Hello everyone,

I was lucky enough to come 2nd in the Shabby tea room challenge recently and won some beautiful vintage images from Janet, she has an etsy shop where she sells the vintage files click here to find out more.

Debbie-Anne has asked me to Guest design for her this week,which I am really excited about and has given me this baby shower themed photo for inspiration....

 

So I thought I would make a brag book, to show off the photos taken at the baby shower.

 The colours are really wonderful, pastel blues and pinks, yellows and greens.  Of course it has that Shabby look, one of my favourite styles along with vintage.

 

So here are some photos of the brag book....

 

 

 

The base of the pages were made with small standard (6 1/4" x 4 1/2") envelopes, cut open on both long edges so that they measure 6 1/4" x 4" (one opening side to fit over the binding tabs and the other for the pocket opening).  Then I matted the entire page on both sides with spring drop and spring feast first edition papers.

On the inside of each of the page pockets you will be able to add a tag measuring 5 3/4" x 3 3/4".

The spine is made with card measuring 6 3/4"x 5" (score it longways at 2" and 3") The two outside sections are stuck onto the inside of the two cover pieces making the pocket on the inner cover.  Have a look at this photo.....

 

 

The two covers are 6 3/4" x 4 1/4".

The binding method used was the stack the deck by Laura Denison with 1/8" gaps between the pages tabs.  I used tabs of 3/8".  You can find out how to bind in this way from Laura's you tube site.

I have added a doily which I used as a stencil to give little patches of pattern on the blank cover and then inked them a tiny bit more using brilliance inks, sticking some sections near the edges.  You can find some lovely vintage baby images with the stork which you can scan from google images.

I finished it with a banner made from tiny paper triangles and another with ribbon strips,  the odd bits of patchwork on the front cover were from some scraps of paper I had in my stash, sorry I don't know who makes it.  Then just a few bows and tiny flowers to set it off.

 

If you have any questions just leave a comment and I will do my best to answer you.

 

Don't forget to go to the Shabby tea room site and find out about their weekly challenges.

Hope that I get the chance to Guest design for them again as I love this Shabby chic look.

 

If you would like to see my tutorials for mini albums, card making, mixed media and all sorts of papercraft.....go to my you tube channel

 

Wishing you a brilliant, creative week....

Hugs

 Julie x

 

 

 

Shabby teapot!!

Hello,

Today I am posting a card that has been great fun to make, mainly because it's not a huge job like a mini album or a video tutorial, just a nice small project where someone tells me the guide lines and I can just go for it .....Yes I'm going to make 2014 a go for it year!!!!
My daughter has been requesting lots of albums for sooo long now I just can't put her off any longer!!!

Anyhow, lets get back to my card.  The main colours are white and cream. Firstly I coated the card with matt medium and then used gesso over a stencil to give some nice texture.  The edges are inked with Ranger distress inks to bring in a bit of definition.  For the butterfly, a textured cardboard was used and then a scrape of gesso and glossy accents on the edges with a hint of glitter added for a bit of sparkle...{You can never have enough sparkle!!!!).
Also added was a die cut envelope and some flowers, buttons and ribbon to set it off.
Do you like my knitting? I haven't knitted for years and it is a hard task doing it with cocktail sticks!

Hope you like it...I am entering it into the challenge at The shabby tea room You should pop over and see the site.

 

 Have a good week

Hugs Julie x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi every one,

Firstly I must wish you all a very happy new year.

It's time to take down all those christmas decorations, and oh dosen't it look bare when they are gone.  It just seems like yesterday we were putting them up, where does the time go!!!!

Well we have another year to look forward to.....great new products and new companies to try out and all those things you have meant to try out and  haven't got around to yet....perhaps make this year the time to do them.

There is some sad news, I have finished working with the Visible Image design team after a year and a half of great fun.  The design team are a scream, especially Sue who should be in comedy!!!! I will miss them.  I wish them all good luck for the coming year with whatever they do.  Helen and Mark who own Visible Image are the nicest couple you could meet and they work so very hard.  I'm sure this year will be a very good one for them.

Now to why I have posted today...here are some pictures of the album that I was commisssioned to make.   I have a you tube video on my channel (sadly it is not a tutorial this time).  It will show the album in more detail if you are interested.

And here are the photos......

 

 

 

 

Have a great crafty week......

Hugs Julie x

Criss cross card

Hi Everyone,

I have just posted another video tutorial on my you tube channel click here if you would like to check it out.  The card can be used for any occassion just decorated it with whatever theme you like.  You can make the giftcard pocket bigger and put a tag  in it instead of the giftcard or send a letter popped into this section. You could even use it as a mini album insert.
Here are the photos......

 

I used The Chandelier set of stamps by Visible Image.

Enjoy your crafting

Hugs Julie

Winner of the mini album

Hello everyone,

I am posting today to announce the winner of the mini alum.  I put all the names in and got one of my friends to pick one at random.





THE WINNER IS   JAN BUCKLEY...

Jan if you could message me with your e-mail address I can contact you for details of where to post the package.

And thank you all for your support and kind messages about my projects it is great to know that you enjoy looking at my blog and you tube channel.....don't forget to keep on commenting.

Have an awesome crafting week.

Julie xx

Vintage birthday record book

Hi there,

Today I have put up a tutorial on my you tube channel for a gorgeous vintage birthday record book.  You can make it as a simple little mini album if you wish though ,it is really easy to make and takes a minimum of time to create but looks stunning. .  Great for a christmas or birthday gift.
I've made mine just for myself....how lucky am I!!!!??  Makes a change to do things for myself! now I can record the dates and names on the inside pages for each month and use the tags to write down any gifts I buy through the year so I don't duplicate presents...when the tags are full I can just make some new ones.

 

 

So here are some photos and a list of materials I used

CRAFTY INDIVIDUAL PRODUCTS...

These stamps have such fine detail...

C1 -101 Imagine child
C1 -131  Four pretty girls
C1 -154 Sweet harp angel
C1 -173 Elegant swirls
C1 -186 Bicycle embrace
C1 -214 1893 script
C1 -238 Parisian beauties
C1 -285 Hats and bonnets
C1 -325 Vintage vehicle
C1 -324 Bright voile ladies
C1 -338 young girl dreaming
C1 -322 The dressmaker
Background papers book 7
people and places miniture book issue 4...used on cover
Beautiful border mask...used on cover
Victoria and albert swirl....cut part of it for front cover
A4 glossy tags  vintage
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I also used
Bow from hobby craft, embellishments from Ribbon girl and card from Anna Marie Desins (50 sheets 300 GSM Hi-bulk stamping card)
Brush corduroy and old paper distress inks by ranger.

 

Stand up card

Hi again,

Here are some photos of the card which I have done as a you tube video tutorial.  It is a card which has a built in stand so will look really great when your friends and family display it at christmas.

I used some Visible Image stamps to decorate it and Kay and co paper, seam binding for the bow is from ribbon girl.  The die cut for the foliage and holly sprigs is a Tim holtz alterations die called festive greenery. I also stamped the Vintage image trio's script on some plain paper and matted on the back of the card (which is on the base as it stands in the picture).
The stamps are available on the Visible Image web site.......
Vintage image trio and the vintage santa

Link to the tutorial here

And here are the photos of the finished card...

 

Win my mini album

Hi everyone,

So whats on my work desk today is not strictly work....well it is work that has already been done.
It's also a chance for those who are interested to


    win the mini album and embellishments shown below.


As I have just passed 500 subbies on my you tube channel I thought it would be great to give away the little album I just made as a tutorial.  Have a look at it here.
It is a blank album for you to decorate as you want...add photos and journalling to it to make your own unique version.  As you can see on my work desk photo I am including some embellishments so you can create till your hearts content.

The rules for the competition are .... become a member of my blog and leave a comment on this post....Just think you then get updates and info on all my tutorials and blog posts.  You have until 30th October 2013 to enter.

 

So good luck to anyone who would like to join and I will now be off to Julia's site to have a look at the current work you've all been busy with this week.

                                                                       Julie xx

Prima Romance Novel Mini album...just me me!

Woo Hooo,

Well have finally finished my Mother and daughter album at long last.  I am really pleased with the way it has come out and showcasing the gorgeous Prima romance novel papers has made it very special.  What a brilliant line this is lots to cut out for journalling and pockets, tags and tabs and a wonderful mixture of soft romantic roses and rustic bikes and typewriters, but it works sooo well  together. I bought the case at TK Max as it goes so well with the papers, so the album will be well protected inside.

So here a some photos and a link to the you tube video which shows it fully if you are interested. Link here

 

HAVE A GREAT WEEK

WOYWW

Hi everyone,

Sorry I haven't posted on WOYWW for ages...just seem to be sooo busy.  Have been away quiet a bit mainly to Florence in Italy to see my daughter who is working as a nanny out there at the moment.  It is a good excuse to go out to one of my favourite places though!!

We went out a couple of weeks ago to celebrate Hannah's 21st birthday....

 

So to my work desk.... still struggling on with my Prima romantic novel Mini album but have almost finished it now....will post a video of it as soon as it is finished.

Meanwhile here is a halloween album  link to the you tube video here

 

 

Now to pop to Julia's site and visit some of you to catch up

Have a great crafting week.