Happy Thursday.
Sadly, this is my last week guest designing across at Just Us Girls. It’s been a wonderful month and a huge shout out of thanks to the very talented team for allowing me to play along with them for the last four challenges. I get to close out my guest designing with a fabulous set that was part of the Pinkfresh Studio August 2025 Create and Connect. It’s a wonderful set as it’s all stencils and dies. You stencil the images first and then use the die-cuts. The set is called Floral Frenzy and here’s a sneak peek:
Oh.. don’t you love those rich colors? Colors I would never use. However, the Color Cube from Sarah Renae Clark inspired me to get out of my comfort zone, yet again, and use some bright colors.
Oh… and here’s our challenge badge for this week:
Well, as it was anything goes week. I took that literally. Well, I am that kinda person. I do tend to take this very literally:-). I began with a piece of Neenah Solar White 110# cardstock and the stencils from the Floral Frenzy set. I then pulled out the inspiration card from the Color Cube and found some matching inks.
I creted the images with each of the stencils and then die-cut it with the matching die. The great thing about these items from Pinkfresh is that the die is a single die and cuts everything out all at once!
For my background I chose what has become my favorite all time blue cardstock from Spellbinders called Cosmic Sky. I just love how rich the blue is. It was the perfect backdrop for these rich colors and was also one of the colors on the card that I pulled from the Color Cube.
Anyone who has visited my blog in the past will know that I like to anchor single images like this. So I pulled out the trust chevron stencil that I got as part of the overflowing box of goodies that I got as part of the Jennifer McGuire crafty box. It’s one of my favorite stencils.
I added some color with Navy blue ink to give an almost tone-on-tone look and then mounted the florals with foam dots. I varied the height of them to give a little more interest.
Here’s my full card:
Looking at them you would never know that it was a stencil that created these gorgeous florals. The die-cut adds the extra dimension and then they pop. Love it!
Oh, and here’s a look at the inspiration card from the color cube and how it influenced my card:
The great thing about using inks to create the colors on white cardstock is that I can use the inks to create even more colors. Adding a little blue to the green, adding yellow over the orange, etc. gives me slightly different shades. The chevrons add just a little bit of interest in the background, help ground the florals and give a geometric feel to balance the soft outlines of the florals. And, again… that cardstock color might not quite fit the dark navy of the inspiration card, but it certainly helps set off those orange colors!
The design team have some fabulous inspiration for you, so I hope you will pop along and check out their blogs. Also, we would LOVE you to play along with the Anything Goes Stencil challenge this week. We would love to see how YOU are inspired.
Again, huge thanks to the Just Us Girls team for having me along this past month. I’ll be back tomorrow with another card. In the meantime, warm hugs and prayers for those of you who need a little lift tonight.
Card recipe:
- Stencil and die: Floral Frenzy – Pinkfresh Studio
- Sentiment: The Shelf Edit – Simple Joys – Pinkfresh Studio
- Cardstock: Cosmic Sky – Spellbinders
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11 Responses
Jaydee…not only do I love the colors but I love the dimension! Makes this gorgeous bouquet pop! Thanks for sharing your genius!
What a beautiful card. Those colors are just stunning with that stencil background. Thanks so much for joining us for the month of September. You were an awesome guest designer!
What a great card Jaydee! I have to go look at those products right now! Your color choices are wonderful and that pretty Cosmic Sky background complements those beautifully stenciled flowers so well. Thank you for being a fabulous guest!
I love your colors against that pretty blue background! This is a gorgeous card, Jaydee. It’s been a treat having you guesting with us this past month!
Glorious! You aced those colors from the cube and your card is beautiful!
What a lovely stenciled background you created for your equally lovely bouquet!
The vibrant colors of your flowers really glow against that bright blue background, Jaydee. This is such a beautiful card. It has been a pleasure having you as our guest this month.
WOW! your floral bouquet is simply stunning in those rich colours Jaydee. Love the gorgoues blue paper and your clean and oh so simple stencilling is magic.
Thank you for being a fabulous inspirational Guest with us at JUGS. It has been my pleasure to see your creative works.
Jaydee, I love your card…the bright colors on the dark blue background. Just lovely! Cyber Hugs!
This is gorgeous! I love the soft stenciling on the background paired with your beautifully blended bouquet! Thank you so much for joining us this past month with all of your amazing designs!
Jaydee, your gorgeous bouquet really pops against the dark background; a lovely card in every way! Thank you so much for sharing your inspiring creativity with us this month; your talents are amazing!
~carol