Just Us Girls #749 -- MOODBOARD Week

Vicki is challenging us to draw inspiration from the mood board above this week at Just Us Girls.  I focused on the single word BOO in the middle of the moodboard.  I used all the "small" stamps in the Pretty Pink Posh Boo set.  I randomly stamped images on an A2 card panel and Copic-colored. Then die cut BOO from the panel, creating a shaker card front.  A sub-sentiment was stamped and adhered over the BOO. The shaker is very thin given only one layer of foam tape was used to seal the back.  Very tiny micro stars fills the shaker space. I added a small acrylic spider from my stash in the card corner.

Continuing with my New Year's resolution, I made 3 additional cards for donation to Operation Gratitude, an organization supporting our Military and first responders letting them know that what they do matters. One of the handmade items they request is handmade cards for their care packages so recipients can write their loved ones.

Check out our wonderful guest designer for October, Kerry Parkinson. Please welcome her and check out her fabulous work over at Kerry's Papercraft! 

Also check out the design team.  These ladies work hard to inspire you each week.  Drop by their blogs and leave them a little love.

Enjoy!  I am looking forward to your inspired creations in the gallery. 

Elizabeth

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	Pretty Pink Posh Boo
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest Bazzill solid black and orange cardstock Acetate
Ink	Memento Tuxedo Black Copic markers Various dye inks
Embellishments	Pretty Pink Posh micro stars
Desk Staples	Dahle Personal Rotary Cutter Scor Pal Mini Score Board Sizzix Big Shot Die Cutting Ranger Stamp Platform Bearly Art Precision Glue 3M ATG 714 Tape Adhesive 3M foam tape

Baby Card Inspiration

So I have been busy lately making baby cards.  300 for Cleveland Clinic here in my hometown. The ladies of various churches put together baskets for every new mother.  I helped increase their stash of cards.  A card is added to each basket from the floor nurses.  If you need inspiration, below are the 30 designs I made, ten of each design.  To use up some of my paper stash, I used Bar 4 cards (3.5" x 5").

The Paper Players PP711 - A Color Challenge from Joanne

Join us! It is COLOR week at The Paper Players.  Joanne is challenging us to use all the shades of orange and brown in our cards.   I made a Halloween card.  The card base is sprayed with Carved Pumpkin and Walnut Stain. The door and stem are Copic colored kraft cardstock. The final touches were a layered sentiment in glossy black cardstock and lots of stars and sequins.

Continuing with my New Year's resolution, I made an additional card for donation to Operation Gratitude, an organization supporting our military and first responders letting them know that what they do matters. One of the handmade items they request is handmade cards for their care packages so recipients can write their loved ones. 

Check out our fabulous guest designers as well as the rest of the design team.  These ladies work hard to inspire you each week.  Drop by their blogs and leave them a little love.

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Anne Marie Hile

Ann Schach

Jan Clothier

Stef Perry

Cynthia Stevenson

Jolanda Johnstone

Enjoy!  I am looking forward to your inspired creations in the gallery. 

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	Sizzix Tim Holtz Trick-or-Treat Papertrey Ink Happy Haunting Simon Says Stamp Pumpkin Set
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest 80lb. Neenah Desert Storm Silver Mirracard Black Mirracard Vellum
Ink	Memento Tuxedo Black Copic markers Distress sprays
Embellishments	Little Things by Lucy's Cards sequins Pretty Pink Posh stars Amber gem (stash) Googly eyes
Desk Staples	Dahle Personal Rotary Cutter Scor Pal Mini Score Board Sizzix Big Shot Die Cutting Ranger Stamp Platform Bearly Art Precision Glue 3M ATG 714 Tape Adhesive 3M foam tape

Just Us Girls #748 -- WORD Week

Stephanie is challenging us to incorporate the word LEAVES into our cards this week at Just Us Girls.  I made a simple (and beautiful!) foiled leaf card. Sorry about the lousy photo but I have no idea how to get the lighting right for foiled cards.

I have to be honest.  I didn't jump on the foiling bandwagon for years.  But recently I purchased a Gina K Fuse foiling machine.  Why? Jennifer McGuire said the Fuse could serve as a laminator as well.  My laminator had been recalled. At one point, I had tried foiling with my laminator but everything was just splotchy.  So I had a tube of green deco foil and the above card fronts at home; not touched for years after my initial foiling attempt.  I just didn't want more equipment in my small craft room, expensive plates to buy, etc.  The Fuse is great.  As you can see, perfect foiling every time.  Gina K's polyglaze sheets make foiling die cuts easy. And these toner cards are perfect card fronts.  Also I can foil anything printed on my laser printer. I should say Jennifer was a bit wrong.  The Fuse does laminate but not a full-size sheet (8.5x11").

This card is so sparkly, it didn't need much embellishment.  I added a layered white sentiment backed by vellum to finish.  

Continuing with my New Year's resolution, I made six cards for donation to Operation Gratitude, an organization supporting our Military and first responders letting them know that what they do matters. One of the handmade items they request is handmade cards for their care packages so recipients can write their loved ones.

Check out our wonderful guest designer for October, Kerry Parkinson. Please welcome her and check out her fabulous work over at Kerry's Papercraft! 

Also check out the design team.  These ladies work hard to inspire you each week.  Drop by their blogs and leave them a little love.

Enjoy!  I am looking forward to your inspired creations in the gallery. 

Elizabeth

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	Unity Deco Foil Toner Card Fronts - Tranquil Leaves Simon Says Stamp Just Because
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest Vellum
Ink	Deco Foil, green
Embellishments
Desk Staples	Dahle Personal Rotary Cutter Scor Pal Mini Score Board Sizzix Big Shot Die Cutting Ranger Stamp Platform Bearly Art Precision Glue 3M ATG 714 Tape Adhesive 3M foam tape

The Paper Players PP710 - A Theme Challenge from Jan

Join us! It is THEME week at The Paper Players.  Jan is challenging us to make a card for "love is in the air".  Think engagement, wedding, or anniversary.   This card was motivated out of need... my mother needed a wedding card.  This is a simple creation. The card base is embossed in roses. Foam mounted on the base are Pinkfresh washi die cuts, and a foiled sentiment. Final touch was a smattering of glitter dots.

This is the first time this year that I haven't made duplicates (no time)... but I think this is a special situation and I have not broken my New Year resolution.  Right?  :)

Check out our fabulous guest designers as well as the rest of the design team.  These ladies work hard to inspire you each week.  Drop by their blogs and leave them a little love.

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Anne Marie Hile

Ann Schach

Jan Clothier

Stef Perry

Cynthia Stevenson

Jolanda Johnstone

Enjoy!  I am looking forward to your inspired creations in the gallery. 

Elizabeth

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	Pinkfresh Hydrangea and Roses (die and washi) Nellie's Choice Roses embossing folder Pinkfresh foiled sentiments
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest
Ink
Embellishments	Pinkfresh glitter dots
Desk Staples	Dahle Personal Rotary Cutter Scor Pal Mini Score Board Sizzix Big Shot Die Cutting Ranger Stamp Platform Bearly Art Precision Glue 3M ATG 714 Tape Adhesive 3M foam tape

Just Us Girls #747 -- COLOR Week

Lisa is challenging us to use the colors CHARTREUSE, LIGHT BLUE and GRAY this week at Just Us Girls.  As many know, color challenges are not my favorite.  I struggle, always wanting to add another color. However, I love how this card turned out.  These florals are from an old Papertrey set. I stamped the stems in gray ink, and filled in the petals with light blue and "chartreuse". I stamped some "dots" for interest in light blue, and white embossed on the petals. I mounted the floral panel on a light blue patterned cardstock, and added a grey sentiment.

Continuing with my New Year's resolution, I made 4 additional cards for donation. These cards will be donated to the First Presbyterian Women, an organization supporting and sharing with the congregation, friends, and guests; building faith, changing lives, and sharing christ.

Check out our wonderful guest designer for October, Kerry Parkinson. Please welcome her and check out her fabulous work over at Kerry's Papercraft! 

Also check out the design team.  These ladies work hard to inspire you each week.  Drop by their blogs and leave them a little love.

Enjoy!  I am looking forward to your inspired creations in the gallery. 

Elizabeth

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	Papertrey Ink Prominent Petals Waffle Flower Nesting Postage Dies Simon Says Stamp Bold Hello
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest Simon Says Stamp Fog cardstock Paperandmore.com patterned cardstock (OOB)
Ink	Memento London Fog (gray) Simon Says Stamp dye ink Versamark Hero Arts white embossing powder
Embellishments
Desk Staples	Dahle Personal Rotary Cutter Scor Pal Mini Score Board Sizzix Big Shot Die Cutting Ranger Stamp Platform Bearly Art Precision Glue 3M ATG 714 Tape Adhesive 3M foam tape

The Paper Players PP709 - A Tic Tac Toe Challenge from Claire

Join us! It is TIC TAC TOE week at The Paper Players.  Claire is challenging us to pick a row, diagonal or column from the Tic Tac Toe board above, and create a card.   This week, I decided to focus on the right diagonal: LEAVES, DIE, and DOTS or SEQUINS.  I used Tim Holtz' funky leaf set (I believe Altenew has a funky leaf set too).  The leaves are die cut from cardstock I sprayed with metallic sprays, one of my favorite inking techniques.  Leaves are mounted on kraft cardstock with gold, heat embossed edges and sentiment. Gold metallic dots were the final touch.

Keeping with my New Year resolution, I made three copies of this card.  My goal in making this resolution was to have more cards to donate.  This type of general card is put aside for friends.  Whenever I need a "thank you", I bundle five cards up in an acetate A2 box with a simple ribbon.  The boxes can be purchased on Amazon.

Check out our fabulous guest designers as well as the rest of the design team.  These ladies work hard to inspire you each week.  Drop by their blogs and leave them a little love.

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Anne Marie Hile

Ann Schach

Jan Clothier

Stef Perry

Cynthia Stevenson

Jolanda Johnstone

Enjoy!  I am looking forward to your inspired creations in the gallery. 

Elizabeth

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	Tim Holtz Sizzix Artsy Leaves Technique  Tuesday Celebrate the Fall
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest 80lb. Neenah Desert Storm Misc. scrap cardstock
Ink	Versamark Hero Arts gold embossing powder Metallic sprays by Heidi Swapp and Dylusions
Embellishments	Pinkfresh gold dots
Desk Staples	Dahle Personal Rotary Cutter Scor Pal Mini Score Board Sizzix Big Shot Die Cutting Ranger Stamp Platform Bearly Art Precision Glue 3M ATG 714 Tape Adhesive 3M foam tape