Happy Halloween- card using Penny Black Stamp

These are two of the first stamps I bought when starting scrapbooking. Feeling a bit nostalgic, remembering the the excitement of starting a new hobby I had to do something with these two! The super cute cat-stamp is call "cat o' lantern" by Penny Black 2001 and the "halloween" is from Kortmakaren.

To color these oldies I ventured out and tried something new, alcohol markers! I had picked up a few called "Le Plume" and I really liked how it came out! I soon realized that the more colors you have the better look you'll get but with the few I had, I'm really happy! 

 The card itself is really simple, that colored image is punched with a 2" circle, layered on vellum, some die-cuted copper leafs and a embossed sentiment on a dark-blue metallic card base.

I'm so happy with how these cards came out and I had a really great time making them! I did a batch of 5 and using this dark blue metallic card base made such an impact. Now I'll have to remember to post them!

Love Julia

2 layouts inspired by JOT june board

I was so inspired by this months mood board by Jot I just had to make a layout, or two. I love the bright white, with bold black and a hint of green. I started making one page and then just kept going, using many ont the things I already had taking out.

The result, two bright pages with black accent and green details. 

On both pages I used the nickel wood grained paper and the Brentano stamps for titles. For the circle element I used black and white enamel dots and the stripes are from my favorit washi.

I love that the Jot mood boards are so fun and different from the "normal" scrapbook style. They always find such interesting and cool color combinations. This board I will most definitely use again!

Love Julia

Stamped and embossed Birthday cards

I'm using my stamps more and more sens I got the Alt E New "Vintage Roses" set. I love playing with these stamps, both on layout and on cards. A few days ago I made some cards using this stamp set and some clear embossing, I love how it turned out!

After stamping 3 flowers with 2 layers in pink dye inks and took the first stamp of each and stamped over in "versa mark" and I stamped in the same ink with the leaf stamp. Sprinkle clear embossing powder and heat set. The embossing protected the stamped flowers and the white leafs when I painted over with watercolors.

Gold Heidi Shine, washi and some stitching, those are my favorits! 

The alpha stamp is called "Brentano" from Papier Projekt and they are the best! 

Turning 22 12x12 scrapbook using Maggie Holmes "Bloom"

The Maggie Holmes "Bloom" collection is perfect for all the flowers coming up now in April but it's just as nice for documenting a birthday with it's fun and happy colors!

I had four photos I wanted to use but after some thought (during a long time) I decided to only use these three that are the same size. Matting them on the frames makes them stand out but in a gentle and fun way. The colors are picked from the the photo and the accent color is black, to make is pop.

 This cat is seriously everywhere!!!

Products:

stamps for background: Hello

paper: Bloom 6x6 paper pad

title: Amy Tangering "Grace"  & BoBunny "Tuxedo" 

ink: "Gold" Heidi Shine 

embellishments: Maggie Holmes Dies "Flowers" ,

"Gold" enamel dots & Studio Calico Wood Hearts 

Love Julia 

Easy Watercolor Cards with Maggie Holmes stamps

Sometimes a product comes along that you just love, like the stamp set in the new Maggie Holmes "Bloom" line. The bows are so cute and perfect for a backgrund paper like this layout or for a card.

So easy to make and jet, so cute!

So perfect for birthday or just any day!

Products you may like to use:

Watercolor paper- Canson "Montval" 200g/m2

Watercolor - S:t Petersburg 

Stamps- "Hello"

Inkpad- VersaMark

Embossingpowder White

Stamp-Maggie Holmes Roller Phrase Stamp 

Inkpad- VersaFine "Onyx Black"

Mist- Hedie Swapp Color Shine "Gold" 

The list is based on the products that I used but can easily be replaced. 

Love Julia

Christmas card and embossing love

This last weeks my desk has been covered in glitter, embossing powders and everything Christmasy. It´s that time of the year to start doing Christmas-cards, and I love it!!! I always do to many but if there is on type of cards that I love to make, it Christmas ones. 

This year I have started earlier and made many more, my sister goes to different Christmas-markets and takes my cards whit her. Today I thought to show you three of my favorite cards that I made this past week. I made all of them in bulk, eight of each, so I kept the design easy and on pre-made craft card-bases.. The stamps and dies are all from Magnolia, colored whit distress ink.

 The first card I wanted to keep rather clean, just the oh-so-cute moose, two snowflakes and a "merry christmas" stamp. The biggest part of all of the card is coloring the images... 

 I had to have just a little sparkle here so I put some Ranger "Silver" stickles around the snowflake. 

 I love embossing-powders and I think they add that magic, especially to a Christmas-card. To get this light snowfall effect I have used Stampendous "chunky white" sprinkled over the moose. 

 On the seconed card I started whit my favorite stamp (a gift from my lovely mum). Here I wanted a more winter, cold and frosty pallet. The papers are from a My Mind´s Eye "Lost & Found" 6x6 paper pad and cut out whit Magnolia dies.

 My favorite embossing powders are from Stampendous and sprinkling this "Shabby White" around the image is like adding magic! 

 Next to the snowflakes I added a mix of pearls and rhinestones and the sentiment is just punched out of my Dymo.

 The last card is more classic for Christmas whit the red and gold. This is made in the same way as the second card, just in different colors but not so many embellishments... 

 I can´t stop using the "shabby white" powder! 

If you have a chunky white powder, add it heavier on the "ground" , or on the shoes to look like snow. The little leafy thing is from a Magnolia die set and I just embossed it whit Ranger "gold tinsel". Love that powder, so pretty and detailed. 

 For the sentiment I simply stamped whit black on a label, keeping it classic.

I hope that you like the cards and that they inspire you to sprinkle some embossing powders!

Love Julia

to YOU!

The other day I found some long lost Prima stamps of two chandeliers. Sense they had been gone for so long I just wanted to stamp them to see how they would work, so I took some scrap-craft paper and stamped... And just like that I had begun a patterned: one up, one down in lines. And you can´t tell that is is chandeliers at the fist glance, just a really cool graphic patterned!





So naturally I wanted to use my new amazing paper and decided to make a card, sens it´s been so long. So with two papers from My Mind´s Eye- Portobello Road, a doily, some washi-tape and Lindy´s stamp gang- Moon shadow ink in "Smoky Sapphire" I got started!

 All of the pearls and stones are from Magnolias; "Knick Knackery´s. I love how they look on this simple card and mixed together.

 The butterflies are stamps from Prima and Panduro and are embossed with Magnolia´s Black- fine embossing powder. They are stamped on the same paper as the mat to the chandelier- paper and the Magnolia label. This brings in the black, witch add some contrast, and the dark teal color that is so pretty!

 The roses, the patterned paper and details on Tilda is painted with "Smoky Sapphire" it´s such a pretty ink there is taupe and when light hits it: it´s the most amazing light-blue lilac. Tilda her self is colored with distress marker in "Pumice stone".

This card is in the challenges at:

magnolia-liciouschallengeblog

tildastown

marvelousmagnoliachallenge

midweekmagnolias

Love Julia