Secret Crafter Challenge

Hi all,

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and are not too stuffed afterwards.

I was able to get a challenge done today after our hike up the mountain behind our house. I wanted to get out and get some exercise today so we all decided to go.....It was a nice cool day, a little overcast....

Anyway, back to the challenge. I participated in the challenge on Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge blog. The challenge was to make a card with a Christmas tree on it.

Here is my card:

Happy Crafting,

Until next time,

Julie

Instyle Stamps November Blog Hop Starts Today

Welcome to the Instyle November Blog Hop. I am so excited, this is my first ever blog hop that I have been involved in. This month's theme is "Holiday Ornaments".


This month we are starting with Cyndi's blog. When you are finished hopping through all the blogs be sure to end up at the Instyle Stamp blog to enter for a great prize and help decide which DT member also gets a prize. There is a grand prize to one lucky blog hopper and one prize to one lucky design team member.
To enter, hop through all the DT members blogs (leaving comments at each stop) then go back to the Instyle Stamp blog and vote for the DT member who's project inspired you the most. Then leave your name with Mr. Linky to be entered into the drawing for the grand prize. You have until 11:59pm EST on Sunday Nov 29th to enter. Winners will be announced on the Instyle Stamps blog on Monday. Good luck and enjoy your blog hop.


You should have reached my blog from Margie's blog.


Here is my card for the blog hop.

I used Instyle Stamps Christmas Tree Chick Digital stamp for as the focal for my project. I used Jolly & Bright paper from Heidi Grace as my background paper. I just love how this paper shimmers and I thought it was perfect for the digi stamp. I added lots of Stickles, a few bulbs on the sides and some shimmery ribbon to help complete the card.




Hope you enjoyed my card. Your next stop on the blog hop is Jodi S.
Happy Blog Hoppin'
Julie

Sewn Together Challenge #14

Hi all,

Over at Sewn Together we have an awesome sponsor for this weeks challenge. It is the Cutting Cafe. Here is a little information about Regina the owner of Cutting cafe:

Hello my name is Regina Easter. I have 4 wonderful children and an awesome supportive husband. I have for as long as I can remember loved all the aspects of creating things with paper and drawing. So it was only fitting that I decided to open up The Cutting Cafe' and I am loving every bit of this new venture. The Cutting Cafe' offers affordable Printable Stamps and Cutting Files. The Cutting Files which are basically just like templates are files that you Print out using your home printer, Cut, Assemble and then Embellish.....Very Easy.....The Cutting Files also come in the format where you can cut out the files using some of the latest Machine Cutterslike the Pazzles Inspiration, Bosskut Gazelle and Cricut (with Scal software). The Printable Stamps are just that, images that are sent to you through email that you print out using your home printer. After the images are printed out, you can just color them in like you would any other stamped imaged...One great thing about the Printable Stamps and Cutting Files is that you no longer have to worry about finding space to store all of your stamps....You can keep them all in a folder in your computer and use over and over again.

The challenge is to make a Christmas themed card or project, we would love to see Sewn Together images and Cutting Cafe images used together.

Here is the card that I came up with, I love the shimmer and sparkle of this card.

Penny B and One Stop Craft Challenges

Hi all,

First of all I would like to wish you all a Happy Turkey Day......

I hope you all enjoy your day with family and friends.....

I was able to get another card made up using 2 challenges.

The first challenge was over at Penny B Friends Saturday Challenge Blog. The challenge over there was Winter Wonderland. Well, for me that must mean a snowman.....lol... I found this cute Penny Black image of a snowman and a dog....I just love how animated the stamp set is.....

The second challenge I incorporated was over at http://onestopcraftchallenge.blogspot.com/. The challenge there was to make a card using snowflakes. Well, I think between the background paper, the image snowflakes and the large snowflake on the front, I think I have that covered.

Here is my card for both of these challenges:

Happy Turkey Day!

Julie

Crafting Life's Pieces Challenge

Happy Tuesday everyone.....

Just thought I would share my new card I made for the challenge over at Crafting Life's Pieces. The challenge is a sketch challenge.

I was in a very pink and glittery mood and once I decided on the paper, everything else just took form.

I used a digi stamp from Instyle Stamps.

Here is a little bit closer view of all the glittery stuff....lol.

Hope you like my card.....

Happy crafting.

Julie

Two challenges in one.....

Hi all,

Are you all ready for Thanksgiving? I still can not believe Thanksgiving is this week.....my time is just flying by, it amazes me how fast things seem to be going.....

Anyway, I was off work today, so I decided to try out some challenges. First stop was the Ildico Blog to see what they were up to.....the challenge was to make a card using a Christmas song to inspire you. Well, all the songs started going thru my head as I looked through my stamps and I saw this little Hedgehog holding a Christmas tree and immediately started singing "Rockin' around the Christmas tree", so that is my inspiration.

Then I saw on Mojo Monday they posted a nice little sketch and it worked perfectly with my little hedgehog. So, I incorporated the sketch in as well.

Hope you like the little hedgehogs as much as I do......

Enjoy your day!

Julie

Victoria Case Challenge #26

Hi all,

I have another card to share with you. I was asked to make a card from a friend of mine for her boss. All she said was she liked dogs..... well, I immediately thought of this cute little puppy from Victoria Case.

I decided to make the card in blues and silver to follow the challenge over on Victoria Case challenge blog.....



Hope you like the cute little puppy....



Have a great week!

Julie

Sew Many Cards Freebie Friday and a challenge....

Hi all,

Just a reminder about Sew Many cards Freebie Friday. This week it is the cutest little polar bear.......You now have to subscribe to the newsletter to be able to pick up the new freebies. Here is a link to the blog where you can sign up for the newsletter.... Newsletter

Here is a card I made using the polar bear.....I also used the sketch over at Papertake Weekly for this card. I just love Polar Bears, so I was so happy to be able to play with this one....

Hope you like him.....

Thanks for reading....

Happy Crafting,

Julie

3 Challenges in one....

Happy Hump Day....Hope you all had a great Wednesday.

Today I managed to make a card that incorporated 3 different challenges. I recently bought a cute little snowman wooden stamp from a friend....not knowing that it was actually a Penny Black stamp. I was thrilled as I really like the Penny Black images. That must be why I picked that one up, that and I really like snowmen....

Anyway, I decided to participate in the Penny Black Saturday Challenge blog. Their challenge was "Christmas for the guys". I thought the snowman would do just fine for this challenge.

The second challenge I incorporated into this card was the Sketch Saturday challenge. It was a nice little sketch. I used the snowflakes for most of the circles.

The third challenge I decided to incorporate into this card was the challenge over at Cute Card Thursday. The challenge over there was "Glitter me silly". I decided to put glitter all around the snowman so it looked like it was snowing.....

Anyway, here is the card that I incorporated all these challenges into.

Hope you like the snowman as much as I do.

Happy Crafting.

Julie

Stamp Something Blog Challenge

HI all,

Here is another challenge I completed and the last of the incorporated Chihuahua cards.

This challenge was a sketch challenge, it is always helpful to have a great sketch to help keep you on track when making a card......

The sketch is from the Stamp Something Challenge blog. It was really a nice sketch, easy to use too.

Hope you like my final Chihuahua card....for now at least....

Until next time....

Happy stamping...

Julie

Friday Sketchers Challenge

I hope you all don't get tired of the little Chihuahua.....I had a request from someone I work with to make some of these little guys for her, so I decided to use the little chihuahua for some challenges....

I used this one for the Friday Sketchers sketch....

I tried to make this one bold by adding the Purple ribbon on the just plain black and white....

Until next time....

Happy Monday!

Julie

Pink Elephant and Our Creative Corner Challenge

Hi all,

I was busy making Muchas Gracias Chihuahua cards this week end and decided to incorporate them into some challenges. I found this little Chihuahua stamp at a Scrapbook Expo a couple of years ago. Isn't it the cutest?

For this card I used the challenge over at Pink Elephant blog which was "be thankful". Well, I thought that "Muchas Gracias" covered that...

The second challenge I incorporated was over at Our Creative Corner blog. The challenge was a sketch challenge.

So, here is the card....

Hope you like it....Have a great week ahead...

Julie

Crafting Life's Pieces & La-La Land Crafts Challenges

Hi all,

I completed this card and wanted to get it posted....I think it turned out beautiful...

I used a Sarah Kay stamp that I recently bought. These images are so adorable. You can really lace and bling things up with them.

I created the card using the sketch over on the Crafting Life's Pieces blog.

I incorporated using a new lacey punch that I bought from Stampin' Up, so I decided to include it in the challenge over on La-La Land Crafts. Their challenge is to "Get Punchy".

I really love how this card came out. I love using brown with any color, I think that color combo turns out so pretty.... I added some pearls to give it a feminine, vintage look.

Hope you like it too...

Happy crafting..
Julie

Instyle Stamps Color Challenge

HI all,

Today I submitted my first card to Instyle Stamps Club Anime color challenge. The challenge is to use Salmon, Lime Green, Brown and White. You can find the challenge here.

I used sweet little Kimi the Angel....I used Angel Wings Shimmerz all over her dress, hair and wings....Then I added some golden highlights to her hair and of course her halo with a gold gel pen.

I love how this card came out. I tried to take a picture so you could see all the bling on her....

Hope you liked it as much as I do....
Have a great week end....

Happy Crafting.
Julie

Scrapbooking from the inside out

Attention all.... This is from the Scrapbook Trends blog.....

"Scrapbooking from the Inside Out has launched their November kit Generosity, perfect for this time of year. This kit is so graceful and stylish – full of rich, deep color and elegant design, with coins, copper accents, shimmery self-adhesive mosaic tiles, and pretty Prima.

Scrapbooking from the Inside Out’s industry-exclusive content will help you explore your inner world with a music playlist, journaling prompts, moving photos, inspiring quotes, and meaningful monthly challenges.
To enter to win one of these great kits, repost this post on your blog and link it back to Scrapbook Trends, then give us a link to your blog post in the comment section of this post, and you could be exploring what GENEROSITY means to you!"

This looks like a great kit....so go over to the Scrapbook Trends blog and check it out....

Have fun...

Julie

Sewn Together and Papertake Weekly

Hi all,

I just wanted to let you know that this week's Sewn Together Friday Freebie is up and posted. You can find it here.

I made this card with the Friday Freebie....this cute little mother and baby dolphin. All you have to do is download it and it can be yours too....

I chose to also enter it over at Papertake Weekly's blog. Their challenge is to use a digi on your card or creation.

Go on over and pick up this adorable freebie over at Sewn Together.

Until next time...
Julie

Announcement

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to let you know that I was accepted onto another design team.

I am now designing for Instyle Stamps.

I am so excited to be apart of this team. I love their stamps. I am apart of their Anime team.

Here are some of the creations that I made using their stamps so far....

The first card is one that I submitted with my application for the design team.

The second one is one that I submitted for the current challenge with blog candy over on their blog....you can find the information here ....

Go an check out the new stamps and the challenges....It's alot of fun....

Until next time.

Happy crafting,
Julie

Happy Veteran's Day

HI All....
Happy Veteran's Day......

And in honor of all of our Veteran's out there....Sewn Together has a freebie for their readers....It is a really cute Patriotic Eagle....
Stop by their blog and pick it up....It is a great way to tell a Veteran "Thank you" for defending our country....
Click here and it will take you to the Eagle digi freebie....


Enjoy your day....
Julie

Pink Elephant and Ildico Challenges

Hi all, here is the second challenge I got to this week end....And I combined two....

The first challenge over at Pink Elephant Blog was to use Brown, Yellow, Neutral and Color of your choice.... I added a splash of blue to match Cuddles Kuma's bow and the basket cover.


The second challenge was over at Ildico Blog and it was a sketch challenge. I also chose to use Ildico's teddy bear Cuddles Kuma digital stamp. You can find him here.



I think the card came out really cute....I hope you agree.....



Until next time...
Happy crafting...
Julie

Mojo Monday #111 Challenge

Hi all....I hope you all had a great week end as we round it up and head into the work week.....

This week end I was able to get a couple of challenges done....The first one is over at Mojo Monday's Challenges. They had a sketch challenge that I really liked....

Here is the sketch:

And here is my take on it....I just love this little Chihuahua stamp I picked up....It is so useful.

Have a great week....

Until next time...

Julie

Happy Saturday.....

HI all....

Just thought I would post and say hi....and see what you all are doing?

Here are a few things that I have been working on lately.....

First I had a card that I needed to make for someone for a wedding.....

Next, I had been finishing this necklace up for some time........

Finally, Shhhh...this one is a Christmas gift for my daughter......

Hope you are having a super (and crafty) week end....

Until next time...
Julie

Sewn Together Freebie Friday Is here....

Yeh! It's Friday....time for the Freebie for today......
Here is my take on it.....

Don't forget to stop by and pick it up today......

https://sewmanycards.com/Freebie_Friday.php

Have a great week end full of crafting....

Julie

Sew Many Cards November Specials

November Release Value Pack......
This value pack is made with November in mind and comes with 6 Images and is only $6: Donkey with Turkey and cart of apples, a leaf, acorns, crow, and a Pie.
Remember to sign up for their newsletter to get a special discount code for 25%off your purchases- only for a limited time. http://sewmanycards.ning.com/

NEW RELEASE SET ONLY available to you FREE with purchases over $10 during the month of November
Here's the link where they can see what images that are included in this special set:
http://digital.sewmanycards.com/2009/10/28/new-relase-party-countdown--let-the-fun-and-games-begin.aspx

Also.....Tomorrow is FREEBIE FRIDAY.....let me tell you, you don't want to miss the freebie tomorrow.....it is a really cute.....oh wait....I can't tell you today....you will have to wait until tomorrow and check it out yourself..... https://sewmanycards.com/Freebie_Friday.php
And don't forget to pick up the Balloon bear posted there today....he is only free until tomorrow....
Happy crafting....
Julie

Close to Me Heart Stampaganza Time....

What is Stampaganza time you might ask?

Buy two My Acrylix® decorative stamp sets and select a third
stamp set of your choice FREE!*

From November 3–30, 2009, when you purchase any two stamp sets (sizes A,
B, C, D, and/or E only) at full retail price you will receive a third stamp set of your choice FREE (of equal or lesser value)—
a savings of up to $22.95!
Choose from any stamp set offered in any 2009 Idea Book or the current Product Review.

You can review the Idea Book online and place an order online here.... http://creationsbyjulie.myctmh.com/

All their Christmas stamps are out now in this Idea Book.....

Have fun shopping.....

Sew Many Cards and Friday Sketchers Challenges

Hi everyone....

I decided to incorporate a sketch challenge from Friday Sketchers http://fridaysketchersblog.blogspot.com/ to go along with my Design Team challenge over at Sew Many Cards.

This weeks challenge over at http://digital.sewmanycards.com/ is to sew on your project. It can be real sewing, fake stiches or paper priecing. It is your choice. I have never been much of a sewer, so I chose paper piercing. Here is my take on the challenge......

Make sure and link your project back to "Sew many cards" in order to be considered for the prize Angela has to offer.

Until next time....

Happy Crafting...
Julie