Julie's Crafty Makes

 Wow! July is here already and in just over 2 weeks time kids break for summer holidays, here in the UK.  Today on my blog I'm sharing my latest make for Color it - Create it - Show it off! design team which we provide inspiration to others and encouragement for people to join the challenge; whereby as usual anything goes for more information or to join in the challenge,  click here. For this card I used Sherri Baldy's My Besties Storybook Fairy Tale Fairy Princess Doll 3, which can be purchased from  here , so firstly I printed this image off before colouring in the image using Spectrum Noir Triblend brush pens and Spectrum Noir sparkle pens. On a 6 by 6 inch square white card blank and to create the background detail using my Time for Tea Designs Diamond Burst stencil, Time for Tea blender brushes along with Distress oxide in abandoned coral.  Using a black fine-liner pen I then added a stitched detail around the edge of the card blank along with around the ed...

Hey all! Hope you are all well.  So today I wanted to share two cards I've made using a new company to me (TLC Designs), which I happened to stumble across; the cards are using the company's digital products while I await arrival of my stamps and dies. As with the majority of my blog posts you can find a list of the products used along with a link to them at the end of this post. Pumpkin Gnome Card So firstly for the first card I printed the digital image of the gnome out and then coloured the image using Crafters Companion Spectrum Noir Triblend brush pens, before cutting the image out. I also printed the leaf patterned paper and sentiments which came from the Jack O'Gnome digital stamp set.   On a 7 by 7 inch white card blank I then stuck down the bronze embossed card using red liner tape, which I had cut down to 6 1/2 inches by 6 1/2 inches, before then sticking the leaf patterned paper on top of the bronze card (the leaf paper was 6 inches by 6 inches). I then cut out t...

Hey all! Hope you are well. Today I’m sharing a card I made for a crafty friend who has hurt her arm and unable to currently craft. Firstly I got a plain white A6 size of card stock and with my distress oxide mowed lawn, medium beautiful blender brush and the stencil a sunny side up again using the grass edge I created a grass layer on the bottom section of the card blank. Once the grass was completed I took my stormy sky distress oxide and the relevant blender brush and this time using the cloud edge of the stencil I created two layers of clouds. Once the background was finished I left it to dry for a while before taking the paper hugs die and cut into the background created. Then sticking the main panel of the back ground including the inside parts to the letters to and A6 white card blank.  To the paper hug letters I added foam tape before removing the backing paper and adhering each letter back in to place. I then took an elephant with a heart which I had pre-coloured using pro...