A Birthday Butterfly!

It's Die Week at Just Us Girls

and our lovely host is Carol M choosing

BUTTERFLY

How easy is that for us?

Just got to choose 'which'

and - a new Month sees a New Guest Designer

Welcome Kellianne. Lovely to have you on board.

My background was made some time ago just

never got finished so now it has.

Smooched colour on w/c paper and

stencil from AALL&Create is highlighted

with Apricot Metallic Gilding Polish.

Die cut my butterfly with metallic c/s

and added the polish to the wings and centre.

Oh yes there were 'splatters''

Added inked cheesecloth for interest

and finished with a die cut birthday sentiment.

Adhered to very pale peachy metallic base.

 Head over and check out what our June Guest Kellianne 

and the Talented Team created with beautiful 

die cut butterflies and hope to see yours in our Gallery.

You make me Smile!

 It's our Die Week at Just Us Girls and our Host is Vicki

 sharing some very special news for you all - 

to announce we have a New Designer

joining us this week. 

A Big Welcome to Denise Morgans

You will have seen her creative talents recently as

a past Guest Designer.

On that note we Welcome this month's Guest

Kerry Parkinson

to  show you all her creativeness.

On to my CAS card this week

I stencilled my card using the cute stencil

bought years ago with grit paste

with Distress Glaze in Kitsch Flamingo

to add some sparkle.

The fun Smile Die (you are smiling aren't you)

is a cheapie I loved when I saw it.

This was cut from w/c paper inked with 

Distress Kitsch Flamingo/Glaze

as is the frame. Off course I had to

 add some splatters to  finish and

adhered to white card base.

Head over and check out the vast array of

Talented from our Guest Kerry and 

New Team member Denise with the

rest of us and add your to our Gallery. 

In the PINK!

It's a New Month at Just Us Girls and we start  off with our Die Week. 

Sue is Hosting and asking to use our dies for

  Spring/Easter 

 We also welcome our Apri Guest - Rosemary.

Spring has sprung and gone here but 

that didn't stop me from pulling out a

pretty flower head that would have popped up

in our Spring.

Simply die cut and coloured with LIndy's Magical's,

Distress Stain and Glaze

as is the background.

Added some circle dies as a backing.

Finished with a simple sentiment from Penny Black.

Adhered to white base.

Check out the first card from our Guest Rosemary

and how the Team chose to be creative with their dies

for this weeks theme.

Just Us Girls Die Week...

It's  a New Month of Challenges at Just Us Girls 

and we start off with our Die Week and

a New Guest Designer - 

Welcome Milla.

You can go a few ways here going all green for

the Irish St Patricks Day (traditional) or

the Luck of the Irish or any way you please

as I did as long as you use a die.

I started with DO smooched background

in twisted citron, peeled paint and

rustic wilderness.

Inked up leaves (as above) from Kaisercraft and

STAMPlorations Beautiful You.

Die cuts are Sizzix Thinlits from Lisa Jones.

Die cut sentiment is from 49&Market.

Added LOTS of splatters to the die cut background

and adhered to white card base.

Head over and see what is in store for you from

our Guest Milla

and the Talented Team.

Love HEARTS!

We are all Heart this week at Just Us Girls 

As it is the Month of Love our Host Sue chose

it as part of our Die Week.

A New Month bring in our February Guest

Denise Morgans from The Crafty Den - Welcome!

I went with traditional red for my 

Heart Die Cut card.

Die cut a bunch of white circles and a single red 

from MFT, a spray of red hearts and a single

one which I added a shadowed love sentiment.

Behind that is grey for extra colour and white cheesecloth

Added a leftover tiny heart to one of the main stems

with Nuvo shimmer.

Attached to white card base to complete.

Check out how Denise and The Team chose

to display their Die Cut Heart Cards and 

join in with yours. 

We're Back at Just Us Girls!

 It's our first challlenge for the year at

Just Us Girls and we begin with 

Die Week hosted by Elizabeth and looking to use

A Coverplate (die, letterpress, hot foil)

We welcome our First Guest for 2026

Talented Laurel Seabrook 

I went soft and subtle with my background coverplate

as I wanted to showcase the pretty soft flower.

It was coloured with a few Magical's and

 Nuvo Shimmer Powders.

I die cut several old Spellbinder dies

 arranged and popped behind my flower.

A simple Happy Birthday sentiment

and liquid pearls to finish.

Head over and check out how

our Guest Laurel and Team chose to 

show off their first JUGS cards of the year.

Come join us with yours!

Love to see you there.

It's really 'Simple'

Hello and Welcome to a 

New Month of Challenges at  Just Us Girls

and we Welcome our October Guest Great Hess

Our Host for our Die Week is Bobby and

chose LEAVES!

This card couldn't be any simpler.

Going away from the bright colours of 'Fall'

I 'simply' added a strip of washi tape

that is full of all sorts of leaves,

adding some 'simple' die cut leaves.

The hardest part picking which ones.

I do have a few spares now lol.

Of course I had to add splatters

finishing with a sentiment from Tim's Small Talk.

Attached to a very dark green card base.

Head over and check out the colourful 

DIE CUT LEAVES

created by our Guest Greta and the Team.

I am sure you will want to add yours to our Gallery.

THANKS!

It's  our first Challenge for the Month at  Just Us Girls

and it's DIE Week - Hosted by Vicki

As we do each month we start with a New Guest

Welcome to Jaydee.

Vicki has gone with Anything Goes 

so the gallery will be full of an amazing array of

  DIE CUT CREATIONS.

I can't take credit for this card as I saw this card

on Pinterest and loved the simplicity of it 

and case-d it. 

It was simple to create apart from the

tiny tiny bits of the THANKS die

which was fiddly filling in the white and gold ones.

I do love to play with Tim's Wildflowers and just added

a centre bit to the main flower.

The stencil background is Woodgrain from Couture Creations

using some metallic paper.

Head over and see the marvellous makes from

Jaydee and the Gang and be sure to

add yours to the Gallery. 

Big Hugs!

Welcome to a New Month of Challenges at

 Just Us Girls

First up is Elizabeth as Host with our Die Challenge

and asking for FLORALS.

Easy eh! as we all have a multitude of flower dies.

I'm excited to give a Big Welcome to 

  Julie Beech as our August Guest.

You are in for a treat.

How good is it when you find leftovers

in your bits box and a card comes together nicely!

Both colours came from it and the plain background

matched nicely from my stash.

Die cut the frames, popping the middle piece.

 The centre die is an old one of Tim's.

Flowers were die cut and layered.

Sentiment is a simple one.

Added a teeny bit of crochet cotton to the stems

finishing with attaching to white card base.

Go on over and check out our Gallery to see what florals

our Talented Guest Julie and Team created.

I'm sure I will see lots of lovelies there this week.

Thanks for visiting

Hello Summer!

Hello and Welcome to today's post for

Just Us Girls 

Carol Mc is our Host for Die Week

choosing the Word Summer

As with each month we have a New Guest Designer

Welcome to Donna Mikasa

Summer blew north a little while ago

and it isn't beach weather here in the Tropics.

 When the temp goes below 20c - it's cold.

(funny though I am heading to the beach today with a

bunch of Ladies for our monthly Lunch)

ok enough waffle!

I had fun creating my  'summer' card,

with so many itty bitty dies scattered over my craft space.

I pulled out a colourful shaving cream piece from my bits box

and used it to it's end, adding other bright colours

to blend in. Stamped the seagulls and inked the background.

Die cut the big sun then the sand to place the items

 you take to the beach -

bag, big ball, mobile phone and sunnies,

taking out the flip flops (thongs) and hat.

Finished with the perfect STAMPlorations sentiment

and on to card base.

PS the min temp will get above 20c in a couple of days

but will be fresh and windy by the beach today.

Now head over and see the first fabulous summer card

from our Guest Donna and more fabulous fun creations

from my Talented Team Mates.

The gallery is going to be full off summer in

so many different ways.

Be sure to check out Carol's description.

 Looking forward to seeing how everyone went with

the 'Summer' Die cuts.

UPDATE! Sending this over to The Inspired Challenge

thanks to my team mates above. 

 

Just Us Girls Die Week

It's Die Week at Just Us Girls

to start off our Weekly Challenges

and as Host I chose to

incorporate ''Layers'' on our die cards.

A New Month also brings our 

New Guest Designer and a warm welcome to

Joanne James from The Crafty Owl

Here's my Layered Die Cut Card.

I saw this layered card Here and loved it so decided to case it.

I knew I had some lovely DP from way back by

Inspired by Stamping - Spring Lilacs that would be perfect.

Die cut my Spellbinder circles then some script stamping

from Stampendous Script Lines. Placed the pretty paper

behind them and one in front (includng a frame) and popped.

The flower inked with TH Dusty Concord,

 cut several times and leaves

are from Sizzix Floral Frame Thinlits.

Added some inked cheesecloth and

tiny art stones. Finished with adding a

strip of the DP to the bottom on an angle.

Head over and check out how our Talented Guest Joanne

and Team Mates chose to inspire you like they do weekly

and join us with your Layered Die Cut Card.

See you in our Gallery.

It's all about a 'Flower'

It's time for our New Challenge at Just Us Girls 

and Hosting our Die Week is Bobby

and we all know how much she loves FLOWERS

so we need to get those flower dies out and create!

Another CAS card from me using an unbranded flower die

cut three times. The centre was inked with

ArtAlchemy Metallic Gold Rush Paint.

then the seed head with gesso for depth and inked the same.

Background is stamped from STAMPlorations Celebrate Artsy

adding some thin washi tape and black thread.

Flicked some black spots for interest.

Sentiment is also from STAMPlorations -Bloom Happy. 

As it's a New Month we Welcome our May Guest Rosemary Dennis

Head over and check out what Rosemary

and the Team created for your pleasure

and hope to see you there.

Sending this over to Simply CAS

May 2025 Flowers

Just a 'tree'

Hello and Welcome to today's post for

Just Us Girls 

Host for our Die Week is Sue

challenging us to use any dies 

BUT NO FLOWERS! 

This is going to be one interesting gallery

with so many other fun choices. 

I die cut some wonky strips from

a sheet from a gel plate pull.

Behind them  (a little hard to see)

is a cover plate from CUTplorations.

Sentiment - STAMPlorations.

My tree is from Ultimate Crafts.

We have a New Guest Designer for April

and we Welcome Wanda Cullen

Head over and see how Wanda and the Team

played with their other than flower dies

and come join in the fun with yours.

Happy Birthday!

It's  Just Us Girls Die Week Challenge and 

Our Host Carol M is asking for us to 

use our dies and create a Birthday Card.

Here is my CAS make.

The Happy Birthday dies are Tim's

with the unbranded boat placed on an angle for the A.

I have seen a few cards like this on Pinterest

and that is where the idea came from.

The Birthday stamping is from STAMPlorations.

Adding some sequins, framed in navy blue

on to white card base.

We welcome our March Guest - Jeannie Jachna

Check out what she and the Team chose for their

Die Cut Birthday Card and 

come join in with yours to our Gallery.

Thanks for visiting

We're back at Just Us Girls!

 We are back and ready to inspire you for another year at

Just Us Girls with Vicki Hosting.

We start off the New Year with a NEW CHALLENGE THEME!

We replaced our Colour Challenge Week to 

Use a Die Week. More details on our Blog Here

We also start with a New Designer and Welcome to 

Annette Elias who will be sharing her talents with us for January.

A CAS card die cutting some dainty flowers

inking with Lindy's Magical's -

Bougainvillea Fuchsia and Cathedral Pines Green.

While I had the fuchsia still open I noticed some colour

on the lid so stamped a few circles to the background.

The sentiment is from Kaisercraft and die cut

several times for dimension

in the same fuchsia colour as the flower heads.

Of course I had to add some splatters for a

little more colour.

Attached to white card base to complete.

Head over and check out what Annette and my

talented team mates created for your pleasure,

leave them a kind comment and 

we would love to see your die cut card in our Gallery.

Thanks for visiting