Just Us Girls #614 -- TREND Week

I love this week's TREND at Just Us Girls.  Inked backgrounds my go-to for easy, quick cards. I think the look is fabulous.  Vicki is hosting this challenge for the team.  On the one-layer card above, I stamped and Copic colored critters from Hello Bluebird North Star, then masked.  In addition to the critters, about an inch of the card bottom was masked.  I distressed/inked the background in Pine Needles, Bundled Sage and Chipped Sapphire.  Once dry, the major and minor sentiments from the same set were white embossed.  

This simple birthday card took less than 10 mins to make.  If you like this look in a one-layer card, give it a try.  The blended inked background is distressed in Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted Citron, and Cracked Pistachio on the card base. Then, in Salty Ocean,  the inked background is stenciled with Simon Says Stamp Falling Stars stencil.  The simple die cut sentiment is from My Favorite Things. Done. Easy peasy.

I am equally as fond of sprayed backgrounds having made two cards in the last week with a sprayed background for Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge and Perfectly CAS.  I especially like Tim Holtz' distress sprays and Heidi Swapp's Color Shine metallic sprays. 

Remember we are welcoming two guest designers for the month of January.  Stef Perry, Perry Papercrafts and Chrissie Stokes, Simply One-of-a-Kind. Please be sure to stop by and check out their posts.

Also visit our new JUGS  designers: Carol McFarland, Saw it. Had to make it. and Lisa Elton, My Paper Tales.  Please drop by their blogs and leave them a little love.

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