Just Us Girls Challenge #825 - STENCIL Week - Hello Friend Butterfly and Frame (AALL and Create Blotch Code, SB Beautifully Imperfect)

Hello,

Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #825 - Stencil Week.  So many stencils; so many possibilities! 

A huge thank you to Kerry Parkinson for her fabulous inspiration as our May Guest Designer. 

I played with a super cool, new-to-me stencil from AALL & Create: Blotch Code. It's a 'blotchy' blend of flowers, leaves, splatters and, of course, butterflies.  I selected ink colours that matched my butterfly, frame and sentiment from Spellbinders' Beautifully Imperfect ephemera collection. 

I'm pleased with the results: kind of mixed media-ish without the mess. 

Please visit the main blog to see fabulous inspiration from Kerry and my teammates.

Looking forward to seeing your stencil sensations filling the gallery.

Thank you for dropping by!

AAA Cards Challenge #315 - Sketch Challenge - Bark, Woof Happy Birthday

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Welcome to AAA Cards Challenge #315 where we invite you to draw inspiration from the sketch you see below. Your images can be any shape; also feel free to rotate the sketch as you see fit.

A Photoplay puppy came out to play, as did a few sentiments from an oldie, but goodie Lawn Fawn pet collection. 

Please visit the main blog to see my teammates' fabulous takes on the sketch.
Looking forward to seeing how it inspires you.

A reminder that we're looking for Clean and Simple designs; you can find the description of what that means here. 

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Inkspirational Challenge #368 - Word Prompt - For the Guys - Hockey Themed Cards (Ronron Designs, Simply Stated)

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Welcome to Inkspirational Challenge #368 where, for the next two weeks (May 23 - June 5), we invite you to celebrate all things masculine with our Word Prompt:  “For the Guys” theme! Whether you make cards for fathers, brothers, husbands, sons, uncles or friends, we’d love to see your creative take on masculine designs, colours and styles. 

My 'For the Guys' cards are a nod to my hockey-playing nephew (who, by the way, is now 14 and is taller than me! ACK!!)

The focal image on my first card features a new-to-me product — rice paper — from Canadian company Ronron Designs. I absolutely loved working with this medium and can already tell I’ll be exploring it more; their collection of rice papers, stamps and stencils is fantastic. The background paper comes from my custom hockey collection by Simply Stated Design; the chipboard sentiment is from the 49 & Market Glimmer & Glee collection.

This card is 100% the hockey collection from Simply Stated Design.

I smiled all over my face while making these cards for my special guy!

Please visit the main blog to see For the Guys fabulousness from my teammates, then join us in the gallery with a card/project of your own to celebrate those special guys in your life.

Thank you for dropping by!

Just Us Girls Challenge #824 - MOODBOARD Week - Geometric Sending Hugs and Good Vibes

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #824 where our hostess, Carol Mc, has selected this bright, clean and modern mood board as inspiration this week. Colours, objects, shapes, frames: plenty of possibilities to spark your creativity.

We're delighted to have Kerry Parkinson joining us once again as our May Guest Designer.

Colours, clean design and shapes influenced my design. Simple and straightforward. 

Please visit the main blog to see fabulous interpretations from my talented teammate.

Looking forward to seeing how this image inspires you.

Thank you for dropping by!

Color Hues Challenge #133 - (Lime) Green and Violet - Happy Halloween

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Mid-May already and with it, a warm welcome to Colour Hues Challenge #113 where Tracey invites us to play with hues of Lime Green/green and Violet for the next two weeks. Definitely a Spring combination...amongst other occasions. 

If you're going to give me violet and green as a combination, my mind will head directly to Halloween, as you can clearly see in my card below.  My Spellbinders' Craft-o-Ween ghost just had to come out for a play! 

Please visit the main blog to see fabulous inspiration from my talented teammtes.

Looking forward to seeing how Lime Green/Green and Violet inspire you.

The challenge will be open until May 29th at 9:00am (EST).

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 Colourful Colourboard #28 - Sending Love Butterflies (Waffle Flower)

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Welcome to AAA Colourful Colourboard #28 where we're drawing inspiration from this purples an blues Colourboard below:

My Waffle Flower postage collage butterflies fluttered in to play with this challenge, as did one of their sentiment stamps dies.  Such an easy stencil set to use - and pretty no matter what colours you choose. 

Please head to the challenge blog to see fabulous inspiration from my talented teammates.

Looking forward to seeing how this Colourboard inspires you!

Thank you for dropping by!

Just Us Girls Challenge #823 - WORD Week - Flowers - It's Your Day Flowers (AALL and Create, Prism Studios)

Hello,

Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #823 where our hostess, Lisa, is looking for FLOWERS. 

Once again, we're delighted to have Kerry Parkinson joining us as our May Guest Designer.

 

I've certainly brought flowers to the game, courtesy of some some cute ephemera delights and patterned paper (background) from AALL & Create. The postage background is from Prism Studios.

Please visit the main blog to see fabulous inspiration from Kerry and the rest of my talented team.

Looking forward to see which flowers you'll be sharing with us.

Thank you for dropping by!