who will be joining us for August!  Hop on over to JUGS to see what Bonnie and the rest of our talented Design Team have created with these colors.

Sending this off to someone very dear to me that is going through some rough medical issues.  Using the Dahlia Turn-a-bout stamp set from Concord & 9th stamped the petals in orange and hot pink inks.  Die cut the sentiment from glitter paper and shadow from black then colored the glitter paper with a pink alcohol marker.  Mounted to an orange card base and ready to pop it in the mail.

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 #734 - Color Week

 It's time for our Color Week at Just Us Girls and Stephanie has chosen a fresh combo for us to play with.

Since this is the start of a new month, that means a new Guest Designer!  Please welcome Cat Craig! Check out JUGS blog to see what Cat and the rest of the Design Team have created with these colors.

A Tequila Sunrise is what these colors screamed at me!  Die cut the drink glass twice, cutting from white and a watercolored piece trimming it down to fit in the glass and covered with clear glaze.  Die cut the circles from white glitter paper.  Stamped the sentiment using Lots of Dots alphabet set from Gina K in black on a piece of yellow vellum and heat embossed. The little dot by the sentiment was placed to cover a little smear.  Put it together on a piece of coral cardstock and matted with yellow then onto a white card base making a mini slimline.

Come share your creations 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 #730 - Color Week

 It's Color Week at Just Us Girls with Carol Mc as our fabulous hostess and she has chosen a great color combo for our inspiration this week!

First I would like to welcome the very talented Jane Taylor as our Jane Guest Designer!  Now, come check out JUGS to see how Jane and the rest of our amazing Design Team have used these colors.

I was in need of another sweet 16 birthday card and thought these colors were perfect for the occasion. Started by stamping the polka dot background with a very old Cornish Heritage Farms background stamp in Hero Arts Bubble Gum Pink.  Stamped the balloons from Avery Elle with the pink and an aqua ink and die cut with the coordinating dies.  The smaller balloon was stamped with a random polka dot circle and added the sweet 16 in pink.

Now it's your turn to show us your creations with these amazing colors.  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 #725 - Color Week

 It's time for Color Week at Just Us Girls with Bobby as our hostess and she has chosen a beautiful spring color combo for us to play with.

I would like to welcome Jenny Martin as our May Guest Designer!  Hop on over to JUGS to see what Jenny and the rest of our talented Design Team have created with these beautiful colors.

The 16 looks a little splotchy, but it was stamped with Brilliance ink with lots of shimmer to it and was hard to get a good photo.  Spritzed some white cardstock with some peach shimmer spray and used a punch for the flowers and added some Gunmetal Stickles to the centers.  The oval frame was sprayed with Distress Oxide spray in Hickory Smoke.  Stamped the sweet on some vellum with chalk ink in gray and punched out with a word window punch.  Put it together on a lavender striped piece and then onto a white card base.

Now it's your turn to share your creations 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 #721 - Color Week

 It's Color Week at Just Us Girls and Ina has picked some fabulous colors for us to play with!

The first challenge of the month means a new Guest Designer!  Please welcome Colleen Begley!  Now hop on over to JUGS to see what Colleen and the rest of our fabulous Design Team have created with these colors.

One more for my Aunt's 100th birthday!  She definitely rocks!  Using a Golden Oldie from Art Impressions.  Stamped white polka dots onto some purple cardstock and some orange speckles onto some yellow cardstock.  Stamped the image onto those stamped pieces and cut our the pants and umbrella and paper pieced onto the main image.  The rest is colored with alcohol markers.  Added the sentiment on a strip of white and added the sun which was a punch using some shimmer mustard cardstock.  Matted with some orange and placed onto a purple card base.

Come join us with your creation 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 #717 - Color Week

 The beginning of a new month and that means it's time for our Color Week Challenge at Just Us Girls and Stephanie has chosen the perfect color combo!

And since this is the beginning of a new month, that means it's time for a new Guest Designer!  Please welcome Tracey McNeely!  Come on over to JUGS to see what Tracey and the rest of the talented Design Team have created with this color combo.

He's all decked out in green and lime!  The flag added the additional color of red.  I'm counting the brown on his beard as a neutral.

Come share you creation 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 #712 - Color Week

 It's time for Color Week at Just Us Girls and I am the hostess.  Since Valentine's Day is just around the corner, I have chosen some very classic colors to help get those cards done.  And it doesn't have to be a Valentine's card, do whatever these colors inspire you to make.

First, I would like to welcome the talented Denise Morgans as our Guest Designer for the month of February!

Come on over to JUGS to see what Denise and the rest of our amazing Design Team have created with this color combo.

Pretty simple!  I had this piece of alcohol ink background laying on my desk with red and pink.  Die cut the hearts, die cut the row of 3 squares and layered onto some gold glitter cardstock.  Added the strip sentiment stamped in red and put it together onto a white 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.

I would like to enter this at the Tic Tac Toe Challenge as well, using the left column:  heart, red and punch or die cut.

Just Us Girls #708 - Color Week

 Happy New Year!  It's a new year at JUGS as well with some new challenges.  Vicki is kicking off this year with a fabulous color combo for our inspiration at Just Us Girls!

First off I would like to welcome our new Design Team Member, Stephanie Lanzalotto!  Stephanie will be a fabulous addition to our talented team!

And I would also like to welcome our Guest Designer for the month of January - the very talented Stef Perry!  Hop on over to JUGS to see what Stef and the rest of our amazing Design Team have created with this week's colors.

Die cut the unknown balloons from silver cardstock and then again from some alcohol ink colored acetate sheets and inlaid the balloons into the silver outline.  Adhered to some navy striped paper and stamped the sentiment in Memento Bamboo Leaves.  Added to a light green card base.

Come join us with your creations 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 #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 #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 #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 #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.

Just Us Girls #686

 It's Color Week at Just Us Girls and the very talented Elizabeth is challenging us to create with only Pastels!  There are so many options with this color combination.

The start of a new month means that we have a new Guest Designer!  Please welcome very talented Kristin Sluhan who will be joining us for the month of July!  Now, hop on over to JUGS to see what Kristin and the rest of the amazing Design Team have created using pastels.

Using an unbranded embossing folder I inked it with Distress Oxide Speckled Egg and ran through my Big Shot.  Added pink, yellow and green Oxide inks to the raised areas.  Die cut the butterfly from Memory Box then traced onto a piece of vellum.  Colored the vellum with alcohol markers in yellow and orange and adhered to the backside of the die cut.  Added the sentiment from PinkFresh stamped in a medium blue 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.

I'm also adding this to Can You Handle the Pressure? challenge for it's Anything Goes with a Twist of Butterflies.

Just Us Girls #682

 It's time for Color Week at Just Us Girls and our fabulous hostess Vicki has chosen a beautiful color combo to inspire us.

I would like to welcome our June Guest Designer - TK!  Hop on over to JUGS to see what TK and the rest of the amazing Design Team have created with this color combo.

This is the Mother's Day card I sent to my daughter who is a fantastic mom!  First did some ink blending in the purple and blue Distress Inks over the entire background.  Next inked the embossing folder with Distress Oxide Hickory Smoke and ran through my Big Shot giving this a light gray background.  Stamped and heat embossed the sentiment on a strip of vellum and used some very old Vintage Violet from SU for the card base.

Come share you 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.

Just Us Girls #678 - Color Week

 It's Color Week at Just Us Girls and Nancy is our hostess and has chosen a very versatile color combo for us to play with.

Since this is the first Saturday of the month, that means it's time for a new Guest Designer.  Please welcome Claire Apostoloff who will be joining us for the month of May.  Check our JUGS to see what   and the rest of the talented Design Team have created with these colors.

New baby card using a new to me unbranded elephant and balloon die set.  Die cut the elephant from some pink polka dot paper and she didn't seem to stand out against the background, so outlined her with a light pink marker.  Added a dot of black glaze pen for her eye. Added the white gel pen dots on the balloon and a little die cut heart covered with some pink Nuvo Drops.  Used a coverplate die that I don't remember who makes it on white cardstock and then mounted onto a white card base.

Come share your creation using this week's colors 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 #673

 It's time for Color Week at Just Us Girls and Bobby has chosen a very versatile color combo to inspire us!  Great colors of Terracotta and Green!

Since it's a new month, that means a new Guest Designer!  Please welcome Joanne James!

Check out JUGS to see how Joanne and the rest of the Design Team used these beautiful colors.

I know St. Patrick's Day has come and gone, but I couldn't help myself, I just had to use this fun set from Photo Play one more time!  Stamped the leprechaun, colored and fussy cut omitting the flag he was holding.  Die cut the big (unknown) shamrock and did some ink blending.  Die cut the Tim Holtz lucky and covered with green Nuvo Drops for some shine and dimension.  Put it together on the brick background which is a Tim Holtz embossing folder using some very old, from my stash Core'dinations White Washed cardstock in a terracotta color and sanding off the raised bricks to reveal the terracotta.

Come share you 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.

Just Us Girls # 669

 It's time for Color Week at Just Us Girls and Ina has chosen a fabulous color combo for us to play with!

Turquoise, Mustard and Black.

First I would like to welcome Michelle Ferguson, our Guest Designer for the month of March!  Come check out JUGS to see what   and the rest of the amazing Design Team have created with these colors.

This started with a black panel then swiped Distress Oxide ink in Broken China across it.  Stenciled the starts with Distress Oxide Fossilized Amber, but it didn't make the stars stand out enough so added some Buttercup embossing powder.  Die cut the other 2 stars and heat embossed them with the Buttercup embossing powder.  Stamped the sentiment on a lighter strip of turquoise in black and put it all together on a turquoise card base. 

Come share you creation with us using these colors 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 you entries to 3.