Julie Kelley's Design Gallery

Snow Day! Upcoming Class at Ink About It

Snow Day... We've had 5 so far this winter... We haven't had 5 snow days in the last 8 years combined!!! I'm afraid we'll be going to school til August!! To help take away the fear of 100+ degrees in my classroom this summer :) Here's a fun Snow Day book!!!  At least the dog and kids are having a fun time in the snow!!

This mini-book, using Zutter Cover All's and super-fun BoBunny patterned papers will be taught at Ink About It in Westford on February 17 @ 6:30  Call the store if you want to join us!!!

the front view:

and the opened cover

another view of the front:

Another Zutter Class!!

Can't get enough Zutter?? Well, I'm teaching a Zutter Class tomorrow morning at The Crop Shop in Rockland,  MA  10am :) We'll make 3 little projects as an introduction to the Zutter... Here's a preview of one of the projects... All 3 use the same (beautiful) My Minds Eye patterned papers, and would make a beautiful addition to your desk, or package them up and they make a beautiful gift as well... Call the store today if you want to join us!!!

Christmas Card Book!!

This is the 3rd year I've made a book out of my Christmas Cards... One of my very favorite projects I make every year... When I pulled out the other 2, the kids (and I) LOVED to look through and see all the cards from past years... This book is a project for this month's Zutter class at Ink About It in Westford Ma... This Thursday evening... gather up all your Christmas Cards, and come and make this book :)

 

Here's a link to last year's book :)

http://juliek.typepad.com/gallery/2010/01/tonights-zutter-class.html

 

And here's 2008's book :)

http://juliek.typepad.com/gallery/2009/01/happy-christmas-2008.html

A Great Gift Idea

Please tell me that I'm not the only person who walks down the aisles of stores and thinks "oh, I could Zutter that!!!" That's how this recipe book came about :) Plus, I'm a "search for recipes in the internet and print them" kind of girl :) Come join me this Thursday evening at Ink About It in Westford, MA to create this super fun recipe book!! It uses the fun Little Yellow Bicycle Savor line, pocket folders, and the Zutter Bind it All... Bring your own machine, or just bring yourself, some adhesive and use my machine :) Still a few spots left be sure to call the store to reserve your space... This recipe book makes a great gift, and with the holidays so close, who couldn't use a great (and easily completed in class) gift?? 

Here's a few pics... Hope to see you Thursday!!

 

 

 

 

New Pages and Mini Book using Imaginisce Apple Cider Line

I love being a part of The Crop Shop's Design Team!!! It's a fabulous store, I just wish it was closer!!! We had our meeting last week and got our new "assignments" One of my new lines is the FABULOUS Imaginisce Apple Cider Line... It's so wonderful for fall photos!!! Here's what I've come up with so far... I'm also using this line for my September Zutter Class at Ink About It in Westford...

Here's 3 layouts...

And the mini-book that I created...

Email... Should I Check Again??

I've been obsessively checking my email... Hoping to get one from a certain manufacturer that I'd love to create for... I'm positive at this point that they've already contacted their new designers, but until they're posted I can play the "what if" game in my head :) So, as I'm obsessively checking my emails again, I get one from Zutter advertising a sale on their FAB Cover Alls... I LOVE Cover Alls :) Anyway, I'm scanning through the email, and WOW! HEY!! That's MY project that they have included as an example :)  I so loved my time on the Zutter Design Team, and am thrilled to be able to still create the occasional project for them... Having my project included in their promotional email just made my day... And made the obsessive email checking worth it :) Here's a pic of the project that they used :)

Post this :)

I love making little post it note holders! They make a fun and easy gift for almost any occasion... Here's my latest!  I used 2 coasters, the Zutter owires (I think they're 3/4") and fun Bo Bunny papers that I've been holding on to for a while... I added a couple of ribbon scraps... The tree and alpha are QuicKutz Reuse

Upcoming Class at Ink About It

I'm so excited about this month's Zutter Class!!! There's still space if you want to join in the fun :) Just call the store and let them know!! Check out their website for more information www.inkaboutitonline.com   The class is from 6:30-8:30 on August 12, and when you leave class your book will be complete with the exception of photos and journaling!!!  I was inspired to make this book when I saw the new 7gypsies envelope books (which, of course, I had to buy 'cause I have a "mini book problem" :)  But I thought to myself, I could make that!! And that's what I did... There's 6x6 Chipboard Wood covers by Zutter, 6x9 manilla envelopes (cut down, I used both parts) and fab papers by Girls' Paperie... Here's just a couple of photos of the album :)

 

Inside each little envelope pocket is a journal card like these... Plus there's extra journal sections as needed

Upcoming Class at Ink About It

I am so thrilled to be teaching a monthly Zutter Class at Ink About It in Westford, MA  They're only about 30 minutes away from me, and just a lovely store to browse around in!!  This month's class in on July 22, at 6:30pm and there's still a few spots left... You can call the store directly to register... See the link to the store above...

I used 7.5x5 Zutter covers, and the BEAUTIFUL Creative Imaginations papers to create the book...

 

June Crop Shop Projects!

I am so honored to have been chosen to be a part of The Crop Shop's Design Team!! It's quite a little ride to get there, but well worth the trip :)  Here are the projects that I completed for June...

Using the FABULOUS American Craft summer papers and elements, I created these 2 layouts and card... There may be a couple more cards coming, I still have a pile of scraps to use up... These 2 layouts will be a class at the store a little later in the summer :)

Summer Lovin' 12x12 Layout using American Crafts Patterned Papers (I cut the titles from a patterned paper) American Crafts Cardstock, and the adorable little Crab is also American Crafts :)

This layout was also created using American Crafts Patterned Papers, Cardstock, and the title cut from the same paper as the above titles...

 

And then this adorable card:

 

In my package I also got a big stack of Basic Grey Patterned Papers, and the Chipboard Shapes from the Cappella, I made this Father's Day album using the Maya Road Chipboard TShirt Album and those pretty papers... The Alphabet on the front is QuicKutz Diesel.

 

 

I made a matching card...

 

Then this layout, featuring a few photos from Sean's First Communion...

and a few cards with some of the scraps...