It's Just Us Girls Photo Inspiration Week

Our Hostess for this weeks Photo Inspiration Challenge is

Cheryl

and she has chosen a Beauti!

 

 

 

I just loved the colour of those chairs so decided

to ink up a new stamp and create a summery scene.

I used a white ripple card stock as my base

and then framed my scene with colours from the photo.

I used the following items on my card -

White card stock

Orange/Aqua paper

For the scene I used Repeat Impressions Stamps

3415Chair/3412Birds

Cut out a second one and inked with Memento Potter's Clay

Also used Memento Summer Sky and Pistacchio

Tim Holtz Dried Marigold

Sentiment and Reeds from Gina K Designs

Pearls to the corners.

 

As this is the last challenge for the month I would like to

Thank our Guest Linda for her lovely creations she shared with us.

 

As always pop over to our blog Here

to see all the other Inspirational cards that were

created for your pleasure.

Hope to see yours soon.

 

And you know that if you are chosen as our

Chic of the Week you are in the running to be

Our Guest for September.

 

Thanks for dropping in.

 

 

 



Colour Throwdown #352

 

Here I am again with a card I made for the

new challenge at Colour Throwdown and I am

loving the colours and the little bucket for inspiration.

 

I am really disappointed with how my card

didn't photograph well at all. I tried all sorts of

things but nothing came close to just how nice

the colour combination matched.

I have used white card stock and found this

gorgeous iridescent green card stock for my

backing that just matches the green perfectly.

I got out my Stampin' Up Four Feathers

die/stamp and inked on white & grey paper

with Memento London Fog. The bigger feather is

inked with Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers and I

also inked one in Vellum

The background was made by inking an acrylic block

with Peacock Feathers & Memento New Sprout

and stamped onto my card stock.

I backed that by popping it to a scored border.

Added a button and some variegated cotton

Again I was disappointed how my sentiment

isn't as clear as it should be. I used

Spellbinders Sentiments 6.

 

 

 

Thanks for dropping in and hope you will

come back soon.

 



Challenge #228 at Try Stampin' On Tuesday

The new sketch over at Try Stampin' on Tuesday
is a real easy one Thanks to Sarah.
As you can see below I made mine ever so easily.

 

Here is Sarah's Sketch

 

Not too much explaining about this card. I have made several
using this Marianne die - LR0139
and similar to this sketch
so it was pretty easy for me to do again.
I have used a pearl patterned paper as my base
gold as a backing
also a shimmery pink which I cut out from
Spellbinders - Opulant Ovals
Used own ribbons and a few pearls.
I just love this Lady as she is so elegant.

So there you have it.
Hope you will pop over to our blog
and see what the other Designers created.

Till next time
Cherrio from

 

 



Time to Colour at Just Us Girls

Our Super Talented Sharyn is Hosting our

Colour Challenge this week and has chosen

one with such bright and inviting colours.

Does it remind you of those All Day Suckers that

used to be so popular or am I showing my age?

My card was super simple to make

because I found some brightly coloured DP in my stash

(perfect match) and went with it.

 

 

 

I started my card with a white base then topped it with bright pink

scrapbooking paper then attached my coloured paper 

The Happy Birthday is a new Sentiment Die

I bought at a recent Craft show

and is from Impression Obsession.

Added some multi coloured cotton and tied a bow, a variety of

different coloured gems and a Sizzix butterfly to finish.

 

And there you have it - my

Brightly Coloured Birthday Card.

 

Don't forget to pop over HERE

and see what inspired the DT and

our July Guest Linda Beeson

See you there!

 

Thanks for dropping in

 



I'm Flying High for the Inspiration Challenge at The House

I am loving the new Inspiration challenge over at

The House that Stamps Built.

You can see all the details Here

 

There are 2 gorgeous photos to inspire us but I chose the one below.

 

 

I just happened to have some hot air balloon stamps

so it was time to get them out and ink them up.

I am even lucky enough to have recently added

the tiny bird stamp from Repeat Impressions

to my collection. How cool that I got to use it here.

 

 

I love trying to make scenes and of course with hot air balloons

that is exactly what I needed to do.

I masked both sides of my card to just have

a small part as the scene.

The hot air balloons were given to me by a friend

and I don't know who they are from.

Added the clouds in Memento Sky Blue

the grass mound in Memento Pistachio

The Birds (Repeat Impressions 3412) and the small balloon

are inked with Tim Holtz Broken China 

The larger one I used Memento Love Letter.

I also used Spellbinders Circles/Lacey Circles

The sentiment (sorry it is too light

and too scared to reink even though I would

used my stamp a ma gig )

is from Hampton Art.

The grass from Gina K Designs.

 

Hope you liked my little scene - look so inviting.

My daughter was lucky enough to go up in a

hot air balloon while on holiday to Africa.

 

So that is it for now.

Thanks for stopping by.

 

 



Colour Throwdown Challenge #351

I found the most gorgeous colour challenge over at

http://colorthrowdown.blogspot.com.au/

and it has my favourite colour combination

 

 

Don't you just love it!

Best of all I got to use my most favourite stamp.

 

Being a Scot I love thistles and some years ago

while visiting my Homeland I bought the stamp

that is on this card.

I tried different ways to highlight it but came up with

the shaving cream technique.

I heat embossed the stamp which is from Heritage Stamps

in black after I had fun playing with the

shaving cream. My craft room smells nice again.

I used Stampin' Up Rich Razzleberry and

Pink Food Colouring for my 2 colours.

Here are the other products I used -

White & Black card stock

Black embossing powder

Spellbinders  Petite Ovals/Scallop Ovals

and Labels 18

Best Wishes is cut from a Cherry Lynn Die

Kaisercraft Pearls and Own Ribbon.

Image has been popped.

 

Thanks for dropping by.

I would love to read your comments.

 

Cherrio from

 

 

 

 



It's TIME OUT Challenge #35

 

The current challenge at Time Out Blogspot is

Nature with the Optional Twist of Animals

and is Challenge #35 

 

  

The sponsor of this challenge is Cas-ual Fridays Stamps

and I was lucky enough some time ago
to win my choice of stamps

so it gave me the chance to ink them up
once again for this challenge.

***

Here is what I used to make the above card -

Cas-ual Friday Stamp - Wonderful Words for my sentiment

Black/white card stock

Memento Tuxedo Black/Lulu Lavendar Inks

Tim Holtz Seedless Preserves/Dusty Concord

Stampin' Up Pocket Silhouettes/Reason to Smile Stamps

Stampin' Up Rich Razzleberry Spritzing

Kaisercraft Pearls

Gelly Roll pen on flower

Sizzix Butterflies from scrap DP.

Thanks for dropping by and hope to see you
back here soon. Love reading your comments.
Cherrio from
 

 



Crafty Ribbons Bicycle Challenge

I found a new challenge recently and knew I had the perfect stamp

to enter the Bicycle with Ribbon Challenge at Crafty Ribbons

 

 

You don't often associate a bicycle with ribbon but I am really

happy how my card turned out.

I love playing around with backgrounds and getting my fingers

all inky especially when you get a great result.

I love the bright colours I used and it made the

embossed stamp really stand out.

Used several colours of card stock to match

I embossed my Stampin' Up Postage Due stamp with

black embossing powder then got inky with

Tim Holts Peacock Feathers/Bundled Sage and

Seedless Preserves

The small floral image next to my ribbon is also from

Stampin' Up - Fresh Vintage cut with

Spellbinders Square Die

Sentiment is from Cas-ual Fridays Stamps

Added  a crinkled piece of ribbon - love the look

Distressed the edges of my main image and background paper

and finished with a black pearl.

 

That's it for me for now so till next time

Cherrio from

PS - I'd love to read your comments.

 

 



It's TREND WEEK at Just Us Girls

It is again Trend Week at Just Us Girls and the

Lovely Lisa is our Hostess and we have been asked to

incorporate Gold on our card/project.

 

 

 

Here is what I used to make my card.

Metallic gold/black card stock

Kaisercraft DP - Art of Life

Memory Box Quinn Flourish

MFT Heirloom Rose Die

Martha Stewart Fern Punch

Kaisercraft Pearl

Sentiment is embossed in gold

from Inspired by Stamping

Big Wishes 2

Lace

 

It is a shame you can't see the gold shimmer on my paper

as it really looks so lovely.

 

Hop on over to Our Site and check out

the other Gold Creations and join us

for this Fabulous Trend Challenge.

 

You could be our Chic of the Week

and then be chosen for our Guest Spot in September.

 

Thanks for dropping in and your lovely comments.



Designer's Choice Challenge at The House

I have made another card for the current

Designer's Choice over at

The House that Stamps Built.

 

 

This time I went CAS in a big way.

I used white card stock and embossed the

fabulous Repeat Impression Stamp - 2409M Divi Divi Tree

with green embossing powder.

Cut out with Spellbinders Wonky Rectangle

Scored the background before popping my image.

Added 4 green pearls to finish.

A super simple card I thought suitable for anyone.

 

Thanks for dropping in

Till next time Cherrio from



It's White + One Colour over at The House and Sketch Time at Altantic Hearts

I thought I would try my hand at 2 different challenges

One of my favourites - The House that Stamps Built

Details Here

and a fairly new one -  Atlantic Hearts

Details Here
 

Also over at City Crafter Challenge their challenge is
You are my Sunshine - Use lots of YELLOW!

 

Here is my take on the above challenges

 

 

And I used the following items -

White and Yellow card stock

Repeat Impression - Easter Lily 1309

Swiss Dots Embossing Folder

Stampin' Up Punch

Stampin' Up Yo Yo Yellow ink/pen

Memento Black ink

Own ribbon

Glossy Accents

Pop Dots.

 

A pretty simple card. Hope you like it.

Thanks for dropping in

 

 



Challenge Time at Inspired by Stamping

The current monthly challenge over at Inspired by Stamping is IBIC #95

You can find the details Here

 

Here is my card inspired by the colours below.

 

 

I used the following items on my card -

Basic white card stock

IBS DP - Spring Lilacs/Vintage Floral

IBS Elegant Flowers Stamp

IBS Birthday Wishes Sentiment

Stampendous White Embossing Powder

Tim Holtz Antique Linen ink

Versacolor Cinnamon/Sage ink

Variegated Cotton

Spellbinders Tags.

 

Thanks for dropping by

Till next time Cherrio from

 



Sketch Time at Try Stampin' Or Not On Tuesday

It's time to post for the latest Sketch Challenge over at

Try Stampin' on Tuesday

 

 

and the lovely Sandi has challenged us with the sketch below.

 

 

Here are the products I used my card.

Card Stock in White Black & Grey

Images/Sentiment are Stampin' Up

Pocket Silhouettes & Heard from the Heart

Spellbinder Ovals cut out for masking

Inks - Memento Angel Pink Tuxedo Black London Fog

Pink Brads & Cotton

Small Heart Punch

I thought the small hearts went nicely with the Sentiment

to add a little finishing touch.

***

We are now running our challenges for 2 weeks

to give you a bigger chance

to spend time in your craft room and join us.

You can also enter your card/project on our

Facebook site Here

 

Till next time

Cherrio from

 

 

 

 

 

 



We are CELEBRATING our 300th CHALLENGE at Just Us Girls

The Team at Just Us Girls 

are celebrating our

300th CHALLENGE

and we would love to have you join us.

 

 

We have a few AWESOME sponsors helping us to

celebrate our 300th!

 $25.00 gift certificate
***

$25.00 gift certificate 
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$15 gift certificate OR choice of any 2 ARTplorations stencils 


$15 gift certificate for craft metal sheets

*** 

With these prizes above I am sure you will be

joining in on our

300th Celebration Challenge.

  

Now with the important information out of the way

Here is my card for this SPECIAL OCCASION.

 

I saw a very similar card on Pinterest and loved it so much

especially as I had the same embossing folder so decided to

case it. You can see the details Here

***

These are the products I used on my card -

Metallic Paper

Darice Embossing Folder

The background paper is from my stash and

thought it would go perfectly with the shimmery card stock

Spellbinders Fancy Tags

Cherry Lynn Butterfly

Sentiment - JustRite Labels 20 stamped with

Tim Holtz Aged Mahogany and popped.

Please check out OUR BLOG for all the beautiful

 cards the Design Team created

including some Special Guests

Nancy Penir Geri Bailly and Judy Woodland 
with our July Guest - Linda Beeson
Welcome Linda.

Hope to see your Congratulations Creation

HERE but don't forget (and it will be hard)

to limit them to 3

Gotta be in it to WIN IT!!!

 ***

I thought I would sneak the following card in

because it is from one of our Generous Sponsors

Inspired by Stamping

As it is an Australian Site I have

quite a number of their stamps/papers etc

and I am entering it in their Monthly Challenge

Here

Because I had the beautiful

Vintage Rose Paper Pack 

I used that as part of the colours above.

 

I cut out 8 random squares from my

Spellbinder Die and popped them

on pink card stock after inking the edges.

My card base and backing are an iridescent pearl paper.

Sentiment is from Stampin' Up - Heard from the Heart.

Butterfly from Cherry Lynn in pink and vellum

Finished with some pearls.

Thanks for dropping in and checking my

longer than usual posting.

 



It's Red White and Bluey Stars

There are a few challenges that I am entering my card below in

 

 

They are the Colour Challenge from

The House that Stamps Built HERE

 

That gave me the idea to use another stamp from

Repeat Impressions. Awesome!

and Tuesday Throwdown HERE 

and their Challenge is #251 It's in the Stars

I have plenty of them on my card don't I?

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Here is what products I used -

Basic red white and blue card stock

The star background is from Darkroom Door

Tag is Kaisercraft - Tag Shapes

Sentiment - Repeat Impressions 2107

Memento inks - Love Letter/Paris Dusk

Gelly Roll pen on the poinsettia which is

cut and popped

A few punched out stars

Red rhinestone, twine and

finished with a tartan bow.

***

And I found another challenge to enter at

craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge2

 

Thanks for dropping in

 

 

 

 



JUGS Inspiration Time

Maria is Hosting this week and it is our

Inspiration Challenge

Don't you just love what she picked for us?



 

 

Nothing looks more inviting than a gingham table cloth

with yummy mouth watering watermelon.

But then there is that lovely old red car in the background.

Take your pick on what inspires you and let those

creative juices flow.

 

 

That gingham table cloth sold me so that is what I went for.

I got out my Sizzix Hexagon embossing folder for my background

and die cut varies sized Spellbinder hexagon dies.

One that I haven't used in a while.

These were cut out from scrap DP.

Added several Sizzix butterflies after inking around the edges

Sentiment sponged lightly and from Gina K Designs

Finished with a few pearls.

 

Hope you are inspired and you pop over to our JUGS blog

 to see what the Design Team and Guest - Ros Crawford created

and come join in this weeks Challenge.

 

Thanks for dropping in