17turtles Juliana Michaels

Sunny Studio Stamps Sweet Shoppe | Watercolor Embossing Card

I'm thrilled to announce that I'm guest designing for Sunny Studio Stamps again today. As some of you may recall, I guested for them back in June with a Fresh and Fruity card that featured a watercolor bleaching technique. Sunny Studio just shared their new stamp and die release and they asked me to create and share some cards using one of their new sets called Sweet Shoppe. I'm sharing one card here, but I have four other cards that are up on the Sunny Studio blog and I hope you'll take a minute to pop over and check them out.

To create my card, I stamped the adorable ice cream cone on watercolor paper in various colors of pigment ink. I then stamped the sentiment with pigment ink, using my MISTI to help position it on the card. I sprinkled the stamped images with clear embossing powder and heat set them with my heat gun.

You're Sweet As Can Be Card by Juliana Michaels featuring Sweet Shoppe Stamp Set by Sunny Studio Stamps and Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers

You can do the stamping and heat embossing in small sections, but make sure you don't apply the embossing powder on the cones behind where you want the sentiment before you stamp the sentiment. You want to apply all of the embossing powder to this section at the same. If you stamp and emboss the cones and then stamp and emboss the sentiment, you will loose the smoothness you achieve if do them all at the same time. Hopefully this makes sense, but believe you me, I did it the other way the first time and the sentiment really didn't pop like it does here.

After I finished all the stamping and heat embossing, I selected a Zig Clean Color Real Brush Marker (my favorite markers - if you can't tell) in a color that coordinated with the ink I stamped the ice cream cone. I then colored in the cone and used a small paint brush and water to blend the color.

The final touch was the addition of a length of sequin trim, I adhered in place using Therm O Web Bling Zots.

Thanks for stopping by today and make sure you head over to check out my Sweet Shoppe cards on the Sunny Studio blog. Here are a couple peaks to give you a little encouragement to head on over there.

Here is a list of some of the supplies I used on this card. Where available I use affiliate links on the products I purchase and use. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking, I will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thanks so much for your support!

Sunny Studio SWEET SHOPPE Clear Stamp Set SSCL136

Sunny Studio Snippets SWEET WORD Die Set SUNNYSS802

Sunny Studio Snippets SWEET SHOPPE Die Set SUNNYSS029

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CardMaker Magazine Blog Team

I'm super excited today to share some wonderful news I've been holding onto for a little while now. I've been asked to join the CardMaker Magazine Blog Team!

Every day from now through December, you can check out the CardMaker blog to see some fun card and paper crafting projects created by me and their fabulous new design team. I invite you to visit their blog to learn about the other talented designers I'll be joining. While you are there, make sure to sign up to receive email updates on their blog posts and/or to get the CardMaker newsletter.

For those of you who don't know, CardMaker Magazine, is published quarterly in both digital and print formats and features instructions for creating handcrafted greetings for every occasion. It was introduced as the first major magazine devoted to the card-making craft in 2005 and it remains the leading print-and-digital publication for card-making enthusiasts on the market.

To celebrate, I created a little card to share with you today using the Ranunculus stamp set by Simon Says Stamp and my favorite Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. I stamped the background onto watercolor paper using Versamark Ink, sprinkled it with white embossing powder and heat embossed it. I then colored it in with the Zig markers and added some water with a paint brush to blend the colors. For the focal image, I stamped the flower and leaves on watercolor paper and heat embossed it with gold embossing powder. I then colored them with the Zig markers and fussy cut them before adhering them to the card front.

Best Wishes card by Juliana Michaels featuring Simon Says Stamp Sketch Ranunculus Stamp Set and Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers

Thanks so much for stopping by today and for joining me in this little happy dance of mine!

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A Rose Is A Rose Digital Cut File and Scrapbook Page

Hello Digital Cut File fans! I'm back with a new cut file I created called A Rose Is A Rose. I used it to help me document these photos of my niece as she celebrated her First Holy Communion. As I was thinking of how to embellish this page and add to the story, the first thing that came to mind were flowers. Flowers seem to make everything a little extra special!

First Holy Communion Scrapbook Page by Juliana Michaels using A Rose Is A Rose Free Digital Cut File and Elle's Studio Thankful collection.

Digital Cut File | A Rose Is A Rose

This free cut file can be used with a variety of electronic digital cutting machines to create a full range of projects, including cards, home decor, scrapbook pages and more. The only limit to what you can create using this cut file is your own imagination. This digital file is available in SVG, PNG, DXF and Studio formats and you may download this digital cut file for your own personal use. If you have questions, concerns or comments about my cut files, please leave me a message in the comment section or contact me on Facebook.

A Rose Is A Rose Free Digital Cut File by Juliana Michaels www.17turtles.com

I also combined this cut file with the Make A Wreath Cut File. The circle shape from that set helped to ground the photos and the flowers as well as draw your eye into the center of the layout.

If you are looking for more special day scrapbook page ideas, check out another First Communion scrapbook page I made using the Rose Cluster Cut File. These cut files happen to coordinate with each other and I think they would be perfect for a double page layout. Don't you?

Supplies:
Here is a list of some of the supplies I used on this layout. Where available I use affiliate links on the products I purchase and use. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking, I will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. This allows me to continue creating and sharing my digital cut files with you. Thanks so much for your support!

Patterned Paper, Die Cuts, Cork Embellishment: Elle's Studio Thankful

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Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop Winner

Thank you so much to everyone who stopped by during the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop and for your sweet comments. It was a great hop and I still can't believe that over 800 people played along. Today, I'm announcing the winner of the little giveaway I had on my blog. Congratulations goes to Ann!

Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop & Blog Candy

Happy Summer my coffee loving friends. I'm happy to be playing along with the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop with my take on a summer themed coffee card. The Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop runs from today Friday, June 17 through Friday, June 24th. For more details about the hop and a chance to win a little blog candy from me, check out the bottom of this post.

The card I created is all about coffee and friends. I created the background on watercolor paper by blending several colors of Ranger Distress Ink with a Mini Blending Tool. I then splattered it with water using a paint brush and dabbed away the water to leave the lightened splatters.

Next, I stamped the image onto watercolor paper using the Taylored Expressions Perfect Blend stamp set and my Misti. I then fussy cut around the image and applied watercolor in colors similar to the inks I used to create the background. The final touch was to color in the heart and coffee cup in a pretty pink color using a Zig Clean Color Real Brush Marker.

Good Coffee Is Always Best With Great Friends Card by Juliana Michaels featuring Taylored Expressions Stamps, Ranger Distress Ink and Therm O Web Adhesives

Here are the details for the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop:
If you want to play along all you have to do is create a new card with a coffee, tea and/or cocoa image and the theme of summer. After you've created your card, head over to the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog to link up your card. Anyone can play along any time between Friday, June 17 through Friday, June 24th at 11:59 pm pacific. There are no limits to the number of entries. By linking up your project, you become eligible to win a prize from one the amazing Super Sponsors! Also, make sure to tag your projects on social media using #summerclh. I hope you'll play along and thanks so much for stopping by today!

As a way to wish you all a Happy Summer, I have a little gift to give away to one lucky person who leaves a comment below telling me what is your favorite coffee, tea or cocoa drink. The randomly selected winner with receive this cute Little B Coffee/Tea Cup notepad and this fun Coffee and Donuts Stamp Set by Kelly Purkey. If you'd love to win, leave me a comment and make sure I have a way to contact you if you're the winner. Commenting will be open until Friday, June 24th at 11:59 EST. Happy Summer and Coffee Lovers Blog Hopping!