Julie Case Designs

I've Moved:-)

Greetings!

I've moved to a new blog address.  You can now find me here.

Thanks for stopping by!

Julie Case 

Sock Monkey

Good Morning!

My Grandmother used to make these Sock Monkeys so I knew I had to have this set when it came out last year!  He's such a cute little fella!

I've made so many cards using this same layout - with the color blocks in all different colors and a different image on top.

I distressed the edges of sock Monkey and the mat behind it using the distressing tool in the SU! cutter kit.  It might be difficult to see the scruffy edges on-line.

Thanks for stopping by!

Julie

Stampin' Up! Supplies:

• Stamps: Sock Monkey
• Ink: Black Stazon, Close to Cocoa, Riding Hood Red, So Saffron, Chocolate Chip
• CS: Chocolate Chip, Pink Pirouette, Riding Hood Red, Whisper White,
• Accessories: Pink Grosgrain, Distressing tool of the Cutter Kit, Aquapainter

Crazy for Cupcakes

Good Evening!

This is my all-time favorite color combination: Pink and Chocolate.  I guess that's why I like the Sweet Always Designer paper as much as I do!  The papers are just loaded with shades of Pink and Brown.  The papers remind me of the Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream stores.

I'm going to break out the rest of my Cupcake stamps and get busy.  I've also got a 12x12 scrapbook layout in mind.

Thanks for stopping by!

Julie

Stampin' Up! Supplies

• Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes
• Ink: Brown Stazon, Pink Pirouette, Chocolate Chip, Regal Rose
• Card Stock: Pink Pirouette, Chocolate Chip, White
• Accessories: Sweet Always DSP, Aqua-painter, White Taffeta

Ladybug Punch Art

Good Morning!

I love my paper punches and I LOVE Punch Art!  This little ladybug was so simple...with the right punches!  I used my 1/8" circle punch to punch spots from the red wings so that I wouldn't have to glue on those tiny spots.  I also split the black hemp into smaller threads to give this little bug thinner antennas.

I made this card for one of my Convention swaps last year and found it again in my card cabinet when I was searching for some Spring samples.  I also made a few "Chocolate & Pink" ladybugs - my favorite color combination!

Have a great Tuesday and thanks for stopping by!

Julie

Stampin' Up! Supplies:

• Stamps: Short & Sweet
• Card Stock: Real Red, Basic Black, Whisper White
• Accessories: Black Hemp, Black Grosgrain, Paper piercer (holes in the scalloped edge)
• Punches: Scallop Border, Ticket Corner, Circle Punches - 1 3/8", 1 1/4", 3/4", 1/8"

Crayon Resist Floral

 

 

 

 

 

Good Evening!

The stamps in the Fifth Avenue Floral Stamp set are absolutely perfect for using the crayon resist technique.  The Parisian Breeze Designer paper is also one of my favorites!  I've been hoarding this paper long enough and thought it was finally time to open the package and use it!  Such a simple and elegant card.  I've stamped a whole bunch of these cards and left the cards blank so that a greeting can be added at a later date.

Thanks for stopping by!

Julie

Stampin' Up  Supplies:

• Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral, Sincere Salutations
• Paper: Baha Breeze, Chocolate Chip, Glossy White, Parisian Breeze DSP
• Ink: Black Stazon, Baha Breeze, Chocolate Chip
• Accessories: Chocolate Chip Ribbon, White Crayon

I Scream for Ice Cream!

  Good Morning!

Don't these look good enough to eat?

When I saw the adorable Ice Cream Cone on Angie's BLOG this week,I knew I had the perfect card for breaking out my Color Spritzer tool.  It may be difficult to see, but the white background is actually spattered with Close to Cocoa ink on the first card and Pixie Pink ink on the second card using the Color Spritzer tool.

After finishing the first card in scoops of Whisper White, Chocolate Chip and Pink Pirouette, I decided to make a Rainbow Sherbet variation.  I think I like the brightly colored sherbet variation even better:-)

I saw the little wooden spoons at Hobby Lobby a few months ago and they reminded me of this card that I had placed in my "favorites" file on SCS.  I LOVE the little wooden spoons tied up with ribbon!

Thanks for stopping by!

Julie

Stampin' Up! Supplies:

• Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes

• Accessories: Color Spritzer, Scallop Punch, 1 3/8" square punch, Ticket Corner Punch, Ribbon, wooden spoon, Checkered Sizzix Texturz plate for cone, Crystal Effects for Cherry on top

• First Card- CS: Shimmery White, Chocolate Chip, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, Creamy Caramel and Real Red, Ink: Close to Cocoa pad and marker, Chocolate Chip for greeting

• Second Card- CS: Gable Green, Barely Banana, Pixie Pink, Creamy Caramel and Whisper White, Ink: Creamy Caramel, Pixie Pink (pad and marker), Gable Green, Barely Banana

Easter Chick sour cream containers

Good Morning!

We made these Easter treats at our club meeting last night.  Such a quick and easy project!

The paper measures 4 x 5 1/2 so that you can get six treats out of each 12x12 piece of paper.  I haven't used my Crimper in such a long time but I love the way it finishes off these sour cream containers.

Thanks for stopping by!

Julie

Stampin' Up! supplies:

Stamps: A Good Egg

Ink: Black Stazon, Pumpkin marker

Paper: Delicate Dots DSP, Certainly Celery, Whisper White

Accessories: 1 3/8" & 1 1/4" Circle punches, Aquapainter, Watercolor Wonder Crayons, Celery Ribbon, Crimper

Easter Fraps

Good Evening!

I really love decorating the frap bottles and since I still had some clean bottles tucked away, I decided to make some Easter Chicks for this weekend.

I'm using some of my extra Sale-a-bration supplies and so you'll find the Delicate Dots Designer paper and So Saffron ribbon on these little bottles.

Thanks for stopping by!

Stampin' Up! supplies:

• Stamps: A Good Egg

• Ink: Black Stazon, So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie Marker

• Paper: So Saffron, Whisper White, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, Delicate Dots DSP

• Accessories: Scallop Circle, 1 1/4", 1 3/8" Circle Punches, Aquapainter, Frap Bottles, Candy!!

Easy Valentine Treat

 Good Morning!

It's been soooooooo long since I've posted on my blog.  I almost missed the whole month of January:-)

It's exciting to get back into my stamp room.  I have new catalog goodies arriving on my doorstep later today so that will give me some new stamps and paper to play with.

These cute little diaper fold pouches have been popping up all over Splitcoaststampers recently and there is a great tutorial showing how to make these easy treats.

This was one of our stamp club projects in January.  We used a 6x6 piece of Sweet Always Designer paper and added a few chocolate treats tied in a cello bag.

More Valentine projects to come in the next few days! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Julie

Stampin' UP! Supplies:

• Stamps: Goody Goody Gumdrops
• Ink: Chocolate Chip, Regal Rose
• Paper: Sweet Always DSP, Chocolate Chip, White
• Accessories: Small and Regular Tag Punch, Silver Brads, Blender Pen, Rose Grosgrain Ribbon, Small Cello Bag

Magic Snowflake Technique

Good Morning!

I found this gorgeous technique on Splitcoaststampers and just had to give it a try!  It's snowing like crazy today, so it's the perfect day to post this snowflake card. The boys were hoping for a snow day, but no such luck.  It didn't start snowing early enough:-)

Here's a quick set of instructions for the Magic Snowflake Technique:

1. Use your embossing buddy on your glossy card stock to remove static (and finger prints!)
2. Stamp image using white craft ink.
3. Emboss image using white embossing powder.
4. Saturate a cotton ball with rubbing alcohol and apply a few drops of two different colors of re-inker.  I used two drops of each of the following: Night of Navy and Brocade Blue.
5. Pounce these colors on top of your embossed image, rotating the cotton ball to distribute the color.  Your snowflakes will "disappear" under the ink.
6. Using your heat gun, emboss the paper one more time.  Your snowflakes will magically reappear as the rubbing alcohol evaporates.

What a fun technique!!  You can find great directions on SCS in the resources section.

Have a great day!  I'll be staying inside all toasty and warm:-) 

SU Supplies:

• Stamps: Heard from the Heart,  Winter Post
• Paper: Night of Navy, Whisper White, Glossy White
• Ink: Craft White, Re inkers - Night of Navy and Brocade Blue
• Accessories: White Embossing Powder, Embossing Buddy
• Non-SU: Rubbing Alcohol