Just Us Girls #506 - Color Week

Hi there!  I'm hostess this week at Just Us Girls for our Color Week.  The colors I've chosen are white, mint green, and shades of gray.

 

Let me first say that I'm not happy with my photo.  The color is so washed out!  In person, the green is much more vibrant.  All that aside, I stamped the outline of the flower then added the green shading and a darker gray in the center.  The flower was masked in order to stamp the light gray leaves behind it.  I added the sentiment and crystals and shimmer to the center of the flower.  This main panel was mounted on a gray base with craft foam.  I really love this color combo.

 

You can see more from the JUGs design team and our September guest on the JUGs blog.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Floral Art and Painted Poppy (Altenew)

Paper:  Recollections white and gray

Ink:  Twilight, mint to be, black jack (C. Pooler)

Accessories:  Stitched rectangle (MFT), sequins, craft foam, spectrum noir shimmer 



Happy Anniversary

Hi friends!  My sister-in-law and her husband celebrated their first anniversary on Sunday and this is the card I gave them.  I was playing with this Wreath Turnabout stamp last week and couldn't stop at making just one.  I figured if I had the stamp set up, I may as well make more.  Well....I made about 10 of these panels!  I just couldn't stop!  I was just playing with all different color combinations using Catherine Pooler inks.  So it was nice to have a panel ready to make a special card.  I wanted the sentiment to stand out, so I stamped it in Versamark onyx black ink and embossed it with clear embossing powder.  I added some purple crystals and shimmer spritz to finish it off.  You'll probably be seeing more cards in the future with the stamp set I'm sure!

 

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Recipe

Stamps:  Wreath Turnabout (C&9th), Embellished Elegance (PTI)

Ink:  Versafine onyx black, sweet 16, flirty fuchsia, sugared lavender, royal treatment

Paper:  Recollection white, concord grape

Accessories:  Crystals, clear embossing powder, craft foam, shimmer spritz, MISTI



Happy Anniversary

I had two anniversaries to make cards for last week.  One was for my in-laws who celebrated their 63rd anniversary, and the other was for our best friends.  They celebrated their 40th!  It doesn't seem possible that they could be married that long!

 

Since the 40th is celebrated with red, that's what I went with for both cards.  I started with foiling this foil mates panel from GinaK in red foil using my Mini Minc machine.  Then I stamped and die cut the flower and placed it on the white panel.  The sentiment was stamped in black ink.  A crystal in the middle of the flower finished it off.  Simple and quick card. 

 

Here's a shot of the foil.  It's hard to capture it in photos, but it was so pretty in real life.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Calendar Basics and Bloomers (PTI)

Paper:  Recollections white, real red

Ink:  Versafine onyx black, pure poppy, scarlet jewel

Accessories:  Bloomers die (PTI), red crystal, Heidi Swapp red foil, Elegant Florals Foil Mates (GinaK)