Love and Laughter

Goooood Thursday evening!! It has been a rain free day! woohooo. I am trying to get a head start with the house cleaning. I have a somewhat busy weekend so when I am home I certainly do not want spend my time cleaning! I do however need to take 30 minutes out to watch The Office. I dont watch much t.v. at all but I do try to watch that show...makes me laugh. Speaking of laughing here is todays card. This is a set from The Angel Company called.....Love and Laughter. I used the score pal to make the background. Have a great night!
Cheers!
*Julie*

Cardstock: PTI Vintage Cream, Dark Chocolate
STamps: TAC Love and Laughter
Ink: PTI Dark Chocolate
Ribbon: Dark Chocolate Satin PTI

U ROCK!

Hello All!!!
How is your Tuesday going? I had a few bumps this morning but it was a good day. Although my hair cannot take much more rain. It has rained 5-6 days in a row now, I have lost count! LOL. So here is a birthday card for one of my daughters friends. Pretty simple. I haven't used this paper pack in a while so wanted to get it out and play. It is The Angel Company, Uptown Girl. Alrighty folks another busy night, I am hoping to finish this necklace I have been working on, I thought I finished last night, but after I put it on, decided I did not like it. It has a disc on either side and just happens to sit at the sides of my neck so it reminds me of the little knobs on Frankenstein's neck! LOL I like the little discs so i plan to move them down a little farther. We shall see how it goes. Thanks for stopping by and have a GREAT night!!!
Cheers!
*Julie*
Cardstock: PTI True Black (also DCWV for the cricut cut outs PTI was too thick for this cut)
Patterned Paper: TAC Uptown Girl
Cricut Cart: Hanna Montana - font (rock star) and butterfly guitar
White Gel Pen: Gelly roll

Adore and some tidbits

HI!!!! Well, i am still alive after the 10K run!!! OMG it totally wore me out though. My daughter took some before and after pics and I was too ashamed to show the after pic (after got home and showered) I looked like I had been beat half to death! LOL I ran 6 miles in just under 1 hour and 20 mins. That to me is a little slow because my husband is a marathon runner but hey... I had never ran more than 3 miles so it was an accomplishment. My daughter took the pic above of me running past the finish line. I was wonderful and can hardly wait to do it again.

Then WICKED was absolutely AMAZING! The props and acting, everything was superb!

I did hear two ladies behind me saying that they saw Wicked in St Louis and it just did not compare to Nashville, they said Nashville was tons better.

Now...on to my page. This is of course Grace while we where in Florida. I had actually scrapped this pic in one of Dawn McVey's color challenges but HATED the layout. So I re did it and LOVE this one. The base page is The Angel Co, polka dot paper is Jennie Bowlin (LOVE her stuff). The striped paper is DCWV. The flowers and lace is The Paper Studio as well as the flat pearls and brads. I swiped White Pigment Ink across the pink paper and also the Clear Cardstock from PTI that I placed over the photo to make a border around the pic. The little butterflies were punched with Martha Stewart punch. And the Adore was cut using my beloved Cricut and the Home Accents Cartridge. Well thanks so much for your visit today. I hope you come back!!!

Cheers!

*Julie*

Flower Girl

It's Saturday!! My favorite day of the week. That is because we are all home together, usually, but not this Saturday. Hubby had to work out of town yesterday and today. But he will be home tonight! Yea! I missed him. Look at this ca-ute little girl. My dear friend Gina let me stamp her and use her Copics to color her! (you are so good to me thanks girl!) I used TAC patterned paper and cardstock. I love thier patterned papers. The sketch is from Mojo Monday week 76. The flowers are paper flowers from CTMH and I added a little bit-o-bling in the center by The Paper Studio. My daughter just lost one of my owl stamps, I need to find it ARRRGGG! Thanks so much for stopping by. Have an awesome day!
Cheers!
*Julie*

Dad You Totally Rock!

WOW! Long time no see. Sorry I have been away. Things are so busy here right now. I just finished the first layer of glitter on the stars we are making for the dance recital. I have them outside drying now so I am praying it doesn't rain!!!! I hope you all have enjoyed your week. I have had a couple of request from people at work that they need fathers day cards. Most of them want some that they can give to thier hubbies from the kids. So this card came to my mind. I pulled some flame photos off of the Internet and traced one out onto Real Red Stampin' UP! cardstock. It looked a little plain so I dragged the white and black ink pads down the flames for some dimension. That kickin' font is Excalibur SF. I did not have stamps of this sentiment nor did I have this font in stamps so I just typed it in word and printed it onto white PTI cardstock. The True Black cardstock is also PTI. The skull stamp is TAC Playful Pirates. So cute, that is probably one of my fav stamp sets. I colored his patch and do rag with a red Prisma Color marker. Got more things on the to do list so I need to run. THANKS SO MUCH for your visit today. I hope you enjoyed it.
Cheers!
*Julie*

Father's Day Foil

Happy Happy Wednesday!!!! So happy to see you today! Check out this little card made with aluminum foil. I got the idea from that crafty chick Gina K on Stamp TV here. I ran the Heavy Duty Aluminum foil through the Argyle embossing folder. Stamped the Car from TAC on PTI Stampers Select White cardstock. I also used PTI True Black. The brads are The Paper Studio.
Used a simple layout since it is a manly card. Are you going to watch the American Idol finally tonight?? I cannot wait! Therefore I need to run, gotta get some cleaning done before it comes on, I need to clean now so I don't waste my whole day off tomorrow cleaning. I need to get my Craft On for crying out loud!! Enjoy your evening boys and girls!
Cheers!
*Julie*

Raspberry Suite Color Challenge Week 5

Good Morning Friends!!!!
It is Saturday! Yeah, It is my favorite day of the week AND I have time to play along with Dawn McVey's Raspberry Suite Color Challenge. LOVE the colors this week. I have a congratulations card to make for a friend at work who recently announced she is pregnant. What better colors to use for a pregnancy card than PINK! I started with The Angel Company stamp set called How Swell. Used the paper piecing technique for her polka dot shirt. I then used Copic Markers to color the rest of her. And I TOTALLY love the sentiment. It is Mega Mixed Messages from PTI. When someone asks me how I am, I usually say FABULOUS or ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS. People at work think I have lost my mind most of the time. I thought the sentiment fit since it is absolutely fabulous that Michelle is pregnant. The colors I used are also PTI Hibiscus, Raspberry Fizz and Smokey Shadow. Also used the Paisley Cuttlebug folder for some embossing. That is it. Thanks so much for looking. Hope you enjoy your day. Today is Grace's LAST dance competition! Wooohooo!!
Cheers!
*Julie*

Fathers Day Card

Hey Folks!! Happy Monday to you! The busy day at work ended very nicely when hubby had soup and grilled cheese ready for me when I got home which was a perfect meal for a chilly evening. Ah, sometimes he is just the BEST! Today I wanted to share a Fathers Day card I made using PTI card stock and Father Knows Best patterned paper. I stamped the image from The Angel Company in Ranger Archivers Ink in Sepia. I trimmed the edge of the paper with Fiskars pinking shears. I embossed the sentiment in CTMH gold ep. The sentiment is PTI Father Knows Best. The little stars are KI Memories color lab. Sorry the pic is not so great. I took this pic BEFORE I got the new camera for Christmas. Well, got some things to do hope to see you tomorrow. THANK YOU for coming by today!
Cheers!
*Julie*

Sisters

Good Monday Evening to you All!
I hope you had a good day, mine was well.. stinky. But I am home now and this card makes me smile so it is getting better. I used a sketch from iheart2stamp.com you should check her out she has really great sketches. I used The Angel Company Uptown Girl patterned paper and DCWV black card stock. The fuchsia pink is CTMH Bubblegum and the White is PTI. NO, I was not playing how many companies can I fit on one card, but that does sound like a good challenge huh? My awesome friend Gina had a stamp that read "I am smiling because we are sisters, I am laughing because you cannot do anything about it" I have remembered this stamp because it is perfect for me and my sister. I did however add profanity to the card to make more humerus for her, I hope you are not offended. She will get a huge kick out of it. Her birthday is Wednesday as is my husband's. Lots of bdays in Jan also my daughter-in-law, my daughter and my nephew whew, the holidays do not end for us in January. The stamps are also TAC Playful Pirates, I just love that set. I colored them with my new Copics LOVE THEM! Since I did not have the sentiment stamp I typed it up and printed it from my computer. I used Spellbinders Label One die. LOVE THAT DIE! I stamped and cut out the small skull and cross bone for the inside of the card and raised it on dimensionals. I hope you like this card as much as I do. Thank you so much for the visit!
Cheers!
*Julie*

Proud Papas

Hello Peeps. still more scrapbook pictures to share. I have not made cards all weekend and this has been a super busy week so far so have not done ANY crafting yet!! I love this pic of my husband and his son and his son's son. I used TAC patterned paper and the scallop cardstock is bazzill. I stamped letters with SU Headline alphabet and cut them out. Then I used my friend Tina's (thanks girl ;-) paisley punch from CM and added some paisley here and there. Pretty simple page. Pretty excited I get to visit the little man tomorrow night!
Thanks for visiting me today!!!!
Cheers!
*Julie*

Last post for the weekend

Hiddy Ho!!
Hope you are having a great day!!! I have this gift bag to share today. Instead of stuffing the bag with tissue paper I decided to use a bag topper. I just used a whole 8 1/2x11 sheet of card stock
and scored where it would bend over the bag. Then i sliced slits for the handle to come through.
Then decorated the front of it. I used PTI cs the black though is DCWV. The skull and "cross bone flowers" are from TAC Playful Pirate. I colored the tiara in with CTMH markers and the skull with black prisma marker and used stickles for some shine.
Here is a close up!
You have seen this card before. I posted it a while back. It also uses Playful Pirates and thought
it would go with the bag pretty well. The recipient loved it. Of course she just turned 13. She is on the dance team with my daughter and we bought her a cute dance shirt that was also pink and black and some body glitter. Girls love glitter, especially dancers!
Thank you for coming by. I hope you like the bag topper I will definitely do it again.
I will be out ALL WEEKEND LONG!!! Going on a scrapbook retreat. See you all soon!!!
Cheers!
~Julie~

More Digi Paper

Hi Ya! Hope all is well. I am not finished playing with my FREE digi paper from Becky Oehlers yet so here is another card. Same colors and supplies as last post however, I used a stamp from
TAC called Love and Laughter. I love this stamp set and the beautiful sillhouettes it makes. I am not quite sure what I want the sentiment to be on this yet or if I want one at all. I guess it is okay to not have a sentiment on a card huh??? TFL enjoy your tomorrow!!!
Cheers!
~Julie~

BRIGHT!!!

hellooo???? Can you read this from the brightness of this card?? LOL This card was inspired from a challenge at SCS Inspiration Challenge IC142 we had to pick an umbrella to be inspired by. I thought this umbrella was very playful so I wanted to make the card playful too. I just happend to have these loud colors already in patterned paper so I went with it. You cannot tell in the pic but the glitter is pink like on the card. I colored in with Bubblegum CTMH Marker then used Crystal Stickles so the pink shows through. It has been cloudy here today so maybe that is why I could not get a good pick. Anywho you get the idea that it is shiny. The dragonfly is CTMH set called Flutter and the sentiment I picked from TAC called Life is Short. I love that set as it has all kinds of sentiments you can pair with "life is too short..." Thanks for visiting me. I hope you are not blinded by the bright. teehee. Have a fabo Saturday. We are off the Nashville Sounds baseball game with friends. And Grandbaby Logan will be there too!! Yea baby love!!
Cheers!
~Julie~

ARRRG!!

Hi All, Finally got the camera back. woohoo. Here is another skull and crossbones from TAC Playful Pirates. I also used the sketch from SCS SC189. The first layer is CTMH pattern paper from Laid Back set, The white is Stampers Select from PTI and the argyle is My Minds Eye (I think) I know it is Kaleidoscope. Each layer is matted in old black cs I had on hand. I stamped with CTMH Black and colored with CTMH markers in Dutch Blue and Garden Green. I colored in the earring with the Sukura glitter gel pen. I hope you like it. Thanks for checkin' in on me today!!

Cheers!

~Julie~

Babies, Babies, everywhere Babies

Hi There! I have another prego card for you today. I made this one for my friend Erin at work. This girl really looks like Erin! She is one of the many girls at work that are pregnant. I used the How Swell set from TAC. The paper is PTI Stampers select white, SU Real Red and DCWV blue. The ribbon is Off Ray from Joann. I colored her with LePlum II markers and CTMH markers I outlined her with a grey Prismacolor Marker. The polka dots were make using PolkaDot Basics from PTI. That is all I have today. I have made some more crafty goodness today but DH took the camera with him today so I have no way to share! Silly man, didn't he know I would be craftin' it up today with DD in school and me in the house all by myself???

Thanks for coming to visit and have a Crafty weekend!

~Julie~

Yo Ho Ho Matey!!

Hello All! Well even with the new grandbaby here I did manage to get a little crafting done. Here is my card for MojoMonday this one is from July 28th but better late than never right? You should check out her blog as she has some awesome card sketches! I made this one using my new The Angel Company stamps called Playful Pirates. I absolutely ADORE this set. I guess number 1 reason is because Grace loves all things Pirates right now. I used CTMH Black ink and cardstock. The white and Berry Sorbet is the deliciously thick cs from PTI. I cannot tell you where I got that ribbon it was a remnet let over from ??? Thanks for checking me out today!
Cheers!
~Julie~

Baby Bling

We have so many girls at work that are pregnant it makes one scared to drink the water! LOL but I get a chance to make cards for them all so here is one. I used TAC How Swell stamp set. I also incorporated this to a challenge at SCS Ways to use it challenge using bling. I put some blink made by Paper Studio on her hat and as a clasp on her bag then some in the circles. The card stock is DCWV that I had long forgotten I had. I got it out of a clearance bin (the cover was missing) at a CK convention many moons ago. I paper pieced her shirt and colored her with LePlum markers. TFL!
~Julie~