Just Us Girls #820 -- ANYTHING GOES STENCIL Week

Join us! It is ANYTHING GOES STENCIL week at Just Us Girls.  Vicki is challenging us to use a stencil in our card creations this week. Anyone who knows me knows I love dogs.  So I couldn't resist this doggone cute dog set from Taylored Expressions. Outlines are stamped, and bodies are stenciled.  To make it more fun, I used the set's accompanying die to cut out the dogs and then pop them up. A second Taylored Expressions set features lots of fun "dog" sentiments like the one above, including my favorite, "from one dog mom to another." Sentiments are stamped as a single set and die-cut with a single die. To finish, I added a pop of color with pink sequin hearts. 

I made a set of six for my groomer and dog walker for Christmas, and another set for my personal use.

Check out our fabulous guest designer for April, Rosemary Dennis. Please welcome her and check out her fabulous work over at Hey There...rosigirl!

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/Stencils/Other	Taylored Expressions Dog Gone Cute stamp, stencils, and die Taylored Expressions Simple Strips - Woof Pinkfresh Diagonal Stitched Rectangles
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest 80lb. Neenah Desert Storm Kraft
Ink	Memento Rich Cocoa Simon Says Stamp dye inks
Embellishments	Stash heart sequins
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 #819 -- MOODBOARD Week

Join us! It is MOODBOARD week at Just Us Girls.  Bobby is challenging us to be inspired by the moodboard above in creating our cards this week.  I looked at Bobby's moodboard and knew exactly which set I wanted to use.  I picked an old Altenew set with flowered letters, which felt like the middle top panel in the moodboard.  This is a simple stamped card with a gold border, mounted on an embossed card base.

Check out our fabulous guest designer for April, Rosemary Dennis. Please welcome her and check out her fabulous work over at Hey There...rosigirl!

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/Stencils/Other	Altenew Botanical You Lil' Inker crosshatch impression plate Essentials by Ellen Essential Rectangles
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest Bazzill solid color cardstock Gold Mirracard
Ink	Memento Tuxedo Black Various Simon Says Stamp dye inks
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

Just Us Girls #818 -- WORD Week

Join us! It is WORD week at Just Us Girls.  Ina is challenging us to draw inspiration from the phrase SPOTLIGHT TECHNIQUE in our card creations this week.  If you are unsure what the spotlight technique is, a couple of videos are listed below that may help.

Cardmaking 201 (2025)

Inspiring Creativity (2025)

The spotlight technique highlights a single area of a design, typically in color.  I used Pinkfresh's Dreamer's Forest. The image was stamped and colored with stencils.  On the spotlight card above, I masked off a circular area and only colored the circle. To finish, I added a layered, vellum-backed sentiment and several gems.

The card below is fully colored. I made five for donation.

Check out our fabulous guest designer for April, Rosemary Dennis. Please welcome her and check out her fabulous work over at Hey There...rosigirl!

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/Stencils/Other	Pinkfresh Dreamer's Forest Memory Box Hello Breezy Script die
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest Green Mirracard Bazzill solid color cardstock Vellum
Ink	Memento Tuxedo Black Various Simon Says Stamp dye inks
Embellishments	Little Things by Lucy's Cards gems
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 #817 -- DIE Week

Join us! It is DIE week at Just Us Girls.  Sue is challenging us to make a card using dies incorporating SPRING or EASTER.  I love inlay dies, and this one from A Pocketful of Happiness is wonderful.  I selected bright spring colors, then mixed and matched the pieces to create four cards. This inlay die does have some waste. Numerous pieces from the yellow, pink, and purple A2 sheets were discarded.  In general, I use a dryer sheet behind each die cut to keep the pieces together. I line the background panels with 4.25" Scortape, then reinsert all the small pieces...a simple process. The final touches are a layered sentiment and hot pink gems.

Check out our fabulous guest designer for April, Rosemary Dennis. Please welcome her and check out her fabulous work over at Hey There...rosigirl!

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/Stencils/Other	A Pocketful of Happiness Spring Background die Poppystamps Hello Spring
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest Bazzill solid color cardstock
Ink
Embellishments	Little Things by Lucy's Cards gems
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 #816 -- ANYTHING GOES STENCIL Week

Join us! It is ANYTHING GOES STENCIL week at Just Us Girls.  Lisa is challenging us to use a stencil in our card creations this week. I love stencil week! I selected a beautiful layered floral stencil from Papertrey Ink. To the card above, I added a layered Penny Black thank you. I stenciled a dozen of these cards (without the sentiment) in various color combinations for donation; I will add an appropriate sentiment later. The final touch was several small pearls. This stencil was incredibly easy, with room for mistakes.  So fun.

Meet our featured guest designer for March, Milla. Please welcome her and check out her fabulous work over at Mustesormi! 

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/Stencils/Other	Papertrey Ink In the Meadow stencils Penny Black Many Thanks
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest Bazzill solid black cardstock
Ink	Memento Tuxedo Black Simon Says Stamp dye inks
Embellishments	Little Things by Lucy's Cards pearls
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 #815 -- MOODBOARD Week

Join us! It is MOODBOARD week at Just Us Girls.  Carol Mayne is challenging us to be inspired by the moodboard above in creating our cards this week.  I looked at this moodboard and selected the black background and multiple bright-colored flowers.  Given that I wanted to use the same flower numerous times, I wanted an interesting floral. I considered both the Poppystamps Nordic flower line and Birch Press Block flowers.  I own several dies in both lines. I selected the above Nordic tulip because it was small enough to use multiple times. I could have used it in the four corners, but was intrigued by this triangular design.  

I selected three pinks and purples for the flowers and four or five greens for the stems and leaves. When you layer the tulips, it is pretty thick with nine layers of cardstock. Importantly, there is no waste, and six cards were yielded.  The final touches are a layered sentiment and purple gems.

Meet our featured guest designer for March, Milla. Please welcome her and check out her fabulous work over at Mustesormi! 

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/Stencils/Other	Poppystamps Nordic Crown Flower Memory Box Pinpoint Leaf impression plate Simon Says Stamp Bold Hello
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest Bazzill solid color cardstock
Ink
Embellishments	Little Things by Lucy's Cards gems
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 #814 -- WORD Week

Join us! It is WORD week at Just Us Girls.  Bobby is challenging us to draw inspiration from the word "EMBOSS " in our card creations this week.  

I immediately decided to make a card with cherries when I saw the word "emboss." I own the cute Concord and 9th cherry embossing folder and was excited to use it. Unfortunately, I couldn't get the EF to emboss with any depth, so the small cherry background was almost invisible.  I attempted to color each set of cherries, but the lack of depth made them difficult to see.  I tried shims but could not produce a usable card base. So disappointing.

I had to rethink the word emboss.  I swiveled and decided to focus on heat embossing.  Using pigment ink, I stamped the sentiment and then heat-embossed it.  You forget how clean heat embossing makes stamping. The sentiment just pops. I also embossed the red gingham card base with a criss-cross border and mounted the die-cut sentiment.  I added several sets of die-cut cherries to the base, as well as a small stamped sentiment (giving the card purpose).  I made half a dozen for my stash.

Meet our featured guest designer for March, Milla. Please welcome her and check out her fabulous work over at Mustesormi! 

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/Stencils/Other	Taylored Expressions Cross-Statich Rectangle Stacklets Mama Elephant Mini Everyday Messages Concord & 9th Cherry Nice stamp set (Concord & 9th Cherry Nice embossing folder)
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest Bazzill solid color cardstock Amuse Studios red gingham cardstock
Ink	Memento Tuxedo Black Versamark Hero Arts clear embossing powder Mama Elephant cherry pigment ink
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