Just Us Girls #831 -- WORD Week

Join us! It is WORD week at Just Us Girls.  The Paper Players.  Vicki is challenging us to be inspired by the word PLAY.   The card above was triggered by the card below.  

I make so many cards for different organizations that I try to use every "fun" item I come across. The front of the card below is from a used US stamp sheet featuring Elvis.  The back was slick in order to hold stamps, but covering it with Scortape made it easy to apply to a card base. I added a white embossed sentiment and a few glittery stars. Fun, right? 

It occurred to me that Elvis was "playing" a guitar. This thought led me to playing records! I used to have 100s of albums and loved to play records. The turntable dies are from the now-gone My Favorite Things (as are the other elements of the card). I used glossy black cardstock for the record, and a scrap of fun DSP for the album label. A simple stamped sentiment and a few more glittery stars finish the card.  I made 6 duplicates for donation.

Check out our fabulous guest designer for July, the amazing Bonnie Klass. Please welcome her and check out her fabulous work over at Stamping with Klass! 

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	My Favorite Things Turntable My Favorite Things For the Record My Favorite Things Happy Birthday Background
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest Bazzill solid color cardstock Scrap flamingo DSP Glossy black cardstock Silver Matte cardstock
Ink	Memento Tuxedo Black
Embellishments	The Stamp Market glitter stars
Desk Staples	Dahle 550 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 #830 -- DIE Week

Join us! It is DIE week at Just Us Girls.  Ina is challenging us to use a FORGOTTEN FAVORITE.   This week, I used a wonderful die set from Concord & 9th. These dies were intended for Christmas, but I found they work for anything with the right sentiment. This set is excellent for scraps! Every once in a while, I just need to clean out the scrap basket. I keep every scrap larger than 1x1 inch. The sentiment is simply stamped and fussy cut (remember fussy cutting?). The final gem was a trio of miscellaneous gems. I made a dozen for donation (so easy!).

Check out our fabulous guest designer for July, the amazing Bonnie Klass. Please welcome her and check out her fabulous work over at Stamping with Klass! 

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	Concord & 9th Poinsettia Quilt die Waffle Flower Quilted Hug Sentiments stamp
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest Numerous Bazzill solid color cardstock scraps and black
Ink	Memento Tuxedo Black
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 #829 -- Anything Goes STENCIL Week

Join us! It is STENCIL week at Just Us Girls.  Lisa is challenging us to create anything with a stencil.  This week, I am using a Simon Hurley layering stencil featuring yummy strawberries.  I couldn't resist when I first saw this stencil.  Easy stencil, but it has one flaw.  The leaves over the top of the berries have to be stenciled several times to ensure the "green" shows through the red berries.  So easy that I made a dozen for donation.  To finish, embossed the edges of the card, added a layered, vellum-backed sentiment, and several pearls.

Meet our featured guest designer for June, Kellianne. Please welcome her and check out her fabulous work over at In My Stamp Room! 

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	Waffle Flower Sweet Friend die Simon Hurley Very Berry layering stencil Pinkfresh Blanket Stitched Rectangle dies
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest Bazzill solid yellow cardstock Vellum
Ink	Various Simon Says Stamp dye inks
Embellishments	Little Things by Lucy's Cards pearls
Desk Staples	Dahle 550 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 #828 -- MOODBOARD Week

Join us! It is MOODBOARD week at Just Us Girls.  Denise, our newest teammate, is challenging us to take inspiration from this wonderful array of flowers.   This week, incorporate the colors, the variety, the flowers(!) into your cards.  

With all the colors, I didn't know what colors to choose. So I turned to my very handy Color Cube, and selected a few cards which included the colors above.  I settled on card 242 below, and used the colors listed.

The cover die is new from A Pocketful of Happiness... and perfect for inlay!  I chose papers that match the first five colors and used black for the background.  I die cut the cover plate 10 times, once for each primary color (using dry sheets behind each die cut to keep the pieces in place), and five times for the background (discarding the black flowers).  I lined each background with Scortape sheets (double-sided tape) and adhered the backgrounds to the card bases.  Then I just started mixing and matching the flower die-cuts from the primary colors.  With five primary colors, I was able to make five cards quickly.  Each week, all duplicates are donated to "card" causes. To finish, I used gold paint to create dotted circles around the gold center dots.  The sentiment is layered and mounted on vellum.

Meet our featured guest designer for June, Kellianne. Please welcome her and check out her fabulous work over at In My Stamp Room! 

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 Field of Flowers A2 Cover Panel Hello die is from Amazon (no other information available)
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest Various Bazzill solid color cardstock Vellum
Ink	Pilot Gold Fine Tip Pointer
Embellishments	Memory Box gold dots
Desk Staples	Dahle 550 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 #827 -- WORD Week

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

SUMMER is a perfect word for someone who lives in South Florida.  I love this summer image by Stampingbella. The oddballs are Copic-colored, framed, and mounted on patterned paper.  The sentiment is stamped on kraft paper; Versamark was used with a sand stamp for texture, and a wave border die cut. I added a small dried starfish for embellishment. (I use these starfish in making resin jewelry.) As always, I made multiples for donation.

Meet our featured guest designer for June, Kellianne. Please welcome her and check out her fabulous work over at In My Stamp Room! 

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	Stampingbella Mini Oddballs Building a Sandcastle My Favorite Things Sand and Surf border die My Favorite Things Pierced Square STAX Honey Bee Sandy Shores background stamp
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest 80lb. Neenah Desert Storm Kraft My Favorite Things Sand, Surf & Sky 6x6 paper
Ink	Memento Tuxedo Black Copic markers Versamark
Embellishments	Stash dried starfish
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 #826 -- DIE Week

Join us! It is DIE week at Just Us Girls.  Carol Mayne is challenging us to make a card using BUTTERFLY dies.  I love these new (to me) Birch Press Block designs.  The simplicity is so clean and modern. I selected bright colors, embossed the card base, added layered die-cut elements, and a layered sentiment to complete. Easy peasy.  I made a dozen for donation.

Meet our featured guest designer for June, Kellianne. Please welcome her and check out her fabulous work over at In My Stamp Room! 

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	Birch Press Designs Block Print Stems and Berries Birch Press Designs Block Print Radiant Butterfly Pinkfresh Diagonal Stitched Plaid Coverplate Birch Press Designs Scripted Hello
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest Bazzill solid color cardstock Green glitter cardstock
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

Just Us Girls #825 -- ANYTHING GOES STENCIL Week

Join us! It is ANYTHING GOES STENCIL week at Just Us Girls.  Carol Mc is challenging us to use a stencil in our card creations this week.  I am making a cake-themed birthday card for Anything Goes.  I always need birthday cards in my stash.

I truly love layered stencils.  My hand is not as steady as it used to be, and stencils are so forgiving. I selected five colors and worked magic. To finish, I embossed and trimmed the stenciled panel, added it to an embossed card base, added a layered, vellum-backed sentiment, and finished with yellow Stickles for the flames.  So easy. Made a half dozen for donation.

Meet our featured guest designer for May, 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/Stencils/Other	Pinkfresh Blanket Stitched Rectangles Taylored Expressions Wavy Stitched Stacklets Simon Says Stamp Birthday Wishes Concord & 9th Cut the Cake stencil pack
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest Bazzill solid color cardstock Vellum
Ink	Memento Tuxedo Black Various Simon Says Stamp dye inks
Embellishments	Yellow Stickles
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