Just Us Girls #317 - Wild Card: One Layer Cards

Happy Halloween!  I hope the ghosts and goblins come to your doors tonight begging for treats and not tricks!

 

This is the 5th week of the month, which means that we have a Wild Card Challenge over at Just Us Girls.  Sharyn is our hostess and she has chosen One Layer Cards as our challenge this week.

 

I don't usually make one layer cards...they scare me!  LOL!  But I persevered and this is what I came up with.  I was done making Halloween cards, and this new stamp set from PTI was on my table, so I thought it would be a good one to use for a one layer Christmas card.  I did some masking to layer the various stamps.  Before I stamped, I lightly sponged some blue distress ink in the bottom right corner.  It's so light it doesn't show up very much! 

 

You can see more from the Design Team and our guest, Julie Gearinger, on the JUGs blog.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Spruce & Sprigs (PTI), Merry Greetings (Mama Elephant)

Paper:  Recollections white

Ink:  Garden green, real red, broken china distress ink, Delicata Gold

Accessories:  Inkadinkadoo masking paper, corner rounder





Time Out Challenge #43 - Theme Challenge

Hi all!  It's time for a new Time Out challenge and this week it's a theme challenge.  The theme is Christmas and there's a twist:  Use pink and/or purple.

I went for the twist. I stamped the sentiment (using my Misti) in black then used a new PTI stamp set and inked it in pink and purple and stamped it on an angle.  Some pretty sequins finished it off.  I mounted it on pink cardstock and then popped it up on fun foam for some dimension.

 

I used this sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch.  I think I missed the deadline!  Oh well!

 

This challenge is sponsored by Uniko Studios and a participant who twists with us will be randomly chosen to win a stamp set from Uniko.  Also, we have some of the Uniko DT joining us for this challenge!  Welcome girls!

 

You can see more from the Time Out DT and our guest, Suchi, on the Time Out blog.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Fair Isle Borders (PTI), Be Merry (Damask Love)

Paper:  Recollections white, pink pirouette

Ink:  Versafine onyx black, pretty in pink, lavender lace

Accessories:  Sequins, fun foam





Papertrey Ink Blog Hop

Hi everyone!  I'm participating in the Papertrey Ink blog hop today.  It's a little late in the day, but I really wanted to play along.  I got some of the new products and wanted to get them inky.  Here's the photo they chose as inspiration.

 

I made this tag using the traditional red and green colors.  I just love the quilted series the PTI has designed and this tag is really fabulous!  I stamped the pieces inside the snowflake and added some ribbon, twine, and bells to the tag.  The sentiment was embossed in white on the banner.

I think this stamp set is my favorite of the release.  I just love tea cups and teapots.  I stamped this one in red on the die cut and added a floral spray from more die cuts.  There is some yellow stickles in the center of the poinsettia.  The front of the card was impressed with the linen impression plate.  The sentiment from the set was stamped in black.  Simple card.

 

I used this week's sketch from Freshly Made Sketches for my layout.



That's it from me today!  Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe:  Tag

Stamps:  Quilted: Winter (PTI)

Paper:  Recollections white, real red, garden green

Ink:  Versamark, real red, garden green

Accessories:  Quilted: Winter and Tag Sale: Quilted dies, white embossing powder, ribbon, bakers twine, bells, fun foam

 

Recipe: Card

Stamps:  Cup of Cheer (PTI)

Paper:  Recollections white

Ink:  Versafine onyx black, real red, garden green

Accessories:  Cup of Cheer die, linen impression plate, yellow stickles, dimensionals



Just Us Girls #316 - Photo Week

Happy Saturday!  Before I start talking about stamping, I have to tell you that I went to see Sir Paul McCartney in concert on Thursday night!  It was a great concert!  I'm a diehard Rolling Stones fan, but the Beatles are a close second, and Paul was always my favorite Beatle!  Paul didn't put on a show like the Stones do, but it was great nonetheless.  I loved all the Beatles and Wings songs he did and Hey Jude was priceless!  He performed for 3 hours and did two encores!  So much fun!

 

Ok, back to stamping!  This week over at Just Us Girls it's Photo Week.  Ina chose this graphic photo for us to be inspired by.

 

I think almost everyone did something with those hexagons...how could you not?  I saw that potted succulent plant and immediately thought of this Mama Elephant stamp set I had, so I started with that.  I die cut and stamped it then colored it with copics.  I added some Wink of Stella to it too.  Then I took some desert storm paper and added some texture paste with a Tim Holtz honeycomb stencil. That panel was accented with some polka dot paper, the die cut sentiment, and some enamel dots and was adhered to a black panel.  That panel was popped up with fun foam.  The potted plant was also popped up for dimension.  That's it!  Ob-la-di, ob-la-da!  (A Beatles's song...sorry.  I can't get those songs out of my head!)

 

Stop by our JUGs blog to see what the team and our guest has as inspiration for you.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Potted Pretties (Mama Elephant)

Paper:  X-Press It Blending Card, recollections white, black, desert storm, June Bug (Basic Grey)

Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, copics

Accessories:  Potted Pretties die (ME), Impression Obsession word die, Tim Holtz honeycomb stencil, texture paste, enamel dots, Wink of Stella, fun foam