25 Days of Christmas Tags - Post 4

I'm back to share a few more of my holiday tags.  If you didn't catch my earlier posts you can find them here, here, and here.   Today I'm sharing the tags I created for Days 16 - 20 of the challenge.  

 

To simply my life, you can find the details on Tracey's blog.  In a nutshell though, each day showcases a different manufacturer.  We, the participants, create a tag or tags inspired by her one of her Design Team examples.  Here are my tags for Days 16 - 20.  For more details on the folks who inspired me as well as the products I've chosen and, please check me out on IG @juliepeddicord

Day 16

Day 17

Day 18

Day 19

Day 20

I will be back in a few days to share the last of my tags.  I've already given many of these away to good homes and a few more will disappear on Wednesday when I meet up for a socially distanced coffee date with a girlfriend.  I love sharing these with friends!

Stay safe and healthy my friends!  

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Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules 

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #174

I hope all of my U.S. friends had a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving holiday.  We were a table of three this year and while we couldn't all be together physically, we had a nice ping pong of texts throughout the day with my extended family.  I'm very grateful that we are all healthy and happy.  

It's time for a new challenge over at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers and apparently Edna is already thinking ahead to the Christmas holidays.  As you can see, our next prompt is E is for Elves and I'm not entirely sure if she's spying on this little guy or wanting to eat him for dessert.  LOL!!  

Most of my elf images were just too darned cute for snark but I happened upon this little guy that I purchased last year.  

I think he represents the year 2020 quite well.  :-)

I began my card with first stamping, coloring (Copic) and die cutting this little inebriated fellow.  I impressed the background using an embossing folder and then matted it with some candy striped paper which I then adhered to a red card base.  I glued my holiday martini to the center, added a heat embossed sentiment strip and finished the card off with some glitter Stickles.  

I normally do not enter my DT cards into other challenges but because the co-host of Let's Squash It, Jo Avery, happens to one of my fellow Sistahs, I created today's card with both challenges in mind.  Their current challenge is to use a Christmas embossing folder and a stamp. Nailed it!  hahaha!

There's still another day or so left to play in the Let's Squash It challenge if you're interested.  If time is a factor you have two weeks to play along with the Sisterhood.  Dig out those elves, naughty or nice, and check out our blog for loads of DT inspiration.  

Supplies:

Your Next Stamp - Mini Holiday Martini stamp

MFT - Sassy Pants Holiday stamp set

Fun Stampers Journey - embossing folder

Stay safe and healthy my friends!  

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Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules 

25 Days of Christmas Tags - Post 3

I'm back to share a few more of my holiday tags.  If you didn't catch my earlier posts you can find them here and here.  Today I'm sharing the tags I created for Days 11-15 of the challenge.  

 

To simply my life, you can find the details on Tracey's blog.  In a nutshell though, each day showcases a different manufacturer.  We, the participants, create a tag or tags inspired by her one of her Design Team examples.  Here are my tags for Days 11-15.  For more details on the folks who inspired me as well as the products I've chosen and, please check me out on IG @juliepeddicord

Day 11

Day 12

Day 13

Day 14

Day 15

I'm enjoying this series just as much this year as I did my first.  Be sure to stop by in a few days to check out my next set of holiday tags.  xoxoxoxoxo

 Stay safe and healthy my friends!  

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Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules 

CAS Colours and Sketches #398

 

It's Tuesday once again and we have another challenge for you all over at the CAS Colours and Sketches blog.  Today's new challenge is a fun landscape sketch.  

Keep in mind that you can flip and/or rotate the sketch for your card.  

I still had my this stamp set sitting on my desk so I grabbed a different image and made another fun holiday card.

This one was pretty easy to make.  I stamped the five holiday lights vertically, spacing them out as per the sketch.  There is only one string of lights in the set so I did some masking along the top to make them shorter on the sides and longest in the middle.  I stamped, colored and die cut the shark and candy cane which I adhered over the top of the lights, adding the white embossing greeting below.  I love when an idea executes itself perfectly with no fuss.  :-)

Supplies:

Avery Elle - Santa Jaws stamp set

Happy Thanksgiving Week to my US friends.  It's going to be a different holiday for us this year, that's for sure.  If you're like me and unable to spend time with your extended family, crafting is excellent therapy.  Come join us!

Stay safe and healthy my friends!  

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Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules 

It's Turkey Week here in the United States

25 Days of Christmas Tags - Post 2

Sorry it's taken me so long to get back to my 25 Days of Christmas Tags posts but life has been surprisingly busy here.  If you didn't catch my first post, you can find it here.  Today I'm sharing the tags I created for Days 6-10 of the challenge.  

 

To simply my life, you can find the details on Tracey's blog.  In a nutshell though, each day showcases a different manufacturer.  We, the participants, create a tag or tags inspired by her one of her Design Team examples.  Here are my tags for Days 6-10.  For more details on the folks who inspired me as well as the products I've chosen and, please check me out on IG @juliepeddicord

Day 6

Day 7

Day 8

Love these.  :-)

Day 9

Day 10

At the time of this post Tracey is up to Day 21.  I have tags completed up to Day 20 so I'm doing a pretty good job of keeping up.  As many of you already know, it's so much easier to create than to blog but I'll be back soon with another set.  Promise.  

 Stay safe and healthy my friends!  

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Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules 

 

Guest Designer - Seize the Birthday #204

 

I hope everyone is having a good week. It's looking very scary out there once again so I'm feeling very fortunate to live in sunny Florida where we can enjoy the outdoors.  I also very grateful to have a home based hobby to keep me busy, safe and out of trouble.

Today I'm here to share my second card as November's Guest Designer over at the Seize the Birthday challenge blog where the prompt this fortnight is Sparkle and Shine.

I have a love/hate relationship with glitz, shine, shimmer and sparkly cards.  I adore the look and I love to make them however my photographs never do them justice.  I'm going to ask you to use your imagination and see this as the bright and beautifully sparkly card that it is in real life.  :-)

I began with HUGS sentiment.  I stamped it out in Versamark ink and then heat embossed it in silver glitter powder. I chose two smaller sentiments that would allow me to position my full sentiment vertically according to size.  These were both stamped in a crisp black pigment ink onto a white card panel.  I ran the panel through my die cutting machine with the swirled cutting plate to create the textured background.  I adhered this panel to metallic silver cardstock (again, so hard to see in the photo) and then again to a 110 lb white card base. It was at this point that I adhered the HUGS using dimensional adhesive.  I finished it off with more sparkle and shine using silver pearls and crystal clear droplets.  I promise it's much prettier in person.  Oh ... and the inside says "because you can never have too many."  I really love that message, especially in today's trying times.  

Supplies:

Papertrey Ink - Big Hugs stamp set

Papertrey Ink - Bold Basics stamp set

Altenew - Dotted Swirl cover plate

MFT - silver cardstock

Nuvo - Silver Moonlight Glitter embossing powder

Ellen Hutson - crystal clear droplets

Studio Katia - foiled silver pearls 

I invite you to visit the Seize the Birthday blog, discover some inspiration, leave a few comments and play along with us.  Many thanks to the design team for inviting me to play along!

Stay safe and healthy my friends!  

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Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules 

CAS Colours and Sketches #397

 

Hello Tuesday!  It's time for another color challenge over at the CAS Colours and Sketches blog, hosted again by my teammate Shannon.  She's chosen a beautiful trio of colors for us to ponder and play along with this week.  

For our color challenges, you must use all of the stated challenge colors. You may also use neutral colors; however, the challenge colors should be the most noticeable ones featured on your card. We use Stampin' Up color names for reference, but you are welcome to use any other companies' products as long as you match the challenge colors as closely as possible.

I had some wonderful products from The Greetery that were just waiting to be used.  I chose three ink colors from my collection that closely matched the Stampin Up color hues and created an ink blended checked background using a stencil.  I then stamped and die cut the word Happy along with some greenery, which as you can see, is not green.  My sub sentiment was stamped in Versamark ink onto a strip of black cardstock and then heat embossed in white.  I added my panel to a white 110 lb card base, popping it up with craft foam.  And, as per my usual, I added a few crystal clear droplets to finish off the card.    I am not a plaid/gingham kind of person but I really love how this turned out.  (Seriously though, can anything Betsy Veldman designs ever not be pretty?)

Supplies:

The Greetery - Square Dance stencil set

The Greetery -Blessed Blooms stamp and die set

Ellen Hutson - crystal clear droplets

If you have a spare moment this week we'd love it if you played along.  I look forward to seeing your cards in our gallery!

Stay safe and healthy my friends!  

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Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules 

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - #173

 

It's been a crazy busy week in my house so I'm gonna get right down to business. Edna and The Sisterhood have a new challenge for you this fortnight.  Our current prompt is 

P is for Penguin  

If I lived in a cold climate I'd totally want one of these penguin onsies.   I wonder if Target makes them?  Seriously.  

On to my card!  Give Edna some ice skates and get ready for a Penguin Party!

Every penguins in my stamp stash is sporting ice skates so I had no choice but to go for it.  I mean really....what could be more fun than ice skating on a cocktail?  (We're pretending this alcohol was stored at -100C or below.  The scientist in me feels the need to make a disclaimer.  Sorry.) 

I created my background using the embossing folder/ink technique I've explained in previous posts.  It's such a fun way to get an entirely new look.  I stamped and (Copic) colored my penguins and cocktails and adhered them to the swirly background.  The sentiment is heat embossed in white onto black cardstock.  I adhered the cut down panel to a turquoise card base and added in a few icy clear droplets.  

Supplies:

Avery Elle - Brrring on the Joy stamp set

MFT - Christmas Cocktails stamp set

MFT - Sassy Pants Holiday Sentiment stamp set

Fun Stampers Journey - Wind and Water embossing folder

Ellen Hutson - clear droplets

Come join the (penguin) party, check out the blog. and while you're there, give my fellow Sisters some love!

Stay safe and healthy my friends!  

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Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules 

Coffee Lovers Fall/Winter 2020

I've seen so many wonderful cards over the years from a blog group called The Coffee Loving Cardmakers but I've never joined in to play....until now.  They currently have a celebration/contest going on with tons of fabulous prizes up for grabs.  Not gonna lie, winning a prize is always nice however I'm playing because I'm so very inspired by all of the DT creations as well as those from  fellow cardmakers who are playing along. 

 

I did some stash diving and pulled out several things from across the board 

of manufacturers which led to this...

I knew I wanted my bear to be holding a cup of coffee so that's where my initial stash diving started.  After that I was just a matter of choosing my background design.  I created the background panel using the ink/embossing folder technique that I love so much.  It was beautiful but I decided to add another layer of texture by rubbing a Distress Ink pad over the top to soften it up a bit.  I stamped, colored (Copics) and die cut the focal elements and arranged them onto the cut down panel.  I used the same Copic marker to color white cardstock so that my heat embossed sentiment perfectly matched my cup.  I really love this sentiment and my cute little bear so much.  How much you ask?  Well, I love him more than coffee.  :-)

Supplies:

Ellen Hutson - All Inside stamp set (bear)

Ellen Hutson - Voices in my Head Accessories stamp set (coffee cup)

Simon Says Stamp/Neat and Tangled - Hello Pumpkin stamp set (a past Stamptember collaboration - leaves)

MFT - Coffee Break stamp set (sentiment)

Memory Box - Cross Stitched frames

Sizzix-Tim Holtz - Texture Fades embossing folder

Distress Oxides - Gathered Twigs and Antique Linen

If you have a minute or are in need of some mojo you should definitely go check out the entries.  There's so much fabulous inspiration there!

Stay safe and healthy my friends!  

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Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules 

CAS Colours and Sketches #396

 

If it's Tuesday (and I think it is) then it's time for another challenge over at the CAS Colours and Sketches blog.  It's a sketch week and here's a fun one by Shannon, our hostess for November.

As with all of our sketches, please feel free to flip and/or rotate to fit your needs.

You all know how I love my sharks so when Avery Elle came out with a shark Christmas themed set I couldn't resist.  And yes, it will be going to my grandson Fin.  :-)

The design is fairly straightforward.  I stamped and colored the image (Copics) and then used a circle die to recreate the sketch design.  I used a red/black buffalo plaid paper scrap along with some black cardstock to create the strips, adhering all of the elements onto a white cardstock panel cut slightly smaller than A2 size.  I finished off the design with the cute sentiment and some glitter stickles on the hat and tree ornaments.  The final step was just adhering it to a 110 lb card base.  

I just love when a card idea comes together quickly!  I do hope you'll play along with us this week!

Supplies:

Avery Elle - Santa Jaws stamp set

scrap patterned paper

Ranger - white glitter Stickles

Stay safe and healthy my friends!  

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Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules 

25 Days of Christmas Tags - Post 1

I look forward to Tracey McNeely's 25 Days of Christmas Tags challenge every year and I would encourage anyone who hasn't tried it to jump right in.  My participation has resulted in many near and dear friendships and I always find so many "new to me" crafters to follow on social media.  I'm so happy 2020 didn't dampen this fun holiday challenge.  

To simply my life, you can find the details on Tracey's blog.  In a nutshell though, each day showcases a different manufacturer.  We, the participants, create a tag or tags inspired by her one of her Design Team examples.  Here are my tags for Days 1-5.  For more details on the folks who inspired me as well as the products I've chosen and, please follow me on IG @juliepeddicord

Day 1

Day 2 

Day 3 (two sets)

Day 4

Day 5

I'm trying to add some diversity to my tags of previous years along with breaking open and using some "virgin" stamp sets.  Days 3 and 5 used such sets.  It was so hard to choose one sentiment and/or image so I made a tag with each of them.   The ironic thing is....I rarely use holiday tags.  I've always color coded my family gifts with different wrapping papers, eliminating the need for tags. But I do love creating them.  There's just something so satisfying in quick little start to finish projects.  Have no fear however.  I share these with my friends so no beautiful tag goes to waste.

 Stay safe and healthy my friends!  

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Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules 

Guest Designer - Seize the Birthday #203

 

I am delighted to share that I've been invited to be the Guest Designer over at the Seize the Birthday challenge blog for the months of November and January.  (As an aside, can 2021 even come fast enough?  Seriously.  I'm so over 2020.) 

If you follow me here and on Instagram you know that I've been a loyal participant for quite some time.  Birthday cards are what I send out the most and their challenge certainly helps keep me well stocked.  

If you're not familiar with their challenges the only real rule is that you create a birthday card however they always add a "topping" which is basically a prompt for the challenge.  The topping for this fortnight is 1, 2, 3.  

1 die cut or punch

2 colors (excluding neutrals)

3 embellishments (same or different)

I'm not gonna lie.  This is more difficult than it first appears.  Selecting the die was my most difficult choice.  After that things just fell into place.  

I began with the sand dollar die (Topping 1) which I cut from rustic cream cardstock.  I cut four of them and adhered them together to create dimension, saving the little bits to pop back in later.  My next step was to ink blend a background using Distress Oxides (Topping 2).  The top of the panel is Cracked Pistachio while the bottom is Broken China.  The color in the middle is the result of overlapping of the green and blue.  I adhered the blended panel onto a card base of the same rustic cream used for the sand dollar.  I added a single layer of the little bits to finish the die cut.  I stamped the birthday greeting in crisp black pigment ink and then added three clear droplets (Topping 3) to finish the card off.  I live in a beach town so this card is basically perfect for any of my local friends.  

I hope you'll come play along with the challenge.  I mean, who doesn't make birthday cards, right?  

My thanks to Nancy and her team for inviting me to play along.  

Supplies:

Reverse Confetti- Sand Dollar die

Reverse Confetti - Work Up (sentiment)

PaperTrey Ink - Rustic Cream cardstock (one of my all time favs)

Ranger - Distress Oxide inks

Stay safe and healthy my friends!  

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Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules 

  

CAS Colours and Sketches #395

 

Shannon is taking the reins as hostess for November at the CAS Colours and Sketches challenge blog and she's starting out the month with a fall inspired color trio.

 

For our color challenges, you must use all of the stated challenge colors. You may also use neutral colors; however, the 

challenge colors should be the most noticeable ones featured on your card. We use Stampin' Up color names for reference,

but  you are welcome to use any other companies' products as long as you match the challenge colors as closely as possible.

I'm once again bucking the trend using these colors to create a card with more of a spring time feel to it.

This one was very easy to create.  I first stamped and colored the image using an alcohol friendly ink and Copic markers. I stamped the sentiment in a crisp black pigment ink and then ran the panel through my die cutter using a pretty swirly cover plate, channeling my inner Michele. ;-)  I cut down the panel a bit, added a narrow matte and then adhered the whole thing to a card base of Neenah Solar White 110 lb.  I finished it off with a triangle of gold foil pearls.  Super simple.

I know we're approaching a very busy time of year but we'd love to have you come play along with us this week!

Supplies:

WPlus9 - Amaryllis stamp set

Altenew - Dotted Swirls debossing cover plate

Studio Katia - gold foil pearls.

Stay safe and healthy my friends!  

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Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules