Just Us Girls #803

It's our final challenge of the year at Just Us Girls! The team will be taking the month of December off. New challenges will begin again on Thursday January 1st. I would like to send out a big thank you to Leslie Miller for being our guest designer this past month. It's been a real treat having you with us, Leslie! 

 Okay, it's stencil week... anything goes, have fun!

My card base was stenciled with pink snowflakes... wouldn't that be a delightful sight! Next came a strip of MB plaid paper topped with some vellum scallops and a little strip of silver metallic paper. I topped it off with an arched sentiment from The Greetery. Before adhering the Merry Christmas portion of the sentiment, I stenciled on a couple more snowflakes using the same ink, just going a tad darker this time.

It's your turn now, my friends. You don't have to make a Christmas card, unless you need more like I do! Just pick a stencil and come play along!

Just Us Girls #802

When I saw Carol's Mood Board for Just Us Girls, I had so many ideas pop into my head! Then I remembered a card I had seen on Pinterest. I'm sorry I don't know who created it, but this is my take on it!

Do you remember the PTI Love Lives Here: Holiday set? It's an oldie but a goodie! I thought the hearts and stars elements in the set were a good match for Carol's photo. I stamped the greenery twice to created the garland. Next came the ornaments. I decorated the garland with hearts and teeny tiny stars. It all went together very quickly. My trusty ME mat set was the perfect way to frame it!

I can't wait to see our gallery this week, it's sure to be a dandy one! How will Carol's Mood Board inspire you? Better get busy!

Just Us Girls #801 ~ Sleigh Rides

 

Before getting to today's card, I would like to announce the winner of my prize for our 800th challenge at Just Us Girls! A BIG thank you to everyone who played along with us. And a BIG thank you to those that stopped by my blog! 

My random winner is  #23... MAMAWCINDY!! Congratulations, please contact me via email with your mailing information.

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And now for our next challenge!

What a perfect WORD Carol has chosen for this week's Just Us Girls challenge! We've already had a taste of winter with a snowy start to our week. Thankfully, it didn't stick around! I did put some of that snow on today's card though! Take a look...

I popped a snowy embossed panel (SSS) onto a gray gingham covered card base. Next came this cutie patootie Santa from Lasting Impressions. GAH... I love his polka dot beard to bits! I tucked a few BPD pine sprigs behind him and finished things off with a MB sentiment tab. Something tells me the price of sleigh rides has gone up a tad though!

How does the word WINTER inspire you? I look forward to seeing your creations in our gallery!

Just Us Girls #800!!!

We're celebrating 800 challenges at Just Us Girls!! What's a celebration without prizes? Some of the DT members are offering prizes on their personal blogs. You can find those details on their individual blogs. Vicki is our hostess this week and she is offering a $25 gift card to Simon Says Stamps on her blog. Rules are simple, you must play along this week and you must comment on the team member's blog to be eligible for their prize. 

Since our Sweet P will be turning 11 this month (I know, can you believe that??!!), I've put together a Sweet Pea stamp set prize package for one lucky random winner. 

A new month brings us a new guest designer. Please stop by to give the talented Leslie Miller a warm welcome!

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Now that all of the details have been taken care of, lets get to my card. I'm sharing the soon to be 11 year old's birthday card for today's celebration! 

At the beginning of the school year, P picked out school supplies with a cherry theme. That's been her jam since. I've been on the hunt for all things cherry LOL!! Papa and I have a cute mix of cherry items for her birthday. A personalized hoodie, PJs, socks, notebooks, journals and pens are among the mix! I even found a roll of cherry wrapping paper! My sweet friend, Michele was kind enough to send me these Concord and 9th {Cherry Nice} goodies to use for the birthday girl! I framed (Pinkfresh Studio) the cherries, that are popped up on foam tape, and added some cute blue gingham (it matches the PJs!). Embossed hearts by Amy Tangerine were the perfect background.

A matching gift tag was in order!

I added the embossed cherries and layered up the two 'sweet' sentiments Michele added to the package. They went on a coordinating gingham frame tag with the personalized Hero Arts 'P' added on a foam dot.

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Phew, that was a long post! Thanks for sticking with me to the end. It's your turn now, friends. All of us at Just Us Girls hope you'll join in our celebration this week. It's ANYTHING GOES... that's an easy one! Have fun!

Just Us Girls #799 ~ Merry Christmas

Hello, friends! It's time for a new challenge at Just Us Girls. This is an easy one, CASE any member of the design team! Pop over to the blog, check out the cards and then have fun. Speaking of fun, check out this cool dude on my card!

Isn't he a cutie! He's from Lasting Impressions. I fussy cut him and popped him onto the WF snowflake background. I used a retired Poppystamps Scalloped Frame and a few PPP snowflakes. A simple sentiment by MB and a few rhinestones finished things off. 

How about a bonus card today?

The sheet from Lasting Impressions has more than one bear on it. I used the smaller pair on this version and just switched up the background and frame (RC). More PPP snowflakes and another MB sentiment worked here too!

We do hope you'll play along this week at Just Us Girls.

If you're chosen as our winner, you have a chance to guest design with us!

Just Us Girls #798 ~ Happy Holidays

It's stencil week at Just Us Girls and we hope you'll join us! Thanks so much to our guest designer, Greta Hess for spending the month of October with us! I have a bright and cheerful holiday card to share with you. This went together in a snap. 

Take a look...

I used the pretty Waffle Flower Folk Art Frame stencil and die set. After die cutting the frame, I added it to a Bazzill Flamingo card base. Isn't that little bit of texture wonderful? The sentiment, by PPP was stamped then die cut with the little swag and rhinestones added. 

Alrighty, it's your turn now. 

What stencil will you pick out to share with us?

Just Us Girls #797 ~ Fall reminds me

Carol has a cute autumn Mood Board for us at Just Us Girls.

There are so many options to choose from! 

Here's a close up for you.

I picked a couple of items and created this CAS card for your inspiration.

Truth be told, I already had this panel stamped with the wheat that I hadn't used last year. I was determined to use it up! The wheat (Magenta, I think!) was colored with Copic makers. A lovely sentiment from a mini PTI set and a couple of PPP die cut leaves was all it needed. Easy peasy!

I can't wait to see how this Mood Board inspires you. 

It's sure to be a warm and cozy gallery!

Just Us Girls #796 ~ Trick or Treat!

Hey there! It's time for a new challenge at Just Us Girls. Sue has chosen HALLOWEEN as her Word Week challenge. I put together a little something for Sweet P!

I used some Lasting Impressions polka dot paper to cut a PTI pillow box. It's decorated with layered circles stamped with DeNami Design images. A few snippets of ribbon, twine and a button for decoration and it's good to go.

You know, I don't know if Sweet P likes candy corn, but I do know she'll like the Reese's Pumpkin that's tucked into this box!

Okay friends, it's your turn now. 

How does the word Halloween inspire you? 

Just Us Girls #795 ~ A Harvest of Blessings

Hello and welcome! It's time for a new challenge at Just Us Girls. It's also a new month and that brings with is a new Guest Designer. I'm very happy to have a dear blogging friend of mine joining us for the month of October. Please give a big warm welcome to the talented Greta Hess! 

When Bobby picked the word LEAVES for us, I knew just the leaves I would use. This Pinkfresh set became a favorite the first time I used it last year. Cutting them from polka dot paper makes them even better! I popped two sprays onto a layered pair of SB label dies. I've had those dies for an eternity. Isn't the embossed edge nifty? My sentiment (MFT) was heat embossed on vellum. A couple of glue dots was all it needed and they're hidden with gold confetti pieces from PPP. Easy peasy!

Your turn now. 

What kind of leaves will you let fall into our gallery?

Just Us Girls #794 ~ Thankful for You

It's stencil week at Just Us Girls and I'm hosting! Grab a stencil from your stash and come join us! Remember, if you are chosen as our Winner of the Week, you have a chance to guest design with us for the month of November.

I pulled out some retired Poppystamps dies to add to my stenciled panel. I like this Nordic squirrel all dolled up in her autumn finery and those pretty little fall leaves! After stenciling a kraft panel using white ink and a WF stencil, I die cut it with a Spellbinders hemstitch die. Everything was popped onto a white card base and finished off with a simple fall sentiment.

Thanks so much for visiting with me today.

I do hope you'll join us this week!

Just Us Girls #793 ~ Thankful for You

Hey there, are you ready for a new mood board from Just Us Girls? Bobby picked this pretty autumn scene for us. Here's my take on it!

I used an older PTI set to create a cluster of fall sprigs. They were attached to a die cut square (PPP) of 'wood ' paper and popped onto the embossed panel. A DeNami Design sentiment was stamped onto a PPP tag. I used a pumpkin colored brad to attach the tag. It was my nod to those Jack Be Littles! I coated the cotton with Wink of Stella, but it refused to be photographed!

Okay, friends you know the drill. Pick what inspires you from the photo and come play long with us!

Just Us Girls #792 ~ Count Your Many Blessings

 

Carol has a fun Word Week challenge for us at Just Us Girls... CONTAINER! I had lots of ideas and finally settled on this pretty little tea pot die from Paper Sweeties. It's an oldie, but a goodie as is the cute patterned paper I used. Take a look...

I remember making a card with this same paper a few years back. I must have loved it so much that I cut two, because this one was ready to go! The sentiment was tucked in the die pouch as well. I broke out an old DeNami Design stamp for the steam (I think I used that on the other one too!) and popped on a few rhinestones. A simple and cute container!

Okay, you know the drill. I'm sure you have some container stamps or dies in your crafty stash. Pick something and come play along. We would love to have you join us!

Just Us Girls #791 ~ Happiness Blooms From Within

Hey there, are you ready for a new challenge at Just Us Girls? It's an easy one... die week where it's anything goes! A new month means a new guest designer is joining us. Please pop over and say hello to Jaydee.

Once again it seemed that sunflowers were a good choice for the time of year. I just love this sweet SSS die. I added a trio of them to a couple of panels cut with PPP dies. More little banner dies for my sentiment (Carta Bella) and a trio of punched Martha Stewart butterflies to top it of.

Okey dokey, it's your turn now. Pick out a die or two and come join us!

Just Us Girls #790 ~ Happiness

Hello there! It's Stencil Week at Just Us Girls and Carol is our hostess. I saved my big Gina K sunflower stencil for this week. It seemed appropriate as the summer is coming to an end. I sure hate for it to go, though I do love the month of September. The weather is always just right and the skies the prettiest blue. It brings me happiness!

This stencil is quite large, bigger than an A2 card base. I stenciled the sunflower twice. Once was just a portion of it, then I added a couple of leaves. This beautiful sentiment is by Impression Obsession, sadly no longer in business. I trimmed the panel down to fit a mini slimline base then popped on a few aqua rhinestones. I just love this card!

Thanks again to Julie Beech for guesting with us this past month. It's been a pleasure having you! 

Just Us Girls #789 ~ love you

Hey there! I'm hosting this week's challenge at Just Us Girls. School started this week in our neck of the woods, so I picked that as my Mood Board theme for you. But you can make anything you like, whatever inspires you from the photo! 

Our Sweet P is moving up to the Intermediate school; 5th grade. Holy smokes, how can that be??!! I made this card with our sweet girl in mind.

I used an arch die and woodgrain paper to mimic the chair. An apple (PTI) and a few Copic colored sprigs were tucked in. I embossed my background paper with an alphabet EF and backed it with the same red used for the apple. A simple tiny tag was tied to the apple to send a little love.

Alrighty, it's your turn now. 

I sure hope you'll join us this week! 

Just Us Girls #788 ~ Birthday Wishes

Hello lovelies, hope life is treating you well. We have a new challenge for you today at Just Us Girls. It's Word Week and Elizabeth has chosen {BIRTHDAY} as our theme. Here's what I came up with...

This sweet little bunny is from Lasting Impressions. After fussy cutting him, I popped him onto a card base with ink blended grass and stenciled clouds. He's tucked into a strip of die cut grass (IO). Doesn't he look comfy? A pretty little birthday sentiment from Poppystamps and a trio of Martha Stewart punched butterflies complete the scene. 

We all need a supply of birthday cards in our stash, right?

Come play along with us so you don't run out!

Just Us Girls #787 ~ Thank You

We've had such a busy summer and it's flown by. I can't believe it's August already! That does bring with it a new round of challenges at Just Us Girls. Elizabeth is kicking things off with Die Cut week. She's made it easy... FLORALS! A new month also means a new guest designer. We're tickled pink to have Julie Beech joining us!

After seeing so many of my blogging friends use this pretty Amazing Things set from Pinkfresh Studios, I had to go shopping. Stamps, stencils and dies cuts... oh my! I framed (PTI) this little beauty with shimmery plum and lavender gingham papers. Doing it this way let me create a second card using the opposites of the frame die cuts. 

I don't use purple very often, but this sweet gingham paper nudged me in that direction!

Time for you to pick a posey or two and join us this week!

Just Us Girls #786 ~ Memo

Hello and welcome! Ina is hosting our final challenge of the month at Just Us Girls. This is a fun one ~ CASE a DT member! Pick any of our cards and CASE it, easy peasy! Here's what I have to share this week.
 

Everything I've used, with the exception of the paper, is from The Stamp Market. The cute 'memo plate' was hot foiled using rose gold foil. My big bold butterfly was Copic colored with orange Stickles added to her body. I played around with lots of different paper and patterns for the big leaves she's perched on. In the end the sweet polka dots won! 

We look forward to seeing your CASE cards in our gallery this week. Remember that if you're chosen as the Winner of the Week in any of our challenges, you have a chance to guest design with us for a month!

Thanks so much for stopping by to visit. I love it when you do!

Just Us Girls #785 ~ Happy Day

Hello, friends! We have a new challenge up on the Just Us Girls blog today. It's STENCIL WEEK and I had such a good time creating my card. Take a look... 

I started with a PPP bokeh stencil set. After my stenciling was complete, I die cut it with a PTI postage die. The outer frame portion was cut twice again so the inner panel could sink in. I adore this Anita Jeram bunny from Colorado Craft. Isn't he just the sweetest little fella! There's just a touch of gray shading added to him along with a little blush pink in his ear and on his nose. 

It's your turn now, what stencil will you pick? Come on, you know you have a few to choose from and I can't wait to see what you create for our gallery!

Just Us Girls #784 ~ Enjoy Your Special Day

 

Hi there! It's time for a new challenge at Just Us Girls. Carol has picked out a delightful mood board with lots of summer sweetness on it. There are so many possibilities here that you could enter more than once! 

I picked a few posies from my Poppystamps dies and plunked them onto a sweet PPP tag. A few little ferns (PTI) and dots (SBJ) were added first. When I was trimming the orange stem from the bottom of the tag, I cut into the tag. Drat! So I covered it up with a little scalloped shelf! 

Okay, you know the drill. Pick what inspires you from the mood board, get crafty and then add it to our gallery!