'Monster' Wishes

It's Saturday and time for our latest challenge at

Just Us Girls

It's our Wild Card Week.

Choosing the Theme CAS  (Clean and Simple)
is our Host Angie.

  I have a little fellow turning 2 soon

so thought the Big Monsters from STAMPlorations

would be perfect.

I inked him up with Tim's Oxide ink in Faded Jeans

then coloured him with Distress pens

fussy cut him and added some WOS and google eyes.

The stenciled background is from

ARTplorations Retro Circles

inked with Tim's Salty Ocean.

I popped him after I inked the sentiment.

Card base is navy.

Pop over and see what our March Guest Stef Perry

and the Team created and add yours 

to our Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in

Till next time - Cherrio from

What's the 'WiLd CaRd'

It's WILD CARD WEEK 'cause there's 

5 Saturday's this month

 at Just Us Girls and Hosting this one is Nancy

choosing a Favourite of any Stamper 

Word Die Cuts. 

Don't we all love them as they are a great additive

to any project - so many ways of using them.

This is a pretty cas card focusing on the

'Hello' word from Lawn Fawn.

I decided to do some smooching for the background

on that gorgeous STAMPlorations French Marigold

using CTMH ink (Thistle) and on my card base

some stenciling from ARTplorations in the same colour.

The marigold is heat embossed in white and

and cut from a stitched die.

I cut several Hello word dies and sponged the top 

and the back one to give it dimension.

The sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping

cut from a JustRite tag.

Pop over and see what 'Word Die' our September Guest Linda

and the Team chose and come join in the fun.

By doing so you could be our Chic of the Week

and be in the running to be our Guest in November.

Thanks for popping in.

Just For You

It's my turn to Host this weeks Challenge over at

Just Us Girls and it is our WILD CARD WEEK!

Once again as Host  I chose an easy one -
your choice of using
  something old or something new or both like I did.

I decided to go with both old and new 

using green card stock from SU

I cut out a die from TH Mixed Media and

behind the cut out i added some shimmery red paper.

My poppy stamp is a recent new purchase 

and sentiment an old one from JustRite

The poppy is heat embossed and coloured with

Brusho's Rose Red/Black - Leaves with TH Mowed Lawn.

Sentiment inked with Altenew Ruby Red

and cut from Spellbinders Fancy Tags and popped.

Added a few pearls to finish.

Hope you will join us over at Our Blog to see what 

Our July Guest Aileen and the Team have chosen

to go with old/new or both and link your card so

You could be our Chic of the Week and be in the running

for our Guest in September. 

Thanks for dropping in.

It's a BIG BOLD SENTIMENT.

Big Bold Sentiments are all the rage at present

and Maria is hosting at Just Us Girls

for our WILD CARD WEEK!

focusing in on just that.

  

This was an easy card to make - the hardest
part was picking which scrap pieces of colour to use.
My white card base is embossed with
We R memory keepers Geometric
which is very hard to see.
This was then popped with a stitched white
piece of card stock and then popped again
with my sentiments by MFT - Simply Fab Saying
(how perfect for this challenge)
They were heat embossed in white.
Finished touches with some
tiny punched hearts & pearls.
 

Here is a quick card I made with a
big sentiment from Cas-ual Fridays Stamps.

Pop over to Our Blog and see
  lots more BOLD SENTIMENTS.
We'd love to see yours too.
Join us and you could be our Chic of the Week
and go on to be Guest Designer for December.

Thanks for dropping in.

Let's see it for 'THE GIRLS' at JUGS.

 It's Wild Card Week at Just Us Girls
and this only comes around when we have
5 Saturday's in the Month.
This is always a 'Fun Challenge' and Nancy chose
a 'Ripper' for us.

 

I hadn't thought too much about what sort of card I would make

for Nancy's challenge until I saw something I had cut out

and was lying on my desk - even had the ribbon beside it

so what better time to finish off
 what I had started some weeks before.

I had seen this type of card so many times that I worked out
a template to use and went from there.
I used Linen & plain card stock.
Designer paper is by Kaisercraft and double sided (of course)
I got out some old flower dies using
Tim Holtz Tattered Florals.
How many of us have this
and have had it in the back blocks for a long time?
The small flower in the centre is Bitty Blossoms
and have another piece in between from a SB die.
Scrunched them all up for dimension.
Added a pearl to the centre.
My leaves are also from Spellbinders
Ribbon is SU
Sentiment is Inspired by Stamping.
I love the soft colours of the DP as it makes
a lovely feminine card.
Pop on over and see what other Girly Creations
have been made by our Guest Carol and
my Team mates. Hope you can come and play
with us this week and you could be chosen
as Chic of the Week and go on to be our
Guest for September.

Since this is basically a Birthday card
and the current Theme Challenge over at
Watercooler Challenges is to use
The Letter B Details  Here.
I am joining in the fun
as my sentiment says Beautiful Birthday.


Thanks for dropping by



I'm Hosting 'Wild Card Week' at Just Us Girls

Wild Card Week only comes around when we have

5 Saturday's in a Month and it is my turn to be 'Hostess'

 

I have chosen something a little different to the norm -

and a whole lot of fun!

It was for me as I decided to make a really special

card for my sister. She is the patch worker and I am the

paper maker. With that said here is my shaped card.

 

 

I have this fabulous stamp sets from SU - Sew Suite

and IBS - Vintage Thread which were just PERFECT.

I cut the apron shape by hand and layered it with

Kaisercraft Vintage Timeless DP that had

script and images from old style dress pattern instructions.

The sentiment is from GKD and cut from

Spellbinders Circles and backed.

My apron front has a scrap piece of dp

and sitting behind it is a pack of buttons -

the orange one is one I got from my sister's stash

when I visited her recently.

Added a spool of cotton and pins.

The lace around it too

I am sure is also from her house.

The little tiny piece of ric rac I bought

while visiting her a few years back.

It is so annoying when your photo doesn't show the real colours.

The thread and ric rac really are lavender and close to the

colour of the apron strings.

As you can see there are happy memories here.

The tiny lavender bow is something I have had

for an age. Goes to show all those items you need

do come in handy down the track.

(think that is as Aussie saying)

 

As I said earlier I had so much fun making this card

and will be sent to my sister with all my love in it.

Shame I can't send it till the end of July!

 

Thanks for taking the time to read my longish post.

 

Don't forget to check our blog HERE

to see what shaped or fold cards our Guest Angie

and the Design Team have created.

Hope to see yours there.

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 



Another Tic Tac Toe card

 Here is the other card I made for
this weeks Tic Tac Toe Challenge at
Just Us Girls

 

For some reason I just wasn't happy with this one
hence I made another.
 

 

It's been a long time since I did a cut away card

so thought it a good idea to try one again.

The SU Morning Meadow Stamp was perfect for this

and I stamped it randomly on white cs in

Memento Teal Zeal & SU Baja Breeze.

The top flowers are die cut from SU Petite Petals.

Card base is Kraft

Butterflies are from GKD inked with

Tim Holtz Frayed Burlap.

Sentiment is also GKD

Finished with different coloured pearls from Kaisercraft.

 

 



It's Wild Card Week at JUGS

 

Once again it is another month with 5 Saturdays

and that means WILD WEEK at Just Us Girls 

hosted this time by Chris who has chosen.

an ever popular challenge in Blogland -

TIC TAC TOE

They are always so much fun with so many choices -

you get to pick your very own favourite squares.

 

 

 

I had already made a card for this challenge but

decided to make another.

I will post it after this goes live.

Can't believe I have chosen just about

 the same colours as before.

Oh Well! on to how I made this one -

I chose to go straight down the middle with

Die Cuts Stamps and Flowers

with

White Aqua & Kraft card stock

My stencil is TCW - Textile and inked with

SU Whisper White and added

Mont Marte Pearl White Paint and

a little glitter

Flower is from SU Flower Shop

Flourishes are Kaisercraft

Added a sentiment a few small flowers

some fern and pearls to finish.

 

Don't forget to pop over to see what the Design Team

created and hope you get the chance to play

TIC TAC TOE with us this week.

You could be our Chic of the Week or

Guest Designer in March.

 

Thanks for dropping in

 



Just 'THE ONE'

Our HOSTESS for this weeks Wild Card Challenge

over at JUST US GIRLS  is the very talented

SHARYN

and she has chosen

A ONE LAYER CARD.

 

As with a lot of us we tend to shy away from them

because it is so much easier to add things.

Am I not right???

Well this got me thinking and it took me a

wee while to come up with something 'simple'

So here is what I made.

 

 

I got to ink up a couple of stamps

that I had in my stash but lay dormant.

Thanks Sharyn for making me search

for something suitable.

Products I used are -

Basic card stock

Floral/leaves stamps are from

Gina K Designs and Stampin' Up.

Tim Holtz Distress Ink in

Antique Linen Abandoned Coral

Peacock Feather Cracked Pistachio

Sentiment is Casual Fridays Stamps.

I was going to either score or add a line

either side of the sentiment but thought

better of it as so many times I just want to

add one more thing and I spoil it so....

I left well enough alone.

 

This is the last week for our

October Guest Julie Gearinger

who has contributed some beautiful cards

for us this month. Thanks Julie.

 

Pop over to Our Blog and

check out our ONE LAYER CARDS.

You won't be disappointed.

 

Thanks for dropping by.

Hope to see you over there this week.

Till next time

 



It's Sketchy Time at Just us Girls

We have our Wild Card Challenge this week.

Nancy is our Hostess and she has chosen

A Sketch!

 

 

 

I recently bought a few Word Dies in a frame

so the one chosen was perfect to use with this sketch.

I used the following products to create my card.

Metallic Gold & Black card stock

Cream Mulberry paper as backing

The 'Love' is from Kaisercraft Script Die and popped

I went over it with a gold Gelly Roll pen

but isn't too noticeable

DP is Kaisercraft Art of Life

Sentiment is Gina K Designs

Lace Black Rhinestones and Button from my stash

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Pop over to Our Blog and check out what

our August Guest Karen and the other

Jugheads created.

We would love to see your entries

and you know if you do you could be our

Chic of the Week and go on the be

Our Guest in October. 

Hope to see you there.