Happy Earth Day !

I am pretty sure this is a first for me in the 16+ years I've been

a paper crafter....I'm celebrating with a card for...

As soon as I got the newest stamps from Paper Smooches, I just

new I was headed for an Earth Day card, no question!

This design is ala my dear friend, Savannah O'Gwynn.

Doesn't this look like something Savvy would put together ?

I am a huge fan of everything she does but she IS the master of whimsy !

I've been collecting sheets of alphabets for about six months now and decided

it was time to start using them and I managed to do that with this card!

'Happy' is from Authentique

'Earth' is from Prima

'Day' is from Echo Park

The base paper is from MME's Fine & Dandy 'Girl' 6x6 pad.

I thought it worked perfectly with these stamps.

I used a little Stickles around the cloud for some additional texture.

How about those tall trees from Paper Smooches ?!

All the paper-piecing was done with a variety of papers 

{ see recipe below }

I also pulled out the 'Forest Whimsy' set from PS as well because no 

little forest is complete with a a tree stump and a squirrel to join the party!

So happy you stopped by today!

Thank you as always, for all your kind comments

left along the way....

Project Recipe:

Patterned Paper:  Fine & Dandy & Honeycake from My Mind's Eye

Portrait by Crate Paper & Blossom by Jillibean Soup

Stamps:  Forest Whimsy & Spring Groves by Paper Smooches

Embellishments: Alphas by: Prima, Authentique & Echo Parks
pearls by Recollections, Stickles in stardust by Ranger

Precious ...

I'm on a baby card kick lately.

I think it's these adorable Stickerz from EAD Designs

that inspire me.

Today I bring two additional inspirations for my card as well.

First....

This beautiful color story from 

The Play Date Cafe.

The additional inspiration comes from a former teammate from the UK,

Debby Hughes over at Lime Doodle.

I totally cased a card she did this past week because I LoVe her style!

{you can find her original design here}

I used the 'Baby Safari' Stickerz from EAD, a few of my dies from

Spellbinders and just did a little layerin'!

I pulled papers from my 6x6 pads by Jillibean Soup & Cosmo Cricket.

We have a pretty amazing prize package up for grabs...

The very talented Theresa Momber, designer for Gina K Designs

is giving one lucky winner these fab sets worth $70!

So come play...COME PLAY!!!

Project Recipe: 

Patterned Paper: Blossom Soup by Jillibean Soup
& Clementine by Cosmo Cricket

Embellishments: Baby Safari Stickers by EAD Designs

Tools: Lacey Circles & Standard Circle by Spellbinders, Big Shot

Sharing a Sunny Day

Yes...two posts in one day!

I have had these projects sitting on my desk for awhile now 

and really wanted to share them with you.
Well, one is new...and one is a repeat....

The first features the stamps and dies from

 

I love this paper from Jillibean Soup and thought

it was just right for this 'busy' little card.

It features all kinds of goodness from

Lil' Inker Designs

 including my favorite Cloud dies and

the Sentiment Flags & Stamps.

I wove a little baker's twine together

and pulled out my Martha 'Icicles' border

punch for the grass.

I love being a *Sweet Tooth Girl* over

at Sweet Stamp Shop

and although I don't do a lot of coloring,

I can't help but have fun when I do it

with these images!

This card is pretty self-explanatory...

simple and well, sweet.

Thanks for popping by again today!

I hope you have a lovely weekend.

Summer Day Project Recipe: 

Designer Paper:  Jillibean Soup
Stamps:  'Sentiment Flags' by Lil' Inker Designs
Inks:   Tuxedo Black by Memento

Tools:  Cloud Die from Lil' Inker Designs, Big Shot
Icicle border punch from Martha Stewart

Embellishments: gem from Recollections

Life is Messy Project Recipe: 

Stamps:  'The Core of It' by Sweet Stamp Shop
Inks:   Tuxedo Black by Memento, Copic Markers

Tools:  Fiskars border punch

Embellishments: Denim & Buttercream baker's twine 
from The Twinery
gems Zva & Recollections

Just Sittin' Here at The Play Date Cafe

TO FIND

 CLICK HERE!!!

It's been a very busy week here at
The Open Window!
I've had a great week playing with new stamps
and papers and have really been looking forward
to playing with this week's colors for...

I love these colors together and even more fun was
putting my newest Hero Arts stamps to the challenge.

We are sponsored this week by Hero Arts and the stamp set I chose
to work with is 'Wish You Were Here'.

We are really happy to have Kelly Rasmussen from the
Hero Arts Creative Team as our Guest Designer as well!

Here's a quick-click list of who else you will find

designing on the team with me:

Ruby McGuire

 Savannah O'Gwynn 

Andrea Ewen

Colleen Dietrich  

Fiona Shultz

Jaclyn Miller 

Jinny Newlin

Libby Hickson

Michele Gross

Tracey Kuzniak

and special guest

Kelly Rasmussen

Thanks so much for stopping by!

I'd love to hear from you...please leave a

comment because I'd love to stop by your blog too!

Today's Project Recipe:

Designer Paper:  Jillibean Soup 'Blossom Soup'
MME Stella & Rose 'Hattie' Collection, Anna Griffin
Stamps: Hero Arts 'Wish You Were Here'
Ink: A Muse Studio in 'Slate', Memento in black

Embellishments: ribbon A Muse Studio, rhinestones by Recollections

Tools: Markers by Copic (A Muse Studio)

H{ippity} Hop & Sneak Peeks Day 2 with Ippity Stamps!

It's H{ippity} Hop Monday!

It's a great opportunity for you to find
inspiration from Ippity 'Chicks' and
Ippity Stamp lovers.

Stop over at

The Ippity Blog

to see the list of fabby girls who
are playing along this week.

I had such a great time creating this bright and cheerful greeting.
The sweet little birdhouse was cut from some fabby paper
I got when I went to CHA.  It's from Jillibean Soup.
I also used the Martha Stewart loop punch for added texture.

Here are the Ippity stamps I used.....

'What Matters Most'
(tree branches, sentiment, birdie, birdhouse post)

'Faith Blooms'
(flowers)

I love sharing these cheerful stamps

sets with you and I would love to be

your 'Ippity Chick'!

Order 'What Matters Most' this week

for only $20 (+ $5 priority mail postage)

and you can get 'Faith Blooms'

for only $3 !!!

That's $7 off the msrp

Just email me at julieranae@hotmail.com

and let me know you want this week's

'Ippity Double'

(I accept Paypal & postal & WalMart money orders)

and now for....

It's Release Week

for the Summer 2010 Collection.

Stop by Julie's Open Window

daily for 'sneak peeks' at the

new images and then on

Thursday, Aug 12th

you can place your order

with me for the new

summer images.

Here's a 'peek' for day 2...

I am 'standing by' to 

take your order  ; )