Just Us Girls Challenge #724 - Anything Goes Stencil - Big Hugs Flower Press (Concord and 9th)

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #724, where I'm delighted to be your hostess for this week's Anything Goes Stencil Challenge.  

This wrap-up challenge for April (ohmyword...time's flying!) means it's time to express our appreciation for our fabulous guest designer: Colleen Begley. Colleen, you've been wonderfully inspiring! Thank you for sharing your creativity with us and we hope to see you in the gallery often.

I'm smitten with Concord & 9th's Flower Press stencil and, after bringing it out for another challenge, I decided to create a second card for this one.

Looking forward to seeing your stencil sensations in the gallery!

Also sharing at: 

AAA Colourful Colourboard #3. 

My Speckled Egg DI in my photo looks more blue than it does in real life, where it comes very close to that in the photo.  I paired it with Mustard Seed, a bit of Fossilized Amber and some Shaded Lilac. 

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Seize the Birthday Challenge #281-Any Color and Green - Happy Birthday Bouquet (Spellbinders sprigs, loops embossing folder and wax seal)

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Dashing in quickly with a card for Seize the Birthday Challenge #281 - Any Colour + Green.

A pink + green floral arrangement, paired with a Happy Birthday wax seal and loops embossed background. Done! 

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Inkspirational Challenge #314 - Mood Board - Wildflowers and Wax Seals (TH Vault Wildflowers, Spellbinders Wax Seals and Beads - Flowers, Happy Birthday, For You, Thanks)

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Welcome to Inkspirational Challenge #314, where we have a bright, cheerful Mood Board as inspiration for the next two weeks. Hopefully, the variety of colours and images - or perhaps even the 'vibe' - will spark your creativity.

SOURCE

https://www.samanthamadeo.com/blog/2018/7/31/moodboardmonday-playful-bright

The center wildflower bouquet caught my eye, as did a set of cards designed by Jenn Shurkus, so I set about making a quartet of my own. My collection of distress ink water-coloured flowers are bunched together with an assortment of another suite of my current obsessions: wax seals. 

Wax seal: florals

Wax seal: For You

 

Wax seal: Happy Birthday

Wax Seal: Thanks

Looking forward to seeing your takes on the Mood Board.

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Just Us Girls Challenge #723 - Moodboard Week - Today is a Good Day to have a Good Day (Pinkfresh Studio Wildflower Bouquet)

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #723, where our hostess, Vicki, has selected the moodboard, below, as inspiration this week. The images and palette: lovely!

Once again, we're delighted to have Colleen Begley, our April Guest Designer, sharing her talents with us.

Pinkfresh Studio's Wildflower Bouquet marks its debut and, as you can see, I've focused primarily on the colours with a nod to the solo daisy. I'm rather smitten with this collection...

Looking forward to seeing which features of the moodboard catch your eye.

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Color Hues Challenge #85 - Yellow & Pink - Flower Press Celebrate (Concord and 9th)

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Welcome to Colour Hues Challenge #85, where our lovely hostess, Hannelie, invites us to use hues of Yellow and Pink as inspiration for the next two weeks. Definitely a combination to herald the arrival of Spring (although it's snowing here at the moment...). 

I decided to revisit one of my favourite Concord & 9th stencils: Flower Press. The whimsy of the flowers and the simplicity of the stencils make this a double win set. Tried some new Simon Says shades of pink ink and some older Altenew yellows. I think they played nicely together.

The challenge will remain open until April 29th at 9 am!

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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Just Us Girls Challenge #722 - Word Week - RAIN - You Make It Rain Rainbows (Avery Elle Rainbow)

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #722, where our lovely Lisa has selected RAIN for our Word Week Challenge. Certainly fitting, given our weather of late - and that's fine by me. We need the moisture to stave off forest fires.

We're also delighted to have Colleen Begley joining us as our April Guest Designer.

I haven't played with my Avery Elle rainbow set for ages, so out they came for this challenge. One card quickly became two...

Looking forward to seeing your RAIN-themed cards filling the gallery!

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Playing at AAA Colourful - Colourboard #2 - Happy Birthday Dear Friend Blooming Anemones (Memory Box)

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Popping in quickly with my card for AAA Colourful - Colourboard #2 before I miss the closing date (like I did with their first challenge!).

I LOVE pansies, but don't have any in my stash so...I went with anemones from Memory Box. 

Now, to find some pretty pansy dies to add to my stash! 

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Inkspirational Challenge #313 - Word Prompt - Fold - Just a Note A2 Slider (MCT Watering Can, Tulips and Springtime Papers, A2 Slider - Pinkfresh Studio)

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Welcome to Inkspirational Challenge #313 where our Word Prompt for the next two weeks is FOLD.  As card-makers, 'fold' may be reflected as a fancy fold designed to change up the typical side or top fold style. And...that's 100% totally fine. Fold, however, can also include things like:  folding chairs, a fold in clothing/drapes, something 'folded' around something else (folded in a hug), folded clothes...and so on. As long as a 'fold' is visible (and explained, if need be) on your card/project, we'll be delighted. 

My ability to incorporate a 'fancy fold' into my usual card style is limited because for the life of me, I can't cut/fold straight. Not even a little bit! I need dies and how fortunate that I have the Pinkfresh Studio A2 Slider die in my collection.  

After several trial runs that wound up in the bin (no issue with the die; rather, operator errors and misfires LOL), I landed on this:

Closed view

The watering can, tulips, label shape, sentiment and papers are all from My Creative Time.

Even though this was a challenge for me, I'm not putting the slider die away just yet. More possibilities to explore (and mistakes to correct!).

Looking forward to seeing your fabulous FOLD creativity in the gallery! 

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Just Us Girls Challenge #721 - Color Week - Purple, Orange, Mustard - HB 2 U (Spellbinders Stitched Letters and Numbers)

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #721, where our lovely hostess, Ina, has selected Purple, Orange and Mustard as this week's inspiration.

As this is our first challenge of the month, we're delighted to welcome our April guest designer: Colleen Begley. 

I've had an assortment of Spellbinders stitched letters and numbers for a while now and, for the letters at least, my card marks their debut with this Happy Birthday to You card. A sprig of posies and ta da...another card to add to the stash.

Looking forward to seeing how purple, orange and mustard inspire you.

Also sharing at:

Seize the Birthday #280 - Anything Goes Topping

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Color Hues Challenge #84 - Peach and Green - Just A Note Painted Peony (Concord and 9th, MCT)

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Happy April 1st (already!) and welcome to Colour Hues Challenge #84. Our lovely hostess, Cindy, has selected hues of Peach and Green  - a wonderful combination Spring - as inspiration for the next two weeks.

We're delighted to have Donna joining us for this challenge.

My Concord & 9th Painted Peony stamp and die set is making yet another appearance. I love it! Another floral set that's dazzling in any colour. 

The challenge will be open until April 14th @ 9 AM EST!

The winners will be posted an hour before our next challenge goes live.

The overall winner will have the opportunity to be a

future Guest Designer!

Have Fun!

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Just Us Girls Challenge #720 - Anything Goes Stencil Week - Hello Friend Roses mini slim (Altenew Perfect Gift, Crop and Create Fall 2023)

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #720, where we're inviting you to create whatever occasion/style of card you want using stencils. Our lovely teammate, Sue, will have the honour of choosing the winner. 

We're delighted to have Tracey McNeely joining us, but sad that this is her wrap-up as our March Guest Designer. Thank you for your awesome inspiration this month, my wonderful friend! 

My card features a stamp, stencil and die combination from Altenew, which was part of last fall's Crop & Create. It's called Perfect Gift (not sure if it's been released on their site yet) and has a variety of sentiments that complete phrases that speak to people/occasions being "perfect gifts." The flowers are lovely, aren't they! My sentiment comes from a different stamp set, from Crop & Create 2022. It's pretty and, in my view, fits well with the flower clusters. A sprinkling of 'stamped' splatters finishes off my card.

Looking forward to seeing your stencil sensations in the gallery.

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Inkspirational Challenge #312 - Designer’s Choice - White on White - Daisies Hello (MCT)

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Hard to believe we're nearly at the end of March and 'this close' to Easter. Time's flying!

Welcome to Inkspirational Challenge #312, where our wonderful Julia invites us to play with her Designer's Choice: White on White.  This combination, often used for winter/Christmas cards, works beautifully for a much wider range of seasons/occasions. 

I went all flowery with my version of a white on white card. I'm smitten with the daisy eyelet background die; it needs to see much more play time.

 

Looking forward to seeing your takes on White-on-White in the gallery. 

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Just Us Girls and Time Out Collaboration Challenge - Hummingbird and Rose Happy Birthday (LDRS)

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Popping in with a quick reminder post + card to share that Just Us Girls Challenge #718 - Birds, which is a collaboration with Time Out Challenge - Birds of a Feather, is still open until March 27th (noon).

My card is a close cousin to the one I posted on the original blog. Had to give the perched hummingbird some equal time in the spotlight.

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