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Julie's Article
Julie Kramer
Julie Kramer
FRIENDSHIP
Friends come in many shapes and sizes and they all suit a purpose in our lives. There are the friends that you can call anytime to ask a favor. There are the friends that make you laugh no matter your mood. We can’t forget the ones who will let us cry on their shoulder. I’m fortunate to have a network of friends that fit all the roles. If you are like me, I don’t get to see my friends as much as I’d like so when we do get together we make the most of the time we have. For over 20 years my high school girlfriends and I have gotten together every fall for our annual “Shop ‘Till Ya Drop” trip. Over the years the purpose of the trip has changed. The core purpose is still shopping but it has evolved into more of a therapy session at times. Where we use to power shop we now find ourselves taking our time at lengthy dinner conversations and late night gab fests. We share our stories of family and lives that are all different from each other. So when it comes to friendships the shapes and sizes don’t matter, it’s the fit that counts.

The following lyrics are from popular television shows that remind me of my friends and I.

CHEERS

Making your way in the world today takes everything you've got.
Taking a break from all your worries, sure would help a lot.
Wouldn't you like to get away?
Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name,
And they're always glad you came.
You wanna be where you can see, our troubles are all the same.
You wanna be where everybody knows your name.
You wanna go where people know, people are all the same.
You wanna go where everybody knows your name.


THE GOLDEN GIRLS

Thank you for being a friend
Traveled down the road and back again
Your heart is true you’re a pal and a confidant.
And if you throw a party
Invited everyone you ever knew
You would see the biggest gift would be from me
And the card attached would say thank you for being a friend.


Hug A Friend Today,
Julie
BRAT PACK RADIO
Supplies:
  • Young At Heart Creatable by KaeLynn Winn
  • Cardstock, dark raspberry, dark grey, white
  • Printed harlequin paper, source unknown
  • Brown paper fastener by Miss Elizabeth’s
  • Gold gel pen
  • Pop Dots by All Night Media
  • Sheer Gold Glaze by Delta
  • Craft paint brush
Instructions:
  1. Copy and paste the pink heart graphic to a work space, I use Microsoft Word. Size to 3 ¼” tall. Copy and paste a second graphic and print both onto white cardstock. Cut out the heart graphic. Cut the flower off the second graphic. Adhere to heart graphic using pop dots under the petals and the brown paper fastener in the center.
  2. Prepare the background by adhering a 6” strip of the harlequin paper down the center of the raspberry cardstock.
  3. Arrange 3 vertical photos 1” from top of layout. Cut 2, ¼” strips of grey cardstock and adhere to the top and bottom of the 3 photos.
  4. Mat remaining photo with grey cardstock and adhere to the bottom left of the layout.
  5. Print a title onto the grey cardstock. I used LD Harlequin font. Cut out and arrange with heart graphic onto layout.
  6. Add any other journaling you desire with the gold gel pen. I randomly added song titles and artists from the play list the band sang.
  7. Edge the layout with Sheer Gold Glaze applying with a dry brush.
Project 1
RECIPE FOR LIFE
Supplies:
  • School Time Memories Creatable by Lori Barnes
  • Cardstock, white, gold, brown, rust
  • Wild Flower Well Worn paper by The Paper Loft
  • Brown paper fastener by Miss Elizabeth’s
  • Silver paper fasteners by Miss Elizabeth’s
  • Gold silk flower by Making Memories
  • Gold button
Instructions:
  1. Copy and paste the tag graphic to a work space, I use Microsoft Word. Size to 4 ¼”. Print onto white cardstock and cut out. Cut a small piece of rust cardstock and adhere to the top of the tag with a silver paper fastener.
  2. Prepare the background by adhering a 4 ½” strip of the wild flower paper to the bottom of the brown cardstock. Cut a ¼” strip of the gold cardstock and adhere above the flower paper and a ½” rust strip and adhere above the gold cardstock.
  3. Double mat a photo with the gold and rust cardstock and adhere to the top right of the layout. Cut random strips of the gold and rust cardstock. Cut angle on the ends and tuck under the left side of the photo. Place silver paper fasteners into the wider stripes next to the photo.
  4. Attach the silk flower with a gold button center over the strips above the flower paper.
Project 2
KEEP SMILING
Supplies:
  • Spooky Halloween Creatable by Cheryl Welch
  • Cardstock, white, black, orange
  • Funky retro paper, source unknown
  • Pop Dots by All Night Media
  • Craft Googly Eye
  • Dymo Label Maker
Instructions:
  1. Copy and paste the stitches graphic to a workspace, I use Microsoft Word. Size to 5 ¼” wide. Copy and paste this graphic again and print onto white cardstock. Completely cut out one graphic and the head from another. Adhere the head to the complete graphic using Pop Dots. Adhere a googly eye to the head.
  2. Adhere 3 horizontal photos down the left side of the black cardstock. Edge with ¼” orange cardstock strips.
  3. Cut a 1” strip of the funky retro paper and 2, ¼” strips of the orange cardstock. Tuck under the top photo to create a border and adhere.
  4. Cut a partial circle from the funky retro paper and a slightly larger one out of the orange. Adhere to the bottom right of the layout.
  5. Adhere the Stitches title to the layout below the top border. Add desired journaling using a label maker.
Project 3
REMAINDER 5
Supplies:
  • Apples and Harvest Creatable by Debbie Crabtree
  • Cardstock, white, various fall colors
  • Various print fall color paper
  • ¼" satin ivory ribbon
  • Cricut, Stamped Cartridge or Alphabet Template
Instructions:
  1. Copy and paste the Fall Leaf02 graphic to a workspace, I use Microsoft Word. Create random sizes and print onto white cardstock. Cut out and set aside.
  2. To create the background to this layout start with a 12x12 piece of white cardstock. Completely cover the white background by cutting and tearing different sizes from the cardstock and printed paper.
  3. Mat photos onto cardstock, arrange and adhere to the layout.
  4. Create a title using the Cricut or templates.
  5. Embellish with ribbon and the fall leaf graphics.
Project 4
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