JUGS Week #800 -- Anything Goes

 

Just Us Girls (JUGS) Challenge #800 is a special one as it marks their 800th

challenge! What a milestone! I consider myself a "newbie" to their challenges,

and I started playing along thanks to blogging pal Michele.

 

 I wanted to join the celebration and squeezed in a card, just under the wire.

 

I fell in love with that Memory Box bird doing its happy dance, another enabled

purchase from Michele. Doesn't he just evoke joy? After inking him I spattered

a bit of water for texture. I ran an arched piece partially through a snow 

embossed folder then stamped the sentiment.

 

A red card base was embossed and inked around the edges and topped with

the arch piece and bird. 

Here's a better pic of the sentiment which is an old (c.2012) set from

Simon Says Stamp that I wish they would remake. It has some of my

favorite holiday sentiments on it.

Ok, now I'd better run and link this up. Thanks, always, for stopping by!

  

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Edited to add: I'm honored to receive a SHOUT OUT from JUGS!

Now I'm really doing a happy dance! Thanks so much, ladies!

 

JUGS Mood Board Week #797

 

It's Mood Board Week over at Just Us Girls Challenge #797.  

Here's the graphic with an autumnal theme.

When I saw the icons, I remembered an older SSS set that I haven't used on a card. 

I even had some items already colored, waiting patiently in the packaging.

I love the knitted details on each item. Some small leaves were cut, colored,

 and adhered to an embossed card base. I finished off with the scripty sentiment 

and called it done.

 

I'm a fan of fall season even though here in Hawaii we don't see much change. It's 

much cooler than our summers and we don't have to deal with the rainy season

 that's just around the corner. And we do pull out some sweaters!

 

I'm off to link this up. Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

JUGS Die Week #795 -- LEAVES

 

Bobby is the hostess for JUGS Die Week #795 and she's asking us to pull out

our LEAVES.for the challenge.

 

 

 

I had some oddly colored oak leaves in my stash of die cuts and thought "why not?"

 I embossed a card base and adhered the leaves.

 

 I added a gold diecut sentiment from The Stamp Market and no other embellies

were added because it's such a busy card.

And I believe I still have a few days before the deadline. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Edited to add: My card was given an honorable shout out! 

Thanks so much, Bobby and JUGS!

 

 

 

JUGS Word Week #792 -- CONTAINER

 

I'm squeezing in a card for JUGS Word Week #792 and the word is CONTAINER.

 

My container of choice is a teapot because I wanted something different

to hold a bunch of flowers.

The flowers and teapot were colored with Zigs and a waterbrush, then

adhered to an embossed card base. A Waffle Flower sentiment finished

off the card.

That's it for today. I believe I have a whole 48 hours before the deadline

which is "early" for me.

 

Thanks, always, for stopping by!

 

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Edited to add: I'm proud to display this badge for my card that received a shout out 

from JUGS and Carol Mc! Thank you so much!

JUGS Die Week #787 -- FLORALS

 

It's Die Week over at JUGS Challenge and Elizabeth requests using FLORAL dies

on our project. 

 

 

 

She must have heard me squeal while using Pinkfresh Studio's Floral Field stencil  

and die set. Here's my card.

I don't remember when this set came out but I've had it for a while and finally, after

watching a zillion how to videos, I summoned up the courage to create a card. 

There are SEVEN stencils and having those triangles as guides for cutting out 

the image without any white border is genius! I felt like a fussy cutter!

I embossed a card base with a dotty embossing folder and tripled up the image for

dimension. I splattered white paint and added some clear drops. A PFS ready made 

foiled sentiment finished off the card.

Off to link this up. Thanks, always, for stopping by!

Freshly Made Sketches #681

 

 Amy brings us a fun sketch for Freshly Made Sketches #681.

I thought about using a banner die or pocket stamp but in the end, I went rogue.

 

I pulled out Altenew's Mega U die and covered it with my fave Altenew washi 

tape and substituted it for the image. After running the card front through a  

dotty embossing folder--again!--I adhered the alpha and sentiment.

I was going to leave it as is but as a last minute decision, I added some greenery

from my Waffle Flower order that just arrived. 

 

Ok, I'm off to link this up. Thanks, always, for stopping by!

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Edited to add: Honored that my card was chosen as the winner for FMS #681!

Thanks, so much, Amy!

 

 

JUGS #748 Word Week -- LEAVES

 

 It's Word Week over at Just Us Girls Challenge #748 and the word is LEAVES.

 

 

 

I love leaves and own a ton of leaf dies in every shape and size. It's my dream to see

fall foliage anywhere--brilliant reds and oranges, please. I seem to be missing the mark as

we've traveled to see them many times with no luck.

I have seen ginkgo leaves in Japan and I love their fan shape and that no two are the same.

Here's my card featuring ginkgo leaves in bright colors because I've rediscovered my 

Zig Kuretake markers.

I started out with green and yellow pens, and grabbed pinks and purples just for fun.

I rather like how they looked--pretty much like umbrellas. After spattering them with 

white paint, they were adhered to a tree ring embossed card and I made sure to 

stamp the sentiment before embossing it.

A little far fetched, I know, but wouldn't it be awesome to see leaves in those colors?

Thanks, always, for stopping by!

JUGS #746 -- Anything Goes STENCILS

 

I'm leaving on an overseas trip in a few days and wanted to post a card so it won't be 

too quiet around here. Luckily, while swooning over Michele's gorgeous card 

I learned about Just Us Girls Challenge #746 using STENCILS.

 

Pinkfresh Studio's Built on Dreams may be my all time fave stencil because it's easy 

to layer and the dies make the cutest little shaped card if you choose to make one.

I love this stencil so much that I bought several as "backups" because some parts

of the stencil are delicate and I was worried it might tear. I chose Concord & 9th

inks and finished off with some iridescent sequins and a sentiment that came

with the stamp set.

 

 The design is versatile and depending on the colors you choose, can be used for

almost any occasion.

 Ok, I'd better link this up. Thanks for stopping by!