January Freebie from Rick St Dennis!

Hi everyone!
January has arrived and Rick St. Dennis was so generous and gave us all this gorgeous image to color:

Baby Bacchus

There is also a challenge HERE, first "Freebie Challenge" of the year. This challenge is anything goes, but you must use the free image that Rick provides in his monthly newsletter.  We would also, love to see your creation posted in our Facebook Group
Here is my inspiration piece:

Image as colored with Prisma Coloring Pencils.
For more inspiration hop over to Sparkle and Glitter! You have to see what the Elite Design Team created with the freebie. 
I would like to enter this project in the following challenges:

• Make it Monday 172: Anything Goes
• Simply Create Too: Anything Goes
• Creative Craft Challenge2: Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles: Anything Goes
• Allsorts Challenge: Free and Easy
• Cutting and Stamping: Anything Goes using Something New
• C.R.A.F.T. Challenges: Anything Goes
• Crafting From the Heart: Anything Goes
• Creative Card Crew: Anything Goes

Thanks!

Love,

Julia

Get Ready for Christmas!

Hi everyone!
I am the hostess of the March edition of "Get Ready for Christmas" at Crafting By Designs!

We're working on building up our stash so we're ready when the 2012 holidays come rolling around.

I chose a very simple sketch from Card Positioning System, there are so many wonderful sketches, belive me when I say it was not an easy decision.

CPS 153

My first card is a very traditional one:

The second one features a digital image by Anne Fenton:

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

I can't wait to see what everyone creates!

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

Beware...

I have so much fun creating projects for Halloween. I couldn't pass these images from Sassy Studio Designs.
I love the buttons, the match the paper and add dimension. I was inspired to make this card by the movie Bewitched.

I am entering this project in the following challenges:

• DTBST#96: Make a card or project based on your favorite movie at Sassy Studio Designs
• Week 43 - Halloween Inspiration: "Halloween / Witches!" at Paper Play Challenges
• Colour Challenge at Delightful Challenges: PURPLE, ORANGE, GREEN AND BLACK
• Challenge 80-Anything Goes at digi Doodle Shop
• Challenge #43 - Anything Goes! at Charima Cardz
• Challenge #98: Spooky! at Pixie Dust Studio
• Challenge 176...... BOO.... Spooks and Witches at Rainbow Lady's Challenge Blog
• DYSU Challenge #43 Halloween
• Challenge #63 ~ Color Challenge: BLACK, ORANGE, PURPLE, LIME GREEN & WHITE AT 2 Sisters Challenge Blog
  
  Thanks!

Love
Julia

Happiness Blooms...

This is my card for this week's Designed2Delight free image challenge The first Friday of the month, Faith offers a free image and if you use that in a project before next Friday you get a new free image in your mail. And if you don´t play that week, you can alway catch up buying the image.
I decided to use the image three times.

I'm entering this image in the following challenges:

• Friday’s FREE Image Challenge – Happiness Blooms
• Challenge #53 Stripes at Crafts and Me Challenge Blog
• Repeat after me......at Little Red Wagon
• Challenge 32: Anything Goes at The Paper Shelter

 Thanks!

Love

Julia