PTI December 2011 Blog Hop

It's good to be back blogging again and today I have a card that I made using tissue paper and ribbon left over from Christmas gifts I received.  This is the first time I have participated in a Papertrey Ink blog hop and I am really excited - and cutting it down to the wire - yikes!!

I started looking through my PTI stash and remembered that I had never tried making a pattern with the grid lines - can you believe it?  I really am a hoarder.  So I found a variety of stamps and used them to create the pattern paper.  The color choice was definitely from the ribbon.

Then I was getting worried that the pattern and the ribbon were too over powering, so I decided to add the trees and sentiment, and then crumple the tissue paper and glue it down using the "raw silk" technique.  It softens the picture and I think makes it look like you are looking through a frosted window pane.

I used the same green ink from the pattern to water color the trees.  I just pressed the chalk ink to my craft sheet and used a paint brush to color them.  The banner was added when I made a mistake with my handwriting.  Yes, I'm owning up to it - I want y'all to know that you should try to come up with a clever way to hide a mistake when you can ;o)

So this is my finished card! I am so excited that I finished it - just barely....


Have a great week and Happy New Year!!

Julie

My first video!

I finally finished creating my first card tutorial video.  I made this card for my aunt Carla who was recently in the hospital. 

Supplies:
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up!
Patterned Paper: Basic Grey, Bo Bunny
Stamps: American Crafts
Ink: Versamark
Embossing Powder: Stampin’ Up!
Punches: Martha Stewart, EK Success
Dies: Stampin’ Up!
Flowers: Stampin’ Up!
Gems: TPC Studio
Pearls: Hero Arts
Adhesive: Tombow Mono Multi liquid and Mono Permanent, Stampin’ Up! foam dimensionals , Glue Dots
Trimmer: Fiskars

Here is the video.  I am still trying to tackle a few things (such as music), and I hope to have more videos in the future, and hopefully they will get better and better.

Get Well Soon - card tutorial from Julie Mogford on Vimeo.

thanks for stopping by!

Julie

Who knew wallpaper could be this cute!

I"m so sad that this is the final week of the Summer Card Camp.  I've had many distractions today, and struggled with the layout but I do like how it came out. 

Here is the color combo:

and this is my interpretation:

Can you believe the flowers are from wall paper I received in an online kit?  I think the credit for that is from Cocoa Daisy.  If I am wrong - I do apologize.  I had fun doing this one and tried to use a few items I had been hoarding. 

Hello Friend - by Julie Mogford
Paper: Cardstock - Stampin' Up!, manila tag.  Other paper is old wall paper.
Ink: Versafine black
Stamps: Papertrey Ink "Birds of a Feather"
Other: Stampin' Up scallop border punch, aqua rhinestone brads, Martha Stewart tag punch

Thanks for looking!
Julie

How about a cup of coffee?

I was so inspired by the colors this week - I couldn't tell if it was calling out to me for a card with chocolate, ice cream, cupcake or coffee as the theme, so I decided to go with coffee for a few reasons.  I've been missing my Starbucks trips on the way to work since I've been on summer break. Also, my sister's birthday is coming up soon, and I know she loves coffee - so I looked through my goodies and this is what I came up with.

The card base is tissue tape and  chalk ink lightly sponged over to soften the too bright cream that it started off with. The coffee cup background was a manilla tag and 3 shades of distress ink rubbed on a craft mat and then sprayed with water.  I put the tag in the ink and dried it 3 different times.  I love how the ink looks with this technique, especially those droplets in the center which remind me of a coffee stain. The cups were painted with watercolor crayons.

I used white signo gel pen and white prisma pencil to add coffee swirls and then used a white caran d'ache watercolor crayon to give a subtle hint of steam.  The heart and cups are accented with glossy accents as well.

Espressly for You Birthday Card - Julie Mogford

Paper: Stampin' Up!, manila tag

Stamps: Espresso (Impression Obsession), heart and sentiment (Hero Arts)

Ink: Ranger Distress Ink (Tea Dye, Frayed Burlap, Walnut Stain, and Brushed Corduroy), Color Box Chalk Ink (Lipstick Red) and Versafine (Onyx Black) 

Accessories: Signo White Gel Pen, white Prisma pencil, Caran D'Ache watercolor crayons, Tim Holtz tissue tape, Glossy Accents

Thanks so much for looking!

Julie 



SCC Week 2 - Butterfly Friends

My final entry this week is Butterfly Friends - the two butterflies were my husband's idea - thanks again honey!

 There is a great deal of coloring going on here with the Prisma Pencils - but the work is worth it.  I especially like how the word Friends and the two butterflies came out.

Butterfly Friends - card
by Julie Mogford

Cardstock: Stampin' Up!
Stamp: Stampin’ Up! (Time Well Spent)
Ink: Memories-Black
Other: Prisma Pencils and White Grosgrain Ribbon

I hope you enjoyed the cards from this week!  There are so many talented people in this class and I'm learning so much!  Can't wait to see what they have in store for us next.

Good night!!
Julie