Just Judy Designs is Moving!

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It is a big news day and I'm finally ready to tell you about the brand new Just Judy Designs website. After 16 years with Typepad, it was a huge decision to move to a self-hosted Wordpress platform. Typepad has become difficult to use in the last couple of years since it went into mothballs (no new users). The last few months of total frustration was the shove I needed to finally set up my own website that I can fully control. I have new services coming in the future that will help me provide more options directly from the website. 

Because I have so much content here, I will be leaving this blog open. This will allow all my  projects pinned on Pinterest to link back to the correct blog post for information. I do hope to bring across all of this years projects to the new blog. You will also find a button on the new website to come back to the Typepad blog as well. 

If you have subscribed to get my blog posts by email, you will continue to receive them without interruption from the new website, starting Sunday. 

You can now find me at https://justjudydesigns.com or click the pretty pink house above.

I hope you will head over there and have a browse.

Thanks for visiting today!

 

 


CASE-ing the Catty - Colours of Florals in Bloom DSP

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Hi there

Welcome to CASE-ing the Catty for this week. 

If you've come from visiting Rochelle, then welcome!  If you're visiting me, I appreciate you stopping by today! You can continue your journey to see the other inspiring creations from the CTC Crew by clicking on the button at the bottom of the post.

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This week we are CASE-ing the colours of the Florals in Bloom DSP  from the  2025- 2025 Annual Catalogue. You can see the colours and designs of this paper on page 43 . 

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I chose the project in the photo above from page 40 of the Annual Catalogue. This project captured my attention the first time I looked through the catalogue and I've been waiting for the Party Banners Dies to arrive to make my version. 

Stampin' Up! Florals in Bloom Bundle | Judy May | Just Judy Designs
I can think of a couple of different ways to make this project, but I decided to create a pocket on the front of a standard metric card, so the card would stand nicely to display the bouquet. I chose Petunia Pop for the card base and cut the 3rd largest banner from the Party Banners Dies from Petunia Pop as well.  I trimmed the banner to the length I wanted and added some texture with the Forever Plaid 3D Embossing Folder. The sides of the banner were scored to the width of the card and folded under. I added the Iridescent Striped Ribbon finishing with a bow in the front, before adhering the panel to the front of the card base. 

Stampin' Up! Florals in Bloom Bundle | Judy May | Just Judy Designs

Once the base was done I got out the Pretty Florals Bundle and stamped a bunch of flowers in Petunia Pop, Timid Tiger, Darling Duckling and Strawberry Slush and cropped them with the coordinating dies. The stamps are two-step, so I stamped off the background colours to get the lighter tone. The background foliage uses a die from the Pretty Florals Dies and Summer Splash card stock which is also a colour in this paper. I decided on the Queen Anne's Lace die cut in white to add some contrast to all the colour and then arranged the die cuts in the 'pocket' that I created on the front of the card. I managed to get Secret Sea into the picture by using it to stamp the greeting from the Mixed Labels stamp set. It was cropped with the (retired) Tailor Made Tags Dies and attached to the bow with white Baker's Twine.

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I have kept the inside simple with a white writing panel and the pretty  larkspurs in the corner with a little Summer Splash foliage.

Stampin' Up! Florals in Bloom Bundle | Judy May | Just Judy Designs

Just a reminder, if you do not already have a Demonstrator (in Australia) and would like your own complimentary hard copy of the catalogue, then fill in your details on the Request Catalogues page (click on the link) on my blog. 

 

Project Details
Stamps Mixed Labels
Card stock & Papers Basic White, Petunia Pop, Summer Splash
 Ink Petunia Pop, Timid Tiger, Darling Duckling, Strawberry Slush, Garden Green, Granny Apple Green, Secret Sea
Accessories Iridescent Striped Ribbon, Antique Pearls, Baker's Twine Essentials
Tools Forever Plaid 3D EF, Pretty Florals Dies, Beautiful Motifs Dies, Tailor Made Tags Dies (retired),  Stampin' Cut & Emboss, Dimensionals, Glue Dots

 

We would love to see your CASE of the colours of the Florals In Bloom DSP this week. Click on this link or the image below to go there. The first time you will need to click on the 'Join Group' button at the top. Once you have been added to the group, you can go ahead and post your creation and you do not need to have a blog. 

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You can head over to Monique to see her lovely project and follow the hop to see the inspiration from the rest of the CTC Crew.

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Thanks for visiting today!



Gallery Blooms Shaker Birthday Card

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Today I'm sharing one of the cards from my May in-person class. I've used the Stampin' Up! Gallery Blooms Bundle to create an elegant card that would be suitable for mutliple occasions, but I chose a birthday greeting this time.

The Gallery Blooms Bundle is new in the 2025-2026 Annual Catalogue and is part of the Beautiful Gallery Suite Collection. There are 2 bundles, an embossing folder, patterned paper and embellishments for a fabulous coordinating collection of products. As the title implies, this collection is reminiscent of an art gallery with landscapes, oil paintings, Victorian-style motifs and frames. It would lend itself very well to vintage style cards and scrapbook pages.

Stampin' Up! Gallery Blooms Shaker Birthday Card | Judy May | Just Judy Designs

My card has a simple layout with the smaller of the two frames from the Gallery Blooms Dies as the focus in Gorgeous Grape and lots of white space. The beautiful floral image was coloured with Stampin' Blends Alcohol Markers and there is a coordinating die to crop the image. I love how the die cuts out the small white spaces around the stems so you can see the background. This extra level of detail is something I hope we will see a lot more in the future.

Stampin' Up! Gallery Blooms Shaker Birthday Card | Judy May | Just Judy Designs

The card has been stepped up by turning the frame into a shaker element with the lovely (and sadly, retired) Loose Silver Sequins for some pretty sparkle. The birthday greeting is from the (retired) Express Yourself stamp set, stamped in Gorgeous Grape ink and cropped with the banner from the Stylish Shapes Dies. I tucked it under the stem of the floral image so it extends a little over the frame. The bow in the White 1/4" Ribbon on the stem of the flower is the finishing touch. This ribbon is soft with a lovely texture and ties really well.

Stampin' Up! Gallery Blooms Shaker Birthday Card | Judy May | Just Judy Designs

For the inside, there is a Highland Heather mat for the writing panel. In the bottom corner I have added the white Queen Anne's Lace die cut from the Beautiful Motifs Dies behind the smaller floral image coloured with Stampin' Blends.


Stampin' Up! Gallery Blooms Shaker Birthday Card | Judy May | Just Judy Designs

In this photo, you can see more of the detail from the pretty design in the background from the Pressed Flowers Embossing Folder, which is also new in the 2025-2026 Annual Catalogue.

 

Project Details
Stamps Gallery Blooms, Express Yourself (retired)
Card stock & Papers Basic White, Gorgeous Grape, Highland Heather, Window Sheet
 Ink Early Espresso, Gorgeous Grape
Accessories White 1/4" Ribbon, Loose Silver Sequins (retired)
Tools Stylish Shapes Dies, Gallery Blooms Dies, Beautiful Motifs Dies, Pressed Flowers Embossing Folder,  Stampin' Cut & Emboss, Foam Adhesive Strips, Stampin' Blends (Highland Heather, Granny Apple Green)

 

Thanks for visiting today!