Just Us Girls #456 - Word Week

It's time for our Word Week Challenge at Just Us Girls and Ina is our hostess and has chosen the Word - Celebrate!

I would like to welcome our September Guest Designer - Julie Beech.  Come on over to JUGS to see what   and the rest of the Design Team have created with the Word Celebrate as inspiration.

Black balloons for a 60th birthday!  Stamped the sentiment from Gina K and the balloons from WPlus9.  On the inside I stamped the big 60 in gray and the sentiment in black.  Pretty quick and simple!

Come on over to JUGS to show us your celebration creations and you could be chosen as our next Chic of the Week!  If chosen, that would put you in the running for a chance to become our next Guest Designer!  Please limit your entries to 3.

Foiled Candles

Playing around with foil and my laminator and since this card is so bright it fits the challenge at TIME OUT Challenges.

Colored the candles with Prismacolor markers then foiled with pink Fancy Foil on the candles and gold foil on the sentiment and stars. Matted with black cardstock and used foam dots to pop it up.  Added a strip of rainbow chevron paper and matted onto a bubblegum pink card base.

I also added this to the Stamp TV gallery for their Monthly Mix Challenge - Pop It Up.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by!

Just Us Girls #455 - Photo Inspiration Week

It's time for our Photo Inspiration Week at Just Us Girls and Vicki has a super and very timely photo for our inspiration this week!

Be sure to stop on over to the JUGS Blog to see how this photo inspired our Guest Designer, Ros Crawford and the rest of the amazing Design Team.  I would also like to say THANK YOU  to Ros for joining us this past month and sharing all of her talent with us!

I was inspired by the colors and the school theme.  I used stamps from Unity - Stenciled & Deconstructed and Smarty Pants.  Stamped the background with Memento Soft Sand on Kraft.  Stamped the report card, sentiment circle and label with Memento Rich cocoa.  Good luck is from a Studio G set stamped in Memento Espresso Truffle.  The banner is from a set called Rad which I think is from CASual Fridays, stamped in Rich Cocoa and colored in with Prismacolor pencils.  Colored the dots on the 2 with a light blue gel pen.

Now it's your turn to show us how this photo inspires you!  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 #454 - Color Week

It's time for Color Week at Just Us Girls and Angie has chosen a soft and beautiful color combo for our inspiration!

Come on over to the JUGS Blog to see the amazing creations inspired by this color combo by our August Guest Designer - Ros Crawford and the rest of the JUGS Design Team. 

I found this image in my stash, I think it is from Sprinkle & Sparkle.  Lime green foil negative adhered to an aqua piece.  Stamped the sentiment from Stampin Up on aqua, die cut and layered on a  light green die cut banner.  Die cut some lime green cardstock with a polka dot background and layered over some aqua and then adhered to a pale yellow base.  This is so hard to get a good photo of with the foil.

And one more.  I just got some Prismacolor water soluble pencils from Amazon in their Daily Deals and couldn't wait to try them out.  They blend beautifully!  I used a little frog from Gina K and colored in light green and yellow, added the water with an aqua colored pencil and added some clear Wink of Stella for some sparkle.  I had to add the yellow Nuvo drops due to a little oops.

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 for a chance to become our next Guest Designer!  Please limit your entries to 3.

Just Us Girls #483 - Trend Week

It's my turn to host the challenge at Just Us Girls and this week is Trend Week!  Watercolor continues to be a big trend in cardmaking and when you aren't that good at watercoloring you have to find a way to get good results!  I came across this tutorial from Jennifer McGuire for Fast Watercolor Looks and I am quite happy with the results.  Jennifer has some of the best tutorials!

Come on over to JUGS to see the amazing results our Guest Designer Ros Crawford and the rest of our amazing Design Team have gotten with this technique.

First I heat embossed the flowers and leaves on the die cut Altenew flowers then followed Jennifer's tutorial using the Distress Inks!  I love how they turned out!

I can't wait to see the results everyone gets with this technique!  Come share your creations with us and you could be chosen as our next Chic of the Week, which would then make you eligible for a chance to become our next Guest Designer!  Please limit your entries to 3.

Chill

Using some Altenew stamps and playing along with CAS(e) this Sketch! and challenge #200 at Cardz 4 Guyz - Relax.

Stamped and die cut the bottles then sponged with Distress Inks.  Colored the bottle caps with a gold Prismacolor marker.  Stamped the sentiment with an alphabet set from Altenew in Memento Espresso Truffle.  The gold layer is from Tim Holtz Shattered collection.

Thanks for stopping by!

Just Us Girls #452 - Word Week

It's time for Word Week at Just Us Girls and Maria has chosen the Word Beach.  This is a great choice for our challenge since this is definitely Beach time!

Since this is the beginning of a new month, that means a new Guest Designer and I would like to welcome Ros Crawford!  Come check out what Ros and the rest of the JUGS Design Team have created with the Word Beach.

Started with a pre-watercolored panel and sponged on some Distress Ink in Antique Linen for a more beachy feel.  Dic cut the tag, tag topper, striped panel, sand dollar and the swirly piece all from Reverse Confetti.  Used Prismacolor pencils to add some color to the sand dollar.  Stamped the sentiment from Gina K in Memento Espresso Truffle and adhered to a kraft card base.

Come on and 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.

This is also a fit for the Tag It! Challenge #138 at CAS on Friday