Belle Papier {pretty paper}

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving yesterday. More than just the turkey ended up stuffed. My husband’s family arrived for the day and with twenty-one of us, it was quite a fun and noisy occasion. Hubby and I had managed to make quite the dent in the to do list so I was pleased. The turkey was delicious and it was amazing how much food disappeared. What a wonderful day. We have so much to be thankful for!

I must admit though, today I’m feeling a little zonked. I hope I can squeeze in an afternoon nap! And I’m hoping to find some creating time today so I have something new to share with you. It’s been a while! In the meantime, I thought I’d share a couple pub designs with you…

The Paper Crafts Nov/Dec issue is already on the shelves. Where does the time go? I seem to be repeating that too many times lately! I’m excited that this issue has a few of my designs and excited that this year I submitted to the Stamping Royalty contest and won one of the spots with this  Glimmer Mist resist card. Sorry this picture isn’t a great one but I didn’t have much light the day I sent this off.

Love Gives Us a Fairy Tale

I haven’t received my Holiday Cards and More copy yet but I did find a copy at my local Michael’s  to take a peek at. Wow! So many fabulous holiday ideas! I can’t wait to get my issue and sit down with a French Vanilla and go through it all. I love my computer but there is nothing quite like curling up on the couch with a beautiful magazine full of great ideas!

Merry & Bright

This was a super fun and quick card using My Mind’s Eye paper and die cuts embellished with some sweet Dew Drops.

Take care and have a fabulous day!

Julia

I’m busy right now designing another stamp set so I haven’t had much time to actually sit down and stamp. I find I work best focusing on one thing or the other.  I thought I’d share a couple published designs with you today that were in two different Cardmaker special publications. Before I do, I have a winner of my latest rubber giveaway. I used an on-line number generator to pick #34 as the winner of the Night Before Christmas stamp set. Congrats Jennifer Scull! Please send me an e-mail and I’ll get this out in the mail to you.

First Birthday

This first one is from the Cardmaker Sketch Book: Birthday Celebration. It’s a great resource and full of creative sketches to help jump start your cardmaking projects. I created a first birthday design using one of the sketches. The darling little elephant is from Kim Hughes’ Baby Love set.

 Deck the Halls

This second card is from Fabulous Folds for Cardmaking. It’s a super cool book with lots of unique and creative techniques to make fun and interactive cards. I used an easy diagonal fold to create this pop of Christmas tree inside my card design.

Have a creative day!

I’ve created a lot of different kinds of cards. Stamped, scrappy, clean, shabby, stitched, painted…whatever. I always love trying something new. I’d been wanting to try my hand out at creating a digital card design and last October seemed like a good time. So…why am I just getting around to sharing it with you now? Actually I can’t believe five months have gone by this quickly! And why have I NOT made another digi card? Hmmmm…  Anyhow, I designed this card for Paper Crafts magazine for a Father’s Day quote project. It’s in the May/June issue that has just been released. I was so excited to get my subscription copy in my mailbox on Friday just before we went away for the weekend. It was so relaxing to sit and spend some time relaxing at the cottage, drinking tea and enjoying each page. It’s a fabulous issue and if you like stitching on cards, there are some awesome ideas. I’m excited to have a few designs in that article as well. You can purchase this magazine at your local craft or bookstore or on-line here.

Whatever You Are

Ok…now this image may just look a little strange. I totally forgot to take a photo of the final design and so here is the card front in digi format. The black “frame” is NOT part of the card…I had to put in something there or the white card would just fade off into the white blog background.

My hubby was so kind to put up with me for this project. Stealing his stuff and then making him pose. I’m glad the photos were just of his hands as he was rolling his eyes at me! LOL I guess this card isn’t going to be much of a surprise this year  but hey…how much more personalized can you get?

Quick Tip: Try something new and stretch your creativity!

Hope your day is a good one!

It’s almost here! I’m always excited to see the next Stamp It Cards magazine released by Paper Crafts. If you’re a stamped like me, you’ll know what I mean. Every single card in this issue is stamped and is filled with fabulous ideas. This issue goes on sale on Tuesday February 24th and you can find it at your local bookstore, craft store or on-line at Paper Crafts/Creating Keepsakes.I have a few designs published in this issue and am allowed to share one with you here. One of the great features of this new issue is a section where three designers use the stamp stamp set to create three different designs. Each project uses a different technique. I was excited to be asked to create this design here.

Spring Friendship

Have a fabulous day!

I’m always looking for new ideas for stamping, and new surfaces to try stamping on. Recently I created this fun card by stamping and embossing a Scrapblock™ on some velvet paper. It turns a super simple card into something a little more special.

Cork, patterned paper, foam, buttons, fabric, felt, even leather are fun to stamp on. If you want to check out a fun suede Western Christmas Card…you can see my free on-line project on the Paper Creations web-site. I’m really tickled with how that one can out so I hope you will! There’s also a non-stamped winter card above it if you’re looking for something a little more scrappy.

If you’re looking for the Ways to Use it Challenge today… life has been a bit crazy this week and Michele Boyer has kindly offered to host it for me. What a great friend!

Have a great day and don’t forget to try stamping on something different now and then!

Supply List:

Stamps: Scroll Scrapblock™ by Cornish Heritage Farms, hello sentiment from Mocha Chica stamp set (Kim Hughes Line) by Cornish Heritage FArms

Ink: Versamark by Tsukineko, Burnt Umber Palette ink by Stewart Superior

Paper: faux suede paper - unknown, Mocha Chica paper pack (Kim Hughes line) by Cornish Heritage Farms

Other: ribbon by Melissa Frances, flower by Prima, circle punch, stapler, clear embossing powder