Color Hues Challenge #101 - Red and Kraft - Warm Wishes Radiating Snowflake (Pinkfresh Studio) and Just For You Reindeer (SB Felt Stitching)

Hello,

Happy New Year! May 2025 bring you an abundance of all things wonderful and joyous!

Welcome to Colour Hues Challenge #101, where our lovely hostess, Sheri, invites us to use hues of Red and Kraft as inspiration. This is a pretty combination for Valentine's Day, which will be here in a blink, as well as a variety of other occasions. 

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

We're having a few days of snow and cold weather in my part of Alberta over the next few days, so featuring a card with a snowflake just seemed appropriate. That, and the fact that I'm not quite ready to move on from winter-themed images yet.  Pinkfresh Studio's Radiating Snowflake and Festive Grid cover plate have come out to play; joining them is a sentiment from Alex Syberia Design's Midnight Blooms.

And, just for fun, I made a paper version of my Spellbinders' Felt Stitched Reindeer. Let's just say he was easier to make with paper than he was to stitch with felt. LOL! 

Looking forward to seeing how Red and Kraft inspire you!

The challenge will be open until January 14th @ 9:00 am EDT.

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!

Inkspirational Challenge #331 - Reminder Post - Use Stencils - One More Week!

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Popping in with a Reminder Post and card for Inkspirational Challenge #331 - Use Stencils.  This is a three week challenge, closing on Jan. 3 at 11:59pm (GMT).  You still have a week to play along with us!

A second helping of the Pinkfresh Studio Holiday Magic set...told you I loved this collection (and I still have a few more versions)! 

Looking forward to seeing your stencil sensations filling the gallery!

Happy New Year! May 2025 be filled with all things that bring you joy!

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Inkspirational Challenge #331 - Use Stencils - Wishing You A Magical Holiday (Pinkfresh Studio - Holiday Magic)

Hello,

Welcome to Inkspirational Challenge #331.

Before I share my card, a bit of housekeeping to attend to:

First: this will be our wrap-up challenge for 2024. To give our team a bit of a break - and you, our wonderful participants, more playing time - it will run for THREE weeks rather than the usual two. If you receive new crafting supplies as Christmas gifts, be sure to share them with us! 

Second: things will look a bit different for us in 2025 as our wonderful teammate, Marina, has decided - after being part of Inkspirational for the past 12 years - to step down. I don't even have words to express how deeply - and on how many levels - she will be missed. Her creativity, her support and encouragement, her insights...those gaps will be felt for a very long time. She's assured us that she'll continue to play in challenges, so we'll keep her at her word! Marina...the door is always open. We love you!

Our challenge for the next three weeks is: Use Stencils. No twists; just embrace whatever stencils are catching your fancy of late and dazzle us with your inky delights. 

A few months ago, I fell head-over-heels for Pinkfresh Studios' Christmas in July collection. This set - Holiday Magic - is ohmystars lovely! Even though I've had the press plate, dies and stencils for a while, today marks their first 'official' showing. The press plate glimmers beautifully (I used silver foil); the stencils, align and ink wonderfully; the dies cut like butter.  So happy to have invested in this rather timeless set.

Please head over to the main blog to see the beautiful cards created by my wonderful teammates, then play along with us.

See you in the gallery!

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AAA Colourful - Colourboard #10 - Gifts of the Season Festive Tickets (Pinkfresh Studio)

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Hope everyone is having a wonderful festive season; Christmas will be here in a blink.

Dashing in with my card inspired by the beautiful red + green + gold image featured at AAA Colourful - Colourboard #10

Hopefully my bought-ages-ago but making its debut today Festive Tickets stamps, stencils and dies from Pinkfresh Studios hits all the colours. I already have more cards in the works using this fun collection.

Once again, thank you to the AAA Colourful team for their fabulous challenges and amazing design team inspiration.

Thank you for dropping by!

Color Hues Challenge #100 - Blue and Purple and Giveaway - Frosty Wishes for a Jolly Holiday (WF and LF)

Hello,

Welcome to our last - and milestone - challenge of 2024:  Colour Hues Challenge #100. To mark the occasion, our wonderfully talented hostess, Nancy, is offering a fabulous prize for one of our winners: a box of once-used or never-used Spellbinders products! Talk about incentive to play along! You can read all the details on the main blog. 

For this 100th, month-long challenge, we're inviting you to use hues of blue and purple on your cards/projects. 

I have a 'thing' for snowmen so I brought out Lawn Fawn's Build-A-Snowman, dressed him up in blue and purple (and yes...he does have a purple nose because carrots come in purple, paired him with a little blue jay friend and popped them up on a vellum oval (Pinkfresh). The snowy background and sentiment are from Waffle Flower (which I also have a 'thing' for...I love WF products!).

Please head over to the main blog to see my teammates' delightful blue and purple creations, then join us with one of your own.

The challenge will be open until December 29th @ 9:00 am EDT.

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.

Happy Crafting and, most important, Happy Holidays!

Thank you for dropping by!

Inkspirational Challenge #330 - Mood Board - Chic Merry Christmas (SB Press Plate)

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Welcome to Inkspirational Challenge #330.  We've just wrapped up our Santa challenge and, because the festive season is upon us, we're continuing with our Christmas/Holidays theme inviting you to draw inspiration from the mood board below. What catches your eye: the holiday sentiment in a chalkboard style, the wood grain and brick background, the images, the pleats and folds that create a 3D effect, the neutral colours, the festive, peaceful vibe? Perhaps a combination of elements? So many possibilities...

Reminder: please remember that mood boards are created as 'inspiration,' offering multiple avenues for you to explore. Let us know what caught your eye; we're excited to see your interpretations. 

The black and gold of the top center image caught my eye and, although I don't have any pretty 3D stars, I do have a Chic Merry Christmas Spellbinders Press Plate. First time using it - and first time glimmering a plate on black cardstock (Vicki Boutin). I was impressed by how well the paper accepted the foil (although I did have a couple of mess-ups along the way). A few bits of gold bling and voila...a quick Christmas card. 

You may - or may not - know that Canada Post is on strike. I won't be mailing Christmas cards this year, but I have quite the collection to give to my sister and my mom's care-giver. They'll hand deliver them to the wonderful staff at my mom's senior residence, as well as close-by family and friends. Hopefully, the cards will bring a smile to the recipients.

Please head over to the Inkspirational blog to see my teammates' wonderful creations, then play along with us.

Looking forward to seeing you in the gallery.

Thank you for dropping by!

Just Us Girls Challenge #755 ~ Stencil Week ~ Holly and Berries Joy (SB - Holly Glimmer Background and Sprig, Wax Seal - Joy)

Happy Thanksgiving to my American followers; may your day be filled with gratefulness and joy.

Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #755 - Stencil Week, where our talented Lisa is hostess for our final challenge of 2024. How quickly the year has flown! 

We are taking the month of December off, then returning in 2025 with a fresh batch of challenges. Our sweet teammate, Stephanie, has decided to step down. Stephanie, your talents and creativity will be missed immensely! .I'm joining in with the rest of the JUGS family to wish you only the best! 

This is also our final challenge with our November guest designer, Jenn Borjeson. Thank you, Jenn, for sharing your fabulous creativity with us.

My card is Spellbinders all the way: Glimmer Holly Background plate + stencil; Sealed Holly Sprigs and a Joy waxed seal. I'm smitten with the artsy appearance of the holly; so pretty. I made several versions of this card, as it's that simple to recreate. 

Please visit the main blog to see the wonderful inspiration from our guest designer and the rest of the team. Then, join us in the gallery with your stencil sensations.

From all of us here at Just Us Girls, 

we wish you a Happy Holiday Season!

Also sharing at:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Anything Goes

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