Color Hues #100 ... with Giveaway!!!

 

The Color Hues team is celebrating their 100th design challenge!  I have played along with this challenge pretty much from it's inception however I didn't become a Design Team member until January of 2023, starting with challenge #55.  To say that I've thoroughly enjoyed every minute of this wonderful challenge and team is a definitely an understatement.  Nancy, our fearless leader and founder of Color Hues, is our host for this special 100th edition and she has a giveaway planned.  Please visit our blog for details on how you could be eligible to win.  

In the meantime, as much as I love my dear friend, I do wish she'd stop tormenting me with her frequent choice of PURPLE.  *wink*

As usual, I went with my tried and true "die cutting in white and coloring with Distress Oxides" approach.  I chose to color the leaves and stems in blue and the daffodils in purple using a nonstick mat and blending brushes.  I added a bit of purple blending along the bottom, fading mid panel to white and stamped the sentiment in the top right corner.  The florals were adhered with liquid glue and the panel was popped up with fun foam onto a white card base.  Whew!  Another purple card is HISTORY!

Supplies:

Cottage Cutz - Spring Daffodils

MFT  - Friends Like Us stamp set

Distress Oxides - Wilted Violet, Milled Lavender, Shaded Lilac, Uncharted Mariner, Prize Ribbon

I invite you to visit our blog and play along for a chance at a wonderful prize package, courtesy of Nancy.  May you celebrate the holidays in the festive style of your choosing and I'll see you back in 2025 for more Color Hues inspiration.

Jules

Seize the Birthday #296

 

Hey there my crafty friends!  Welcome to the last Seize the Birthday challenge for 2024.  Barb is our host for this one and she's chosen a Topping that I personally think is a challenge for many of us.  Masculine.  I was happy to be pushed into making a guy card because I tend to skip them in my regular crafting schedule.  

Now before you go calling me sexist, let me add a disclaimer.  

This could totally be a gal card as well.  I just so happen to know several

real life girlfriends who can absolutely put down a six pack, no prob! 

Trust me, I've been a witness.  LOL!!!  But for today, it's totally masculine.

I began my design by die cutting the six beer steins/pilsners from white cardstock and then used my Copic markers to create the look of beer.  The heads of foam were cut from the same white cardstock.  I arranged the beers three on three onto black cardstock and added a white heat embossed sentiment in the middle.  I used a postage die to cut the focal and added it to an embossed yellow card base.  

Happy Beer-day to Some Yet to Be Determined Human of Male Gender!

Supplies:

MFT - Pint Sized die set

MFT - A Toast to You stamp set

Simon Says Stamp - Lumen embossing folder

Thanks so much for joining me today.  I invite you to visit our blog for more masculine inspiration.  Have a wonderful holiday season and I'll see you back here for more STB fun in 2025!

Jules

Spellbinders - Gingerbread Felt Plushies

 

It's almost Thanksgiving here in the states which means Christmas is just around the corner and with that comes holiday gift giving and decorating.  I was thrilled when Spellbinders contacted me about creating with some of their newest products...felt plushies created by Nichol Spohr.  

DISCLAIMER - a stitcher I am not so if I can do these, anyone can.  :-)  I do highly recommend watching Nichol's YouTube tutorials if you happen to be a newbie like me.  They are extremely helpful and I can say with assurance that practice makes perfect.  

Today I'm sharing my gingerbread boy and girl.

Aren't these just adorable?  

I used felt from several different companies, including 

Spellbinders who now carry felt in variety packs in bundles.  

It's hard to see but the boy version has white glitter felt for his hat 

and icing bands.  This set comes with teeny tiny eye dies but I found it 

easier to just stitch them on with my DMC floss.  (Based on Nichol's recommendation I used three strands from six strand skeins.)  You'll 

see I stitched the blush cheeks however I used Bearly Arts liquid glue for 

the icing bands and it seems to work really, really well.

You can see from my second photograph that I added a floss loop to the top of each plushie to make them ornaments.  I opted to use green floss so that it hides a bit better in the Christmas tree branches.  My grown daughter has already laid claim to these puppies and I'm excited that she loves them as much as I do.  

Stayed tuned for the next couple of weeks.  I will be sharing more examples of three other holiday stitched die sets.  I've never been one for stitching but must admit that it's becoming rather addicting.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!!!  A very Happy Thanksgiving to my US friends and much love to everyone.  I will see you back this weekend with a new challenge post from Seize the Birthday.

Jules

Penny Black - Permission to Play Series 1-2

This past summer Jill Foster from Penny Black Inc. shared a ten part series that she titled Permission to Play.  Her goal was to create cards for the pure joy of it.  She provided ten sketches and over the past four months I've been slowly playing along.  I am going to share the cards I created, popping them in here and there in between regularly scheduled DT assignments.  

Today I'm sharing cards one and two based upon her series.  I won't be going into any details other than sharing my supply lists but feel free to ask any questions in the comments.  

Design 1

Sketch 1

Design 2

Sketch 2

Supplies:

Spellbinders - Layered Daisies die set

Spellbinders - Leafy Helix embossing folder

Spellbinders - Essential Sentiment stamp set

Ellen Hutson - Clear Droplets

Penny Black - Hats Off stamp set

MFT - Porthole die set

Ellen Hutson - BearWare Grand Tour

Papertrey Ink - Linen cover plat

Simon Says Stamp - Kaleidoscope embossing folder

Honeybee Stamps - tiny gold stars

Thanks for stopping by!  Your time is much appreciated.

Jules

Spellbinders - Florals Through the Years - Poppy

I'm back today with two new card designs created with the new Spellbinders Florals Throughout the Years Better Press collection kindly sent to me by Yana.  My cards today feature the August Poppy.  I chose this particular one because of my love of red.

Once again, my Better Press images were created with Distress Oxides and white linen cardstock.  I cut the focal image and two coordinating mats using the Essential Modern Oval dies.  The sentiment is from the Essential Sentiments stamp set. It's sold out on the Spellbinders site but I was able to find it here.   The background was embossed with using the Leafy Helix 3D embossing folder.

This second card was created much the same way however I used the Notched Corner Frame die set and added in some finishing pearls.  You will notice that I am once again displaying this one on the DIY Easel.

Thanks so much Spellbinders!  And thank YOU for your time.  Much appreciated!

Jules

Rubberstamps.com - Deck the Mail Holiday Contest

 

Welcome to the Rubberstamps.com Deck the Mail Holiday Contest!  This contest is limited to Instagram so if you don't follow me there (what???!!!) you should.  My IG handle is Julie Peddicord ... very original, don't you agree?  

As designers for Rubberstamps.com we were each given a holiday/winter stamp set of our choosing.  Our only rule was that we needed to create a coordinating envelope along with our card.  I chose the All is Calm, All is Bright stamp set and created three different cards to illustrate just how versatile a silhoutte stamp set can be.  (I believe I utilized all but the star outline stamp in my designs.)

 

In this version I stamped the images and sentiment in black pigment ink onto

 Neenah Desert Storm cardstock, adding in some glitter glue to serve

as snow.  The white trees were heat embossed onto a kraft envelope.  

In this version I used the bench and Santa stamps.  I white heat embossed 

them onto black cardstock and added splatters of white ink to serve as snow.  

The envelope was adorned with a single house and tree.  This was stamped

in black and heat embossed in clear to prevent smudging in the mail.  

The sentiment is from a Simon Says Stamp set in my stash.

On my final card I opted for a bit of color.  I chose a mini slimline design to  which I added

some ink blending of Distress Oxides to achieve a night sky. The neighborhood feel was 

achieved by overlapping stamp sets (black pigment ink)  to create a street view.  I added 

another Simon Says Stamp sentiment from my stash as well as some white pigment ink 

splatters for snow.  The Santa sleigh and sentiment were stamped in black onto a grey 

envelope and then heat embossed in clear to prevent water smudging in the mail.

So you're probably thinking "What's the Contest?"  Good question!  And here's your answer....

• The post (or posts) with the most (tallied) likes - the creator (a DT member) wins a $25 gift card to rubberstamps.com plus their followers who liked the post(s) are entered to win either two stamp sets or an address stamp of their choice.

So basically, just like our IG posts.  All viewers who like the creator post(s) with the most hearts will be entered to win two stamp sets from Rubberstamps.com.  

Thanks so much for visiting!!! 

Jules

Color Hues #99

 

Today's post is all about Pink and Aqua, the two new colors for our mid month Color Hues challenge.  Our host this fortnight is Marcia who chose this wonderful color duo.  We also want to welcome Bonnie Klass to our Design Team and also joining us this challenge is Teresa.  I hope you'll give them both a warm welcome.

Now on to my card....

My interpretation of Aqua is a bit different than the graphic but

 that's why we call this COLOR HUES!  (By the way, this PaperTrey Ink

 cardstock is actually named Aqua Mist so you choose your favorite hues.)

I used a fuchsia floral for my focal point.  (Say that three times fast!)  The pinks were all cut from white cardstock and blended with Distress Oxides.  The branch was cut from aqua cardstock and then shaded with Distress Oxides to give it a bit of depth.  The finished branch was adhered to an oval die cut which was popped up onto an embossed card base.  Aqua pearls provided the finishing touch.  

Supplies:

Memory Box - Little Fuchsia Flower Trio Branch die set

Spellbinders - Essential Modern Ovals die set

Spellbinders - Sentiments of Wonder Better Press

Spellbinders - Intertwined Lattice embossing folder

Trinity Stamps - Mirrored Mint Pearls

I invite you to visit our blog for more inspiration from our Design Team and guest.  I hope to see your creation in our gallery!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Jules