Farewell to May....

I have been a terrible blogger ALL YEAR! I sincerly do apologize, and have no excuse for my disappearance. You all know I lost my Mom in January, and quite honestly, I have had LITTLE TO NO drive to create since. My wonderful friend, Cindy, has been really encouraging me to get back into the cardmaking, and with her love and gentle prodding ( hahaha) I have been creating some!

Thie first card is one I made using one of my favorite cupcake stamps made by Inkadinkado. I used my fave DP from SU, and it all just fell together wonderfully. I gave this one to one of the little girls at my school, and she was SO PROUD that Miss Julie had made it just for her. She showed the entire school...LOL! Needless to say, every child in the school has told me when their birthday is...I have a mile long list, and MANY birthday cards to create. Guess the little ones appreciate handmade things - how cool is that?

This next card is one I made with one of my FAVORITE new SU sets called Vintage Vogue. I never thought that I would like something called VINTAGE anything, but this set is beautiful and SO versatile!! I have made several cards with this set, some of which I have no pictures, but many that I do, so you will see those sometime, I promise. I used Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink and Old Olive. It is simple yet elegant...

Well, this is it for now. I hope to be back very soon with more creations. I think I will go check out the challenges for this week. Have a Wonderful week~

Rubber Hugs,

Julie

A Little Mojo on Saturday~

I am TOTALLY CRAZY for this DP from SU called Cottage Wall! I have seen my friend, Cindy, using it, and HAD to have some. It worked so perfectly for this weeks Mojo Monday Sketch! It all looks so pretty together. As you can see, I set it on it side to accomodate the sentiment I chose to use. This is from an OLD SU set. I figured that it could be used for just about any type of card, Mother's Day, Birthday, Thank You.....

Sure felt good to create today! I have a Father's Day card to show you later that I made earlier this week. Have a great Saturday!

Rubber Hugs,

Julie

More Spring

Happy Monday! Well, today is the first day of Spring Break...hope the snow melts. Today I decided to get some challenges in. I have had such a major lack of mojo, so when Cindy suggested we do the Mojo Monday Sketch, I was ON IT! There are several challenges in this one card...many with a Spring theme. They include:

Rosie D's Challenge - Use Green, Yellow & White

Crazy 4 Challenges - Spring

All Sorts - Spring

Crafty Cardmakers - Spring

CraftyCatz - Spring

I will be back tomorrow with MORE challenges! At least they get me creating - that and some prodding from Cindy...LOL! Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Rubber Hugs,

Julie

Something Springy...while it snows...

Yup, it is snowing here in NW Arkansas! And, yes, it is the first day of Spring...LOL!

Tonight, I thought I would make a card for some challenges...and WOW, did this one hit several of them!

I started with the Friday Sketchers sketch, which I really think is COOL! I do like my layers...

The little bunny and birdy is a digi-stamp from The DigiStamp Boutique called Easter Bunny. I just think he is TOO CUTE, and got the entire set as it is on sale this month.

As I mentioned earlier, this card works for SEVERAL challenges this week, so here goes:

Paper Sundaes - Easter or Spring

Rosie and Dee's - Think Spring

Dare U 2 Digi - No Patterned Paper

I Love Digi - Easter

Susie's Sassy Challenge - Easter

Stamping for the Weekend - Easter

This is just the first of my Easter cards. I have the next week off for Spring Break and am looking forward to making several more! I hope everyone is having a great weekend...without snow! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Rubber Hugs,

Julie

Lavendar Tilda

I needed a Birthday card, so this is the result. I had the little Tilda already colored, so I just needed to make her into a card. I got out my new punch from SU...I have been dying to use it...and started. This card qualifies for a few challenges this week, so I took it from there.

Crafty Cardmakers - Feminine

Kaboodle Doodles - Birthday Card

Ooh La La - Anything Goes

Belli Challenge - Eyelets

I hope you have all had a wonderful weekend. I haven't accomplished much of what I hoped to, but I guess, that is OK as I feel all rested up and ready for the week ahead. Have a wonderful Monday, and thank you for stopping by!

Rubber Hugs,

Julie

A Couple Just Because

Yesterday, my friend, Cindy, and I were just gabbing and creating. She found the cutest card on a blog..sorry, don't remember where, so we thought it would be FUN to case the card. This is the result. I used my new SU set, Trendy Trees. Oy, I need to practice my 2 step stamping...LOL!

Today we are taking a bit of a break to watch the Olympics.... particularly the U.S.A. vs. Canada Hockey game. Cin is a MAJOR hockey fan, and Canadian, and I love to watch a good hocky game, and American! Needless to say, this will be a good FUN game for us to watch. Hey, at least the Gold and Silver will BOTH be in North America, right?

Anyhoo, another little "project" we played with yesterday, was to make "Puffy Flowers". HERE is the link. I have seen these little cuties all over Blogland, and wanted to do them for a while, so Cindy sent me the link and said get on it...LOL! She made some, too, and I hope she will post her card made with it as well. ( As soon as I finished this post, I checked Cindy's Blog and her card is there...check it out HERE. )For mine I used newspaper...3 small and 7 large scallopped circles. SO EASY to make...if you like the look of them, DO give them a try!

Well, I am headed back to the game, and to make some some cards with images I have had colored for a while. I hope you are all enjoying your weekend! Thanks SO MUCH for stopping by!

Rubber Hugs,

Julie

Sunny Get Well

Well, I had a vision in my head lastnight after cruising the weekly challenges at The Daily Dare,

so I was up 'til 3 am finishing this one. LOL!

I was inspired by the challenge at Paper Make- Up. Such a pretty picture with flowers and butterflies, this stamp came to mind immediately. I decided to add a few other challenges in there as well...yes I LOVE to do challenges, they get my motivated when I have NO motivation. The other challenges used in this card are:

Daring Card Makers - Here comes the Sun

Friday Sketchers - Sketch

Creative Card Crew - Get Well Soon

Pile It On - Get Well Card

I hope everyone is having a wonderful Saturday! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Rubber Hugs,

Julie