Thursday, December 19, 2013

Paper Crafters Library


Is it seriously December 19th???  For real??
It seems like yesterday when I got an email from Andrea at the
 inviting me to be a
Featured Artist/Designer.
Of course, my response was -
UMMMM, YEH!!!
I'm so very honored to be on their blog
today.  Go check it out, they have
featured some extremely talented artists.

Here are the cards I decided to make for today:

I used my new stamps from the
Sweet Stamp Shop!
This set is called Press it Wash it!
Don't ya love these adorable images? 


It's hard to see, but I used rhinestones for the knobs on 
this adorable little washing machine.  Who doesn't want
rhinestones on their washer? Look at the cute little
smile in there too!  :)


Who in their right mind wouldn't want a pink
vacuum?  Might make it more enjoyable if they
were pink!


Supplies:  Papertrey Ink white cardstock, Stamps from Sweet Stamp Shop called Press it Wash it, Versafine black ink, sequins, twine, Stampin Up designer paper, Echo Park Love Story designer paper, and rhinestones.

Thanks so very much for stopping by today!
I appreciate all of the wonderful comments I receive
here on my blog!



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Monday, December 2, 2013

EAD Designs Blog Hop

Hello and Happy Monday!  

Welcome to the EAD Designs Blog Hop!

Today is going to be special!
There is a group of us that wer all EAD Designs fans, and 
we've decided to inspire each other to use our goodies.  Not sure
 that all of you remember, but EAD Designs sold vinyl stickers and rub-ons.
There stuff was awesome, but they sadly closed up about a year ago.  

You'll notice that all of our stuff has one thing in common today -
we are all using EAD Design supplies with a holiday flair!
Hopefully, you've already got your holiday cards/projects started!
Want a chance to win some EAD Designs and some other goodies?  
Leave a comment on all of the blogs listed below for a chance to win!  
Three random people will be picked!  
Prizes must be claimed within 1 week of the blog hop.

Here are my creations for the hop: 

I decided to make some tags as well as a card,
I'm always looking for tags around the holidays!






Here are the links to all of the lovely ladies participating
in the blog hop.  Be sure to go and leave them some love,
for your chance to win!

Amy
Jessica
Julie Smith
Julie Tucker-Wolek
June
Kathe
Lauren Brewer
Rose
Stephanie
Wendi





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Ribbon Carousel Cyber Monday Sale

Time for a BiG HuGe SaLe

over at



You REALLY should go check it out!


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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Ribbon Carousel Holidays and Celebrations

RCC87 Holidays and Celebrations Challenge Week 4 

Hey there!  Welcome to this month's challenge, which is going to be so easy, you'll be able to enter almost ANYTHING you make! 



  November's celebrations still to come, America's Thanksgiving Day and Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights.  Then of course, there are Birthdays, Anniversaries, and even TGIF counts as a celebration!  Next month is Christmas and then New Years, and I've even seen Valentine papers and stamps out already! OH MY!  So whatever YOU are celebrating, please share your creation with us!

This month's theme is...you guessed it.....
Holidays and Celebrations!
Don't forget to stop by and check out what my
teammates have created:

Ribbon Carousel Blog

 So what prize is up for grabs? How about a Ribbon Carousel?!
 Each month we are giving away a Ribbon Carousel to one of our randomly chosen challenge participants! Just a reminder that our Ribbon Carousel Crewmates have divided up into FOUR teams. Each week you will see fresh projects for this months challenge!

 There are only three (3) rules you must follow to be eligible for the prize:

  1. You MUST use ribbon, twine, thread, washi tape, wire or anything that comes on a spool on your creation 
  2. Your project must be based on the theme of the month. 
  3. You must add a NEW project to the inlinkz below and link directly back to your project on your blog or online gallery. (Unfortunately, we've had participants who would have won the challenge, but they didn't do a direct link to their blog and I couldn't find their creation!)
Check out some crafty eye candy from our talented Crewmates for a little inspiration before you link up your project at the bottom of this post!

Here is my project:  I decided to make a quick and simple
Christmas tag. 
 Quick?  No!  Simple?  No!
Could it have been?  Yes!!

I was about to throw my Silhouette out the window
until I got the cut file right, but I'm glad I hung in there!

I used one of my new Unity Stamp of the Week stamps,
isn't this snowman adorable??


Thanks so much for stopping by today, and can't wait
to see what you come up with.

Don't forget, we have a HUGE sale going on over at 
Ribbon Carousel  If you've been wanting one, now is THE time
to take the plunge!!!


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Sunday, November 24, 2013

Day Four of the Ribbon Carousel Blog Hop

Fun fun fun all this weekend at the Ribbon Carousel Blog!!
We are ending a 4 day blog hop showing you how the team
uses their very own Ribbon Carousels!

I LOVE using mine for my twine!  (aren't those little spools darling)



I'm also starting to acquire a bit of washi tape,
and it is PeRfEcT for that!


Would you like to win your very own Ribbon Carousel? Here is what you need to do: Visit the Designer’s blogs that are participating in each day of the blog hop and comment on their posts as you go. One of the Crewmate’s Holiday blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner
will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Crewmate’s Holiday Blog Hop post. 



You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more Crewmate Blogs you comment on, the better your chances are of winning your very own Ribbon Carousel! The Blog Hop will be open until 11:59 PM Eastern Time Monday, November 25th with the winners being announced Tuesday morning on the Ribbon Carousel Blog.

Already have a Ribbon Carousel?  Share a photo of YOUR Ribbon Carousel on our FaceBook page OR email it to info@ribboncarousel.com, and we'll share it for you!  You'll be in a special drawing  for your choice of a Ribbon Carousel or 4 packages of spools! 



For those that want a Ribbon Carousel NOW! Mark your calendar! We'll be having our LOWEST SALE PRICE of the YEAR sale on the Ribbon Carousels and Spools beginning Wednesday, November 27 -Cyber-Monday, December 2! 

No coupon code needed!  Just go to
our store and enjoy some 
happy shopping!

Here are the participants for Day 4 of the 
Ribbon Carousel Holiday Blog Hop. Enjoy!

So glad you're hopping with us!  Winners will be selected randomly from comments left on the Crewmates blogs!  The more you comment, the better your chances of winning! Hop will run through Monday, November 25 at 11:59pm EST.  Blog Hop winners announced Tuesday!

1. Diane Zechman  3. Michele Lourenco  5. Melissa Dehne  
2. Corinna McGregor Barth  4. Julie Smith  6. Lesley Croghan  

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Unity Friends Blog Hop

This is gonna be a long one.....go ahead and grab a nice hot coffee
and a seat......and have fun hopping with us!

The FAB-U-LOUS Angela from Unity Stamps
sent us each a note asking if we'd like to participate
in a customer blog hop.   Ummmmm....YEAH!!!  
So, here we are....all showing you
our love for ALL things Unity!!

Me, and all of these sweet ladies-


I love my Unity Stamps!  Love, love love them!!
I signed up for the Stamp of the Week a couple
weeks ago and I'm amazed at what I get for the
mere $5.79 I pay (that includes shipping)!
You just can't go wrong!

Seems like Ang is ALWAYS running a sale too,
so it feels like I'm ALWAYS shopping there!!
Check out the current sale - 
55% off - wHo dOeS tHaT?????



I'm playing with some of the newest releases!
I put the name of the set right under my cards,
with the links, so you could find it quickly to 
go ahead and buy it!
(you can thank me later!)

This one shows one of my favorite sentiments
from the set!!!

Thats not washi tape you think you see, its pieces from the
stamp Hope Builds Courage.  I colored the washi tape
looking parts with my Copics and cut them out!!
How cool is that?

Just a masculine looking card, don't ya think??

Another fabulous sentiment!!!

Who doesn't love the fun little hexagons that are out there now?

I hope you loved all my inspirations, and I've
convinced you that you NEED some Unity!! 

Especially during the 55% off sale!

You'll definitely want to hop along and leave plenty of
comments!  Gonna be lots of winners of a great
grab bag of Unity Stamps!
You can start the blog hop at

Unity Blog
Julie-you are here




LEAVE a comment on my BLOG Post and you have a CHANCE to WIN a GRAB BAG of 20 STAMPS from Unity! :)  Winners will be picked and ANNOUNCED on the Unity Blog and FACEBOOK PAGE on Tuesday Morning!




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Saturday, November 9, 2013

Moxie Fab Thanks Blog Hop!


There is a HUGE blog hop going on today to
 wish the best of luck to Cath Edvalson, and
to say thank you.

Cath has been such an inspiration to so many people
in the papercrafting industry, it's truly sad to know
that she is leaving.  However, this isn't goodbye,
it's just a "see ya later!"  
We know she'll still be out in blogland.

What an honor it is to be a part of something like this!
So, get a beverage, sit back, and prepare to be
amazed at the talent you will see on this hop.


You should have arrived here from -


my card -


I did some paper piecing on this one, and
then added a bit of sparkle with my jelly
roll pen.  Kind of feels "cindarella-ey!"



Next on this amazing hop is -


Linda Auclair


Recipe -
Stamps: Unity sotw Mind and Beauty
Paper: PTI White, SU dp
Ink: Versafine black
Misc: hole punch, elastic cord, dimensionals, sequins, jelly roll pen

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Here is a link to everyone participating in the blog hop!  Pretty amazing huh???


Our Moxie Fab Thanks to You, Cath!

1. Moxie Fab World  96. Anieszka Malyszek  191. Jimmi Mayo  
2. Keren Baker  97. Kate from i {heart} papers  192. Julie Overby  
3. Jennifer Ingle  98. Cindy Lawrence  193. Eva Dobilas  
4. Debby Hughes  99. Lori Tecler  194. Ren-Yi Lo  
5. Virginia Lu  100. Penny Ward  195. Jessica Shelton-Buffa  
6. Nina Yang  101. Leigh Penner  196. DoBea Alberts  
7. Karolyn Loncon  102. Christina MacLaren  197. Nicole Rixon   
8. Lori Barnett  103. Heidi Van Laar  198. Debbie Corbari  
9. Kim Hughes / Paper Smooches  104. Giovana Smith  199. Lawn Fawn / Kelly Marie Alvarez  
10. Becky Oehlers  105. Katrina Hunt  200. Leigh Ann Baird  
11. Donna Mikasa  106. Kathi Rerek  201. Betsy Veldman  
12. JJ Bolton  107. Glenda J. Wyatt  202. Natasha Kara  
13. Jocelyn Olson  108. Heather Campbell  203. Wanda Cullen   
14. Daniela Dobson  109. Ardyth Percy-Robb  204. Shemaine Smith  
15. Amy Wanford  110. Erica Hettwer  205. Lydia Fiedler  
16. Sylvia Blum  111. Danielle Walls  206. Jenn Shurkus  
17. AJ Otto  112. Fresh Squeezed Stamps  207. Leslie Hanna  
18. Taheerah Atchia  113. Lynn Mangan  208. Lenny Sacr�as  
19. Laura Williams  114. Kim Kesti  209. Chunyuan Wu  
20. Kimberly Crawford  115. Kelly Booth  210. Berenice Rendon  
21. Vera Yates  116. Stephanie Severin  211. Brenda Weaver  
22. Jaclyn Miller  117. Michelle Lupton  212. Sabrina Alery  
23. Amber Kroening  118. Angelica Suarez  213. Debbie Marcinkiewicz  
24. Lindsay Amrhein  119. Sarah Martina Parker  214. Lyndal Higgins  
25. Miriam Prantner  120. Ashley Nguyen Newell  215. Pattie Goldman  
26. Irit Shalom  121. Jessica Witty  216. Jenny Martin  
27. Anabelle O'Malley  122. Jennifer Rzasa  217. Michelle Bala  
28. Michele Gross  123. Jennifer Priest  218. Julie Smith  
29. Teri Anderson  124. Angie Tieman  219. Linda Auclair  
30. Alice Wertz  125. Bev Gerard  220. Tyra Babington  
31. Pamela Ho  126. Asty Purbasari  221. Darnell J Knauss  
32. Elena Roussakis  127. Megan Hoeppner  222. Jennifer Jackson  
33. Lorena Canto  128. Pia Overgaard  223. Amy Sheffer  
34. Tara Cardwell  129. Nina Brackett  224. Piali Biswas  
35. Joscelyne Cutchens  130. Linda Lucas  225. Lori Hairston  
36. Ashley Harris  131. Judy Rozema  226. Charlene Bopp  
37. Annette Allen  132. Lynn Mercurio  227. Deanna Woodland  
38. Jessi Fogan  133. Erin Thiem  228. Ceal Pritchett  
39. Lindsey M-P  134.  Carolyn Gimpel King  229. Vanessa Menhorn  
40. Christine Dring  135. Smitha Katti  230. P. Kelly Smith  
41. Tasnim Ahmed  136. Susan Liles  231. Therese Calvird  
42. Alicia Thelin  137. Lisa Arana  232. Rachel Izakowicz  
43. Ashley Marcu  138. Kalyn Kepner  233. Frances Byrne  
44. Kryssi Ng / Mama Elephant  139. Rachel Kleinman  234. Holly Shepard  
45. Katie Gehring  140. Wendy Price  235. Geri Greening  
46. Angi Barrs  141. Kim Dellow  236. Gretchen Belknap (same as #186)  
47. Tracey McNeely  142. Melissa Elsner  237. Shirley Bampton  
48. Jen del Muro  143. Laura Pryor  238. Julia Stainton  
49. Sarah J. Moerman  144. Ivanka Lentle  239. Diana Slaughter  
50. Laurie Willison  145. Ashlee Townsend  240. Kim Heggins  
51. Cristina Kowalczyk  146. Michelle Liimatainen  241. Melissa Phillips  
52. Iwona Palamountain  147. Juliana Michaels  242. Jennifer McGuire  
53. Shanna Vineyard  148. Ilina Crouse  243. Beth Matson  
54. Tiffany Johnson  149. Suzanne Bier  244. Kanan Pandya  
55. Laura O'Donnell  150. Sherry Wright  245. Chrissy Larson  
56. Lisa Adametz  151. Barb Housner  246. Kristi Schurr  
57. Laura Bassen  152. Kim Makortoff  247. Tammy Hobbs  
58. Ryann Salamon  153. Stephanie Washburn  248. Windy Robinson  
59. Clare Buswell  154. Alyssa Scritchfield  249. Wida Miller  
60. Gayatri Murali  155. Niki G  250. Erum Tasneem  
61. Laurel Seabrook  156. Colleen Dietrich  251. Barb Murphy  
62. Christine Traversa  157. Sharyn Tormanen   252. SRM Stickers  
63. Melania Deasy  158. Karin �kesdotter  253. Judy Marino  
64. Michelle Williams  159. Erin Taylor  254. Noelle McAdams  
65. Jamie Gracz / Avery Elle  160. Jen Carter  255. Katie Brooks  
66. Lin Brandyberry  161. Cristina N��ez (Yainea)  256. Unity Stamp Company  
67. Michelle Woerner  162. Susie Wittwer  257. Cheryl Valadez  
68. Kim Howard  163. Becky Olsen  258. Jennie Harper  
69. Amanda Coleman  164. Lori Craig  259. Latisha Yoast  
70. Dana Warren  165. Tessa Wise  260. Ang Mansfield  
71. Kelly Griglione  166. Courtney Kelley  261. Danielle Flanders  
72. Taylor Usry  167. Maureen Merritt  262. Niki Meiners  
73. Emily Branch  168. Alice Golden  263. Shelly Kurth  
74. Amy Tsuruta  169. Chrissie Tobas  264. Els Brigé  
75. Rae Barthel  170. Stasia Sloma  265. Jane Beljo  
76. Erin Schreiner  171. Heather Hoffman  266. Stacy Croninger  
77. Stacey Schafer  172. Annette Witherspoon  267. Susie Moore  
78. Sarah Gough  173. Tarynne Wise  268. Gaby Creates  
79. Joni Andaya  174. Amy Kolling  269. Sylvia Nelson  
80. Lalo  175. Chari Moss  270. Lucy Abrams  
81. Maria Fischer  176. Carol Wilson  271. Lee Murphy  
82. Laurie Schmidlin  177. Shelly Greybeck  272. Britta Swiderski  
83. Yvonne Yam  178. Maureen Plut  273. Michele Kovack  
84. Tifany DeGough  179. Bree Tetz  274. Valerie Stangle  
85. Deirdre Horgan  180. Meredith MacRitchie  275. Nancy Krueger  
86. Cheiron Brandon  181. Dawn Turley  276. Heather Doran  
87. Beverley Brown  182. Marisa Gunn  277. Isha Gupta  
88. Tenia Nelson  183. Simone Naoum  278. N@ Ali  
89. Jamie Greene  184. Stephanie Muzzulin  279. Dawn Schuster  
90. Veronica Zalis  185. Richard Breaks  280. Ginny Henriquez  
91. Jennifer Scull  186. Gretchen Belknap  281. Joyce Mehrberg  
92. Lizzie Sanchez  187. Libby Hickson  282. Cathy Andronicou  
93. Glitz Design  188. Hannelie Bester  283. Rebecca Fellows  
94. Lea Lawson  189. Julie Campbell  284. Cornelia (fun stamping) Wenokor  
95. Heather Nichols  190. Lisa Henke  285. Anita Recksiedler  

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Friday, November 8, 2013

Friends with Flair at Unity

Wow!  Do you have any idea how long its been
since I participated in 
over at Unity???

A very long time!

I decided to play along today, hope
you enjoy my card!

I used my new Stamp of the Week
from last week.  I've been trying to make my
Christmas cards a little at a time, so I'm not
so overwhelmed later this month.
We'll see how that goes.


Thanks and I'll see you back here tomorrow!


Recipe-
Stamps: Unity Stamp of the Week 
Paper: PTI White, real red, night of navy
Ink: Memento black
Misc: embossing folder, markers, silver bling



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Thursday, November 7, 2013

Seize the Sketch Challenge

This is my first time playing along at



but I have a feeling it won't be my last, what a fun sketch.

I decided to dig out one of my newest sets that hadn't
seen any ink yet, CAS-ual Friday - WTF

I love this set, and I see myself using it A LOT in the future!

Here is my card:



Thanks so much for stopping by my blog!

Recipe-
Stamps: CAS-ual Friday WTF
Paper: PTI White, SU Celebrations dp
Ink: Versafine black, pure poppy

Misc: silver elastic cord, washi tape



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Monday, November 4, 2013

CAS Color Throwdown Challenge

Time for a challenge.
This weeks CAS challenge over at
Splitcoaststampers is to use stitching or faux stitching.
Since I'm too lazy to drag out my sewing machine, I
opted for the faux stitching!

I love the color challenges over at the



This week, the colors are especially gorgeous, don't ya think??

I decided to use my brand new 

I was subscribed to a monthly stamp club, but I just don't need
any paper, ribbons or embellishments.  So, I decided to go with
the SOTW over at Unity.  It's only $5.79/week and that
includes shipping!!

my card:

I colored the Christmas ornaments with my ink pads and a blender
pen.  I used my copics to color the tree trunk, and to just make a few
"swipes" onto the branches of the trees to give them a bit of color.
I also took my sparkly gelly roll pen and went over the bows as well
as the sentiment.  It gave it just enough sparkle.

Recipe:
Stamps: Unity SOTW
Paper: Soft Suede, Cherry Cobbler, White, BG Wassail dp
Ink: Versafine black
Misc: paper piercer, copics, gelly roll pen, star wood veneer


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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Color Q Challenge

Love me some ColorQ Challenges!!!
This weeks colors were totally out of my box
though, I gotta admit!
I'm not a orangey/purply kinda person!




I think I may have just rocked it with this super easy,
CAS card!  What do ya think??


I'm loving the washi tape lately.
Notice how I got that little itty bit of purple
in there.....the rhinestone to dot the "i" is purple!

Thanks for stopping by today, hope to see
you again soon!


Recipe -
Stamps: Amuse sentiment
Paper: PTI White
Ink: Versafine black
Misc: washi tape, SU punch


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Ribbon Carousel

This is the fifth week of our Monthly challenge 
over at

 Ribbon Carousel

This month's theme is 
Fall anHalloween!
I've been trying more and more washi tape on my cards,
and I LOVE storing my washi tape on my ribbon carousel!!!

I also made this card for a challenge that is going on right now
to help Berenice Rendon's niece raise money for college!
How cool is that?

You can find all of the details here at


We're rounding out the month with some beautiful creations from our team.  But first, do you know what the prize is for this amazing challenge?


How about a Ribbon Carousel?!


  Each month we are giving away a Ribbon Carousel to one of our randomly chosen challenge participants! 

Just a reminder that our Ribbon Carousel Crewmates have divided up into FOUR teams.  Each week you will see fresh projects for this month's challenge!

There are three rules to be eligible for the prize:

1.  You MUST use a spool, ribbon, twine, thread, washi tape or something that comes on a spool on your creation.
2. Your project MUST be based on the theme of the month.
3. You must add  a NEW project  to the inlinkz below and link directly back to your project on your blog or online gallery.

Check out some crafty eye candy from our talented Crewmates for a little inspiration before you link up your project at the bottom of this post!


Here is my card -

Thanks for stopping by today!
Hope to see you playing along with us
at the Ribbon Carousel!




Recipe -
Stamps: Digi Stamps from Jess Blog, Amuse sentiment
Paper: PTI white, black
Inks: versafine black
Misc: washi tape, sequins, copics, spica glitter pen




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Saturday, October 26, 2013

Little Tangles Challenge

Time for a challenge card!
It's been a while since I've played along over at


Loved the sketch challenge, so I figured I'd make
some time to play along!


Love this sketch!  you could use ribbon up the side, 
paper, or washi tape like I did!

Here is my card -

I even used my Neat and Tangled stamps for it!!


Thanks for stopping by today!

Recipe -
Paper: PTI White
Ink: Versafine black, PTI Aqua Mist
Misc: washi tape, sequins from Neat and Tangled




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