Thursday, July 14, 2011

Cute as a Button with Our Craft Lounge


Are you ready for some color??!!
Are you ready for some big news??!!


It's time for another fun and fab challenge at

This week we are sponsored by 


and they provided each of our designers with
fun stamp sets to play with...and here is mine...

and here is my offering...


Any time I use images that relate to sewing, it reminds
me of my grandmother sitting at her sewing machine
making Barbie doll clothes and American Girl dresses.
I really enjoyed playing with this set of stamps!
I hope you will stop by The Cafe...it's there you will
not only find amazing inspiration from our design team
but some fabby news about our design team!


Today's Project Recipe:
Stamps:  'Pins & Needles' by Our Craft Lounge
Ink:  'Persimmon' & 'Purple Hydrangea' by VersaMagic
'Orchid' by Colorbox Chalk
Tools: 'Lacey Squares' dies from Spellbinders, Big Shot
Embellishments:   'Lilac' baker's twine from The Twinery

17 comments:

Angelica Suarez said...

SO pretty, Julie! I LOVE OCL!! That set is adorable!! Beautiful color story. I'm a sucker for a pretty plum. Off to the cafe to check out your news! :)

Julie Tucker-Wolek said...

Sooooooo cute! I loveeeeee the buttons! :):):):):):):):):):)

Fiona said...

so sweet Julie - love all the stamped buttons behind the button :)

Mona Pendleton said...

Sew cute Julie! Love the sewing theme and pretty color combo!

Hannelie said...

I love it!

Debbie Corbari said...

LOVE THIS!!!!!

Jaclyn Miller said...

Absolutely perfect Julie! Wonderful that you were able to find ink that matched the colors and I like all your layers around the edge. Thank you so much for leaving such a sweet comment on my entry for GI as well! Missing you.

Jinny Newlin said...

LOVE all your layers of color in the frames, Julie! And those sweet buttons are perfect!

Virginia L. said...

VERY cute!! Love the button and twine details! Congrats on the Social Club featured today at Hero Arts Blog!! Way to go, Julie!

Donna B. said...

What a cute card! Love your design and those stamps are too cute!! Great use of borders too!!

Melisa Hunter said...

Super cute CAS card with these colours. Love the sprinkling of buttons!

Stephanie said...

such a cute card! the colors are gorgeous together!

Andrea Ewen said...

Cute as a button is right! Love that gorgeous purple frame and the delightful twine accent!

Lindsey said...

Love this, Julie! The colours are fab, and I like the button O in the sentiment, it's a lot of fun.

Marlena M. said...

I love the shape of your card and all the cool details. ;)

Ruby said...

Love this Julie, especially how you've taken a set that could be quite vintage-y in style and made it really contemporary and fun! FAB!

Savannah O'Gwynn said...

SUPER cute--love that stamped background! And that die--great detail in this card;)