Just Us Girls #737 -- ANYTHING GOES STENCIL Week

I am hosting ANYTHING GOES STENCIL week at Just Us Girls.  This week, incorporate a stencil into your cards.  I picked a background stencil from Honey Bee.  I truly love layered background stencils because they make beautiful cards easy.  This set is comprised of six stencils.  The final stencil was the fine detail on the flowers and leaves, and rather than ink, I stenciled with embossing paste. The final touch was a vellum-backed, layered sentiment.

Check out our fabulous guest designer for July, Cat Craig. Please welcome her and check out her fabulous work over at Cat Luvs Paper! 

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	Honey Bee Autumn Delight stencils Paper Rose Sending Love and Hugs
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest Bazzill solid red cardstock Misc green cardstock Vellum
Ink	Various dye inks (Simon Says Stamp and My Favorite Things)
Embellishments	Wendy Vecchi white embossing paste
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 PP699 - A CAS Challenge from Joanne

Join us! It is CAS (Clean & Simple) week at The Paper Players.  Joanne is challenging us to create a Clean & Simple BIRTHDAY card.  Remember lots of white space!   I used a couple of MFT dies; die cutting the sentiment and piñata in bright colors. I assembled the piñata, adding the secondary sentiments and a googly eye. The elements are mounted on an A2 card base with pearls and gems added as a final touch.

Continuing with my New Year's resolution, I made 3 additional cards for donation to Little Birthday Angels, a local agency who ensures every child, who might not otherwise, has a birthday celebration. 

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	My Favorite Things Fiesta My Favorite Things Piñata Simon Says Stamp Tiny Words Birthday
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest Bazzill solid color cardstock
Ink	Memento Tuxedo Black
Embellishments	Little Things by Lucy's Cards pearls and gems 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 #736 -- MOODBOARD Week

Bobby is hosting MOODBOARD week at Just Us Girls.  This week, incorporate an element from the pictures above in your cards. I picked flamingos! Continuing with my New Year's resolution, I made 3 flamingo cards for donation to Little Birthday Angels, a local agency who ensures every child, who might not otherwise, has a birthday celebration.  "Gladys" is Tim Holtz' layered, die cut bird.  I have several of these sets and have to be honest, I never use all the bits and pieces.  Even so, I think the flamingo is cute.  I added several backing layers and mounted on a glittery pink DSP. The sentiment is gold matte cardstock on vellum. 

Check out our fabulous guest designer for July, Cat Craig. Please welcome her and check out her fabulous work over at Cat Luvs Paper!

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	Tim Holtz Sizzix Gladys Simon Says Stamp Let's Party
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest Bazzill solid color cardstocks Vellum Concord & 9th gold matte cardstock Unknown glitter DSP
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

The Paper Players PP698 - A Color Challenge from Jaydee

Join us! It is COLOR week at The Paper Players.  Jaydee is challenging us to use the colors BLACK, GRAY, RED and WHITE in our cards.   This week, I used a simple heart background stencil in red, various heat embossed sentiments in black, and a small paper airplane in soft gray.  A simple card but a fun way to say hi! Of course, I could have made it more CAS by leaving off the the background stencil.  As always, the card was finished off with a few sequins.

Keeping with my 2024 New Year resolution, I made four copies of this card.  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.  Our correspondence secretary is great about sending out notes to members. 

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	Mama Elephant Hello Friend Wishes Essentials by Ellen Besties (sub sentiment) Lawn Fawn Flying By Echo Designs Tiny Heart stencil
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest Bazzill solid gray cardstock
Ink	Memento London Fog (gray) Memento Tuxedo Black Versafine Onyx Hero Arts clear embossing powder Simon Says Stamp Schoolhouse red dye ink
Embellishments	Little Things by Lucy's Cards 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 #735 -- WORD Week

Carol Mc is hosting WORD week at Just Us Girls.  This week, incorporate SUMMERTIME into your cards. I created a Hello Summer card with an embossed background stamp. The backgrounds are sprayed with metallic sprays, then the backgrounds were embossed in either white or gold. Glitter dots and a stacked sentiment were the final elements.

Continuing with my New Year's resolution, I made four cards for 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 designer for July, Cat Craig. Please welcome her and check out her fabulous work over at Cat Luvs Paper! 

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	Taylored Expressions Summer Vibes background Simon Says Stamp Painted Happy Simon Says Stamp Painted Summer
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest Glossy photo cardstock Concord & 9th gold matte cardstock
Ink	Heidi Swapp and Distress sprays Versamark Hero Arts gold and white embossing powder
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

The Paper Players PP697 - A Theme Challenge from Claire

I am thrilled to be a new DT member at The Paper Players!  A few years back, I was a guest designer for a year; I loved the team and the challenges.  Please do not hesitate to reach out to me if you have questions on my cards. I will be looking forward to your challenge entries.  Challenge entries always inspire me.  From you, I learn about new products, new techniques and new styles.  

Onward to today's challenge!

Claire is challenging us to incorporate SUMMER FUN into our theme cards this week at The Paper Players.  I turned to one of my favorite summer pastimes... floating around in my pool, earbuds in, listening to a great mystery.  The stencil is new-ish from MFT.  I used only one ink, Distress Tumbled Glass, I rotated the stencil four times to achieve the effect you see. In other words, plan on a bit of time to stencil.  However, the end result really does look like pool water!

The MFT Pure Innocence image is Copic colored and mounted with foam tape at the top, glue at the bottom to allow the layered sentiment to lie correctly. Final touches... a simple white frame and sequins.

My 2024 New Year resolution is to make at least one multiple of every challenge entry.  In keeping with my resolution, I made two of this card.  My goal in making this resolution was to have more cards to donate.  Most weeks, I will let you know for whom the cards are being made... this card was just for fun!

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	My Favorite Things Pure Innocence Fun in the Sun Simon Says Stamp Hello Sunshine My Favorite Things Perfect Pool Water stencil Essentials by Ellen Essential Rectangles
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest Bazzill solid yellow cardstock Vellum
Ink	Memento Tuxedo Black Copic markers
Embellishments	Little Things by Lucy's Cards 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 #734 -- COLOR Week

Stephanie is challenging us to use the colors CORAL and YELLOW on our cards this week at Just Us Girls.  I used a simple flower from C&9th, stamped twice with color added.  The panel was trimmed and mounted on an A2 card. The sentiment is layered and glitter dots added.

Continuing with my New Year's resolution, I made four additional background for future use. This card will be donated to Friends After Diagnosis, an organization supporting cancer patients.  In addition to their many patient programs, therapy and service, staff members often send messages of support to local patients.

Check out our fabulous guest designer for July, Cat Craig. Please welcome her and check out her fabulous work over at Cat Luvs Paper! 

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.

Also, we have created a longer timeframe for our challenges! Wednesdays at 6:00 pm EST will be our new ending time in order to give you another day to get your cards in the gallery! The Winner of the Week will be announced now on Thursdays, an hour before the new challenges open.

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

Elizabeth

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	Concord & 9th You Are Enough Simon Says Stamp Sending Stamp Pinkfresh Diagonal Statiched Rectangles
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest Bazzill solid black cardstock
Ink	Memento Tuxedo Black Hero Arts Pale Yellow Simon Says Stamp Melon
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