Just Us Girls Challenge #783 - WORD Week - Water - Just A Note Happy Crabs (WF)

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #783, where Vicki has selected Water as Word Week inspiration. Loads of choices with this one.

Once again, we're delighted to have Donna Mikasa joining us as our July Guest Designer.

I've been taking Spellbinders Colour Deck Card classes, via Zoom, with Glitter & Ink, a craft supplies retailer in Canada. One of our assignments was to select a deck card that had our less favourite colour combinations and create a project with that palette. 

Below is my assignment, featuring Waffle Flower's Happy Crabs and my 'stylized' version of water. It's a bit more bold and artsy than my usual style but...it's kind of grown on me. 

Just as a reference, here's the Colour Deck card that influenced my colour choices:

My recipe: Chiffon cardstock for flowers and shells; Coral - used Coral Reef ink (Pinkfresh); Sicily - used Sorbet ink (C & 9th); Blue Spruce - used Oceanside ink (C & 9th); Cosmic Sky - used Scuba ink (Simon Says). 

Please head over to the main blog to see fabulous inspiration from Donna and the rest of my amazing team.

Looking forward to seeing how WATER inspires you.

Thank you for dropping by!

Inkspirational Challenge #345 - Designer's Choice - Three of the Same - You are Claw-some (WF)

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Welcome  Inkspirational Challenge #345, where Nonni invites us to use THREE of the SAME for her Designer's Choice challenge. Your three - be they stamps and/or die cuts and/or colourss and/or a trio of cards/tags or whatever you decide - can be identical or similar; the design team have shared their interpretations in a variety of ways.

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Just Us Girls Challenge #782 - DIE Week - Summer Things - Make It An Ice Cream Kind of Day (Colorado Craft Co.)

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #782, where our wonderful hostess, Carol Mc, invites us to use dies that cut things specific to summer. Examples you might consider:  a sailboat, sunglasses, seagulls, sea creatures, flamingos, pool/pool floats,  beach ball/tote, flip flops, ice cream cones, summer drinks/fruits, lemonadefruit stand, watermelon, palm trees, vacation/travel items...

She's also including summery stamped images with matching dies as a choices for her challenge requirements.

We're delighted to have super talented, super sweet Donna Mikasa joining us as our July Guest Designer.

Guess what I chose: ice cream! 

I've had these Colorado Craft Co. images coloured for quite a while and this challenge seemed the right time to give them a showcase. 

Please head over to the main blog to see the fabulous inspiration from Donna and my teammates.

Looking forward to seeing which of your Summer Things DIES you'll feature in the gallery.

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Color Hues #113 - Red and White - Happy Birthday to You (Address, Gift and Mini Postage Collage)

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Happy Canada Day to my Canadian friends. I hope your day is filled with celebration, fabulous food and, of course, a marvelous fireworks display.

New month means a new challenge: welcome to Colour Hues Challenge #113 where our delightful hostess, Tracy, has selected...you guessed it...Red and White as inspiration for the next two weeks.  

We're delighted to have Kim Miller joining us as our guest designer.  

Given Canada is celebrating its 158th birthday this year, I though it fitting to create a birthday card to mark the occasion. Waffle Flower all the way, of course, both with the products and my card design, inspired by one of WF's designers. 

I also made this quick card with Photoplay stickers that I've had for quite a while. For the record, I am NOT a fan of gnomes but these guys still deserve a play date. 

Please head over to the main blog to see fabulous inspiration from our guest designer and my incredibly talented team. Then, join us in the gallery with a Red and White creation of your own.

The challenge will be open until July 14th a 9AM. 

The winners will be posted an hour before our next challenge, and the overall

 winner will have the opportunity to be a future Guest Designer.

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AAA Birthday Challenge #75 - Summer Birthday - Happy Birthday Sweet Friend Watermelons (Rub Ons)

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Happy July 1st and Happy Canada Day to my Canadian friends.

New month means a new challenge over at AAA Birthday; for Challenge #75, we're inviting you to create cards to celebrate summer birthdays.  

 We're delighted to have Pauline joining us as our Guest Designer. 

Watermelons  = summer vibes.

This arrangement - a rub-on transfer from Graphic 45 -  conveys that vibe beautifully. This is but one of several wonderful watermelon-themed images from the three-sheet collection. I'm already searching for spaces and places to showcase the others.  

Please head over to the main blog to see fabulous Summer Birthday cards from my talented teammates. Then, bring out your summery-sensations and celebrate with us.

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Just Us Girls Challenge #781 - STENCIL Week - You are the Best Open Book Dragon

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Welcome to Stencil Week over at Just Us Girls Challenge #781, where Bobby is our lucky hostess for this popular challenge. Stand alone stencils, layered stencils (some really sophisticated ones out in the craft-iverse), stencils as the focal image, stencils as backgrounds...whatever stencil style or technique you choose is welcome in the gallery.

This week, we extend a huge Thank You to Joanne James for being our June Guest Designer.  She has offered wonderful inspiration to both the team and our players. 

I'm sure you know by know that I am a fan of all things Waffle Flower: stamps, stencils, dies and, of course, the marvelous postage collage collection. Making its debut today is my WF Open Book die and Dragon stencil. Too cute...especially if you're a fan of dragon tales as I am!

Please head over to the main blog to see stencil sensations created by Joanne and the rest of my talented team.

Then, choose your stencils to showcase and play along with us.

Thank you for dropping by!

Inkspirational Challenge #344 - Use Stencils (Optional Twist - Geometric) - You are Simply the Best Spring Breeze Butterflies (WF)

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Welcome to Inspirational Challenge #344. 

Our popular Use Stencils Challenge - with the optional twist of Geometric - begins today, June 21, and runs until July 4th. The hardest part of this challenge: deciding which stencils you want to showcase. I love stencils and I know many of you do, as well.  

Yet another Waffle Flower inspired postage collage card from me, this time featuring a stencil that can be used on its own or with the postage background, which I've done here: Spring Breeze. The butterflies and flowers are perfect for this time of year. 

Please head over to the main blog to see fabulous inspiration from my wonderful team.

We're looking forward to seeing what inky stencil delights you'll be dazzling us with over the next two weeks.

Thank you for dropping by!