Saturday, November 7, 2015

Just Us Girls #318 Word Week challenge!

Hi !  It's Saturday again and that means a new Just Us Girls challenge!  Sue has a fun one for us this week! You can pull out that paper, background stamps or whatever else has sparked in your creative imagination when you hear (READ) her word~ STRIPES! Pretty great, huh?

                              
I thought of my background stamps right away.  I'm waiting for my order of new 'stuff' from MFT which will contain bold diagonal stripes, but I already own the thin diagonal stripes so that's what I went to for my card base.
 I stamped the striped background stamp in Versamark ink on Sahara Sand card stock and heat embossed with clearn embossing powder. The edges of the card are sponged with Sahara Sand.  My Snowman image (Whipper Snapper Designs-Baymont #MY648) is stamped in Archival Black on watercolor paper and colored/watercolored with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens. I cut it out with dies from MFT.  The Watercolored panel is mounted on foam tape.  I used MFT's Handwritten Holidays for my sentiment-stamped in Archival black on Vellum and then clear embossed. I used some glossy accents behind the words so it didn't show when I glued the vellum, but...

the glue showed on the left edge of the card so I white embossed some MFT snowflakes on vellum to cover that up.  I couldn't leave well enough alone and tried to move my main image panel a bit (not centered!!) and stuck my fingers RIGHT INTO WET stickles!! Smeared red all over!! So, I had to use a 2nd snowflake in an effort to cover that boo boo up! You can still see a bit of the mess, so don't look too close, K?
Please check the JUGS BLOG for tons of inspiration!! And join in the challenge by Thursday, Nov. 12 at 9 pm ET! We'd love to see what you create! And, welcome to Louise our Guest DT member for the month!
Warm wishes to you today! Cheryl

8 comments:

Lisa Kind said...

Stickles! I have a love/hate relationship with them! Lol! Your card is adorable! Love that image and of course your coloring! Enjoy your weekend!

Vicki Dutcher said...

Super fun snowman in a hat. Awesome use of stripes

Nancy said...

Love this stamp!!! Love your card Cheryl! Have a great day!

Ina G said...

Love your snowman and coloured beautifully. Those stripes are a great backing. Super cute card Cheryl.

JoAnn said...

Love your card and the adorable snowman. Great job with the stripes background stamp.

Sharyn Polesel said...

Love your beautiful striped background and your sweet snowman...super cute!

Sue VanDeVusse said...

This is awesome! I love the embossed, striped background and that adorable snowman. The design is fantastic.

Marlena M. said...

This is amazing~I love this lil guy!!! Your stripes are perfect~

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