Just Us Girls #449 - Chic of the Week

It looks like watercolor backgrounds are a popular technique and definitely a trend.  We had a lot of wonderful entries at Just Us Girls this week and I want to thank everyone who made a card for the challenge.  The backgrounds ranged from simple washes to intricate paintings and everything in between.  In the end I had to choose this as my winning card.

Congratulations, Julie!  You are our Chic of the Week.

Your watercolor background is so unique with it's pixelated look.  Even the flower is done that way.  I am amazed at how you added the colors to shade and highlight in the individual squares that you drew on yourself.  This is one spectacular card.  Please contact me at bobbarah at gmail dot com for your winner's badge.

We hope you all come back tomorrow to see what Lisa has in store for the Color Challenge.

Just Us Girls #449 - Trend Week

Bobby here and it's time for Trend Week at Just Us Girls.  It took some thought to find a trend that we hadn't already done and one that was easy enough for all of you to do and get excited about.  I chose

As you can see from the Design Team's cards, there are many ways to do a watercolor background. Thanks again to Julia Aston for being our Guest Designer this month.  Check out her blog and those of the rest of the team to see how they did their backgrounds.  We hope to inspire you to join in the challenge.

Julia Aston

Bobby

Angie

Ina

Nancy

Sue

Vicki

Carol

Maria

Lisa

 



Just a reminder: If you win Chic of the Week in any of our July challenges, you are in the running to be chosen as our Guest Designer for the month of September.

How to play: Please copy and use our graphic on your post. You need to upload your new project [no back dating please] for this week's challenge to your online blog or to a public photo gallery. Leave a link that goes directly to your project in the Linky Tools form at the bottom of this post. [Please limit your entry to 3]

Deadline to be considered for the "Chic of the Week" is 9:00 PM EST on Thursday, July 19 . The Linky Tools form will close at that time. Our "Chic of the Week" will be announced the following Friday morning. Thanks for playing along. We can't wait to see what you create for Just Us Girls!

Just Us Girls Challenge #448~Chic of the Week

WOW! Thank you to everyone who shared their 'citrus sensations' in the Just Us Girls gallery this week. From zesty-and-zingy colours, to luscious limes, lemons and oranges, to refreshing lemonades, martinis and margaritas....you've shared an array of dazzling delights. I think a "couple" of new stamp sets have made their way to my wish list; several new design/technique ideas have joined my 'must try' list, too!

This week, the Chic of the Week is Teresa, from Whimsical Card Studio.

I'm absolutely crushing over her trio of citrus-themed cards featuring an eye-catching split panel technique and smile-making sentiments. Gorgeous, all! Bonus: she's created a video for us to see the magic unfold! Congratulations and thank you, Teresa, for sharing your talents with us!

Please contact me (Carol - cmayne at shaw.ca) for your blog badge. You'll also be in the running to be our September Guest Designer!

Thank you again to everyone who joined the challenge!

Inviting you to come back tomorrow to play along in the

 Trend challenge selected by our wonderful DT, Bobby!