JUGS Word Week 726 - Garden

 

Time for a new challenge at Just Us Girls. I am your host for Word Week and I have chosen GARDEN as our word. Jenny Martin of My Paper Epiphany is our Guest Designer for the Month of May. 

I took the word quite literally this week, and I created a garden scene with the wonderful set of vegetable garden themed stamps from Paper Smooches. Oh how I miss that company! I stenciled the clouds then added a torn piece of textured cardstock for the dirt. I stamped and colored the veggies, garden tools and bee, then paper pieced the boots. I added the punny sentiment and heat embossed it in white and my card was complete.

Please head over to the Just Us Girls Challenge Blog and check out the wonderful creations by Jenny  and the rest of the Design Team. Get crafty with your stash and join us in the gallery! I can't wait to see how our players are inspired to play.

Project Details
Stamps/Dies/Stencils	Paper Smooches Green Thumb A Colorful Life Designs Cloud Edger Stencil
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest 80lb. Neenah Solar Crest
Ink	Memento Tuxedo Black Copic markers
Embellishments
Other	Simon Says Stamp 3D Foam Squares Brutus Monroe Alabaster Embossing Powder WOW Dual Speed Heat Tool Spellbinders Platinum Plus Die Cutting & Embossing Machine Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer MISTI Stamping Tool My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press Scor-Pal Score Tape-1/4"

I'm also playing at:

Inkspirational #315 - Seasonal

Spring

Day of the Month Card Club #63

Vappu - Finnish Spring Festival

Anything Goes - Spring Theme

Little Red Wagon #755 - Create Your Own Background 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Use Die Cuts

Hi-drangea

 

Spring is in full swing at The Four Seasons Challenge. It is our third final Spring themed challenge for 2024. This gorgeous mood board is there for your inspiration, but anything Spring goes. 

I took my inspiration from the photo on the top right. I did not have a lilac image to use, so I went with a hydrangea and used lots of purple hues in my creation. Take a look at the moodboard, and see what inspires you. The Design Team members have created wonderful projects to inspire you. Check them out on the challenge blog HERE. Make yourself a cuppa, get crafty, and join us in the gallery. I can't wait to see what you create!

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	Papertrey Ink Happy Hydrangea Stamps & Dies Papertrey Ink Diamond Impression Plate Avery Elle Scalloped Pierced Rectangle die Paper Smooches Hello Words Wise Dies
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest 80lb. Neenah Solar Crest SU Elegant Eggplant Sunny Studio Dots & Stripes Pastels 6x6 Cardstock
Ink	Various PTI Inks
Embellishments
Other	Prismacolor Pencils Spellbinders Platinum Plus Die Cutting &     Embossing Machine Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer MISTI Stamping Tool My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press Scor-Pal Score Tape-1" 3M foam tape

I'm also playing at:

Simon Says Satmp Monday Challenge - Feminine

Krafty Chicks #713 - All Occasions

Stamping Sensations 

Tree Frog

Time Out Challenge #258 starts today with a Photo Inspiration. Since today is Leap Day, we thought it would be fun to have leaping inspiration, and thought this gorgeous frog would be the perfect place to start. The next Leap Day that falls on a Thursday will be on February 29, 2052. Hmmm do the math. I will probably be leaping through clouds above!

Here is an enlargement to help you see the detail in this amazing photo.

Photo credit: https://www.vecteezy.com/photo/28244412-green-tree-frog-generative-ai

Artist: Wanapong Phobklang, Thailand.

"https://www.vecteezy.com/free-photos">Free Stock photos by Vecteezy

We are generously sponsored by Lawn Fawn. Winner will receive a $25.00 Store Credit and an invitation to join us as Guest Designer for a future challenge. 

We are joined by Vicki Dutcher of All I Do Is Stamp as our Guest Designer. Vicki is a well seasoned and very talented card maker and winner of Time Out Challenge #254. You can check out her designs on her blog HERE. Do treat yourself to a visit. You are sure to be inspired.

My interpretation of the photo is quite literal. I saw this Tim Holtz Thinlits Miserable Myron die set and knew I had to have it for this challenge. Let me tell you that between cutting all the pieces, piecing/gluing them together properly and working with Liquid Pearls for his toes, there was a lot of language going on in my craft room. I think Myron is so hideous that he is wonderful. I wonder what would happen if someone did kiss him. Handsome prince? or slimy frog? Who can tell? It isn't going to be me. But I got a kick out of our inspiration for Leap day, and that is that.

Please leap on over to the Time Out Challenge Blog to see what Vicki and the Design team have created to inspire you. Their takes on the photo inspiration are wonderfully creative and so imaginative. See you in the gallery! Don't forget that our challenge rules allow for a total of 5 challenge links including ours.

Project Details
Stamps/Dies/ Embossing Folder	Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits Myron Colorize Dies Xcut Speech Bubbles Dies Paper Smooches A Little Lovin' SSS Forest Floor EF
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest DCWV Textured Cardstock-various colors Recollections 110# Black Cardstock
Ink	VersaFine Onyx Black Memento Love Letter Distress Oxide Inks - Fired Brick & Lumberjack Plaid
Embellishments	Ranger Rouge Liquid Pearls
Other	Spellbinders Platinum Plus Die Cutting & Embossing Machine Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer MISTI Stamping Tool Bearly Art Precision Glue 3M foam tape My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

I'm also playing at:

Shopping Our Stash #516 - It's Not Easy Being Green

Mostly Green Projects

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Can You Handle The Pressure

Embossing w/optional twist of squares and/or circles

Stay Warm & Cozy

February has begun, and so has the final Winter themed Challenge at The Four Seasons Challenge for this time around the seasons. The moodboard is there for your inspiration, but anything winter goes. I love this board, and as soon as I saw it, I had an idea inspired by the top right photo. It's easy to see the elements I used for my card. I added an extra pair of glasses as in my mind, both people who are sipping that hot cocoa wear glasses. LOL.

Take a look at the moodboard, and see what inspires you. The Design Team have created wonderful projects to inspire you as well. Check them out on the challenge blog HERE. Make yourself a cuppa, get crafty, and join us in the gallery. I can't wait to see what you create!

Project Details
Stamps/Dies/ Embossing Folders	Hero Arts In For The Holidays Stamps & Dies The Greetery Cozy Cup Coaster  Spellbinders Ski Lodge Embossing Folder Paper Smooches Glasses Wise Dies
Cardstock	110# Neenah Solar Crest Neenah Desert Storm 80# cardstock Black & red mirror cardstock
Ink	Memento Tuxedo Black Memento London Fog VersaFine Vintage Sepia Copic markers
Embellishments
Other	Spellbinders Platinum Plus Die Cutting & Embossing Machine Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer MISTI Stamping Tool Bearly Art Precision Glue Scor-Pal Score Tape-1" 3M foam tape

Celebrate and Enjoy Your Day

 

Time Out Challenge #244 is up and running. We are challenged to be Monochromatic - use just ONE color in as many  tones and shades as you wish.

We are generously sponsored by Varada Sharma. There will be 2 challenge winners - one drawn at random, and one chosen by the Time Out Design Team. Each will get a $15.00 gift voucher to spend at Varada Sharma's store. Our winner chosen by the Design Team will also be invited to Guest Design with us for a future challenge.

Our Guest Designer this time is Stephanie Serrano of  Stephanie's Stampin' Spot and most frequently on Instagram at @22Stepanieserrano.  Stephanie uses lots of color and humor in her creations. Do visit her Instagram for a good look at her work. You are sure to be inspired.

I used 3 shades of Distress Oxide ink in pink hues to color a die cut made with Altenew's Floral Lace Die and glued it on to a white card base. I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from Paper Smooches Birthday Bash stamp set with clear embossing powder and my card was complete.

Please head on over to the Time Out Challenge Blog to see the wonderful creations that Stephanie and the Design Team came up with to inspire you. Come play with us!

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	Altenew Floral Lace Die Paper Smooches Birthday Bash
Cardstock	110# Neenah Solar Crest 80# Neenah Solar White
Ink	VersaFine Clair Nocturne Kitsch Flamingo, Spun Sugar & Tattered Rose DO inks
Embellishments
Other	Spellbinders Platinum Plus Die Cutting & Embossing Machine Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer MISTI Stamping Tool SSS Craft Glue Stick WOW Clear Embossing Powder WOW Heat Tool

I'm also playing at:

AAA Birthday #52 - Anything Birthday Goes

Seize The Birthday #266 - Anything Goes

Krafty Chicks #674 - All Occasions

Hello Crafty Friend

It's time for a new challenge at Time Out. Challenge #243 is up and running. It's a Photo Inspiration Challenge (see photo above). This looks just like myneat and pristine  craft space (insert wild guffawing here). For some reason, I really struggled with this one. I tried many things and none were to my liking. I wanted to go with a crafty theme, and my go to stamps were Paper Smooches I Heart Art, but nothing made me happy. In the end, I used my Stampwheel to create rainbow rays of colored pencils. It is so not my style, but here it is. I ran out of time and energy and I cried a little. LOL. 

We are generously sponsored by Lawn Fawn. Challenge winner will receive a $25.00 gift voucher to spend at the Lawn Fawn Store. Our winner will also be invited to Guest Design with us for a future challenge.

Our Guest Designer this time is Heather Heroldt of Handmade by Heather. Heather is a frequent player at Time Out. Check our her blog for some wonderful inspiration. 

Please head on over to the Time Out Challenge Blog to see the wonderful creations that Claire and the Design Team came up with to inspire you. Come play with us! 

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	Paper Smooches I Heart Art
Cardstock	80# and 110# Neenah Solar Crest Pacific Point
Ink	VersaFine Onyx Black Various PTI Inks
Embellishments
Other	Prismacolor Pencils WOW Clear Embossing Powder & Heat Tool Altenew Stampwheel We R Memory Keepers Layer Guides Spellbinders Platinum Plus Die Cutting & Embossing Machine Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer Bearly Art Precision Glue Scor-Pal Score Tape-1" SU Dimensionals

I'm also playing at:

Krafty Chicks #673 - CAS

The Season Of Color

 

A new challenge starts today at Can You Handle The Pressure? where the theme is always Anything Goes with an Embossing Folder and an optional twist. Heat embossing is welcome, but not required. An Embossing Folder must be used. For this challenge, the twist is "Leaves".

My background is embossed with the SSS Fall Foliage EF, colored with various Distress Oxide Inks and mounted on brown card stock. I stamped my sentiment from Paper Smooches Fall Sampler stamp set on cream colored card stock with Versafine Vintage Sepia ink and die cut it with Pinkfresh Studio Braided Circles. I die cut some leaves with Lawn Fawn Stitched Leaves dies and tucked them around the sentiment circle, and my card was complete.

Please head over to the Can You Handle The Pressure Challenge? blog to check out the Design Team inspiration projects. You are sure to be impressed (pun intended)! Then dive into your embossing folder collection and join us with or without the twist! Just be sure to use an embossing folder on your creation!

I'm also playing at:

Just Us Girls #651 - Fall Leaves

Daring Cardmakers - Changing Seasons

Fab 'n' Funky #557 - Autumn Colors

Double D Challenges - Things That Fall

Four Seasons Challenge - September Anything Goes Fall Challenge

Playing Cards With Friends

Playing Cards with Friends!

with Michele Ferguson

One of the things I so love about the paper crafting blog world, is the friendships that are forged and fostered - many of which are with people you have not met and may never meet in person. These friendships can spring from many things from admiration of creative talents to the power of the written word. There is so much you can discover about a person via this wonderful medium.

Michele Ferguson is one of those people in my life. Michele's creations have made me swoon every time I see one, from the moment I saw her work for the first time. She has an incredible eye for design and color and a fantastic wit about her. In essence, I love her brain. Yes, it's true. We ALMOST met when I had a trip planned to visit another friend in Michigan, but personal circumstances made me postpone my travel, and then COVID. Some day...

All that brings me to this post today. I am so excited and honored to have received and accepted Michele's invitation to play with her in the August 2022 edition of:

Playing Cards with Friends!

Our assignment: 

• A card for one of our special guys [you choose which one]
• Must use the PTI Kinda Corny set
• Stamping and summer color

I do love a good challenge, but this one was a real stumper for me. I struggled long and hard to come up with something, and then suddenly and finally, it hit me! My son, Greg, just moved into a townhouse in a lovely part of Philadelphia with 2 friends. It's a fabulous place and I am so happy for him. Greg is starting a PhD program at Wharton, and the other guys are starting their careers. Greg is my special guy for my card. The two corn cob people represent my husband, Joe and me. We are thrilled for Greg in his new home and his new academic pursuit. I created our CORN-y sentiment by altering a sentiment from SSS Home Sweet Home stamp set  and placed it in the speech bubble on the top of the card. The background is made with Altenew's Dotted Starburst Debossing Cover Die.

And now, the BG REVEAL: Let's go see Michele's card: https://icardeveryone.blogspot.com/2022/08/playing-cards-with-friends-august-2022.html

Thank you, Michele for inviting me to play with you. Much love.

Happy Birthday Dog

It's time for a new challenge at Festive Friday where every challenge is an inspiration list based on a selected holiday/festivity from the traditional to the unusual. Challenge projects must include at least three items from the festivity inspiration list. Your project does not have to go with the challenge theme. You can just use 3 or more items from the inspo list for your creation.

Today's festivities are inspired by International Dog Day which takes place on August 26th. International Dog Day is a special day to celebrate all dogs around the world. Read more HERE.

The challenge runs from August 5th - August 15th.

I like to create a card for our challenge that goes with the theme. For my dog-themed card, I used Funky Fossil Designs Pawsome Heart stencil to create an embossed background of paw prints. I framed the square with a scalloped square die from Spellbinders. I stamped and fussy cut one of the dog images and the party hat from Catherine Pooler's Peeking Pets stamp set. I colored the hat and adhered but to the embossed square. I gave my dog sunglasses which are die cut from Sugar Pea Designs SugarCut Basic Bookmark Dies. I used SSS Holographic card stock for the lenses for a very cool affect. The sentiment is from Paper Smooches Birthday Sampler stamp set.

I used dog, paw print, twine and texture from the Inspo List.

For more inspiration, be sure to visit the rest of the  Festive Friday Challenge Design team.

Ann Schach

Beth McCullough

Sharon Hashimoto Burkert

Melanie Hungerford

Helen Jennings

Stephanie Lanzalotto - that's me!

Melva Peters

Jaydee

Diane Evans 

Joanne James

I'm also playing at:

AAA Birthday #40 - Anything Birthday Goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Birthday

Love

Less Is More #468 starts today. We are challenged to create a CAS card with embossing.

To create my card, I dry embossed a card base of 110# Neenah Solar White card stock with Anna Griffin's Regal Braid 1"x7" EF from Cricut Cuttlebug. I then die cut my sentiment from a sandwich of black mirror card stock, Stick It and fun foam using the Paper Smooches Love Word die. I glued the sentiment onto my card base and my card was complete. I needed a wedding card and this fits the bill perfectly. 

Please head over to the Less Is More Blog and see what the Design Team has created for your inspiration. I hope you'll play along with us to share your creations. Remember to keep your design Clean And Simple which we define as designs that include large areas of CLEAR AND CLEAN space with NO PATTERN, NO INK and NO TEXTURE See challenge guidelines on the Less Is More Blog.

LIM BLOG

LIM FACEBOOK PAGE

LIM INSTAGRAM

I'm also playing at:

Freshly Made Sketches #542

SSS Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes