Just Treats, No Tricks!

Head on over to the Inktegrity Blog today and grab some treats - no tricks, I promise!  Joni designed a few Halloween freebies and she is sharing!  Here is a treat bag I made using Perfect Presentation's Tombstone Treat Bag and the Gate freebie from Inktegrity - the shapes match perfectly!

My bag is also for the Buttons and Bows challenge -to create a Halloween project using buttons and/or bows - I have 'em both!  If you have not seen the buttons Kristy makes you need to hop on over to the blog - honestly, so cute.  Fun stuff!
Plus, Raise the Bar's latest challenge is to use Orange, Black and Purple - check!
Really Reasonable Ribbon's challenge is to create a Halloween Card or Treat Bag - check!
Smiles,
Julie
Details:  Image - Halloween Gate Freebie (Inktegrity), Template - Tombstone Treat Bag (Perfect Presentation), CS - SU, PP - Basic Grey, Button - stash, Ribbon - Stash, Bat Punch (Martha Stewart) and embroidery floss.

Flowers

Have you noticed fan fold flowers everywhere?  I keep seeing them all over the place so I had to give it a go.

Regardless of the outcome, it is good to try something new!  If you are interested in giving one a try yourself head on over to SCS and check out the tutorial.

This card is for Yvonne Yam's guest blogger challenge from Sherryann Eckblad - to make your own flower (check her stuff out - fab flowers are to be found).  It is also uses sketch #86 from Card Patterns.
Smiles,
Julie
Details - Stamp - Moments (LPS), PP - Retired SU, CS - White and Terracotta Tile (PTI), Brad - Making Memories, Ribbon - Stash and Ink - Really Rust (SU) and some chalk ink.

An Apple a Day

Apples = yummy and I like anything and everything made with apples.  It is a good thing too, because my sons went on an apple orchard field trip and each came home with overflowing bag of apples.  

Apples = Fall and the Apple Basket image released by Inktegrity this month is perfect for all your fall projects.  

I am still lacking LO mojo, so it is a card from me today using the Apple Basket image.  

This card is based on the sketch from this week's Inktegrity Hump Day Inspiration challenge.  I flipped the sketch and substituted shapes, but the basic LO is still there.  Play along by linking up your own take on the sketch HERE, there is an Inktegrity prize for one random participant.

Smiles,
Julie
Details:  Image - Apple Basket (Inktegrity) and sentiment - Autumn Splendor (Verve), PP - Road Map (October Afternoon), Copics - yep, I used 'em again - soooo fun!, twine (PTI), Buttons - Pure Poppy (PTI), Ink - Lady Bug (Momento) and Antique Linen (Tim Holtz), Embossing Folder - Plaid (Sizzix), & CS - Cream (PTI).

Challenge Flashback

Amy Tsuruta is continuing her fun Flashback Friday challenges.  This time around she is looking for our first challenge card.   Here is something I did for Jen Tapler's SOA card collection challenge back in 2009 - oh how I wish I could say that it was years and years ago - LOL!!!  Take a look at this one - soooo flat, did I not know what dimensionals were?  Plus, this is a color combo you rarely see from me :>)

Now if you are looking for a new challenge, head on over to the Inktegrity Challenge blog - this week we are looking for your fall or Halloween cards!  One random participant will win some Inktegrity goodness!
Smiles,
Julie

Card Set Keeper

I finally found the perfect recipient for the card set that I worked on back in August...that meant I needed a quick box to hold the cards and envelopes.

I went with Perfect Presentation's "It's a Keeper", it is wide enough for a standard card and deep enough to easily hold 8 bulky cards and envelopes.  My Cricut and SCAL software cut out the svg version of this template and the mats (it's available in pdf and gsd too).  I kept it simple by decorating the mats with a few butterflies that were left over from the cards (they were sitting on my desk - yep they have been in a pile for 2 months - yikes!).
To dress up the envelopes I added liners to match - I am lovin' the liners!  These are a cut file available from Perfect Presentation too.

Have a wonderful day! 
Smiles,
Julie
Details:  Template - Perfect Presentation It's a Keeper, CS - SU, PP - Retired SU, & Buttons - stash.

Inktegrity October Release Day!

Today's the 10th, which means the Inktegrity images you have been sneak peeking all week are now available in the STORE under the What's New tab!!!!

Tractor Set $5.00 USD

Apple Basket $2.00 USD

Pumpkin House $2.00 USD

Happy Shopping!
Smiles,
Julie

Just Fun!

The new Inktegrity images will be available in the store on tomorrow, Sunday, October 10th and the sneak peeks continue.   Included in the release is a tractor image - what could be more appropriate for a little boy?  It has been awhile since I did a fun little boy card.  My sons love any type of truck and their current favorite thing is driving past a construction site on the way to preschool. 

Now this image comes with several cute wagons for the tractor to pull - hay, pumpkins and scrapbooking supplies - how fun!  I decided to leave those all off though and added "four" to the top of the card {think smoke :>) }.  I decided to cut out the wheels and let those act as the base on the front of the card.  Texture, dimension and primary colors rule here.
I know the rest of the design team has been sharing all the new Inktegrity images the past few days.  Be sure to stop on by and share a little lovin'!!!
Monica

Joni {owner}

Diane

Kristy

Candy

Becca

Tammylee

Jessy
Divya
 

Smiles,
Julie
Details:  Image - Tractor (Inktegrity), Dies - Dahlia (Spellbinders), Embossing folders (cuttlebug), stash buttons, CS (SU).  Plus, I used copics.
Disclaimer:  This is my first card where I used only copics for the entire image.  I took a couple classes in September and I need to put my newly learned skills to work.  My colors are still limited, so I went over the windows with watercolor pencils to tone down the yellow.

Inktegrity New Fall Releases

It is officially fall and Inktegrity is officially back from summer vacation.  There will be new images available in the store on Sunday, October 10th and the sneak peeks have begun.
I am sharing a new way to use a previously released image.  Joni, the owner of Inktegrity, is reintroducing Candy the Squirrel.

Now you are probably asking yourself where is Candy?  You did not miss her...Candy is holding an acorn and has a basketful of acorns, so I decided to take part of the digi image and make it larger - the acorns.  This is yet another way to use your digis.  Don't feel that you have to color or paper piece the whole image.
Be sure to visit the rest of the Design Team (I am sure you will get a peek of Candy the Squirrel if you do!).
Monica

Joni {owner}

Diane

Kristy

Candy

Becca

Tammylee

Jessy
Divya

My card is based on one of the Verve release challenge sketches found here.
It is also for Stamptacular's Layer it on Challenge to use 5 or more layers.

Smiles,
Julie
Details:  Image - Candy the Squirrel (Inktegrity), CS - Terracotta Tile & Ocean Tides (PTI), Button - Ocean Tides (PTI), Twine (PTI), PP - Max and Whiskers (BasicGrey).

Clean Fall Card

Well I said I was not going to do it, but I saw the color challenge this week on LPS and then I saw the latest Card Patterns sketch, and well, that was it.  I made a card to match my pumpkin box from earlier this week.

The Little Paper Shop's color challenge this week is Green, Orange and Yellow - I threw in some brown to go with all those fall colors.  Add in a LPS quote (there are so many great LPS quote sets)  and Card Pattern's sketch #84, which is a goodie - here it is so you can play along too.
Smiles,
Julie

Happy World Card Making Day!

To celebrate today I am sharing a card!  LOL - ok, not so much of a surprise seeing as it is World "Card" Making Day!

Isn't Wally the Whale the cutest? He is a digi from Inktegrity that I resized to make a bit smaller, so that he would fit in the latest Mojo Monday sketch.  The inverted scallop border from Perfect Presentation creates the waves for Wally to swim in.
That's it, not too much chit chat today.  We are all going to be busy making cards anyways, right?
Smiles,
Julie
Details:  Stamps - Wally the Whale (Inktegrity) and sentiment - Everyday Button Bits (PTI), Inverted Scallop (Perfect Presentation), CS (SU & PTI), PP - Road Map (October Afternoon) and Material Girl (Cosmo Cricket), Buttons - Aqua Mist & Pure Poppy (PTI) and stash ribbon.