JustRite Inspiration: March 2014

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March 25, 2014

Tutorial Tuesday - Darsie Bruno and Spellbinders Create-a-Sunflower Die Video Tutorial

Before we get started today -one quick announcement -- you have til 6 pm EST March 31st to leave a comment on last week's Tuesday Tutorial featuring Heidi Blankenship's Gelato Watercolor Tutorial to win this Gelato Gift Set. For your chance to win leave a comment of last week's post which you can find here.

Now on to today's tutorial. At CHA Winter Spellbinders released a series of Create-a-Flower dies that we are currently taking pre-orders for on our website here. The dies retail for just $12.99 and make a very realistic flower. Today JustRite Papercraft Designer Darsie Bruno shows you how to make beautiful flowers using Spellbinders Create-a-Sunflower die templates. For today's Tutorial Tuesday, she takes you through the steps of assembling a lovely sunflower and you won't believe how easy it is to achieve! In today's post you can also see a second video that Darsie created for Spellbinders using the Create-a-Gerber Daisy die templates at the bottom of this post.

Here is Darsie's Tutorial Tuesday Video:

To create Darsie’s pretty background, simple cut/emboss Spellbinders® Grateful Lattice Expandable Pattern with cardstock and use as a stencil. Lay the Lattice Stencil over white cardstock, then add color with ink sprays. Let dry thoroughly, then use for your card. Stencil can be used again, or used to make another card. Darsie used Memento Fireworks in Bahama Blue, Summer Sky and New Sprout.

Supply list:
JustRite® Papercraft: Just a Note Clear Stamp Set
Spellbinder® Paper Arts: Create-a- Sunflower Dies, Foliage Flourish Dies, Grateful Lattice Expandable Pattern Dies, Grand Calibur®
Inks: Tsukineko®/Imagine Crafts® -Memento Rich Cocoa, Dandelion, Pistachio ink pads, Sponge Dauber,Fireworks Sprays: Bahama Blue, Summer Sky and New Sprout
Paper: Bazzill Basics Paper®-Yellow, Brown, White, Teal, Lt and Dark Green Cardstock
Adhesives:Beacon Adhesives: ZipDry
Accessories:KaiserCraft Gold Rhinestones
Tools: Dry Embossing Tool

Here is another video that Darsie created for Spellbinders showcasing JustRite Papercraft Stamps and Spellbinders Create-a-Gerber Daisy.

Thanks for joining us today!!

Posted at 12:40 PM in Amy Tedder Designs, Darsie Bruno Tutorial, JustRite Clear, Spellbinders, Tutorial Tuesday | Permalink | Comments (12)

March 21, 2014

JustRite Friday Challenge #117 - Sketch

It's time for another sketch here at JustRite Inspiration (Sponsored by Spellbinders). You don't have to use the colors or identical shapes of the sketch but simply the overall layout is what we are looking for. I can't wait to see all the interpretations! Here is this week's sketch:

And here is my version using Fanciful Lattice and Delightful Circles dies (2 of the prizes offered this week) with a sentiment from Friendship Vintage Labels Seven clear stamps of Amazing Paper Grace Designs. For more details, visit my blog HERE.

The Top 3 winners for JRC#117 will receive 1 Spellbinders Die shown below (first come, first serve):

The Random Draw Winner for JRC#117 will receive 1 Spellbinders die shown below:

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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 ourFlickr gallery, please use the weekly challenge code (example:JRC_117 <== 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, Apr 2nd, at 6:00 PM Central to make your project and enter a link to it below. Winners will be chosen and announced the next day (Thursday, Apr 3rd) 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.

Posted at 10:00 AM in Amazing Paper Grace Stamps, Challenges, Friendship, JustRite Friday Challenges, Sketches, Spellbinders | Permalink | Comments (3)

March 20, 2014

JustRite Friday Challenge #116 Winners

Congratulations to all the winners in our #116 JustRite Friday CAS challenge! You can see all the entries on our #116 JRC Pinterest Board. Thanks so much for all of you who played outside your comfort zone with this weeks challenge. You made it very hard to choose winners this week. It was such a tough decision that this week we picked 4 Winners!

The Top 4 winners for JRC#116 will receive 1 Stamp Set of choice from the JustRite Store.

#10 - Weiwei

#13 - Shona Patterson

#36 - Ania Kejriwal

#22 & #34 - Riti Poddar

(We couldn't decide which we liked more!)

The Random Draw Winner for JRC#116 receiving 1 Cling Stamp Set of choice from the JustRite Store is:

#29 - Robin Parker

Please contact me at [email protected] with full shipping address (including phone number for shipping purposes only).

Posted at 10:00 AM in Challenges, JustRite Friday Challenge Winners | Permalink | Comments (3)

March 18, 2014

Pansies in Spring - Gelato Watercolor Tutorial Tuesday with Heidi Blankenship

Welcome to Tutorial Tuesday! Today Heidi Blankenship has a fabulous YouTube Tutorial showing you how to Watercolor with Gelatos. This is a super easy technique for using your gelatos. Scroll to the bottom of the post to read what today's Tutorial Tuesday giveaway is.

Here is the card that Heidi will be teaching you how to create using our CL-02013 Pansies In Spring Cling Stamps and Faber-Castell Gelatos.

These are the colors of Gelatos that Heidi used to watercolor her pansies.

Enjoy Heidi's water color technique video....

Before starting her project Heidi used this scrap of watercolor paper to determine her watercolor paint pallete.

In this photo you can see the hint of glitter that Heidi added to her watercolored image using Zig Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush.

TUTORIAL TUESDAY GIVEAWAY!! Thanks for joining us today for Tutorial Tuesday. For your chance to win a Gelato Color Gift Set (a $55.95 value).
Leave us a comment here on the blog or on today's video on our YouTube Channel letting us know if you have created cards using watercolor techniques yet. If so, we would love to also hear what products you use to watecolor your images and what is your favorite watercolor paper. If you haven't tried watercolor yet will you try now that you have seen Heidi's video?

Supply List:
Stamps: JustRite® Papercraft CL-02013 Pansies In Spring Cling Stamps

Paper: Watercolor Paper, Pink Lemonade, Lavender, Purple

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black Ink; Faber-Castell®
Gelatos - Grape, Lavender, Banana, Lime, Green Tea, Cotton Candy, Snow Cone, Aqua

Dies: Spellbinders Paper Arts® S5-019 Labels Eight, S5-148 Fancy Labels Eight, S6-012 5 x 7 Mystical Embrace

Accessories: The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store 1/4'' Light Blue Silk Ribbon; Pearls, Martha Stewart Glitter, Zig Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush, Watercolor Brush, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares, E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips-Refillable Dispenser 49'

Posted at 10:12 AM in Amy Tedder Designs, Heidi Blankenship Tutorial, JustRite Cling, Spellbinders, Tutorial Tuesday, Tutorials | Permalink | Comments (98)

March 11, 2014

Tutorial Tuesday - Spellbinders Bitty Blossoms

Today on Tutorial Tuesday, JustRite Papercraft designer, Darsie Bruno shows you how to make beautiful roses using Spellbinders Bitty Blossoms for all of your papercrafting creations. You can use a variety of materials and coloring mediums to make gorgeous flowers. Finish the roses with leaves, pearl sprays and ribbon for a lovely card that will delight your recipient. Here is a peak at today's project.

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Posted at 11:41 AM in Darsie Bruno Tutorial, Spellbinders, Tutorial Tuesday | Permalink | Comments (15)

March 09, 2014

Floral Lace Vintage Tags & Baroque Frames Cling Background Stamps

Welcome to day 5 (the last day) of the JustRite Papercraft March Release. Today the design team is showcasing two new background stamps designed by Amy Tedder.

Floral Lace Vintage Tag Cling Background Stamp is designed to coordinate with JustRite Vintage Tag Dies.

Baroque Frame Cling Background Stamp is designed to coordinate with JustRite Dies Vintage Sentiment Tags, Vintage Tag Dies, Vintage Labels Three Dies, Vintage Labels Four Die.

Becca Feeken designed this stunning card using Floral Lace Vintage Tag Cling Background Stamp with Spellbinders Belly Band One Dies , A2 Divine Eloquence Dies and A2 Scalloped Borders Two Dies.

Kristi Schurr paired the lace border from Doilies and Lace Clear Stamps with Floral Lace Vintage Tag Cling Background Stamp to create this beautiful card. Kristi used a sentiment from Grand Thank You Cling Stamps, 6 die cuts from Becca's Heirloom Flourish One Dies, Vintage Tags Dies and Spellbinders Classic Lace Edges One Dies.

Amy Tedder paired her Hydrangea Vintage Labels Seven Clear Stamp with an Offset cut from SVG Hydrangea Vintage Labels Seven with her Baroque Frame Cling Background Stamp to create her beautiful card.

Marisa Job designed this gorgeous card using Floral Lace Vintage Tag Cling Background Stamp with our Vintage Tag Dies , a vintage tag frame from Stitched Flowers Vintage Tags Clear Stamps with Spellbinders Sprigs Dies, Blooms One Dies, Blooms Three Dies, Blooms Four Dies. You can now purchase all the flowers that Marisa uses on her cards from our website.

Darsie Bruno designed this wonderful card using Baroque Frame Cling Background Stamp, Happy Occasion Belly Bands Two with Spellbinders Elegant Ovals Dies and Decorative Labels Thirty-Four Dies.

Margie Higuchi designed this beautiful 5" x 7" card using Baroque Frame Cling Background Stamp, Magnolia Vintage Labels Seven Clear Stamps Set ,Vintage Labels Seven Dies with Spellbinders® Matting Basics A and Matting Basics B dies.

Thanks for joining us for our March Release. Stay warm and keep wishing for Spring!!

Posted at 09:55 AM in Amy Tedder Designs, Background Stamps, Past Design Team | Permalink | Comments (4)

March 08, 2014

JustRite Papercraft Pansies in Spring Cling Stamps

Welcome to Day 4 of our March Release. Today the design team has gorgeous projects using our new cling stamp set designed by Amy Tedder. Pansies in Spring Cling Stamps is designed to coordinate with SVG Pansies in Spring Digital Cut Download, Vintage Labels Seven Dies, Vintage Tags Dies and Spellbinders CHAW Release Labels Thirty Seven.

SVG Pansies in Spring Digital Cut Download

Debbie Olson designed this stunning card by pairing together Pansies in Spring Cling Stamps with Spellbinders Floral Ovals and Spellbinders CHAW Release Butterflies Expandable Patterns dies. (now available for pre-order on our website). Debbie colored her Pansies with copics and airbrushed blue in her Floral Oval die cut.

Eva Dobilas designed a beautiful freindship card using Pansies in Spring Cling Stamps and Ribbons, Tape and Lace Clear Stamp Set to stamp on her ribbon. Eva also used Spellbinders Opulent Ovals and A2 Scalloped Borders Two Dies.

Michele Kovack designed this gorgeous Welcome Spring Card (Where is Spring anyway??) using a Samanta Walker Card with Filigree Frame Silhouette Cut File from the Silhouette store to create her card base and lacey layer. Michele used Pansies in Spring Cling Stamps, Exact Cut SVG Pansies in Spring Digital Cut Download and colored her pansies with Copic Markers.

Heidi Blankenship altered a mini frame using our Pansies in Spring Cling Stamp and SVG-02013 SVG Pansies in Spring Digital Cut File Download for CL-02013. Her pansies are colored with Copics and edged with Stickles.

Kazan Clark designed this sweet gift bag using Pansies in Spring Cling Stamps and Spectrum Noir Markers. For all the details visit Kazan's blog post.

Angela Barkhouse designed this Sweet Friendship card using Pansies in Spring Cling Stamps, Offset cut SVG Pansies in Spring Digital Cut Download , Vintage Labels Seven Dies with Spellbinders Fancy Lattice Expandable Pattern Dies.

Kathy Jones designed this elegant card using Copic Markers and airbrushing with our Pansies in Spring Cling Stamps, Offset Cut SVG Pansies in Spring Digital Cut Download , Vintage Labels Seven Dies with Spellbinders Romantic Rectangles, and Fancy Lattice Expandable Pattern Dies.

Marisa Job created her spring themed card using Pansies in Spring Cling Stamps, Exact Cut from SVG Pansies in Spring Digital Cut Download with Spellbinders Exquisite Labels Eleven Dies, and Timeless Rectangle Dies.

Kristi Schurr designed this wonderful card using Pansies in Spring Cling Stamps, SVG Pansies in Spring Digital Cut Download with the Labels Seven image from Magnolia Vintage Labels Seven, with Spellbinders Exquisite Labels Eleven Dies, Labels Eight Die, Decorative Labels Eight Dies.

Sheri Holt's card sings "Spring is just around the corner" using Pansies in Spring Cling Stamps, SVG Pansies in Spring Digital Cut Download with the frame from Stitched Flowers Vintage Tags and Spellbinders Marvelous Squares Dies.

Darsie Bruno paired Pansies in Spring Cling Stamps with Cascading Ferns Cling Background Stamp and white embossing to create her beautiful card.

Join us tomorrow for our last March Release sets - 2 Beautiful Backgrounds designed by Amy Tedder.

Posted at 10:12 AM in Amy Tedder Designs, Botanicals, JustRite Cling, New Releases, Past Design Team, Spring/Easter | Permalink | Comments (4)

March 07, 2014

Magnolia Vintage Labels Seven and Ribbons, Tape and Lace

Welcome to day three of the JustRite Papercraft Release. Today the design team is playing with two new 4" x 6" clear stamp sets with coordinating SVG files designed by Amy Tedder

Magnolia Vintage Labels Seven Clear Stamps is an 11 image set that includes sympathy and thinking of you sentiments with a gorgeous Magnolia and Vintage Labels Seven Frame.

SVG Magnolia Vintage Labels Seven Digital Cut File Download - this file cuts only the Magnolia (blue shaded items) and sell for 50 Cents.

Ribbons,Tape and Lace Clear Stamps is perfect for creating Faux Washi Tape and stamping on small pieces of ribbon and seam binding.

You will love using the coordinating SVG Ribbons, Tape and Lace Digital Cut File Download with this set. Create borders and faux washi tape in a matte of minutes.

Debbie Olson designed this stunning card using our Magnolia Vintage Labels Seven Clear Stamps with Sunday's Release set - Baroque Frames Cling Background Stamp. She also used our Vintage Labels Seven Dies and our Vintage Tag Dies.

Darsie Bruno designed this beautiful card using Ribbons,Tape and Lace Clear Stamps with Spellbinders CHAW Release A2 Tranquil Moments Dies. You can now pre-order our favorite Spellbinders CHAW Release Dies on our website here. We have added over 50 new Spellbinders Dies to our website. For all the details visit Darsie's blog post.

Becca Feeken created this gorgeous card by pairing our Magnolia Vintage Labels Seven Clear Stamps with our Tufted Cling Background. Becca also used our SVG Magnolia Vintage Labels Seven Digital Cut File Download, JustRite Vintage Labels Seven Dies, and Spellbinders Foliage Flourish.

Eva Dobilas designed this beautiful card using Magnolia Vintage Labels Seven Clear Stamps, Ribbons,Tape and Lace Clear Stamps and Vintage Labels Seven Die, with Spellbinders Timeless Rectangles.

Heidi Blankenship used an image from our Ribbons, Tape and Lace Clear Stamps set to stamp on seam binding to create the fabulous bow on her card. To create her beautiful card Heidi used Magnolia Vintage Labels Seven Clear Stamps, Vintage Labels Seven Dies and SVG Magnolia Vintage Labels Seven Digital Cut File Download . Heidi colored her Magnolia image using Chameleon Color Tone markers.

Kazan Clark designed her sweet card using Magnolia Vintage Labels Seven Clear Stamps, Vintage Labels Seven Dies with Spellbinders CHA Release Glilded Life Wrought Iron Embossing Plate .

Margie Higuchi created her card using Ribbons,Tape and Lace Clear Stamps with Spellbinders® Picot Edge Circles and Spiral Blossom One dies as accent pieces. Margies card is A1 size and measures 4⅞ x 3½".

Amy Tedder designed her beautiful card using Magnolia Vintage Labels Seven Clear Stamps, Vintage Labels Seven Dies and Spellbinders A2 Bracket Borders One Dies.

Marisa Job created this beautiful card using Magnolia Vintage Labels Seven Clear Stamps,Ribbons,Tape and Lace Clear Stamps, SVG Ribbons, Tape and Lace Digital Cut File Download and Vintage Labels Seven Die. For all the details visit her blog.

Michele Kovack designed this Sweet card using Ribbons,Tape and Lace Clear Stamps.

Kathy Jones shows you how to use the Magnolia image on the inside and outside of your card. Kathy used Magnolia Vintage Labels Seven Clear Stamps, Vintage Labels Seven Die with Spellbinders A2 Filigree Delights Die

Inside of Kathy's card.

Kristi Schurr is sharing two cards with us today. Her first card is a Thinking of You card using Magnolia Vintage Labels Seven Clear Stamps. For all the details visit her blog.

Kristi Schurr 's second card uses Ribbons,Tape and Lace Clear Stamps to create a Faux Washi Tape card using the butterfly image from Stitched Flowers Vintage Tags with SVG Stitched Flowers Vintage Tags Digital Cut Download.

Angela Barkhouse created this "know you are loved"card using the sentiment from Welcome Spring, with Magnolia Vintage Labels Seven Clear Stamps, Nested Cloud & Tag Dies, Vintage Sentiment Tag Dies, and Spellbinders Classic Ovals Dies, Lacey Ovals Dies.

Thanks for stopping by today be sure to join us Saturday and Sunday for the last two days of the release.

Posted at 10:34 AM in Amy Tedder Designs, JustRite Clear, New Releases, Past Design Team | Permalink | Comments (6)

JustRite Friday Challenge #116 - CAS Cards

Are you ready for a new challenge this week at JustRite Inspiration? The rest of the team will be back later this morning but I wanted to get the new challenge started with a sneak peak at one of today's releases! For this one, all you need to do is create a CAS (Clean And Simple) project.

I used Ribbons, Tags & Lace clear stamps along with the coordinating NEW Downloadable SVG Digital Cut files. For more details, visit my blog HERE.

The Top 3 winners for JRC#116 will receive 1 Stamp Set of choice from the JustRite Store.

The Random Draw Winner for JRC#116 will receive 1 Cling Stamp Set of choice from the JustRite Store.

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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 ourFlickr gallery, please use the weekly challenge code (example:JRC_116 <== 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, Mar 19th, at 6:00 PM Central to make your project and enter a link to it below. Winners will be chosen and announced the next day (Thursday, Mar 20th) 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.

Posted at 01:01 AM in Birthday, Challenges, JustRite Clear, JustRite Friday Challenges, SVG Digital Cut Files | Permalink | Comments (4)

March 06, 2014

Becca Feeken's Cascading Ferns and Samantha Walker's Owl Be There

Welcome to day two of the JustRite Papercraft March Release. Today we are introducing a beautiful background stamp designed by Becca Feeken and a fun new clear stamp set designed by Samantha Walker with a coordinating SVG File.

Cascading Ferns Cling Background Stamps designed by Becca Feeken for our Amazing Paper Grace Stamp Collection.

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Owl Be There Clear Stamps designed by Samantha Walker. Coordinates with Nested Cloud and Tag Dies and Vintage Labels Seven Dies.

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SVG Owl Be There Digital Cut File Download

Becca Feeken designed a stunning card using three of her stamp sets - Cascading Ferns Cling Background Stamps, Elegant Celebrations Clear Stamps, Ribbons and Swags Vintage Labels Seven Clear Stamps . Becca also used these New CHAW Spellbinders Dies to create her card -Spellbinders Belly Band Two Dies, A2 Scalloped Borders Three Dies. Now available for pre-order on our website.

Sheri Holt designed this fabulously fun card using Samantha's Owl Be There Clear Stamps , Becca's Cascading Ferns Cling Background Stamps with our Offset cut from SVG Owl Be There Digital Cut File Download. For more details visit Sheri's blog.

Michele Kovack is sharing two cards today. Her first card is this beautiful card using two of Becca's stamp sets Cascading Ferns Cling Background Stamps and Friendship Vintage Labels Seven.

Michele Kovack's second card is this fun card using Samantha's Owl Be There Clear Stamps

Marisa Job designed this beautiful card using Cascading Ferns Cling Background Stamps, sentiment from Stitched Flowers Vintage Tags, Vintage Tag Dies with Spellbinders Majestic Labels Twenty Five, Rose Creations Dies and Sprigs Dies.

Kathy Jones designed this sweet card using Owl Be There Clear Stamps , Offset cut file from our SVG Owl Be There Digital Cut File Download with Spellbinders Classic Hearts, Twisted Hearts MBossibilities.