Just Us Girls #805

 

Hello lovelies! Elizabeth is hosting our Word Week challenge at Just Us Girls. What does the word ENCOURAGEMENT say to you? My cousin just lost her husband of 43 years. She's lived in another state for 30 years, but we grew up together. Family vacations, sleep overs, shopping trips, baton twirling... we were/are more than cousins. Her husband didn't want any type of service and she's honoring his wishes. These words of encouragement are for her.

I recently realized I've gotten away from stamping and use dies more often. Maybe it was just the business of the holidays and the busy year we've had with my dad's health issues. Dies are faster, I suppose. But I want to try to stamp and color more often this year. Dies are still great... don't get me wrong, I do love them! 

With that thought in mind, I pulled out the Weekend Doodles Altenew set and got to work. Popped the flowers onto and embossed panel (thanks again, Sue!) with a vellum sentiment tag.

Now it's your turn. Be sure to stop by the blog for some inspiration from the DT and our guest designer, Lauren!

Poppystamps

Hello there! I'm posting this little lady and her polka dot party hat on the Poppystamps blog today. If you have a sec, pop over to see my card and check out the products used!

Thanks!

My crafty nook has been cleaned up and the Christmas decorations have been taken down and tucked away. Time to relax! I did just that by making a cute little thank you card for Sweet P.  The colors and fun photo over at Inspire By were just what I needed to get those creative juices flowing again!

Using the colors from the photo, I cut my Poppystamps Nordic Chilly Snowman and dressed her in some PTI papers. My PPP stitched square was stamped with an old Hero Arts snowflake and heat embossed. These went onto the embossed (SSS) card base with a couple of cute trees that were a free gift from The Stamp Market. 

Without realizing it during the process, I used the offered sketch from Inspired By too! 

That's it from me today, my friends. 

I'll be back tomorrow with a new Poppystamps post for you! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Guest Designing With Color Hues!

Hello and Happy New Year! I'm tickled pink to be starting the new year off as a guest designer with the team at The Color Hues Challenge! Take a look at this terrific color combo.

I pulled out a new set I treated myself to during all of those Black Friday sales and paired with a cutie little Simply Graphic image. I think they worked great together. Take a look...

Aren't the flowers from the PTI Wild Blooms stencil set a perfect match for this SG Say Cheese image? The sentiment from the stamp set was stamped several times onto gray cardstock to create the background. My focal image was colored with Copics. I used a glittery gelly roll pen on the camera lens and buttons. Everything went onto the stenciled card base and was topped off with a little sparkling clear confetti from PPP.

I'm on my way over to The Color Hues blog to see what the team has created. Why don't you join me and then you can create something to play along!

Just Us Girls #804 ~ Happy Birthday!

Hello, friends and a Happy New Year to one and all! We're back today with our first challenge of 2026 at Just Us Girls. First up in our weekly rotation is the DIE CHALLENGE. Elizabeth is our hostess and Laurel Seabrook is joining us as our guest designer for the month of January!

When leafing through my cover plates, I found this one, by Mama Elephant, already cut and ready to go. Can't beat that! It was cut from woodgrain paper and I just love the masculine touch it adds. I popped it onto a shimmery aqua blue card base then topped it with a cute little Poppystamps snowman. He's dressed in masculine attire since this will go to my big brother for his birthday later this month. Frosted Lace Stickles were added... was added!!?? I thought they gave the card lots of that 'January in Ohio' frostiness! 

Break out some of those new Christmas goodies and come play along with us this week. We sure would love to see your card in our gallery!