Just Us Girls Week 9 ... Template Challenge

Welcome to the 9th challenge presented by "Just Us Girls"!

Are you ready for a 3-D / Template Challenge?

'Tis the season of gift giving! With MANY Holidays right around the corner such as Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Christmas, etc... the girls & I would like to see your best Holiday decorated gift box/bag made from a template for that special someone!

You don't need to own a template to play, here are a few links with FREE templates: Splitcoast Stampers and Papertrey Ink.

How to Play: You need to 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 bottom of this post. If you upload to online galleries, please also use the keyword or tag, JUGS9. After you post to Mr. Linky, you can also leave us a comment here.

Deadline to be considered for "Chic of the Week" will be 9:00 PM EST on Thursday, December 3rd. Our top pick "Chic of the Week" will be announced on Friday morning following the deadline. (You may still post to the Mr. Linky after the deadline, you project just won't be considered for the "Chic of the Week" spot.)

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

Mona

Lisa

Pam

Kristin

Dana

Maria

Blog Candy: Link your creation up on this site in the Mr. Linky (below this post) to be entered for a chance to win the little offering from me pictured below! I made a "petite" sized Fold N' Go gift box to hold some ornament tags & embellishments along with a few other goodies that I would like to share and the opportunity to be the next Chic of the Week!! Show us your best Holiday decorated gift box/bag for that special someone and don't forget to provide us with a DIRECT link on your blog or gallery to our Mr. Linky.Easy Right? We can't wait to see what you create. Thanks for playing along with Just Us Girls!

Edited to add (Nov 30) - Looks like Mr. Linky has been occasionally misbehaving and disappearing - keep checking back - he'll be back - sorry for the inconvenience - we DO want to see your projects so don't forget to come back to JUGS! (We have some awesome blog candy for ya!)

Chic of the Week #8

Hi everyone! I hope you had a great Thanksgiving! Did you do any shopping today and get any great deals? Not me...I hate shopping in crowds!

Well I must say that sifting through the 45 entries was a bit daunting! I checked out each and every entry and I just love how you all incorporated my colors in your creations. I was happy to see that many of you loved the combo and that I also challenged a lot of you! But in the end, there can only be one Chic of the Week, and that person is

Kathryn Berthiaume

There was something about Kathryn's card that grabbed me. The colors were so vibrant and the flowers were fabulous (and all that cutting was amazing). The attention to detail was spot on! So, Kathryn, we will be contacting you with your Just Us Girls Chic of the Week badge to display proudly on your blog! Congratulations!

There were a few others that caught my attention, but I was having trouble grabbing their pictures to put on the blog, so I'll just leave their names and you can click to see their card.

Patti

Elise

Cheryl

Diane

Stephanie

Thanks so much to ALL of you for participating! We truly appreciate your participation each week! Spread the news about Just Us Girls!

Don't forget to stop by tomorrow for Mona's 3D/template challenge! See you tomorrow!

Just Us Girls Week 8 - Color Challenge!

Welcome to Week 8 (already?) of challenges here at Just Us Girls! I was looking at our followers count and was so surprised and pleased to see 213 followers! You like us, you really like us! (I'm channeling Sally Field's Oscar acceptance speech!) We have literally been blown away by all your fabulous entries!

I'm very pleased to present our color challenge for this week. Since Thanksgiving is right around the corner, I thought I'd give you colors we typically see, but with a fresh twist. I chose Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust, and Bashful Blue. The blue really pops against these colors. I'm only using SU colors as a reference...if you do not have them, don't worry. Just match the colors you have closest to these. And since we are in the season of thanks, we'd like for you to make your card reflect that sentiment.
How to Play: You need to 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 bottom of this post. If you upload to online galleries, please also use the keyword or tag, JUGS8. After you post to Mr. Linky, you can also leave a comment here.

Deadline to be considered for "Chic of the Week" will be 9:00 PM EST on Thursday, November 26th. Our top pick "Chic of the Week" will be announced on Friday morning following the deadline. (You may still post to the Mr. Linky after the deadline, you project just won't be considered for the "Chic of the Week" spot.)

So let's see what the girls have created to get your creative juices flowing! I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with these colors!

Lisa

Pam

Kristin

Mona

Tracey

Maria

I hope you have fun with these colors! Thanks for joining us in this color challenge and Happy Thanksgiving!