Blogger's Challenge 100 - Patriotic

I totally planned to participate in the Blogger's Challenge last week, but ran out of time. However, I got it together this week, and have a card to post. The challenge for this week was "Patriotic." I have a friend whose birthday is really close to July 4th, so I used the patriotic theme to make her a birthday card.


Stamps: Owl Celebrations (Sweet and Sassy Stamps), Button/Bow Bear Accessories (Stampin' Up! retired)
Ink: Memento, Copics, Whisper White Craft pad, Bravo Burgundy, Night of Navy
Paper: Daisy D's, Bazzill, Bravo Burgundy
Embellishments: Prima’s, Copics Airbrush System, Martha Steward border punch, Fire Circle Rhinestone
Other notes: I added the designer paper to he belly of the owl.

This card is also for the Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge. Here is the sketch...

This flower was tricky. I wanted the colors to match, and did not have the right color flowers. However, I have a paint can of white flowers. So I used my Copic Airbrush to color the flowers. It worked beautifully for the blue flower, but the red flower was just too orange and bright. I really wanted to add Bravo Burgundy, but nothing seemed to work. I used my color spritzer, and it just added dots. I tried using wax paper with burgundy and a water spritzer, but could not get even color and it soaked the flower. I used my heat gun to dry, and then applied the flower directly to my burgundy pad. It was then too dark. So, I spritzed the flower with water and dried it again with my heat gun. The picture below is the result.

I actually like the way it turned out. It has some depth and dimension. It kind of blends with the designer paper.

I hope you have a safe and wonderful Memorial Day Weekend!


Julie Glasgow
Durango, CO

Owl Calendar May

Here is another page from my Owl Calendar. This page is from May, our birthday month. Our family has a ton of birthdays in May. Did this happen by chance? Not so much. I was bound and determined not to be 9 months pregnant in July or August in California, so we had good timing and a little luck. As it happens, there are others in the family with that same stroke of luck, and cousins share a birthday month.


So, here is a page showing our birthday celebration last year.

The stamp is from Sweet N Sassy Stamps. The papers are a variety of papers from a 4 x 6 paper pack. I used Copics to color the owl. The flowers are Prima's with a button center.

I hope you have a wonderful Tuesday.

Julie Glasgow
Durango, CO

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

I am starting off the new year by changing my blog from Typepad to Blogger. I hope to have the transition complete in the next few weeks. I really like the qualities that Blogger offers without the expense. If you would like to view some of the older posts, my typepad account will be active until at least the end of January. You can visit that blog here.

Here is another page I did for my mom's Owl Calendar.



The owl is from Sweet & Sassy Stamps. The picture was taken last February when my daughter first started ice skating. Now she is skating nearly every day and will be competing in February. It is hard to believe.

I hope you have a wonderful year.


Julie Glasgow
Durango, CO

BC79 - CELEBRATION

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. We have had a ton of snow, so it was interesting, but wonderful to have my parents here visiting from Phoenix.

Here is my entry for Blogger's Challenge #79. The theme is celebration. This page is from a calendar I made for my mom for Christmas. I felt it was appropriate for celebration.



This page celebrates the coming New Year. Is it 2009 already? Didn't we just go through the whole Y2K fiasco. My how time flies.

The stamps are a combination. The owl comes from Sweet & Sassy Stamps, and the champagne glass comes from Magnolia. The entire calendar is owls (my mom's favorite). Check back soon. I plan to post all the pages over the next couple weeks.

Have a great After-Christmas-Shopping Friday.