Just Us Girls #778 ~ Love You Forever

 

Hi there! It's time for another month of new challenges from Just Us Girls. We're excited to have Joanne James joining us as our guest designer! Welcome Joanne! Ina is our hostess for Die Week and she's looking for layers. I put together this little number for my mom's birthday.

I used an oldie but a goodie set from PTI ~ Pretty Peonies as my focal. I stamped and die cut the peony bloom then popped it up on the stamped and die cut leaf layer with foam tape. The butterfly from the set was double stamped with the same ink then die cut. These were added to the rustic cream panel layered with the embossed panel. Another butterfly and sentiment finished my design. I added a final die cut layer in the form of a scalloped panel and a sprinkling of pearls. 

What dies will you choose to layer up? Pick some out and come play along with us this week!

Thanks to sweet Michele for reminding me... I'll be sending this over to The Flower Challenge!

Poppystamps

Hello and welcome! It's my turn to post over on the Poppystamps blog today. If you have a minute or two, pop over to check out my fun summer card!

Just Us Girls #777 ~ Sending Hugs

Hey there! It's time for a new challenge at Just Us Girls. Here's what I put together for 'CASE a Design Team Member' week!

This little cutie is a left over from a long ago 12 Kits of Occasions kit. Our rainy spring seemed a good time to finally get it colored and used. I lightly stenciled some gray rain clouds onto a white panel (they do show up better IRL!), stamped some tall grass (Impression Obsession) along the bottom, cut it out with a Pink & Main Cloudy Frame then embossed it with some Taylored Expressions raindrops. My card base is Poppystamps Deep Turquoise paper and the sentiment from The Stamp Market. Lots of companies used to create this one!

Pop on over to the JUGs blog to check out what the team has to share. Pick out a card to CASE and join us, we love it when you do!

Rejoicing With You

I created this card for a challenge who's deadline I missed. But then I saw a delightful card made by my friend, Bobby that she had entered into the As You See It Challenge. This is new challenge for me, but when I saw dots or stripes, I knew I had to link up this little number!

When looking for something else, for another card, I found this label already cut and stamped with polka dot flowers. I stamped more of the same flowers (PTI's Beautiful Blooms) on a matching Vintage Cream panel. That panel got the polka dot embossing treatment before being added to a Pale Peony card base. I added a shadow layer of Pale Peony to the label to help it pop a little then topped it with a die cut sentiment. Not sure who makes that sentiment. The unmarked stamp and die set came from a  friend. I like the font though, don't you!

We're off for an evening walk before the rain settles in!

FMS ~ Thinking of You

The hubs and I have been crazy busy lately with Sweet P's softball (did I mention he's an official coach alongside our son!), transporting my dad to Cardio Rehab, taking care of my parent's other needs and well, just life in general. Today is a free day for us, so I got crafty! I was intrigued by Verena's sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches. Here's what I came up with.

Using a couple of circle dies, I cut a crescent moon from some PP in my stash. This pretty leafy vine by Pinkfresh had just the curve I needed to decorate that moon! I popped on a pretty little bloom by The Stamp Market then stamped and die cut the sentiment. My sweet friend Greta always includeds an embossed panel when she sends me a card. This one seemed to mimic the bloom I used.  A sprinkling of dew drops and she's good to go!

Thanks so much for stopping by today.