MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Here is wishing everyone a Blessed and Merry Christmas! Thank You so much for visiting in the past year...hope to see you all in 2010!

Christmas Hugs,

Julie

TGIF!! ( Tomorrow...LOL )

I started a new position at a new school on the 3rd, and WOW, I must say I DO love it! But my new hours are atrocious...LOL! I am in bed by 10 pm, which is when I USED to do most of my creating....LOL! I have made a few things in the past couple of weeks, I mean, Christmas IS coming SOON!

This first one I used the most adorable TAC Stamp that I got last year. I colored him with Watercolors and Glitter pens, though the scan isn't the greatest. the Circle Sentiment is the SU set, Riveting.

This next one was done using the SU set, Crab & Co. I think he is just the cutest little Christmas Crab! I colored him with markers, and did his hat with glitter. I got the sketch from a previous

Christmas Stamping All Year Long challenge. I love the way it uses PP and CBing.

Well, I am off....gotta make dinner..then to bed...ARRGH! I have Christmas and New Year's weeks off, so I will have LOTS to show you then! Have a wonderful weekend! Thanks for stopping by~

Rubber Hugs,

Julie

Back to work....

tomorrow after a great week off! I only got a couple of things made, so that was too bad, but I DID enjoy my week....Sorry for the bad pic....it has been overcast, so I scanned this card for my Daddy's Bday on the 4th. I cased a card made by my friend, Cindy, using the SU set Lovely As A Tree, which SHE sent me!! TOO COOL, eh? Yup she is a sweetheart!

The card base is 5 X 5...I have fallen in love with square cards!~I stamped the trees in Chocolate Chip and then sponged with Old Olive, Certainly Celery and Bashful Blue. I really messed up the sentiment...LOL...thus I did another and mounted it on 3D tape...it actually works! Pretty straight foreward easy card that looks masculine for my Dad!

I have more to show you...I promise to be a better blogger! Thanks for stopping by!

Rubber Hugs,

Julie

A Friendly Challenge

Lastnight, a good friend of mine, Judy, challenged me to make a Christmas card, and get it posted today! We were discussing what bad bloggers we have been, and decided to challenge one another to a post off....LOL!

This card was made using the sketch at the Stamping 411 Challenge Blog. Since there is both Wet and CB embossing, it also qualifies for the Embossing Challenge at Corrosive!

I dug out an OLD OLD SU set called Peace, Joy, and Love...it is SO OLD, that is is mounted on foam! What does THAT tell you? It is one I just can't get myself to part with, though.... I did some silver embossing around the edge of the card base, the bell and the sentiment. And of course, used my CB Embossing folder for the snowflakes. Overall, an actually pretty quick card to put together, once I got going. I hope I have some mojo back~ the lack there of has really been depressing!

Thanks so much for stopping by! There will be more to see this week, I promise!

Hugs,

Julie

I've Been Away TOO LONG....

Life has its ways of getting in the way of creativity, and mine took over for a while! Well, the creativity has returned and I actually made a card today! This is using LAST week's Mojo Monday Sketch. The stamp set I used is one from TAC called Snowman Nativity. I just LOVE each of these adorable little guys depicting the Holy Night. And the sentiments are all Bible passages...really a neat set!

The Snowflake PP is some I had in my stash. The big snowflake is made using a QuicKutz die...it is kinda cool, it only cuts, in this case, 1/6th of the snowflake, so you can make it as full or bare as you want. Kind of a neat design, and they work great in my Cuttlebug!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I apologize to all of my regular visitors who visited during my time away! I promise to be a better blogger...and thank goodness, cuz it 'Tis The Season..

Have a FABBY Monday...see you soon!

Rubber Hugs,

Julie

A Sunday 2fer

I was in a Christmas kinda mood today...obviously! I wanted to do the Pollycraft Monday Challenge , so I thought I best do it today before it expired...LOL! It was to use 2 of 5 S's...I used ALL 5!! There are snowflakes, sparkle, stripes, spots, and swirls! I just love this image, too...

This one also follows another challenge, the Stamping 411 Challenge, which was a sketch. Lastly, I used the color combo from Paper Make Up -ruby, olive and chocolate.

I will try to get a better picture tomorrow if there is some sunlight. You can't see the sparkle completely, and it is important...LOL!
Thanks for stopping by...have a wonderful Monday!

Rubber Hugs,

Julie

ATC Grows Into A Card

Last week while I was home, I did some ATCs. This is one I thought turned out kinda cute, so today I decided to make her into a Christmas card and use a few of this weeks Challenges. I used the sketch at Just Christmas and Birthday Cards. It was perfect for an ATC as the main image! I also went with the ABC Challenge, which this week is Embossing. Got out the trusty Cuttlebug and voila...embossing! The next one this qualifies for is Die Cut Dreams Challenge, which is to use ribbon or trim. LOTS of ribbon there!

Lastly, the Tilda is done in 3D, so it qualifies for the Pile It On Challenge today.

I have a couple other things in the fire today, so though, I missed World Card Day yesterday due to some family issues, I am making up for it today! Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a WONDERFUL day!

Rubber Hugs,

Julie