JustRite Inspiration

JustRite Friday Challenge 029: Sketch

We have two posts today.. so if you are looking for the Friday Challenge winners scroll down to the earlier post.

This week's JustRite Friday Challenge #029 is to work with this square sketch:

 

This sketch will be perfect for our 2-inch square stamps, including some of our new Christmas collection stamps or monograms.  But remember, you can always cut any shape of our stamps into a square to use with this sketch!  Your project doesn't have to be a card -- please feel free to interpret the sketch however you'd like, into whatever kind of project you prefer! 

Since we were working at CHA all week - we will be sharing our inspiration project for the sketch a little later this week.

This week's challenge winner will receive a $50 JustRite gift certificate and three Honorable Mentions will receive a $15 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_029  <== 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 5 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 projects using this sketch! 

 
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JustRite Friday Challenge #028 Winners

We are back from CHA!! What fun we had meeting everyone!! Thanks for patiently waiting for this week's contests results!!  We will be back shortly with our next Friday Challenge Post.

Announcing the winners of last week's JustRite Friday Challenge #028: A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words, Sponsored by Copic Markers/Imagination International, Inc:

Winning the grand prize set of 12 Copic Ciao markers (colors may vary from photo):

 
The winner is Selma Stevenson with this sweet card of her Grand Daughter, Selma had never made a card with a photograph before our challenge and almost skipped playing in this weeks challenge- we are so glad she went outside her comfort zone and played along!! What a fabulous gift idea for anyone's desk:

 
Honorable Mentions, each receiving a $15 JustRite gift certificate are:

Cheryl Gramling created a wedding album for a friend and use our challenge as inspirtaion to use a photo that she couldn't fit in the album to create this fabulous gift card to go with the album.  What a personal gift Cheryl!!

Patti Goldman used a photo she took on a field trip with her daughter to a butterfly exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington.  What a great way to capture the memory and share that special day with a friend!!

 

Sherri H created this mini album as a special gift for her mom. This is the front cover of the album and captures the spirit of the mini album. 

Congratulations Ladies!!  And a huge thank you to everyone who played along with our challenge- as always you make our job picking winners harder every week!!  Thanks for all the inspiration!!  Please contact us by email to receive your prizes!!

 

Day 3 with Guest Designer, Regina Mangum

Our final day with guest designer, Regina Mangum, brings us this sweet Christmas card:

 

Notes from Regina:

"I love the idea of Christmas in July! For this card, I stamped five of the wonderful images from the From Our House set and colored them with Copics, accenting with glitter pens. I used a square punch on each image, then punched out squares of colored card stock that I had embossed. I then created a custom sentiment with the Trompe Script Lowercase Font set and stamped it on some twill tape for a nice country Christmas look, finishing off with a bright red button."

 

More of our interview with Regina:

7. Tell us who is currently your favorite paper company.

"For solid color card stock, I use mostly Stampin' Up! and for designer paper I will use just about anything that catches my eye. I'm always amazed at the array that exists out there and you can never have too much paper, though it's a challenge figuring out where to store it all!"

8. Tell us what are you currently addicted to:

"I am currently addicted to making my own ribbon embellishments. With just a needle, thread, and some pretty ribbon, there are a whole host of nifty decorations one can create."

9. Tell us your favorite paper crafting season and why.

"If I had to choose, my favorite crafting season is Spring. After a long, cold winter, I always love seeing all the new, pretty colors and there is always a feeling of freshness in the air."

Well, Regina, your week with us has certainly been as refreshing as Spring, here in the middle of the Summer!  Thanks so much for sharing your wonderful talents with us!

Remember, you have a little longer this week to enter our JustRite Friday Challenge -- until midnight Central tomorrow, as we'll still be at the Craft & Hobby show until then.  We'll post the winners of the challenge sometime on Friday and you can look for a new challenge on Friday as well!

 
{"Tis The Season Supplies}
JustRite Stampers®: JB-09775 From Our House stamp set & JB-08610 Tompe Script Lowercase Font Set stamp set
Dies & Punches: EK Success 1-1/4" Square Punch, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder
Paper: Stampin' Up! Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Riding Hood Red, Certainly Celery, So Saffron and Papertrey Ink Kraft
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black Dye Ink and Copic Sketch Markers and Sakura Glitter Pens
Accessories: Stampin' Up! Twill Tape and Generic Red Button, Foam Tape

Day 2 with Guest Designer, Regina Mangum

Continuing our week with guest designer, Regina Mangum, here's a little bit more about her:

4. Tell us where you do your stamping.

"I have a teeny, tiny little corner of our Manhattan apartment as my stamp area, though when I create, my tools and supplies usually spread their way everywhere. Sometimes the clean-up takes longer than the stamping!"

5. Tell us what is your must have stamping tool.

"I am a tool nut. If it's new and cool, I want it. But, the one tool that I could not do without is a sharp hobby blade. I use it for anything from paper-piecing to attaching embellishments. I love to cut out images and a sharp blade is an absolute must!"

6. Tell us how long have you been blogging.

"I started blogging about the same time I got serious about stamping. I thought it would be a fun way to connect to other stampers and to share my work."

Today's card from Regina is very masculine and unique:

 

Notes from Regina:

"Masculine cards can be a challenge, and for this one I tried to keep things simple yet visually interesting. I first die cut circles through my chocolate card stock as well as my card base to create a window. Next, I framed the window with a border from Friendship Borders & Centers, die-cutting it out and then adhering it to the card. I then wove ribbon together to embellish the bottom of the card. I stamped the center image from the same set onto a wood sheet and die-cut it out, sponging the edges for a rustic look. To make the image seem to "float" in the window, I used a thin strip of acetate to attach it to the card."

 

Absolutely fabulous, Regina -- the stamped image looks like it was heat burnished into the wood!  Don't forget to check back tomorrow for our final day with Regina!

 
{Let Your Dreams Grow Supplies}
JustRite Stampers®: JB-08730 Friendship Borders & Centers Set stamp set
Dies & Punches: Spellbinders Classic Circles Nestabilities
Paper: Stampin' Up! Wood Sheet, Bashful Blue, So Saffron, Chocolate Chip
Ink: Stampin' Up! Chocolate Chip Classic Dye
Accessories: Clear Acetate, Foam Tape

Please Welcome Guest Designer, Regina Mangum!

Our Guest Designer this month is Regina Mangum.  You'll probably recognize Regina's work as winning many of our Friday Challenges!  You can stop by Regina's blog, The Stampin' Bean, to see more of her beautiful artwork.

Here's some of our interview Regina, so you can learn a little more about her:

1. Tell us where you live.

"I am originally from Los Angeles, CA. We also lived for a time in the Midwest, and now make our home in New York City."

2. Tell us about your family.

"I am married to the funniest man I know and we have a little boy, who will turn three this Fall, and who is turning out to be just as funny as his Dad.  He often appears in my card and scrapbooking projects."

3. Tell us how long you have been stamping.

"I've always enjoyed making my own greeting cards, but I became serious about stamping a little over a year ago."

Wow, just a little over a year?  What a natural talent you are, Regina!  Here's Regina's first project to share with us this week -- a gorgeous feminine birthday card:

 

Notes from Regina:

"For this floral and feminine birthday card, I wanted to accentuate the pretty script of the sentiment from Baroque Nested Frames & Occasions. First, I stamped the sentiment onto a piece of cream card stock and set it aside. Next, I stamped the nested borders from the same set on pink card stock and used a sharp hobby blade to cut out the center and then cut around the larger, outer border. Using foam tape I popped this over the sentiment to frame it. I added some paper flowers, adhering buttons, and added an elegant stitched satin and pearl accents. Finally, I sponged ink over designer paper to match and assembled the card."

 

So gorgeous and feminine, Regina --love the cutout frame!  We hope you'll join us tomorrow for Regina's second project -- a very opposite masculine themed card!

 
{Happy Birthday Supplies}
JustRite Stampers®: JB-09200 Baroque Nested Frames & Occasions stamp set
Dies & Punches: Sizzix for Stampin' Up! Scalloped Square Bigz Die
Paper: Stampin' Up! Pink Pirouette, Regal Rose, Very Vanilla, and Bride Specialty Designer Paper
Ink: Stampin' Up Regal Rose and Old Olive Classic Dye
Accessories: Kaiser Pearls, Archivers Paper Flowers, Generic Stitched Satin Ribbon, Buttons, Foam tape

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!

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JustRite Friday Challenge 027: Christmas in July Winners!

Sorry to be a little late in announcing our JustRite Friday Challenge #027: Christmas in July winners today ... we're deep into preparation for the Craft & Hobby Association trade show in Chicago next week!  If you'll be attending the show, please be sure to drop by booth #1800 and see us there!

Many thanks to everyone who participated in this week's challenge ... once again, we had a really hard time narrowing down winners amongst all your fabulous projects!  So we decided we need to have FOUR winners in different categories -- fun, right?!!  So, receiving $50 JustRite gift certificates are:

For Best Home Decor -- Sheri Holt with this wonderful wall hanging she made from CDs!

 

Sheri used our 95-point Times New Roman Uppercase font to spell out Ho, Ho, Ho! 

For Best Card Gift Set  -- Pam Imholz with this darling soft pastel snowperson gift set of round cards:

 

Pam used our new Groovy Snowman set for her cards AND a wonderful container to give them in -- you really need to click over to her blog to find out what round container she recycled!

For Best Gift Packaging Idea -- Selma Stevenson with this beautiful customized gift box:

 

Selma also used our Groovy Snowman set for the fabulous inset on her box.  Click on over to Selma's blog to see how she customized the pretty oval embellishment ... very creative!

For Best Card -- Joan Bandy with this fabulous card:

Joan used our Holiday Demi Phrases for her "sending holiday joy" border and then Joyful Hearts for the center of her beautiful medallion.

Honorable Mentions, each receiving a $15 JustRite gift certificate are ...

Gwen Snater made this cute gingerbread man card, using our Favorite Occasions set:

 

Nilda used our Old Fashioned Christmas set to create this beautiful card:

 

And Mary Jo cleverly combined a large snowman from our new Groovy Snowman set with two smaller snowpeople from our new Holiday Cheer set, for this wonderful card:

 

See why we had such a hard time deciding?  Fabulous projects, everyone!

Congratulations, ladies ... please email me, to claim your gift certificates!  We hope you'll check back tomorrow for another JustRite Friday Challenge!

Tuesday Tutorial: Clearly Stamping & Inking

 

When I found out JustRite Stampers was going to include Clear Stampers in the New Product Line I was so excited! Working with Clear Stampers opens up the door to so much more creativity and versatility.

 

For today's Tuesday Tutorial I have created a card using one of the new clear stampers from the JB-09520 Clear Horizontal Stampers-2 pack and stamps from JB-09205 Victorian Nested Frames. I will show you how easy it is to stamp with the new Clear Horizontal Stampers and you can even add two colors of ink. 

Start with the smaller Clear Horizontal Stamper, 1-5/8" x 3-1/2" and the small frame from Victorian Nested Frames. Ink the frame with Tuxedo Black ink and stamp onto the L'Amour paper.

This is what the frame will look like.

Next remove the frame and add the sentiment to the center of the Clear Horizontal Stamper. Ink the sentiment with Rich Cocoa ink and stamp. Because the stamper is clear and it also has the grid lines it is very easy to see and be able to line up images for perfect placement.

Here is the result, a beautiful frame and sentiment with two colors of ink.

I taped the S4-290 Label Fourteen Die #4 in place and then cut/embossed to create a label diecut. Leaving the paper in place airbrush with Copic marker B21 Baby Blue around the outer edges.

Remove the paper from the die template.

Here is a close-up of the label. I made a tag diecut with the L'Amour paper using S4-235 Fancy Tags and airbrushed it with the same Copic marker as mentioned above.

The card base is Belgium Blue cardstock from WorldWin and then I layered black cardstock and Tresor paper for the mat. I created a scalloped edge on the Tresor paper using the S4-239 Classic Scalloped Border Petites die template from Spellbinders™. The tag and label diecuts were layered using 3D Foam Squares from SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES By 3L™. For a finishing touch I added a bow with sheer ivory ribbon and brown rhinestones.

We hope this article will be a helpful reference for using the Clear Stampers. Please let us know (by commenting on this post) if there are other questions or tutorials about JustRite's stamps you would like to see answered and we'll try our best to comply!

 
JustRite Stampers™: JB-09205 Victorian Nested Frames, JB-09520 Clear Horizontal Stampers-2 pack (smaller block: 1-5/8" x 3-1/2")
Dies & Punches: Spellbinders™ S4-290 Label Fourteen Die #4, S4-239 Classic Scalloped Border Petites, S4-235 Fancy Tags
Paper: WorldWin Black, Belgium Blue; KaiserCraft Le Chateau Collection Tresor, L'Amour
Ink: Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black, Rick Cocoa; Copic Marker B21 Baby Blue
Accessories: Spellbinders™ Wizard™; My Mind's Eye Brown Lush Rhinestones; Offray Ribbon Sheer Ivory; Copic Airbrush System; SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES By 3L™ E-Z Squares^® White Permanent, 3D Foam Squares

Christmas in July Blog Hop!

Hello and welcome to JustRite Stampers' Christmas in July blog hop!  Today, our designers will be showcasing our Christmas Collection I release (yes, there will be a second collection released soon)!

We hope you will be inspired by each of these fabulous and unique projects, and gain some wonderful ideas to get started on your holiday cards and projects!

Today I'm sharing this "MERRY" holiday sign I made.  It measures 5" x 8" and uses 8 of the 10 images in our new 1-3/16" Holiday Cheer set (click on any photo for a larger view):

 

I started by lining up the 95-point Times New Roman Uppercase font letters to spell out "MERRY" on the largest Horizontal Wood Stamper (which measures 2-3/8" x 5-1/2") and then I positioned the 8 Holiday Cheer images around the letters.

 

Trimming around the stamp images & letters helps everything fit together nicely.  Then I inked everything in black ink and stamped it.  I used the 1-5/8" Clear Round Stamper to add the left snowflake and right pinecone, since they wouldn't fit on the Horizontal Stamper.  I used these Copic markers to color all the images (and Red & Gold Copic Spica Glitter Pens): 

 

Here are some close-up views of the images:

 

The piece was die cut and matted, the edges inked, and then red twine sewn into place.  The finished piece was layered onto a 5" x 8" piece of white chipboard, covered with red snowflake paper.  I used 1/4" double-sided tape around the edges and glittered it with black glitter.

This sign can either be displayed on an easel or holes punched in it and hung with ribbon.

We hope you will visit each of our designers' blogs, linked below, to see the fabulous inspiration they have to share with you today!  And remember, you'll be able to come back at any time in the future and easily access this hop full of holiday ideas, by visiting the Blog Hops page of our blog (link is located under our blog banner), or by clicking on the Blog Hops category on our lower right sidebar:

JustRite Inspiration Blog
Becca Feeken
Debbie Olson
Stephanie Kraft
Sharon Harnist
Kazan Clark
Heidi Blankenship
Barb Schram
Kathy Jones
Michele Kovack
Angela Barkhouse
Sankari Wegman

 
JustRite Stampers®: JB-09770 Holiday Cheer, JB-08060 Times New Roman Uppercase, JB-08110 Horizontal Wood Stamper
Dies & Punches: Spellbinders Long Rectangle Nestabilities-Classic Sm Die 5 & Scalloped Lg Die 5, Spellbinders Create-a-Flake One die set
Paper: October Afternoon Sleigh Bells, Neenah Natural White, WorldWin Black
Ink: Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Ranger Antique Linen Distress ink, Copic markers (shown above) & Copic Atyou Spica Glitter Pens-Red & Gold
Accessories: Essentials by Ellen Hutson Craft-a-Board, 1/4-inch Be Creative Tape, Martha Stewart Onyx glitter & Red Baker's Twine, Ranger Glossy Accents, Art Glitter Gala Glitz White, foam tape

JustRite Friday Challenge 027: Christmas in July

Before we get started with today's challenge, we want to let you know that our brand new 1-5/8” Round and 2” Round CLEAR Stampers are now in stock in the warehouse and ready to ship!  You can find them in our store, by clicking on the hyperlinked text above.

Here we are with another challenge to help you get started on your Christmas projects!  Hopefully, by making a some each month you'll have a good stash by the time late November or early December rolls around and you won't be scrambling!  Either that, or you'll have a few good designs worked out and will be all set to get them produced quickly.  So your JustRite Friday Challenge #027 is to make a Christmas card or some other Christmas project with your JustRite stamps!

I know it's a little difficult to think about Christmas when the the U.S. temperatures are so hot right now, but hopefully our new Christmas Collection I will help get you in the spirit!  Here's my sample, using one of our new 2" square Christmas sets, From Our House, on a 3" x 5" tag that could be used on a card front, made into a tag card, or used as a gift tag:

 

I stamped the center tree by inking the tree and border separately with red and green inks, and then stamped the ribbon border with brown ink. I love all the dimension this set has!  Everything was colored with Copic markers (listed below) and die cut with Spellbinders Labels Three Nestabilities die, which matches the ribbon pattern perfectly!

All the images in this set will also punch out easily with a 2-inch square punch (border) and/or a 1.25" square punch for the centers.  The "Winter Wishes" sentiment is a border from this same set -- I just inked one side of it and stamped it a few times in a straight line. 

JustRite design team member, Kathy Jones also has a Christmas inspiration sample for you today.  Kathy used our sweet new Groovy Snowman set and says it was a little easier for her to get in the Christmas spirit because she's going through her Australian winter right now!

 

You can find all the details about Kathy's card by clicking over to her blog, Inspired to Stamp.

This week's contest winner will receive a $50 JustRite gift certificate and three Honorable Mentions 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_027  <== 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 22 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 Christmas cards! 

 
JustRite Stampers®: JB-09775 From Our House
Paper: Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses 6x6, Neenah Natural White cardstock
Ink: Memento Rhubarb Stalk, Bamboo Leaves & Rich Cocoa; Copic markers-R83, R85, YG03, YG95, E31, W1
Accessories: Spellbinders Create A Flake One and Labels Three Nestabilities die sets, EK Success Open Scallop edger punch, Glitter Ritz Transparent Glitter-Warm Highlights, Zig 2-Way Glue pen, foam tape 

Links: