Just Us Girls - Color Challenge for LUCK!

I have always associated beautiful color with GOOD luck, 

so this week's Just Us Girl's color palette is bursting with good fortune! 

 It's practically St. Patrick's Day, and WHAT a joyful palette to help get your happy ONNNN!

 The GIRLS are pretty happy, AND colorful, too!  

Check out my DARLING friends from Just Us Girls!

Lisa

Vicki

 Marisa
Maria

Tangi

So much BEAUTIFUL inspiration you'll think you've been
inspired by a leprechaun!  And that ain't NO blarney!

Hope you can join us!

Supplies - 

C/S - Wplus9 Design Studio

Fabric - Designer Fabric Swatch

Stamp - Basic Grey

Ink - S/U!

Baker's Twine - Jillibean Soup

Tag Die - Wplus9 Design Studio

Boxed Note Card Set...

.... and MISSING YOU greetings from your long lost Jug-HEAD, friend!

It's ME, it's ME, it's REALLY me!



And I busted out some FARM ANIMALS to prove it!

HOWDY, friends! I feel like all I do, lately, is apologize
for my absence. {But I AM sorry!} Lot's, lot's and LOTS
going on, but I've got my lunge whip out and I'm puttin'
it ALL back in order! SEE: how I got these here varmits
to stand in line! And, who better to influence me, than
our lovely DANA G., Jug-HEAD veteran, extraordinaire!


That's RIGHT, this was HER idea!

And WHAT a scrumptious & useful one it was! Aside from
creating a boxed set of cards {INCLUDING the box!}
we were challenged to create sentiments and/or
embellishments to customize cards by the receiver
of this delightful box-o-custom stationary!
{WHAT a BRILLIANT idea! I'm tellin' ya!}

~Talk ABOUT a terrific Mother's Day Gift!~



I whipped out some of my FAVE/recent Wplus9Design Studio Stamps!
Spring Tags, Folk Art Florals, Circle Stackers 1 Die, and
Defining Words {Background Stamps}... Combined with some
{HOARDED!!!} favorite paper {!} and BUTTONS....! And ALL
kinds of crafty bits and fabulosity of HUGE crafty-fun potential!
Just sayin' - it FELT good to get my craft ONNNNNNNNN!



So, yeah - just in case you over looked the STUNNING, drop dead
with paper crafty delightful DETAIL of this GORGEOUS medallion
die from Circle Stackers 1 ... Yes, I DID go there! {GET yerself SOME!}

~ Just sayin'... GREAT price, cuts like BUDDAH!~

Now, then. Did you savor the details?



I'm NOT trying to be prissy...



It's just that when you ... uh.... COLLECT, like I do...
IT FEELS AMAZING TO LET THE HORSIES RUN
like these materials in these here cards did! OMG!
A girl LOVES to craft - forever and EVER, Amen!

SPEAKING OF CRAFTY GIRLS!!! {Wait for IT!!!!!}

Lynn
Dana
Lisa
Vicki
Pam

And please, check out, our wonderful guest designer
for the month of March, Marisa!



YES, friends! I'm BACK, and READY to play!

WON'T YOU play along, too! JUST us GIRLS have been missing you!
I'm SO excited to be BACK up and running and sharing super delish
crafty fun! THIS next couple of weeks will be ACTION PACKED
here, around MAMACOW CREATIONS! Hope you'll check back
in and remove me from the "dead blog" category in your life!
My SCRAPLAND has been purged, cleaned and re-organized...

THIS GIRL is READY to ROCK!

{Thanks for keeping the dream ALIVE!}

hee hee

See ya SOON!

Supplies -

C/S - Stampin' Up!
D/P - Jillibean Soup {Background Papers}; Cosmo Cricket {Cows}; October Afternoon {Piggy}
Stamps - Wplus9 Design Studio
Ink - Stampin' Up!
Fluffy Ric Rac - Brytex Fabric
Buttons - Buttons Galore & More
Seam Bias - My Vintage Stash, plus Tim Holtz Glimmer Mist Recipe
Baker's Twine - Divine Twine
Die Cut Circles - Wplus9 Design Studio
Transparency {Box Top} - Hambly Studios

Hogwash... It's SKETCH time!

{For my Just Us Girls post, click here!}

Hi friends! It's time for a SUPER sketch challenge from Card Patterns!

No, I'm SERIOUS! I wasn't takin' HOGWASH!

~I was STAMPING with it!~

We are SO lucky, this week at Card Patterns! We're being sponsored by the
super crafty talents of DRS Designs, if you can believe our good fortune......
but it's not just US who gain, YOU can too! Just check out the Card Patterns
site for all of the fun details - but there's an excellent chance you might win
some DRS love, to get ready to get crafty with our latest sketch - it's a beaut!

I KNOW this one's going to inspire you! But just to help me plead my case,
check out my WONDERFULLY crafty friends from Card Patterns - THEY
made BEAUTIFUL music with this composition - I know this: I peeked!

Carla Suto
Kristii Lockhart
Terese Broman
Tracy Schultz
Nina Bracket
&
Michelle Bertuzzi

Meanwhile, I LOVED playing with these stamps -
for some REASON, this image wasn't too difficult
for me to get crafty with...

{What?}


Okay, so MAYBE farm animals and me... the secret might be out...
I like to ... stamp with them, PAINT them, feed them ....
and well, they just make me happy! So, fitting that I received
a generous pile of this hilarious pig image and accompanying
sentiments! I've really been stamping sentiments on the inside
of my cards, a LOT, lately... SUCH a fun way to put the finishing
touches on a card! And, now, I'm REALLY not talkin' HOGWASH!



I'm talkin' MOUNTAINS of crafty fun! I hope you'll peruse the fun
at DRS Designs and get ALL inspired to play along with Card Patterns
this week - we would LOVE to have you! Meanwhile, I LOVE that you
stopped by - you KNOW how much I love it when you do! Thanks,
SOOOOOOOOOOEEEEWWWWWWW much! Have a splendid day!

Supplies -

C/S - Stampin' Up!
D/P - Jillibean Soup/ October Afternoon
Stamps - DRS Designs
Ink - Stampin' Up!; Staz On
Dimensional Adhesive - Ranger/Tim Holtz
Ribbon - Stampin' Up!
Dimensional Dots - S/U!
Decorative Edge Punch - S/U!
Oval Die Cut Shape - Sizzix
Circle Punches - C/M
Thread - Gutterman

Want2 BLING up some fun!?!

To check out my Just Us Girls 3D template technique, click here! {But please stay for some blingy inspo, too!}

C'mon!

They say diamonds are a girl's best friend, but WE know that BLING, whether it be
sparkled or pearlized, is a CRAFTY person's VERY DEAR friend!
{Notice, BLING doesn't discriminate ~ girl, boy, it don't matter!} heh heh

All I know is that MY stash of bling, is on SPEED dial, if YA know what I mean!
I can barely craft without it!

A few weeks ago, I made this:

My SUPER talented cohorts at Just Us Girls and I made FAT envelopes {Woot*Woot!*}
And, in my excitable and sometimes downright silly blog voice, I taunted YOU,
insisting that I would be back to share the little treasure to be tucked inside!

I AM A GIRL OF MY WORD!

I'm back to share a SUPER fun companion to this lil' chicky!

THIS is my BLINGED-OUT banner BONANZA!





Thanks to the inspiration from my plethora of Want2Scrap bling {SCHWING!!!}
and their exciting relationship with Want2Scrap {bring ON the Nestabling! C'mon APRIL!}
I was sent a handsome stash of Spellbinders to work with, so I made THIS fun
banner with their nested pennant die collection, but ALSO, I topped them off with
Labels Nine, accented with circles and scallops and just generally, had a diecutting,
stamping, paperpiecing, painting, shading and completely BLINGED - OUT festival!


For ALL of the bling-a-licious details {!},
I would POSITIVELY be doing cartwheels of gratitude if you would go check out the
BLINGY fun and {slightly addicting} project, over thar, at the WANT2SCRAP
blog, and leave me a lil' love over there, too! Shameless, I know! But I would be positively
giddy with joy if you dropped a few words of of excitement about WHAT amazing things
bling can do, either on THIS project, or in your OWN crafty life!

YOU are THE BEST!

THANK you soooooooooooooooooooooo much for your kind words and support!

YOU, ROCK!

Supplies -

C/S - Stampin' Up!
D/P - Jillibean Soup
Ink - Stampin' Up! & Staz On
Stamps - Jillibean Soup; Waltzing Mouse Stamps
Die Cut Shapes - Spellbinders
Chip Board Letters - Basic Grey
Baker's Twine - Timeless Twine
BLING - Want2Scrap

It's gonna be a bright, bright, SUNSHINY day!

Get OUT ye'r sunscreen! I played today!

Some VERY colorful {and HOPEFUL.... 'come ON, sun!} paper craft was had in
my lil' Scrapland! THANKS to the outrageously gorgeous color palette put forth
by CR84FN..... {FN is RIGHT! hee hee}




and a super sketch by the DARLING and inspirational, Courtney, of
Practicing Creativity.....! She has a little sketch inspiration/challenge, and I partook....!

Yee Haw!




Ohhhhhhhh, babies! I NEEDED to get some craft on in a BIG way! It was FNNNNNN!

Here's hoping the skies were bright wherever YOU were today! Thanks for visiting!

Supplies -

C/S - Stampin' Up!
Stamps - Practicing Creativity
Ink - Stampin' Up! & Versa Fine
Die Cut Frame - Spellbinders
Baker's Twine - Jillibean Soup
Stickles - Ranger
Tag - Stampin' Up!
Charm - Michael's

NEW release time... MARCH style!

Once, again... Fasten your seat belts - GOODNESS abounds!

We've got two, STELLAR, new sets to share with you, this month...
AND, the unveiling of Wplus9Design Studio's first ever paper cutting DIE! {It's to DIE for!}

I'm soooooooooo excited! I have to confess that I've LITERALLY been sitting on my
creative impulses ... for a WHILE..... We've known about these little gems for quite a bit,
but FINALLY, we're trotting out ALL kinds of goodness for the marvelous month of March!

I'm playing with "Brother's & Sisters", which has extraordinary label images to go with this
fantastic and totally current and HOT die-cut shape.... *SWOON!* {I'm in LOVE!}

Check out Dawn's site for all of the details on this fabby set and matching die!
No doubt, she'll have you floating with creative joy over her use and suggestions
for these images and tools! In fact, while you're at it, I hope you'll visit
the rest of the Wplus9 Design Studio's fine team of crafty experts....

Dawn

Savitri
Maile
Ginny
Kerrianne
Hannah

While we're DELIGHTED with the new releases at the mighty and talented hands
of Dawn and Kerrianne, we have a small bit of melancholia ... as we enjoy the last
month of having our darling and EVER so talented, Maile. She will be leaving us for
some WONDERFULLY creative opportunities, and for THAT we're delighted,
but we shall miss her flawless, bold and stunning use of Wplus9 stamps.... *sniff!*

We wish her ALL THE BEST!

And also, a quick thanks for Sarah Martina, our guest designer for February -
It was SUCH a blast, Sarah - THANK YOU for the fun & inspiration! {XOXO!}

THANK you, YOU, for visiting! Hope you'll check back tomorrow for MORE newness
and fabulousness from Wplus9 Design Studio....! Yipeeee!

Supplies -

C/S - Stampin' Up!
D/P - October Afternoon
Stamps - Wplus9DesignStudio
Ink - Stampin' Up!
Craft Ink & Embossing Powder - Stampin' Up!
Die-Cut Label Shape - Wplus9DesignStudio
Border Punch - Fiskars
Buttons - Making Memories
Baker's Twine - Paper Treats & Jillibean Soup
Seam Bias Tape - My STASH!
Glimmer Mist - Ranger/Perfect Pearls

Just ME & JUST US GIRLS!

It's time for a new challenge, babies! Just Us Girls has a FUN and super useful,

all-purpose template for us to play with! Let me just say this about that

.... POSSIBILITIES.... the possibilities are ENDLESS!





Did I say the possibilities are endless? They are .... EGGCELENT!






For your ..... p l e a s u r e....
We are playing with a SUPER cool, super EASY, super useful 3D template
to make a gift box, card folio, YOU NAME IT!
It was SO easy - "I" did it! {Seriously!}

Check out this fabulous tutorial!


I had a ball with this fun and easily constructed box...

Customizing this great design and adding my own touches was FUN, fun, fun!






I extended the top flap with my designer paper and scallop edge, just because I liked the idea of the opening being completely covered... Here's a shot of the inside of the opening flap...




I added one of my WONDERFUL Basic Grey magnets to create a "snap" tight closure....





{I LOVE these things...!}


What do you think is inside....?



Woopsie! Sorry, not tellin'! I'm saving THAT for ANOTHER day! Yipeeee!

Meanwhile....

check out what my lovely and talented sisters -o- the craft,
my fellow JUG-HEADS have done...

Pam
Dana
Andrea
Kathryn
Maria
Lisa
Kristin

And, also, the lovely guest designer for February, Lori!


Speaking of FEBRUARY.... What HAPPENED to the month? Sheesh!
I know it's short and all, but SERIOUSLY - where'd it go?

Well, regardless of the swiftly passing days, I say GRAB YOUR SCISSORS, some stamps
glue, ribbon, and your mojo... and MAKE the day count! Join Just Us Girls for some super
FABULOUS crafty fun! I can't WAIT to see what YOU make! Yeee HAW!
Thank you SO much for stopping by!
If you haven't checked out my give-away,
I hope you'll give it a peek!

Thanks, AGAIN, for stopping by!

Supplies -

C/S - Stampin' Up!
D/P - Jillibean Soup
Stamps - Jillibean Soup
Ink - Colorbox & Staz On
Die Cut Shape - Spellbinders
Scallop Edge Punch - Fiskars
Feathers - Michael's