JustRite Inspiration

Introducing Give Thanks Nested Frames

Today we are introducing the latest addition to our Nested Frames & Sentiments line of stamps -- Give Thanks:

 

Just like the rest of this line, these stamps are made to fit our Clear Horizontal Stampers (set of 2).  The stamp set contains 3 small and 3 large decorative frames, along with 3 small phrases that are perfect for Autumn, Fall, Thanksgiving or even a general "Thanks" occasion.

These JustRite design team members have some gorgeous samples for you today!  Please visit their blogs (by clicking on their hyperlinked names) to find full creative details of their projects:

Debbie Olson created this gorgeous Thanksgiving card, using the small scroll frame from the set around the Thanksgiving sentiment:

 

Stephanie Kraft stitched up this beautiful Autumn card, accented with the large scroll frame stamped in a pretty berry color:

 

Angela Barkhouse made this absolutely adorable turkey place card holder for her Thanksgiving table -- isn't he the cutest?!!

 

Michele Kovack created this gorgeous Autumn card, embellished with beautiful die cut leaves.  Aren't the leaf frames beautiful when colored and accented with glitter?!!

Becca Feeken created this wonderful Give Thanks card, using both sizes of frames from this set, accented with a beautiful Spellbinders die cut:

 

Heidi Blankenship transformed a recycled tin into this spectacular work of Autumn art, combing two different frames from this set:

 

Barb Schram has this bright & beautiful cheery Thanksgiving card.  As you can see, some of these nested sentiments can also be used alone (without frames) and fit perfectly on tags!

 

What kind of creative projects can you think of for this new set of stamps -- we'd love to hear your thoughts!  We hope you'll check back tomorrow for the next in our series of 12 Weeks of Christmas Wednesday blog hops!

Flickr Winners 9-20

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

Here are this week's winners:

1 - My Sheri Cards (Sheri Holt) made this bright & fun holiday card using three center images from our Whimsical Christmas set:

2 - scrappymama cleverly combined a 2-3/8" round Kaleidoscope center with a 2-3/8" round Something Sweet border to create this lovely accent for her holiday card:

3 - curlypatiak made this adorable tag, accented with the Santa hat from our Merry Little Christmas set:

Congratulations -- please email me with the stamp set of your choice, along with your mailing address and we'll get your stamps right out to you!

We hope you'll check back tomorrow, when we'll be formally introducing a new stamp set in our Nested Frames and Sentiments line!

 

JustRite Friday Challenge 036: Color Challenge

Today's JustRite Friday Challenge #036 is to use this color combination -- dark red, ivory & black, with the added twist of creating your own handmade embellishment for your project!  This can be a die cut or crocheted flower/shape, handmade felt embellishment, decorated paperclip or clothespin to add to your project, or any other type of embellishment!

 

I've also given you the Copic color references, in case you would like to use those in your project (but they are not a requirement of the challenge) --R29 Lipstick Red (found in our Red Quad), E50 Egg Shell (found in our Cream Trio) & 100 Black (found in our Toner Gray Quad).

Here's my sample that inspired this color combo:

 

This card was over on my personal blog for our first 12 Weeks of Christmas Blog Hops last week.  You can find all the details of my card here.  I used our Hearts Come Home and Christmas Nested Sentiments sets.  I created the flower embellishment with a Sizzix 3D Flower die and added a pearl and ribbon leaves to it.

These JustRite design team members have fabulous samples for you today -- please head over to their blogs (by clicking on their hyperlinked names) to find the full details of their cards, including their wonderful handmade embellishments!

Angela Barkhouse has a sneak peek of our new Give Thanks Nested Frames set.  We'll be formally introducing this set next Tuesday, so be sure to check back for that!  Angela die cut her own flower, adding a pearl, leaves and ribbon to it, to accent her elegant Autumn card.  I love all the pretty layers the frames create!

 

Stephanie Kraft also used our new Give Thanks Nested Frames, along with an ivory hand crocheted flower, making her predominantly ivory Thanksgiving card appear lighter and fresher than I thought this color combo was capable of!

 

Michele Kovack used our Nature Nested Sentiments and Baroque Frames to create her beautiful Fall card.  She created her own leaf accent by die cutting and embellishing it with Stickles, and a twine tied button:

 

This week's grand prize winner will receive our new Myriad Pro Font in both the 95-point AND 50-point upper & lowercase sets AND a coordinating Clear Horizontal Stamper set!

 

Honorable Mentions will each receive the Myriad Pro 50-point upper & lowercase font (shown in the photo above, lower left, and here's what each letter in the sets look like):

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_036  <== 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 23 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 how you use this color combination and the handmade embellishements on your projects!

 
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JustRite Friday Challenge 035: Christmas Tag Winners!

Time to announce this week's winners of our JustRite Friday Challenge #035 to create a Christmas tag.  The winner of this set of Spellbinders dies (Poinsettia Frameabilities & Sm Deckled Mega Rectangle Nestabilities):

 

Is  Bonnie McLain with this fabulous set of 3 tags:

 

Bonnie used images from these JustRite stamp sets: From Our House, Christmas Joy, Just A Note, Whimsical Christmas to create her holiday tags!

Honorable Mentions, each receiving one of these dies sets (Nested Apples, Big Scalloped Border Petites, Cross Collection):

 

1 -Pattie Goldman with this beautiful set of tags, using our Backyard Birds and Christmas Ornament sets.  Pattie also used our All Occasion Nested Sentiments and Verse and Victorian Nested Frames for the sentinents:

 

2 - Sheri Holt with this wonderful Santa tag, using our Vintage Christmas and Holiday Cheer sets:

 

3 - Marge made this striking tag with some beautiful Spellbinders dies and our 15-point Times New Roman font set:

 

Many thanks once again to Spellbinders for being our prize sponsor this week!  We hope you'll check back tomorrow for another JustRite Friday Challenge!

 

JustRite 12 Weeks of Christmas Blog Hop #2

Welcome back to JustRite Stampers’ newest Wednesday feature, 12 Weeks of Christmas Blog Hops #2!  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!  This week, it’s the Stamper’s Dream design team!  So mark your calendars for Wednesdays at 9am Central for great Christmas gift, card & project ideas, starting here at the JustRite Inspiration blog!

My project today uses this adorable penguin from our 2" Whimsical Christmas set: 

 

This is a shaker ornament made with Spellbinders new 2010 Heirloom Ornament die!  I started by stamping Mr. Penguin with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto white cardstock and colored him wtih these Copic markers, to match the Cosmo Cricket paper I selected:

 

The B000 Copic was used to airbrush the background behind the penguin.  Next, I constructed the shaker and filled it with chunky glitter. 

I have a stepped-out tutorial on how to make the shaker over on my personal blog.

Here's a closeup of this sweet guy (the acetate of the shaker element is catching the light and making the background appear blotchy -- it's actually all a soft blue):

 

Please visit these designers’ blogs to see what fabulous Christmas projects they have for you on the hop today!

JustRite Inspiration Blog <==You're here!
Michelle Rodgers
Amy Sheffer
Heidi Blankenship
Christina Fischer
Kazan Clark
Tosha Leyendekker
Laurie Schmidlin
Sankari Wegman
Cindy Lawrence
Kellie Fortin
Denise Marzec
Stephanie Kraft
Karen Giron
Kathy Jones
Leslie Miller
Carolyn King
Angela Barkhouse
Michele Kovack
 
{Shaker Ornament designed by Sharon Harnist}
JustRite Stampers®:  JB-09795 Whimsical Christmas, 2" Round Stamper
Dies & Punches: Spellbinders S4-283 2010 Heirloom Ornament die set, S4-114 Classic Circle Nestabilities-Lg Die 3, S4-115  Petite Scalloped Circle Nestabilities-Lg Die 3
Paper: Copic X-Press It Blending Card, Cosmo Cricket Mitten Weather mini deck, Stampin' Up Pale Plum cardstock
Ink: Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black
Copic Markers: JustRite Cool Gray Quad, BG11 (Dark Blue Green Trio), V01 (Soft Lilac Quad), B000 (Light Blue Quad), BV11
Accessories: Copic Airbrush System, Essentials by Ellen Hutson-Craft A Board, Floracraft Twinklets Diamond Dust chunky glitter, seam binding ribbon, acetate, foam tape.

JustRite Sponsoring JUGS Challenge!

This week, JustRite Stampers is sponsoring the prize for the JUGS (Just Us Girls) #50 challenge -- to use the cracked glass technique.  You can find all the details about the challenge by visiting their blog post here.  You'll also want to stop by there to see all the fabulous samples the JUGS designers made for the challenge -- absolutely gorgeous inspiration!  Here are some sneak peeks:

Just by entering the JUGS challenge this week, you could be eligible to win this JustRite prize package:

• 2 JustRite Christmas Collection stamp sets of your choice
• 2 JustRite coordinating stampers/mounts
• 5 Copic Sketch markers of your choice, from JustRite’s offering
• 2 Memento full-sized ink pads of your choice

You are not required to use JustRite stamps on your project but it is due by this Thursday, Sept 16 at 9pm EST.  We can't wait to see all the beautiful creations you make for the JUGS challenge!

Flickr Winners 9-13

Time to announce our weekly Flickr winners.  If you shared your JustRite artwork in our Flickr gallery, "JustRite Projects" (<=you can get to the gallery by clicking on that hyperlink OR the Flickr icon in the top right sidebar of our blog) at any time last week -- if it was an entry for our JustRite Friday challenges or not -- your project will automatically be added to the weekly pool from which we'll choose three winners' projects to highlight here on our blog AND you'll receive a free JustRite stamp set of your choice!  So, just by sharing what you are already creating with your JustRite stamps, whether it's for one of our challenges or not, you can still be a winner!  You can find more details by visiting this blog post.

Here's this week's winners:

1 - Debbie Marcinkiewicz with this gorgeous monogrammed & glittered heart card.  Debbie used our Decorative 2" Square Monogram Kit (with the included Special Occasions font) to create a twist on the traditional monogram:

 

2 -  sunshinestgurl (Tanya Phillips) with this beautiful birthday card using our large oval Thinking of You (flowers) and Happy Birthday sentiment from our Baroque Nested Frames set:

 

3 -  Love Light and Peace Bonnie (Bonnie McLain) with this festive holiday card using our Back Yard Birds set:

Congratulations, ladies -- please email me with the stamp set of your choice, along with your mailing address and we'll get your stamps right out to you!

JustRite Friday Challenge 035: Christmas in September, Sponsored by Spellbinders

Today's JustRite Friday Challenge #035 is another Christmas challenge to help you get prepared for the holidays and the prizes are sponsored by Spellbinders!  For this Christmas challenge, we'd like to see the Christmas/holiday tags you can make with your JustRite stamps.  Spellbinders dies are the PERFECT tool for making tags -- most any of their die shapes work great to make a tag shape!  (But they are not a requirement for this challenge). 

As I'm sure you all know by now, you can always find a Spellbinders die shape or size that perfectly match your JustRite stamps, as most of our stamps have been designed to pair up with Spellbinders' unique nested shapes!  As a reminder, we put together some charts that tell you exactly which dies will cut most of our stamp shapes -- the chart can be downloaded from the Die/Punch Compatability Chart page of our blog and/or accessed through the link under our blog header.

Now on to our challenge samples! 

 

Today I used the ornament center from JustRite's Vintage Christmas stamp set, stamped with Memento Bamboo Leaves ink onto ivory cardstock.  Then I die cut the ornaments with Spellbinders largest Nested Pine Tree die (this is last year's limited edition set but Spellbinders has a fabulous new 2010 Holiday Trees die set that would work just as well!).  While the cardstock was still in the die, I airbrushed the tree with Copic YG93 marker:

 

Next, I stamped the ornaments again with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto a separate piece of ivory cardstock and colored them with the Copic markers listed below.  The ornaments were cut out and popped up on foam tape on the die cut tree. 

Next, I die cut red & ruby felt with Spellbinders smallest Nested Poinsettia die and stacked them together with a button to accent the "Season's Greetings" sentiment from JustRite's Christmas Nested Sentiments stamp set.  The sentiment was cut with Spellbinders Double-Ended tag die and airbrushed with Copic YR21.

 

These JustRite design team members also have samples for you today.  Please be sure to click over to their blogs for full details:

Kathy Jones made her beautiful Christmas tag with our Whimsical Christmas set and used Spellbinders Labels 13, Classic Circle Nestabilities Lg & Sm, and Blossom Two to die cut it ... so pretty!

 

Angela Barkhouse made this adorable wintery holiday tag using our Groovy Snowman, Something Sweet & Christmas Nested Sentiments stamp sets and die cut everything with Spellbinder Classic & Classic Scalloped Nestabilities & Tags 5 dies:

 

This week's grand prize winner will receive this set of Spellbinders dies (Poinsettia Frameabilities & Sm Deckled Mega Rectangle Nestabilities):

 

Three Honorable Mentions will each receive one of these die sets (Nested Apples, Big Scalloped Border Petites, Cross Collection):

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_035  <== 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 16 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/holiday tags!

P.S. Don't forget about your free U.S. shipping code CBHOP1 that expires tonight at midnight PST.  You can find full details at the top of this post.

 
{Holiday tree tag designed by Sharon Harnist}
JustRite Stampers®:  JB-09255 Christmas Nested Sentiments & Verse, JB-09520 Clear Horizontal Stamper, JB-09785 Vintage Christmas, JB-08117 Wood Stamper 3-1/4"
Dies & Punches: Spellbinders Nested Pine Tree, Nested Poinsettia & Double-Ended Tag dies
Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Natural White
Ink: Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black & Bamboo Leaves
Copic Markers: JustRite Olive Trio (YG93 & YG95), Red Quad (R22 & R29), Blus Trio (R27), Buttercup Quad (YR21 & YR24); Clear & Silver Copic Spica glitter pens
Accessories: Copic Airbrush System, KaiserCraft Rhinestone, Kunin Rainbow Classicfelt (JoAnn Fabrics), button, embroidery floss, foam tape.

Links:

JustRite Friday Challenge 034: Glitter Winners

Well it certainly looks like you all LOVE working with glitter -- what fabulous projects you entered for our JustRite Friday Challenge 034: Glitter Everywhere!  You all certainly thought of some creative ways to use glitter and made it very hard, once again, to choose just 4 projects!  Here are the winners (click on hyperlinked names to be taken to their blogs with more details):

The grand prize winner, receiving a $50 JustRite gift certificate to use on anything we sell in our online store, is Mona Pendleton with this gorgeous glittered frame embellishment on her beautiful Victorian style card:

 

Mona used our small oval Joyful Hearts stamp set behind the chipboard frame she glittered -- so elegant and gorgeous!

Three Honorable Mentions, each receiving a $20 JustRite gift certificate are:

1 - Lynn with this beautiful glittered transparant ornament she made with our Christmas Ornament stamp:

 

How creative to use glitter on acetate!

2 - Deb Young glittered up her die cut snowflake, to really make this sweet Christmas card sparkle!  She used our 2" round Whimsical Christmas set:

 

3 - Colleen used white glitter on her sweet ghosts (from our Witch Way to the Treats stamp set) AND made her own glitter polka-dot paper for her charming Halloween card:

 

Congratulations, ladies -- please email me to claim your gift certificates!  We'll be back tomorrow with another JustRite Friday Challenge, sponsored by Spellbinders!

 

JustRite 12 Weeks of Christmas Blog Hop #1

Hope you all are in the mood for a little Christmas spirit!  Welcome to JustRite's newest Wednesday feature, 12 Weeks of Christmas Blog Hops!  Over the next 12 Wednesdays some of your favorite designers will be joining some of the JustRite design team for a series of Christmas blog hops, showcasing our entire Christmas Collection!  So mark your calendars for Wednesdays at 9 am Central for great Christmas gift, card & project ideas, starting right here at the JustRite inspiration blog!

To celebrate the kick off of this new feature, we have a special coupon code for our blog readers - simply add this code: CBHOP1 to the promotional code box during checkout and you will receive free shipping (on orders shipped within the United States and its US territories only) on your entire order.  Coupon code is valid Sept 8-1o and expires at midnight (PST) Sept 10th.   Have fun shopping!

Starting off the 12 Weeks of Christmas blog hops this week is the JustRite design team!  Here's one of my projects for the hop:

 

Our gorgeous new Christmas Nested Sentiments & Verse make simple, elegant Christmas cards a breeze and can be used either on the outside or inside of your cards!  Here, I simply die cut my red sentiment stamped on white cardstock and framed it with another black die cut and popped it up on foam tape.  The black patterned panel is also on foam tape.  An elegant die cut flower with pearl center finishes it off, quick & easy!

 

Please visit these JustRite designers to see what fabulous Christmas projects they have for you on the hop today!  We hope you'll return each Wednesday to see a new set of some of your favorite designers showcasing Christmas & holiday projects to help get you in the holiday spirit!

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

And don't forget about your free shipping code!

 
{Miracle of Christmas card designed by Sharon Harnist}
JustRite Stampers®:  JB-09255 Christmas Nested Sentiments & Verse, JB-09520 Clear Horizontal Stamper
Dies & Punches: Spellbinders Labels Four, Sizzix Bigz 3D Flowers die
Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, Brides Magazine Black/White Place Cards (Michaels), red & black cardstock
Ink: Tsukineko Memento Rhubarb Stalk
Accessories: Hero Arts pearls, foam tape.