JustRite Inspiration

JustRite Blog Candy Winners & 20% off Spellbinders & JustRIte Dies Sale!!

 

                                             

A huge thank you to everyone who participated, visitied and left comments in the Want 2 Makeit Fabulous Blog Hop!!  We read every comment you left!!  It is so nice to hear from each of you!!

Here are the JustRite Blog Candy Winners -- Each winner wins 2 JustRite Stamp sets of their choice.  Please send your selections to kellief@justritestampers.com.

From JustRite Design Team Members Blog - Angela Barkhouse

Random Integer Generator selected comment # 79

ecclesp said...

Angela, great use of all the products..love all the Spellbinders labels.

September 8, 2011 4:00 PM

JustRite Blog Location #2  was JustRite design team member Stephanie Kraft -

Random org picked #16:

 Images By Jax said...

This. Is. Stunning. I love it! Everything works together. A family of supplies that compliment each other. Perfect!

Wasn't the Blog Hop just amazing!!  We were so blown away by the projects each designer made using products from these 3 Companies that we wanted to do something a little special for everyone not just the 2 Blog Candy Winners!!

We know in this economy household budgets are tight these days and that after the hop you probably have huge wishlist!! Save 20% off on all our JustRite Custom Dies and the 12 Spellbinders Dies  on our website as our way of saying Thank You for joining us on the blog hop! 

The sale includes 2011 Heirloom Ornament Dies & 2010 Heirloom Ornaments Dies
- which coordinate with our cling sets Merry & Bright and Deck the Halls.

 

Note this is our first sale ever on our Custom Die Program!!  Have fun shopping!!

 

Just in case you weren't able to visit all the designers posts for the Want 2 make it Fabulous Blog Hop here is the full link list with direct links to each designs Hop Post so that you can visit them at your leisure for more inspiration.

 Here is the full link list for the entire weeks Want 2 Make it Fabulous Blog hops:

Sept 6th-these are now direct links to each designers Want 2 Make it Fabulous!!

Becca Feeken
Holly Simoni
Julie Overby 
Kazan Clark
Terre Fry 
Karen Taylor
Barb Schram 

Sept 7th - These are now direct links to each designers Want 2 Make it Fabulous hop project
Sharon Harnist
Sherry Cheever
Tonya Dirk
Linda Duke
Kellie Fortin
Christine Emberson
Elise Durenberger
Beth Pingry
Stephanie Kraft
Latisha Yoast

Sept 8th -
These are now direct links to each designers Want 2 Make it Fabulous hop project
Debbie Olson
Shanna Vineyard
Michelle Woerner
Mimi Leinbach
Kimberly Crawford
Judy Hayes
Sankari Wegman
Dana Gustafson
Angela Barkhouse

Sept 9th -These are now direct links to each designers Want 2 Make it Fabulous hop project

Mona Pendleton
Heidi Blankenship
Windy Robinson
Michele Kovack
Tina McDonald
Gloria Stengel
Kathy Jones

Stampers Dream - JustRite Blog Candy Winners

Thank you to everyone who took time to leave comments on each designers blog post.  It really means the world to each of them to hear your feedback on their projects!!

The Three Mystery Blog Locations are:

Becca Feeken ---Family Garden & Fancy Tags Three-  the winner from Becca's Blog is

Random.org picked comment number 109:

Evette K. Ciampo-Stunning card Becca!!!!!! And blog candy to boot. Wow you got me at your fantastic card the candy is a big plus AFTER the card!! Spellbinders and Just Rite are such wonderful products. Would love to win.

 Congratulations Evette!

 

Arlene Cuevas blog had the Stamper's Dream Gift Package

Random.org picked comment number pilcked #11

Beth said...

I don't even know where to begin telling you what I love about this design! Over the top and gorgeous I guess will have to do :D
Hugs,
Beth P

 

Mona Pendleton - You are the Best & Blossom Three  -Random.Org picked #85.

Cherie 85 said...

So beautiful! I love the card!

  

Congratulations Cherie!!

Enjoy your Prizes Ladies!!  And once again Thank You again for taking the time to leave this fabulous group of ladies a little love!! Please send me your shipping information.

Be back tomorrow with the Friday Challenge!! 

JustRite Friday Challenge 050: Spring or Birthday Gift or Envelope

Welcome to another JustRite Friday Challenge!  Before we get started with today's challenge, we promised to announce the winners from our Tuesday Charmed Introduction and Blog Hop Mystery Blog Candy Shopping Sprees, so here they are!  We used Random.org to choose which designers' blogs the winners would be chosen from, and Random.org also chose the winners from those blogs:

From #2 Debbie Olson's blog, winning a $100 JustRite Webstore Shopping Spree: #8,

deb vandersteeg said...
“So very pretty Debbie, love the colors.”

From #3 Sharon Harnist's blog, winning a $75 JustRite Webstore Shopping Spree: #27, 

Kelly Sas said:
“I came here because I fell in LOVE with your bird branch house card. OMGoodness you are so creative! I will certainly be coming here often!”

From #5 Kazan Clark's blog, winning a $50 JustRite Webstore Shopping Spree: #5,

Marlena M. said...
“This is an awesome box you have created. I love JustRite products AND Spellbinder Dies! What a treat to have both go hand in hand. Thank you for your beautiful project.”

Congratulations to all the winners!  Please email me to claim your gift certificates!

Today’s challenge is once again sponsored by Scor-Pal!  If you are not familiar with Scor-Pal (but we bet you ARE!) or have any questions about their products, you can find some general  basics about their fabulous scoring tools HERE and see all the products they carry HERE.

 

Are you ready to hear about this week’s prizes?  Two Grand Prize challenge winners this week will each receive a Scor-Buddy (shown above) with zippered storage pouch and Mini Self-Healing Cutting Mat ($26.95 combined retail value)!

In addition, those two Grand Prize winners will also receive our new JustRite Charmed cling stamp set & Charm custom dies (combined retail value of $44.90), for TWO Grand Prize Packages valued at almost $72!

We will also give away to THREE Honorable Mention winners our new Charmed cling stamp set ($19.95 value)! 

For your chance to win one of these fabulous prize packages, all you need to do is create a project using your JustRite stamps that either has a Spring or Birthday theme, that uses scoring of some type:  You may choose either:

1. A Spring or birthday card with coordinating envelope that you make yourself; OR
2. Spring or birthday gift packaging

To help with your projects, here are some links to various envelope tutorials on the Scor-Pal site:

Customizing envelope for any size of card
Pointed Flap Envelopes
Square Envelopes
Square Enveloboxes (for bulkier cards)
Square Envelosatchels (for contents up to 1/2” thick)
Six Useful Metric Envelopes
CD Envelope/Case
CD Envelope #2
Gift Card Envelope

Here is a complete list of project tutorials on the Scor-Pal site, including tons of packaging option ideas and inspiration:

Scor-Pal Full Project Listing.

For my sample today, I chose to make a 5" square envelope, using these Square Envelope instructions from the Scor-Pal site, and this coordinating 4.50" square birthday card, using our Charmed cling stamp set and 1-5/8" round Birthday Centers:

 

I used my Scor-Pal to score and fold the 5" envelope from an 8" piece of heavy patterned paper.  The nice thing about using double-sided paper is that your envelope automatically has a pretty color-coordinated lining!

 

I also made a pretty "To and From" tag for my envelope, using our new Charmed cling stamp set:

 

My 4.50" square card was made with Spellbinders Scalloped Square Grand Nestabilities (smallest die).  See how nicely our 1-5/8" round Birthday Centers fit inside the Charmed cling stamped heart:

 

You can find a few more design details over on my personal blog, PaperFections.

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{Birthday Card & Envelope designed by Sharon Harnist}
JustRite Stampers: CL-02110 Charmed cling, JB-09225 1-5/8” round Birthday Centers, 1-5/8” Wood Stamper, CL-03505 Acrylic Block Set.
Dies & Punches: JB-08960 JustRite Charm Custom Dies, Spellbinders Classic Circle Nestabilities Sm-die 2, Dahlia, Grand Scalloped Square Nestabilities & Grand Calibur machine.
Paper: Copic X-Press It Blending Card (white), K&Company Carolyn Gavin-Greenhouse, PTI Simply Chartreuse.
Ink: Memento Rose Bud & Pear Tart ink pads,
Accessories: Scor-Pal & Scor Tape, Essentials by Ellen Assorted Doilies, Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Foam Squares, green Prima flower, pink tissue paper, green brads, sewing machine + thread.

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JustRite design team member Angela Barkhouse created this fabulously festive birthday gift box, using a tutorial from the Scor-Pal site.  Please click over to Angela's blog for all the details and a link to the tutorial:

 
 

Barb Schram used our new Charmed cling stamp set and the large heart from our custom Charm dies to create these absolutely darling little gift purses that will hold a Hershey's Kiss!

 

 

I definitely know a couple of little girls (and a big girl!) that would LOVE these!  Be sure to click over to Barb's blog for all the instructions on how to make these!

CHALLENGE  RULES:
You will need to use JustRite stamps on your project and upload it to an online blog, gallery or photo hosting website.  You may make and enter as many different projects as you'd like for our challenges.  You will then need to link to your project back here on our blog post, using the linking system on this challenge post.  Please make certain your link is directly to your project, not just your general blog home page or overall photo gallery, so we can find it easily.  (Links that  are spam, commercial in content, or are not linked properly/directly to your project will be deleted).  If you choose to upload your project to www.Splitcoaststampers.com OR our Flickr gallery, please use the weekly challenge code (example: JRC_050  <== that's an underscore between the letters and numbers) in the keyword section of the Splitcoast project upload page or the tag section of the Flickr gallery.

You will have until Thursday, March 17 at 8:00am Central to make your project and enter a link to it below.  Winners will be chosen and announced later that day (Thursday, March 17) here on the JustRite Inspiration Blog.  Please allow up to 4 weeks for delivery of your prizes.  By entering our challenges, you grant JustRite Stampers permission to use your artwork here on our blog as well as our company website gallery (with designer credit given and your blog post or gallery linked) or any possible advertising. 

We can't wait to see your projects using this technique! 

 
Links:

Flickr Winners 12-20 and Giveaway Winners

Before we announce this week's Flickr winners, we wanted to give you some early Christmas gifts and announce the winners of our recent blog candy giveaways!  Following are the winners for these giveaways:

November 16th's Adorable Dragon giveaway (your favorite Elizabeth Dulemba stamp set) winner is:

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Who is:

55 - Donna Rinckel said...

"They are all so adorable! I've always liked her digital stamps. I think my favorite set is Quiet Moments. I love the little image of the two friends sitting on the branch together. And the sentiments are wonderful!"

And November 17th's Ellie Time giveaway winner is:

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Who is: 

40 - amy johnson said...

"What a sweet set! I love it!"

And last week's December 13 Garden Fairy Seeds and Mini Binder Box giveaway goes to:

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Who is:

35 - stephanie said...

"What a lovely set! I love Elizabeth's stamps. They are amazing and you guys do a wonderful job showcasing them. I have about 100 blogs I bookmark to check on. On average, I look at at least 10-20 blogs a day. I love searching for inspiration and seeing what everyone has done with new and old products. There are some blogs, like JRS, that I visit daily."

Congratulations to everyone!  Please email me your mailing address and we'll get your stamp sets in the mail to you!

Now on to our Flickr winners ... If you shared your JustRite artwork in our Flickr gallery, "JustRite Projects" last week, your project will automatically be added to the weekly pool from which we'll choose three winners' projects to highlight here on our blog AND you'll receive a free JustRite stamp set of your choice!  So, just by sharing what you are already creating with your JustRite stamps, whether it's for one of our challenges or not, you can still be a winner!  You can find more Flickr details by visiting this blog post.

You can click on the hyperlinked names below to be taken to the winner's Flickr upload, which contains more details.  This week's winners are:

1 - maricopastamper (Marge) made the cutest "unassembled snowmen" card by using our 25-point Times New Roman (top 2 lines) and 50-point Myriad Pro fonts (bottom line):

Marge also made the custom sentiment on the inside of her card, using our font:

What a fun, interactive card, Marge!

2 - scrappymama (Peggy) made these gorgeous sparkly holiday cards, using our 3-1/4" Christmas Treasures set:

3 - SWHP007 (Judy Inukai) made this beautiful sympathy card using our large oval Thinking of You set, combined with Spellbinders' Labels 7 die.  Judy says there are four pages in the "book" she created -- so pretty, Judy!

Congratulations, everyone -- thanks for all the wonderful submissions to our gallery this week!  Please email me with the stamp set of your choice, along with your mailing address and we'll get your stamp sets out to you!

We'll be back a little later today and the rest of this week, showing you our December releases, so we hope you'll check back in with us to see some previews of Spring here at JustRite Stampers!

 

Introducing Adorable Dragon, Copic Tutorial & A Giveaway!

Today we are introducing another new JustRite Cling stamp set illustrated by Elizabeth O. Dulemba, Adorable Dragon:

 

He sure lives up to his name -- isn't he adorable?!!  You all have suggested to us that you need more stamp images for children and especially boys, so we hope this cutie will fit the bill!  With the great variety of sentiments included in this set, you'll have birthdays, Valentine's Day, general hello, thinking of you or friendship card giving occasions covered! 

And what about kid's scrapbook pages and teacher's gifts?  This sweet dragon will definitely be popular around our elementary school, as a dragon is their mascot!!  So that's the sample I've prepared for you today, a 6-inch scrapbook page of my youngest daughter at school orientation this year.  It's been our tradition each year to get a photo in front of this dragon that's painted in the front hallway of our school!

 

Here's how I created the texture on Adorable Dragon.  First, I stamped the image onto Copic's X-Press It Blender Card and used my Copic airbrush system to base coat him with YG93:

 

Alternately, you could just color him directly with the marker, but I like how quick the airbrush is!  After airbrushing, I simply removed the YG color from where I didn't want it -- the wings, belly, tail, ears & back spikes, by using the Copic Colorless Blender marker.  You could also mask the areas you don't want airbrushed.  

Next, I experimented with a few different ways to give him some texture.  First, I used the brush end of my Copic Colorless Blender marker to airbrush large dots of the Blender Solution.  I held the marker fairly close to the paper.  This yielded a soft effect (larger splotches):

 

Then I tried adding smaller dots, by just using the tip of the brush end of the Colorless Blender marker (shown above mostly on the tail).  Remember, Colorless Blender Solution/Marker will REMOVE color, so experiment with the intensity by gently touching the marker to the color you wish to remove and then take the marker away and wait a few seconds -- you'll see the color slowly start to remove or "develop".  It's similar to hand developing a photo, only in reverse!  If you don't have the result you'd like at first, apply the marker again until you achieve the result you'd like.

Still experimenting, I wanted to try the effect of small bubble wrap.  So I cut a piece about the same size as the dragon image and spritzed Colorless Blender Solution all over it.  Working quickly, I laid the sprayed bubble wrap onto the dragon image and pressed it:

 

The result was exactly what I was trying to achieve!  The bubble wrap allows the blender solution to remain wet just long enough to create the texture.  Remember this, when you are experimenting with different items to create texture with your Blender Solution ... non-porus items (such as plastic, metal, glass or glazed tile/ceramics) will usually remain wet long enough to accomplish this technique, whereas the alcohol base of the Colorless Blender Solution will evaporate quickly when applied to porus materials, such as most uncoated papers.  So if you want to try the effect of perhaps an embossing folder, use the actual folder and not a piece of paper that's been embossed with the folder.

Remember to apply the Colorless Blender Solution to the areas you want to have the effect FIRST, then color the rest of the image so that those areas you DON'T want to have the texture, won't!

After creating the texture, I cut out the dragon and finished coloring him to match the papers I wanted to use (using the Copic markers listed below).  His wings and tail are highlighted with Buttermilk Copic Atyou Spica Glitter Pen:

 

I made his sign (the school's motto for this year!) by using Times New Roman 25-point font in the center of our 2-3/8" round Wood Stamper and framed it with the rick-rack border from our Stitched With Love set.  These elements were inked separately with VersaMagic Dew Drop ink pads.  Lastly, I used the small heart from the Adorable Dragon cling set to add a pink heart to the sentiment!

Blog Candy Alert -- Today, we'd like to know which ONE of our new 6 cling stamp sets, illustrated by Elizabeth Dulemba, is your favorite -- you can find them all at the top of this page!  Leave a comment on this blog post with your answer by this Friday, November 19 at 9am Central, and if your number is chosen by Random.org, you'll win your favorite stamp set!  We'll be introducing you to Elizabeth's Ellie Time cling set tomorrow on our 12 Weeks of Christmas blog hop, so we hope you'll check back for that! 

 
{Dragon Scrapbook Page designed by Sharon Harnist}
JustRite Stampers®: CL-02060 Adorable Dragon, JB-09730 Stitched With Love, JB-08107 Times New Roman 25-point Font, 2-3/8" round Wood Stamper
Dies: Spellbinders Classic Circle Nestabilities-Lg 3 & 4 dies 
Paper: Copic X-Press It Blender Card, Basic Grey Olivia & Oliver
Ink: Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black; VersaMagic Spanish Olive, Aegean Blue & Pink Petunia Dew Drops
Copic Markers:  YG93 (Olive Trio), Y21 & Y35 (Buttercup Trio), BG72 (Dark Blue Green Trio), 0; Copic Blender Solution
Accessories: Copic Airbrush System, Ranger Mini Mister, foam tape, sewing machine + thread

JustRite's Elizabeth O. Dulemba Stamp Set Giveaway Winners-3 & 4

Announcing the winners of last week's Wednesday & Thursday blog candy giveaways of our new cling stamp sets illustrated by Elizabeth O. Dulemba . . .

Wednesday's giveaway winner, receiving Garden Fairy Wishes and our Mini Binder Box is:

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23 - Carol said...

What a cute gift! I am making cards, scrapbooks, recipe card to add to altered recipe boxes, gift boxes for homemade goodies and whatever my mind can think of and it depends on my time. Maybe a little craft sewing. I better stop now as my list is getting a little scary with only a little over a month to go.

 

Thursday's winner, receiving our In The Moonlight cling stamp set and a set of our 3 Acrylic Blocks is:

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32 - Linda C. said...

Your inspiration garden fairy is a beauty! Love Sharon's card! Boy images w/dogs or frogs, etc. would be fun.

Congratulations, ladies!  Please email us with your mailing address and we'll get your prizes in the mail to you!

Please be sure to check back a little later today for our weekly Flickr winners!

 

JustRite's Elizabeth O. Dulemba Stamp Set Giveaway Winners-1 & 2

Announcing the winners of last week's Monday & Tuesday blog candy giveaways of our new cling stamp sets illustrated by Elizabeth O. Dulemba . . .

Monday's giveaway winners, each receiving our Quiet Moments cling stamp set are (chosen by Random.org):

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126 - Kelly Sas said...

I found Just Rite Stamps at a LSS in the small town in Rock Valley IA where my daughter lives. I fell in love with your stamping system and that was the only place I could find your stamps. So I went on line to look up where else I could get them and found your blog! So glad you are in my life!!!

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94 - kathy s said...

I've been a subscriber to Elizabeth O. Dulembas blog for several months now when i found one of her images from one of her books that I could use for grandchildrens colouring activities. I love her work and her stories are so sweet she is so talented. Love that Just Rite have taken this direction and although i don't have any current stamps I am hoping to get some in the future. these fairies look so cute with soooooo many possibilities

Tuesday's winner, receiving our Bee Ride cling stamp set AND a signed copy of Elizabeth Dulemba's lastest book illustration, The Twelve Days of Christmas in Georgia is:

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43 - Geri Greening said...

I loved to read as a child (and still do) but my all time favorite was "Little Women" with a close second being Robert Munch's "I'll Love You Forever"! These previews are amazing!

Congratulations, ladies!  Please email us with your mailing address and we'll get your prizes in the mail to you!

Please be sure to check back on Monday, when we'll announce the winners of our Wednesday & Thursday giveaways -- you still have time to enter for your chance to win on those blog posts!