Just Us Girls Challenge #723 - Moodboard Week - Today is a Good Day to have a Good Day (Pinkfresh Studio Wildflower Bouquet)

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #723, where our hostess, Vicki, has selected the moodboard, below, as inspiration this week. The images and palette: lovely!

Once again, we're delighted to have Colleen Begley, our April Guest Designer, sharing her talents with us.

Pinkfresh Studio's Wildflower Bouquet marks its debut and, as you can see, I've focused primarily on the colours with a nod to the solo daisy. I'm rather smitten with this collection...

Looking forward to seeing which features of the moodboard catch your eye.

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Color Hues Challenge #85 - Yellow & Pink - Flower Press Celebrate (Concord and 9th)

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Welcome to Colour Hues Challenge #85, where our lovely hostess, Hannelie, invites us to use hues of Yellow and Pink as inspiration for the next two weeks. Definitely a combination to herald the arrival of Spring (although it's snowing here at the moment...). 

I decided to revisit one of my favourite Concord & 9th stencils: Flower Press. The whimsy of the flowers and the simplicity of the stencils make this a double win set. Tried some new Simon Says shades of pink ink and some older Altenew yellows. I think they played nicely together.

The challenge will remain open until April 29th at 9 am!

The winners will be posted an hour before our next challenge and the overall winner will have the opportunity to be a future Guest Designer.

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Just Us Girls Challenge #722 - Word Week - RAIN - You Make It Rain Rainbows (Avery Elle Rainbow)

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #722, where our lovely Lisa has selected RAIN for our Word Week Challenge. Certainly fitting, given our weather of late - and that's fine by me. We need the moisture to stave off forest fires.

We're also delighted to have Colleen Begley joining us as our April Guest Designer.

I haven't played with my Avery Elle rainbow set for ages, so out they came for this challenge. One card quickly became two...

Looking forward to seeing your RAIN-themed cards filling the gallery!

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Playing at AAA Colourful - Colourboard #2 - Happy Birthday Dear Friend Blooming Anemones (Memory Box)

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Popping in quickly with my card for AAA Colourful - Colourboard #2 before I miss the closing date (like I did with their first challenge!).

I LOVE pansies, but don't have any in my stash so...I went with anemones from Memory Box. 

Now, to find some pretty pansy dies to add to my stash! 

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Inkspirational Challenge #313 - Word Prompt - Fold - Just a Note A2 Slider (MCT Watering Can, Tulips and Springtime Papers, A2 Slider - Pinkfresh Studio)

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Welcome to Inkspirational Challenge #313 where our Word Prompt for the next two weeks is FOLD.  As card-makers, 'fold' may be reflected as a fancy fold designed to change up the typical side or top fold style. And...that's 100% totally fine. Fold, however, can also include things like:  folding chairs, a fold in clothing/drapes, something 'folded' around something else (folded in a hug), folded clothes...and so on. As long as a 'fold' is visible (and explained, if need be) on your card/project, we'll be delighted. 

My ability to incorporate a 'fancy fold' into my usual card style is limited because for the life of me, I can't cut/fold straight. Not even a little bit! I need dies and how fortunate that I have the Pinkfresh Studio A2 Slider die in my collection.  

After several trial runs that wound up in the bin (no issue with the die; rather, operator errors and misfires LOL), I landed on this:

Closed view

The watering can, tulips, label shape, sentiment and papers are all from My Creative Time.

Even though this was a challenge for me, I'm not putting the slider die away just yet. More possibilities to explore (and mistakes to correct!).

Looking forward to seeing your fabulous FOLD creativity in the gallery! 

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Just Us Girls Challenge #721 - Color Week - Purple, Orange, Mustard - HB 2 U (Spellbinders Stitched Letters and Numbers)

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #721, where our lovely hostess, Ina, has selected Purple, Orange and Mustard as this week's inspiration.

As this is our first challenge of the month, we're delighted to welcome our April guest designer: Colleen Begley. 

I've had an assortment of Spellbinders stitched letters and numbers for a while now and, for the letters at least, my card marks their debut with this Happy Birthday to You card. A sprig of posies and ta da...another card to add to the stash.

Looking forward to seeing how purple, orange and mustard inspire you.

Also sharing at:

Seize the Birthday #280 - Anything Goes Topping

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Color Hues Challenge #84 - Peach and Green - Just A Note Painted Peony (Concord and 9th, MCT)

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Happy April 1st (already!) and welcome to Colour Hues Challenge #84. Our lovely hostess, Cindy, has selected hues of Peach and Green  - a wonderful combination Spring - as inspiration for the next two weeks.

We're delighted to have Donna joining us for this challenge.

My Concord & 9th Painted Peony stamp and die set is making yet another appearance. I love it! Another floral set that's dazzling in any colour. 

The challenge will be open until April 14th @ 9 AM EST!

The winners will be posted an hour before our next challenge goes live.

The overall winner will have the opportunity to be a

future Guest Designer!

Have Fun!

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