New Year and New Challenge at Gecko Galz!

Hi and welcome to my blog!

I want to take a moment to wish you all a Happy New Year!

There is a fun challenge at Gecko Galz Challenge Blog running from January 1-29th and the theme is Gatsby Girls.

My first project of 2025 is a set of cards based on my first layout PSCJ - 202501:

PSCJ - 202501

It's a very simple design and the end result is beautiful. It can be used for cards, journal pages, ATC's, scrapbook pages, etc.

You are free to grab it and use it for your projects, but please give credit to the designer.

This are the cards created:

The images used are from Gatsby Girls Digital Collage Set. Added dry embossing to the white panel and the texture adds so much to the card.

Hope you have fun with the layout.

Hugs,

Julia

Gothic ATC Coin Trio

Hello!

We are celebration the Gecko Galz 14th Annual Blog Hop and I created several projects and wanted to share the details here for the Gothic ATC Coin Trio:

Image: GOTHIC MASQUERADE Freebie from Gecko Galz

Supplies used: Mirror cardstock, embossing folder, Distress Inks, Resin Skull, silver wax paste, black pearls, silver and black embellishments.

Hope you like it and are inspired to make some art.

Thanks for the visit.

If you like this, please leave a comment and consider following my blog for updates and lots of new projects.

Love

Julia

Hello...

Hi!

This is a happy card, I just love this color combo. 

Paper tearing is always fun to do, and adding dry embossing and silver wax paste completes the card. The sentiment is a die cut and some rhinestones add the finishing touch.

Followed the sketch from Sketch Saturday:

Here is the card:

Hope you like it and are inspired to make some art.

I would like to enter this card in the following Challenges:

• Sketch Saturday: Sketch #721

• Place to Start: MARCH 2023 - ANYTHING GOES
• The Corrosive Challenge: Challenge #3, 2023, Anything Goes
• 613 Avenue Create: MARCH 2023: ANYTHING GOES w/OPTIONAL TWIST: CAS (CLEAN AND SIMPLE)
• Classic Design Challenge: Classic Design Challenge March 2023 # 3
• Crafts Galore Encore Challenge: Anything Goes
• The Creative Crafters: Anything Goes
• Through the Purple Haze Challenge: Anything Goes
• We Love To Create: Challenge 2 - Anything Goes
• Can You Handle the Preasure: Dry / Heat Embossing: Anything Goes
• Creative Knockouts: #490-Add A Sentiment
• Cut It Up Challenge #273: This Makes Me Happy

Thanks for the visit.

If you like this, please leave a comment and consider following my blog for updates and lots of new projects.

Love

Julia

June Weddings!!!

It's time for a wonderful new challenge at My Time To Craft:

June Weddings!

We want to see your creations, for the rules please visit the blog here.

I love how this card turned out. It has that vintage feeling. I have a summer wedding to attend and this card will be perfect.

For some reason I went monochromatic on this card, and this is something really difficult for me, since I love colors, the brighter the better.

I did some dry embossing, used the Stylized Flowers folder.

The sentiment was heat embossed in white. The stamp is from the {ippity} Stamp Set: Fall For You. You can buy this stamp set and other fabulous sets from Aletha's store.

Used the Cricut die cutting machine for some of the embellishments: Swirls (Elegant Cake cartridge), flowers (Mother's Day Bouquet cartridge) and the butterflies (Sentimentals cartridge).

The paper roses are handmade and the centers are white pearls. Added some bling to the butterflies and the other flowers.

Here is my card:

I can't wait to see your wonderful creations!!!
I am entering this card in the following challenges:

• The Squirrel and the Fox: Make it Sparkle
• Crafts and Me: Pearls and Roses
• Truly Scrumptious: Flower Power
• Creative Belly: Sentiment Only
• Crafty Calendar: Flowers in Bloom
• Just Some Lines: Weddings
• Sugar Creek Hollow: More is Better
• Hiding in My Craft Room: Embossing
• Crafty Catz: Embossing
• ATC's and Cards with Attitudes: Anything Goes
• Fat Pages and Cards with Attitudes: Anything Goes
• Emergency Crafters: Butterflies, Birds or Anything With Wings

Thanks!

Love,

Julia

Inspiration for Challenge 13: Hearts, Hearts and More Hearts at Get Hippity with Ippity

Good morning everyone!!!
The theme for Challenge 13 at Get Hippity with Ippity is:

Hearts

One, two, three...or as many as yo desire. It does not have to be Valentine related. We want to see whatever and wherever your creativity takes you. It could be a card, an ATC, collage, mixed-media, etc., but we must see a heart, or as many hearts as you want to show us.

Remember you must become a follower of our challenge blog. Also if you use an Ippity or a Unity stamp in your project, your name is in the drawing twice. If you do use an Ippity or a Unity stamp, please leave a comment and let us know which one. We do appreciate that one little step extra.

The prize is an {ippity} set of your choice from the {ippity} Sales Blog.

I have two projects to share with you today.
For this card I used the following techniques: masking and heat embossing.
  

I am entering this card in the following challenge: Cooking It Up #87 - Show me some Pink Posies with Pearls,  Challenge 20 - Love is in the Air at Crafter's Companion, and Alota's Heart Challenge

I used the following Ippity stamp sets:

Music of My Heart

Now and Always


Here is the second card, for the heart base card I used the Cricut die cutting machine and Wild Card cartridge, also did some dry embossing to the front side of it.

I am entering this card in the following challenge: Inky Impressions Challenge - Shape It Up!

I used the following Ippity stamp sets:

Your Friendship, My Cup of Tea

Loads of Love

I can't wait to see your creations!

Thanks!

Love

Julia

New Design Team and First Challenge!!!

Hi everyone!

I have some wonderful news, I've been invited to join Crafting By Designs as a DT and of course said: Yes!

Crafting By Designs is a a fun place to share your creativity, chat with your friends, join a challenge or two and try new techniques.

The theme of the challenge I am hosting during this month is:

Valentines

Create a valentine for that special someone, mom, dad, daughter, son, sister, brother, etc.

for my first one I created metal accents by embossing a piece of tooling aluminum (Maid-ó-Metal) and then covered two chipboard heart die cuts (Sizzix, Tipsy Hearts). Used some pattina paint (Metallic Art - Gem Crafts) to age the hearts and some bling. Distressed the border of the DP with Ranger Distress Ink (Fired Brick).

Designer Paper by My Minds Eye

I'm entering this card in the following challenges: CFC34 - Create a Clean And Simple project using chipboard at Cas-ual Fridays and Bling it up at Some Odd Girls.

My second valentine is a simple card. Used my Cricut and Plantin SchoolBook cartridge to cut the circles and heart shapes. Added some glitter to the heart for bling and made a tag using the ippity stamp set: Your Friendship, My Cup of Tea.


Designer Paper: My Minds Eye, Colorbok

I'm entering this card in the following challenges: RCC34- Anything Goes with Unity Stamps!! at The Ribbon Carousel and Challenge #4 - "Layers, Layers, and More Layers" at Simply Create Too.

Visit Crafting By Designs for information on the prizes and sponsors.

I can't wait to see what everyone creates!

Thanks!

Love

Julia

Sketch challenge at Get Hippity with {ippity}

Hi everyone!
Today I will share a project made as inspiration for this challenge, remember we would like to see your projects using a sketch.
We want to see anything you can dream of to create, but please, follow the rules.
The prize is an {ippity} set of your choice from the {ippity} Sales Blog.
If you use an {ippity} or Unity stamp, your name is in the drawing twice.
This is the card I created for the challenge:

This is the sketch:

My project for Challenge No. 11 uses the following Ippity stamp sets:

Now and Always

The center piece was created using the masking technique, I also did some embossing
I can't wait to see your creations!

Thanks!

Love
Julia

Non traditional colors at The Stamping Boutique

Hi everyone!
The Stamping Boutique has a new challenge:

Non-Traditional Christmas Colors.

I used Serenity and colored her in beautiful tones of blue, purple and yellow.

The background panels were inked with distress inks and embossed.

Come and join the fun!

Thanks!

Love,
Julia

GHWI Challenge # 10: Embossing

Hi everyone!
Today I will share a project made as inspiration for this challenge, remember we would like to see your projects featuring: dry, heat, faux embossing or all of them.
We want to see anything you can dream of to create, but please, follow the rules.
The prize is an {ippity} set of your choice from the {ippity} Sales Blog.
If you use an {ippity} or Unity stamp, you name is in the drawing twice.
This is the card I created for the challenge:

I used dry and heat embossing.

My project for Challenge No. 10 uses the following Ippity stamp sets:

"Pain and Pride"

"Warm Wishes"

“Gingham Christmas Greetings.”

I had to heat emboss in steps in order not mix the embossing powders. The background was created with Ranger Distress Ink: Broken China and Perfect Pearls, it doesn't show in the photo but it has a beautiful shine.

I can't wait to see your creations!

Thanks!

Love

Julia

A new Challenge at Paper Creations Ink!!!

It is time for Challenge #9 at Paper Creations Ink and the theme is "Buttons or Bows".

You can use any image for this challenge! We would love to see all your creations, whether it is a card, scrapbook page, tag, ATC (Artist Trading Card), altered item, or other crafting paper related projects!
You can find all the information on it following this link.
I would like to share this card as inspiration:


Image by DtsArt: Fairy Pari-berry

Our sponsor for this challenge is DtsArt and the winning prize: 2 free digi's of your choice!

Thanks!

Love
Julia

Summer Fun!

This summer has been so hot!
I need a pool, like the one that my little friend has.
The image is from Bugaboo Digi Stamps, and it is one of my favorites.
Added an embissed panel, used a folder from the Asian Bundle for Cuttlebug. Added some white ribbon and yellow ric-rac for embelishment. Used stickers for the sentiment and three buttons finish this cute card.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

• Summer is Here at Clear it Out Tuesday
• Challenge #29: Sizzlin' Summer at Really Reasonable Ribbon's Ramblings
• CH# 52 - PROJECTS WITH WATER at Paper Playtime
• Cooking It Up #70 - Emboss a Summer Punch at Cooking It Up With Katie
• TTCRD Challenge #7 - Embossing, Dry or Heat at Through the Craftroom Door 
• August Anything Goes at Catch The Bug Challenge Blog
• CHALLENGE 14 ... ANYTHING GOES IN AUGUST at Craft Us Crazy

Thanks!

Love
Julia

Layers and a splash of color!

This card is a simple and elegant one. Did some layering and used three basic colors black, white and a splash of red. The white panels were dry embossed (Stylized Flowers folder). The image is from the AiFactory.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

• The Play Date Cafe Challenge PDCC91
• Layer it Up at AiFactory Challenge Blog
• Challenge 92 - NO PINK OR BLUE ALLOWED at Crazy Catz Weekly Challenge
• July Card Challenge - Embossing at Simply Scrapping Crafts

Thanks!

Love
Julia

You're "Grape"!

I've had the Preserves cartridge (Cricut machine) for some time and have not used it a lot.  Today I was frutty inspired and made this card, used distress ink for some dimension and embossing to add texture.

Card Recipe;
DCWV cardstock and pp
Cricut machine
Preserves cartridge
Plantin SchoolBook cartridge
Mother's Day 2010 Cartridge

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

• Terrific Tuesday Challenge - Preserves! at Scrappy Moms Stamp
• Week 7: Made It Myself Mondays and Guest Designer at You Had Me At Craft
• Life is Sweet at Paper Issues

Thanks!

Love
Julia

Flowers and Butterfly!

There is a wonderful challenge at Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge:

EMBOSSING

This can be dry or heat or even both.

I love embossing, really love it!!!!

This is the card I made:

Stylized Flowers folder from Provo Craft
Martha Stewart Butterfly Stamp

Did dry embossing for the yellow squares and heat embossing for the butterfly.

The lollipop flower is handmade.

This card was entered in the following challenges:

• Challenge #140 at Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge
•  Greetings Challenge June 20 at The Outlawz: Squares

Thanks for visiting!

Love

Julia