Just Us Girls #395 - Photo Week

Hi everyone!  Nancy chose a great photo for this week's Just Us Girls photo challenge! 

 

Here's a close up of the photo so you can see more details.

 

I used a flourish stencil and molding paste to get that white on white look. The heart was die cut  four times and stacked together.  I stamped the sentiment in Versamark and embossed it with silver embossing powder.  Silver nail heads were added on each scallop to mimic one of the cookies in the photo.  I matted the embossed panel onto silver cardstock.  I'll add this to my wedding or anniversary card stash.

 

You can see more from the JUGs design team and our May guest on the JUGs blog.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Love & Marriage (PTI)

Paper:  Recollections white, silver

Ink:  Versamark

Accessories:  Spellbinders scallop heart die, silver nail heads, molding paste, flourish stencil (T. Holtz), silver embossing powder



Time Out #84 - Inspired by Words



This week over at Time Out blog, the challenge is Inspired by Words.  These are the words we are using.

"Flowers and friends make life a garden"

We are sponsored by Stamplorations for this challenge and I'm using this lovely stamp set called Blossoming.  I first stamped the frame (from Rubbernecker) onto watercolor paper then stamped the floral image in black and clear embossed it.  I used the Kuretake watercolor paints to color it.  These colors are so vivid. After watercoloring the floral image, I stamped the sentiment.  The watercolor panel is mounted on fun foam then on the black panel.  I added some sequins also.

 

You can see more from the Time Out design team and our guest for this challenge, Michelle, on the Time Out blog.  You can also see the prize Stamplorations is offering.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Blossoming (Stamplorations), Freehand Border: Large (Rubbernecker)

Paper:  Masters Touch watercolor; Recollections white, black

Ink:  Black licorice hybrid (MFT), Versafine onyx black, Kuretake watercolor paints

Accessories:  Sequins, fun foam





Just Us Girls #394 - Color Week

Hey friends!  It's Color Week over at Just Us Girls, and Judy has chosen a great color combination.

 

I had this cute little stamp set on my desk and thought the colors would look cute on this piñata.  I stamped him with Versafine ink on Bristol paper so I could color it with Zigs then embossed it with clear embossing powder.  I also stamped and colored the candy pieces.  I die cut a tag from navy cardstock and stamped and embossed the sentiment.  I used a stencil and distress inks to create the background.  I sprayed it with shimmer spray also.

 

You can see more from our JUGs design team and our May guest on the JUGs blog.

 

Thanks for stopping by !

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Year Seven (Lawn Fawn)

Paper:  Recollections white, Bristol, night of navy

Ink:  Versafine onyx black, Versamark, twisted citron, peacock feathers, blueprint sketch, Zigs

Accessories:  Year Seven dies (Lawn Fawn), Infinity Tag die (Hero Arts), Parquet stencil (Neat & Tangled), white and clear embossing powders, twine, shimmer spray, dimensional tape



Casual Fridays Challenge #174 - Sketch

Hi friends!  There's a new challenge over at Cas-ual Fridays and it's a sketch challenge!  I love sketches!

 

Although I have to admit this one was a challenge for me!  Not in what I wanted to do, but it was lining up those envelopes and coloring them that gave me trouble!  I first tried using the MISTI, but that was a bust.  Then I just stamped them and used my eyes to line them up and that worked better.  But the copics weren't behaving on the Neenah cardstock I have so I changed to the copic paper (can't remember the name!) and that worked like a charm.  I colored the envelopes in rainbow order then cut it down to about a 3.75" square.  I stamped the sentiment on vellum, embossed with clear embossing powder, and wrapped it around the main panel.  That was added to the desert storm base on fun foam.  I added shimmer to each heart and some sequins.

 

You can see more from the Cas-ual Fridays design team on the Cas-ual Fridays blog.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Happy Mail (Cas-ual Fridays)

Paper:  X-press It Blending card, desert storm, vellum

Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx black, copic markers

Accessories:  Clear embossing powder, sequins, Spectrum Noir shimmer, sequins, fun foam





Just Us Girls #393 - Trend Week

 Hey everyone!  It's Trend Week at Just Us Girls, and Sue chose to make a background using Distress Inks. 

 

I love the oxide inks so much!  I hope they come out with more colors soon!  I needed a sympathy card.  My husband's cousin lost her husband the other day.  He was only 51 years old.  I feel so bad for her because she is such a lovely person.  So I wanted to make a nice card for her.  I was low on creativity, so I cased a card in Papertrey Ink's gallery for the Painted Petals stamp set.  I started by die cutting the scalloped panel and sponging broken china distress ink on it.  I then spritzed it with water to get water marks (hard to see in the picture).  I stamped and die cut the flowers and leaves and adhered them to the panel.  The sentiment was stamped in black ink.  I also added some pink flowers and sequins to finish it off.

 

You can see more from the JUGs design team and our May guest on the JUGs blog.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Painted Petals (PTI)

Paper:  Recollections white

Ink:  Daffodil delight, marigold morning, regal rose, pale tomato, kiwi kiss, chocolate chip, broken china distress oxide, Versafine onyx black

Accessories:  Painted Petals dies (PTI), Audrey Cutaways (W&W), sequins, fun foam