Just Us Girls #130

HOW-DY, friends! I am super exciting to be your
hostess this week - I LOVE WildCard time! Not
to be confused with "anything goes," mind you -
WILDCARD means, we come up with something
a little bit, WILD! Off grid, new, DANGEROUS!

This time we're working with altered zippers!
Have you tried this? Talk about raw crafting
material, re-purposed and FABULOUS for
stunning potential... I LOVE IT! Last year,
our SWEET Dana, wowed us by encouraging
us to make zipper flowers {see tutorial, here!},
which I dearly LOVED! You can TOTALLY do
these, OR make something ELSE! Let your
crafty spirit guide you! THEN, share with us!

Please include this week's challenge LOGO
and note the specific linking instructions,
etc. below! We love it when you tell your
friends about Just Us Girls! *Grin!*

And for your creative INSPIRATION, please
let me share with you our super guest
designer for the month of March, I'm SO sad
to see her go... *Sniff!* {Loved having her
lovely work & sweet spirit with us this round!}

Marisa

Dana

Lynn

Maria

Elise

Lisa

Andrea

I thank you, in advance, for jumping in with us
this week: I KNOW you're going to make some
thing OUTSTANDING - and certainly have a
lot of fun making it! Here are the details, so
we're all official - until then, I can't wait to
be inspired by lovely YOU, YOU and all-o-u!

How to play:

•You need to upload your project for this week's challenge to your online blog or public photo gallery.

•Please display our graphic and link back to this post on your blog.

•Leave a link that goes directly to your project in the Linky Tools form at the bottom of this post.

•If you upload to online galleries, please also use the keyword or tag, JUGS130. After you post to Linky Tools you can also leave a comment here.

Deadline: To be considered for the "Chic of the Week" is 9:00 PM EST on Thursday, April 5th. The Linky Tools form will close at that time. Our top pick, "Chic of the Week", will be announced on the following Friday morning.

Chic of the Week #129

Hey JUGs fans!  I want to thank all of the participants from last week's challenge for jumping in on the boxed card set challenge last week.  Each and every entry was so creative and full of amazing details and creative choices. 

Alas, I must pick only one Chic of the Week and this week the creative musings of Sharon! Sharon, please email me at paperdaydream at aol dot com for your Chic of the week badge for challenge #129! 

Be sure and check back for the saturday challenge from Elise this week!

Just Us Girls #129

Hello friends! Dana here and I have the privilege of hostessing the 3D/Template challenge this week. Please feel free to use the logo above in your post and also please note the requirements of this challenge...

Make a boxed note card set with choose your own sentiment tags.

Your box can be made of anything....template based or an up-cycled packaging box like I used. Matching embellishments are optional in this challenge. Can't wait to see the creativity on this challenge this week!

First up, our amazing guest designer, Marisa!

And now for some creative inspo from the JUGs girls....

Dana

Lynn

Elise

Pam

Lisa

Vicki

How to play:

•You need to upload your project for this week's challenge to your online blog or public photo gallery.

•Please display our graphic and link back to this post on your blog.

•Leave a link that goes directly to your project in the Linky Tools form at the bottom of this post.

•If you upload to online galleries, please also use the keyword or tag, JUGS129. After you post to Linky Tools you can also leave a comment here.

Deadline: To be considered for the "Chic of the Week" is 9:00 PM EST onThursday, March 29th. The Linky Tools form will close at that time. Our top pick, "Chic of the Week", will be announced on the following Friday morning.

Chic of the week #128

Good Morning!

Here is my pick for chic of the week! 

Wendy Fraser

 

Be sure and stop back by tomorrow for an all new challenge!

Just Us Girls #128 color challenge

Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Kathryn here with this weeks color challenge.  Obviously I was thinking of spring when I chose this color combo of Cream, light Pink and Spring Moss (PTI colors) not St. Patty's day. I hope you get a chance to play along with us this week!

 Below is a little inspiration from the design team along with our guest designer Marisa!

Marisa March Guest Designer

Vicki

Lynn

Maria

Kathryn

Lisa

How to play:

•You need to upload your project for this week's challenge to your online blog or public photo gallery.

•Please display our graphic and link back to this post on your blog.

•Leave a link that goes directly to your project in the Linky Tools form at the bottom of this post.

•If you upload to online galleries, please also use the keyword or tag, JUGS128. After you post to Linky Tools you can also leave a comment here.

Deadline: To be considered for the "Chic of the Week" is 9:00 PM EST onThursday, March 22cd. The Linky Tools form will close at that time. Our top pick, "Chic of the Week", will be announced on the following Friday morning.

Chic of the Week #127

Well folks, another JUGS challenge draws to a close. Holy moly, you all wowed me with your examples of faux embossing!!! I'm so glad you enjoyed this technique too as it really is a favorite of mine. And let me tell you, I love it so much more after seeing everyone's delicious creations!

On to our Chic of the Week!

Congratulations….. Lin!!!

I just love how Lin used butterflies and made the technique look spectacular! Fabulous work Lin!!! Please contact me at andrea dot matth at yahoo dot com for your Chic of the Week badge!

A few other amazing creations;
Hannelie
Jodene
Wanda

Thanks again for playing along sports fans! Hope you'll join us on Saturday for a brand new challenge!!!

Just Us Girls #127: Faux Embossing

Hello all! Welcome back for a brand new JUGS technique challenge!

Andrea here and I had a hankering to use faux embossing on a project. Thought I'd share that hankering with you all in the form of a challenge :)

Not quite sure what "faux embossing" is? Need a little tutorial? There's a great one HERE on Splitcoast Stampers to give you an idea of what I'm talkin' bout.

For now, let's get on to the gorgeous inspiration from the Just Us Girls Team!

Marisa - March Guest Designer

Andrea

Elise

Pam

Lisa

Lynn

Maria

Vicki

Kathryn

Now let's see what you do with this challenge! We can't wait to see them!

How to play:

•You need to upload your project for this week's challenge to your online blog or public photo gallery.

•Please display our graphic and link back to this post on your blog.

•Leave a link that goes directly to your project in the Linky Tools form at the bottom of this post.

•If you upload to online galleries, please also use the keyword or tag, JUGS127. After you post to Linky Tools you can also leave a comment here.

Deadline: To be considered for the "Chic of the Week" is 9:00 PM EST on Thursday, March 15th. The Linky Tools form will close at that time. Our top pick, "Chic of the Week", will be announced on the following Friday morning.

Chic of the Week!

Good morning and happy Friday!  I hope today gets your weekend off to a fabulous start. There were so many gorgeous entries to choose from this week.  I had a very hard time narrowing it down to just one, but here we go....our winner this week is Colleen.  Her take on the sketch is absolutely stunning.

Here are the details I loved...

• That the borders on the left and right are different but so beautiful balanced.
• The stamping on the patterned cardstock.
• The emphasis on the stunning black butterfly.
• The extra feminine touches in the pearls and button/twine.

All around gorgeous!  Colleen, please email me at lmangan @ cinci dot rr dot com for your Chic of the Week badge!

Just Us Girls #126 Sketch Challenge

Happy Saturday Just Us Girls Friends! Aren't you happy it's Saturday? I sure am! It's Lynn hosting today with a very clean & simple sketch for you to try. Please feel free to keep it CAS or to bling it up a bit! We'd love to see how it inspires you.

For now, let's get on to the gorgeous inspiration from the Just Us Girls Team!

Marisa - March Guest Designer

Andrea

Elise

Kathryn

Lisa

Lynn

Maria

Vicki

Now let's see what you do with this challenge! We can't wait to see them!

How to play:

•You need to upload your project for this week's challenge to your online blog or public photo gallery.

•Please display our graphic and link back to this post on your blog.

•Leave a link that goes directly to your project in the Linky Tools form at the bottom of this post.

•If you upload to online galleries, please also use the keyword or tag, JUGS126. After you post to Linky Tools you can also leave a comment here.

Deadline: To be considered for the "Chic of the Week" is 9:00 PM EST on Thursday, March 8th. The Linky Tools form will close at that time. Our top pick, "Chic of the Week", will be announced on the following Friday morning.

Chic of the Week #125

We have a new Chic of the Week for our Template/3D challenge!  Look at this beauty by Sharon!

I love the colors, the design, her use of the ribbons, flowers, and buttons and especially that she created this really cool box/card template!  Stop by her blog to see how it opens into a card and congratulate her on creating this beauty!

Sharon, please contact me at lisajugs@roadrunner.com to get your Chic of the Week badge!

Thanks to all for participating in our challenge!  We have a great sketch for you tomorrow, so please stop by and play along!  See you then!