Just Us Girls #586 - Wild Card Week

Hey friends!  It's Wild Card Week over at Just Us Girls.  This week, Angie wants us to use spots and/or dots on our cards. Cool challenge!

 

I have birthday party to go to today for a one-year old.  I thought these fun primary colors and this cute mouse would be perfect for Ethan.  I colored the images with copic markers and die cut them.  I chose a red polka dot pattern paper for the main panel and die cut it with a square window slimline die.  I added a yellow diagonal pattern paper behind it.  The sentiment was die cut from polka dot paper also in green.  I embossed the happy sentiment on a blue flag.  I sprayed it with shimmer for that extra something.

You can see more from the JUGs design team and our May guest, Jacinda, on the JUGs blog.  This is Jacinda's last week with us and I'd like to thank her for her beautiful contributions this month!

Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe

Stamps:  It's a Mice Time to Celebrate (MFT)

Paper:  Recollections white, Polka Dot Parade (Sunny Studio), Birthday Blowout (MFT)

Ink:  Versamark, copic markers

Accessories:  It's a Mice Time to Celebrate dies (MFT), mini slim square window die (TE), birthday trio die (PTI), shimmer spray

Just Us Girls #585 - Photo Week

Hi friends!  It's Photo Week over at Just Us Girls and Cecile chose this photo of a beautiful daisy bouquet. 

I chose this Daisy Bouquet image from SSS.  I stamped it with a brown ink and colored it with copic markers.  The daisies were colored with a blue-violet copic marker to give it some shading while keeping the look of white.  The centers were somewhat solid, so they look a little brown.  I was still able to color them in yellow and then added yellow stardust stickles.  I pulled out an old Stampin' Up wood mount background stamp called Cheesecloth and stamped it with a kraft colored ink off center.  I die cut that panel with a stitched rectangle mounted it on kraft cardstock.  The daisy image was die cut once it was colored and two more times to layer for dimension.  I added a twine bow, the sentiment, and crystals.

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

Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe

Stamps:  Daisy Bouquet and Bouquet of Thanks (SSS), Cheesecloth (SU)

Paper:  Recollections white, kraft

Ink:  Sand castle and icing on the cake (C. Pooler), Memento rich cocoa, copics

Accessories:  Daisy Bouquet die (SSS), stitched rectangle (MFT), twine, crystals, yellow stardust stickles

Time Out #188 - Inspiration Challenge

Hi there!  The new Time Out challenge this time is our Inspiration challenge.  We are challenged to be inspired from items inside our homes.  There's a twist of embossing too!

You know what I have a LOT of inside my home?  NEW STAMPS that have never been used!  LOL!  So I decided that was what I was inspired by.  Reverse Confetti and Hero Arts teamed up to create this graphic floral stamp set.  I loved the samples I saw with this set so I bought it.  I started by stamping and die cutting all the pieces and adhered them together.  Then I went to work on the background.  You can't see it in the photo, but I ran the white piece before stamping it through my die cut machine with a diagonal impression plate.  I then stamped it with the yellow ink.  Before I stamped it onto the cardstock, I stamped it off on a scrap piece.  I wanted a subtle background in that color.  For the yellow mat and sentiment piece, I used the same yellow ink and did the ink to paper technique.  I didn't have a yellow in this color cardstock, so I created my own with the ink.  The sentiment was stamped in Versamark and embossed in white.  I added yellow crystals and shimmer.

You can see more from the Time Out design team on the Time Out blog.

Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe

Stamps:  Better Together (Reverse Confetti and Hero Arts)

Paper:  Recollections white

Ink:  Versamark, catching rays, do-si-do, rouge, lime rickey, eucalyptus (C. Pooler)

Accessories:  Better Together dies, stitched rectangle (MFT), sentiment labels die (SSS), impression plate (PTI), white embossing powder, crystals, shimmer, dimensionals

 

Just Us Girls #584 - Color Week

 Hi friends!  Maria chose these pretty colors for the Just Us Girls Color Challenge this week.

I had to use this Joyful Peonies stamp, stencil, and die set from Pink Fresh Studio.  I stamped it first, then used the five stencils to add the color (the leaves really are blue...they may look a little green).  I used the coordinating die and cut it out as well as two more times to stack it for dimension.  I die cut the sentiment, then stamped it with Versamark and embossed it with silver embossing powder.  It was also die cut two more times for dimension.  I wanted to bring in more silver, so I used a thin frame die and die cut the silver frame.  I added silver crystals and some shimmer spritz.

This was the first one I created.  I didn't care for the placement of the sentiment, so I created the one above and moved it to the other side.  I'm not sure who would notice this, but it bothered me!  LOL!

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

Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe

Stamps:  Joyful Peonies (Pink Fresh), Opposites Attract (The Greetery)

Paper:  Recollections white, silver cardstock (MFT0

Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, Versamark; squeezed lemonade, shaded lilac, wilted violet, weathered wood, faded jeans distress oxide inks

Accessories:  Joyful Peonies stencils and die (Pink Fresh), thin frame die (SSS), Opposites Attract die (The Greetery), silver embossing powder, crystals, shimmer spritz