Creepmas Notebooks!

Hi everyone!
I've been working on some gifts to put in our Christmas stockings and made this notebooks, aren't they fun.
This notebooks are really easy to make and a great detail when you are on a budget.
The images are from a set called: Holiday Bookmarks. I know Rick designed them to be used as bookmarks, but I think they are great for this project.
Here they are:

The images were colored with Prisma coloring pencils. Fussy cut the images and I was ready to create my project.
They measure 8.5 inches by 2.25 inches. They are really economical, I made four pencil notebooks from a regular size writing tablet and a craft knife.

Hope you liked the tutorial and have fun creating.
I would like to enter this project in the following challenges:

• Make it Monday 151: Anything Goes
• Five Simple Things: Inspire Me Fridays 113 
• Sister Act - Anything Goes
• Challenges 4 Everybody: Anything Goes
• Smudgy Antics: Fussy Cutting
• Anything But A Card: Christmas in July 

Thanks!

Love,
Julia

New Challenge at Left Of Center!

Hi everyone!

It's Friday and it's time for a new challenge at Left of Center Creative Challenge!!!
Left of Center is a bi-weekly Challenge blog that allows/encourages all things Left of Center- Steampunk, Goth, Halloween (year-round), dark, spooky, creepy, anime, edgy, mythical (fairy tale, mermaids, dragons, fairy, literary characters, fan art), and horror, as well as regular mainstream crafters.
Each Challenge will have a theme, and as long as you project fits into one of the above Left of Center categories, you can follow it or not. If you are more of a mainstream crafter, you must follow the Challenge theme. It's a win-win for all!
The theme for this challenge is: 

Christmas/Creepmas in July, but of course you also have the option of anything goes following our categories

Our sponsor for this challenge is Rick St. Dennis.
Here is my inspiration:

Using Mrs. Clause Zombie

 

I would like to enter this project in the following challenges:

• Make It Monday 150: Anything Goes
• Five Simple Things: Inspire Me Fridays 113

Thanks!

Love,

Julia

New Challenge at PunkyouGirls!!!

Hi everyone!
I am so late with this post. I've been sick and then my internet service was so slow, but the company repaired it, and yay... I am back! 
It is time for a reminder of our current challenge over at PunkyouGirl.
Our challenge is

Creepmas in July

I created a project with the images provided by our wonderful sponsor The Octopode Factory:

For more inspiration hop over PunkyouGirl Challenge Blog and take a look at the amazing creations from our DT.

Thanks!

Love,
Julia

New Challenge at Left of Center!

Hi everyone!

It's Friday and it's time for a new challenge at Left of Center Creative Challenge!!!
Left of Center is a bi-weekly Challenge blog that allows/encourages all things Left of Center- Steampunk, Goth, Halloween (year-round), dark, spooky, creepy, anime, edgy, mythical (fairy tale, mermaids, dragons, fairy, literary characters, fan art), and horror, as well as regular mainstream crafters.
Each Challenge will have a theme, and as long as you project fits into one of the above Left of Center categories, you can follow it or not. If you are more of a mainstream crafter, you must follow the Challenge theme. It's a win-win for all!
The theme for this challenge is: 

Use Polka Dots and/or Stripes

Our sponsor for this challenge is Limited Runs.
Here is my inspiration:

Moon Pie from Limited Runs

I would like to enter this project in the following challenges:

• Make it Monday 148: Anything Goes

Thanks!

Love,

Julia

New Challenge at Left of Center!

Hi everyone!

It's Friday and it's time for a new challenge at Left of Center Creative Challenge!!!
Left of Center is a bi-weekly Challenge blog that allows/encourages all things Left of Center- Steampunk, Goth, Halloween (year-round), dark, spooky, creepy, anime, edgy, mythical (fairy tale, mermaids, dragons, fairy, literary characters, fan art), and horror, as well as regular mainstream crafters.
Each Challenge will have a theme, and as long as you project fits into one of the above Left of Center categories, you can follow it or not. If you are more of a mainstream crafter, you must follow the Challenge theme. It's a win-win for all!
The theme for this challenge is: 

Use a sentiment in the front, but of course you also have the option of anything goes following our categories

Our sponsor for this challenge is Ike's Art.
Here is my inspiration:

Using Long Tall Latex Sally

I would like to enter this project in the following challenges:

• Make it Monday 147: Anything Goes

Thanks!

Love,

Julia

Robotics 2 // Out of this world and a Tutorial

Hello Everyone!

I'm sharing today a very simple technique for creating backgrounds using acrylic paints and plastic wrap tissue paper. Many crafters use this technique, but I am sharing how I do it, and hope that you will try it.

Supplies:
Tissue paper

Gel Medium

Mini canvas

Acrylic paints: Bronze

Gelatos

Painting Brush

Procedure:

• Give a base coat of bronze acrylic paint to mini canvas.

• Tear white tissue paper and crumple.

• Open gently, you don't want to loss all the fabulous folds.

• Cover the canvas with gel medium.

• Add the paper, careful to maintain the folds.

• Seal the paper with gel medium, be gentle with the brush, we don't want to tear the paper.

• Allow to dry.
• Paint this complete surface with bronze acrylic paint.

• Color the raised surface with a turquoise Gelatos.

• Add a little turquoise paint, I like to use my fingers, feel that I have more control of the amount of paint added.

• Allow to dry.
• Adhere your colored image and Sentiment with gel medium.
• Add your decorations.

Here is the final project:

Image used: Robotics 2 // Out of this world

Hope you liked the tutorial and have fun creating.
I would like to enter this project in the following challenges:

• Make it Monday 146: Anything Goes
• Five Simple Things: Inspire Me Fridays 108
• Hobby House - Anything Goes
• Sister Act - Anything Goes
• Eureka Stamps - Anything Goes
• My Hearts Pieces - Use a Digi
• Challenges 4 Everybody: Anything Goes

Thanks!

Love,
Julia

First Challenge at PunkyouGirls!!!

Hi everyone!
I have some wonderful news to share:
I was invited to be part of a new challenge blog:

PunkyouGirl 

Don't need to tell how exciting this is. 
Our first challenge is up and running and the theme is

Anything Goes

I created two projects with the images provided by our wonderful sponsor Ike's Art

For my first project, I made a tag using Sinful Beauty, the background is from Nicecrane Designs:

My second project was an ATC, using Honey:

For more inspiration hop over PunkyouGirl Challenge Blog and take a look at the amazing creations from our DT.

Thanks!

Love,
Julia