Handmade By Julie

Hello, friends! I have another easy but cute card today that I made while trying to get caught up on the OWH sketches – this is based on sketch #23!

I really love yellow and grey together but I find it hard to translate into a card sometimes.  I think I like how this one turned out, though.   I just love the sentiment – I received it and the stamped image in a swap but I’m pretty sure both are from Just Rite Stamps.

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About this card:  The sentiment and stamped frame are from a swap.  I matted both on Stampin’ Up! Barely Banana cardstock and layered them.  The ribbon is from the Michael’s $1 bin.  The background papers are both scraps from SU! designer papers – not sure which ones!

Today’s card is a special one – my mom’s birthday card!

I always like to try something new and different when I make a card for my mom, so for this one I tried a new fold that I’d seen around.  I used a tutorial from Splitcoast to create this Center Step card.  I should have paid more attention to the card dimensions, because once I was finished with the card I realized it was too large for any of the envelopes I had!! Mom got it with no envelope – she didn’t mind

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About this card:  The flowers from Stampin’ Up! Soft Summer were stamped in SU! Chocolate Chip and heat embossed with clear powder on watercolor paper.  I sponged on SU! Bashful Blue ink around the flowers and then lightly colored the flowers with SU! markers in Pretty in Pink, Crushed Curry, Creamy Caramel, and Old Olive.  Then I sprayed over the watercolor paper with water mixed with white Perfect Pearls powder.  This added the shimmer and spread the colors out watercolor-style.  I die cut the watercolor paper with a Nestabilities Labels 8 die.  I sponged it lightly with SU! Chocolate Chip ink around the edges and mounted it on dimensional adhesives.  The ribbon is SU! Very Vanilla satin ribbon.  The designer papers are both from SU! Bella Birds series and are matted with SU! Chocolate Chip cardstock.   The sentiment is from SU! Something to Celebrate and is stamped in Chocolate Chip and heat embossed clear.   The adhesive pearls are from Making Memories.  The vertical columns are SU! Bordering Blue cardstock that have been dry embossed with the Cuttlebug folder Border Organic.  The card base is SU! Blush Blossom cardstock.

I’m on a roll lately of using up some swap bits to make some really cute cards based on old OWH sketch challenges.   This card is based on sketch #16.

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About this card:  The sentiment was received in a FB swap.  I accented it with some self adhesive rhinestones from Making Memories and matted with Stampin’ Up! Basic Black cardstock.   The narrow striped blue patterned paper is from American Crafts and is matted with Wausau white cardstock, which is also what I used for the card base.   The black floral background paper is another swap item.

Hello all, it is again Monday and again time for a card based on a project from the current Stampin’ Up! Idea Book & Catalog.

I chose this holiday card from page 43, because I liked the use of the Top Note die cut, mostly.

My version is a little different, and it is not an A2 size card like I normally do.  This card is 6.25″ x 3.5″ and I made it to match an envelope I had in my stash. 

For my card, I used a patterned paper for the background and I positioned my elements slightly higher to show off more of the paper.  I also heat embossed my swirlies for a little extra pop.  My ribbon element runs through an eyelet for another fun detail.

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About this card:  The sentiment from the Stampin’ Up! set Something to Celebrate is stamped in SU! Basic Brown ink.  The swirls are from Flourishes 3 by Rhonna Farrer and are stamped in Versamark and heat embossed with Ranger Gold Detail powder.   I used my Top Note die on my Big Shot to cut it out.  The ribbon is SU! Chocolate Chip grosgrain and the gold eyelet is random from my stash.  The striped background paper is from The Paper Studio.

So far this year I am managing to keep up with the sketches! This one is from Sunday, sketch #104.   I was really inspired by one of the cards I saw linked up to the challenge, this one by Maureen.  I loved the bright red flowers on the text background. 

I went for my old Faulkner paperback that I am slowly putting to better use and I came up with this… and it only took me six tries to get a half-decent bow, lol!

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About this card:  The butterflies are from the Inkadinkado set “Nature” and are stamped in Stampin’ Up! Real Red ink on my old book page.  I accented them with tiny adhesive pearls.  The red cardstock is from Bazzill.  The narrow red ribbon is from SU! The black cardstock is more Bazzill and it is dry embossed with a Cuttlebug folder on my Big Shot. 

Today’s card is a birthday card for a coworker friend.  She’s a girly-girl so I went with sparkle and bold pink flowers.

When I put the glittered brads into the centers of the flowers, I realized they were really too small and didn’t look right.  I went digging in my stash to find something else when I came up with these spiral clips that I never use.  I tried them out with the brads, and I kinda like it! What do y’all think?

I also did this fun little edge using a border punch, and then put a strip of designer paper on the inside as well.  It’s a really easy way to dress up a card, I’ll probably be doing more of that in the future for my OWH cards.  In the picture below you can also see how I curled up the petals of the flowers with my fingers to give them a little dimension.

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About this card:  The flowers are punched from various hot pink and dark pink scraps of cardstock with the Fancy Flower punch and accented with silver spiral clips and silver glitter brads.   The leaves are from silver Bazzill cardstock and were die cut on my Big Shot using the Little Leaves Sizzix die.  The sentiment is from the Stampin’ Up! set Sincere Salutations and is stamped in SU! More Mustard ink, then punched with the Designer Label punch.  I punched two more labels from a designer paper scrap to create my mat for my sentiment.   The striped background paper is from the Paper Studio.  The border punch is the SU! Scallop Trim Border punch, and I used the same punch on the inside strip which is another scrap. I used a corner rounder punch on the two bottom corners.

I’m back from my travels and I thought I’d share a little travel-related paper craft. 

My friend Donna and I went to Houston to meet up with our friend (and my most frequent commenter!) Colleen who was there to run in the Houston Marathon! Being crafty girls, of course we had to make a fancy poster to hold up and cheer her on at the finish line…

I pre-cut the letters and stars using my Silhouette SD and then Donna and I put the whole thing together in our hotel room.  We left an extra tip for the housekeeping staff because that glitter was everywhere!  There is also a trail of glitter on the Houston Metrorail and across downtown from Macy’s to the convention center!!  (You’re welcome, Houston!)

Happy Monday, everyone!  I am having a good time in Houston today but I did not forget about posting a catalog inspired project! Today it is a super cute thank you card.

I loved the card I found on page 72 of the current Stampin’ Up! Idea Book & Catalog…

I loved the tone-on-tone stamping on the base card, the colorful sentiment, and the scallop punched edge, so I carried all of those elements over into my version:

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About this card:  The orange baker’s twine is from Really Reasonable Ribbon.  I stamped the turtle and sentiment from the Stampin’ Up! set Very Thankful on white cardstock with Memento Ink in Tuxedo black.  I stamped it twice and colored with copic markers, cutting one turtle shell out to layer over the first one with dimensional adhesive.  I glued on some googly eyes (of course!) to finish him.  I scallop border punched along the left side of the white panel.  My base card is SU! Green Galore cardstock.  I stamped the grass from SU! Inspired by Nature in Green Galore on the base card.

Today’s card is a clean and simple thank you card that I made for Operation Write Home in my effort to use all 103+ of the archived sketch challenges.  This card uses sketch #31.   Super easy and super cute!

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About this card: The sentiment was received in a FB swap, and I matted it in Stampin’ Up! Basic Black cardstock.  The red designer paper is from an SU! Patterns Pack.  The blue background paper is from Colorbok.

Hello, friends! I have another non-standard sized card to show you today.  This one is 3″ x 5″ and I made it to fit some envelopes I found in my stash.

For this card I’m using a slightly tweaked sketch #19 from Operation Write Home, and the stamped sentiment is one that I received in a swap.

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About this card:  The sentiment was received in a swap and is matted with Stampin’ Up! Basic Black cardstock.  The gingham ribbon is also from SU! as are the designer papers in the background.  The top paper is a scrap from SU! Pink Flamingo design series and the bottom scrap is from SU! Welcome Neighbor design series.