Just Us Girls #822 -- DIE Week

Join us! It is DIE week at Just Us Girls.  I am your host, and I am challenging you to make a card using SENTIMENT dies.  

Usually, I gravitate toward inlay dies, but this die looked so interesting. I loved the shapes, textures, and color possibilities.  I chose a subtle rainbow palette and die-cut six A2 panels with the shape dies. Fortunately, Concord & 9th included multiples of each shape to speed up die-cutting.  An embossing cover plate is also included in the set.  I embossed six white card bases.  The embossing provides a guideline for where to place the shapes. Alone, the coverplate would make a great background as well. Usually, I line the background panels with 4.25" Scortape, then reinsert all the small pieces...a simple process for inlay.  However, this panel requires each piece to be glued and mounted on the base.  Easy, but a very different process than inlay.

I chose to add gems to each set of four circles.  I love a bit of sparkle. The layered sentiment (die cuts from two different sets) made the backgrounds a birthday greeting.

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	My Favorite Things WISH Simon Says Stamp Big Hugs Concord & 9th Pattern Play dies
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest Bazzill solid color cardstock
Ink
Embellishments	Little Things by Lucy's Cards gems 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

Just Us Girls #821 -- CASE a DT Week

Join us! It is CASE A DT week at Just Us Girls.  Carol Mc is challenging us to choose one of the DT members' cards and CASE (Copy and Share Everything).   CASE a Design Team [DT] member means you may CASE any DT member's card in the JUGS post. [CASE = copy & share everything].  In a nutshell, use what inspires you from the card you choose, and create your own. There is a wide selection from what the Team has created, using anything goes for their creations. 

If you need help in learning how to CASE a card, please check out Ardyth's post on her LIMES method.  CASEing others' work is a powerful learning tool that helps you solidify your own style.

I made a "get well" card for CASE A DT week, inspired by a store-bought card I received from a friend this summer while recovering from surgery.  I embossed a blue gingham card base and started building my soup bowl. I had planned to use all the elements from Trinity's alphabet soup die set, but the bowl was smaller than I wanted.  So I created the bowl "circles" from Hero Arts Infinity Circles. Trinity's peas, peppers, parsley, and alphabet were added in.  The final touch was a silver spoon made from layered Mirricard.

The sentiment is from Waffle Flower.  I made a half dozen cards for donation. Many of my cards are donated to a cancer support group, where it is more appropriate to say "take care" rather than "get well" or "feel better".

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 Hero Arts Infinity Circle dies Waffle Flower Print & Script Take Care die Trinity Stamps Alphabet Soup die
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest Bazzill solid color cardstock Amuse Studios blue gingham cardstock Silver Mirricard
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 #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