Chic of the Week #225

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Valentine's Inspiration Photo challenge.  I just loved
seeing all the love themed cards and all those hearts!

After viewing all the entries, the Chic of the Week is Calypso with this fabulous card.

I just love the layers of stamped lace on the kraft and the red die cut heart is stunning.

A few honorable mentions that caught my eye include:

Betty's card box.  Fabulous CAS design and love all those polka dots.

Sarah's wonderful mix of patterned hearts.


Calypso, please send an e-mail to mritzen(at)shaw(dot)ca so I can send you your Chic of the week badge.

Make sure to come back tomorrow for our monthly sketch challenge hosted by Maria.

Just Us Girls #225 - Photo Inspiration

Hi everyone, Marisa here.  I'm hosting this week's Photo Inspiration challenge and I was so excited when I found this inspiration collage to use for this week's Just Us Girls challenge.  Just love the colour combination and of course, all the hearts :)  Hope you do too!  Here's a larger version of the photo.  You can also click on it to enlarge it if you like.

Our design team and January guest, Geraldine Bailly, have some wonderful samples to get your inspiration going! 

This is the last week as a guest designer for Geri, and we'd like to thank her for joining us with her lovely creations for January!  We hope to see you creating with Just Us Girls in the future!

Scrappy Geri - Guest Designer

 

 

Marisa

Sue T.

Sharyn

 

 

Nancy

 

 

Sue V.

 

 

Maria

Cheryl

 

 

Vicki

 

 

Lisa

 

 

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

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. If you upload to online galleries, please use the keyword or tag, JUGS225. After you post to Linky Tools you may also leave a comment here.  We ♥ love hearing what you think of our challenges!

Deadline to be considered for the "Chic of the Week" is 9:00 PM EST on Thursday, January 30th . 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!

Chic of the Week #224

Oh I was thrilled with the turnout for the colors this last week!  I popped on over to all the blogs, leaving you all some love along the way and I am happy to announce..........
The Chic of the Week is....................

JoAnn from Crafty Nana's Blog

I love the way she used the colors, and the lovely clean look of her card!

JoAnn, please contact me [vdutchr@cox.net] with your email for your COW badge.

Congratulations!!

Thanks for playing everyone -- be sure to pop back tomorrow with Marisa and the totally awesome inspiration photo she has chosen!

Just Us Girls #224 - Color Challenge

Kraft - Baja Breeze - Marina Mist

Hi everyone it's Vicki here today.  I chose [what I hope to be] a fun color combo.  The Team seemed to have a great time and I sure hope you will too!  Check these out:

 Scrappy Geri - Guest Designer

Vicki

Sue V.

Sharyn

Sue T.

Marisa

Cheryl

Nancy

Maria

Lisa

See what I mean?  Gorgeousness!  I sure hope we inspired you to play along - we look forward to your  entries!

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. If you upload to online galleries, please use the keyword or tag, JUGS224. After you post to Linky Tools you may also leave a comment here.  We ♥ love hearing what you think of our challenges!

Deadline to be considered for the "Chic of the Week" is 9:00 PM EST on Thursday, 23rd January . The Linky Tools form will close at that time. Our top pick, "Chic of the Week", will be announced on the following Friday morning. Thanks for playing along. 

Chic of the Week #223

I want to thank everyone who took the time to come and play in our Paper Piecing Challenge this week.  I am so excited to have had this wonderful turnout for my 2nd time to host, but the larger participation made it even harder to choose a winner.  We had so many lovely cards submitted this week.  The Design Team really enjoyed seeing your beautifully paper pieced creations!  Well, I guess I better get to it.  This week's winner is...........Mina with this beautiful card!

I fell in love with Mina's little Edwin image the minute I saw him.  What a fun little guy he is and look at his snazzy clothes!  Congratulations, Mina!  Please contact me at sharynp281@comcast.net  and I will send your badge to you.

I would like to recognize two other cards that caught my attention.  The first one is this little snow lady by Greta H.  Isn't she sweet all bundled up to keep out the cold!

The second is this sweet little girl and her cupcakes by Nancy Penir.  Love the colors on this one, and her pretty little apron and pants.  Thanks, ladies, for sharing your talent!

I hope you will check back with us tomorrow when Vicki reveals her Color Challenge, until then.......................Happy Stamping!

                                                       

                                                                Sharyn

Just Us Girls #223 - Technique

Welcome to this week's Just Us Girls Challenge

Sharyn here, I am your hostess for this week's technique challenge.  

This week is all about paper piecing.
 I have to tell you, that I love paper piecing! 

 I spent many hours, when I was younger, cutting out and playing with paper dolls.  

Paper piecing reminds me of those happy days! 

 If you have never paper pieced before, I am adding a link to a video at Gina K. Designs to help get you started.  I hope you will enjoy this fun technique.

Scrappy Geri - Guest Designer

Sharyn

Vicki

Marisa

Sue V.

Nancy

Sue T.

Maria

Cheryl

 

Lisa

The team and our GD, Geri, did a great job with this fun technique. 

 I hope you will be inspired and want to play along.  

We would love to see your take on paper piecing!  

You just might be our next Chic of The Week!

Winning  Chic of the Week puts you in the running for the GD spot.  The Chic picked from the January challenges will be invited to join the team as our Guest Designer for the month of March.

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. If you upload to online galleries, please use the keyword or tag, JUGS223. After you post to Linky Tools you may also leave a comment here.  We ♥ love hearing what you think of our challenges!

Deadline to be considered for the "Chic of the Week" is 9:00 PM EST on Thursday, 16th January . The Linky Tools form will close at that time. Our top pick, "Chic of the Week", will be announced on the following Friday morning. Thanks for playing along.  We can't wait to see what you create for 

Just Us Girls!

Chic of the Week # 222

Wow! You crafty people out there! 
 You really out did yourselves this week! 
 We had quite a few participants for our sketch challenge!
  WooHoo!!
  The team and I were all so impressed with everyone's submissions!
As you know we must select a winner....

  I had a really hard time selecting just one winner, 
but in the end I kept looking at this card over and over again!

The Winner is….

Judy V.

Judy's card just made me smile!  I loved those beautiful yellow

flowers and the background to me resembled a trellis!

Really pretty and sure to make anyone's birthday very special!

Judy...please contact me at 

Wer4art@aol.com so I may send you your CHIC of the Week Badge!

Now, don't go to far....because tomorrow my sweet and talented teammate Sharyn 

will be here with a great technique challenge that I know you will love!

Make sure you find time to be creative...it's good for the soul!

Nancy

Sketch Challenge and Special Announcement!

Time for our first challenge of 2014!

Nancy here and I have quite a bit of announcements before we get on

 with this week's Sketch Challenge!

The Just Us Girls team and I would like to welcome.... 

Geraldine Bailly 

 Our Guest Designer this month!

Welcome to Just Us Girls and we look forward to working with you this month!

The team and I would also like to honor someone else today with a Special Badge.

CONGRATS CHRISTINE!

 The JUGS girls are so impressed with your constant enthusiasm and 

consistent weekly contribution to each and every challenge for the past year!

Not only are we thankful for Christine, but all of our
 participants this past year!

Now onto this week's Sketch!

Here is what the talented girls did with this simple yet fun layout!

Geraldine Bailly GD

Nancy

Vicki

Sharyn

 Sue V.

Marisa

Maria

Sue T.

Lisa

 Cheryl

Remember that our Chics of the Week have the chance to be a Guest Designer, so the more you play the more chances you have to be a JUGs Guest Designer!

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. If you upload to online galleries, please use the keyword or tag, JUGS222. After you post to Linky Tools you may also leave a comment here.  We ♥ love hearing what you think of our challenges!

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

Thanks for playing along!
We can't wait to see what you create for Just Us Girls!