Easter treats

I know this post is waaaay out of season, but I thought I would show you my VERY last minute creation for the kids at Easter. My kids are older (14-22) and I decided I was tired of the Easter basket mess, and yet, they all still want Easter candy, so this is what I came up with. And when I say last minute I do mean last minute. I purchased the candy on Saturday and made the little bags Easter Sunday before everyone got up! Unfortunately my group picture is blurry, but they did look cute up there all lined up. And away from the dog too!

I printed the Happy Easter greetings on whisper white card stock,then stamped a background image on them from the SU Springtime Smile retired set. You have to look closely to see the stamped image. Then I layered it with pattern paper and cardstock. On the girl's tags I added a little squiggly border with black, fine-tip pen.

Sometimes I'm happiest with the stuff I do quickly. I tend to keep it clean and simple that way. Later this week I'll show you a couple of CAS (clean and simple) cards I made recently. I was happy to see that CAS is one of the new challenges at splitcoaststampers.com. That might be a challenge I can participate in.

Enjoy!

Julie

Just Because

I got my inspiration for this card on splitcoaststampers.com. Unfortunately it was long enough ago that I don't remember to whom to give credit. This picture is a little blurry. I stamped the silhouettes on the kraft cs then dotted the flowers with a white gel pen. Then the same silhouettes were stamped in white craft ink on black cs and gel penned. (Is that a word?) And inserted into piece of the stylized silver hardware. That piece was then backed with a piece of whisper white, stamped with black script and punched out with the label punch.

Enjoy!

Julie

Blessings

A few weeks ago I showed you a card I made for my daughter when she was expecting. Well, here's the result. Savannah Faith, my first grandchild, was born in March. The first picture was taken minutes after she was born. The second picture was taken about 3 weeks later, Easter weekend. Don't you just love all her strawberry blond hair!? (We are working on training her dad to call it strawberry blond instead of orange. lol)

And I'm sharing a card too. I loved this Pick a Petal set when it came out and I think this may be the only card I've made with it! Isn't that just the way it goes....and the background is from Polka Dots & Paisleys. I love that little dotted background. I used it on the tennis card too.

Enjoy,

Julie

Here’s the Toad

Now this makes sense! You can add, "You're unfrogettable" when there are actual frogs on the image! This card is a rather unusual size. Mostly because I started with watercolor paper, stamped a picture and painted it. Then I decided to make it a card. I don't remember the dimensions, but I believe it is too big for a large standard square envelope. Eventually I'll have to make an envelope for it and pay extra to have it mailed, if I decide to send it…

I stamped the frog sitting on the mushroom, then masked the frog, stamped the toadstool under him and painted the picture using reinkers with an aquapainter – my favorite coloring method. I was a little off when I stamped the mushroom and so my toad is off balance. I should have used a stamp-a-ma-jig! I finished the main image with a hand-drawn border using a black 05 ZIG millennium pen.

Enjoy!

Julie

Toad you...

I toad you so. OK, enough with the frog puns. The funny thing is I made this card and then realized that there is no frog in sight on this card, but the verse refers to the frog. It just doesn't work to say, "Have I snailed you lately that I love you?" now does it. So forgive the mismatched image and verse, but isn't this the cutest snail ever.

I stamped the snail on the paper and watercolored the snail and background. Then I stamped the snail again on pattern paper, cut out the shell and glued that over the painted image. I love stamping on pattern paper. I think it creates so much visual interest.

Enjoy,

Julie

The Worst and My Passion

The Worst: I am decidedly the worst blogger in the blogger world. I love sharing my creations, but obviously not enough to keep up with the vehicle by which I share my creations....

My Passion: Among other things, I LOVE tennis! I am obsessed with the game and can't stay off the court. If I stayed off the court more often I would get more blogging in. Right? I just wish my skills equaled my passion!

So here is a card I made for my teammates at the end of last season. The card design was actually preconceived and created in a kit that I purchased to be used with a different stamp set, but I thought it lended itself to this tennis set. It is hard to tell but the racquet and ball are highlighted with glitter.

Enjoy!
Julie