Fa La La Time

I have been having SO MUCH FUN making Christmas cards the past few days! I might actually get them all done in time to mail them out...LOL!This one is made using an OLD Stampin' Up set called Song In Your Heart. I think it is one of the first Christmas sets I got from SU, because I LOVE Christmas music! This little trio is colored with watercolor pencils and the aqua painter. I won some gorgeous DP from my SU Demo, so I got to use some it, and finished it off with some stickles for that little bit of sparkle. I used this weeks Sweet Stop Challenge Sketch, which was perfect for the size of my stamp. There are a couple of other Challenges out there that this card fits into. Winter Wonderland, where the theme is Sing a Christmas Carol. Another of my favorites, Paper Sundaes, has a Let it Snow challenge. And finally, Aly's Sunday Challenge, which has a theme of Music.

The Little Tilda Christmas card was made last week for a sketch challenge...sorry don't remember which one. She was also colored with Watercolor pencils and Stickles. I LOVE the DP, it is from The Linen Closet Stack by Die Cuts With A View. The entire stack is just so yummy! The Flowers are from The Wild Orchid...I have fallen in LOVE, and will HAVE to have more of them~

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a TERRIFIC Tuesday! Have FUN and be sure to CREATE today!

Rubber Hugs,

Julie

Blue Christmas

Well, again I have been inspired by my good friend, Cindy! I saw this gorgeous beaded snowflake on her blog a while back, and I HAD to make some! This was the second of 3, but when it came time to make a card with it, it was the first I used. I found the PERFECT colors of CS and DP, and then the sketch at Stamp Something.

Lastnight, while going through the Daily Dare and checking chellenges from the weekend, I have found numerous other challenges this card fits into. I love it when I make something, THEN the challenges come out...LOL. So I will enter my Beaded Snowflake into the following:

Daring Cardmakers - Topaz ( I chose Blue )

Crazy 4 Challenges - Square Card

Ellephantastic - Blue

One Stop Craft Challenge - Embossing

Crafty Calendar Monthly - Winter Snowflakes

Crafty Cardmakers - Dry Embossing

Totally Stampalicious - Blue

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Dry Embossing

One Stitch at a Time - Winter Wonderland

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a GREAT week...and get creative!

Rubber Hugs,

Julie

Poinsetta Time

I have been DYING to try this Poinsetta Digi I got earlier this year at McMahon Five Designs.

I printed out a couple different sizes and did some watercoloring. This is the first of the two using the larger stamp. I thought the sketch at Truly Scrumptious was perfect for this image, so I went with it! It also works for the Petals part of the option....

I just LOVE the Petals A Plenty embossing folder from Stampin' Up. Doesn't it work so perfectly with the flower?

This card also fits into a couple of other Challenges out there this week:

Paper Pretties - Square Card

Stamp Something - Use PINK

Die Cut Dreams Christmas - use a Digi
Creative Cottage - Embossing

I think this sketch is going into my "use it again" file. Yup, easy and I like it~

My second card was made using the same Digi Poinsetta, but sized smaller before printing. My friend, Cindy, did a poinsetta card a while back and I LOVED the layout, so I CASEd her card basically....

This one fits several challenges out there this week:

Papertake Weekly - Sparkly and Bright

ABC - Glitter

Inktegrity - Anything Goes

Cowgirls Sunday Challenge - Bling

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Bee Crafty - Christmas Digi

This one is my favorite because of the glitter....

Well, thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you all have a WONDERFUL week!

Rubber Hugs~

Julie

Being Witchy....

Obviously, I have been digging out my old Halloween stamps and here is another! I love this old gal! Again, I have used my favorite watercolor pencils to color her...ain't she purty?

I made this card for the Sketch Challenge at Stamping 411. As I looked around, I found a few others she qualifies for as well, so will enter her into these too:

Crazy 4 Challenges - Halloween

Corrosive - Halloween

Paper Playtime - Halloween

Totally Stampalicious - Purple, Green and Black

Dutch Dare - Halloween

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a Wonderful Wednesday!

Rubber Hugs,

Julie

Yellow Zebra Wedding...

It has been an EVENTFUL weekend here in NW Arkansas! Saturday I got to go down to The University Of The Ozarks for Family Fiesta Weekend with my wonderful daughter! The weather was perfect, and the visit was just what Momma needed to see her baby girl in her element! Shelli LOVES it there, and I can see why. I feel MUCH better now that I have had a wonderful visit and tour of the school, as well as all the fun activities that the students and faculty worked so hard on to entertain their families! KUDOS Uof O~~

Last evening, I attended the wedding of one of my dear friend's sons'. It was so simply beautiful....

Their colors were Black, White and Yellow...thus the card! I took the colors from her invitation which was yellow with a border of black and white Zebra print and black lettering.

Very Cool! Her flowers were daisies and the wedding was held outdoors in a magnificent Ozark Mountains location. I wrapped her gift in the same color combo as you can see....it really did look neat on the gift table.

The Wedding as I said was very pretty, and the reception afterwards was a riot....so much fun...UNTIL! We were dancing and having a fabby time, and clutsy Julie fell wrong on my right foot and got a BIG BOO BOO! I have torn my Achilles Tendon and also broken some of the bone on my heel along with it! Yeah, isn't that special? The Emergency Room doctor has referred me to an Orthopedic Surgeon, and I see him tomorrow. I will have to have it surgically repaired, and it will be 3 to 6 months before I am back on it. ARRGHHHH! So....I will have TONS of time to make my Christmas cards this year....heck of a way to get those done, eh? LOL

Anyway, thank you all for stopping by today! I hope you all have a WONDERFUL week....

Rubber Hugs,

Julie

World Cardmaking Day

Well, it is a beautiful day here in NW Arkansas, and I actually got to participate in World Cardmaking Day! I have been slowly...emphesis on SLOW...making my Christmas cards, so I dont't have to cram them all in in the last week! This is one I have done with my new Dasher stamp from SU. I LOVE non-traditional colored Christmas cards, so needless to say, I love this one.

After finishing, I realized this card fits a few of weekly challenges out there. Here they are:

Charisma - Christmas

Paper Pretties - Animal/ Animal Print

DCD Christmas Club - Glitter, Ribbon, and Gems

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a Blessed Sunday!

Rubber Hugs,

Julie

C & S Christmas

This little ditty was made today at the last minute for the Christmas Card Challenge which was to make a Clean & Simple Card. It works as well for a couple other challenges this week, too.

Crafty Cardmakers also challenged a Clean & Simple card, and Winter Wonderland challenged a Single Layer Card! Those who know me KNOW single layer is SO not me...LOL!

I will have more later....just wanted to get this posted before it ended. Have a great Saturday!

Rubber Hugs,

Julie