January Birthday's ~ Happy New Year!

Here's the card I made for my Step-Grandson, he's starting off our January Birthday's again this year!

Now all we need to do is get Papa Bob (aka Grandpa) to get it in the mail!  LOL!!!  I got this idea from Freedom in Creating  - Michelle Zindorf. 


Hope Braylon likes his card!

Daughter's Birthday Card

Here's the card I made for my daughter for her Birthday.

The base was Melon Mambo.  I ran some Old Olive through the Big Shot using the Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder and added some Basic Pearls in some of the flower centers.  The DSP is Cheerful Treat.  The Happiest Wishes on your Birthday is from the Hostess Set Happiest Birthday Wishes.  A little Crumb Cake CS and sponging, ribbon is Seam Binding Crumb cake.  Added a little more of the DSP to the flap of a Crumb Cake Envelope...Happy Birthday!

Judy's Birthday Card

Here's the card I made for my Sister Judy for her Birthday ~ she liked it!  Hope you do too??

Work-in-progress Easter Treat

I used the new Petal Cone Die to make this little container (looks like a carrot, don't ya think?), I'm still going to add to it.  I'm thinking maybe a bit of embossing and maybe a ribbon or little embellishment??

I put some treats inside and will be adding some grass to make it look more like Easter.  These are so easy, and so much fun.  Let me know if you have other ideas that I can use to make this little treat "pop"!

Thanks ~ hugs to all, Julia

Easter Blossoms Girl

Here's a card I saw on Lianne Carper's site Card Scraps, this is my version.  Hope you like it?

Won't be long and the Easter Bunny will be hoppin' down the bunny trail!  I used Springtime Vintage DSP, Soft Suede Ink, Jewelry Tag Medium Punch, Basic Pearls, Satin Ribbon, Antique Brad.  Also the Framed Tulips Embossing Folder, Baja Breeze CS, Old Olive CS and Very Vanilla CS. 

Happy Stampin' ~ Julia

bring on the CAKE!

My hubby asked me to create a Birthday Card for his new found Granddaughter Melinda.  Thanks to the help of Dawn's Stamping Thoughts, I came up with this card.

I added lots of "bling" with the Rhinestones.  The card base is Regal Rose CS and Old Olive CS.  I used the Cupcake Punch for the little cupcake, the Modern Label Punch and Word Window Punch.  A little White Organza Ribbon and the stamp sets Bring On The Cake and Water Color Trio.   Now to get Bob to put it into the mail on time!!!  LOL!!!

Easter Bunny Basket

I found this on Inking Idaho's site, I didn't have the chicken stamp so I used the bunny from The Nicest Things Stamp Set.  I colored him with Water Color Wonder Crayons using the Blender Pen.  The basket is made from the Petal Cone Die cut down ~ Becky has the instructions on her blog Inking Idaho.

I used the Pink Pirouette, Early Espresso, Whisper White and Old Olive CS.  The handle was made using the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch.  I also used the Scallop Circle Punch and 1-3/8" Circle Punch.  The ribbon is Night of Navy Taffeta.  The Old Olive CS was crimped and then cut in little strips.  I had some little chocolate Easter Bunnies that I tucked inside!  Won't be long and that bunny will be hoppin' down the trail!

Christmas Candy

I made up some bags of Almond Roca for my co-workers in my Department.  I got the recipe from my Twin Sis' Judy ~ it's out of the Betty Crocker Red Checked Recipe Book.  SoooOOO yummy!  I used Old Olive CS sponged with Chocolate Chip and the tag is from the Tags til Christmas Stamp Set.  I used Very Vanilla CS for the base of the tag and stamped with Old Olive Ink and the Chocolate Chip Marker I used to color the pine cone.  The topper is cut with the Top Note Die and sponged everything with Chocolate Chip Ink.

One bag of candy I put into a little purse I had made quite some time ago ~ it's on my blog somewhere if you want to "hunt it down"...LOL!!!  Sure hope they like their little treats!  Thanks for making me a copy of your recipe Judy ~ too good!!!

Pick-up Happy Birthday

I copied my Sis' Judy's Pick-Up card to make this Birthday card, she found the idea at Lisa Young's site here.  I added a moon to mine...makes it kinda romantic! 

I used Old Olive CS for the landscape and Soft Suede CS for the card base.  The happy birthday is from the Perfect Punches Stamp Set and punched with the Large Oval Punch and sponged with Soft Suede Ink.  I made the moon by sponging a pice of Very Vanilla CS and punching with the 1-1/4" Round Punch to make a sliver of a moon.  The ribbon is Pear Pizzaz Stitched Poly.  The pick-up is from the Countryside Stamp Set on Water Color Paper and I colored it with pencils and the blender pen.

I'm batty for you!

Here's a cute little Halloween creations that encourages hand cleaning ... the little bottle inside is hand santitizer! This idea came from Pink Buckaroo Designs. What a cute idea. I used Old Olive CS for the container holder, Batty For You Stamp Set for the Owl, Circle punches along with Scallop Circle Punch. The paper is from Jolly Holiday DSP (amazing how Christmas DSP can subsitute for Halloween?)... Black Satin Ribbon, Large Oval Punch, Dimensionals... check her site for the tutorial. Also check my friend Tina's site for her version ~ great job Tina!!!

Happy Halloween Greeting Card Kid

I'm lovin' this cute little stamp set called Greeting Card Kids (they look like the old Campbell Soup Company Kids)! I snagged this idea from Angie Juda at Chic n' Scratch, isn't it cute. She's so awesome. She's doing live videos and you can go back and view them later if you miss the actual live showing. I love how she takes us right into her craft room, check it out.



I used Old Olive CS for the box and the wide striped grosgrain ribbon in Old Olive. I also ran a strip of Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon down the side. The background paper is Pawsitively Prints DSP. I stamped the little girl on her pumpkin from the Greeting Card Kids and punched it out with the new 2-1/2" Circle Punch and sponged the edges with Early Espresso Classic Ink. The happy halloween is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes Stamp Set stamped on Whisper White CS and punched out with the Word Window Punch and of course, sponged with Early Espresso Ink. I think my friend Tina has gotten me into the Halloween spirit!!!

Stationery Box

I got the directions for this from Splitcoast Stampers (Jackie Topa)... it was a lot of work but I was really happy with the way it turned out. Hope you like it too.... (box, two 4-1/4x5-1/2" cards, two 3x3 cards five tags and the notebook & pen....

I used Tangerine Tango Ink, Old Olive CS, Pumpkin Pie CS and Greenhouse Gala DSP. Some of the items will not be available until July 1st, but that's a short time from now. The flower is one we made at Patty Bennett's Luv2Stamp Group Meeting. If you have any questions on any of the other supplies I used, just send me a note and I'll be glad to share (Bobnjul@pacbell.net). The box has room for the 4-1/4x5-1/2" cards, 3x3 cards, Tags and the little slot next to the book is for you postage stamps. It was a lot of fun to create and it'd be a great gift for a "friend". Happy Stampin', Julia

Antique Floral Card

I love this new stamp set that will be available in the Summer Mini beginning May 1st. It's called Elements of Style. I used Black Stazon Ink to stamp it and then used Stampin' UP! colored pencils for the coloring. I flecked the background with a Pumpkin Pie Marker inserted into the Color Spritzer Tool. I cut a slit on each side of the bottom flower to run the Pumpkin Pie Grosgrain Ribbon through so it makes it look like the ribbon is behind the flower ~ well, it actually is.. duh! I used a piece of Rich Razzleberry CS to outline the card and added a strip of Old Olive on the bottom punched with the Scallop Border Punch (which I understand is going to be available again in the new Idea Book & Catalog for 2010~2011). I mounted it all on a card base made with Pumpkin Pie CS. I used one of the little buckles from the Hodgepodge Hardware set as an accent on the ribbon.

Tropical Party Birthday Card

I got my inspiration for this card from Julie's Stamping Station ~ Judy (my twin) brought it to my attention. The new Summer Mini should be in the mail to all you faithful Julia Luvs 2 Stamp Customers and this stamp set is so cute! And I love the new Square Lattice Embossing Folder ~ after stamping the images in Old Olive I ran it through the Big Shot with the new Square Lattice Embossing Folder and I'm also loving the new Smooch Sprays. For this one I used the Vanilla Shimmer, you might not see it in the picture but it shines really pretty. The Birthday Wishes is from the Summer Mini too called Water Color Trio. I finally jumped on board and invested in the new Clear Mounts ~ wow, everybody was right, those are awesome. I ordered all my Summer Mini Stamps in Unmounted and they are very easy to use and even nicer than the wood mounts because you can see exactly where they're going to line up on your card. I used Old Olive CS for the layers and matching brads. I cut the Birthday Wishes with the Oval Punch and backed it with Old Olive CS punched with the scallop oval punch. Hope you like it?

Thanks for sending me to Julie's site Judy ~ got me motivated to make a card! LOL!!!

Trident Gum Pack

I found this on my Demo SU site ~ created by Cathy Daimon, Randi-Jo Kamaunu, Erin Addrade-Holmburg, Maile Souza, Kaneohe, HI ~ too cute, huh?





I used Very Vanilla CS, Old Olive CS, Chocolate Chip Ink Pad and Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad for the pine cones and Merry Christmas. The stamp sets were Teeny Tiny Wishes and Autumn Days. I used the Tab Punch for the green on the end, attached with brass brads and stamped with "Just for You". The CS for the cover is 6" x 4" and scored at 1", 1 1/4", 3 3/4" and 4", folded around the gum. I used the two way glue pen and added some sparkle (Dazzling Diamonds).