JustRite Inspiration

JustRite Friday Challenge 061: Get Scrappy!

Time for another JustRite Friday Challenge and this week we will help you clear off your desk, by using any of those leftover scraps or half used pieces of patterned paper from other projects!  (But if you don’t have any scraps, keep reading below!)  At least I hope you are something like me and your desk or stamp/crafting area looks a little like mine -- see that pile of scraps and ribbon over on the left?!!

Ha!!  I found enough supplies already die cut AND stamped laying on my desk, including a card base, to make this card (all supplies are listed below):

Like I tell my husband all the time -- you see, I KNEW I was saving all that stuff for a reason!  :)  It was so much fun to put this card together -- I hope you’ll join me in this challenge and dig through your scrap drawer to find those great pieces that, combined with your JustRite stamps, will cheer someone’s day.  Whether it’s a greeting card, scrap page, recipe card, or home decor project -- feel free to make anything you’d like!  Of course, if you don’t have any previously stamped JustRite images like I did, please feel free to stamp new ones.  And don’t stress . . . if you simply don’t have any scraps, how about using some older items that you haven’t used in a while and give them some new love!

The grand prize for this challenge will win a $75 shopping spree in the JustRite webstore!

THREE honorable mention winners will each receive a $40 JustRite shopping spree!

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_061  <== 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, November 2 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, November 3) 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 scrappy projects!

{Just Because Card designed by Sharon Harnist}:
Stamps: JustRite Original Interlocking JB-09835 2” Round You’re So Sweet, JB-08405 2” Wood Stamper,
Dies: Spellbinders Classic Circle & Petite Scalloped Circle Nestabilities, Twisted Metal Tags & Accents, and Peony dies; Grand Calibur die cutting machine.  Sizzix Bigz 3D Flowers die.
Paper: GKD Passionate Pink & White cardstock; My Mind’s Eye Lost & Found-Blush 6x6 (dotted strip); Echo Park Victoria Gardens 6x6 (Twisted Metal die cut)
Ink: Memento Rose Bud
Accessories: Pink & green felt, foam tape

Links: 

You Are My Anchor

 Welcome to Day Two of the JustRite June Release.  Today we are debuting You are My Anchor a 2" Rd set that is perfect for Masculine Cards.  I love the sentiments in this set  - they are perfect for cards for all the wonderful people who have impacted our lives (male or female).  The set would be wonderful for Birthday Cards, Graduation Cards, Gratitude Cards and Father's Day Cards .

 

Kathy Jones created this FAB masculine card using Fancy Tags Three to frame her image.  Love how she colored the world!

 
 Becca Feeken  layered  vintage postcard elements , ribbon and lace to create her stunning card using  You are My Anchor.

 

 Stephanie Kraft's beautiful card with all it's stitching is a great gender neutral Nautical Birthday Card.

 
 

Mona Pendleton created this FAB Shabby Chic Card Romantic Card using this beautiful map paper.  Love how she crimped her craft mat and distressed that layer with paint. 
 

 

Michele Kovack created this fun sailboat shaped card using a cricut cartridges. What a fun Birthday Card!

 

Barb Schram  instantly fell in love with this set. Barb used Labels Sixteen to mat and Frame the compass image .  I am sure you will be seeing lots of projects with this set on her blog. 

 
 

Heidi Blankenship  found the perfect paper in the My Mind's Eye 12 x 12 Kraft Cardstock Paper Pad to compliment her JustRite stamped image from You are My Anchor.

 

Angela Barkhouse created this awesome scrapbook page to celebrate her Wedding Anniversary using 3 images from the You are My Anchor set and a bit of JustRite Font  to title her page. For all the details visit her blog.

 

Kellie Fortin 's played with the design elements on the DCWV Paper to create her masculine card.  She used the Fleur de Lis Doily Accents to highlight her stamped image.

 

Stop back in tomorrow - to see the first Christmas Cling Set in our June Release 

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 JustRite Original-Sending You Sunshine

Today we are introducing JustRite Original Ribbed 2" Round, Sending You Sunshine:

These 2-inch centers fit beautifully into the round frame of Spellbinders new Fancy Tags Three die (see Debbie Olson's sample below), which we have in stock at our webstore and shipping:

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 is embracing life with some beautifully die cut layers accenting the center on her card:

Debbie Olson used Spellbinders Fancy Tags Three to frame her pretty pink and pearly Mother's Day bouquet:

Michele Kovack has two gorgeous samples of this set to share, first with this all-around-great Thank You sentiment from this set:

Michele also used Spellbinders Fancy Tags Three to frame her cheery Mother's Day bouquet:

Kathy Jones also has a pretty Mother's Day bouquet of flowers, accented with an additional sentiment from our new Just Because Mini Sentiments that we'll be debuting on Monday:

Angela Barkhouse is sending you a sunshine bouquet of pretty blue daisies!

Mona Pendleton is sending you some sweet and shabby chic love today!

Stephanie Kraft die cut the Thank You sentiment from this set into a wonderful label shape, instead of the traditional round and used our current JustRite Friday Challenge sketch for her card.  You still have until next Thursday to play in this challenge!

Becca Feeken has a beautiful bouquet of good wishes for you today, on layers of fabulous die cuts!

Heidi Blankenship is ready for Mother's Day with this sweet tag:

Sankari Wegman definitely brightens up someone's day, with this fabulously sunny card!

We'll see you back here on Monday, to share the rest of our our May cling release with you!

Introducing JustRite Original Smile

Today we are introducing 3-1/4" JustRite Original Ribbed set, Smile.  This set comes with an extra wide border and centers that are interchangeable with all your 2" centers. 


This month the design team is on fire!  Enjoy today's projects from some of the  JustRite design team.  Please click on their hyperlinked names, to be taken to their blog posts with full design details:

Becca Feeken has created this exquite card - love all the elegant details. Isn't it just YUMMY!  You can find a video tutorial on how to create the ruffled flower on her card using border punches on her blog here.

 

Michele Kovack used the stain glass border with a hint of glitter and an embossed background to create her beautiful card. 

Kazan Clark has a gorgeous card with a framed window that reveals her sentiment.  Just love her butterfly embellishment.

 

Sharon Harnist took the "Find Time to Laugh a Little" sentiment literally and created a fabulous real working clock!  Notice the center of the clock is embellished with one of the wide borders from this set:

Kellie Fortin colored her stained glass window in a slightly different color combination to create her butterfly themed card.

 

Angela Barkhouse  has this beautiful card just bursting with sunshine!  Love how she used square elements on her card to create a sun on her card and how she used an embossed background to play off the design elements of the border.

Heidi Blankenship created her lovely card using the center element from Smile with layers of Spellbinders dies.  Just love how she used her rolled seam binding flower and bow to finish off her card!

 

Stop back in tomorrow to see our next JustRite Original Release -- you won't be disappointed!  As I said earlier the Design Team is on fire this month!

Introducing JustRite Original-Butterfly Garden

Welcome to JustRite Stampers' May Release!  Before we get started we would like you to give a very warm welcome to our newest JustRite Design Team Member, Mona Pendleton!

You probably recognize Mona's name as a numerous winner from our JustRite Friday Challenges -- her creations are always gorgeous! We have been drooling over Mona's JustRite projects for months. We are thrilled to have her join our design team. Be sure to visit her blog today and welcome her to our team!  Mona blogs over at Cupcake's Creations, where you can find a daily dose of fabulous inspiration!  If you would like to learn more about Mona you can read our original interview with her from October when she was a guest blogger.

You are going to love coloring the first set in this months JustRite Original Release Butterfly Garden -- set of four   3 1/4" stamps:

 

This set will certainly bring you right into Spring and Summer! 90% of our May Release is in stock now and shipping.  Butterfly Garden will begin shipping next Wednesday, and is available for purchase, here. 

Be prepared to be blown away when you scroll down to see all the beautiful projects that our design team has created with this set- they are all stunning!! Please click on their hyperlinked names, to be taken to their blog posts with full design details:

Mona Pendleton  used the wonderful sentiment center from this set and framed it beautifully with layers of great die cut frames and butterflies.

 

Sharon Harnist gives you a different way to use your JustRite round borders as a sentiment banner on this fresh, Springy Copic-colored daisy birthday card:

Debbie Olson has this stunning butterfly birthday card with gorgeous Copic coloring:

Michele Kovack die cut some great frames for her beautiful, glittery butterfly center:

Kathy Jones designed this bright & cheery birthday butterfly card in a great color combo and fabulous Copic coloring:

Stephanie Kraft gently highlighted just the pretty lilies and butterfly in this image, for a sweet soft effect:

Angela Barkhouse used the sentiment center, die cut into a great shape, for her pretty butterfly garden, complete with trellis!

Barb Schram designed this TALL beautiful tulip and butterfly card, gorgeously framing the center sentiment from this set in yet a different way!

So how do you like this set?  Beautiful, isn't it?!!  We hope you'll return tomorrow and and each business day through May 11 to see the rest of our May Release!