Just Us Girls Challenge #636~Trend Week - Add a Moving Element...Best Dad Beer Mug and Ribbon (Spellbinder's Let's Dance)

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #636, where Elizabeth, our wonderful hostess, invites us to add a moving element to our card/project. Spinner, wobblers, pop-up, even a dangling charm/gem...as long as something moves, you're good to go! 

Once again, Lucie from LucieG Cards joins us this month as our June guest designer! Check out her lovely card as well as all of the great inspiration from the design team.

Two Father's Day cards from me, both of which use Spellbinder's Let's Dance dies and Happy Dance sentiments. The name of the dies says it all: the dads' legs 'dance', as you can see on the second card! Super cute; super easy. I might be crushing over that big ol' mug of beer! 

Looking forward to seeing which moving element you bring to the gallery!

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Just Us Girls Challenge #632~Trend Week - Shaped Cards - Circle, Apron/Dresses, Tea Cup

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #632, where I'm delighted to be your hostess. For this week's Trend challenge, I've selected "Shaped Cards" - essentially, any shape *except* square or rectangle. Shaped cards appear to be quite popular, likely influenced by super talented Jennifer McGuire, who has shared several recent videos filled with shaped-cards inspiration. Let's create outside the box!

Once again, we're delighted to welcome Deborah Wheeler  as our May Guest Designer. Her card is so creative, as are all those by the team! Shapes galore! 

Okay, so I got carried away! I'll just let the photos do the talking...

Circle Card 1 - My Creative Time for card elements; Missees Pet collection for the bunny.

Card 2 - Pigment Craft Co.'s Apron Strings

Card 3 & 4 - Pigment Craft Co.'s Apron Strings, turned into dresses

Card 5 - Pigment Craft Co's Tea Cup and Cup of Happy flowers

Excited to see what shapely shapes you'll share with us in the gallery!

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Just Us Girls #627~TREND Week - Use foil on alcohol ink background ...Happy Easter Foiled Egg (MCT)

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #627, where our lovely hostess, Ina, invites us to use foil on our alcohol-inked cards. Plenty of ways to approach this trend, as you'll see on the main blog. 

We delighted to have Mac Mable sharing her wonderful creativity with us this month. Her card is fabulously inspiring, as are those created by my team!

My alcohol-ink background-making skills are sorely lacking, so I did a 'cheat' version for this challenge. The beautiful papers, complete with bits of gold foil, are from P13. I paired them with gold-foiled cardstock. Simple and stress-free! LOL! All products are from My Creative Time. 

Looking forward to your takes on this trend!

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Just Us Girls Challenge #623~Trend Week...Embossed Pawprints Wishing You A Pawsome Birthday

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #623, where our lovely hostess, Vicki, invites us to use embossing folders as this week's trend. So many ways to use embossing folders - as is through to dressing them up with style and flair - and so many folders to choose from - simple to 3D. Oh, the possibilities...

Once again, JoAnn Burnham joins us as our March guest designer. Her card and those of my team really showcase the umpteen possibilities that embossing folders offer.

I've gone with simple imprinting of my pawprints embossing folder because a) I love it, b) it works perfectly every time (no cracking of paper) and c) I don't have a wide selection of folders. And the one 3D folder I have doesn't cooperate, despite trying all the tips I've read/tried. So...going with tried and true! My puppy face and sentiment finishes up this birthday card for a dog-loving friend!

Looking forward to seeing your embossing folders starring on your projects this week!

 

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Just Us Girls #619~Trend Week - Make your own stencil from a die or dies...Sending You Love (X, O and Hearts)

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #619, where our lovely hostess, Sue, invites us, as this week's trend, to make our own stencils from a die/dies. 

I used Studio Katia's Loop die for my stencil, which I cut from cardstock. The first card is the 'actual' stenciled version; the dots are filled with MFT X, O and heart dies cut from assorted gold glitter and mirror paper. Sentiment is also MFT.

Because the dots cut from a panel, I wound up with a second card. The apertures are filled with chipboard hearts and a sticker sentiment. Yayyyy for a twofer!

Looking forward to seeing your *Dies transformed into stencils*projects in the gallery!

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Just Us Girls Challenge #614~Trend Week - Ink or Sprayed Backgrounds...Panda Hugs

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #614 , where our lovely hostess, Vicki, invites us to use inked or sprayed backgrounds on our projects this week. If you're like me, this is a fabulous opportunity to get messy!!

Once again, we're delighted to have Stef Perry and Chrissie Stokes joining us this week. You'll love their cards, as you will those designed by my teammates. 

I went ultra-super-simple with my inked background; heavy sponging of Picked Raspberry distress ink; a spray of Perfect Pearl infused water and that was it. A pretty-in-pink stage for this cute panda from The Stamp Market! 

Bet you have plenty of ways to add ink/sprays to your backgrounds; looking forward to seeing them in the gallery!

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Just Us Girls Challenge #610~Trend Week: Mini Slimline...Let It Snow and Snowman (TH) Mini Slimline

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #610, where our lovely Elizabeth invites us to create mini slimline cards as this week's trend challenge. Always fun to play with a different size canvas, right? Right!

Once again, Rachel Davis joins us as our Guest Designer. You'll adore her mini slimline, as you will those of my teammates! Drop in for some fabulous inspiration over at the main blog.

Time for another of my Tim Holtz winter collection dies to make an appearance. Let me introduce you to Mr. Frost who, of course, is quite enthusiastic about snow! A wee bit fiddly, but not overly. I think he'd make great tags, so adding that to my ever-lengthening want-to-try list! 

Looking forward to see your Mini Slimlines in the gallery! 

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Just Us Girls Challenge #601~Trend Week...Circle Shaker Celebrate

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #601, where our newest designer, Elizabeth, invites us to create shaker cards. From full panels to small sections, as long as something 'shakes', we'll be smiling!

Once again, we're thrilled to have Loll Thompson joining us as our guest designer. Her shaker, as well as those by my teammates, are sure to give you plenty of inspiration.

I'm smitten with my circle card dies and, of course, the various sizes circles are shaker-maker bliss! Bitty beads inside; I wanted to be sure the words on the patterned paper would be visible. 

That's it from me; looking forward to seeing how *Shaker* inspires you!

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Just Us Girls Challenge #597~Trend Week: Black and White....Black and White Missee Hi, How are you?

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Waving *hi* from sweltering hot - again - Alberta! The heat wave has returned! Yuck! All the more reason to stay inside and craft.

Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #598, where our lovely Vicki has selected Black & White for this week's trend. I'm anticipating a very creative gallery with this combination!

Once again, we're delighted to have Claire Apostoloff joining us as our guest designer. Her card and those of the team are absolutely fabulous!

Missees in action once again; this time, a card inspired by one of Karin Joan's talented designers, Miriam de Vos. I used 'most' of the LIMES technique, the brain-child of my talented,  innovative friend, Ardyth to create my version. The overall design is similar to Miriam's, but I opted for a die-cut hair style and scrunchie and no pops-of-colour, so as to be true to Vicki's theme. I'm pleased with the results, especially in getting the striped border and strip of washi more-or-less straight! Yayyy! And yes, she's sporting glitter paper glasses, alongside Wink of Stella-ed sentiment and hearts.

Turning the stage over to you.

Looking forward to seeing how B & W inspire you!

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Just Us Girls Challenge #548~Trend Week...Blast Off...All Systems Are A Go (Die-cut a Window)

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #548, where our sweet hostess, Bobby, has selected 'die-cut a window' as this week's trend. 

We're pleased to have Lisa Elton from mypapertales joining us once again. Enjoy gazing at and admiring her pretty multi-windows card, as well as all the clever creations by the rest of the team: Sue, Angie, Vicki, Ina, Bobby, Nancy, Lisa, Maria and Cécile. If you have a chance to leave comments, that would be a real treat.

I had several ideas for a window card but, after seeing the inspiration from MFT Summer School: Symmetry (Day 3),

I decided to switch directions and play with a new die that joined my collection:  Blast Off!  Nothing particularly uber creative here, as Stephanie used this Blast Off die for her instruction card, however, it's a 'first' for me, so that counts for 'original' on some level. The little window on my rocket is smothered with glossy accents for a glassy sheen. I had a blast with Blast Off...looking forward to a whole bunch more makes with it!

Looking forward to seeing your die-cut window creations in the gallery!

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Just Us Girls Challenge #544~Trend Week: Long & Skinny...Kites and Florals

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #544, where lovely Vicki has selected *Long and Skinny* (also known as slimline) as this week's trend.  And what a trend it is!

Joining us once again is super talented, super sweet Trina, from Phamtastic Designs. Please, enjoy gazing at and admiring her sweet elephant slimline card, as well as all the smile-making creations by the rest of the team: Sue, Angie, Vicki, Ina, Bobby, Nancy, Lisa, Maria and Cécile. If you have a chance to leave comments, that would be a real treat.

I have fallen head-over-heels into 'obsession' with slimline cards and already have more dies than what a normal person needs! Sheesh! I'm blaming it all on the pandemic, in addling my brains and causing random acts of craft-shopping splurges!  So many slimline options...and I want them alllll!

Anyway, a foursome today: two featuring the new Kites from Concord & 9th on Mama Elephant's slimline....

and two using all things Pinkfresh Studio...

And I still have a several more cards done...and more dies (I know, I'm pathetic) on the way! Girl's gotta have fun, right? Right!

Looking forward to seeing your *Long and Skinny* creations in the gallery!

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Just Us Girls Challenge #540~Trend Week: Frame It...Critter Selfies

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #540, where lovely Ina is asking us to 'Frame It' as this week's trend.  What will you 'frame' to draw our attention?

We're delighted to have Mugdha as our guest designer this month. Her card is a delight, as are those by my teammates: Sue, Angie, Vicki, Ina, Bobby, Nancy, Lisa, Maria and Cécile. If you have a chance to leave comments, that would be a real treat.

I went on a colouring spree with MFT's Picture Perfect critters, after having this stamp sit, unopened, for nearly a year! My stars! I inked up several of the cute images and went to town with my copics. The three here are just a 'few' of allll that I made...and I still have more to put on cards. They're just so dang cute!

That's it from me!

Looking forward to seeing how you *Frame It* this week!

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Just Us Girls Challenge #535~Trend Week (MINI)...Mini Monster Trucks Thanks

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #535, where I'm delighted to be hostess for this week's trend challenge: Mini.  So mini...I mean, many *grin*... possibilities with this trend: from showcasing smaller images/sentiments, leaving as much white space as possible, to using 'mini' animals/objects as focal points, to designing mini-sized projects (tags, little note cards, etc.). 

Once again, we're thrilled to have talented, super creative Deborah Frings joining us as this month's guest designer; please wander to her blog for a visit and, afterwards, drop by at my wonderful JUGS team's places: Sue, Angie, Vicki, Ina, Bobby, Nancy, Lisa, Maria and Cécile. If you have a chance to comment, that would be a real treat.

Last week, I created several hero themed cards...and the 'trend' of making multiples appears to have taken hold in my crafting sessions! This week, I'm sharing a batch of  "mini" monster trucks on "mini" 4 X 4" card bases. These little guys from Your Next Stamp are just soooo stinkin' cute that I had to make...well, many! Got carried away...again!

That's it from me!

Looking forward to seeing how MINI inspires you!

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