Just Us Girls #846 -- Anything Goes STENCIL Week

Join us! It is Anything Goes STENCIL Week at Just Us Girls.  Bobby is challenging us to use any stencil on our cards. I love this layered flamingo stencil! It is a cheapy from Amazon. I think it's so cute.  For the holidays this year, I am giving friends packets of six flamingo-themed cards. The above card will be one of those cards. I just love the small touch of orange. 

This is another flamingo stencil from my stash. Another card I made for my flamingo gift packs... the stencil is from Killer Zebras. My new favorite stencil store that is actually a cookie cutter and stencil storefront. The sentiment is single layer, mounted on vellum. The final touch was pink gems.

Check out our fabulous October guest designer, Carrie Sheridan. Please welcome her and check out her fabulous work over at Carrie's Custom Cards! 

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	Simon Says Stamp Just A Note Pinkfresh Blanket Stitched Rectangles Amazon flamingo stencil Killer Zebras flamingo stencil Impression Obsession Hello Friend die
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest Memory Box orange cardstock Vellum Bazzill solid colored cardstock
Ink	Memento Tuxedo Black Various Simon Says Stamp dye inks
Embellishments	Little Things by Lucy's Cards pink 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 #845 -- MOODBOARD Week

Join us! It is MOODBOARD week at Just Us Girls.  Carol is challenging us to take inspiration from the moodbaord above.   I just couldn't decide what to do, so I made two cards (with duplicates for donation). The first card pulled in the knit background with the central "critter", and I thought it was a great way to use Birch Press' wise old fox. The second card pulled in the ghost theme.  Both are fun in their own ways.

Check out our fabulous October guest designer, Carrie Sheridan. Please welcome her and check out her fabulous work over at Carrie's Custom Cards! 

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 Wise Fox Spellbinders Sweater Weather Embossing Folder Simon Says Stamp Warm Thoughts Amazon Narrow Pine Trees ---- Scrapbook.com Ghosts Pinkfresh Diagonal Stitched Coverplate Simonn Says Stamp Spooky
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest 80lb Neenah Desert Storm  Bazzill solid color cardstock Concord & 9th matte gold cardstock Vellum Stardream copper metalic cardstock ---- Glossy purple Cardstock Concord & 9th silver glitter cardstock
Ink	Hero Arts Soft Brown dye ink (embossing folder accent)
Embellishments	Little Things by Lucy's Cards gemstones
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 #844 -- WORD Week

Join us! It is WORD week at Just Us Girls.  Carol is challenging us to use the word "MOVE" in our cards. Interestingly, I took this literally and made the card below.  I can always use a new home card in my stash, but as I thought more about MOVE, I realized Carol probably meant for the card to move. I decided to make a Christmas shaker with Cathy Zielsky's tree coverplate. I made sixteen cards with 4 letter-sized sheets. I love dies with no waste! Eight shakers and eight of the cards above with repeating trees.  The shakers were easy and filled with large sequins. The small tree die-cuts were sprayed with metallic paint (in a box!) and added to white A2 card bases. So easy.

Check out our fabulous October guest designer, Carrie Sheridan. Please welcome her and check out her fabulous work over at Carrie's Custom Cards! 

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	Simon Says Stamp Tidings of Cheer Concord & 9th Holiday Sayings Simon Says Stamp CZ Design Tree Coverplate ---- Spellbinders City Holiday Mama Elephant Home Sweet Home
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest Bazzill solid color cardstock Concord & 9th matte gold cardstock Vellum Memory Box 6x6 DSP (house card) Glossy black cardstock (house card)
Ink	Dyslusions metallic spray (tree card #2) Memento tuxedo black dye ink
Embellishments	Stash large sequins Pretty Pink Posh gold stars Reflections clear rhinestones Amazon gold micro 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

Just Us Girls #843 -- DIE Week

Join us! It is DIE week at Just Us Girls.  Carol is challenging us to use a Halloween-themed die in our cards.  Easy peasy.  I used three fun dies assembled atop Halloween DSP with text from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.  The bat encloses a small chocolate nugget! I made a dozen to give out to friends at Halloween.

I also made a half dozen of this cute ghost parade... a fairly new die from Simon Says Stamp. The background DSP is the same as above, embossed with spider webs. I added a single-layer sentiment, a cute spider from another set, and gold stars.

Check out our fabulous October guest designer, Carrie Sheridan. Please welcome her and check out her fabulous work over at Carrie's Custom Cards! 

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	Simon Says Stamp Halloween Stack The Stamp Market Webbed Essentials by Ellen Bat Hugs ---- Simon Says Stamp Ghost Parade Simon Says Stamp Too Cute to Spook Poppystamps Stitched Spider Webs Trinity Stamps Boo Brew (spider)
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest Bazzill solid color cardstock Simon Says Stamp silver glitter cardstock Stash Halloween background DSP
Ink
Embellishments	Misc. ribbon Gold stars
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 #842 -- Anything Goes STENCIL Week

Join us! It is STENCIL week at Just Us Girls.  Sue is challenging us to use a stencil in our card creations.  This card comes from an Altenew Craft kit and was inspired by my friend, Jaydee, an incredibly inspired cardmaker.  I made two dozen copies to use as my Christmas card, given with gifts. I think one of my cards always makes gifts more personal, and if not a card, a tag. This card was easy to produce on a stencil assembly line.

Check out our fabulous guest designer for September, Julia Aston. Please welcome her and check out her fabulous work over at Create with Julia! 

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 Craft Your Life Illuminated Scenes Hero Arts Infinity Rectangles Pinkfresh Blanket Stitched Rectangles Frames
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest Bazzill solid pink cardstock
Ink	Memento Tuxedo Black Various Simon Says Stamp dye inks
Embellishments	Stash gold buttons
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 #841 -- MOODBOARD Week

Join us! It is MOODBOARD week at Just Us Girls.  Vicki is challenging us to take inspiration from this moodboard.   Really, look, there is so much to see.  I could have made a dozen designs from this board. Instead, I made half a dozen of the two cards pictured.  I just loved the picture of shoes in the middle of the board.  I had the new Alex Syberia press plate of dress shoes and decided to create a birthday card in gold. Very simple but says a lot... perfect for my BFF.

I also loved the dachshund at the bottom.  I have had this dachshund die from Scrapbook.com for ages, and thought I would make a card for my great-nephew-to-be. The baby is due at Thanksgiving, and I plan to give him a book a month for the first couple of years of his life, like I did for his father. Do you remember a young one in your life to whom you would say, "I love you thissss much," and spread your arms?  I wanted to use this idea with the dachshund, but I couldn't pull the sentiment together.  This card is good, but be mindful that the little bits were tedious to make six (the others are for donation).

Check out our fabulous guest designer for September, Julia Aston. Please welcome her and check out her fabulous work over at Create with Julia! 

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	Alex Syberia Bow Shoes (press plate and stencil) My Favorite Things Celebratory Greetings Spellbinders Sentiments of Wonder press plate and dies Hero Arts Infinity Rectangles ----- Scrapbook.com Mini Hello Dog Concord & 9th Just Saying dies Hero Arts Infinity Rectangles
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest Concord & 9th matte gold cardstock ----- 110lb Neenah Solar Crest 80lb Neenah Desert Storm  Bazzill solid color cardstock Vellum
Ink
Embellishments	Amber rhinestones Glimmer gold hot foil Reflections pink heart gemstones
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 #840 -- WORD Week

Join us! It is WORD week at Just Us Girls.  Ina is challenging us to be inspired by the word BOLD. Although I think my card is bold, I actually used Spellbinders BE BOLD florals. I die-cut the greenery from various scrap greens, and the florals from any warm scraps in my bin.  I assembled 10 floral arrangements on black card bases with the sentiment embossed in white. The final touch was a trio of clear drops. Duplicates are for donation. 

Check out our fabulous guest designer for September, Julia Aston. Please welcome her and check out her fabulous work over at Create with Julia! 

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	Spellbinders Be Bold Florals Papertrey Ink Keep It Simple: Thinking of You stamps
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest Various Bazzill solid color cardstock scraps, and black
Ink	Versamark Hero Arts white embossing powder
Embellishments	Papertrey Ink clear drops
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 #839 -- DIE Week

Join us! It is DIE week at Just Us Girls. Sue is challenging us to use the word die THANKS.   Again, another Pinkfresh product. I love this embellished Thanks die.  I used the negative space from the die cuts to line up the letters. I also layered each letter 3x. I made 14 duplicates for donation.  These cards were all about using "leftovers".  I had bunches of Pinkfresh washi ephemera die cuts from previous projects, as well as embossed leaf backgrounds and diamond Greetery trellises. Using all these pieces, I mixed and matched them to assemble a variety of cards; no two were alike.  For me, THANKS was a very motivating word. 

Check out our fabulous guest designer for September, Julia Aston. Please welcome her and check out her fabulous work over at Create with Julia! 

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 Bloom of Thanks die Memory Box Pinpoint Leaf Plate The Greetery Diamond Foliage Die Pinkfresh Fuschias Washi and Die Pinkfresh Chrysanthemums Washi and Die Pinkfresh Hydrangea and Roses Washi and Die
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest Bazzill solid color cardstock Stardream dark pink metallic Concord & 9th gold matte cardstock
Ink
Embellishments
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 #837 -- MOODBOARD Week

Join us! It is MOODBOARD week at Just Us Girls.  Lisa is challenging us to be inspired by the modboard above this week.  Sunflowers and butterflies! I actually used a new Hero Arts Daisy cover plate. I die-cut the plate four times from forest green (discarding the daisy bits), and four times from yellow cardstock (saving everything). When die-cutting the forest green cardstock, I put waxed paper between the plate and the paper; this allows the pieces to drop out easily. When die-cutting the yellow cardstock, I place a dryer sheet behind the paper to keep the pieces together in the background for easy inlaying. I covered the forest-green backs with scortape, mounted them on a card base, and inlaid all the yellow petals (four times yielded four duplicates for donation).  

After the inlay, the only open spaces were the flower centers, which were covered in scortape. I rubbed bronze glitter into each "hole", brushing any excess from the card front. To seal the glitter, I added a BIG drop of Glossy Accents.  The dried drops look like glitter dots (e.g., Pinkfresh, Simon Says, etc) on overdrive sparkle.

Following the inspiration, I added a vellum butterfly and a layered sentiment to finalize the card.

Check out our fabulous guest designer for August, Betty Keefe. Please welcome her and check out her fabulous work over at created by bjk! 

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	Simon Says Stamp Small Hello die The Stamp Market Basic Butterfly die Hero Arts Daisy Cover Plate die
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest Bazzill solid dark green and yellow cardstock Vellum
Ink	Copic markers (antennae)
Embellishments	Bronze glitter (stash) Glossy Accents
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 #836 -- WORD Week

Join us! It is WORD week at Just Us Girls. Bobby is challenging us to be inspired by the word "WATER" on our cards this week.   I used this gorgeous set from Pinkfresh, Tranquil Water Lilies. This card is highly layered and will require a padded envelope and extra postage. All of the elements are stenciled.  The water is stenciled on blue for ease. The dies for this set are Pinkfresh's new no-border dies, which I love.  I did line all the piece edges with a colored marker for a seamless look. The flowers were finished with crystal Stickles and gold dots. The die-cut sentiment is white-embossed on teal, matching the embossed background. I made six duplicates for donation; the card appears involved but is really quite easy given the layered stencils.

Check out our fabulous guest designer for August, Betty Keefe. Please welcome her and check out her fabulous work over at created by bjk! 

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 On My Mind sentiment stamp Pinkfresh Tranquil Water Lilies stencil and dies Waffle Flower postage frame dies Pinkfresh Blanket Stitched Rectangle dies
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest Bazzill solid color blue and teal cardstock
Ink	Various Simon Says Stamp dye inks Versamark Hero Arts white embossing powder
Embellishments	Little Things by Lucy's Cards dots Crystal Stickles
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 #835 -- DIE Week

Join us! It is DIE week at Just Us Girls.  Vicki is challenging us with ANYTHING GOES dies this week! Sometimes anything goes is the best way to use something new.  I pulled out this new "faces" press plate from Spellbinders. I was just drawn to it, and it foiled beautifully in gold on Stardream metallic pink cardstock.  So much shimmer! I added red lips with a Sharpie pen (a Copic will not adhere to the metallic cardstock).  The final touches were a vellum-backed sentiment, new from Cathy Z at Simon Says, and red pearls.  Isn't that sentiment just perfect for these profiles of women?  I made six duplicates for donation.

Check out our fabulous guest designer for August, Betty Keefe. Please welcome her and check out her fabulous work over at created by bjk! 

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	Simon Says Stamp Just Sayin' Spellbinders Perceptual Profiles Press & Foil Plate
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest Bazzill solid red cardstock Stardream pink metallic cardstock Vellum
Ink	Sharpie red marker
Embellishments	Little Things by Lucy's Cards gems Spellbinders gold foil
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 #834 -- CASE A DT Week

Join us! It is CASE A DT week at Just Us Girls.  Carol is challenging us to choose one of the DT members' cards and CASE it.   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.

For my card, I returned to my favorite technique... inlay dies.  I used a gorgeous peacock background and selected deep, cool colors. The small bright blue piece in the center of each "feather" is actually layered, not inlaid, giving the card a bit of dimension. The sentiment is die-cut from a new alphabet set and lined up using an alignment tool from the Greetery.  The final touch was a few gold glitter dots.  I love this type of inlay card because there is no waste. I used four colored A2 panels, yielding 4 duplicate cards in alternating colors. The final panels were trimmed to gain clean edges and mounted on a black card base.

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 Patterned Peacock dies A Pocketful of Happiness The Perfect Fit Alpha
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest Various Bazzill solid color cardstocks, and black Stardream gold cardstock
Ink
Embellishments	Pinkfresh glitter 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 #833 -- Anything Goes STENCIL Week

Join us! It is STENCIL week at Just Us Girls.  Sue is challenging us to use a stencil in our card creations.  This week, I used a Pinkfresh stencil and die combination.  This is one of Pinkfresh's "triangle" stencils, which makes lining up the image for every color and die-cutting easier.  I layered the die-cut image three times with white cardstock.  A mistake. I would have loved to back the layered image with colored cardstock, maybe another shade of green, but the white edges of the die-cut layers were distracting.  So I embossed the card front with an impression plate, mounted the layered image and a simple die-cut sentiment. The final touch was a few glitter dots.  This card was fairly intensive to make, so I only made four 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	Concord & 9th Script Thanks (part of C&9 Spring Print die set) Pinkfresh Floral Field stencil and die Pinkfresh Stitched Octagons Impression Plate
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest
Ink	Various Simon Says Stamp dye inks
Embellishments	Taylored Expressions glitter 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 #832 -- MOODBOARD Week

Join us! It is MOODBOARD week at Just Us Girls.  Bobby is challenging us to take inspiration from the picture above.   This week, I am incorporating shells into my card. I decided to play with my Glimmer (a Christmas present) and use a new Hero Arts plate. This plate is gorgeous all by itself.  I used silver foil on Stardream navy cardstock.  Stardream is a metallic cardstock which I have used for years but tend to hoard a bit. To finish, I added a layered sentiment on vellum and a few clear drops. I made a dozen 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	Hero Arts Scattered Shells Press and Foil Plate Concord & 9th Just Saying dies
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest Vellum Stardream navy metallic cardstock
Ink
Embellishments	Papertrey Ink clear dots Spellbinders Glimmer silver foil
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