Chic of the Week #5

Welcome back to Just Us Girls and our Chic of the Week announcement #5!!  We are so delighted you are continuing to enjoy our challenges and look forward to your amazing creativity each and every week.  The more the merrier I say...even though that makes the hostess job that much harder :[  ...but we love the challenge AND the eye candy!!

I can honestly say that I LOVED each and every project all of you submitted!  Thank you for offering up such fabulous ideas for photo cards!  I can't wait to try some of the techniques myself ;] 

That being said, this week was a very difficult choice for me to select just ONE card, but alas, I must.  So, without further ado, the Just Us Girls Chic of the Week #5 goes to the fabulously talented, Gabby from Confessions of a Stamper, who submitted this gorgeous card:

I just couldn't get the image of this beauty out of my head!  I love the clean look and the wintry feel she achieved with her light blue and white color palette.  The picture of the snow covered trees perfectly framed in the center just makes my jaw hit the floor!  I think this turned out sooo pretty.  So, CONGRATULATIONS, Gabby!  I'll email your Chic of the Week badge shortly!

I also want to share a handful of my other faves, so here are some teasers (click on the snippets to view the designers' original image):

Please stop by Gabby's blog and give her some love! If you haven't checked out all of the other gorgeous creations, just go through the list in Mr. Linky!  You won't be disappointed ;]

Lastly, I would like to thank all of my FABULOUS JUGS friends who hosted a blog hop for my birthday on Monday!  I was SOOOO surprised!!  Thank you also to all of our followers who took the time to send me birthday wishes either via email or through comments!!  I'm still trying to finish up my responses to all of the followers who commented and left their email addresses.  It might be a little late, but I WILL thank you personally ♥  You all made my birthday extra special this year!

Before I close and head to Stampin' Around Philly in the morning, I must remind you about our super fun sketch challenge Maria is hosting on Saturday!  Be sure to check back...you don't want to miss it!

Happy Birthday Blog Hop

If you are looking for our latest challenge and BLOG CANDY then please scroll down to the Just Us Girls Week 5 Wild Card challenge  OR click here. Now... on to today's post.

Happy Monday to all of our "Just Us Girls" fans and followers!

It’s LOVELY that you are here to visit today because today is a VERY SPECIAL DAY. It is Kristin’s birthday today so we are having a BIRTHDAY BLOG HOP in her honor.

Each of the design team members has made a special card for Kristin to wish her the best birthday ever. We want you to start your birthday hop at Dana’s blog – from there you will be directed to the next blog and you can keep hopping till you get to Kristin’s blog where you, too, can wish her a very happy birthday. Hope you'll hop along and leave a little love along the way :-)

SO, without further ado – Happy Birthday Kristin. (Sing this in your head!!!)

Happy Birthday to You

Happy Birthday to You

Happy Birthday, Dear Kristiiiiiin

Happy Birthday to You!!!

ALSO  - Remember to check out the Just Us Girls’ Wild Card Challenge – every participant this week will receive a special gift from the birthday girl herself.  (Wait isn’t that backwards??? Oh well – it’s better to give than to receive – right Kristin??)

Just Us Girls Week 5 - Wild Card Challenge

Welcome to the 5th challenge presented by "Just Us Girls"!

Are you ready to get WILD for our challenge?! I sure hope so because we are officially hosting our 5th challenge this month...which means it's time for a WILD CARD! Okay, so maybe it's not that "wild" but it's going to be fun!

This week we challenge you to create a holiday card designed to present a photo! It can be any photo you choose whether it be family, pets, nature...it's your choice! The possibilities are endless!!

The idea for this challenge originally came from Alicia. I LOVED the concept so I asked her if I could use it for today's challenge, and thankfully, she agreed :) You don't HAVE to print a photo, or dig through a photo box or album to find that perfect shot in order to play along. You can pull your photo from a magazine if you want! We're just looking for some fab ideas for holiday cards designed to showcase a photo. If you want to use the black and white family pictures that are provided with new frames, go for it! LOL

With all of the diverse creativity you've shown us, I'm confident you will teach us a few things again this week! We learned sooo many different ways to create 3-D flowers last week, let's keep school in session for another!

We are truly amazed and humbled that so many fabulous designers are enjoying our challenges in the infancy of our blog! Thank YOU for supporting the JUGS (hee hee) and helping us to stay FRESH, FUN and always...CHIC!

How to play: Upload your project using this week's challenge to your online blog or public photo gallery. Leave a link that goes directly to your project in the Mr. Linky form at the end of this post. If you upload to online galleries, please also use the keyword or tag, JUGS5. After you post to Mr. Linky please leave a comment on this post.

Deadline to be considered for our weekly top pick called "Chic of the Week" is 9:00 PM EST on Thursday, November 5. All entries need to be posted to Mr. Linky by that time. "Chic of the Week" will be announced on the Just Us Girls blog post on Friday morning following the deadline. (You may still post to Mr. Linky after the deadline, your project just won't be considered for our "Chic of the Week" top pick.)

And now, "Just Us Girls" presents a little inspiration to get you started!

Dana

Kristin

Lisa

 Maria

Mona

Pam

Tracey

 Our Guest Designer

Tammy

EVERY participant is a WINNER this week!!! Just in case you missed that little tidbit in the challenge graphic above ;] If you play along this week and enter before the deadline, you will receive the "Happy Holidays" digital stamp and sentiment set shown in the challenge graphic. I created the lamp post and the two sentiments that use different fonts, and the amazingly gifted Tammy Hershberger wrote the title sentiment "Happy Holidays"!! Isn't her writing just PERFECT for papercrafting?! I wish I could market it!!

Special thanks to Chris Barr for helping me to digitize the lamp post!! He is an INCREDIBLY TALENTED Graphic Designer ;] ...without a blog, otherwise I would link him :[

After you play along and post your card in Mr. Linky before the deadline, email Just Us Girls and provide your email address and another link to your photo. One of us will respond with the digital Happy Holidays package just for you!


If you are not familiar with using digital stamps, check out the Pink Cat Studio Digi tutorials...they're perfect for newbies :O)

Beginners

Resizing and More

Okay, time for YOU to get started! Can't wait to see what you come up with :)