Just Us Girls challenge #822 - DT card

Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog.  I am a little giddy today as I have some exciting news to share with you - I am joining the Just Us Girls challenge Design Team - woohoo!  As you may remember I was a guest designer for them back in February and they asked me if I would like to join them as a permanent designer, and of course I immediately said yes!  Today I am sharing my first card for them and it's Die Week and Vicki has chosen 'use a sentiment die'.  

I was so nervous making my first card as I wanted it to be 'good enough'; the team is super talented and I hope I've done them proud.  I wanted to make my sentiment die the star of the show so did a faux embossed background using the die and then cut one from gold as my focal element.  I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and die cut lots of the hooray sentiment from white card. I added them to the white panel with liquid glue, staggering them by one letter on each row but made sure one was complete along the second row.  I then decided to die cut the panel using a stitched rectangle die.  I stacked 3 more white words on top of the one on the second line and then finished off with one cut from gold mirror card.  I liked that the word went slightly outside the die cut panel.  I added some scrap white card behind the panel and then adhered it to my card base with double sided tape.  I stamped a sub-sentiment using black ink and die cut it with a sentiments strip die; this was placed below the gold hooray with double sided tape.  I finished off with some gold and black pearls.  For the inside I die cut another stitched rectangle and 1 more hooray word from white card.  I added the word with liquid glue and stamped the sentiment above it with black ink.  I adhered the panel to the card base with double sided tape.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

A Cut Above challenge - ATG with a die cut (entry 3 of 3)

Colourful Options challenge - option B - black & white with a pop of colour

Dragonfly Dreams challenge - use die cuts

Neglected Stuff challenge - my die is really old and I don't think I've ever used it!

Word Power challenge - make the sentiment the focus of your card

I'm sure this will be a popular challenge as we all love our dies don't we?  I cannot wait to see what you create.  Please pop over to the challenge blog and leave some love for the rest of the design team.  

I appreciate you stopping by. 

Love and hugs, 

card supplies:

Avery Elle - hooray die (currently on sale!)

MFT - you wow me stamp (for both sentiments)

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

gold mirror card from my stash

*Gina K Designs - master layouts 02 (for stitched rectangle)

Gina K Designs - large strip sentiments die

Gina K Designs - black, gold & silver metallic pearl mix

*I now have an Affiliate Link for the Gina K Designs store. If you are considering making a purchase I would appreciate you using my link as it will earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. 

Thank you x