Just Us Girls #208 - Photo Inspiration Challenge

Hi all!  We have a photo inspiration challenge this week over at Just Us Girls.  Elise is our hostess and she chose these four fabulous pictures.  Elise is definitely a cowgirl, can you tell?

I picked out the pumpkins in the bottom two pictures and went in search of some pumpkin stamps in my stash of fall stamps.  I found this one from Our Daily Bread which has a die to match.  I stamped it in Jet Black Archival ink onto watercolor paper then die cut it.  I've had distress markers for quite a while, but haven't used them yet.  What was I waiting for?  They are so fun to use with water on watercolor paper!   I still have some practicing to do, but I like the outcome.  My leaves look a little muddy.  I added some orange to the green and I should have added more green to brighten them up.  I also added some Wink of Stella shimmer to the pumpkin.

I'm entering this into the Case Study challenge.  I used the sketch as my inspiration.



 

I'm also entering this into the Cas-ual Fridays challenge to use fall colors and a leaf.

You can see more inspiration from the JUGs team at these blogs.

 

JUGs blog

Elise Durenberger

Maria Levine

Marisa Ritzen

Nancy Leppek

Tangii Crain

Vicki Dutcher

 

We are also bidding a fond farewell to two of our JUGs design team members:  Elise and Tangii.  Elise is moving on to bigger and better things and needs time to do just that.  We will miss her bubbly personality and comments.  Tangii is also moving on and will be sorely missed by all, especially me!  We have been on three design teams together for quite some time and have become friends.  Best wishes to Tangii and Elise!  You were both such an asset to this team!

 

Check out the JUGs blog on Tuesday, October 1st to see who the new members to our DT will be!

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Pumpkin (Our Daily Bread), Mega Mixed Messages and Sew Simple Borders (Papertrey Ink)

Paper:  Vintage cream, Sugar Hill paper pack (Farm House Paper)

Ink:  Archival jet black, memento rich cocoa, distress markers

Accessories:  Pumpkin die (ODB), prima crystals, Wink of Stella pen, dimensionals





Happy Anniversary

Hi there!  Three posts in three days!  You would think I had a bunch of time on my hands this weekend, but I didn't!  I just needed cards this weekend!  This one is for my in-laws.  They celebrated their 59th anniversary!  Going to have to think of something big to do for them next year!  I cased my own card here changing up the die and colors (to match the JUGs colors).  I chose these colors this week and I just love them together so I had to use them on this card.  The roses look like they were stamped with black ink for the shading, but it's actually chocolate chip.  The new ink pad is so juicy and dark.  I miss the other SU ink pads!

Here's the JUGs colors.  You can play along here at Just Us Girls.

Thanks for stopping by again!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Rosie Posie, Rosie Posie step 2, and Mega Mixed Messages (Papertrey Ink)

Paper:  Vintage cream, chocolate chip, kraft

Ink:  Real red, chocolate chip, baked brown sugar

Accessories:  Trefoil die, Rosie Posie dies, red pearls, circle and circle scallop dies, dimensionals

 

Baby Christening

I had a Christening to go to today and needed a card.  I used the Case Study challenge as my starting point.

 

I liked the shape card idea, so I went with it but turned it upright.  I used the Spellbinder's die to cut the base of the card out of marina mist cardstock. The flourishes were embossed with white embossing powder on the blue cardstock, and the cross was embossed with silver powder.  I added strips of brush silver cardstock on either side of the shimmer white paper.  There are silver pearls added to the cross, and I made a double tailored bow from satin white ribbon.  It's for a boy so I didn't want to get too girly with the ribbon.  I also decorated an envelope with the flourishes and cross (which you can't see) in a gray ink.

Here's the inside.  (Please excuse my poor pictures!  I don't know what happened!)

 

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great week!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Everyday Blessings, Fancy Flourishes, Delightful Dahlias (Papertrey Ink)

Paper:  Marina mist, shimmer white (PTI)

Ink:  Versafine onyx black, Versamark

Accessories:  Spellbinders labels 8 dies, silver pearls, satin ribbon, white and silver embossing powders, glue dots 

Just Us Girls #207 - Color Challenge

Happy Saturday!  What a crazy week at school!  It's only the second week of school and already I'm wiped out!  But I'm so glad it's Saturday because we have a new challenge over at Just Us Girls and I'm the hostess!  Loving these colors I chose this week and I hope you like them too!

I had to do something quick because I was running short on time, so what do you turn to when you need to get a quick card done?  Dies and washi tape!  I used Ruby Rose dies and stamp set with riding hood red and baked brown sugar inks.  Easy peasy!    I added some shimmer with a Wink of Stella pen on the flowers and leaves.  It doesn't show up well in the picture, but it's very shimmery in person.  I'm finally using up the many rolls of washi tape I own too!  The red one is a Martha Stewart one I've had for at least 2 years!  First time using it (of course!).   Some pearls finish off the card. 

I of course had to use a sketch!  I don't think I ever make a card without following some sketch or another!  This one is from Clean & Simple sketches (last week's sketch...I made this card before that challenge ended).  I've always loved their sketches and use them often.

 

So hop on over to the JUGs blog and the DT blogs to see what they've created.  Here are the links.

 

JUGs blog

Elise Durenberger

Maria Levine

Marisa Ritzen

Nancy Leppek

Tangii Crain

Vicki Dutcher

 

Also, don't forget Just Us Girls is looking to add to our design team.  Make sure you check out the blog for details!

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe
Stamps:  Ruby Rose (Papertrey Ink)
Paper:  Vintage cream, kraft
Ink:  Baked brown sugar, riding hood red
Accessories:  Ruby Rose dies, Wink of Stella pen, pearls, corner rounder, washi tape, dimensionals