GORGEOUS inspiration from Just Us Girls

I find myself being MORE inspired, with less, these days.  

I'm less reliant on crafty products, and more moved by 

a yummy color palette, shapes & texture... 

That is why, I simply LOVE photo inspiration from Just Us Girls! 

Not ONLY is this week's challenge, beautiful, but it's an elegant way for our

beloved, Andrea, to bid us farewell, as she steps down from our team.  {SNIFF!}

A STUNNING set of inspirational images and a crafty sea of stunning samples

by the rest of this team, to honor our friend, and bask in wonderful inspiration...

 Do YOU see something that moves your crafty spirit!?!

 I did!  Hee Hee

In fact, the entire JUGS crew got swept away by this magnificent inspiration!

Lisa

Vicki

 Marisa
Maria

Tangi

Andrea

We sure would LOVE to have you play with us, this round!
Please, please check out our AMAZING DT for generous
amounts of CRAFTY inspiration, and hopefully a lot of fun for you!
Special thanks to my DEAR friend, Andrea, for years and years of
crafty fun, inspiration and love!  One of the MOST sparkling and talented
friends, I hold in my heart, but have never met in REAL life...
~ I adore you, girl!  THIS has been SUCH a great ride!~

Here's hoping that Springtime has shared its own magical inspiration
with you and your dear ones!  THANK you, so very much, for stopping by!

Supplies - 

C/S - Stampin' Up!

D/P - Graphic 45

Stamps - Wplus9 Design Studio

Ink - Clearsnap

Perfect Pearls - Ranger/Tim Holtz

Foil Accents - Castle in the Sky

Self Adhesive Pearls - Want2Scrap®

Die Cut - Spellbinders

Ribbon - Recollections

Fabric - Designer Fabric Swatch

Color Challenge FUN with Just Us Girls

No need to adjust your computer screen....  These COLORS really 

DO look this lovely together!  Thank goodness, for us, our clever and

talented, Andrea, put this palette together for our creative enjoyment!

Wait, oh just WAIT, to see how we've used em...

The teams been busy, be sure to peruse them!

Maria

Lynn

Lisa

Vicki

Andrea

 Marisa

ALSO, we  have a lovely guest designer 

for this month, SUPER talented,  Esther! !

And clearly, a LOT of fun to share!

Play.  With.  US!!!

We'd be DELIGHTED to have you!

Thanks for visiting!

Supplies - 

C/S - Stampin' Up!

D/P - October Afternoon

Stamps - Wplus9 Design Studio

Ink - Stampin' Up! & Clearsnap

Die Cut Shapes - Wplus9 Design Studio; Spellbinders

Chipboard Shape - October Afternoon

Want2Scrap & Authentique Blog Hop

My darling, sparkle-lovin' friends from Want2Scrap® have paired with a SPECTACULAR paper

 company, Authentique, to bring you some FABULOUS artwork...  And a FANTASTIC blog hop!

This glittering combo, of  utmost SPLENDOR has been going on all week!   Jump in and start at 

the beginning, for ALL of gorgeous inspiration - EVERYONE has their extreme craftiness ON!

~ I'm SO excited to mix some of MY craftiness into the pot!  Go, BLING!~

This LOVELY paper collection, Carefree, from Authentique, provided a STUNNING backdrop

 for some blinged OUT memory preservation...  AND a WHOLE lot of FUN!

{Schwing!  I LOVE this paper!}

Such an EXCELLENT showcase for blinged-out craftiness...  

{AND snapshots of my WEE girl!} 

But WAIT: there's MORE!  Check out the other AMAZING Want2Scrap®

designers, being featured today, Team Joe and Terre Fry!  

THEN, don't miss what's happening at the lovely site for Authentique!

{TOTALLY worth clicking on THROUGH for!}

It's SUCH fun to be a DURENBERGER girl, btw...  AND

part of the Want2Scrap® crew!  THANKS for letting me 

share the SPARKLE!!!!!

Want2Scrap® products used:

Nestabling™ Lattice Rectangle - Mocha Pearl

Nestabling™ Sprightly Sprockets, Clear by Donna Salazar

Beautiful Bling Borders - Fancy Waves, by Nina Brackett

Finesse Swirls - Silver Rhinestone - Two Pack, self adhesive

Nestaboard™ Lattice Rectangles

Cross Promotional Products used:

Carefree Paper Collection & Stickers by Authentique

Acrylic Paint and gloss medium - Eco Green Crafts

Spellbinders - Lacey Circles {SKU: S4-293}

Additional Products Used - 

Cardstock - Stampin' Up!

Woodgraining tool - Hardware Store

Chipboard Scraps - My STASH!

I'd like to make a point....

A very tall, proud and memorable POINT!

... and I'm making that point, in the FORM of a card!

That's right, sweet and fun friends of blogland - let us LEAD you...
right out of that SQUARE box you've been crafting in - it's SKETCH
time with Just Us Girls - and WE'RE waiting for YOU! Play with us!

Our, beloved, Dana... {!} is leading us on this LOVELY journey!
She created this SPLENDID sketch to inspire and dazzle us, the
way ONLY Dana can - {who THINKS "maybe TRIANGLE?"}
Yup, it's Dana. Do you feel like this card looks a little familiar?
{tee hee!} Well, don't be too perplexed... you may have seen this
fabulous crafty bit on the pages of CREATE Holidays out on the
stands, right now!!! And ALSO, she has a similar shaped Birthday
card in the pages of the November CARDS magazine ... OMG!

{Rock STAR!} Yeahooooooo!

So, I'm REALLY diggin' the FAB-A-LICIOUS creative vibes
generated around Just Us Girls Headquarters - you BET!
I hope you'll visit my dear friends and fabulous designers
from the JUGS team - they kick OUT some amazing stuff
week after week and, let's face it - we ALL love LOVE! {!}

Dana
Kathryn
Lisa
Andrea
Vicki
Lynn

And this month we're welcoming another fabby, talented JugHEAD
favorite "player" and designer, extraordinaire, Kim O'Connell!
Welcome, Kim! We are SO looking forward to sharing the DT mojo
with lovely you! What fun!

Meanwhile - I have to just share a few hoarding.. Ur, uh, I mean
triumphs from the creation of this card. I high-fived myself
for "having" materials on hand, that ... heightened the creative
process for me in ways only a true hoarder.. uh, ur, I mean
COLLECTOR can relate to...


{I know. I'm crazy.}

LIKE a FOX in the TURKEY house!!! THIS paper, my friends,
is from the FEARLESS flyer, from Trader Joe's, this time, LAST
year - and I SAVED it for JUST this card! {Tee Hee}



Combined with {brown!} Nestabling circles from Want2Scrap™,
and OLD stamp from Creative Imaginations, and CURRENT
stamps from Wplus9DesignStudio {*Swoon!}!!! THIS card
WAS... SOOOOOOOO... MUCH.... FUN.... to make!


What a TRULY inspiring composition! I know YOU are going
to love it - so, SERIOUSLY, why hold back? PLAY with us!
WE cannot wait to be inspired RIGHT BACK when we gaze
upon your talented output... {No pressure....!}

Wait - YES, pressure! PLAY WITH US!

{You'll be glad you did!}

Thanks, SO much, for stopping by!

Supplies -

C/S - Stampin' Up!
D/P - Basic Grey; TRADER JOE'S flyer
Stamps - Wplus9DesignStudio; Creative Imaginations
Ink - Stampin' Up!; Versafine
Bling - Want2Scrap™
Ric-Rack - Brytex
Embellishment Thread - My STASH
Die Cut shapes - Spellbinders™
Medallion Punch - Martha Stewart Crafts

JUST some fun with color....

... that's all! Nothin' too crazy - Just Us Girls are playing with the "other"
Halloween colors - Green, Purple, Black & Orange!

Wait, did somebody say "COLOR?"

~Yes, please! Count ME innnnnn!~

Ooooooowwweeeeee! Aren't WE fetching in our stunning cocktail dresses!

{Tee Hee}

Our beloved Kristin - made us THIS fabulous graphic!!! {She's SUCH a girl!}

This means that you are GOLDEN, if you want to play with these colors in ANY
way that suits you - even IF it's in a lovely DRESS, all twirly and girly - WHAT-
EVER makes you feel colorful! We ARE a fun and hue-lovin' crowd!

But howEVER you tackle these colors....

...that's RIGHT! Don't HATE me because I'm scary!

{My GOODNESS how I love THAT stamp!}

Speaking of LOVE - hmmmmm. I WONDER what the rest of the amazing
JUG-ETTES are up to this week... Hmmmmm. If only there was a way...

Oh, I KNOW! CHECK THEM OUTTTTTTTT!

Pam
Dana
Kathryn
Lisa
Maria
Andrea
Vicki
Lynn

ALSO - we still have the AMAZING, Maureen, with us this month!
Her work makes me SWOON!

Anywhooo, so THAT'S how we color it up, over at JUGS central!

Won't you please, oh, WON'T you PLEASE come along with us?

{Can't WAIT to see you THERE!}

Supplies -

C/S - Stampin' Up!
D/P - Cosmo Cricket
Stamps - Stampin' Up! {Haunted House!}; Sentiment - ?
Ink - Stampin' Up!
Dies - Spellbinders {Tag Shape}; Bats - Sizzix
Bling - Want2Scrap™
Chipboard Witch - Cosmo Cricket
Glimmer Mist - Tim Holtz Recipe

Wplus9 - October release - Day 4!

For my Just Us Girls project, and Day 1 of the Wplus9 release, please, click here!
For Day 2 of the Wplus9 project, click here!

It's that time, once again... Get ready... get READY!

It's day, number 4 of the Wplus9 Design Studio release for OCTOBER!
You might know what that means, but if not... it's THE BIG REVEAL!
The BIG show - the FULL MONTY of stampiness....

In other words - Dawn has finally revealed every image available in her
latest sets! It also means that she's officially made about a zillion cards to
showcase the niftiest of details, and her dutiful designers are REALLY
feeling the love... We've had these sets inky for days and THAT'S when
love REALLY happens....

{That's how it works for me, anyway...!}

So, I'm sending you my warmest WINTER wishes, and hoping I've influenced
you to join in the fun, when ALL of these sets go on sale - tomorrow at midnight!
HERE are the wonderful Wplus9er's - SO much talent, and diversity of style, to
inspire your stampiest dreams... What a pleasure to design with this crew:

Dawn

Jinny {Jinny is on vacation, but do treat yourself to a peek!}
Kerrianne
Savitri
Lea
Christina
Jean



*Phew!*
WHAT exhausting, wonderful, bejeweled and BEAUTIFUL creative fun!

{I love RELEASE time!}

I hope you'll check out Dawn's blog for all of the details on these
exquisite Winter time sets, specials and fun! THAT girl knows
how to put out a creative spread! WHAT fun!

Thanks, once again, for letting me share my extreme adoration
of Wplus9 Stamps with all-o-yous! {Big KISS!}

Yee Haw!

Supplies -

C/S - Stampin' Up!
Stamps - Wplus9 Design Studio
Ink - Stampin' Up!
Border Punch - Stampin' Up!
Die Cut Circle and Label {edge} - Spellbinders
Bakers Twine - Misc. companies
Metallic Twine - Stampin' Up!
Snowflake Charm - My stash
Buttons - Buttons Galore & More
Pearly Swirl Bling - Want2Scrap™
Ribbon - Stampin' Up!
Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug

Sparkly FALL creations...

For my Just Us Girls Post - PLEASE click here!

.... and one SUPER sketch from CARD PATTERNS!

We're teaming up, once again, with the lovely and talented SPARKLE,
of Sparkle Creations {!} ... to color up some WONDERFUL images
and get you ALL inspired with some super-delish, COMPOSITION
inspiration - FUN for all, with goodies to win and ideas to SHARE!

Here WE go!

This one's a total keeper, if ya know what I mean... {GREAT sketch, Tracy!}

LOVE the color-ability of this darling rendering... That girl
is BRINGIN' the fall spirit, perched atop the GREAT pumpkin...
and beckoning for some completely rewarding color work! I'm
an old-school colorist, no Copics in my stash - I've invested so
heavily in my inks over the years, that's my go to color technique!
LOVE, love, love me the aqua pen technology, so a loaded water
brush and a dab of ink, pressed to the top of my ink pad, and I'm
a happy girl! Sparkle is SO generous to those of us who are content
to add a lil' color to our card craft! LOVE me the assortment in
the Card Patterns DT output - have you CHECKED us OUTTT?

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

Don't forget our talented guest designer for this week -

Monika Jakubowska

{Her work will TAKE your breath away! Just soz you know!}


I hope, hope, hope to see your lovely work in the mix with the
fine crew and talented community associated with Card Patterns!
I just LOVE them all, so! May your day be rich with the wonder
of autumn and the splendor of the PAPER craft! {Amen!}

Thanks for visiting!!!

Supplies -

C/S - Stampin' Up!
D/P - Basic Grey
Stamp - Sparkle Creations
Ink - Stampin' Up!
Aqua Brush - Stampin' Up!
BLING - Want2Scrap™
Pom-pom trim - S/U!
Mini Leaf Punch - Marvy
Perfect Pearls Powder - Ranger/Tim Holtz
Oval Die Cut Materials - Spellbinders

A MOST colorful season...

... is getting MORE colorful, every day! HOW is fall treating YOU?

I sure HOPE you're dandy! THAT'S definitely how I feel when
I bask in the glory of the colors, right outside my own door, these
days! No offense, if seasonal color isn't calling YOUR name yet,
but I've got it at EVERY turn of my lovely day and THUS, a yummy
palette for this week's Just Us Girls Challenge came to be!

Won't you, won't you, WON'T you get colorful with US? {The GIRLS!}

{EVEN MORE inspiration - I got a bit carried away!}

But, can you blame me? Color. So MUCH color...

CHECK us all out! Just Us Girls - GOT COLOR! TWITA!
{THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKIN' ABOUT!}

Pam
Dana
Kathryn
Andrea
Maria


AND, our FABULOUS Guest Designer for the month of
September, the ultra talented, Monique Hansen!




I had a SPLENDID time basking in these colors - I KNOW you will, too!

Please, please {this means YOU!} - PLAY WITH US!

Thanks for letting me get ALL colorful!

Supplies -

C/S - Stampin' Up!
D/P - Echo Park, S/U!, Making Memories
Wild Card - October Afternoon
Stamp - Practicing Creativity
Ink - Stampin' Up!
Die Cut Circle - Spellbinders
Mini Leaf Punch - Marvy
Large Leaf Punch - McGill
Perfect Pearls - Ranger/Tim Holtz
Perfect Pearl Medium - Ranger/Tim Holtz
Hat Pin - Making Memories
Ribbon - Stampin' Up!

WANT to make it FABULOUS - day 2!

THAT'S why I so dearly love designing for Want2Scrap™! NOT only are
the folks who run Want2Scrap™ - WONDERFUL.., but they have the MOST
fabulous friends, to boot! THAT'S part of the reason, I'm so excited to be a
part of this SPECTACULAR event! The big tip I have for you is as follows:
bust OUT your jumping shoes - It's BLOG HOP time!

It's DAY #2 of this glorious, crafty celebration, and we've GOT the inspiration FLYING!

{Or, is that DANCING!} That's what I feel like doing! I LOVE THIS STUFF! Such
GORGEOUS stamps, from JustRite Stampers - ROCKED my stampy lil' world,
and combined, flawlessly with WONDERFUL dies from the lovely and generous
{!} folks at Spellbinders™ - I could DEFINITELY shine my dancing shoes after
swooning over all of these SPECTACULAR materials - CAN'T wait to check out
my hop-a-licious cohorts of Want2Scrap™, Spellbinders™ and JustRite Stampers™!





Play me some romantic music and SHOW me the craft table - I'm GONE, baby GONE!
SUCH a glorious celebration of crafty materials happened in my creative spot when
THIS card came together - THAT'S what I'm talkin' about! Merci!

But WAIT - there's MORE!

Here are the lovely particulars of your map to blog hop fun!

Want2Scrap™, Spellbinders™ Paper Arts and JustRite® Stampers Designers have teamed up to bring you an amazing four day Blog Hop Event Sept 6th -9th filled with fabulous designs that are sure to inspire all!! Each day we will be sharing a link list with you for the featured designers and we will have a master link list just in case you happen to miss one of the days.

What would a blog hop be without prizes? Yes, we will also be giving away prizes!!

Want2Scrap™ will be giving away 2 $25.00 Gift Certificates.
Spellbinders Paper Arts will be giving away 2 Die Template sets with a value of $24.99 each.
JustRite Stampers will be giving away 2 Stamp Sets of the winners choice.

The prizes will be hidden the blogs so be sure to visit all of the blogs and leave a comment to increase your chances of winning. The contest for the prizes will be open until midnight Saturday, September 10th. Winners will be announced on Monday September 12th on the company blogs.

If you are new to Want2Scrap™, Spellbinders Paper Arts or JustRite Stampers here is a little information about all three of these amazing companies. Each company offeres a unique line of products that work wonderfully together to make some fabulous designs.

Want2Scrap™ manufacturers rhinestones lines including the specialty Nestabling™ line along with the newly released Nestaboard™ chipboard line that coordinates perfectly with the Spellbinders™ Nestabilities™ die templates. Want2Scrap™ also manufacturers their own line chipboard albums and accents, acrylic albums, and multi-layered laser designs and other fine scrap booking products. Want2Scrap™ brings ease of use and flexibility in their product lines by offering products uniquely tailored to its customers’ needs. Follow Want2Scrap on Facebook and the Want2Scrap Blog!

Sophistication, value and maximum versatility make Spellbinders™ die
templates #1. Beautiful Details Inspiring Creativity…Spellbinders unique
triple function die templates allow you to cut, emboss, and then stencil
through the die template for unlimited possibilities. The Spellbinders Grand
Calibur® and Spellbinders Grand Nestabilities™ cut and emboss up to 11¾”,
taking die cutting to grand proportions. Follow Spellbinders on Facebook,
Twitter and the Spellbinders Blog!

JustRite's® entire collection of stamps are designed to be compatible with Spellbinders™ die templates. JustRite Original's interlocking stamp system allows you to mix and match borders and centers to create dozens of design possibilites. Since the Spring of 2008. JustRite Original stamps have been designed to coordinate with the Spellbinders Paper Arts Nestabilities®-Decorative Elements and Basic Shapes. In January of 2011 JustRite began introducing Cling Stamps Sets designed to coordinate with Spellbinders Paper Arts Nestabilities Labels. JustRite Cling stamps are deeply etched pre-cut red rubber mounted on Static Cling Foam made in the USA . Cling sets come on a colored 8 1/2" x 61/2" Storage Panel for easy storage in our Cling Mini Binder Box.

For thousands of ideas on projects using JustRite and Spellbinders™ die templates die templates visit the JustRite Design Gallery and the JustRite Blog. You can also follow
our blog by following us on Facebook and Twitter.

Sept 6th:

Becca Feeken
Holly Simoni
Julie Overby
Kazan Clark
Terre Fry
Karen Taylor
Barb Schram

Sept 7th:

Sharon Harnist
Sherry Cheever
Tonya Dirk
Linda Duke
Kellie Fortin
Christine Emberson
Elise Durenberger
Beth Pingry
Stephanie Kraft
Latisha Yoast

Sept 8th:

Debbie Olson
Shanna Vineyard
Michelle Woerner
Mimi Leinbach
Kimberly Crawford
Judy Hayes
Sankari Wegman
Dana Gustafson
Angela Barkhouse

Sept 9th:

Mona Pendleton
Heidi Blankenship
Windy Robinson
Michele Kovack
Tina McDonald
Gloria Stengel

Kathy Jones

I'm so delighted that you've hopped on by! I HOPE you winnnnnnnn! Yee Haw!

Supplies -

C/S - Stampin' Up!
D/P - Graphic45
Stamps - JustRiteStampers
Bling! Want2Scrap™
Die Cut Shapes - Spellbinders

Time to get yer PATTERN on!

For terrific BLOG CANDY & fun, check out MY Just Us Girls post, here!

Time for ANOTHER fabulous sketch from those AMAZING sketch-masters,

CARD PATTERNS! We're sponsored by a lovely company this week, My Craft Spot,
and our samples are showin' off the fun & possibility of beautifully prepared
seam bias and flawlessly colored baker's twine {*Swoon!*}...
In a few words: WE HAD FUN!

Check out our beautiful sketch for this week's challenge!
I can't wait to see what YOU do with it! Let's PLAY!

To say the beautiful hand dyed, vintage crinkly ribbon AND this beautiful
sketch inspired me, is an understatement! What a SUPER combo!

I was so smitten by these FABULOUS textiles, I made this flower
by stitching two lengths of of crinkle ribbon, to make a wider strip,
stitched the end together to form a cuff, and then did a running
stitch along the bottom, pulled, to make the bigger layer.
I, then, repeated with a single length of ribbon, layered them,
and THIS flower was born!

I attached some exquisitely dyed baker's twine, to a punched card stock circle
and twirled like a LOLLIPOP - mmmmmmmm, hmmmmmmm! Floral FUN!

Check out what the CARD PATTERNS girls did with
their My Craft Spot loot! Inspiration for ALL!

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

I HOPE you are inspired to play with us and maybe even WIN some
glorious, vintage craft bounty! Thanks, for stopping by!

Supplies -

C/S - Stampin' Up!
D/P - Graphic 45
Stamp - WRMK
Ink - Stampin' Up! & Colorbox Chalk
Bling - Want2Scrap™
Vintage Crinkle Ribbon & Baker's Twine - My Craft Spot
Sticker Letters - October Afternoon
Scallop/Circle dies - Spellbinders