Just Us Girls #813 ~ Good Luck!

 

Hey there! I'm back today with a card for our Just Us Girls challenge. Sue is kicking off the month of March as our hostess for DIE WEEK and we have Milla joining us as our guest designer! I made a fun shaker card. I think we'll give this one to Sweet P to wish her luck on the chess tournament she has coming up next week!

I used a pretty Rounded Rectangle Frame by The Stamp Market to create the shaker. All of the pieces where cut from green cardstock and kept intact. It's backed with PP and filled with sequins and confetti from Pretty Pink Posh. My shamrock was made from Poppystamps hearts and a swirl for the stem. A DeNami sentiment was stamped on a PPP tag and everything popped onto a sweet embossed panel. 

There you go! We hope you'll join us for our challenge this week. There's more inspiration waiting for you on the Just Us Girls blog!

*EDIT* it just dawned on me that this works for the Color Hues challenge! I'll be adding this to their gallery.

Just Us Girls #812 ~ Warm Wishes

 

Hey there sweet peeps! It time for a new challenge at Just Us Girls. Stencil week is always fun! We're also saying farewell to our guest designer Denise Morgan. It's been a pleasure having you with us this month, Denise!

I used a SSS argyle stencil to make my background then popped it onto a scalloped panel. I topped it with a stamped tag. The cutie little mugs are by IO. They're Copic colored to match the stenciling. I topped the tag with a sweet bow by TSM and popped everything onto a white card base. 

Your turn now! Come on, you know you have a stencil or two in you stash!

Poppystamps

 

It's my turn to share a post on the Poppystamps blog today. There are some sweet Nordic Mice hanging out among the birthday gifts on my card. Pop over to check it out!

A big thank you to those who offered prayers for my mom and to those that have checked in. She's doing well and healing is going as expected. We're on the go with many doctor appointments and home health care has started for her PT. I tease that I'm their meals on wheels and love it when she asks "What's for dinner?" or when my dad says "This is good!".

 ♥ Taking care of them is pretty special ♥

Just Us Girls #811

 

Hello and welcome! I'm hosting our Photo/Mood Board challenge at Just Us Girls this week. I found this pretty photo on Pinterest. I tell ya, that cup of hot chocolate is calling my name! No marshmallows for me though. But I do like to spray on the Reddi-Whip and stir it in! See that pretty branch of blooms? We have two of those flowering cherry trees in our backyard. I just love the delicate pink blooms! 

I think you can see where I was going here with the cup and the blooms. My sweet mug of hot chocolate is by Poppystamps ~ Nordic Cozy Cocoa. It was cut from patterned paper in my stash. The whipped cream was made with a glittered cardstock. My polka dot mug is a nod the the bokeh you see in the window! 

Speaking of windows, I used a retired Gothic window by Poppystamps. I cut the window from woodgrain paper to pick up the table in the photo and backed it with vellum. It's decorated with retired blooms. I layered them up to resemble the cherry blossoms. This embossed background was a panel my sweet friend Greta sent me. I thought it grounded my scene perfectly!

I hope to find your card in our gallery this week. Just pick from the photo what inspire you and get crafty!

Just Us Girls #810

Hey there, it's time for a new challenge at Just Us Girls! Carol has picked VALENTINE for our word week challenge. I'm sharing the card I made for our little Valentine!

I've had this scalloped card base in my stash for years. It's topped with a favorite October Afternoon paper. I popped a sweet panda from The Stamp Market into a PPP photo frame then added the sentiments (also TSM). Sweet, just like our girl!

It's been a rough start to our year. My mom had a fall on Feb. 2nd, broke her right wrist in two places and has a compression fracture of the L3/L4 vertebrae. They admitted her to the hospital after spending 23 hours in the ER waiting for a bed. They admitted her to be sure her spine was ok, and it is. While there she went into A-Fib, something she's dealt with for years. This time her heart wouldn't go back in rhythm so they did a cardioversion ~ shocked it back in rhythm. She went home on the 10th and was back in the ER on the morning of the 11th in A-Fib again. Admitted her once again. 

On top of that, the hospital had a water-main break inside and outside! It flooded their basement and the elevators. Visitation was shut down for 5 days. Thankfully it's open and we can get in to see her today. 

Prayers would be greatly appreciated, my friends. Thanks for popping in. Visiting your blogs has been a nice diversion for me.