Seize the Birthday #318

Happy New Year!  Let's hope this is a good one.  :-)

I am here today with our first Seize the Birthday challenge of 2026. Barb is our host and she is calling her Topping a "Blizzard of Snowflakes."  She would like us all to create a snowflake background for our birthday cards using the technique/product of our choosing.  

It is difficult to see from my photo but my background consists of navy colored die cut snowflakes adhered to a navy cardstock clear embossed panel.  I had every intention of capturing a close up before posting however I forgot before I mailed this one out.  But yay on me for doing so, right?  LOL!

Being a Floridian I wouldn't get much use from a traditional snowy card other than at the holidays so I decided to create warmth with a coffee cup.  I began by first stamping a crackle background to a panel of navy cardstock in Versamark ink.  I added clear embossing powder to that, heat set it, and then adhered the navy snowflakes over top to cover the entire background, clipping the excess off at the edges.  I replaced the negative circle with one of a lighter blue and heated embossed a sentiment strip which I adhered over the dimensional background.  I also sprinkled a few sequins before calling this one done.

Supplies:

Trinity Stamps - Snowflake Background

MFT Stamps - Coffee Break sentiment set

Concord & 9th and Simon Says Stamp - snowflake dies

Fun Stampers Journey - Cozy Knit embossing folder

Simon Says Stamp - Crackle Background stamp

I invite you to visit our blog for more inspiration from the design team as well as our guest, Hellen.  Remember, the Topping is optional but birthday is not.  

Thanks so much for visiting!

Jules

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #270

Happy New Year Crafty Friends!!! I hope Santa and his elves were good to you and your families.  I must have been very good because he gave me my gifts early in the form of Black Friday crafty sales.  And he was very generous.  LOL! 

The first of The Sisterhood's 2026 monthly prompts is to use something new.  It can be something brand spanking new like my deer below or something that's been in your stash for ages that just hasn't seen the light of day yet.  My deer was a Black Friday Honeybee gift with purchase and I couldn't wait to crack him open.  Of course it always helps when you have the perfect sentiment to make a classy die cut just a bit snarky.

I die cut the deer from colored cardstock scraps and added a bit of shading to the body area.  I created some snow hills from white glitter cardstock and used a pretty red metallic cardstock for the bow and the sentiment strip.  The sentiment was stamped and heat embossed in white and the background was splatted with diluted white paint to create the illusion of snowflakes on a dark winter night.

Supplies:

Honeybee Stamps - Black Friday Freebie Reindeer die set

MFT Stamps - Sassy Pants Holiday sentiment set

I invite you to visit our blog for more inspiration from our team as well as our Queen.  You have all month to upload your creations to our gallery using something New. One lucky winner will be invited to be our Designing Queen for the following month.  Please note that we are no longer accepting 100% digital or AI creations.  You may use digis in your design but it must also contain some sort of physical artwork.  Anything not in compliance will be ignored and/or deleted.

If you are not familar with Darnell's challenge I also invite you to check her out and upload your creation to her gallery. 

Thanks so much for visiting!!!

Jules

Color Hues #124

 

Welcome my dear Crafty Friends to our first Color Hues challenge of 2026.  I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday.  I am currently visiting my family so I've been back and forth between the Carolina's enjoying some winter weather.  Hubby, who hates the cold, is home with the three pups.  (Love my dogs but boy do they hamper our ability to travel.)  Oh well....on to our challenge!

Bonnie had the honor of choosing our color pairing and she's chosen Red and Gray as our duo.  I have so many virgin holiday sets so you will be seeing a few well into the new year.  I'm beginning with this cute gingerbread set from Hero Arts.

It was a bit tricky to use only these two colors but with the addition of white I think I pulled it off.  This was pretty straightforward but I will admit, those peppermint drops were a PIMA to cut and assemble.  It's hard to see but the background was partially embossed with a pine folder, leaving the lower section "naked" to make the heat embossing of the sentiment much easier to do and see.

Supplies:

Hero Arts - Gingerbread House die set

Spellbinders - Christmas Magic sentiment set

Spellbinders - In the Pines embossing folder

I invite you to join us on our blog and in our gallery!  We would love for you to play along!  

Thanks so much for visiting!

Jules

Just a Few Tags

 

I have been purging my craft room, aka, JulieWorld and came across a set of really cute, what I thought were, stickers.  I purchased them at a local big box store long, long ago and rather than pass them along in the purge I got out some tag dies and made quick work of them.

I soon discovered that these cute mixing bowls were not stickers at all but rather metal brads!  I snipped off the "brad parts" and adhered them to the layered tags with foam tape.  The sentiments were collected from miscellaneous stamp sets.  I do bake and give away batches and batches of pumpkin bread every year so I will definitely be putting these to good use.

Thanks so much for visiting!  If you celebrate Christmas I hope Santa is good to you.  If not, Merry Everything!!!

Jules

Reindeer Cards

 

Merry Christmas Eve, Eve my Crafty Friends!  We are all super busy so I'm going to make this a quick post.  It's a THREE-FER!  If you have any questions about the process just shoot me a comment and I'll get back with ya.

I bought this "I hafta have this!" die set last December and it's only now seeing the light of day.  This reindeer is super cute and I have absolutely no regrets.  

Supplies:

Honeybee Stamps - Vintage Reindeer die set

Simon Says Stamp - Scandinavian Christmas embossing folder

Spellbinders - sentiment stamp

Pink and Main - sentiment stamp

Thanks so much for visiting!  Happy Whatever You Celebrate...or Not!!!  I embrace it all.

Jules

Realtor Cards

 

Just a quick post to document a gift bundle I created for my awesome South Carolina realtor earlier this year.  (We purchased a second home in the spring.)  She went above and beyond to help us out during and after our "out of state" purchase so I wanted to show our appreciation.  

I made a bundle of twelve of these in different color schemes.  She really loved them.  The background is all white...not sure what the bluish hue is.  Most likely an editing error on my part.  LOL!

In case you're wondering, the house die set is from Spellbinders.  

Thanks so much for visiting!

Jules

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #269

 

Hello my Crafty Friends!  This Sistahs are winding down 2025 with a holiday challenge.  It's time to make and share your Cheeky Christmas themed cards!

  

Are you ready for the most awesome Edna Graphic ever?  

Quite Excellent, Lee!

I just fell in love with this little guy.  He comes with three sentiments but this is my favorite.  It's going to my (grown) nephew as he appreciates my humor. 

This was pretty simple to create.  I stamped the bird and sentiment onto kraft cardstock using a crisp black pigment ink.  (Altenew's Obsidian Black is my favorite.)   I used some colored pencils for the shading and then die cut it with a rectangle panel die.  I popped it up onto a green card base using fun foam.

Supplies:

Unity - Hold On Santa stamp set

Spellbinders - older rectangular emboss/die cut 

I invite you to visit our gallery and hope you find time during this busy holiday season to play along.  We will be back on January 3rd to ring in the new year.

Thanks so much for visiting!

Jules