A Walk In The Rain

 

It's Word Week at Just Us Girls. We are hosted by Lisa and joined by Colleen Begley, our Guest Designer for the month of April. 

For my card, I dug out PTI's Scattered Showers which I haven't used in eons. I have a friend going through a tremendously difficult time. Though there is little I can do, I want her to know I am with her. I love the sentiment I chose (Altenew). Also love that Dibble Tile EF in the background. Raindrops (PTI Feathered Finery) were stamped in 3 blues and finished it off with clear drops.

Please head over to the Just Us Girls Challenge Blog and check out the wonderful creations by Colleen and the rest of the Design Team. Get crafty with your craft stash and join us in the gallery!

Project Details
Stamps/Dies, Embossing Folder	Papertrey Ink Scattered Showers Stamps & Dies, Feather Finery Stamps, Cloud Dies Altenew Precious Moments Stamps My Favorite Things Blueprints 27 Die-namics Simon Says Stamp Dibble Tile EF
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest 80lb. Neenah Solar Crest Neenah Desert Storm Recollections Glitter Paper
Ink	Papertrey Ink Raspberry Fizz, Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Spring Rain VersaMark Memento London Fog
Embellishments	Little Things by Lucy's Cards - Raindrops
Other	Wink Of Stella Clear Altenew Detail Blending Brush Brutus Monroe Alabaster EP Spellbinders Platinum Plus Die Cutting & Embossing Machine Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer MISTI Stamping Tool My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press Scor-Pal Score Tape-1/4" 3M foam tape Waffle Flower 1/16" Foam Strips

I'm playing at:

The Paper Players #684 - Sunshine and Rainbows or Rainy Day Theme

The Sistrehood of Crafters - Showers or Flowers

Striped Happy Easter

Hello crafty friends. Before I get to the new Time Out Challenge, I wanted to thank everyone who played with us and Just Us Girls for our Collaborative Challenge. It was so much fun. There were so many 

"fa-bird-lous" entries. I hope that everyone will consider supporting both of our challenges moving forward.

Now on to our new challenge - Time Out Challenge #260 starts today. We are challenged to be "striped". If you look around and really open your eyes, there are stripes everywhere... in our textiles, foods, office supplies, buildings... really everywhere. So this one is really wide open. Let's get creative and get stripey!

We are generously sponsored by Lawn Fawn.

The challenge winner as chosen by the Design Team will receive a $25.00 Lawn Fawn store credit. The winner will also receive an invitation to Guest Design with is for a future challenge.

We are joined by Karen Rodgers of kareN stampZ as Guest Designer. Karen is a very talented crafter. You can view her challenge card and link to her blog from the Time Out Challenge Blog. 

I have been making Easter cards. I had made this embossed panel and set it aside. I was going through patterned papers today and found this variety of striped papers, and decided to use the embossed panel and the little bunny die that came with it to "color" some of the bunnies. I added a panel of striped card to the base, and added twine, which also had a striped look and voila! My card was complete.

Please head over to the Time Out Challenge blog to see what Karen and the Design Team have created to inspire you. Find your stripes and play with us! Can't wait to see your creation in the gallery. Remember, we allow links to a total of 5 challenges including ours. Check out the rules in "how to play" on the sidebar of the challenge blog. See you in the gallery!

Project Details
Stamps/Dies/ Embossing Folder	Trinity Stamps Vintage Bunny stamps & dies Simon Says Stamp Playful Bunnies Embossing Folder & Cutting Die
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest Sunny Studio Dots & Stripes Pastels Patterned Paper
Ink	Memento Tuxedo Black Copic markers
Embellishments	Twine from The Twinery
Other	Spellbinders Platinum Plus Die Cutting & Embossing Machine Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer MISTI Stamping Tool My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press 3M foam tape SU Dinensionals

I'm also playing at:

Tic Tac Toe #244 - Bottom Row

Twine, Patterned Paper, Die Cut Sentiment

Krafty Chicks #709 - All Occasions

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Emboss it

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Birds Of A Feather - Collaboration With Just Us Girls

Time for a new challenge at Time Out. Challenge #259 is a a special collaboration challenge with Just Us Girls Challenge! How fun!! Our common theme is "birds". We are birds of a feather flocking together!

By entering the linky tool at Time Out, you will automatically also join the Just Us Girls Challenge, woot woot! Entries to the Just Us Girls Links will automatically also join Time Out Challenge #259.

Your project will gain twice the visibility... You will double your chances to be chosen as a design team favorite and your project may be showcased in one or both of the challenge blogs. Whether you join from Time Out or from Just Us Girls, you also have a chance to win $25.00 store credit to Waffle Flower Crafts. 

We are sponsored by Waffle Flower. Challenge winner will receive a $25.00 store credit to spend at Waffle Flower and a chance to guest Design with the Time Out Team for a future challenge.

We are joined by Jolanda Johnson of The Inquespot Studio, and winner of Time Out #255 as our Guest Designer. Jolanda is a regular player at Time Out. Her designs are fabulous. Do yourself a favor and treat yourself to a stroll through her blog for some wonderful inspiration.

For my card, I used Waffle Flower's Little Birdie dies and sentiments to create a birthday/support greeting  for a dear friend who is going through a very hard time. I decided to do an arch shaped card. I smooshed on a piece of cardstock picking up inks that I did not want to waste another project (channeling my inner Michele Ferguson), and added the die cuts from Little Birdie, placing birdie on a piece of vellum.

Please head on over to the Time Out Challenge Blog and see what Jolanda and the Design Team have come up with to inspire you. Hoping you will be inspired to join us in the gallery! Don't forget to check out the Just Us Girls Challenge to see their bird inspired projects and join the fun! Let them know that you arrived from Time Out!

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	Waffle Flower Little Birdie Sentiments and Dies Simon Says Stamp Nested Dome Arches Spellbinders Hemstitch Circle Dies
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest Bazzill 40# Vellum
Ink	VersaMark Onyx Black Various Distress Oxide Inks
Embellishments
Other	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 Waffle Flower 1/16" foam adhesive strips

I'm also playing at:

We Love Stamping March - Feminine

Die Cut Divas March Challenge

Anything Goes - 4/3

Birds-Blooms-Butterflies March 2024

Cut It Up #299 - Colors of Spring

Stamping Sensations March Challenge - Spring

3/31

The Blessings Of Each Day

Spring has sprung at The Four Seasons Challenge. It is our first Spring themed challenge where this gorgeous mood board is there for your inspiration, but anything Spring goes. 

I took my inspiration from the shamrocks and went with a St. Paddy's Day creation. Take a look at the moodboard, and see what inspires you. The Design Team have created wonderful projects to inspire you as well. Check them out on the challenge blog HERE. Make yourself a cuppa, get crafty, and join us in the gallery. I can't wait to see what you create!

Project Details
Stamps/Dies/Stencils	Pretty Pink Posh Best Of Luck Stamps & Dies Reverse Confetti Big Stripes Cover Panel Simon Says Stamp Large Gnome Die A Colorful Life Designs Shamrock Spray Avery Elle Wonky Stitches Die
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest Recollections 110# Black Cardstock
Ink	Various Green Distress Oxide Inks
Embellishments
Other	Simon Says Stamp Sentiment Strips Reverse Lucky Spellbinders Platinum Plus Die Cutting & Embossing Machine Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer Bearly Art Precision Glue Waffle Flower 1/16" Foam Strips

I'm also playing at:

Festive Friday #0154 - St. Patrick's Day

Green, Leprechaun, Clover/Shamrock

Double Trouble #161 - Pinch Proof

Partnering With Festive Friday

Use Green In your Project

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Dots and/or Stripes

 Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Inspiration Station March 2024 Challenge

Photo Inspiration - Looks like St. Paddy's Day to me!

Tree Frog

Time Out Challenge #258 starts today with a Photo Inspiration. Since today is Leap Day, we thought it would be fun to have leaping inspiration, and thought this gorgeous frog would be the perfect place to start. The next Leap Day that falls on a Thursday will be on February 29, 2052. Hmmm do the math. I will probably be leaping through clouds above!

Here is an enlargement to help you see the detail in this amazing photo.

Photo credit: https://www.vecteezy.com/photo/28244412-green-tree-frog-generative-ai

Artist: Wanapong Phobklang, Thailand.

"https://www.vecteezy.com/free-photos">Free Stock photos by Vecteezy

We are generously sponsored by Lawn Fawn. Winner will receive a $25.00 Store Credit and an invitation to join us as Guest Designer for a future challenge. 

We are joined by Vicki Dutcher of All I Do Is Stamp as our Guest Designer. Vicki is a well seasoned and very talented card maker and winner of Time Out Challenge #254. You can check out her designs on her blog HERE. Do treat yourself to a visit. You are sure to be inspired.

My interpretation of the photo is quite literal. I saw this Tim Holtz Thinlits Miserable Myron die set and knew I had to have it for this challenge. Let me tell you that between cutting all the pieces, piecing/gluing them together properly and working with Liquid Pearls for his toes, there was a lot of language going on in my craft room. I think Myron is so hideous that he is wonderful. I wonder what would happen if someone did kiss him. Handsome prince? or slimy frog? Who can tell? It isn't going to be me. But I got a kick out of our inspiration for Leap day, and that is that.

Please leap on over to the Time Out Challenge Blog to see what Vicki and the Design team have created to inspire you. Their takes on the photo inspiration are wonderfully creative and so imaginative. See you in the gallery! Don't forget that our challenge rules allow for a total of 5 challenge links including ours.

Project Details
Stamps/Dies/ Embossing Folder	Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits Myron Colorize Dies Xcut Speech Bubbles Dies Paper Smooches A Little Lovin' SSS Forest Floor EF
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest DCWV Textured Cardstock-various colors Recollections 110# Black Cardstock
Ink	VersaFine Onyx Black Memento Love Letter Distress Oxide Inks - Fired Brick & Lumberjack Plaid
Embellishments	Ranger Rouge Liquid Pearls
Other	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 3M foam tape My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

I'm also playing at:

Shopping Our Stash #516 - It's Not Easy Being Green

Mostly Green Projects

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Can You Handle The Pressure

Embossing w/optional twist of squares and/or circles

Gnome Lucky

There's a new Challenge up at Just Us Girls where it is the 5th Thursday of the month, which means it is CASE a Design Team Member Week. Carol McFarland is our lovely host. Choose one of our Design Team cards and make it your own based on whatever you choose: the colors, elements, theme, style, etc. In your post, be sure to explain whose card you are CASEing and what you did to create your own version. We love to see what you come up with during CASE a DT week. The Design Team has created some fabulous inspiration with lots of theme, color and other varied elements for you to choose from.

I am still in St. Paddy's Day card making mode. For this one, I dug out my SSS Gnome Lucky set that I bought last year and did not use. I stamped and colored it, popped it up on a scrap of patterned paper, added sone accent stamps and a heat embossed the sentiment and my card was complete.

Please head on over to the Just Us Girls Challenge Blog and check out the wonderful inspiration the Design Team came up with. Choose a card that inspires you and craft with us! I can't wait to check out the gallery to see what you have created!

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	Simon Says Stamp Gnome Lucky Lawn Fawn Scalloped Rectangle Dies
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest DCWV Textured Cardstock-various colors Patterned Paper from Stash
Ink	Memento Tuxedo Black Copic Markers
Embellishments
Other	Spellbinders Platinum Plus Die Cutting & Embossing Machine Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer MISTI Stamping Tool Waffle Flower 1/16" Foam Strips WOW Dual Speed Heat Tool Brutus Monroe Alabaster White Embossing Powder  My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

I'm also playing at:

Krafty Chicks Challenge #705 - Anything Goes

How Did I Get So Lucky??

 

It's time for a new challenge at Just Us Girls where we are challenged to use stencils on our projects. Bobby is our host.  With St. Paddy's Day fast approaching, I went with a gnome and some shamrocks and a promise to myself to mail the cards I make to my Irish family members for this fun occasion! The Design Team and our wonderful Guest Designer, Denise Morgans, have made some wonderful cards to inspire your stencil loving hearts. Head on over the the Just Us Girls Challenge Blog and see what they have created to inspire you, then grab a cuppa and some stencils and join us!

Project Details
Stamps/Dies/Stencils	Simon Says Stamp Large Gnome Die A Colorful Life Designs Shamrock Spray Stencil Avery Elle Wonky Stitches Die
Cardstock	80# Neenah Solar Crest Recollections 110# Black Cardstock
Ink	Distress Oxide Inks - Various Greens
Embellishments
Other	Heidi Swapp Gold Color Shine Spellbinders Platinum Plus Die Cutting & Embossing Machine Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer Waffle Flower 8.5x8.5 Grip Mat Bearly Art Precision Glue Waffle Flower 1/16" Foam Strips

I'm also playing at:

Krafty Chicks #704 - All Occasions

All You Need Is Love

Time for a new challenge at Just Us Girls. It's Color Week this week, and Sue is our host. 

I am knee deep into Valentines right now, so I decided to go that route with my card. I arranged strips of varying sizes in reds, pinks and grays on a piece of white cardstock, trimmed it down, then die cut it with a scalloped edge die. I cut a heart in the center, created a shaker, and finished it off with a sentiment that is perfect for my Beatle-lovin' Valentine...

It's a new month, and we have a new Guest Designer, Denise Morgans. Please head on over to the Just Us Girls Challenge Blog to see what Denise and the rest of the Design Team have made to spark your creativity. Come play with us!

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	Simon Says Stamp LOVE Shadow Wafer Die Spellbinders Nestabilities - Classic Hearts My Favorite Things Blueprints 27 Die-Namics Waffle Flower Slimline Strips Die
Cardstock	110 lb. & 80 lb. Neenah Solar Crest Various SU colored cardstock Echo Park Love Notes 6x6 Paper Pad
Ink	Versamark
Embellishments	Sequins (unknown origin)
Other	Waffle Fower 1/16"  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 3M foam tape

I'm also playing at:

The Color Hues Challenge #80

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #239 

Middle Horzintal Row

Cards 4 Galz - Red and/or Pink Hearts Galore

TGIF #457

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge

Have a Heart

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge 

Anything Goes

Snow Beautiful

 

It's time for a new challenge at Time Out, and this time around, it is an Inspired By Words challenge. Our inspiration is a haiku poem by Matsuo Basho, one of the most famous Zen poets of Japan, who alerts us to the neglected beauty and interest of everyday life. The poem is entitled Winter Solitude.

Winter solitude -

In a world of one colour

the sound of the wind.

Matsuo Basho

We are generously sponsored by Stamp Simply. The Stamp Simply Store is one stop shop for beautiful papers, ribbon, stamps, embellishments and supplies enabling you to simply create cards, altered items and scrapbook pages. Challenge winner as chosen by our Design Team will win a $25.00 store credit and an offer to Guest Design with us for a future challenge.

For my card, I used Stamp Simply Snowflake Blessings Border Strip clear stamp set. I embossed the border with silver embossing powder on navy cardstock. I popped the border strip on to White Lava Holographic Cardstock that had been dry embossed with Simon Says Stamp Snowflake Visions embossing folder. I die cut the smallest of Pinkfresh Folk Edge Circles from Soft Sky cardstock, stamped a sentiment from the same stamp set, popped it up on the card front, and my card was complete.

Please head on over to the Time Out Challenge Blog and see what Fran and the Design Team have come up with to inspire you. I am excited to see how the poem is interpreted. Please remember that in order to be considered for the win, linking to other challenges is limited to 5 including ours. Our challenge rules are listed on the sidebar of the challenge blog. I hope to see you in the gallery!

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	Stamp Simply Snowflake Blessings Border Strip Pinkfresh Studio Folk Edge Circles
Cardstock	110# Neenah Solar Crest SU Night Of Navy and Soft Sky Your Paper Insider White Lava Holographic Cardstock
Ink	VersaMark VersaFine Majestic Blue
Embellishments
Other	Ranger Silver 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 Scor-Pal Score Tape-1" 3M foam tape SU Dimensionals

I'm also playing at:

Sparkle And/Or Shine

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Sparkle & Shine

The Sisterhood Of Crafters - Icy Cold