Chic of the Week #43

Ok girls!  What a week of fabulous template creations!  I am so blown away by the creativity out there.  I am behind on commenting (I hope belated comments are OK?) BUT I have looked at every entry and can I just say WOW!??!  Alas I had to choose just one.....this week my Chic of the week top pick is

LISA808!

Her sweet strawbeeries gift package was perfectly executed and so darned cute!  Please contact me, Lisa,  for your Chic of the week badge at paperdaydream at aol dot com and congrats!

Thank you again to our generous gift certificate prize sponsor this week...Kelleigh of Kelleigh Ratzlaff Designs!  Kelleigh has also generously offered via her blog a discount good through July 21st!  Use the code JUGSchallenge in her store at the Digichick Boutique store by July 31st for 20% off.  What a nice surprise!  The winner of the gift certificate is entry number 12!  Laurel S.!  Laurel please contact me at paperdaydream at aol dot com and I will hook you up with Kelleigh! 

Thanks again to all of our participants.  It is so fun to see where your creativity takes you every week through the Just Us Girls Challenges.  Please join us this weekend for a Wildcard challenge...I have a feeling that this challenge and each of you will be the perfect pair!  ;)

Template Week! Jugs challenge #43 with Kelleigh Ratzlaff Designs

It's template week! Templates are a wonderful jumping off point to your paper crafting projects. From gift boxes, bags, party favors and ornaments... templates can really give your creativity a boost. This week we welcome back Kelleigh Ratzlaff of Kelleigh Ratzlaff Designs! Kelleigh is offering up a $10 gift certificate to one lucky participant this week so let's get creative with templates, shall we?

The Challenge: Make a project using a template of your choosing (bonus points in the world of good karma if you use a Kelleigh Ratzlaff template ;) ). Try one for free HERE!

Check out the Just Us Girls Designer projects this week:

Debbie, July Guest Designer

Kathryn

Maria

Pam

Andrea

Dana

Lisa

How to play: You need to upload your project for this week's challenge to your online blog or public photo gallery. Leave a link that goes directly to your project in the Inlinkz form at the bottom of this post. If you upload to online galleries, please also use the keyword or tag, JUGS43. After you post to Inlinkz you can also leave a comment here.

Deadline to be considered for the weekly "Chic of the Week" is 9:00 PM EST on Thursday, July 29. The Inlinkz form will close at that time. Our top pick "Chic of the Week" will be announced on the following Friday morning.

Good luck and have fun!

Chic of the Week #42

Wow ladies! You all really out did yourselves!!! So much talent and inspiration - it was so much fun to see what you all did with the challenge colors. Selecting a Chic of the Week was a truly difficult task indeed :)

After pouring over the entires, a decision was finally made. This week's Chic rocked the color challenge with this little beauty...

Carla!!!

Isn't the peacock simply stunning! Gorgeous work Carla! We'll be in touch to send you your JUGS Chic of the Week badge - we hope you'll proudly display it on your blog :)

Again, selecting just one Chic was a super hard decision and the following talent is not to be missed...

Mary G

Sue

Mary C

Laurel

Lynne

Again, thanks so much for taking the time to play along with us here at Just Us Girls!!! We sure do love seeing your creations and appreciate your support. Make sure to check back Saturday for a template challenge hosted by Dana!

JUGS # 42 - Color Challenge!

Happy Saturday everyone!!!

With Saturday comes a new challenge over here at Just Us Girls :) It's Andrea here (my first time as JUGS challenge hostess - YAY!!!) with a color challenge to get your mojo goin'! I love these colors - aren't they so fresh and fun?

Let's see what the wonderful JUGS DT has cooked up for this challenge, shall we?

♥♥ Just Us Girls Design Team ♥♥

Our Featured Guest Designer for the Month - Debbie Marcinkiewicz

Dana

Kathryn

Maria

Pam

Andrea

The DT decided to add a twist to our cards for the color challenge . Look closely and you'll notice a theme... we've got a reason to celebrate again this week - it's sweet Maria's birthday on July 20th!!!!

Happy Birthday Maria!!!!! Hope it's a truly wonderful day :)

Make sure you swing by Maria's blog and show her some love!!!!

Feel free to play along with the birthday twist; however, it's not a requirement - use the challenge colors to make a project for any occasion you wish :)

Here are the challenge details:

How to play: You need to upload your project for this week's challenge to your online blog or public photo gallery. Leave a link that goes directly to your project in the Inlinkz form at the bottom of this post. If you upload to online galleries, please also use the keyword or tag, JUGS42. After you post to Inlinkz you can also leave a comment here.

Deadline to be considered for the weekly "Chic of the Week" is 9:00 PM EST on Thursday, July 22. The Inlinkz form will close at that time. Our top pick "Chic of the Week" will be announced on the following Friday morning.

I can't wait to see what wonderful projects you create with these colors!!!

Andrea

Chic of the Week #41

Thank you to everyone who played along this week for the ink, spray, smash technique. This was definitely an inky fun one to play around with.

I loved all the submissions and as always it's hard to pick just one to be Chic of the Week but the one that stood out to me and who is Chic of the the Week this week is Joanna K:


Congrats Joanna, I will contact you with your Chic of the week badge! I just loved your colors and quote and of course that fabulous butterfly!

Thanks so much to all who played along and we hope to see you again Saturday for a new challenge!

Till later....

Technique Challenge - Jugs 41

Welcome to technique day with Just Us Girls! It's Maria here with your technique challenge this week. The challenge is the Ink, Spray, Smash technique. This is a super cool one using your reinkers. Check out the fabulous tutorial HERE on Splitcoaststamper!

Today is also a special day because a fellow DT member is going to be celebrating her birthday on Monday but we want to start the party early and KATHRYN a very happy happy birthday!!!!!!!!!

Now onto some wonderful inspiration from the JUGS Design Team:

♥♥ Just Us Girls Design Team ♥♥

Debbie - Featured Designer for the month


Andrea

Dana


Kathryn

Maria

Pam

How to play: You need to upload your project for this week's challenge to your online blog or public photo gallery. Leave a link that goes directly to your project in the Inlinkz form at the bottom of this post. If you upload to online galleries, please also use the keyword or tag, JUGS41. After you post to Inlinkz you can also leave a comment here.

Deadline to be considered for the weekly "Chic of the Week" is 9:00 PM EST on Thursday, July 15. The Inlinkz form will close at that time. Our top pick "Chic of the Week" will be announced on the following Friday morning.

I can't wait to see what you come up with!

Chic of the Week and Winners!

Well girls you have done it again - you've come up with some truly fabulous AND inspiring projects this week. You make it really, really hard to choose ONE Chic of the Week. It was fun to see such a variety of stamps and images and colors - that's one thing that's so cool with sketch challenges is the endless variations.

Ok - so back and forth - over and over - finally a Chic of the Week #40 has emerged. Just Us Girls is pleased to announce that this week's Chic (pronounced SHEEK) with this card ...

...is Selma Stevenson! Congratulations Selma - the soft color pallet, beautiful bow, gorgeous floral and dainty pearls - just a lovely card that made us smile! Email us for your Chic of the Week blog badge please.

We also had some other wonderful entries - here are some note worthy cards.... WELL DONE ladies!! Thank you ALL for supporting the JUGS challenge sponsored by JustRite this week. :-)

Darsie

Tracey

Alyssa

Mel

Cheryl

Meanwhile - we also have some delicious goodies to give away...

Our random winner of the fabulous prize from JustRite (the 2 Christmas sets plus a stamper plus an Idea book and Catalog) is.....

Lucky number 58 belongs to... Gini Cagle!! Congratulations Gini - please email us with your information so we can ship your goodies out to you.

AND for the BONUS drawing - all the names of you gals who used JustRite stamps on your project went into a basket and the lucky name drawn was....  Rosemary D!  Congrats Rosemarie - you won the JustRite Breath of Spring set and an Oval Wood Stamper! Please email us so we can send off your stamp set.

Thank you again to JustRite for a wonderful sponsorship!! and Thanks to ALL YOU GIRLS for making this a successful challenge week again. See you again on Saturday for a fun new challenge hosted by Maria!

A JustRite Sketch Day!

Hi girls... Stampin Pam here with another Just Us Girls Saturday challenge. Today IS a JustRite® day!!! Yes - that's RITE girls - we have a sponsor and some cool giveways for you this week.

JustRite Stampers is our sponsor and we want you all to play along. IF YOU OWN any JustRite stamps you will definitely want to use them this week *wink* but it's not mandatory.  JustRite® has over 100 years of history in making product for the commercial stamping industry and was acquired by Millennium Marking Company in 2004. JustRite began using its knowledge of stamp product to introduce stamp making technology to crafters. Since 2005 they have been expanding the company and the products they offer and in 2008 they created a design team and product development team to bring ideas and products to inspire you. Like Goldilocks, I think they've got it "JustRite!" *giggle*

OK - Here's the sketch for you to play along with...

I referred to some giveaways.... well we have TWO opportunities for you to win this week. FIRST - all participants who follow the sketch and play along with us according to the "how to play" section below will be entered into a drawing for this FABULOUS and GENEROUS gift from JustRite:

2 brand new Square Christmas Sets with a Square Stamper AND one wonderful new Idea book!!! -->

SECOND - IF you own any JustRite stamps now would be the time to bring them out for this challenge. Those gals who use a JustRite stamp on their project will be entered in a separate drawing for a beautiful stamp set called Breath of Spring plus the Wood Stamper Oval!!

Did I just hear a big WOO HOO???

Please take some time to peruse JustRite's wonderful NEW DESIGN GALLERY featuring all the JustRite sets. Lots of eye candy and beautiful projects there to inspire you.

Ok let's get on with the samples...

We would like to give a WARM JUGS WELCOME to the talented Debbie Marcinkiewicz. Debbie is our Featured Designer for the month of July and we are just delighted that she will be sharing her creative talents with us for the month. Here is Debbie's card for this week's challenge. Please pop over and leave her some lovin' comments :-) 

♥♥ Just Us Girls Design Team ♥♥

And here's what the Just Us Girls DT members have stamped up for your inspirational viewing this week.

Pam

Alicia

Andrea

Dana

Kathryn

Lisa

Maria

If you want even MORE inspiration you must check out the new JustRite Catalog and Idea book - it's filled with amazing ideas from the design team and will be a fabulous resource for you in years to come. Click on the catalog icon to get more details.

How to play: You need to upload your project for this week's challenge to your online blog or public photo gallery. Leave a link that goes directly to your project in the Inlinkz form at the bottom of this post. If you use a JustRite stamp please refer to it by name in your post. If you upload to online galleries, please also use the keyword or tag, JUGS40. After you post to Inlinkz we'd love for you to leave a comment here as well.

Deadline to be considered for the weekly "Chic of the Week" is 9:00 PM EST on Thursday, July 8th. The Inlinkz form will close at that time and our top pick "Chic of the Week" will be announced on the following Friday morning.

Can't wait to see what you come up with. Have a GREAT 4th of July weekend - hope y'all get in some stampin time too :-)