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A very warm welcome to my teeny, tiny part of the huge world of blogging. This is where I share my passion for making hand made greeting cards. So - why "Always with a Heart"? Well this is for two reasons. Firstly, it is because every card I produce carries a heart on it somewhere. This can be big and bold or small and almost hidden - the fun sometimes is just trying to find it! Secondly it is because I put my heart into everything I produce. I hope that any visitors enjoy seeing what I post. If you drop by then please leave me a comment so that I know you called. It would be nice to know that you have found my heart in what I do.

Monday, 1 June 2026

CREATE YOUR OWN BACKGROUND

Hi Everyone

Hope your week is off to a good start.

I am playing along with the Little Red Wagon Challenge again where the theme for this week has been "Create Your Own Background".  I have to admit that this isn't something I have done very often unlike some blog pals who "always make their own backgrounds" and never use design papers.

But I actually enjoyed it once I got started and liked my finished background so much that I didn't actually want to cover it up LOL!!!

This is my finished offering:

This used:

ScrapBerry's Stencil - Stencil Petals
Distress Oxides:  Peeled Paint, Iced Spruce, Spiced Marmalade
Permanent Fineliner Pen
Memory Box Dies:  "98261" Kaleidoscope Butterfly and "98262" Moonlight Butterfly
Julie Hickey:  JHD-CUT-1003 - Layers, Frames & Banners Rectangle Die Set
Julie Hickey:  DS-HE-1063 - Hazel's Sentiment Medley Die Set
Ribbon
My Trusty Sewing Machine

So that is me for today, I will hopefully catch you again soon.

5 comments:

Brenda said...

Jules, this turned out so beautiful. Iʻm so glad you enjoyed the process. Thanks so much for joining us at Little Red Wagon Challenge!

meg said...

Totally understand why you didn't want to cover up that beautiful background,the colour combo you chorus gorgeous

LesleyG said...

Love this Jules! Great stencilled background, fabulous sparkly butterfly, lush ribbon and superb coordinating sentiment xxx

Aquarius said...

I know just what you mean when it comes to making your own backgrounds - often they are far too nice to cover up and the same does apply with some patterned papers too, I must say. You've made a super background here and left enough of it for us to appreciate - a lovely card as always. Hugs x

Pauline C said...

Beautiful background Jules really makes your focal elements pop - I love how you fineliner outlined the stencilled shapes to give them more definition xx