Friday, January 21, 2011

Birthday Dreams…

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Hello, my friends!

Here we are…another week almost over…where does the time go?! 

I’m so sorry I’ve been a horrible visitor the last couple of weeks…so much going on over here…it will slow down soon & I’ll get back to “normal”…I’ve missed visiting you all!

But today I need to stop for a minute and wish a very Happy Birthday to sweet daughter #2…my dear Sarah Rose…

You’ve grown from such a cute little pumpkin…(oh, my…where do the years go?)

Sarah on her baptism day, Jan

…to a spunky schoolgirl…(doesn’t she look like a red-headed Laura from “Little House on the Prairie” here?!)…

…happy and so fun-loving…

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…creative and clever…she loves learning everything she can and dreams of designing and making all her own clothing someday…

…my little mermaid…

…my VERY free spirit!

A little birthday card made today for my girl…

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…a sweet, whimsical Victorian image from Crafty Secrets’ “Little Dolls” Images & Journal Notes booklet…filled with vintage images that are just perfect for your little—and not so little—girls…

“May all your birthday dreams come true”, it says…

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…a bow made of twine with a vintage mother-of-pearl button…

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Hope all your birthday dreams come true, my dear!

 

Hope all of you have a wonderful weekend…

Julie

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Just a Little Whimsy…

 

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Hello, dear friends!

Just a few things to share with you today…first of all…take a look at this beautiful early morning sunrise…

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…what a wonderful way to start the day!

I’ve been working on some projects for Crafty Secrets’ new releases coming up…here’s a little peak--

Aren’t those wonderful?!  Beautiful, whimsical flowers, The Wizard of Oz, and Alice and Wonderland—fun, huh?

Here’s what I’ve got so far:

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How about some ruby slippers?  “It’s all about the shoes”, it says…

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…not much to tell you about this one.  I wanted to keep it simple…just focusing on the shoes.  Glossed them up with some glassy glaze and added just a bit of fine iridescent glitter…

Next:

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Tea with Alice!

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A fun little collage wall hanging—I wanted it to represent a window into Wonderland…

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All the elements here are from the soon-to-be-released Alice in Wonderland Creative Scraps—love them! 

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And the pretty frame and “TEA” are stamps from the new coordinating stamp set.

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The White Rabbit…

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A pretty teacup and the “Drink Me” bottle, both sitting on a pretty lace doily…

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And I had to add some red roses, of course!  Lovely, VERY shabby red velvet rosettes…

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And a framing of topsy-turvy teacups from the stamp set.  I’m not a big colorer (is that a word?!), but I wanted to use them here to show that stamps make a wonderful background, too—no coloring necessary!

I’ll have more new product to show you soon—so much still to come!

Life’s so much more fun when you add a little whimsy, isn’t it?!

Have fun today, my friends!

Julie

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Thoughts of Spring…

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Hello, my friends!

You see that beautiful rainbow? This was what we saw in our backyard a couple of days ago…How could I not have thoughts of Spring with that going on?! 

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Ahhhhh…winter in California…(sorry!)

With that in mind, I made a couple of Springy projects yesterday, and had so much fun with them!

First off…

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…a little  card, just for fun…in colors of deep apricot and chocolate brown…with a beautiful new (to me) paper collection called “Grandma’s Attic Collectibles” from TPC Studio…love it!

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A sweet image from Crafty Secrets’ “Birds & Blossoms” Creative Scraps…touched with just a bit of fine iridescent  glitter.

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And a doily fan…very simply to make…a few pleats here and there…grunge it up, add a bit of Iridescent Glimmer Mist, and that’s it!  I added some old peachy gauze and a few paper roses, which were tinted with Glimmer Mist.

“Believe in Yourself”…not a bad idea!

Next…

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This was originally going to just be a card…but I kept adding things…having fun…feeling all springy…and this happened!

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I used images from Crafty Secrets’ “Altered Fairy” Creative Scraps, and just kept cutting, layering and popping things up…it’s so fun to just get carried away once in a while!

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And my favorite part—I decided to use this frame from Vicki Chrisman’s fabulous portrait shadowbox card die…so fun to use and available through Crafty Secrets…

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As I was working on this, I kept thinking of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”…everything green and flowery…and fairyish!  The beautiful new “Once Upon a Springtime” collection from Graphic 45 sure made went along with my theme beautifully…

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And if it wasn’t flowery enough…a couple of bright & fabulous Prima flowers on the frame…

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I used Tim Holtz’ Crackle Paint in Shutter Green on the frame, then rubbed in a little “Vintage Photo” Distress ink…very shabby!

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Well, that’s it for me today…hope you’re enjoying the day, whatever your weather.  Just remember…

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…Spring is on it’s way!

Julie