Creation Station Blog Hop - Birds, Blossoms and Butterflies!

Welcome to Just Julie B Stampin'! And welcome to the Creation Station Hop for this month - we are sharing ideas with birds, blossoms and butterflies. So my favorite designer papers right now are the Sale-A-Bration Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper - they are so perfect. A good mix of pretty colorful butterfly and floral images, but also the black and white prints on the backside! - Love them!!

So at the classes that I had this past week, we made this perfect card that fits the blossoms and butterflies (but no birds) theme - so that's what I decided to share with you!

I found this fun fold idea on the Stampin' Up! Facebook page from Kelly Acheson, but I altered the measurements (to make it easier, 1/2" marks instead of 1/8" marks) and I chose to call it the Fold Flat Step Card. I love this card idea because you can make it for any kind of card that you would want to have on display. I chose to make this one for a birthday card, but you could make it for so many other occasions... - I love that the Well Said Bundle, even though a bit pricey - it's so worth all the options!

Here's another side view to show how cute it looks when it's folded out and set up! - Love!! 

And if you didn't notice the sweet knotted ribbon on the stepped out part - there it is, cute and perfect huh?!

Here's a close up of the card front - 1 3/4" and 2" circles layered under the new Story Label Punch (love this one, and hope it will carry over...). Plus, instead of adding the dot over the i in birthday, I used the Happiness Blooms Enamel Dots - so cute, and a perfect size.

And here's the "inside" of the card - which is really the back! Super easy and cute!

And I love this most about this card - it folds flat and fits in our standard envelope size!

I hope you enjoyed your stop by - and you're going to love your stop by the blog, my wonderful friend, Kathy Kartak - click on the link below - 

Kathy Kartak

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie B

Creation Station Hop - Share What You Love!

Welcome back to Just Julie B Stampin'! This month for the Creation Station Blog Hop we are sharing what we love! And I'm super excited about the All My Love Suite in our Occasions Catalog.

I made this card and little treat holder! Super simple, but so beautiful with the All My Love Designer Series Papers(DSP)!

So the card I made is lots of layers, but nothing difficult - just the kind of card I like to make!

I added both sides of the All My Love DSP for the background. And then lots more layers...

I started with the all My Love Lovely Lipstick ribbon with the stitched white edges (SO cute!!), just folded back and forth onto Glue Dots. Then I added a Crumb Cake stitched heart from the Be Mine Stitched Framelits, a Stitched Circle die cut from Lovely Lipstick Cardstock, and then a Pretty Label punched from Whisper White and stamped with the saying from the Meant to Be Stamp Set. And some Glitter Enamel Dots and Braided Linen Thread. 

And then this little open top box! Just a simple box so that what I had fits in! Just measure the width and depth of what you want to package, add the depth for the bottom, and score it up! Trim, fold in the bottom edges and adhere it. - You have an easy open top box, ready for a treat!

  

And this one has a yummy, little non-chocolate treat, pretty healthy I guess - nuts and dried fruit packet from Target! 

And simply decorated with another couple pieces from the All My Love DSP pack, same ribbon and a simply stamped framelit die cut heart - so easy!

I hope you enjoyed your stop by - and hope you enjoy your next stop just as much I look forward to seeing what my fabulous friend, Elizabeth has created - 

Elizabeth Price

I hope you enjoyed your stop by,

Julie B

Happy New Year! And Happy New Catalogs!

What says Happy New Year more than a brand new calendar? Not much, right?! - Happy January 2019!! 

This cute little post-it note holder packs a lot of punch - it's a post-it note holder, pen holder and calendar, all in one little fun project. And we'll be making these at classes this week. 

The cover is decorated with some super fun new papers and elements from the Occasions and Sale-A-Bration catalogs. I really love the new sequins, and especially the ones in the flower shape! - So sparkly and cute, but a little hard to capture all of their cuteness in the photo!

Here's the inside - simple, but practical! The calendar and post-its are a perfect fit inside.

I hope you'll be joining us for class this week!

Happy New Year,

Julie B

** Oh, one little P.S. - I did get different pens this time - and they're not the one pictured (that one is an older mini pen that you can't find for sale anymore). The one you'll get is 'out for delivery' as I type! It's also a mini pen though, a new one I found on Amazon - still a black ball point pen, a smidge longer than the one in the picture.

Creation Station - Celebrating the Season!

Welcome to Just Julie B Stampin'! Our theme this month is Celebrate the Season. And I'm excited to share a couple simple, but stunning ideas that you can make super quickly for the holidays. This ornament takes about 5 minutes from prepping everything to hanging it on the tree! And the card is a pretty close to 5 minutes too (maybe 6 minutes ;) ).

Since my first look at the Holiday Catalog, I was in love with the Dashing Deer set - so I decided to use that for my card! I used the Silver Foil Edged Cards (so nice that these are all prepped and have a coordinating envelope too - fold it in half). Then I glued a 3 3/4" x 5" piece of Dashing Along Designer Series Paper. to leave just the silver edge showing. I added the saying on a Stitched Circle. Tied around the Cherry Cobbler Cotton Twine, and then Silver Foil flowers with Rhinestone Jewel centers, and of course a Silver Foil "Rudolph", with a Cherry Cobbler colored Rhinestone Jewel nose (I used the Stampin' Blends for that)!

This card came together so quickly - and I love it's simplicity, but elegance!

I got these clear ornament balls from Michael's Craft Store - they were a bargain at 25 of them for $20, but I got them on sale for $8!!

Then I filled one with twelve 1/2" x 6" strips of Dashing Along Designer Series Paper strips. I just rolled them into ringlets using a skewer stick - so quick and easy! I pushed all of those through the top of the open ornament, and added three 1/4" x 6" Silver Glimmer Paper, rolled up the same way. Add the ribbon around the top and a piece of the Cherry Cobbler Cotton Twine for a 'hanger' - and wah lah!! 

I Love how this could easily be adapted with any set of papers, or another stamp set too. It's always nice to have something quick to make when you need it!

I hope you enjoyed your stop by, and I can't wait to see what's next! Click on the link below to see what the fabulous Sara Nell-Langland has created ~

Sara Nell Langland

Happy Holidays,

Julie

Swappin' in Orlando with Creation Station!

I had the privilege of swapping cards with my Creation Station cohorts that were in Orlando! And wow, this was a fabulous swap!!

Many of us went to dinner afterwards, which was so nice to get to chat a little more with some of the ladies! We ate awesome Cuban food (I had seafood paella - yum), tasty drinks and great company!

And here are the beautiful cards we traded - 

mine

Jeanna Bohanon

Kathy Kartak

Sara Levin

Dani Dziama

Jennifer Downey

Elizabeth Price

Dena Rekow

Sara Nell Langland

Mikaela Titheridge

Andrea Tracy Tucker

I Love, Love, Love these cards - and had a great time meeting and getting to know these ladies!

Julie B

Back from Stampin' Up!'s OnStage!

I'm back! Back from Orlando, where we were celebrating Stampin' Up!'s 30th!! What a great time it was! 

The trip started with my Stampin' Besties, Kaylene and Liz! And not only were we celebrating Stampin' Up!'s 30th, but we were also celebrating Kaylene's 60th!

We spent the day and evening at Epcot!! We rode a couple rides and enjoyed the Food and Wine event!

 We had a great dinner at the Italian restaurant in Epcot too! They even sang Happy Birthday to Kaylene!

Then Liz and I were off to the CentreStage celebration! It was a night of desserts and karaoke - lots of fun!

They fired up some donuts in Cinnamon Fireball 😳- And dropped in some vanilla ice cream and cherries - Wowzsa!! And not like we needed another dessert - 

But it was good!😜And they ended the evening with Fireworks (but I didn't get any pics) - what a day!!

I hope you'll stop by tomorrow, I'll be showing some of the swaps I made and received!

Julie B

Creation Station Hop - In All Things Give Thanks!

Howdy, and Welcome to Just Julie B Stampin' - We are 'Giving Thanks' this month with Creation Station! So my take on the theme this month was Thanksgiving in the U.S. - but I decided to go a little alternative with my colors! I Love, Love, Love the Festive Farmhouse Designer Series Papers - so I decided to create around them. - Plaids are SO in right now!!

I made a coordinating card and little Hershey Nugget Treat Holder! And I used the Country Home stamp set because I Love the sayings (well, I do like just about all of it really). 

For the card, I layered the plaid and it's backside on the Early Espresso card base. Then I tied the Mossy Meadow Cotton Twine around (love the softness to that twine!). And for for the focal point, I used the cotton bouquet from the Country Home set, but I didn't want to use a pail or pitcher for the base, so I added the saying below it! - And I did use Early Espresso ink for the stamping, even with Stampin' Blends coloring. I was just careful not to color to heavily! To my surprise, it worked great!

So for the Treat Holder - I used a fun little template I found from The Paper Pixie (from about a year ago)! She's awesome at little treat holders - Click HERE for the You Tube video on how she made this. My favorite thing about it is that you can make the holder (super easy, using the Envelope Punch Board) and cover three Hershey Nuggets - ALL with a 6" x 6" piece of Designer Series Paper! 

I hope you enjoyed your stop by, and thanks for hopping with us - and up next is the fun and fabulous Dena Rekow! Click on the link below to hop on over there!

Dena Rekow

Julie B

Cute Clipped Treat Holder for Class this Week!

This is the little Clipped Treat Holder we'll be making at stamp classes this week! I Love the Festive Farmhouse Designer Series Papers - all the plaids are soo purty! 

I had a larger template for this little treat holder, and then revamped it so it would fit two Ferrero Rocher candies - yum! And I added the little sentiment from the Takeout Treats stamp set. And the little sprigs are from the Sprig Punch, from the Holiday Catalog also. They add that 'just a little somethin more' that it needed! And with the library clip on top it really doesn't need adhesive to keep the outside cover attached to the little inside box!

I hope to see you at class this week,

Julie B 

Creation Station Hop - Layers of Leaves!

Welcome to Just Julie B Stampin! If you're just starting the hop, or hopping here from Andrea's blog, Welcome! This month we're Layering Leaves - Happy Fall here in the United States! So I got the Falling for Leaves Bundle, and I Love it! The stamp set is so pretty - I love all the details of the largest leaf. And the thinlits are equally as pretty!     

This isn't my usual kind of card - but I got started with the stamped leaf and had so much fun coloring it in with the Stampin' Blends. I used Mango Melody, light and dark, Pumpkin Pie, light and dark, and a little bit of light Cajun Craze. That leaf became my focal point. And then I just added stuff around it that seemed to go... 

My favorite background is Crumb Cake - so I went there! And I used the edgelit dies from the Detailed Leaves Framelits to create the Very Vanilla and Crumb Cake layered edges. Then it seemed that a black layer was needed - so that happened ;) And after the Basic Black Cardstock accent, the Black Cord and stamped "thankful" seemed to be best stamped in black also!   

Again, I really love this stamped leaf - and the Stampin' Blends just make it so beautiful! The leaves in the background add that little bit of somethin' it needs to set it off. But, just a Wow stamp set and thinlits combo, huh?!

I hope you enjoyed your stop by here - and you're in store for some super awesomeness on your next stop with Elizabeth Price!

Elizabeth Price

Thanks for stopping by,


Julie B