Just Us Girls #487 - Trend Week

It's Trend Week at Just Us Girls and Nancy has chosen a very Trendy challenge for us this week!

We have with us again this week our May Guest Designer - Eva Dobilas!  Check out the JUGS site to see how Eva and the rest of the amazing Design Team have used Bold Letters.

I pulled out some very old SU alphabet stamps to make this masculine birthday card.  Lined the letters up on my MISTI leaving a space for the second P.  Stamped in black ink on the polka dot patterned paper, but wanted it darker so stamped again with Versamark and heat embossed with clear ep.  Stamped the "birthday" on black cardstock with Versamark and heat embossed with white ep.  Layered onto some black and white grid paper and onto a kraft card base.  Now that my alphabet stamps have made their way onto my desk, you can bet there will be more use of them :)

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 #486 - Word Week

It's the first week of the month and that means it's Word Week at Just Us Girls!  Carol has chosen a really fun word for us this week - Movement.

And since it is the first week of the month, that means a new Guest Designer!  Welcome Eva Dobilas, our May Guest Designer!  Check out the JUGS blog to see how Eva and the rest of the Design Team have created Movement.

My Movement comes from the sequins in this shaker card and technically, the little whale swimming .

The background was stamped with a very old Cornish Heritage background stamp.  Die cut the hearts and added some Sakura gel pen dots.  Sponged some light blue for the water the whale is swimming in.  The little whale is an oldie from Amuse.

Show us your movement cards 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 #485 - Photo Week

It's time for some Photo Week inspiration this week at Just Us Girls and Ina has chosen a real beauty to inspire us!

This is sadly our last week with our April Guest Designer Christine Perez and I want to say Thank You for sharing your amazing talent with us this past month.  Check out the JUGS blog to see how Christine and the rest of the amazing Design Team were inspired by this gorgeous photo.

I love the gorgeous colors, the beautiful flowers and that stained glass window, so I tried to combine those elements into this card.  I used Altenew's peony set and the grid on the background is from KaiserCraft.  The grid was stamped with Distress Oxide ink to get the vivid color.  the flower and leaves were stamped then a little watercoloring to blend the purples and aqua colors.  Added some purple Nuvo Dream Drops.

Come show us how this photo inspires you 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.

This is also a fit for Freshly Made Sketches this week. 

Birthday Butterfly

The challenge at CAS of Friday #156 - Butterflies was a perfect fit for creating a birthday card for a sweet young lady.

Die cut the butterfly from Concord & 9th from some pink glitter cardstock.  Traced around the butterly on some purple vellum that I have had forever in my stash and cut that out by hand and adhering to the die cut butterfly.  Stamped the background with WPlus9 white ink with a polka dot background stamp.  Added a strip of purple patterned paper, also found in my stash and outlined the flower pattern with Sakura Stardust gel pen in pink and added some Nuvo Dream Drops in pink.  Stamped the sentiment in Memento Elderberry ink.

Thanks for checking it out!

Just Us Girls # 484 - Color Week

It's Color Week at Just Us Girls and Maria has chosen a fresh color combo for us to create with.

Hop on over to JUGS to see what Christine Perez, our April Guest Designer and the rest of the Design Team have created with this awesome color combo.

Using the Concord & 9th set Pop Art Pineapple.  Stamped the pineapple in Versamark and heat embossed with yellow ep, then stamped the polka dot layer on top of that with Versamark and heat embossed with copper glitter ep.  Stamped the stem and heat embossed with lime green ep on some Gina K Charcoal Brown cardstock.  Stamped the banner from the same set onto some orange and stamped the sentiment and heat embossed with the same yellow ep and fussy cut the banner.

Now it's your turn to show us what you can do with this color combo.  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 entering this into the CAS Mix Up Card Challenge    

Layered stamping with heat embossing, stamped the banner and sentiment, die cutting the layers.

Just Us Girls #483 - Trend Week

It's time for Trend Week at Just Us Girls and Angie has chosen a fun trend for us to try - Off the Edge..

Joining us again this week as our Guest Designer is Christine Perez!  Hop on over to JUGS to see what Christine and the rest of the fabulous Design Team have created by going off the edge.

Stamped the big bloom from Stampendous onto watercolor paper, stamping off the edge on the left with Versamark and heat embossed with gold ep.  Used Inktense pencils to watercolor the petals and added a few splatters.  After it was dry, trimmed the right edge and fussy cut around the petals to go off the edge as well.  Matted with some very old SU Vintage Violet and onto a lighter purple card base.

Join us at Just Us Girls and show us your Off the Edge creations 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 #482 - Word Week

It's time for Word Week at Just Us Girls and Bobby has chosen the word Houses!

Since this is the first Saturday of April, that means it's time for a new Guest Deisgner!  Welcome Christine Perez!  Come check out what Christine and and all of the JUGS Design Team have created with houses.

I was very limited when it came to houses so I went with this Studio G mushroom house.  Stamped the mushrooms with Touch Twin markers and then framed with a Gina K frame stamped in black and die cut with the coordinating Spellbinders die.   Added a couple mushrooms from various stamp sets to the frame edge and the sentiment from Gina K.

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

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