Hmmm Am I Blue?

Blue seems to be my color lately....LOL. I dunno what this needs, but it is needing something...any ideas? I have been wanting to play with making some glittery backgrounds, so that is how this card started. I also wanted to use some of the Borders I got from TAC...geesh they are easy to use!! I have some other goodies I have been playing with, so hopefully I can finish them and show um off....

I have come across a couple of cool Blog Candy offers....check out Anki's Blog, she has some adorable things, although some is not available in the US, it is sure fun to look! Another one is HERE...Michelle's Blog is adorable, and I love all of her donkeys....Donkeys are close to Cows, yes? Both so stinkin' Sweet!! Anyhoooooooo....

Hope to see you all again, soon!
Rubber Hugs,
Julie

OMG, it needs RIBBON!! Be back shortly~

Ok it has been edited with a new pic...much better!

Check out a great Blog and some Blog Candy....

over on Giovana's Blog! She is a wonderful cardmaker, and such a sweet gal! Stop by and enjoy all of her work, and have a peeksee at her Blog Candy,too! Send her a BIG CONGRATS for hitting the 10, 000 Hits mark! See you all later...

Hugs,
Julie

Day 2...still alive...

I have been spending LOTS of time at the Card Making Table the past couple of days. No smoking for 2 days, and I a proud of myself!! Here is one I made this morning with some of my Birthday Stamps....Inkadinkado's Birthday Cupcake. I originally wanted to use the Large Cupcake, but thought the trio done as a "border" looked better. I have fallen in LOVE with stickles....why would i wanna ever use glue and glitter again? Hahaha

Last week I won 2 blog candies, and they have both arrived! WOW, it was like Christmas! Thanks so much to Suzanne and Nicola...I have a lot of wonderful new goodies to play with this week!! I will do a Blog Candy when I make it to my first 1000 hits...I am already collecting some goodies to give away. I love when that happens...hehehe! I hope you are all having a great weekend, I know mine is going slowly, but then I know why, too....

See you all tomorrow.

Rubber Hugs,

Julie

I am feeling Spooky....

This is my first day with NO CIGARETTES...arrgh. So far, so good, say your prayers for me, I sure am sending them up! Anyhoooo....to fit in with my wonderful mood, hehehehe, I thought I'd pull out my favorite little Witchypoo. I water colored her, and it seems the sunlight kinda drown out her green face... I used purple ink on my CuttleBug Folder to get the background. This card will go to my partners in a Halloween Swap...I am in 3 of them, so dunno which one, YET...LOL. Well, I have to get away from the puter, as this is my main smoking spot, I have to avoid it today...FOR SURE!! You all have a fabby day, and see you later!

Rubber Hugs,
Julie

A couple of sketches

These were made for a Sketch Swap on one of my Yahoo Groups. I love these papers, they look like denim IRL. The Flowers in the corners ARE Denim material with pink Brads holding them together. I used a Chipboard Tag covered with patterened paper for the sentiment. I hope my Partners like them, I think they turned out kinda cute.

This next Card was made for a Fall Card Swap. I have so many Leaf Stamps, but I came upon this cool paper, and decided to ust it instead. I am not sure where I found the sketch, but I really like how it turned out. The corner circle really makes it different...

I hope you are all having a FABBY week! I have some more ideas brewing, so I will be back soon.

Rubber Hugs,

Julie

I just saw Davenport, Iowa....

on my Blog Log!! Who is it? Can you leave me a comment, so I can say HI? Davenport is my home town!! HOW COOL! I just got chills....
Back in a bit with a couple of cards....
Hugs,
Julie

I am a year older....

And I hope WISER, too...hehehe! Yesterday was my Birthday, and it was great! Had a nice dinner with friends and family, and lots of laughs. This is a card I made with some of my new stamps....yeah, I scored!!

I have always loved this little Changito Monkey, so I was thrilled when I got him. I got some Cupcake stamps, a couple new Cuttlebug Embossing folders, Ribbons, and lots of paper. AND I won 2 blog candy in over the weekend. One last week at Scrap Biz, and one today at Gorillamama Greats...Oh the wonderful LUCK!! It is more like Christmas in September, than my little ol' birthday....hehehe.

I did some ATCs for a swap the other day that I think turned out kinda cute. I have a MAJOR LOVE for cows, so this one was an easy one for me!

Have a Fabby Humpday and I hope to see you all tomorrow!!

Rubber Hugs,

Julie

Still a little sluggish....

But I have got a post tonight! YAY! I actually felt like playing with Rubber and Ink today, and here is one of the cards I got done. I will try to get back later with the other one, if I can get a decent picture in the light I have available. Sunlight is so much nicer for pics...LOL

I did this one for one of my Yahoo Groups. It is for a Favorite Stamp swap, and since I have a bazillion favorite stamps, I thought I'd use one of the sets I got a couple months ago that I LOVE. It is SU Artfully Asian. It is kinda hard to see, but the flowers and buds I applied Crystal Stickles for a little bling. The patterned paper is from DCWV Far East Stack. The layout was last week's Sketch Challenge over at Our Creative Corner. I have wanted to do it all week, and FINALLY got to it! They have a new one for this week, so check it out! I hope everyone is having a FABBY weekend and enjoying the beautiful weather! ( Well, we have beautiful weather right now, we'll see how long it lasts! )

Rubber Hugs,

Julie

I'm Back again....hehehe

Well, here is my second attempt at NO STAMPS, and I like this one better! I used DCWV Glitter paper and SU Rub-ons again. It was really a super easy card, and the glitter CS really makes a difference!

Tomorrow I have to make a Masculine Birthday Card for my baby brother. He is gonna be 30...OMG, my BABY Brother! His Birthday is the day after mine, so I HAVE to get it made and in the mail tomorrow so it makes it to Minniapolis by the 23rd. I will show ya what I come up with, unless it is ugly...LOL! Have a great night!

Rubber Hugs,

Julie

Happy Tuesday...glad to be here!

Having been a bit under the weather, I haven't been very creative for a few days! I realized I have a couple of swaps I had to get out yesterday, so I went for it. They are simple, but I am happy with them. This one is for a fall swap...I LOVE leaves, so I went for it. The green panel is CB with Ink, and it looks perfect with the leaves. I dunno why my cam doesn't get the colors right...this is brown, orange and Olive Green. Hope my partners like it....

This is also a fast and easy card! I wanted to do one with NO STAMPS, and voila, I succeeded....hehehe. I used my Watercolor Crayons to color the Primas, and the white panel is ScorePal'd ( grrr again that cam...LOL) I used a rub-on from SU's Love & Happiness for the sentiment. It is so hard for me NOT to use stamps...they are my life! ( that was pitiful, eh?)

I have another idea for NOStamps, so I will play with that today. I have a couple of Sketches I wanna do, too...so see you soon!

Rubber Hugs,

Julie

Nic's Blog Candy!

Nic at Gorilla Momma's Greats is celebrating her 5000th hit on her Fabby Blog! Be sure to stop by and say hello and get your chance!! Congratulations, Nicola! ( I love her name...hehehe)

Hugs,
Julie

Asian Birthday

Hiya everyone! I wanted to share this Birthday card, even though it is a horrible picture! I needed a card that wasn't "too girlie", and I know she likes the Asian Theme, so this is the result. The BG paper is from DCWV Asian Stack, and it matches the stamp pretty well! I will try for a better pic tomorrow...errr later today, and then I will edit it. the colors are really pretty together..brown and hunter green on cream. I had to throw in the little Coin....it looks so cool with this paper! I have a doc appointment again in the morning, so I will try to get back early afternoon with something new! TGIF, and have a great day!

Hugs,
Julie

Happy Humpday!

Happy Wednesday, Everyone! Well, I survived the Doctor yesterday, though the nurses were a bit frazzled...hehehe. When they took my BP it was 186/132....yeah, scared me too. So they called the doc in and he retook it a 3rd time...it was the same. Spring into action...LMAO! I scared the begeebers outta them...they gave me a clonopen and it went down within 5 mins. Needless to say, I have new meds. They make me drowsey since I am not used to them yet, but I will adjust. THAT is why I didn't get anything posted for you yesterday.

On the path of inking stamps I have yet to use, I came upon this NEW set, SU Friendship Blooms.

I have been trying to do fast and easy, and even though I don't DISlike this one, it just doesn't have enough UMMPH for me....Does that make me an embellie snob? I hope not!

My DD liked it a lot, and snagged it for her friend for a 'Happy" card. I am so glad Shelli likes my stuff! Anyhoooo, I am waiting for DishNetwork to come set up the new dish, so I will be back later with more. Have a fabby afternoon!

Rubber Hugs,

Julie

Check out some Blog Candy!!

Suzanne at Scrap Bitz is offering some FABBY Blog Candy to celebrate her 20K hits on her Blog and she is a guest designer also! Check her out HERE ! Great Blog!!

I will be back later with some things I made yesterday...I have a doctor appointment in a bit...time to get the diabetes under contol again!! Have a great Day!

Hugs,
Julie

Happy Anniversary, Mom and Daddy

My parents celebrate their 43rd Anniversary on 9/11, so I wanted a pretty card for them. I saw this card on SCS and thought it was just so pretty, I CASEd it. I have to mail it, so I didn't do it square, even though I love the 4 X 4 cards. I changed the colors up a bit, and the shape of the sentiment. I used different ribbon, too, but I LOVE the wider ribbon better. Again, it was for ease of mailing. I hate when that happens! If I was in Iowa, I'd have done it ALMOST exact, as I just LOVE the look of the original!
I am sorry I have been neglectful of Blogland the past couple of days. Yesterday was the day from...well, it was bad. I am switching phone service, internet service and TV service to AT&T from Cable, and oh goodness, what a fiasco! Suffice to say, the ONLY thing that was working on installation yesterday was the phone service. I was LIVID! My internet is on 24/7, and I had NONE for over 24 hours! I am suprised I didn't die! LOL Anyhoooo....I am up and running again, and faster than ever! Now when Dish Network comes on Wednesday, if they mess up, I am gonna send them on their way! I left the TV alone since they don't hook it up 'til Wednesday, so if DN misses the boat, I will still have cable....lesson learned obviously!
I will be working on more September Birthday cards tomrrow, so i will have some goodies to share I hope! See you then....

Rubber Hugs,
Julie

Well, shoot....LOL

Today I made a card for my friend Joani who has a Birthday on Monday, and I was gonna post it to her blog because she has some BLOG CANDY offered ( go check it out!), but dippy me mailed her REAL card Tuesday ( I didn't think it'd get there so fast!) and she got it today! Oh well, I have the other one I made to show you that I did for the Sketch Challenge at

Sketches {by Tamera}. I wanted to post this one to her blog for the contest and then hoped the one I sent didn't get there til Saturday. Had I waited til today to mail it, the card wouldn't have made it til Tuesday...LOL! Such is life....

I was sick yesterday, so I didn't get to post, but today I got a couple things made, so I will post again in the morning. It is past midnight here, and I better hit the bed...my pillow is calling my name. Sweet Dreams, everyone!

Hugs,
Julie

I LOVE COWS

I spent part of the day yesterday playing with my Un'udder Birthday Set from TAC. I have had them for a while and they were UNinked! I just adore COWS, especially black and white ones. I have a couple special friends I wanted to make cards for, so I thought yesterday was the day!

This one is for a dear friend who is always so thoughtful! I used my CB Paisley Embossing folder ( actually, Shelli's BFF, Ashley, was playing with the CB, so I let her do it) . The Ribbon along the bottom is just plain white, and I used the little cow spots stamp that comes with the set to give it some spots. I love how it turned out. I DO need to invest in the Nestablilities...I cut the oval with my Coluzzle , then used Fiskars scissors to do the scallops. I hate when they don't come out evenly. LOL Am I a bit anal? Anyway, this was a fun one to do...this little cow is SO Cute!!

Oh Goodness I think I figured out how to do 2 pics in the same post...YAY ME! hehehe

This one was made for another special friend who has a birthday coming up very soon! We Virgos gotta stick together.... I have alot of September Bithday Cards to make in the next couple of days. I have a brother the 4th, Gail's is the 12th, my BFF Darla's is the 15th ( Her bday is one week before mine, and her Mom's was one week before MY Mom's, isn't that cool?) another brother the 23rd, and a brother-in-law the 30th. Geesh, I am gonna be busy the next couple of days. Plus my Parents Anniversary is the 11th....arrgh I just got dizzy....

This card was a RIOT to make. Isn't that cow just so cute? I did the water with watercolors and the rest with inks. I used a template for the clouds....I got that cloud template a bazillion years ago, and it was probably the best $4 I ever spent, cuz I use it all the time. The layout is one I posted for a Card Challenge on CMBH, an MSN Group you hear me talk about alot. Oops, the dogs wanna go outside, so I better hit the door with them. We are due to get Gustav Storms here for the next 3 days, so I gotta let the boys OUT when they need to go....LMAO! Have a great day and Be Creative!

Stamping Hugs,

Julie

Happy Labor Day, U.S.A

This is a double challenge card...I was busy yesterday...LOL! I want to start doing the daily challenges at SCS, so this is the Featured Stamper Chllenge-FS82. HERE is the card I CASEd...there are stickles on the flower, but my pic doesn't show it well. Grrrrr. This is also for the Weekly Challenge at Cards Made By Hand that I try to post weekly. I posted the challenge to make a Hi/Hello card and send it to another player in the challenge. Back in a minute with another creation from yesterday. I had fun with my DD and her friend, and got alot accomplished, too.....

Hugs,

Julie