hello, The word started this week at Just Us Girls is stripes! Easy Peasy huh? For my card, I have used a mix of MFT- Stitched Flowers, Spellbinders-scalloped circle, a SU-stitched circle, and a Verve- sentiment. Oh, and the Designer paper is from DCWV.
I hope you have a very creative day and consider stopping by JUGS and joining us! Nanc’
Hi, It’s time for my favorite, which is Color Week, at Just Us Girls. Mark my words when I retire I would absolutely love to start a color challenge blog, as I find them so easy to do! Today’s colors are Purple, Red, and Pink which were quite fun to work with. I started off by making a frame stencil to make my background using Oxide Inks. Love the clean lines that is revealed when you peel the stencil away. Next, I made another stencil with my Lawn Fawn sun die. Then, here is when disappointment struck! I knew I wanted to add some Hybiscus flowers to my card, so I got out my SU Hybiscus stamp set and matching die cuts when I realized the matching die was MIA!!! You have no idea how upset I got over this! I was pretty broken up, I must say! I bought this stamp set for one purpose only and it was for the Hybiscus stamp and die and NOW the die is MISSING. UGH! I looked high and low and had to result in praying that someday I find it attached to another set and all will be well with the world once again! LOL Fussy cutting until then! The sentiment is also from Stampin Up and is one of my favs. Have you ever lost one of your favorite stamps or dies? It happened to me one other time and Julee Tilman (from Verve) the sweetheart that she is, replaced it for free!
Please join us at JUGS…I would love to see you there! Hugs, Nanc’
Hello, I am absolutely thrilled to be guesting this month at The Twofer Challenge. This is a challenge that I absolutely love and look so forward to each and every month! I love that this challenge pushes my creativity and to think outside the box! Thanks so much Darnell for having me! The words this time around are Holiday Greenery, which is perfect for this time of year! My cards are a little more straight forward this month, as last month I created colorful paint splatters out of dripping chocolate.
Here are a few of my card details: The Pointsettia die is from Memory Box, the stitched frames are from MFT, the Joyous sentiment is from Art Impressions, the thank you is from MFT, the leaves are from Stampin Up, and the Pinecones are from Verve. Some Nuvo drops and Wink of Stella for some added sparkle.
You must hurry on over to the Twofer Blog and check out all the amazing cards from the Design Team…I know they will inspire you to join us! Can’t wait to see what you decide to do! The Twofer traditional way or the Twist!
Now, Go Create an Amazing Day, Nanc’
Hello, Ina has an easy word for us this week at Just Us Girls. The word is Thanks. However, there are many variations of this that she would gladly accept. Go have a look at her post at JUGS and you will see what I mean. Most of all, I am sure you will be inspired by the team’s cards and hopefully decide to join us.
I am also linking my card up over at Time Out Challenges too…focusing on being grateful.
Here are some of the card details: Sentiment is Verve, Vellum, Enamel dots from SU, Wooden Floral stamp is from who knows where and something I have had for eons.
Go Create an Amazing Day! Nanc’
Hello, We have a perfect Fall photo for you this week at Just Us Girls that is sure to inspire you! This card may look a tad familiar if you are one of my avid followers. I made a card very similar to this one a few weeks back and I loved that one so much I had to make another, especially once I saw the photo Bobby had selected for us. This card is in the running for the most favorite card of mine to date. I truly love it! I did the smooshing technique on watercolor paper for the background of my leaves. The veins of the leaves are made out of gold sparkle paper. It is so lovely! The two tags are made from the same. I decided to distress the edges of the crumb cake paper and the ivory sentiment paper. The sentiment is heat embossed. A few gold Nuvo drops too. The leaves and small rectangle are SU and the sentiment is Verve. The large rounded corner rectangle and banners are MFT. I am also linking my card up at 2 other challenges. Time Out Challenges, the word is grateful. Inspire Create, the word is die cuts.
Before I go I would like to thank Chris for being with us this month. It was great having you back on the team, it was just like old times.
Go and create an amazing day! Nanc’
I have a card today for The Paper Players (Thankful) and over at The Flower Challenge it’s (CAS). I haven’t played with this Painted Harvest SU set in quite some time and the results are generally quite lovely. I think these flowers look great in any color. I just love Crumb Cake, White and Dark Red together.
Details: I have a mix of MFT and SU on this card.
Hope you have a creative day, Nanc’
Hello, It may not feel like fall in my neck of the woods quite yet…or ever…LOL, but it didn’t stop me from getting out my fall decorations today along with my favorite fall leaves from SU to make a card. Before I got to work, I needed to go find some challenge blogs to play along with. I sometimes feel like a challenge blog addict. LOL If I was retired I think I would start another one myself! The two I am joining today are The Paper Players Tic Tac Toe Challenge, where I have chosen the row going down (FALL, ORANGE, and LEAVES) and Happy Little Stampers (ANYTHING GOES WITH DIES.) Hold onto your hats folks…..I am about to say something a bit rare!! I am extremely happy with the way this card came out. In fact, so happy that I made two of them, and one I will be sharing later next month with a JUGS challenge.
Card details: SU-cardstock, sentiment, and leaves. I did the watercolor smooshing technique for the leaves. Then did the outline in gold to match the embossed sentiment. I distressed my kraft cardstock with some oxide ink. MFT-banner die and Mod Rectangles. Gold Nuvo drops to finish it off!
So happy you stopped by, Have a creative week! Nanc’
Hello, Today’s card is for a very fun and interesting sketch over at Just Add Ink. Before, I put my leaf stamps and dies away, I decided to make one more card using the small leaf stamp that comes with this set. Yet again, I used the smooshing technique to make the background colors on my larger leaves. This was a fun and simple card to do. The sentiment is from Verve.
Hugs, Nanc’
Hi, Over at Addicted to Stamps and More they have a nautical picture for us to be inspired by. I love making nautical cards, so I knew right away I would be playing along. This card was easy and fun to do.
Card Details: All products are SU except for the scalloped die which is Spellbinders.
Have a wonderful day, Nanc’
Hello, I am hosting this week at Just Us Girls and I really am in love with the color palette I have chosen. If you like the colors too, you must go check out the rest of the DT’s cards along with our guest Emmas. They are all so fabulous! I have a second card below.
Card Details: Altenew Rose Stamp Set (gifted to me by a fellow DT member and friend Bobby), both sentiments are from SU, and the edge dies are Papertrey Ink.
Have a fabulous day and hope you consider joining us this week at JUGS! Nanc’
