JustRite Inspiration

All Boy Mini Album with Valerie Stangle

Good morning.  Welcome to day 1 with guest designer Valerie Stangle.  We are always so excited to have Valerie join us.  Valerie does some amazing masculine project which you will see today.

Here's Val:

Little did I know when this set, All Boy (SW-04520), arrived on my doorstep, that it was going to be the perfect set for so many projects for my soon-to-be grandson.  I knew I wanted to make a mini album/brag book using many of the fun elements of this fabulous set to celebrate this wonderful occasion!

The cover of the book uses the wonderful car silhouette, stamped in rhubarb,  and 2 sentiments from the set.  The Dickens quote is stamped in peanut brittle ink with teal and rhubarb accents. “It’s A Boy!” is stamped in brown ink on a mustard “tab.” Fun colors, patterned papers, die cuts, ribbon and dimension accent the stamped elements on the cover.

The inside cover has the sailboat from the set stamped in peanut brittle with multi-colored sails popped up with dimensional foam.  The chevron pattern stamped in aqua from Pattern Basics (SW-04585) simulates the waves of the ocean. The first blank picture page is simply stamped with a two-toned sentiment from All Boy and a patterned paper strip, embellished with a stapled tab die cut.

Center pages, awaiting future pictures, use two of the border elements, the dotted border and the stitched argyle, from Pattern Basics as well as two more of the super fun sentiments from All Boy. Stapled ribbon embellishments accent each die cut sentiment.

Finally, the back page and back cover are stamped with even more fun sentiments and a cute tugboat image from All Boy riding on chevron “waves.” 

I’m excited to fill this little album with baby pictures and haven’t decided if it will be Gramma’s brag book or a gift for my son.  Decisions, decisions!

 

Supplies:

Stamps: All Boy (SW-04520) and Pattern Basics (SW-04585) by JustRite Clear

Ink: Memento Rhubarb Stalk, Teal Zeal, Peanut Brittle, Desert Sand, Versamagic Aquatic Splash, Versafine Vintage Sepia

Paper: Ivory, Mustard, Pool, Cocoa

Patterned Paper: The Pier Collection by Crate Paper

Dies: Spellbinders Circle, Oval, Rectangle, Square, Scalloped Oval, Scalloped Circle, Labels 8, Creative Page Tabs

Other: K & Co Blank Accordion Book, Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher, Mini paper clip, Striped grosgrain ribbon, Baker’s Twine, Dauber, Sanding block, Dimensional foam

 

 

 

 

Day Two with Guest Designer Marge Robertson

Good morning.  Welcome to Day Two with Guest Designer Marge Robertson.  Today Marge has a really cute birthday card.  For more projects by Marge, visit her blog here.

Here's Marge: 

Thanks for coming by on my second day Guest Designing @ JustRite Papercraft.  I have a fun little birthday card today, which could easily be adapted for a boy or girl depending on color choices and whether you choose to stamp a focal image or use designer paper as I did. Cutting a window in my card added so much more depth, so I chose that option today! As a bonus, this card perfectly fits the current JustRite Friday Challenge #095, so I'll be adding it there.

 

My recipe:

 Step 1: I decided to make this a window card, but if you choose not to, simply center your image on card front, using a centering ruler. Center top to bottom and side to side, place your die (A2 Matting Basics A #2 die -- #1 being smallest) in the center of your card front & die cut;

Step 2: Die cut focal image from DP (A2 Matting Basics A #3); set aside, as we'll adhere it in Step 6;

 Step 3: Die cut 2 largest A2 Locking Loops rectangles in chosen colors; attach smallest to open area using foam tape and largest using 1/8" Scor-Tape;

 Step 4: Die cut banner/bunting and four button shapes from CS using Spellbinders Buntings and Buttons die, then stamp with Buntings and Banners.  Thread buttons with desired fiber, cord, etc. I used crochet thread colored with my ink pad.  Layer banner as shown and add buttons at each end;

 Step 5: Finally, die cut two Spellbinders Ribbon Banners, stamp with desired sentiments and attach sentiment banner @ center bottom with foam tape and buttons.

 Step 6: Adhere your main image to inside, attaching second sentiment banner above focal image.

 

My Ingredients: 

JustRite Stamps: Bunting & Banners

Spellbinders' Compatible Dies: Buntings & Button Dies; Ribbon Banners; A2 Locking Loops; A2 Matting Basics A; A2 Matting Basics B

Papers: Vintage Cream Papertrey Ink CS, October Afternoon's Cakewalk 8x8 Paper Pack; Echo Park's Everyday Eclectic

Inks: VersaColor Old Rose; ColorBox Sunflower

Embellishments/Tools: Grand Calibur; Embroidery Floss; Tim Holtz Centering Ruler; X-Press It Foam Mounting Tape; Scor-Tape 

Hope you’ll stop by tomorrow for my final day as I’ve created a masculine and a feminine card using the same stamp sets/dies – see you then!

Day Three with Guest Designer Kristi Schurr

 Good morning.  Welcome to Day Three with Guest Designer Kristi Schurr.  We would like to say a huge thank you to Kristi for guest designing this week.  Her projects have been amazing!!  To check out more of Kristi's work you can visit her blog - Kristi's Paper Creations.

Here's Kristi: 

Welcome to my final day as guest designer for JustRite Stamps. It has been a thrill to show you how versatile and wonderful JustRite Stamps are. I would like to thank everyone at JustRite for this wonderful opportunity to create with their wonderful products!

My last project is all about the graduate! It’s almost that time of year as the school year winds down. JustRite’s new set, Celebration Labels One and Bracket One, has many options for projects with the graduate in mind.

I made a card and a matching gift bag. The layout is pretty much the same on both, so you can make the card and bag in tandem and mix the sentiments around to your liking.

Here’s how I made the card:

Step 1- Die cut a card base from gold card stock using Spellbinders Labels One die set.

Step 2-Die cut a label out of black card stock using Spellbinders Decorative Labels One. Adhere to card base with foam tape.

Step 3- Die cut label from white card stock using Spellbinders Labels One die set. Emboss and adhere to center of card.

Step 4- Using label stamp from Celebration Labels One and   Bracket One, stamp once on vellum and once on white card stock. Emboss both in gold. Stamp sentiment in center of label stamped on white card stock. Emboss in black. Diecut vellum piece with Spellbinders Label One dies and die cut ONLY center part of the white card stock label with a Spellbinders Standard Circles die.

Step 5- Layer both pieces as shown and adhere to card with foam tape. Add mortar board hat sticker, diploma sticker and star as shown.

For the bag, I layered some black scroll paper over gold card stock and adhered to the bag front. I cut the largest die in the Spellbinders Decorative Labels One set from gold card stock and placed in the middle of the bag front.

I used both label stamps from the Celebration Labels One and   Bracket One set stamping both onto white card stock and embossing both in black.  I embossed the sentiment in gold and die cut it using the matching die from the Antique Tags One custom die set, adhering to the center. I stamped and die cut a border for the bottom edge of the bag using a border stamp from the Celebration Labels One and   Bracket One stamp set. I then die cut it with an A2 Bracket Borders One die.  I wrapped a black satin ribbon around it to conceal the joint and added a gold star to the center of the bow. I randomly added a few gold sequins to the front for a little sparkle.

 Supply List:
JustRite Stamp Set- Celebration Labels One and Bracket One
JustRite Custom Dies- Antique Tags One
Spellbinder Dies-Labels One, Decorative Labels One and A2 Bracket Borders One
Papers: All Card Stock and Patterned Paper-Recollections
Accessories: Hat, Diploma and Star Stickers-Jolee’s, Black Satin Ribbon,White gift bag, MetallicTissue Paper, Sequins-Michael’s

I hope that my projects have inspired you to get in the craft room and make something special for your loved ones. Thank you  for coming along with me!

JustRite Friday Challenge 055: Color

Before we get started with today's JustRite Friday Challenge, we wanted to announce a new addition to our webstore -- more additions to our Copic Sketch marker collections!

Here's what you'll find new:

4 new Trio collections: Hydrangea Trio, Raspberry Trio, Moss Trio, Tahiti Trio

2 new Quad collections: Ivory Quad and Neutral Gray Quad

2 new singles (RV17 and E23) added to 2 Trios, making them Quads: Latte Quad and Red Violet Quad

For a total of:

22 new singles, 4 of which are the new 2011 Sketch colors: RV63, RV66, YG61 and E23

You can find the new color chart (previewed above) to download from our webstore HERE, and you can find the new collections available HERE and singles HERE.  So don't fret if you already had our Latte or Red Violet Trios,  you are still able to add just the new single marker you may be missing, to complete your new Quad -- Enjoy!

Now on to today's JustRite Friday Challenge #055, which is to use this color combination along with JustRite stamps for your project:

A neutral of brown or black may also be used.

Copic color references: B01-Mint Blue, E41-Pearl White (although it appears pinkish in the photo above!), E43-Dull Ivory.
Memento color references: Summer Sky or Bahama Blue, Desert Sand.

Copic and Memento colors are given as reference only and are not required for this challenge (but certainly welcome!).  Please feel free to use any products you wish that closely match the suggested colors.

The grand prize for this challenge will be Marianne Walker's new Shadows & Shading: A Beginner's Guide ($14.95 retail value) and TEN (10) Copic Sketch marker colors of your choice ($57.50 retail value), for a total combined retail value of $72.45!

THREE honorable mention winners will receive Marianne Walker's new Shadows & Shading: A Beginner's Guide ($14.95 retail value) and our new Butterfly Garden set!

 

For my challenge sample, I used Butterfly Garden and Copic colors from our new Tahiti Trio and Ivory Quad:

  

I made a 'Countdown to Summer' or until 'School is Out' (or until Father's Day!) calendar for my kids:

I stamped the sentiment center from Butterfly Garden with Memento Rich Cocoa ink onto ivory cardstock, die cut it, and then airbrushed the center with Copic B01-Mint Blue while the cardstock was still in the die.

The outer rim of the scalloped border stamp was colored with Copic E43-Dull Ivory, which perfectly matched the kraft cardstock I used!  The border was then glittered with Star Dust Stickles. 

The pearls accenting the punched butterflies were colored with Copic B04 marker.  I used Memento Desert Sand ink and a Jumbo Dauber to sponge the edges of my die cut image, as well as on the blue cardstock die cuts, to age them a bit.

For the flat marble pebble magnet marking the last day of school, I stamped one of the butterfly centers from Butterfly Garden, colored it and cut it out.  Then I adhered it to some printed word paper and glued it to the bottom of the pebble.  Magnets were attached to the back of the calendar and back of the pebble, so they can be used on the refrigerator and the pebble moved to count down the days until school is out!

The 8-1/2" x 11" calendar I computer generated myself, printed onto ivory cardstock, and is available as a free download HERE.

I also found these samples in our By The Sea Gallery that fit this challenge, to give you a little more inspiration.  Remember, we keep updated galleries on each of our stamp sets in our Design Gallery, so you can always visit there and find instant inspiration!  Or if you don't remember where you saw a specific example, try checking the gallery!

Jeanne Streiff made this fabulous beach scene masculine card (click on hyperlinked names to find full details of each project):

And I (Sharon Harnist) made this photo card with a border from By The Sea:

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_055  <== 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 Wednesday, May 25 at 8:00 PM Central to make your project and enter a link to it below.  Winners will be chosen and announced the next day (Thursday, May 26) 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 all of your color challenge projects -- please note the new deadline date and time! 

 
{Butterfly Garden Carlendar}
JustRite Stampers: JB-09915 Butterfly Garden, 3-1/4" Wood Stamper,
Dies & Punches: Spellbinders Classic Circle Nestabilities, Fleur de Lis Motifs, Floral Doily Accents, Grand Calibur; Martha Stewart Butterfly punch
Paper: 7 Gypsies Conservatory 6x6 patterned paper; Neenah Natural White cardstock, Gina K Designs Kraft & Ocean Mist cardstock
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Rich Cocoa & Desert Sand
Copic Markers: B01 (airbrushed sentiment center), B04 (pearls), E41, E42, E43 (butterfly pebble & sentiment border)
Accessories: Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber, Copic Airbrush System + Air Compressor, Ranger Star Dust Stickles & Glossy Accents, flat marble, magnet, foam tape, Sharon's free downloadable Countdown Calendar,

Links:

Introducing JustRite Cling-You Are the Best

Today we are introducing You are the Best JustRite Cling -- our first cling set that can be used for masculine projects and teacher gifts:

The award ribbon matches Spellbinders Blossoms Three die set, which you can purchase in our webstore:

The long pennant/banner stamps in this set also match with dies from Spellbinders Regular & Lacey Pennants.

These JustRite design team members have projects with this set to share today. Please click on their hyperlinked names, to be taken to their blog posts with full design details:

Sharon Harnist used both sizes of the award stamp from this set (die cut with Blossoms Three dies), along with the larger pennant stamp for her bright & cheery Teacher Appreciation gift jar:

Mona Pendleton designed this fabulous Father's Day gift bag and card, using cork as a base layer to her Blossoms Three die cuts accenting the award ribbons in a great masculine color scheme!  Mona also used both sizes of the award "blossom" -- large on the gift bag and small on the card:

Barb Schram is always so clever!!  She created a vintage baseball shirt card with a great message for Father's Day.  She used the Award Ribbon Element from this set on both the outside of her card... 

 
 
. . . and  the inside of her card, too!!

 

Just fabulous Barb!!!

Angela Barkhouse created this cute Father's Day BBQ apron gift box, customizing the pennant pieces with JustRite Font and die cutting some sentiments from the set with our Charm Dies:

Sankari Wegman designed this fabulous Congratulations card for a dear friend's wedding -- so many different looks and uses for this stamp set!

 

Heidi Blankenship used the award ribbon element to create these gorgeous flowers for her FAB card!!

What great inspiration again from our design team!  Be sure to stop by their blogs to let them know how much you enjoyed their projects. We'll be back tomorrow for our final May Release reveal!

Introducing Just Ducky, Custom Dies & December Sales!

We have several announcements today, beginning with:

Our JustRite Custom Dies are now in stock & shipping!  You can find both sets HERE.

 

And to celebrate the release of our Custom Dies, there's no better holiday gift than a sale on our Nested Frames & Nested Sentiment stamps that coordinate with our new dies!

 

Here are all of the great JustRite Original stamp sets that are on sale this month:

JB 09250   Christmas Nested Frames
JB 09255   Christmas Nested Sentiments and Verse
JB-09235 Wedding Nested Sentiments & Verse
JB-09240 Give Thanks Nested Frames
JB-09220 Friendship Nested Sentiments & Verse
JB-09805 Sympathy Nested Sentiments & Verse
JB-09200 Baroque Nested Frames
JB-09800 Nature Nested Sentiments & Verse
JB-09205 Victorian Nested Frames
JB-09210 All Occasion Nested Sentiments & Verse
JB-09215 Cherish the Memories Nested Sentiments

To go with those Nested Frames & Sentiment stamps, our Clear Horizontal Set of 2 Stampers that are used with the above stamps are on sale 20% off!

And we have a formal introduction of another new Elizabeth Dulemba cling stamp set, Just Ducky:

 

As you can see, this set will be perfect for kid's birthdays, Valentine's Day, Easter, general love, or just a great "you make me smile" note for a friend or for your child's lunch box/backpack!

For a little inspiration, I have a project today that combines all three of these items: our Custom Dies, Nested Sentiments and Just Ducky used for a baby shower gift wrap and card:

 

I made the gift wrap by stamping the duck onto 11" x 17" copy paper:

 

And then coloring it with the Copic markers listed below.  For the card, I stamped the duck onto Copic X-Press It Blending Card and colored it with the same Copic markers and accented the bows with Star Dust Stickles.  I die cut it with Spellbinders Large Scalloped Rectangle Nestabilities-Sm (largest die) and while the duck was still in the die, airbrushed BG000 Copic marker:

 

A card base was die cut from blue cardstock with the largest Large Scalloped Rectangle Nestabilities-Lg die and the duck panel adhered to it.  The "Just for You" sentiment is from our All Occasion Nested Sentiments and it was die cut with the tag die from our Custom Dies-Nested Frames.  The tag frame was sponged with Pear Tart Memento ink and accented with rhinestones.

JustRite design team member, Barb Schram, has this adorable 2-year old's birthday card to share -- click on Barb's hyperlinked name above to get all the details on how she created her just duckie card!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

.

And the sales continue for December . . . we're trying to make your holiday shopping as easy as possible!

 Cling Promotion:

CL-09300 Mini Binder Box  50% OFF SALE  $4.98
CL-02000 Hangin' Around - Cling 25% OFF SALE  $14.96
CL-02035 A Day in the Country - Cling 25% OFF SALE  $14.96

* * Free shipping for all U.S. consumer orders with a $50.00 purchase through December 30 * *

 
{Baby Gift Card & Wrap designed by Sharon Harnist}
JustRite Stamps: CL-02015 Just Ducky,  JB-09210 All Occasion Nested Sentiments,
Dies & Punches: JB-08950 JustRite/Spellbinders Custom Dies-Nested Frames, Spellbinders Large Scalloped Rectangle Nestabilities-Lg & Sm
Paper:  Copic X-Press It Blending Card, 11" x 17" white copy paper, baby blue cardstock
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black & Pear Tart
Copic Markers: BG000 (airbrushed background), B000, B32, Y13, Y17, YG03, YG13, C0
Accessories: Tsukineko Sponge Dauber, May Arts light blue silk ribbon, Ranger Star Dust Stickles, KaiserCraft rhinestones, foam tape.

JustRite 12 Weeks of Christmas Blog Hop 11 - Introducing Ellie Time & A Giveaway!

Before we get started on our Christmas Hop today, we wanted to introduce another one of our new cling stamp sets illustrated by Elizabeth O. Dulemba, Ellie Time:

Aren't Ellie and his little mouse friend adorable?!!  All of the accessory stamps in this set are designed to fit in Ellie's hands!  While the set is geared a little more towards kid's birthdays and Valentine's Day or love, I've used this set geared towards the holidays for my Christmas Blog Hop project today, so please read on for the details AND for a giveaway!

Welcome to the 11th week of JustRite Stampers’  Wednesday feature, 12 Weeks of Christmas Blog Hops!  Every Wednesday up until Thanksgiving some of your favorite designers will be joining some of the JustRite design team for a series of Christmas blog hops, showcasing JustRite’s entire Christmas Collection of stamps!  Don’t forget that JustRite has some Christmas stamps in our newly released CLING line of stamp sets, too -- you can find them HERE.  This week, the designers joining the JustRite design team are the Stampers Dream design team and a few other special guests!

For the month of November, we thought we would switch gears a little and throw in some holiday gift ideas using JustRite stamps, so be watching for those, too, on November’s hops!  And in celebration of JustRite’s Christmas Blog Hops, we have a huge surprise for you -- take 25% off All JustRite Original Christmas Stamps now through November 29, with free shipping within the U.S. on orders over $50 -- Don't forget to tell Santa!

Here's my blog hop project using Ellie Time:

 

Oh my word -- I had such a fun time making this 6-inch door hanger / wall hanging -- I was giggling the whole time!!  I'm in love with sweet Ellie and today his mouse friend is helping him decorate his Christmas tree!  I stamped Ellie on Copic's X-Press It Blending Card and colored him with all the W-family markers shown below:

 

Ellie & mouse were both cut out and raised on foam tape over the Spellbinders Nested Pine tree.  Ellie's vest was paper pieced from coordinating Basic Grey Jovial paper.  The tree is decorated with a retired Spellbinders die, Holly & Lights.  The gift under the tree is from the Ellie Time stamp set.

 

The Merry & Bright sign was made with JustRite's Christmas Nested Sentiments set which is part of the JustRite Original Christmas stamp sets that are on sale 25% off until November 29!  I die cut the sentiment and frame with JustRite's new custom Nested Sentiment Dies.

The 6-inch background paper's corners were rounded and mounted to a piece of Craft-a-Board, for sturdiness, and red satin ribbon tied through the holes to make this a door hanger or wall hanging.

Please visit these designers’ blogs to see what fabulous JustRite Christmas inspiration they have for you on the hop today, starting off at Beate's blog -- she has a fabulous video tutorial featuring our new acrylic blocks and our Sparky The Snowman cling set!

Beate Johns  
Debbie Olson  
Michelle Rodgers 
Sankari Wegman 
Tosha Leyendekker 
Kazan Clark 
Lori Craig 
Amy Sheffer 
Stephanie Kraft 
Denise Marzec 
Michele Kovack 
Carolyn King 
Barb Schram 
Jenn Balcer 
Cindy Lawrence 
Angela Barkhouse 
Christina Fischer 
Heidi Blankenship 
Mariana Grigsby 
Terre Fry 
Teresa Kline 

Blog Candy Alert -- Would you like to win this sweet Ellie Time JustRite cling stamp set?  If so, just leave a comment on this blog post.  You have until this Friday, November 19 at 9am Central, and if your number is chosen by Random.org, you'll win Ellie Time! 

Thanks for joining us today!  Please be sure to check back tomorrow, when the JustRite Blog will be Holiday Hoppin' with Spellbinders!

{Ellie Time Christmas designed by Sharon Harnist}
JustRite Stampers®: CL-02005 Ellie Time, JB-09255 Christmas Nested Sentiments,
Dies: JustRite Custom Dies JB-08955 Nested Sentiment dies; Spellbinders Nested Pine Tree, Holly & Lights (retired)
Paper: Copic X-Press It Blender Card, Neenah Natural White cardstock, Basic Grey Jovial 6x6
Ink: Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black, Rhubarb Stalk & Cottage Ivy; Ranger Antique Linen Distress Ink
Copic Markers:  Shown above
Accessories: Essentials by Ellen Craft-a-Board, Crop-a-Dile & Corner Chomper, KaiserCraft rhinestone, red satin ribbon, Ranger Star Dust Stickles, foam tape

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

Witch Way to the Holiday Cheer Sale?

Right over here!  Have you seen our new store home page?  Just in time for your Holiday card making, we are running a special promotion on two of our favorite sets -- Witch Way To The Treats and Holiday Cheer:

  

Receive a FREE 1-3/16" wood stamper with the purchase of either our Witch Way To The Treats or Holiday Cheer stamp sets -- good until October 31st!

 


What a handy gift these sets would make (even for yourself!) -- stamp set, complete with wood stamper!  Great for teacher gifts, school raffle baskets, friend's birthdays, stocking stuffers, or a wonderful idea for the new (maybe teen?) stamper!

Also, we are sponsoring this week's prize package over at The Shabby Tea Room challenge blog.  You can find full details about the challenge by visiting their blog post here.  Here's the prize package you could win, by entering their challenge -- our Christmas Nested Frames, Christmas Nested Sentiments and Clear Horizontal stamper set -- a $53.85 value!

 
 
You are not required to use JustRite stamps in The Shabby Tea Room challenge, so if you don't have any of our stamps, this would be a great opportunity to win some!

 

JustRite Friday Challenge 033: Sketch

Before we get started with today's JustRite Friday Challenge #033, we want you to know that we will begin resuming our weekly Flickr contest, beginning September 6th!  You can read all about the Flickr contest HERE.  So that will give you time to upload this week's Friday Challenge contest entries (or any other JustRite projects!) to our Flickr gallery, for an additional chance to win a free stamp set of your choice!

Now on to this week's Friday Challenge, which is to use this sketch for your project inspiration:

 

The flower represents any kind of embellishment you'd like to use.  Here's my sample wall hanging (measuring 6-inches square), using Witch Way to the Treats and our new Myriad Pro 50-point font:

 
  
I stamped the witch, Boo and ghost images with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto Inchie Arts Ivory Inchie Squares and then colored the squares with Copic markers G82, Y21, and BV11 to match Cosmo Cricket's new Matilda papers.

 

Then I created the "Happy Halloween" sentiment with Myriad Pro font and stamped it with white pigment ink onto the patterned papers.

These JustRite design team members also have sketch samples to share with you today:

Angela Barkhouse created this adorable holiday card, using our Holiday Cheer stamp set:

 

Sankari Wegman has this fabulous Christmas Ornament card to share:

And Becca Feeken made this gorgeous Christmas card using Whimsical Christmas:

 

This week's grand prize will be a $50 JustRite gift certificate.  Honorable Mentions will each receive a  $20 JustRite gift certificate!

CHALLENGE  RULES:
You will need to use JustRite products for 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.  (Please see our blog post HERE for important information about our gallery on Flickr, how to upload to it, and another opportunity to win some JustRite products!).

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_033  <== 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 next Thursday, September 2 at 9am Central to make your project and enter a link to it below.  Then the winners will be chosen and announced a little later that day here on the JustRite Inspiration Blog.  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 sketch projects!  Please note -- you may make and enter as many projects as you'd like for any of our challenges ... good luck!

 
{Halloween Wall Hanging designed by Sharon Harnist}
JustRite Stampers®: JB-08670 Witch Way to the Treats, JB-08097 Myriad Pro-50 point font
Dies & Punches: Spellbinders Big Scalloped Border Petites; Martha Stewart Picket Fence Edger Punch
Paper: Cosmo Cricket Matilda Mini Deck
Ink: Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black
Copic© Markers: G82, Y21, BV11
Accessories: Essentials by Ellen Craft-a-Board, Inchie Arts White Inchie Squares (matboard), black satin & gingham ribbons, Bow Easy, Crop-A-Dile & CAD Corner Chomper

Links: 

JustRite Friday Challenge 031: Back-to-School, Sponsored by Spellbinders

Before we get started with today's challenge, we wanted to share a special surprise with you, our loyal blog readers!

 

We are giving away our 80-page 2010 Catalog & Idea Book absolutely FREE to you!  Simply visit our website and place an order for our catalog.  During checkout, use this coupon code:  IDEAS811 in the box marked promotional code and the catalog is yours absolutely free -- we will even pay the shipping for the catalog (shipping offer applies to USA only)! Coupon code expires on August 31st!   Once again, a huge thank you for making us a regular part of your day!

This week's challenge, sponsored by Spellbinders, is to create something back-to-school related.  It's right around the corner -- in fact, we have meet the teacher nights next week in our district, have already been busy purchasing school supplies, and school starts August 23rd!  

Your project can be a first day of school scrapbook page (already prepped and ready for that photo!), card or gift for meeting the new teacher, or something to help YOU (or a parent, grandparent, neighbor) get through the school year a little better organized!  Here are is sample, using All Occasion Nested Sentiments:

 

To make the banner sentiment, I added the word "teacher" from JustRite's 1-5/8" round What's Cookin' set to the end of the "Just for You" All Occasion sentiment right on my Clear Horizontal Stamper:

 

I masked the "treats" part of the teacher sentiment that I didn't want to use and just inked the rest of the words with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  After stamping the sentiment, I hand trimmed it into the banner shape and inked the edges with Memento Desert Sand ink.

 

I added the banner and a die cut leaf to Spellbinders Nested Apples die cut and sanded the embossed edges to reveal the paper's white core a little.

JustRite design team member, Angela Barkhouse, has this wonderful teacher trio giftset as inspiration for today's challenge.  Click on over to Angela's blog for the full details:

 

This week's challenge winner will receive this duo of Spellbinders dies (Small Classic Inverted Scalloped Squares & Small Classic Inverted Scalloped Circles Nestabilities die sets):

 

Three Honorable Mentions will each receive one of these Spellbinders die sets: (Jumbo Scalloped Border Petites Borderabilities, Large Scalloped Octagons Nestabilities, Lotus Border Petites Borderabilities):

CHALLENGE  RULES:
You will need to use JustRite products for your project and upload it to an online blog, gallery or photo hosting website.  (Please see our blog post HERE for important information about our gallery on Flickr, how to upload to it, and another opportunity to win some JustRite products!).

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_031  <== 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 next Thursday, August 19 at 9am Central to make your project and enter a link to it below.  Then the winners will be chosen and announced a little later that day here on the JustRite Inspiration Blog.  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 back-to-school projects!  Be sure to come back and check the links below, as some of the Spellbinders design team members, as well as some JustRite design team members will be sharing links to their back-to-school projects, too!

 
JustRite Stampers®: JB-09210 All Occasion Nested Sentiments, JB-08695 What's Cookin', JB-09520 Clear Horizontal Stamper
Dies & Punches: Spellbinders Nested Apples Shapeabilities; Fiskars Apron Lace border punch
Paper: October Afternoon Report Card 8x8; Neenah Classic Crest Natural White
Ink: Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black & Desert Sand
Accessories: Sanding block, sponge, foam tape, sewing machine + thread

Links:

JustRite Friday Challenge 028, Sponsored by Copic: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

This week's Friday Challenge #028 A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words, sponsored by Copic, is to use a photo on your card combined with JustRite stamps, to make a one-of-a-kind greeting card!  Alternatively, you may also make a scrapbook page since the logistics are virtually the same!  You might want to use this challenge as an additional opportunity to work out a family photo Christmas card design, too!

Since we just returned from a fabulous beach vacation I have plenty of wonderful photos I want to use, so here's my sample using JustRite's large oval By The Sea set:

 

I thought this would make a nice little love note to my girls!  I started by printing my photo at 3.50" x 5", trimmed it with a Victorian/deckled blade, then mounted it to a standard A2 sized (4.25" x 5.50") card base of kraft cardstock.

The oval photo frame, which says "If you want to know how much I love you, count the waves" was stamped with Cocoa ink onto Natural White cardstock and die cut with Spellbinders Classic Oval Nestabilities dies.  While the cardstock was still in the die, I airbrushed the frame with Copic B01 marker, to match the gorgeous Caribbean water: 

 

The shells on the frame were colored with Copic E01 marker.  The frame was popped up on foam tape over the photo and tied with some ribbon & twine.

The seashell embellishment at the bottom of the photo was made by punching kraft cardstock with Martha Stewart's shell border punch.  The scallop shells were enhanced with Copic E02 marker:

 

And there you have a very quick and easy photo greeting card!

 

The challenge winner this week will receive a set of 12 Copic Ciao markers (colors may vary from photo), compliments of the North American distributor of Copic markers, Imagination International, Inc.  Thanks, Copic!

 
And three Honorable Mention winners will each receive a $15 JustRite gift certificate!

CHALLENGE  RULES:
You will need to use JustRite products for your project and upload it to an online blog, gallery or photo hosting website.  (Please see our blog post HERE for important information about our gallery on Flickr, how to upload to it, and another opportunity to win some JustRite products!).

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_028  <== 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 next Thursday, July 29 by midnight Central to make your project and enter a link to it below.  Then the winners will be chosen and announced a little later that day here on the JustRite Inspiration Blog.  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 photo cards!  Please note that you'll have a little longer this week to play along in our challenge -- until midnight Central next Thursday night, as we'll just be returning from the Craft & Hobby show then and won't be able to announce the winners of this challenge until sometime Friday, July 30th.

 
JustRite Stampers®: JB-09755 By The Sea and JB-08119 Large Oval Wood Stamper
Dies & Punches: Spellbinders Classic Oval Nestabilities Lg-3 & Sm-5; Martha Stewart shell border punch
Paper: Memory Box-Kraft, Neenah Classic Crest-Natural White
Ink: Tsukineko Memento Rich Cocoa ink pad, Copic markers-E02 & B01
Accessories: Copic Airbrush System, Marvy Paper Trimming Buddy w/Victorian blade, foam tape, sponge, Cute photo of kids!

Links: 

Witch Way To The Treats brought out of retirement and now in stock!

By popular demand our Witch Way To The Treats 1-3/16" stamp set is back in stock!  You all made it loud and clear this was one of your favorite stamp sets last year, so we decided to bring it back for your Halloween & Fall fun cards, projects, treats & scrapbook pages this year!  Here are the 10 images (10 separate borders & 10 centers) you'll receive in this set:

 

Here's a project I made with this set for our 2010 Catalog & Idea Book:

 

I had fun coloring the images with Copic markers and punching them out to make cute, quick tags for these Martha Stewart test tube treats! Here are some close-ups of the tags:

 

All of the images above started out being stamped on white cardstock, with all the coloring being added with the Copic markers (colors listed below) ... a fun way to customize these stamps to match any kind of project you are making! 

This stamp set also lends itself nicely to one-color silhouette stamping, as shown in my second sample:

 

Stamped in black ink on colored cardstock, the images were punched out and added to the Spellbinders Long Scalloped Rectangle Nestabilities die cut with foam tape, for a quick and easy classic Halloween card!

This stamp set is back in stock at our store right now and can be ordered HERE!

 
{Test Tube Treats designed by Sharon Harnist}
JustRite Stampers®: JB-08670 Witch Way To The Treats, JB-08400 1-3/16" Wood Stamper
Dies & Punches: EK Success 1” and 1-3/8” circle punches, 1-1/2” scalloped circle punch
Paper: K & Company Halloween 12x12 Specialty Paper Pad; WorldWin ColorMates Dark Lovely Lilac cardstock; Papertrey Ink True Black cardstock; Neenah Classic Crest Natural White cardstock
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad; Copic markers: YG01, YG03, YG63, V12, V15, Y11, Y15, YR01, YR04, E31, E33, W1
Accessories: Martha Stewart Test Tube Favors; Stampin’ Up! Black grosgrain ribbon; green & purple jelly beans, candy corn

{Halloween Card designed by Sharon Harnist}
JustRite Stampers®: JB-08670 Witch Way To The Treats, JB-08400 1-3/16" Wood Stamper
Dies & Punches: Spellbinders Nestabilities Long Scalloped Rectangle-Sm Die 4, EK Success 1-3/8" circle punch
Paper: Cosmo Cricket Haunted-Gothic patterned paper; WorldWin ColorMates Dark Lovely Lilac and Dark Peaches & Cream cardstock, Memory Box Licorice notecard
Ink: ColorBox Black Pigment Brush ink pad
Accessories: Papertrey Ink Plum Pudding wide grosgrain ribbon & True Black Vintage Buttons, X-Press It Foam Tape

 

JustRite Friday Challenge 018: Kid Time Sponsored by Spellbinders

This week's Friday Challenge #018 has been taken over by the kids and is sponsored by Spellbinders!  For your chance to win some Spellbinders dies & templates, we want to see what you can create for kids -- whether they are your own kids, neighbor kids, grandkids, nieces/nephews, or maybe even something to donate to the kid's wing of your local hospital -- we want to see your kid gifts, encouragement notes, birthday cards, special treats, or scrapbook pages of kids!

Here are a few jumping off points for you to consider:

Of course our new Let's Celebrate set is a perfect choice for kid's cards, but you can also find whimsical sentiments or images great for kids in these stamp sets, too:

Favorite Occasions, Tiny Words, Just A Note (Dream Big, Make a Wish).  The sailboat from By The Sea would make a great boy's birthday card or wonderful accents on beach scrapbook pages for the kids.  And any of our floral images would make wonderful cards for girls!  The shopping/shoes & purse images, and "Just Divas" sentiment from our Girl Time set (on sale this month!) make darling cards or scrapbook accents for girls, too!

Our large cupcake center with bonus 25-point font is another great choice for kid's birthday cards, as well as the "Birthday Girl" sentiment from our Birthday Wishes set (also on sale this month!).

Even Romantic Sentiments (Thank you for being my sunshine every day!), Seeds of Kindness (You make me smile, Bloom where you are planted), Loving Thoughts (Sending you a bucket full of kisses) can work well on encouraging cards for kids, when combined with bright colors & fun papers! 

JustRite design team member, Angela Barkhouse, created this fun kid's birthday card using our Let's Celebrate set:

 

And Michelle Wooderson created this fabulous kid's birthday card using Let's Celebrate:

 

My samples also use our new Let's Celebrate set:

 

I made these 2" x 1.75" refrigerator magnetic clips to keep track of each of my kids' mounds of important school papers (I'm sure some of you have this, too?!!).  This way, they're in plain sight and not forgotten or in the way where something can get spilled on them!  Here's what the magnetic clips look like before embellishing -- they have very large & strong magnets on the back and I found them at Staples Office Supply:

 

I stamped the images with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto Neenah Natural White cardstock and colored them with these Copic markers:

 

I used JustRite's 25-point Times New Roman Uppercase font to spell out my girls' names and then die cut them with Spellbinders Tiny Tags die.  I adhered the patterned papers and images to the clips using my Xyron.  A little bling and ribbon finish them up!

CHALLENGE  RULES:
You will need to use JustRite products for your project and upload it to an online blog, gallery or photo hosting website.  (Please see our blog post HERE for important information about our gallery on Flickr, how to upload to it, and another opportunity to win some JustRite products!).

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_018  <== 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 next Thursday, May 20th at 9am Central to make your project and enter a link to it below.  Then the winners will be chosen and announced a little later that day here on the JustRite Inspiration Blog.  By entering our challenges, you grant JustRite Stampers permission to use your artwork here on our blog as well as any possible advertising. 

This week's challenge winner will receive these Spellbinders Nestabilities dies (Big Scalloped Circles-Lg & Labels 12):

 

Honorable Mentions will receive these Spellbinders Impressabilities templates (Flourish & Circles):

 

We can't wait to see all your kid projects!

 
JustRite Stamps: JB-09765 Let's Celebrate, JB-08060 Times New Roman Uppercase Font
Dies & Punches: Spellbinders Tiny Tags
Paper: -- patterned paper, Neenah Natural White cardstock
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Ranger Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink, Copic markers (shown above)
Accessories: Staples magnetic clips, ribbon, Hero Arts Sparkle Gems, Xyron