Just Us Girls #534 - Word Week

Hi friends!  This week Just Us Girls is honoring our Heroes with our Word Week challenge.

Who is your hero during this difficult time?  Health care worker, grocery store clerk, transportation workers, etc.  There are so many out there working so we can stay home.

 

My heroes are my two nieces who just happen to be nurses.  My older niece has been travelling from Buffalo, NY to Staten Island, NY a few days a week to help health care workers there in addition to working her regular nurse's job.  My younger niece just started her nursing career at the end of March, and found out two weeks ago that she contracted the virus, probably from working, although we aren't sure.  She is fine and had mild symptoms.  As of yesterday, she was back at work.

 

So I made two of these cards to give to each of them.  I started by using the free digital image Call the Shots from MFT.  It was so generous of them to release four of their Birdie Brown sets for free.  You can find them on their blog (for some reason I had trouble linking it).  I printed out the digital set and colored the nurse image.  I die cut it with a stitched rectangle die and also die cut the sentiment using a sentiment label die.  I cut the ends into flags.  I used a new pattern paper from Waffle Flower which I die cut with another stitched rectangle die.  These were adhered to the pattern paper base with craft foam.  The nurse is shimmered up a bit for some sparkle along with some crystals in the background. 

 

You can see more from our JUGs design team and our new guest for May, Deborah Frings, on the

JUGs blog.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Call the Shots digital (MFT)

Paper:  Recollections white, X-Press It, JJ's Rainbow (Waffle Flower)

Ink:  Copic markers

Accessories:  Stitched rectangle dies (MFT), sentiment label die (SSS), white gel pen, crystals, shimmer, craft foam 



Just Us Girls #469 - Word Week

Hi friends!  Welcome back to Just Us Girls for 2019!  We had a nice holiday break and are back to our fun challenges!

 

This week is our Word Week challenge and Sue chose "leftovers".  Clever word choice!

 

When I sat down at my desk to do my card, I had no idea what I was going to do.  Then I saw this great blue sponged piece that I had discarded because there was a big white splotch from the copic paint I spattered.  It didn't work for the card I was making, but I made it work for this card.  Then I saw all these images (there are more!) that I stamped, colored, and die cut that were intended for tags.  Well, life happened and the tags were never made.  But they were perfect for this leftovers challenge!  The middle penguin is where the splotch of white paint is and he covered it perfectly!  All I had to do is die cut the snow drifts and the word, added Star Dust Stickles, and sequins and I was done!  So nice to have some leftovers to make a great card for next year!

 

You can see more from the JUGs design team on the JUGs blog.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Sweet Holiday Penguins (MFT)

Paper:  Recollections white, glitter paper (SSS)

Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, distress inks, copic markers

Accessories:  Stitched rectangle (MFT), stitched snow drifts (MFT), Joy (MFT), star dust stickles, sequins, dimensionals 



Time Out #67 - Special Challenge for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Hi friends!  There's a special challenge going on at the Time Out blog.  October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and we are celebrating that for this challenge.  The theme is breast cancer awareness and or/friendship.  There's an optional twist to use embossing and/or pink.

 

CAS-ual Fridays is sponsoring us for this challenge.

 

CAS-ual Fridays graciously offered the Time Out design team stamps to use for this challenge. I chose this great set called Wallflower.  I used it to create my bright pink ink.  I layered  the stitched die on top of that panel with dimensional tape.  The sentiment is from the same set as are the black flowers.  I fussy cut them and added pink sequins to the centers.  I added some contrast with black sequins.  This was all adhered to a black base.

 

This card is going to my husband's cousin Patti.  She is a breast cancer survivor, and just this past Saturday she organized her twelfth golf tournament with the proceeds going to breast cancer research.  I participated in the tournament last year and this year and wanted to thank her for all her work organizing this fun event.

 

There's lots of information about prizes for this challenge, so make sure you stop by the Time Out blog and check it out.  While you're there, also check out the cards from the Time Out design team and our guest Conil.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe



Stamps:  Wallflower (CAS-ual Fridays)
Paper:  Recollections white, black
Ink:  Versafine onyx black, rose bud Memento Luxe
Accessories:  Stitched cover-up companion diagonal die (MFT), sequins, dimensional tape