Want2Scrap Guest desinger Julie Ranae

We are proud to share August's

Guest Designer Julie Ranae.

Julie Ranae

Julie’s Open Window  

Julie Ranae comes from The Forest City of Rockford, Illinois. She has been married to her British-import husband Paul for 22 years and is the mother of two children and Mema to four grandsons.

Her professional background in retail marketing & consulting eventually led into her opening the largest rubber stamp and paper-crafting store in Illinois. She has gone on to organize paper-crafting events and workshop and retreat weekends which have drawn crafters from all over the world

In June 2009, she began a new journey with her creative blog Julie’s Open Window. It quickly became an outlet for her passion of creative writing and a place to share her work. Recently celebrating her 3-year ‘blogaversary’,she is honored that nearly 1100 ‘fabby friends’ have become followers and participate in a variety of blog hops, challenges and fun when they visit.

She is the creator of the very popular weekly color challenge, The Play Date Café& co-creator of the Clean & Simple Challenge, CAS-ual Fridays . She is also the Design Team Coordinator for The Twinery& The Craft’s Meow, a designer for EAD Designs and Marketing Coordinator for StopandScrap.com.

Her work in the rubber stamping industry has been featured in a variety of trade publications and her designs have been featured in Scrapbook News & Review, Paper Craft Planet, CARDS/Create and Moxie Fab World.

She is a huge fan of Skype and is constantly in front of the mirror, checking her makeup...

just in case someone calls! (I love that)

Here are some LOVELY projects she has created for your enjoyment!

You are going to love what she does with Want2Scrap products!

love that pearl flourishes continue to be such a wonderful

accent to cards and that's what I chose to spotlight on this one.

Last week, I mentioned that I was kinda getting back to the

'BOO' idea (you can read about that HERE) so I pulled out

some great papers by BasicGrey for my 'wallpaper' background

that I got from StopandScrap.com

{they have THE BEST prices on all the NEW CHA stuff ! ! }

From there it really was a matter of layering all good things

until I was happy with the result.

I haven't played with a 'shabby-chic' look for awhile,

so it was fun to play with all these great textures.

Project Recipe:

Patterned Paper: PBJ by BasicGrey from StopandScrap.com
Cardstock: from WeRMemory Keepers

Stamps: Ladies & Gents by The Craft's Meow

Embellishments: pearl flourish from Want2Scrap

net flower by Recollections, seam binding from Hug Snug

chevron ribbon by Amy Tangerine for American Crafts

Sentiment sticker by American Crafts

Alpha stickers by October Afternoon

Tools: Labels 18 by Spellbinders, Big Shot

I love this set of Stickerz called 'London Town' and thought it was

fitting for the festivities of the last two weeks.

These designs are all outlined in black and could easily be

colored in with your Copics or any alcohol-based marker.

I chose to keep it quite simple using bling from Want2Scrap

to light up the 'London Eye'

Project Recipe:

Cardstock: Pure Luxury by Gina K Designs

Embellishments: London Town Stickerz by EAD Designs

bling by Want2Scrap

 On Julie's last card she

thought the colors on this card worked really well
for the newest challenge over at The Play Date Café too! AND we agree...love this color combo. Once that is a great contrast and really highlight her design!

The Play Date Café

Project Recipe:

Cardstock: Pure Luxury by Gina K Designs

Patterned Paper: Sugar & Spice by Doodlebug Design
Stamps: Stitched Flowers & Sentiments by The Craft's Meow

Embellishments: pearls from Want2Scrap

Join us here again on August 30 as Julie share more ispriation. All of us here at Want2Scrap can not wait to see the next amazing creation by Julie!

A huge thank you to Julie for joining us and make sure you check out her blog and web pages to be insprired and to see the other great products as well as The Play Date Café  Color Challenge! Join in the fun at The Play Date Café and tell them you saw Julie and her wonderful creations here at Want2Scrap!

Visit Julie's blog to enjoy all her creative inspiration!

Julie’s Open Window  

The winner from our blog hop with The Craft's Meow from right her at the Want2Scrap Blog is:

BrendaAugust 10, 2012 10:20 AM

Love your elegant layout! Thanks for the blog hop...it's been fun!

Please email me at karentaylor1111@hotmail.com

We will announce the winner from the Hop comments on our designer's page today on Facebook! So keep your eyes open and join us at:

Want2Scrap Facebook Page

Remember you have until midnight eastern time to share post on our Facebook page to win a Gift Certificate...so get on Facebook and share your favorite Want2Scrap products, posts and projects!

Thank you so much for joining us! Have a Fantastic Wednesday and remember...from all of us here at:

"It ain't got a thing if it ain't got the bling!"