Today
is a special post in honor of Julie’s birthday today.
As
most of you know Julie is the co-owner of Winnie & Walter, proud mama of
Walter the dog (and one of the namesakes of w&w) and the lady who works on
making all of the w&w products possible by spending hours and hours on the
computer. Not only does Julie make
magical things happen, she has a big heart and is also a full time teacher,
wife, daughter, sister, aunt (you can see her darling niece in her memory
keeping projects) and friend! Talk about
busy.
Julie
is a wonderful friend and business partner who patiently listens to my crazy
ideas and makes the saner ones into reality.
I really want to celebrate Julie and her birthday….
>>>JUST
FOR JULIE<<<
This
year to change things up I thought I would ask *you* to get creative and make a
happy card for Julie using some of the incredible w&w designs Julie has
worked so hard on. It can be a birthday,
thank you, you are awesome, hello or any sort of happy card and write a little
something to Julie.
Please
send your cards to: Julie Mogford, c/o Winnie & Walter, LLC, 14350
Northbrook Drive, Suite 220, San Antonio, TX
78232 thru August 15th.
Please
make sure you include your name and email address in your card. J
>>>LINK
UP YOUR CARD<<<
If
you also want to share your cards online, please do!! I’ve included a linkup tool you can use. Thank you so much…you have no idea how much
it will mean to Julie (she may get a little teary-eyed)!
>>>JULIE’S
BIRTHDAY CARD<<<
I made Julie a birthday card as did some delightful ladies too (see linky)!
I
had a vague design in mind based upon an anniversary card I made earlier this
week which includes covering up a large simple die cut shape with stripes of
patterned paper. I adore using lots of
patterned paper in a mosaic method. I
feel like I am getting back to my roots. lol
I
picked out some really pretty patterned papers from 6x6 paper pads: Maggie
Holmes collection (original) for Crate Paper, Flea Market by Maggie
Holmes/Crate Paper, Confetti by Maggie Holmes/Crate Paper, Craft Market by
Crate Paper and Solstice by Pink Paislee. I decided on a color scheme for Julie of
cotton candy, raspberry, aqua, teal, goldenrod, navy and white with touches of
metallics. I am missing out on purple which Julie does
love, but as I did purple last year I feel she will be okay with the different
color palette. So I covered a circle (cut
using a Spellbinders Nestabilities die) with the stripes of paper from 6
different patterned papers I picked out.
I die cut a doily circle using a Lifestyle Crafts die (now We R Memory
Keepers I believe) out of vellum. When I
placed the circle over the vellum along with a chipboard florish it all looked
like a big beautiful flower to me so I went with it.
I
embossed a piece of white cardstock with the Simple Flowers embossing folder by
Cricut as I adore the texture it imparts especially on clean beautiful
white. I attached the white chipboard
florish to the embossed panel. Did you
know Julie loves flourishes? One of
these days we will be adding flourishes to the w&w lineup. lol
I
wanted to add in some more stamping and something from In Bloom: Addie’s Garden
as this is such a special set to Julie so I stamped on watercolor paper one of
the large veined leaves twice in Versamark and heat embossed it with bronze embossing
powder which looks a bit like a mix of gold and silver and works well with
copper too. Using a water brush and
evergreen bough Tim Holtz Distress Ink I watercolored in the leaves and cut
them out.
I
die cut In a Word: Happy Cutaway twice from white cardstock which I adhered
together and once from toner cardstock that came with my Minc. I added some copper foil to the toner
cardstock using my Minc and it came out all shiny and lovely. I adhered the copper happy to the white happy
slightly offsetting it. I attached the
happy to the patterned paper circle. I
die cut the larger banner from Essentials: Katharine Cutaways from a piece of
navy cardstock. I stamped “birthday”
from Sugar Rush in Versamark and heat embossed it white. I cut off the left end of the banner and
tucked the banner under the happy.
I attached a nest of silver and gold threads behind the circle for a sort of ethereal feel and more texture and then attached the circle to the vellum doily with dimensional foam adhesive which all got adhered onto the white embossed panel. I added the leaves to the flourish with dimensional foam adhesive. The white embossed panel got adhered to a white card base which I covered on the front with some woodgrain patterned paper which picked up the copper tones from the foiled happy.
Julie,
I hope you like your birthday card! I
wish you a delightful day bursting with all the people and things you love most.
Big
birthday hugs,
Shay.
Happy Birthday to Julie!
ReplyDeleteI hope to get a card made.
Your card is so gorgeous!
Thanks so much, Lucy!
DeleteWhat a fantastic card for Julie, Shay ... all the texture and dimension behind the shimmery, shiny copper 'happy' is fabulous! Happy Birthday, Julie! Anita :)
ReplyDeleteI agree, Anita! Thanks for the birthday wishes!
DeleteAww, this is such a sweet idea to host this secret card drive! Once again, Happy Birthday, Julie!
ReplyDeleteHugs, Anja
Thank you so much, Anja!
DeleteHappy birthday Julie 😊 you are awesome!! Have a great year ahead!! And my birthday is tomorrow 😁
ReplyDeleteNearly birthday twins! Hope your birthday was wonderful, Berina! Thanks for the wishes. :)
DeleteHappy birthday to Julie! Shay, I love your card, the layers are wonderful and the gold is like the icing on top of the cake! I'll definitely make a card for Julie :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Diane! Can't wait to see it!
DeleteHappy birthday Julie and what a great idea Shay love your card all those awesome layers and the gold is great. I am going to make a card for Julie for sure don't know if it will be on time though.
ReplyDeleteThank you Anja! It's never too late to receive a birthday card. :)
DeleteHAPPY Birthday Julie :)
ReplyDeleteHope your day is WONDERFUL and that you get to CELEBRATE ALL MONTH LONG!!!
ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS card Shay - SO MANY layers, LOVE IT ALL!!!
Thanks, Tracy - yes, I'm hoping to celebrate a little longer. :)
DeleteWishing Julie a very happy birthday! I love the card that you have created for her. It's beautiful! That mosaic background and the foiling of the die cut looks amazing.
ReplyDeleteThanks Hussena! Isn't the card great? She's good!!!
Deleteawwwwww....love this gorgeous birthday card for Julie!
ReplyDeleteI'll be back with a card in the next couple of days!
Cool - I can't wait to see it!
DeleteShay your card is fabulous... Julie!!! Happy birthday!!!
ReplyDelete=] Michele
Thanks Michele!!!
DeleteHappy Birthday Julie!! I LOVE the card you created for her!! I need to make one too!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Nora!!!
DeleteBelated Happy Birthday, Julie! Hope your day was filled with celebration, and wishing you a year filled with blessings in every way! Shay, your card...oh my! In LOVE!
ReplyDeleteHugs~c
Thanks so much!
DeleteFantastic card :) love that big flower. Belated birthday wishes to Julie.
ReplyDeleteKate xx
Thank you, Kate!
DeleteFantastic card :) love that big flower. Belated birthday wishes to Julie.
ReplyDeleteKate xx
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ReplyDeleteOops - technical difficulties - Thanks for all of the wonderful birthday wishes. Shay - your card blew me away. Your creativity never ceases to amaze me. Gayatri, Laura and Vanessa - I adore all of the flowers and gems! You gals are fabulous! xox *hugs*
ReplyDeleteHappy belated Birthday Julie - I'll still send you your card! I hope you had a blast and I wish you many more!
ReplyDeleteHi Julie - your card should arrive shortly - I think I did not include my email as was suggested....its neliacards at gmail dot com
ReplyDeleteBelated birthday wishes to Julie! And what a lovely idea, Shay!
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