Just Us Girls Challenge #833 - Anything Goes Stencil Week - Sending Seeds of Joy (Waffle Flower)

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #833 - Anything Goes Stencil Week. Bring out your stencils and show them some love.

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

My Waffle Flower Seeds postage collage stencil and texture die are making their debut. Just in case you've noticed (all about being transparent, here. LOL!), the top right seed package does indeed have a slant. Initially, I though the stencil or die had a flaw, but when I looked at the WF site, I noticed that this was evident on several of the designers' cards. I'm not sure if this was a deliberate design decision or a 'oops' that they've decided to leave as is. Next time I use this collection, I'll likely leave out this particular stamp. Yes...a bit disappointing but at least work-arounds are possible.

Please visit the main blog to see inspiration from Bonnie and my teammates.
Looking forward to see your stencil sensations in the gallery.

Thank you for dropping by!

AAA Cards Challenge #319 - Colour Challenge - It's Your Birthday (Waffle Flower)

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Welcome to AAA Cards Challenge #319 - Colour Challenge. For the next two weeks, we invite you to draw inspiration from the pretty pinks, orange and yellow palette featured below.

A simple birthday card using an assortment of envelope dies from Waffle Flower. 

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 #372 - Word Prompt - Christmas In July - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas Penguins (3D Christmas Class)

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Welcome to our Inkspirational Christmas in July Challenge!

Christmas in July is the perfect excuse to break out those festive supplies! As you've likely seen, many crafting companies are unveiling their exciting new Christmas releases, providing plenty of inspiration for holiday creativity. Whether you're eager to try the latest products or simply want to get a head start on your Christmas card stash before the holiday rush, we'd love for you to join us. Dust off your favourite festive stamps, dies, papers or embellishments and celebrate the season a little early!

I had the opportunity to take an online 3D Christmas in July class with a wonderful card-maker who creates magic with Hunky Dory products. We made several 3D layered cards (stash is started...yayyy!) over the course of the day - and while all were favourites, this penguin tree won as the overall 'Smile Maker'.  I decided to share it here, in the hopes it will bring a smile to you as well. 

Please visit the main blog to see fabulous inspiration from my talented team.
Looking forward to a gallery filled with festive Christmas in July delights.

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Color Hues Challenge #137 - Black and Red - Congrats, You Did It Hockey (Ronron Designs Rice Paper)

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Welcome to Colour Hues Challenge #137 where Julie P invites us to play with hues of Black and Red for the next two weeks. Julie is in the midst of settling into her new home, so our wonderful leader, Nancy, is taking the lead as hostess.

We're delighted to have two talented crafters joining us as Guest Designers for this challenge: Joanne James and Julia Aston.

The focal image on my card,  made with rice paper, hails from Canadian company Ronron Designs. The rice paper is an easy medium to work with for a variety of purposes: cards, journals, albums, glass, canvas...and so much more.  They're expanding their line to include stamps, stencils and papers, alongside new rice paper images.  My cart is rapidly filling up.

I've added a Taylored Expressions' sentiment, secretly hoping it will be to congratulate my nephew for earning a spot on a high level team. Tryouts happening soon.  Fingers crossed! 

Please visit the main blog to see fabulous Black and Red inspiration from our guests and my wonderfully talented team.

Looking forward to seeing how this combination sparks your creativity.

The challenge will be open until July 29th at 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.

Thank you for dropping by!

Just Us Girls Challenge #832 - Moodboard - Thanks from the Ocean Depths (SSD Ephemera, Better Press Society)

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #832 where Bobby has selected a beach/ocean/vacation themed moodboard for inspiration this week.  Summer vibes galore!

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

My inspiration comes from the bottom right photo: ocean + a single focal element. My background paper and pretty floral sea turtle are from Simply Stated Design; the grid - which I added just because - is from Uniquely Creative. Sentiment from one of my Spellbinders' Better Press Society collections.

Please visit the main blog to see fabulous inspiration from Bonnie and my talented team.
Looking forward to seeing how the mood board sparks your creativity.

Thank you for dropping by!

AAA Colourful Colourboard #30 - Magic and Mischief (SB Craft-O-Ween Books)

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Welcome to AAA Colourful Challenge #30, where we invite you to draw inspiration from the beautiful colours featured in the dramatic sunset image below.  We're delighted to have Deanne joining us as our Guest Designer. 

 

After several attempts to replicate the sky with ink blending, I gave up and headed in a different direction: Halloween.  The die cut images are from last year's Spellbinders' Craft-O-Ween collection. An assortment of colour-board inspired cardstock played much more cooperatively than my inks did! LOL! 

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 #831 - Word Week -- PLAY - Hockey (Ronron Designs Rice Paper)

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #831, where Vicki has selected PLAY as our Word Week theme. 

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

Of course I went with "playing hockey' as my interpretation of this multi-nuanced word. I've used a new medium for the hockey player image - rice paper - designed by Canadian company, Ronron Designs.  The background paper is from Simply Stated Design, also Canadian and, sadly, closed for all but the owner's Patreon group. Happy to report I'm one of those! Yay! I'll add a sentiment appropriate for the occasion; secretly hoping it will be to congratulate my nephew for making a high level team. Fingers crossed! 

Please visit the main blog to see fabulous inspiration from our guest designer and my amazing teammates.

Looking forward to seeing how you play with PLAY!

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AAA Cards Challenge #318 - Follow My Lead - Follow Marlies - Let's Shell-ebrate (SSD Crab Ephemera)

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Welcome to AAA Cards Challenge #318 - Follow My Lead. For the next two weeks, we invite you to draw inspiration from Marlie's card, featured below.  

Inspiration card:

To follow Marlie's 'lead', I translated her background into a grid die cut and her coffee beans into a trio of way too cute crabs from Simply Stated Design. A sentiment from Waffle Flower finished off my CAS card.

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. 

Thank you for dropping by!

Inkspirational Challenge #371 - Visual Prompt - Summer Vibe - Lemon Daydream Just For You and A Little Something To Make You Smile (SSD)

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Welcome to Inkspirational Challenge #371.  For the next two weeks, we invite you to take your cue from the bright, beautiful Visual Prompt below. Whether you're inspired by the soft pink blossoms, sunny lemons, refreshing drink, vibrant colour palette  or simply the summery vibe, we'd love to see how you interpret it in your own style.

I'm sharing two cards featuring the beautiful Lemon Daydream collection from Simply Stated Design. For something a little different, I paired with background dies from AALL & Create,

Please visit the main blog to see fabulous cards from my talented design team, then join us in the gallery with a mood board card/project of your own.

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Just Us Girls Challenge #830 - Use A Die Week - Forgotten Favourite - For the Record (Concord and 9th)

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #830. Time to dust off an old favourite! 
For this week's Use A Die Challenge, Ina asks that we dig into our die collection, find a 'forgotten favourite' and bring it out for a play date.  Let's let the 'oldies but goodies' shine!

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

We all have that die set (or, in my case, multiple sets); the one we absolutely had to have, used a handful of times then quietly tucked away.  The hidden gem I've brought out for another *spin* is  Concord & 9th's For the Record collection. I had a blast reuniting with this set; a reminder that some things never go out of style: vinyl records, great music and favourite dies! 

Please visit the main blog to see which *forgotten favourites dies* my talented team have showcased, then rummage through your stash and bring out oldie of your own to feature.

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Color Hues Challenge #136 - Cream and Gold - Thanks, I'm Touched Beyond Words Lilies (Better Press Society Cascading Lilies)

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First, Happy Canada Day to my Canadian followers. Hope your day is filled with celebraton.

Welcome to Colour Hues Challenge #136 where Julie invites us to play with hues of Cream and Gold for the next two weeks. Such a pretty combination, especially if you're thinking of "Christmas in July" as a possible theme. If course, this pairing also fits for a wide range of occasions, as you'll see from the design team.

Another Better Press Society plate making a debut today: Cascading Lilies. Simple gold foiling of the plate, then die cut and added to a matte gold background.  The lilies are lovely but oh, how I wish Spellbinders had included a stencil with this plate. That said, 'plain' works, too. 

Please visit the main blog to see lovely inspiration from my talented teammates.

Looking forward to seeing how Cream and Gold will inspire you.

The challenge will be open until July 14 @ 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.

Thank you for dropping by!

AAA Birthday Challenge #87 - For Girls - Lemon Daydream Happy Birthday (SSD - Lemon Daydream, AALL and Create)

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Welcome to AAA Birthday Challenge #87. Last month we celebrated with cards *For Boys*; for July, we're celebrating cards *For Girls.*  

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

I've created a 'stylized' card for this challenge, using a background die from AALL & Create, decorated with papers and ephemera from Simply Stated Design's Lemon Daydream collection. . A sentiment from Spellbinders pairs wonderfully with the pretty pink + yellow feminine images. 

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

Looking forward to seeing your For Girls birthday cards in the gallery.

Thank you for dropping by!