Thursday, September 28, 2023

Together

 



It's time for a new and very special challenge at Time Out. October is typically Breast Cancer awareness month, at least here in the US, where there are pink ribbons everywhere... and pink everything else from socks to pasta to blenders and dishes... you name it. While as a breast cancer survivor myself I am very grateful for the fundraising for research, there are so many other cancers and illnesses that need attention, awareness and research as well. Our challenge is to create cards of encouragement, friendship and support for those we know and love who are dealing with any illness.

We are sponsored by Jane Beljo of Jane's Doodles who created a digital image for our Design Team and our challenge participants to use for their projects if they so wish. This is not mandatory by any means. 


To use Jane's digi, all you have to do is click, save and resize as you wish for your creation. It would be wonderful to see how our players use Jane's wonderful image. Please feel free to share your story as it relates to our challenge as well.

Challenge winner will have a choice of 3 digital images from Jane's website.

We are so pleased to welcome Jaydee of Stampin! with Jaydee as our Guest Designer. Like most of us, Jaydee has several loved ones who have been affected by cancer, and her card for this challenge reflects them. Please stop by Jaydee's blog and see the wonderful card she created with Jane's digi for this challenge. Her story is so beautifully expressed as well.

My card is in honor and memory of my mother, father, two sisters, a niece three aunts and several close friends, and in support of another sister and friends who are still here. Together, we have endured breast, ovarian, lung, pancreatic, colon, brain cancer and lymphoma in addition to fibromyalgia, epilepsy and mental illness.  There are not enough colors in the rainbow for all the health issues that people struggle with. For me and for those I have walked beside, cards of friendship, encouragement, love and support are welcome - not words of advice, or assurances like "everything will be OK" because it isn't always. Less is more when it comes to that.

I hope you will consider playing with Jane's digi, and if not, that you will take Time Out to play with us and help to fill our gallery with love.

Project Details
Stamps/DiesJane's Beljo's Custom Digi Image for Time Out
Essentials By Ellen You Should Know stamp set
Simon Says Stamp Chunky A2 Scalloped Rectangles
Cardstock    80# Neenah Solar Crest
Gina K Ocean Mist base weight card stock
 Ink VersaFine Onyx Black
Mowed Lawn and Salty Ocean DO Inks
Copic markers
Embellishments
Other A  Colorful Life Design Cloud Edger Stencil
My Favorite Things Drifts & Hills Stencil
Spellbinders Platinum Plus Die Cutting & Embossing Machine
Scor-Pal Score Board
Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer
MISTI Stamping Tool
Bearly Art Precision Glue
Adhesive-backed Fun Foam

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Saturday, September 23, 2023

Have a PAR-fect Day



Today is the start of CAS Week at Just Us Girls. It is also my last week to be with The JUGs Design Team as Guest Designer. What a wonderful group of crafters to work with! They have been so warm and welcoming and I have really enjoyed my time with them. Thank you all from the bottom of my art for having me!!

With regard to my card, though my stash seems as deep as the deep blue sea, it does not contain anything sports-oriented... well, that is not entirely true. There's that fabulous swimmer/diver die. Hmmmm - I forgot about her. Anyway, one of my sons has recently fallen in love with golf and his birthday is coming, so I decided to make my sports-themed card for him. Since I now know how to use them, I went in search of a golf-themed digital stamp. I found this little Golf Gnomie on Etsy at PinkGemDesigns, printed him out, colored him with Copics, then set him in a CAS design with a strip of Tartan Plaid paper. I made my  sentiment strip on my computer and popped up on the right side... and it's a wrap! Thanks so much for coming by today!

Now please head over the Just Us Girls Challenge Blog to see what the DT has created for your inspiration. Get sportive and creative and play with us!

I'm also playing at:



Project Details
Stamps/DiesGolf Gnome Digital stamp by PinkGemDesigns
Cardstock    110# and 80# Neenah Solar Crest
Night of Navy
BasicGrey june bug 6x6 patterned paper
 Ink Mowed Lawn and Tumbled Glass DO Inks
Copic markers
Embellishments
Other A Colorful Life Designs Cloud Edger Stencil
My Favorite Things Drifts & Hills Stencil
My Favorite Things Wonky Stitched Circle Stax Die
Various Blending Brushes
Spellbinders Platinum Plus Die Cutting & Embossing Machine
Scor-Pal Score Board
Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer
Bearly Art Precision Glue
Waffle Flower Double Sided 1/16" Foam Strips
Black adhesive backed fun foam

Saturday, September 16, 2023

Friends Are The Family That We Choose



Hello, and welcome to my blog. I am so happy to be here once again as September Guest Designer at Just Us Girls. I am loving this gig! This week's challenge #697 is a Mood Board, which I love. 

Here's a close up of the Mood Board so you can see all the wonderful details.


For my card, I zeroed in on the hand holding the leaf (check the merlot nails), and then lots of beautiful Autumn color that is present in each of the photos on the board... and then, there's the pie! I combined some things old and new from my stash. It was one of those projects that looks simple, but took forever to get right. In the end, I am pleased with the way it turned out.

Please hop on over to the Just Us Girls Challenge Blog to see what the lovely and talented Design Team has created to inspire you. Light a cinnamon, apple or pumpkin scented candle, and let your imagination take you to warm, cozy and creative places. Hope to see you in the gallery!

Project Details
Stamps/DiesThe Greetery Holding Hands stamps & Dies
Papertrey Ink Leaf Prints stamps & dies
Spellbinders Fluted Classics Circles dies
Reverse Confetti Autumn Sentiments
Cardstock    SU Cajun Craze & More Mustard
80# Neenah Solar white
Authentique 6x6 Thankful Collection
 Ink Catherine Pooler Merlot
Tattered Rose, Antique Linen, Bundled Sage, 
 Rusted Wilderness Distress Inks
Embellishments Twine, Hero Arts Adhesive Crystal
Other Spellbinders Platinum Plus Die Cutting & Embossing Machine
Sizzix Side Kick
Scor-Pal Score Board
Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer
MISTI Stamping Tool
Bearly Art Precision Glue
Scor-Pal Score Tape-1"
Scrapbook.com Foam Squares

Thursday, September 14, 2023

I Believe I'll Go Fishing


It's time for a new challenge at Time Out. This time, we have an inspiration photo to spark our imagination and creativity. Scroll down below the challenge badge to see an enlargement of the Inspiration Photo to see all the detail. It's a camping scene, but there are so many details that you pull from the photo for your creation as well. There's a banjo and drum, canoe, do you see that wonderful striped rug? There are green hills, a lake, leaves of gold, Autumn colors... so much from which to choose.



We are generously sponsored by Lawn Fawn.


Challenge winner as chosen by the Time Out Design Team will receive a $25.00 gift voucher from Lawn Fawn and an invitation to Guest Design with us for a future challenge.

We welcome Trina Pham of Phamtastic Design as our Guest Designer. Trina is an incredibly talented  paper crafting artist. Her coloring is swoon-worthy and her designs are so inspiring. Please take a stroll through her blog and take in the sights!

I was stumped on this one as I was trying to find something camping themed in my stash and I had nothing. Sometimes though, I take things too literally with inspiration photos. There is so much to be had in this scene like musical instruments - the banjo and drum, that wonderful striped rug and its colors, the fall colors, the canoe, lake, hills...

I found this digital stamp by Dina Kowal on Etsy that looked perfect for my project, but I am not adept at layering digis, and I was dubious. I decided to challenge myself to learn how to do this. After many attempts, I was successful - even without my 20-something sons around. I layered, added color with DO inks, added a tree line and clouds with stencils from A Colorful Life Designs, and I was good to go. Kinda makes me want to go fishin'.

Please head on over to the Time Out Challenge Blog to see the wonderful creations that Trina and our Design Team came up with to inspire you. Come play with us!

I'm also playing at:

Digi Stamp Set and Tree Edger Stencil

Project Details
Stamps/DiesFishing Scene Digital Stamp Set byDina Kowal (Etsy)
Cardstock    80# Neenah Solar Crest
100# Neenah Solar Crest
Papertrey Ink Pinefeather Stripe Patterned Paper
 InkVarious Distress Oxide Inks
Copic Marker Y26
Embellishments
Other A Colorful Life Designs Tree Edger #3 and Cloud Edger Stencils
Inkadinkado Stamping Mask Paper
Wink Of Stella Brush - Clear
Sponge Daubers
Spellbinders Platinum Plus Die Cutting & Embossing Machine
Scor-Pal Score Board
Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer
Bearly Art Precision Glue
Post It Removable 2" Masking Tape

Saturday, September 9, 2023

To The Moon And Back

 



Hello and welcome to my blog. I am here with my second appearance as Guest Designer for Just Us Girls. I am thrilled to be here. Challenge #696 starts today. It's word week and the word is "moon". You can go in a million wonderful directions with that word. I chose to use Papertrey Ink's Sun & Moon stamps & dies that I have had for so many years and never used. I am cataloging my supplies and am amazed at what I am finding! 

I ink blended the background with DO inks, gold embossed and die cut rays, then silver embossed and die cut moon. I stamped and embossed the sentiment to the right of the moon, added some gold splatters and bling from A Colorful Life Designs and my card was complete.

Please head over to the Just Us Girls Challenge Blog to see the awesome creations the DT have made to inspire you. Come play!  

Project Details
Stamps/DiesPapertrey Ink Sun & Moon stamps & dies
Cardstock    110# & 80# Neenah Solar Crest
 InkVarious Distress Oxide inks
Versa Fine Clair Nocturne
Embellishments Bling gifted from A Colorful Life Designs
Other WOW Clear Embossing Powder
WOW Dual Speed Heat Tool
Spellbinders Platinum Plus Die Cutting & Embossing Machine
Scor-Pal Score Board
Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer
MISTI Stamping Tool
Bearly Art Precision Glue
Simon Says Stamp Foam Squares
Heidi Swapp Gold Color Shine

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PTI Sun & Moon stamps & dies


Saturday, September 2, 2023

High Tides Good Vibes




Hello and welcome to my blog! I am so pleased to be here today and throughout the month of September as Guest Designer for Just Us Girls Challenges. I am grateful to have this wonderful opportunity to design with this lovely and talented group of crafters whose work I enjoy and admire so much.

Now on to my card... This is a departure from my current style. This is a lot of layers for me, though it just seemed to work with what I had in mind. The challenge colors of aqua and apricot made me think of sea and sun which led me to this gorgeous stencil and sentiment from A Colorful Life Designs. I die cut the circle, popped it up and mounted it on a square card base to  which I adhered patterned papers in the challenge colors. I tried out some embellishments, but in the end, less was more. My card was complete.

Please head over to the Just Us Girls Challenge Blog and see what the Designers have created for your inspiration. Come play with us! We can't wait to see what you come up with.

Project Details
Stamps/DiesA Colorful Life Designs Chasing The Sun Stamps
Spellbinders Fluted Classics Circles Dies
Spellbinders Nested Squares Dies
Cardstock    80# & 110# Neenah Solar Crest
Sunny Studios Dots & Stripes 6x6 Paper Pack
 InkVersa Clair
Various Distress Oxide Inks
Embellishments
Other A Colorful Life Designs Sun & Surf Stencil
Various Blending Brushes
WOW Heat Tool
Spellbinders Platinum Plus Die Cutting & Embossing Machine
Scor-Pal Score Board
Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer
MISTI Stamping Tool
Bearly Art Precision Glue
Scor-Pal Score Tape-1"
Fun Foam