WELCOME : Operation Write Home Blog Hop

I am so proud to be a part of this Blog Hop!

Using Sketch #57 I created these 3 cards out of 3 sheets of 8.5 x 11 Club Scrap paper from the Garden LaFleur and Asian Artisans kits.

** Check out yesterday's blog post for details! 

Tim Holtz Embossing Folder inked with Club Scrap Moss Hybrid Ink on the shimmer green Asian Artisan cardstock.

Stamped sentiments: 

thanks- Club Scrap Memoirs Kit 

happy birthday- Club Scrap Gimme a Ring Kit

Dazzles stickers

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Operation Write Home Blog Hop coming soon...

Tomorrow I am going to be part of a blog hop for Operation Write Home.
I had learned about this program through Club Scrap when we were asked to bring handmade greeting  cards to the Annual Retreat in Wisconsin in 2010.  
We were all so happy to create these cards for such a worthy cause.

As a thank you for visiting the blog I am providing the cutting instructions for creating the cards you will see tomorrow which I created using 3  8.5 x 11 sheets of Club Scrap cardstock.   Just click on the image and download the instructions.   Enjoy,  and don't forget to stop back tomorrow to see my cards!

Let Freedom Ring Bird Cage Challenge

I am very excited that this project has been chosen to be published in the July online issue of Scrapbooking.com magazine.

Please be sure to check it out.

Thanks for stopping by,  

Julie

Squirrely Challenge Cascading Images

I loved Club Scrap's Come Sail Away kit for April 2012.
For me this captures life on Cape Cod perfectly!  
Nancy over at Squirrely Art Blog challenged us to use this Technique Junkies technique from their April 2012 Newsletter.  
I inked the background matte to look like fog or clouds.
Thanks for stopping by and make sure you go over to Nancy's blog to check out the other participants work!

About 10 yrs ago I got my first die cut machine from my mom and dad for Mother's day.  It was a Sizzix Sidekick (which I have now handed down to my niece Meg) and it was fun to die cut all sorts of shapes from my cardstock stash.   Well years later,  I hardly ever touch these dies and have moved on to more sophisticated cutting tools (Silhouette SD) which can cut all sorts of shapes, sizes, fonts and several thicknesses of papers.  

All this to say,  one of my fellow Club Scrappers presented us with a challenge on the Coffeehouse forum. Use an old unloved die to create some art with our Club Scrap papers and other supplies.   So I pulled out an old decorative strip die and made this fun card.   I inked a white piece of paper to create the sunset sky and voila!   Paradise!

Distress inks by Ranger - Fired Brick, Ripe Persimmon, Dusty Concord, Faded Jeans, and Broken China
Paper - black and white cardstock, Club Scrap green from Blossom kit, brown from Sparkle Kit and yellow from Solstice Kit.
Black India ink and quote stamp are both Club Scrap.

What die cut dies do you wish you could dig out and try again?  

I have some flowers and other fun shapes that need some love.

I love getting your comments and thoughts when you stop by, thanks :)

Blended Spritz and Flick Pizza Box Tower

Hi all,   just wanted to share a Club Scrap Pizza Box Tower I created based on directions from the February Full Circle Kit's Scrap Rap!

We were also given another challenge from Nancy at the Squirrely Art Blog to use one of my most favorite Tim Holtz techniques from his online class called Creative Chemistry 101.

Here is what I did with 6 pizza boxes (my Club Scrap kit ships in one of these every month) and some fancy collages that were made as part of a swap by some of my Club Scrap member friends!

I created the top 12x12 collage from scratch using a variety of Club Scrap Un Mounted Rubber stamp sets including Centennial Casual, Vogue, Raku, Papillon, Pure and Simple, and Great Outdoors to name just a few.

I also used TH Distress Inks in Faded Jeans, Aged Mahogany, Ripe Persimmon, Dusty Concord, Peeled Paint, Vintage Photo, Pine Needles, Broken China, and Fired Brick.

Club Scrap Challenges card with a little Tim Holtz thrown in!

Playing with a couple of fun challenges over at the Club Scrap Coffeehouse!

Hetty's Tie Dye technique using Distress Inks in Broken China, Seedless Preserves, and Dusty Concord.

Jen's Sketch Challenge for April using this sketch.

Stamps used from Club Scrap Be Still and Versailles