Monday 2 June 2014

Thinking of You

Hi Bloggers.

Thank you for all of your birthday messages yesterday - so many! Kathryn came to visit on Friday till later today so I have had a lovely few days. Yesterday Kathryn, Nathan & I went out for a lovely lunch and then Kathryn and I hit the shops mainly getting her stuff for her 3 1/2 month stint in France starting next week.

Yesterday we reached 1200 followers! At last I can do a draw for the candy. But, instead of just picking a name from the list of followers at random and then no one claiming it, I will draw a name at random from those who leave a comment on today's post. I will post the winner Thursday lunchtime.

Here's today's card -

For the background, I inked through the Ornate Frame Mask on two sides using Dusty Concord Distress Ink. This mask is really versatile as you can use just sections of it to change the look you get. My card was wider than the mask so I missed out one of the little motifs top and bottom and moved my mask from one side to the other. You can also use the little motifs as corners or just use a flourish on its own. I ran it through the Grand Calibur with the Couture Creations Small Dots Embossing Folder. I ran it through a second time to extend the design and inked around the edges with Cool Peri Adirondack Dye Ink.

I stamped the image from the Justrite Magnolia Vintage Labels 7 Clear Stamp Set using Jet Black Archival and embossed with Cosmic Shimmer Clear Embossing Powder. I coloured in using Cool Peri and Meadow Adirondack Dye Ink. I cut it out using the largest 2 dies in Sue's Decorative Frames Die Set from the Italian Collection and inked through the die with Cool Peri.

I cut the largest of the Umbria Dies out of Mauve Card.

I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set, again using Jet Black Archival and embossed with Clear Powder. I cut it out using Justrite Vintage Labels 7 Dies and inked through the die with Cool Peri. I cut a Justrite Vintage Sentiment Tag Die out of Mauve Card.

I assembled the card as shown adding some White Pearls in the corners and some dots of Cosmic Shimmer Pearlescent PVA in Cosmic Pearl around the edges.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.

84 comments:

  1. Hello Julia, fabulous card, great colours. Love the magnolia stamp. Glad to hear that you had a great birthday weekend with Kathryn and Nathan. Bx

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  2. Good morning Julia today's card is gorgeous you have used one of my favourite colours. I'm so pleased that you had a fantastic birthday. Congratulations on reaching 1200 followers. Have a great day. Love Jackie

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  3. Good morning Julia,
    So glad that you had a lovely birthday with tour children. Always nice to celebrate with family.. This is yet another lovely Julia creation, nice job!!!

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  4. Morning Julia.
    Thank you this is a lovely card. So glad you had a good day yesterday and the sun was shinning. Best wishes to Kathryn. Congrats on reaching 1200 Take care Kitty.

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  5. Congrats on reaching 1,2000 blog followers Julia, nice for your birthday too.
    Sounds like you had a good day. Today's card is lovely as always. x

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  6. Morning Julia, lovely card, just my colours! So glad you had a lovely birthday yesterday, so nice spending time with your children. Congratulations on reaching 1200 followers! Love Jean xxx

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  7. Hi Julia. Love the card, great colours and I love those dies : ) Congratulations on reaching 1200 followers! Take care.

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  8. Congratulations Julia to special events in one week. A birthday and reaching 1200, well followers I mean. Lovely card, colours and design, it looks really pretty in mauve. X

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  9. Hi Julia. Belated birthday wishes, glad that you are having a lovely time with your children. Love the colours on this card and the way you emboss over your stamping.

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  10. Lovely card today Julia. Love the frame and will have to add that one to my wish list. The shades of mauve are so pretty - a work of art!
    Marion B xx

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  11. Morning Julia, a lovely card today glad you had your family
    with you for your birthday and congrats on reaching 1200
    followers.
    Nancyd xx

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  12. Lovely card in my favourite colours. Congratulations on 1200 followers too x

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  13. Great card-would be perfect for my friend. She loves purple & is really into gardening/plants etc. Glad you had a nice birthday.

    Michele.

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  14. Love every thing about this card, I WILL get into stamping!! Thanks to your wonderful ideas Mabex

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  15. Such great card as always. The colours are so lovely xx

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  16. Morning Julia,

    Brilliant card again, love it all, the stamp, die, colour, yep love it all lol!

    Love & Hugs

    Jacquie J xxx
    http://jewelscardcraft.blogspot.co.uk/

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  17. Morning Julia, so glad you had a good day yesterday, it's so good having your children around on your birthday, I have 2 living in Australia and 1 in Scotland so it rarely happens! Good luck to Kathryn in France.
    Adore your card today, one of my favourite colours, shades of mauve. It's very pretty.
    Have a good week Hugs Annie

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  18. Hi, glad you had alovely few days. The card today is very pretty, love the colours you have used. Lilian

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  19. Morning Julia glad to see you have had a lovely birthday. Gorgeous card today. Have a good week. Kind regards Joanne K x

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  20. Hi Julia, pleased you had a nice birthday. Beautiful card today. Love the colours very striking.
    Hugs Carol xx

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  21. What a fabulous card, love the image and gorgeous colours. Hadn't thought about colouring with Adirondack doh!! Hope all goes well in France for Kathryn x

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  22. Morning Julia, your birthday sounds great. Love the colours lavender / mauve always reminds me of my long deceased grandma strange how so long on something as simple as a colour can evoke memories.

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  23. Special moments, always treasured as they can be few and far between when children flee the nest.
    Lovely card, love the colours.

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  24. What a stunning card Julia. Congrats on reaching 1200!

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  25. Glad you had a lovely day. I love the Italan dies, and like you love the frames, I have used them a lot xx

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  26. Gorgeous card love the purple. Glad you had a nice birthday with your family xx hazel

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  27. Really like this card Julia, it is very pretty.

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  28. This has to be one of my favourites out of all of your gorgeous cards The colours, the background, the stamp, the layout Everything about it "sings" to me Congrats on reaching 1200 Lovely to been able to spend time with your children too What a great week end

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  29. Lovely card Julia , love those dies.
    Glad you had a good birthday
    XxxRuth

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  30. Morning Julia,
    Pleased to hear you had a lovely birthday, bet it was nice to have Kathryn home.
    Love your card today very pretty colours and the stamp is beautiful.
    Lydia
    X

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  31. Morning Julia
    Loving this card today - must get the Cool Peri so subtle.
    Congratulations on reaching 1200 followers - there should be more!!
    Glad to hear you had a lovely birthday with your children & all those birthday wishes from your followers!
    Have a lovely day.
    Sheila x
    (PS still waiting for my card from C&C I won on your show - over a week now!)

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  32. Love this card the colour is beautiful

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  33. Love the card Julia thank you for sharing love jun xxx

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  34. Morning Julia, So, so, glad you had a fabulous Birthday yesterday with your Family.
    Your card, as always, is beautiful, I really love the dotty embossing folder and the frame mask inking is gorgeous.
    Congratulations on reaching 1200 followers, you are 'well loved'.
    Enjoy your time with your Daughter before she goes off to France.
    Lots of love from Patricia xx

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  35. Hello Julia, Gorgeous card, love the stamp and the colour, the background as ever fabulous. So glad that you had a good family birthday and that you and Kathryn had some retail therapy. Congratulations on reaching 1,200 followers.
    Take care.
    Hugs June xxx

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  36. Love this card Julia, so glad you had a great birthday, and now reaching 1200 followers. WOW.
    Cheers
    Janice W

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  37. Lovely Lilac card today,Julia. So glad you had a good birthday weekend with Kathryn and congratulations on reaching 1200 hundred followers. What a milestone.
    Love Val in Spain x

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  38. Glad you had a lovely day Julia, but yet you still managed to make such a stunning card. Sue's dies are brilliant I have managed to purchase a few !!! Crafty Regards, Julie Kayxxx

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  39. Good morning Julia, belated birthday wishes and congratulations on reaching the 1,200 milestone. So nice that you could share the day with both Kathryn and Nathan. I like small dotty background embossing and this really shines through with the masked inking you have done. Pretty colours and topper, best wishes Jackie D

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  40. Pretty card today Julia, and congrats on reaching 1200 followers. Here's to the next 300!

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  41. Hi Julia,

    Really love todays card, its soooo pretty. Thank you. Look at your beautiful cards every day but don't always have time to comment. What does it feel like to be 29!!!!!!

    Much love,

    Shirley T. xxx

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  42. Hi Julia, Glad you had a lovely birthday. Lovely card, I love the colours and the style, you make so many lovely ones.

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  43. Julia - I was pleased you had a lovely birhtday and was able to spend it with your family. Congratulations on reaching 1200 followers. This is a lovely card, background although a lot going on, does not overpower the main floral image. I am still saving my pennies to buy these florals stamps you have been using recently on your cards.

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  44. Hi Julia, very beautiful card , congrats on reaching 1200 followers love Jean Z xxx

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  45. Hi julia, really pleased you enjoyed yourself yesterday. Congratulations on reaching 1200 followers. A beautiful card. I love the flower and the borders.

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  46. Lovely card, the colours are great

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  47. Your cards are always so beautiful, so many skills you creatively show us. This is shades of my ffavourite colour. Love watching you on C&C when I'm on dialysis, always cheers me up! Thanks for sharing :-)

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  48. Glad that you had a lovely Birthday with your family yesterday.
    Today's card is so delicate and beautiful.

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  49. Beautiful card and such delightful colours. Glad you had such a nice birthday. Donna

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  50. Good morning Julia - I love this card and as I have to do a card for my sister in law who has just had a nasty operation I think I may have to copy this to some extent. I am so glad you had a lovely weekend you so deserve it. Helen xx

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  51. Beautiful card Julia as always
    Maureen x

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  52. Such a stunning card in my favourite colour too....

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  53. Glad you had a lovely birthday Julia and a great weekend. The background on your card is so pretty, what a fabulous mask - I definitely need that one! Pretty magnolia stamp looks fab on that die. Pat x

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  54. Lovely card Julia, the magnolia stamp is so pretty. Glad you had a good weekend with your kids and enjoyed your birthday x

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  55. Such a gorgeous card. Love all the detail you put on it. It all blends together so well. Congratulations on reaching your milestone.

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  56. So glad you had a lovely day for your birthday, it's good to be made a fuss of once in a while. I love the look of this card, so pretty x

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  57. You sound like you had a wonderful birthday. It's always special when it's spent with those we love the most. Although I think I've said it before but I must say I'm really thankful that not only do you share beautiful cards but I'm so thrilled you list everything you use and add links so we can buy it easily. I hate it when you look at a beautiful card but then have to guess what dies or stamps they've used.
    Right off to clear my tip of a craft desk so I can play with my new goodies,
    Hugs
    Hazel xxxx

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  58. Hi Julia
    Love today's card, really beautiful. Glad you had a good birthday, we all deserve a treat now and then and the best ones are with the people we love the most.
    Love Jan x

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  59. Hi Julia, I just love how you put your cards together having used so many different techniques. I have learnt such a lot from following your shows etc . Glad you had a wonderful birthday and enjoyed your weekend. Hugs Pauline A x

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  60. Good afternoon Julia,
    I am so glad that you had a lovely birthday yesterday with the company of those that you love which makes it great. Do i spy Mrs Wilson's Calabria die being used in today's card. I have just fallen head over heels for Sue's dies as they are so mixable with the rest in the range. Thank you for todays little gem,
    Love and crafty hugs
    Norah (glenochil)

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  61. Hi Julia
    Delighted to know you had such a lovely birthday with those close to you.
    What a super card you have for today love the colours and especially love the dies you have used, I have these super dies of Sue Wilson's so will be giving this a try, thank you.
    Margaret corgi owner

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  62. Hi Julia,

    Beautiful card. X

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  63. Stunning Julia, I love everything about it.
    Hugs to all.
    Michelle xxxx

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  64. Hi Julia gorgeous card today and love the colours you have used.
    So pleased you had a lovely day yesterday .
    jeanie

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  65. Hi Julia, congratulations on reaching 1200 followers. Glad you enjoyed your birthday.Love this card ,beautiful as always. What would we do without your insperation!!!

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  66. Hi Julia.
    Glad y had a lovely birthday
    Ur card looks simply stunning an I love the wee flower stamp. Georgeous x

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  67. Hi Julia,
    So pleased you had a lovely birthday! Lots of lovely comments as well.
    I love the colour tones in today's card and the stamp is lovely - I have been toying with getting that one for a few weeks now. There is always something!
    The sentiment is lovely and so clear. I'd be thrilled to receive a card like that.
    A bit late today as been out with my husband doing various bits and pieces. It did include a nice lunch which was lovely.
    Thanks again,
    Love Myra

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  68. Hi Julia,I am so happy you had a good Birthday you work so hard,it is lovely to spend time with family.
    Love the card today,my favourite colour.
    Ita

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  69. Hi Julia, so glad you had a lovely day as always your cards are stunning!
    Jennywren

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  70. Hi Julia, A lovely card today, your stamping is amazing. Congratulations on reaching 1200, you deserve it. Glad you were able to spend some quality time with your children on your birthday. Regards, Linda.

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  71. Hi Julia, this is a great card, I think you've inspired me to go and make something now. I hope you had a great birthday and i'm already looking forward to your next card!

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  72. Hi Julia another lovely card. You have inspired me to buy some masks. They are so versatile. Going to buy some more shimmer paints. Again inspired by you from your visit to Sunrise Crafts. Hope you will visit again soon x

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  73. Beautiful card Julia, love the colours, soft feminine.
    Would be suitable for so many occasions.

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  74. love the background and the flower is so pretty too .Laura O

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  75. beautiful card Julia I had a magnolia tree planted in the school garden of remembrance for my mum and dads golden wedding. Shout loud and clear if I win, will be in Majorca in 12 hours xx

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  76. lovely card, especially like the colours you've used and the flower stamp.

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  77. Beautiful card love the background, stamps and colours.

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  78. Hello Julia, wishing you a belated happy birthday! This is one of my favourite cards of yours so far, I love the Umbria die and your colour combinations. Jules

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  79. I love the colours that you've used today, a beautiful card.x

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  80. Hi Julia, love today's card. Purple is one of my favourite colours. I love using masks and stencils to make my own backgrounds. You are a very inspiring crafter. Best wishes, Alison D x

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  81. Glad you had a great day Julia
    What a lovely card I really like the colours xx

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  82. Thank you for another lovely card, I get a lot of inspiration from your blog posts.

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  83. Hi Julia,
    Lovely card, especially the colour.
    Susan McG x

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  84. Afternoon Julia
    A am sorry for posting late, job hunting with out success.
    Love this card, you are so inspirational and make me try out new things. The backgrounds you create are so inspiring.
    Glad you had a good birthday.
    TFS
    Hugs
    Amanda x

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