Julie's Craft

Birthday Penguin

2011-05-10T15:52:00.000+10:00

The owl punch was never one of my must have purchases, until I saw this card cased from, surprise surprise, Teneale. It sold me on the purchase. I have slowly started using it for other creations now as well, but more about them another time.

I made this card for my nieces birthday.

I now love decorating the insided of a card. They just don't seem to be finished otherwise.

Paper - Brights DSP
Card - Pumpkin Pie, Melon Mambo, whisper white, basic black,
Ink, Pumpkin Pie, Melon Mambo, Basic black
Stamps - Party this way, Occasional Quotes
Punches, Owl, Star extra large, Modern Label extra large
Embellishments - Basic rhinestones, DMC thread, ric rac, ballon heart

Mother's Day

2011-05-08T09:50:00.003+10:00

I started making this cards early last year. I got so far into it, then put it into my "I'll finish it tomorrow box", that I rarely go back into. A friend came over to make Mother's day cards so I pulled this out and started creating. Her main reason was that she found my stash of already stamped, cut and shaped flowers. I have seen this on lots of blogs so I really don't know who to give credit.
Card - whisper white, kiwi kiss, yo yo yellow
Stamps - inspired by nature, vintage vogue, occassional greetings, asian artistry
Punch - modern label extra large
basic rhinestones, ribbon

Mother's Day

2011-05-08T08:00:00.001+10:00

After looking through many blogs I have found some wonderful ideas. One of the great techniques cropping up lately in Embedded Embossing. Its great fun and I can't wait to do more. One card that I love is once again, cased by Teneale. Where does she get her ideas from.

This is the card I made for my mum.
I would love to be with her for Mother's Day, but I'm in Qld and she's in Vic so it's a bit far to go for the day

Card - Soft suede, perfect plum, pretty in pink, whisper white
Ink - soft suede, perfect plum, pretty in pink
Stamp set - Bliss
Punch - scallop edge
soft suede ribbon, brad, basic rhinestones, big shot, square lattice embossing folder, big shot multi purpose adhesive sheets

Cowboy Quilt

2011-05-07T08:41:00.000+10:00

My son desperatly wanted a cowboy quilt after flicking through one of my many books one day. The one he wanted had a matching pillow with a horse patchworked out of many tiny little squares. Thankfully he has forgotten about that, seen as it took me a very long time to get it all finished. My least favourite job with quilting is hand stitching the binding on. Thankfully mum came up the the christmas holidays and did this for me. Yeah. Thanks Mum

Easel Card

2011-05-06T21:52:00.003+10:00

This is one of the many cards that I have made over the last 17 months.

My wonderful friend Sonia taught me how to make this lovely yet simple design. I think my supplies were

Card - Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, and whisper white.

Stamp sets - Fifth Avenue Floral, Short & Sweet

Inks & markers - Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip

Punches - Scallop Oval Extra Large, Oval Large

Dazzling Diamonds

Sorry if Iforgot anything as Its been a while.

I'M BACK

2011-05-06T21:34:00.003+10:00

I have finally returned. I am constantly reminded that I haven't blogged for over a year, so I thought I would give it a go again. So much has changed for me since I was last here. The first change is that I am now a Stampin up consultant. I have used these product for years and just love them. Everything coordinates and the stamp designs are to die for.

The other major change in my life is the big move. This has been going to happen for a long time, as I'm sure my friends can remember. It was all I talked about for a long time, this been that if no one knew it was too easy for my husband to change his mind. We finally bought our house a year ago, then took 9 months to very very slowly move our many many belongings. This was supposed to have been the easy option as it was only 4 hours away, but thankfully hubby thinks that we should get removalists in next time. Yeah!!!

I finally have my new craft room up and running. I have the double garage, but still wish it was bigger. I think that I will always feel that way because my craft gets spread out further and further. I will take photos soon and post them. Any layout suggestions are welcome as I'm still not happy with the layout.

I have been card making recently, but most of my creations are cased as I'm just not feeling very creative at the moment. I would like to thank everyone for posting their creations as this is inspiring me.

2011-05-06T10:26:00.000+10:00

For my Dad's 60th Birthday he got tickets for a hot air balloon ride. So of course I had to match it with this stamp. I cased this card from the talented Teneale Williams. You may notice the colour combination. I wonder what my favourite colour combo was last year. Unfortunatly the photo quality was not very good, my camera died soon after.

2009-12-11T09:38:00.002+10:00

My son was invited to a party for yesterday and I was so excited to find out he was having a spider cake. I had just found this design on Deann Oliver's blog. It was first time to use the sweet treat cups from SU and I love them.

Lost Mojo

2009-11-10T19:28:00.002+10:00

Sorry I have not been posting lately. I have sort of lost my mojo. Hopefully all will be well soon and i will continue crafting and creating. When the rain stops I will get out and photograph some of the creations from the last month. I am no longer a Kaszazz consultant but will continue to use their products.

Team Training Day

2009-09-13T12:00:00.008+10:00

Yesterday I went over to Dysart for a Kaszazz Team Training Day. These Days are for consultants to view and make cards and scrapbook using the brand new products. We had a fun day, laughing, talking and crafting. Below are 2 of the items we were able to make.

The scrapbook pages are from workshop #2H369. These pages were created using some of our new "School Days range".

The cards above are workshop #2H368. These are using just two of the many new stamps in the September New Products Release. I can't wait to put through my next order, although my bank account is probably already sweating. There are some many fantastic new stamps, and products that I just have to have.

Flower pot

2009-09-13T11:43:00.007+10:00

Here is another card that I created for the 'TTD'. I have made quite a few of these cards but have always used other products. This one is made only with Kaszazz products. I will make another one before i submit it as I want to make a few small changes. The cards below are some other samples of flower pot cards i have made. The stamps I used are from http://www.papersquared.com.au/

I first saw the flower pot card on a friends blog using stamin up products!!

Funky Forest

2009-09-13T11:26:00.008+10:00

As soon as I saw the design adhesives from the Kaszazz July New Products brochure I fell in love. Especially with #10127 Funky Forest. I have submitted these designs into Kaszazz to be accepted as a workshop, so I'll leave the 'destructions' for another time, or hopefully soon you will be able to contact your local consultant and they will be able to run the workshop themselves. Fingers XXX.

Cowboy Kid

2009-09-04T16:11:00.003+10:00

Christmas and New Year really must be a fun time if you want to go by all the birthdays. We have 5 parties this week. My son loves Cowboys so when i found this stamp set I had to get it sent from the US.
I have coloured the image in with Water colour crayons, and used distress ink and sponged around the edge. Make sure to use permanent ink to stamp with when you colour with aquacrayons, as your image may bleed. I usually use Ancient Page or i use colorbox and emboss the image. I have raised the star to make it stand out.
Stamp: Cowboy Kid (Stampin Up)
Card: #9750 Madero Beach (neutrals pack), #4500 Bazzill blue, #4223 Pinecone Bazzill
Ink: #TIM19527 Vintage photo distress ink, #72329 Chocolate Ancient Page,
#4542 Aquacolor Crayons (48), #4421 Mini round fasteners, #1292 Magic Mount, Twine

Fathers Day

2009-09-04T15:52:00.002+10:00

Here are some quick Fathers Day cards that I whipped up the other day. One day I will be organised that I will have cards made in advance so it's not a rush job 3 days after they should have been posted.

I used some old Stamp It stamps for this out of my stash. I sponged around the edge of the stamped images to soften the look.

Stamps: Father's Day, Father's Day Tools, Aussie Barbie (Stamp It)

Paper/card : #4223 Pinecone Bazzill, #4463 Typhoon Bazzill, #9750 Madero Beach & Kraft

#4564 Circles/stipes Azure designs

Ink : #72329 Chocolate Ancient Page, #TIM19527 Vintage Photo Distress Ink

Embellishments: #4421 Mini Round Fasteners and old stock square fasteners

Birthday Candle

2009-08-10T09:50:00.003+10:00

This is an old card that I made when I first got my Cricut. I cut out "b r t h d a y' using the Don Juan cartridge. Instead of the "i", I stuck some ribbon down and tied a candle in place. The letters and the edge of the coloured card are highlighted with #4016 Crystal Ice Stickles. The card I used is #6230 Bazzill Basics Bling assorted.

Frangipani

2009-08-08T21:34:00.003+10:00

I made this card for a friend who loves frangipanis. I cut the card out with my Jasmine Cricut cartridge. The letter, flower and egde of the yellow card have all been outlined with #4016 crystal ice stickles. I have placed a pearl bead in the centre of the frangipani.
Card - #6066 white 8 x 8, #4498 bazzill yellow, #4501 lemonade bazzill
I can make this card to order if anyone is interested.

Bag Workshop

2009-08-08T16:54:00.004+10:00

Yesterday I did a wonderful workshop with Christina Rasmussen. She is a very clever bag designer from Emerald. Her design name is Chrishelle Designs and she can be contacted by email at the following address. chrishellebags@optusnet.com.au We had a wonderful day. The large tote is "Louise" and the green bag is "Sara"

Urban Upsy Daisy

2009-08-06T11:59:00.004+10:00

Here are some other cards using my favourite stamp set.

Stamps - Upsy Daisy set (SU)

Paper - Urban Garden designer series paper (SU)

Card - Green Galore (SU), Not quite navy (SU), #9352 White Square pack (Kaszazz)

Eyelets and ribbon were from my retired Kaszazz stock

Upsy Daisy

2009-08-06T11:34:00.002+10:00

I recently purchased this fantastic Stampin' up stamp set through my friend Sonia. It is one of my favouites at the moment. I am not usually a pink and orange person, but I think this came together quite well. The products I used are

Stamps - Upsy Daisy stamp set (SU)

Paper - Sweet Always Designer series paper (SU)

Card Stock - Pink Passion, Only Orange (SU), #9014 White A5 card

Ink - #74080 Color Box frost white (kaszazz)

Embossing powder - #10015 White (Kaszazz)

Ribbon - #6464 Magenta Rick Rack (Kaszazz

Flourish Christmas Cards

2009-08-06T11:24:00.007+10:00

Kaszazz brought out some great new products in mid July, including these fantastic christmas and flourish stamps. I made these cards using the 2H365 project sheet that was designed by Jo Collingwood. To make these cards contact me to book in for a workshop

Blast Off

2009-07-12T19:58:00.003+10:00

I am getting a great selection of Stampin up stamps. I love this rocket from the Pun Fun set.

Stamps - #26126 Retro Stars jumbo roller, Your a blast (stampin up, pun fun)

Card - A5 white card (Kaszazz), Glorious green, real red, tempting turquoise, yoyo yellow, watercolor paper (stampin up)

Inks - #72310 coal black ancient page, #09250 watermark

Embossing powder - #10035 opalescent

Ribbon - #6453 Lime with aqua dots/rings, #6472 Yellow with aqua dots, aliens from my stash

#4374 Sticky Bling - flourish

Heartfelt

2009-07-12T19:47:00.006+10:00

I was asked to make up a card for a friends 100 year old grandma. This is what I came up with. The products that I used are :

Stamps - Antique rose (stamp it), Heartfelt (stampin up, Heartfelt thanks)

Paper - Chocolate, gold and cream shimmer

Aqua crayons, ribbon and copper eyelets

Ink - #72329 chocolate ancient page

2009-07-01T21:19:00.003+10:00

Here are some more quick cards. The products I used are,

#6066 8 x 8 white card pack

#6230 bazzill basics bling, assorted

#4085KF happy birthday stamp

#72310 coal black, ancient page ink pad

#4556 rhinestones

I also used scrap glittered paper, velvet flowers and paper fastners

2009-07-01T21:08:00.002+10:00

These are some quick cards I made up. I used some glittered patterned paper that I had in my stash. The other products I used are

#9352 square card

#9205 assorted pastel A5 card

#4396 4cm daisies

#4556 rhinestones

I also used some flower paper fasteners in help secure the daisies to the card

"Chook a Doodle Doo"

2009-07-01T20:34:00.004+10:00

"Chook a doodle doo". This is a quilt that I made and finally finished for mum.

Bug a Boo

2009-05-16T10:11:00.003+10:00

This is the quilt that i made for Ty's birth. She finally got it for her 1st Birthday

2009-05-16T09:22:00.004+10:00

Cardmaking essentials,

There are some products that i just can't do without and I have nearby for all cardmaking.
#1708 tearable double sided adhesive tape
#4208 glossy accents (great for glueing and accents)
#660024 permaball black marker
#4016 Ice Stickles - crystal ice
#BON10029 bone scorer
#EKCB05 Tweezer Bee (perfect for setting rhinestones)
#EKCKR01 Cutterbee retractable knife

I have just brought myself a #EKGMAT13 - glass cutting mat and i now wonder why I din't get it earlier. The blade just glides over the surface and nothing gets mangled.

2009-05-16T08:54:00.003+10:00

This card was made for my neice. I used
#9352 white square card,
#6230 bazzill Basics Bling,
##4462 Bazzill Basics Nutmeg,
#9014 white A4 card,
#4556 6mm clear rhinestones,
#PSP92C small retro flower punch,
happy birthday stamp,
#72310 Coal Black Ancient page ink pad,
#42004 Shimmers Pearlescent Chalking set.
The unicorn and princess were cut using Cricut - paper dolls cartridge