Saturday, October 2, 2010

Just Us Girls Anniversary Celebration

Happy World Cardmaking Day!!! What a fabulous holiday don't you think? Today also marks the ONE YEAR anniversary of JUST US GIRLS Challenges!!! A year already, can you believe it? But it's true and we are loving it and so glad so many others are also loving our challenges!

For the anniversary we have a sketch challenge and blog hop! We also have some amazing prizes from some amazing companies! What you need to do is go on our blog hop. Each DT member will have a letter for you in their post. You need to collect the letters which spell something, then send a mail to the JUGS TEAM with the word it spells and one lucky person will win a great prize package! Be sure to play along with the sketch challenge as well so you will have two entries for the drawing!

Here's a list of generous prizes that have been supplied by some of our favorite stamp companies! Thank you all!

My Time Made Easy - A Secret Surprise Stamp set PLUS In Suspense Template!
Gina K Designs - Fanciful Tags stamp set
Joan's Garden - $25 gift certificate to spend at Joan's store!!
Paper MakeUp Stamps - $25 gift certificate!!
Clear and Simple Stamps - donated the following prize package:
(1) Awareness Darling stamp set
(1) Awareness button mix sampler (includes buttons from I'm a Princess Pink, You're Such a Gray-cious Host, and A Blanc Check color stories) (1) I'm a Princess Pink Ribbon sampler (1 yd) (1) Limited Edition Attitude mini stamp All products are made in the USA, ribbon is double-faced satin, and stamp sets are 100% photopolymer.
WPlus9 - TWO stamp sets of the winner's choice!!!
PixiePetals Etsy - $10 Gift certificate
JustRite Stampers - Homemade Treats and Wood Stamper 2-3/8" with Bonus 25 pt Font set

Now onto to the sketch for today:



Here is what I did with the sketch using an Itty Bitty from Unity:


AND YOUR LETTER FOR THE BLOG HOP IS: R

NOW HOP ON OVER TO THE FABULOUS PAM FOR MORE INSPIRATION AND ANOTHER LETTER!

That's it for now! GO MAKE A CARD TODAY AND ENJOY!



23 comments:

Betty Benton said...

Congratulations on 1 year of a fabulous challenge site! Love your ornaments -- hope everyone does find "the joy" of Christmas this year!

A Little Licht on the Subject... said...

This is such a great card! Love the way the ornaments hang and add the sentiment.

rhonda said...

very pretty! you all have inspired me to start making christmas cards!lol! great job!

Melissa Craig said...

Beautiful card! Fabulous sentiment - for more than just Christmas.

lisa808 said...

Fun Christmas card.

Lisa Kind said...

Love this Maria! That dp is so pretty as are the images! Great job and love how you used the sketch!

Andrea M said...

Wonderful Christmas card Maria!!!! The ornaments are gorgeous :) Great job with the sketch. Happy anniversary! I'm so proud to be a part of this team :)

Gail said...

I think I should make a start on my cards .This is lovely ,I like the fact that you haven't used the usual strong colours associated with Christmas.

scrapperjulia said...

What a great Holiday card,just beautiful!

Monique said...

Congratulations on Just 1 year anniversary :)!! Great Christmas card!!

AKiteFlier said...

So pretty Maria - nice combination of papers and images produces a great holiday card!!! Thanks for being a consistent and talented member of JUGS!!

Debbie said...

Maria, this is absolutely gorgeous! So soft and sweet ... I {heart} everything about it :)

Lisa Petrella said...

Love those sweet little ornaments!!

dee marie said...

Such a pretty Christmas card! Love the ornaments and the dp!!

Mary Anne / MA54K said...

1 year of awesome challenges already! Hard to believe I was here for the beginning. Love this holiday card!

Theresa said...

Great card! I love whatever you did to the paper where you place the holiday balls. Wonderful job!

Carma said...

Love the colors and the dp!

The Other Patti Sue said...

So pretty... perfect Christmas card!

Carla S. said...

Beautiful holiday card, Maria! I love the background and the trio of pretty ornaments!

Shelley said...

Loving your colour choices.

Lee said...

What a fun holiday card design!!

Kathryn B said...

Great use of the sketch Maria! Happy Anniversary!

Rosemary said...

lovely card!

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