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Hi everyone! Haven't been doing a lot of crafting lately with soccer in full swing and since we are the coordinators for it. But I did manage to add a few items to my etsy shop. You can click on the link on the side bar to view the new magnets I made.

I LOVE making magnets. Not only are they functional but they are so pretty hanging up on my frig. They are perfect for hanging important notes that you need to see on a daily basis. Trust me there are some things that if I don't have a daily reminder for them they are forgotten.

Sorry I haven't gotten crafty lately. I will be back soon and for sure on Monday for the Papertrey Ink blog hop. Love all the inspiration when they have those once a month and this months theme is all about masculine cards.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Supplies:

Picture #1

patterned paper - Crate Paper

stamps, felt, button - Papertrey Ink

ink - Stampin' Up!

dies - Papertrey Ink, Stampin' Up!, Spellbinders

brad - Making Memories

Picture #2

patterned paper, letter stickers - October Afternoon

cardstock, stamps, button - Papertrey Ink

ink - Tsukineko

dies - Spellbinders, Papertrey Ink

Picture #3

patterned paper - Echo Park

cardstock, stamps, ink - Papertrey Ink

dies - Spellbinders

cork sheets - Quickutz

All magnetic sheets are from Quickutz

Bloom and Grow Forever

Hello!!! Here is a flowery card for you today. And I know looking at it you wonder how I would ever send it through the mail, and here is my answer, I don't. :) Sometimes I make cards just for the fun of it and this is one of those cards. I just felt like playing around with my stash of craft supplies and this is what I came up with.

I will say, it was nice to look through all that I own and see what I got because I came across this wonderful flower die by My Favorite Things that makes the flowers that you see on this card. You just simply cut your flower shape and then roll it up, I prefer to do it around a pen or pencil, and then I hot glue the end to the bottom of the flower and there you have it.

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Supplies:

cardstock - Papertrey Ink

patterned paper - Echo Park

stamps - Papertrey Ink (sentiment)

dies - Spellbinders (scalloped circle), My Favorite Things (rolled flowers), Quickutz (leaves)

die cut machine - Big Shot by Sizzix

gems - craft supply

ink - Tsukineko

corner rounder - EK Success

Happy Birthday to a Great Friend

Hi!! Is anybody else extremely busy from the hustle and bustle of Christmas? I know, you all are, dumb question, right? :o) Thanks to having a few go to cards that I created a while ago I am able to have a card to post for you today.

There is just something about butterflies that I absolutely love. I have tons of dies for them, punches, stickers, stamps, you name it. and this huge butterfly die by Stampin' Up! makes for a great focal image on a card or page. Don't even have to do much with it to make it stand out.

And don't you just love the colors of that Echo Park patterned paper? Such an addiction for me collecting their papers. Good thing is, at least I use them. :o)

Thanks for stopping by!!

Supplies:

cardstock - Papertrey Ink, Stampin' Up!

patterned paper - Echo Park

butterfly dies, black twine - Stampin Up

label die - Spellbinders

stamp - Hero Arts (Sentiment)

ink - Tsukineko, Papertrey Ink (blue)

embossing folder - Cuttlebug

embossing and die cut machine - Big Shot by Sizzix

hi!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. We had a three day weekend here since the kids had Friday off with parent-teacher conferences this week. And we were blessed with some nice weather to go with our great weekend.

I have a shaped card for you today. I don't do very many of these but I may have to start making more of them. To make this one I folded my cardstock in half and ran it through my die cut machine with my Spellbinder label die. But make sure the die sticks off the folded end some so you can keep the fold in the card. Easy peasy.

Wow, and not only did I do a shaped card but I didn't even do any stamping on this card. I must have been in some kind of mood that day. :o)

Hope you have a great week!

Supplies:

cardstock, buttons, twine - Papertrey Ink

patterned paper, letters, sticker - American Crafts

ribbon - prairiebirdboutique.etsy.com

label die - spellbinders

die cut machine - Epic Six by Quickutz

Happy Birthday

Hi everyone. I have a girl birthday card for ya today. It was my neices birthday a couple of weeks back and she turned 14 so I wanted something girly for her but not too cutesy because she is a teenager. So I thought this was a happy medium for her card.

Don't you just love that Echo Park paper. One of my favorite paper companies. They never cease to amaze me with their beautiful designs and colors. I have been using them quite a bit lately and I think my other patterned papers are getting a little jealous. I guess at least I'm not hoarding it like I have been known to do with my favorite supplies. :o)

Supplies:

cardstock - Papertrey Ink

patterned paper, letter stickers - Echo Park

border punch - Stampin' Up!

label die - Spellbinders

flourish dies - Quickutz

die cut machine - Epic Six by Quickutz

Happy Anniversary

Hi everyone. Wanted to share a card with you today that I made for my brother and sister-in-law for their anniversary. First of all, I love the Year of Flowers stamps from Papertrey Ink. They are perfect for anniversaries and sympathy cards. So elegant and sophisticated. This card is using the Year of Flowers: Larkspur. I had such wonderful ideas floating in my head about this card. I wanted just a section of the flower showing with the rest of it faded out in the background. And the best way I could think of to soften the background was vellum. Oooo, this is going to be cool. I was so excited to complete my project and ready to put my vellum on when I realize after I adhered it, it didn't quite turn out like I had anticipated. The vellum wasn't thick enough to have the faded look I was envisioning. Oh well. Still happy with the card but a little bummed my great idea didn't pan out.

You can see the vellum a little better with this view. At least you can notice it is there but not in the fashion I was hoping it to be. That is what we should all love about our wonderful craft. It is fun to try new things and even if they don't come out the way you want them to, we are all the wiser for it.

Supplies:

cardstock, stamps - PTI

color medium - Copic markers

label die - Spellbinders

die machine - Epic Six

brads - Making Memories

ink - Tsukineko

Trying to keep at it...

Hi everyone. I am trying to keep at my blog for all of you followers, but I am failing miserably. Sorry for that. :(

But, at least I bring a new card for you today. I just made this card for a recent family anniversary. I always try my best to make the card part masculine and part feminine, best of both worlds I guess. So I try to go with colors that are soft with a punch of bold. My soft in this case is the aquamist color and my punch of bold is the pure poppy red.

Don't you just love that stamped border towards the bottom of the card? My new favorite background building stamp from Papertrey Ink called A Little Argyle. So many neat things you can do with this stamp set. The other stamp set I used is from the anniversary set that Papertrey Ink sends out free to their customers if they purchase 12 or more stamp sets in a year. I far exceeded that number, can't get enough if their stamps.

Supplies:

cardstock, stamps - Papertrey Ink

ink - Papertrey Ink, Tsukineko

pen - American Crafts (white)

label die - Spellbinders

metallic gems - Hero Arts

Birthday Party Invites

Hi everyone. Sorry for the absence, we have been gone some and I haven't had a chance to post since last Monday. But I am back with you today with three cards for ya. I was asked to make some birthday invites for my niece and so I made three different ones and thought it would be fun for her to pick her favorite. And here is her number one choice (the card below). And secretly, it was my favorite one too. She has good taste. :o)

I used one of my favorite companies to make this card, Cosmo Cricket. I love their new paper line, Garden Variety. So full of yummy goodness. The stamped image is from Stampin' Up! and I just paper pieced the frosted top to that cupcake. And of course it can't go unnoticed one of the best border punches ever, the loops edger punch by Martha Stewart.

My son picked this one as his favorite. The colors really pop off the card on this one. The stamps I used are from Hero Arts titled Elephants. I love that big elephant in that set, so easy to cut out and looks really cute too stamped on patterned paper if you want to spice it up a bit. And of course in true Julie fashion, I had to use another one of my favorite border punches by EK Success, the large embossed scalloped.

Here is the last card I made and I did another one of my loves, embossing. I love my embossing folders, they give just a touch of interest to a card without being distracting. The stamps I used for this card are also from Hero Arts, love that galaxy of stars stamp set by them.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great week!!!

Supplies:

Card 1

cardstock - Papertrey Ink, Stampin' Up!

stamps - Stampin Up! (cupcake), Cosmo Cricket (sentiment)

patterned paper - Cosmo Cricket

punches - Creative Memories (circle, square), EK Success (scalloped circle), Martha Stewart (loopy border)
die - Spellbinders

ink - Tsukineko, Papertrey Ink

Card 2

cardstock - Papertrey Ink, Stampin' Up!

stamps - Hero Arts

punches - Creative Memories (circle), Stampin Up! (small scallop border), EK Success (large embossed scallop border)

glitter glue - Ranger

ink - Tsukineko

die cut - Cricut cartridge Home Accents (sun)

Card 3

cardstock - Papertrey Ink, Stampin' Up!

stamps - Hero Arts

embossing folders - Cuttlebug

twine - Papertrey Ink

border punch - EK Success

ink - Tsukineko

Hello Baby

I sure love me some October Afternoon paper and sometimes I just really have to play with it. This card is for no one in particular, I was just inspired by this Ducks in a Row line to create this baby card. Don't know what I will do with the card, but it sure was a lot of fun to make.

And with this card, I got to do one of my favorite things as a crafter; use my scissors. I cut out those ducks by hand and loved every minute of it. Those cutterbee scissors are so awesome for detailed cuts. And see that pink label behind the ducks, one of my favorite stamp sets by Papertrey Ink, Vintage Labels. Ya know, I think I say that a lot with their stamps, but I truly love them all.

Supplies:
card stock, stamp, ribbon, ink - Papertrey Ink
patterned paper - October Afternoon
journaling spot - October Afternoon
letter stickers - American Crafts
pen - Bic permanent marker
border punch - EKSuccess

Sending a Smile Across the Miles

Hi everyone. I have my computer back to normal, yay!!! I was getting so frustrated not being able to upload pictures to my blog and I can't go without my pictures, otherwise you have to sit and read all my boring stuff. :o)

Anyway, here is a card I created using a bunch of deco scissors. I used five different styles of scissors and just layered them. Love how the look turned out. And I can't believe how the bow turned out. I never have good luck with bows and I am totally loving this one. Let's hope I have mastered the art of bow making because I go crazy not having a good bow on my cards. Even if I really want one on my card, sometimes I skip it just because I can't do the bows justice.

Have a wonderful weekend!!!

Supplies:

cardstock - Papertrey Ink

patterned paper - BasicGrey

stamps - Papertrey Ink

ribbon - American Crafts

flowers - Creative Memories

brads - Making Memories

ink - Papertrey Ink

deco scissors - Provo Craft and Fiskars

Birthday Wishes

MIA. Sorry about that. Sometimes I get in a funk and don't want to spend more than 5 minutes on the computer at a time. That definitely doesn't give me time to write up a blog post. I will do my best to be better. I guess I could just post some pictures for you and write very few words, but I feel bad doing that. Oh well, hope for some improvement soon. :)

This was a card I created for one of my nieces for her birthday. I hope the recipient liked it. :) I love the combo of pink and orange for a girl. It screams girl power to me with the boldness of the colors. There are three different stamp sets I used from Papertrey Ink on this card. All you PTI lovers out there can you name them all? Here are the ones I used in case you wanted to check them out: Polka Dot Basics, Vintage Labels, and Mega Mixed Messages.

Thanks for stopping by and hopefully I can have another post up this weekend.

Supplies:

cardstock - PTI

patterned paper - Sassafras

gems - Hero Arts

stamps - PTI

ink - PTI

border punch - EKSuccess

flowers - craft supply

WCMD Challenge #3: India

Are you up for another card? I hope so because I have one for you that is inspired by one of the most beautiful countries in the world, India. When I think of India I think of beautiful people dressed in wonderful, intricate, beaded garmets. There is such detail to their clothes and beautiful bright colors. For my card I wanted to play of the beads and the details.

For this card, I really wanted to use beads so I strung them across the bottom part of my card. And to add some detail I made sure I to add flourishes, gems, intricate border and the beautiful designs of the Damask Designs stamp set from PTI. The label on my card is from a new release called Vintage Labels from PTI. LOVE IT!!!

As for the sentiment "I Love You", doesn't the Taj Mahal in India remind you of love? That is why I picked the sentiment I did. And that is from the Damask Design stamp set as well.