All Occasion Cards

Hello all! I have to say -- it's time to clean out some cupboards and so, some of the cards that I've designed and created are now up for grabs! You can check out the tabs below for the different categories. Each card listed is a hand made creation by... ME!

PRICING & SHIPPING: Cards are $3 each and shipping is $2 for the first card and .50 for each additional card. If you want to purchase large quantities, I can ship in a flat rate box. I can fit 8 standard size cards in a small flat rate box for $5.95 or $12.65 for a medium flat rate box, which can hold upwards of 50 cards. Anything less than 8 cards, I will ship in a padded envelope. All cards include an envelope and will be wrapped in a plastic envelope as well for protection. I SHIP ONLY WITHIN THE UNITED STATES. Unless otherwise noted, the insides of the cards are blank. Cards are not signed by me on the back so, feel free to say you made them yourself! It can be our little secret! Standard size card is an A2 or 4-1/4" by 5-1/2".

PAYMENT: I accept Paypal for payment. Please allow up to 72 hours for shipment.

LOST PACKAGES: I am so sorry but I cannot be responsible for lost packages. In all of  my shipping, this has only happened once but since these are handmade cards, I will not be able to replace or refund lost packages.

FYI: When ordering, reference the title above the card, i.e. AO1 so that I know which card you are interested in. 

TO PURCHASE: Simply email me at juliekoerber@gmail.com and I can send a PayPal invoice to you. You do not need a PayPal account in order to order cards. You simply pay the invoice using a credit card and, voila! Done! 

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Just Breathe......

Hello all and happy Friday! I've got a bit of fun to share today! So... let's get to it! With a brand new month, comes a brand new Power & Spark Challenge hosted by my cardmaking sistah Stacy Morgan is all about.... CUTTING IT OUT! As Stace says, "Simply cut around your blooms (or main image) and add that extra "Ooomph!" to impress the recipient with your mad cutting skills!" Love it! 

Let's get to my creation!

Being that this is a 'Cut It Out' challenge, I decided to get a wee bit of help for this one and I turned to my Silhouette! I had made this file for the Orchids Rock stamp set and so, it was a perfect fit. At least I thought so! 

When coloring up this beauty, I have to say I needed a little help. I have only seen this variety of orchid a few times. So, thanks to "the Google" I found this picture to serve as a bit of inspiration!

Source         

I cut, stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and then, colored my image up with Copic markers, reaching for these shades....

After I was done coloring, the rest is matting it up! I added some background stamps, a little texture thanks to a Cuttlebug Embossing Folder and a wee bit of gold sponged to accent the embossing! The sentiment is from the Power Poppy stamp set Lilac Time.  It's a sentiment that hits home right now. With deadlines, and work and my baby boy graduating from high school in a few weeks, I am having to remind myself to "Just Breathe!!!" Sigh....

And here's a close up......

And that my friends is it, a peaceful & easy orchid all colored and cut out! You too can play along in Power Poppy's Cut It Out Challenge, all you need to do is get "snippy" with the scissors, or hit "cut" on your electronic cutting machine and you'll be in the running! JUST CLICK HERE  to read up on all the official details! Play along and you could win a free clear or digital stamp set of choice!

Before I go, I have to share the links for my beloved fellow Bloomies so that you can hop, skip and jump on over to their blogs to see what they whipped up on this fine Friday for all to see!

Christine Okken
Julie Koerber >>>> you are here!
Katie Sims
Leslie Miller
Stacy Morgan


Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you have a fantastic weekend! Mine will be spent on the softball field, hopefully soaking up some sun and watching my D.D. play her first games! Fun! Hope the sun is shining in your neck of the woods too!

~Julie

Did someone say... FRIDAY?

Hello all and hApPy.... FrIdAy!!!! It is supposed to be really nice in  my neck of the woods and so, rest assured, I will be out enjoying SPRING! Hope you will too!

Speaking of spring, I had to feel the season in my craft room! That's why it was super easy to reach for Power Poppy's Potted Primroses. On to my creation for this, Power Poppy Friday!

I picked some patterned paper from my scrap bin, made some scrappy pennants, added a little doily and then, colored up the main image from the set and one of the sentiments that I had cut out thanks to my Silhouette Cameo. I wish I could tell you the colors that I used but honestly, I had all my pinks and greens sprawled out on my desk and just did a grab and go coloring session! I can guess that I used RV52, and RV55 in there! For greens, I normally reach for G20, G21, G24 and G28. The yellows are likely Y21, Y23, Y35 and a little YG00 and YG03 for good measure! 

Here's a close up! You can see I added a wee bit of razzle dazzle to the centers with some glitter glue!

And that, my friends, is it! Oh, and before I forget.... have you played along in Power Poppy's Power & Spark Challenge??? All you need to do is add a POP of PASTEL to your card or creation and you could win a Power Poppy stamp set of choice! What FUN! (Click on the Pop of Pastel link to find out more!)

Before I go, a few of the other Bloomies are sharing some of their creations this Friday as well. If you're looking for weekend inspiration, I guarantee you'll find it on this hop!

Leslie Miller
Stacy Morgan
Tosha Leyendekker

Thanks for stopping by and saying "hi!" I hope you have the bestest of weekends and I will see you back here soon!

~Julie

Celebrating Spring!

Hello all! Exciting day here on the ole blog! Why, you ask? Because just a couple days ago, (Wednesday to be exact) Power Poppy released it's latest beauty in the Instant Garden Collection! It's a bit of flowering perfection that, if you love it as much as I do, you can visit powerpoppy.com HERE, buy, download and start coloring -- right away!

Check out the latest offering in their digital stamp set collection!

While Flowering Branches can be resized to be as small or as large as you like, at full size this baby is about 5" tall and a little less than 4" wide. That means this bit of lovliness can cover your entire card front! And, sweet stamping friends, my printed image nearly does!

On to my creation!

Did you catch Ally Cope's tutorial HERE from last Monday? Oh my, what a good reminder for all the coloring enthusiasts out there. You don't have to take hours and hours to color each and every image that you stamp. In fact, with her guidelines, you can do it in minutes! She might have used a water brush and some distress inks to get the color on her image but I wanted to be inspired to just "scribble" color on my image. Ally scribbled on the color on her final card that she made in 15 minutes. So, that was my guide -- 15 minutes -- only I scribbled with Copic markers. I literally set a timer and went to town, coloring with wreckless abandon! I could have likely cut that down if I had a little more of the abandon part! ;-) 

I started by printing my Flowering Branches on white card stock, cut it out with Spellbinders Labels Seventeen and while the die was still on, I sponged on some Spun Sugar Distress Ink. After I took the die off, I took a mister that had some of the reinker in it and gave the paper a spritz as well. I let it dry, and then grabbed the markers! 

Here's a peek at the colors that I used.....

If you take a close look at my sample you see -- I scribbled in and out of the lines. some areas look blended, others do not. And, that's what I love about it. It's a free flowing expression of color! After I was done, you can see I did go back in and add a wee bit of razzle dazzle thanks to some glitter glue!

I also took the sentiment from the set, cut it out using a die and added the spun sugar distress ink again while the die was still on my sentiment. Add some bling and sparkle edged ribbon and.... ta da! Easy peasy! Now, I am sure you'll have a feast for the eyes if you check out what the rest of the Bloomies did with this amazingly detailed and gorgeous bit of Flowering Branches! So, stop on by and say "Hi!"

Allison Cope
Christine Okken
Cindy Lawrence
Dawn Burnworth
Julie Koerber >>> you are here!
Kathy Jones
Katie Sims
Leslie Miller
Stacy Morgan
Tosha Leyendekker

Thanks all! Hope you have a fabulous and creative weekend ahead! My son has his senior prom so, I'll be busy getting him dapper and being part of the parental papparazzi! ;-) Have a good one & I will see you back here soon!

~Julie

Creating Seeds of Love!

Hi all! Yours truly is hosting Inspire Me Monday over on the Power Poppy Blog! Want to see how you can make this fun little packet full of Seeds of Love?

Just click HERE for all the instructions, plus the downloadable cut and print files! Fun stuff!

Happy Monday!

~Julie

A Pop of Pastel!

Hello all and welcome to April! As you know, every first Friday the Power Poppy Bloom Brigade ushers in a new challenge that's designed to add a bit of design power with a splash of creative spark in your craft rooms! So, as we usher in spring, we give you our next challenge hosted by the ever-so-talented Ally Cope!

HOW TO PLAY OUR 'POP OF PASTELS' CHALLENGE: 

"With Spring slowly making away across the land, it reveals the beautiful of so many gorgeous blooms and buds: blooms of soft buttery yellows, light lavender purples and pastel rosy pinks. So for this month's challenge, I want to see you create with a soft, subtle color palette of PASTELS. Let's see those creamy oranges, delicate grassy greens and beautiful soft shades of color on your cards and creations. I was inspired to create a card using the subtle palette of watercolor on my bouquet. I can't wait to see what you create!"  ~ Ally 

If you want to read up on the official rules, just click HERE and see how you can get in on the action! You could win a Power Poppy stamp set of choice!

On to my creation!

I have a bit of a throwback to share today! It's actually one that I created a while back but never shared! While I didn't craft it specifically for this challenge, it kind of fits! Don't worry, I think I'll be using a lot of pastels this month. Spring is in the air afterall, right?

For this spotlight creation, I stamped the Azalea image from Power Poppy on the decorative paper and then again on white card stock. I figured out which portion of the image I wanted in color and then, using a series of circle dies, cut that portion of the image out and colored it up with Copic markers. I added a little BasicGrey decorative paper, some bling and then added the sentiment thanks to a 1" circle punch. Easy peasy lemon squeezy! And that, my friends, is it!

Now it's time to see the beauties crafted by our talented Bloom Brigade. Stop by their blogs, give them some "love", and check out their latest creations!

Allison Cope
Christine Okken
Cindy Lawrence
Julie Koerber
Katie Sims
Stacy Morgan

So, get creative and then link up your creations over on the Power Poppy blog! You could win that Power Poppy stamp set that is on your wish list! For those that celebrate, I hope you have a rejoiceful Easter or blessed Passover weekend! I'll see you back here soon!

~Julie

It's a Power Poppy HOP!

Hi all and welcome to the grand finale -- the BIG day-- of Power Poppy's April Release Extravaganza! All of the stamps that we have been sneak peeking this week are now available in the Power Poppy Shop!  You can check out the full Scents and Sensability release -- with just a click HERE!

Just like the Bloomies do every release, we have a little parade showing off some of our favorites from the release! So, without further ado, my creation!

I had this idea in my mind for this card to be all or mostly white so that my colored image could just POP! The base is a 5" by 5" card (when folded) and the main panel is a 3" by 3" piece matted on a square that is 1/8" larger. I added a wee bit of texture thanks to a Spellbinders Paisley Embossing Folder. When I stamped my image from Lilac Time, I wanted it to be rather soft, so I stamped using Toffee Crunch Memento Ink, which is a light-ish Brown. Then, I went to town using my Copic Markers and used these colors....

After I was done coloring, I added spots of white acrylic paint to the flower's centers. See?

After that, I added a little silver cording, a Queen & Co. rhinestone and... ta da! The sentiment (also from the set) was stamped using Versafine Black Onyx (love that rich black ink!). And that, my friends, is it!

Now be sure to hop on over to see what the rest of the Bloom Brigade has to share in this all out Power Poppy Hop!

Allison Cope
Christine Okken
Cindy Lawrence
Dawn Burnworth
Kathy Jones
Katie Sims
Leslie Miller
Stacy Morgan
Tosha Leyendekker

Be sure to swing back here Friday! Not only is it Power Poppy Friday but I'll be sharing the details on Power Poppy's brand new challenge for April that could land YOU as the winner of one of Power Poppy's stamp sets that you've been eyeing! See you back here then!

~Julie

Power Poppy Peeks Day 3: Daffodils!

Well folks -- it's an exciting day here on my blog! Why? Well, it's the final day of the Power Poppy Scents and Sensibility Collection Sneak Peeks and you know what that means? It means we are one day closer to these fabulous designs being in the Power Poppy Shop!

So, without further ado.....

You might recognize the "theme" of this Daffodils stamp set from one of Power Poppy's digital sets. That's right, Marcella took the lush image from Dancing With Daffodils and made it into a full clear stamp set! Woo hoo! Now lovers of clear can have a taste of this daffodil goodness! 

On to my creation!

I knew when I started this card that I wanted soft colors mixed with a pop of that bold blue. So, I went lightly on the daffodils, allowing the grape hyacinth to add that pop of drama!

To color, I used these Copic markers...

You can see too that I did a whole BUNCH of fussy cutting! You really can "lose time" when you're listening to good music, just cutting and coloring the afternoon away! ;-)

Here's a close up!

The rest is just matting! I used a Stampin' Up border embossing folder, the Spellbinders Scalloped Borders Two die, a mix of some Echo Park paper, a bit of Hug Snug ribbon, a wee bit of paper piercing and some bling thanks to some 3mm and 6mm sequins. And that, my friends is it!

Now it's time to hop on over to see how the rest of the Bloom Brigade brought this set to life!

Allison Cope
Christine Okken
Cindy Lawrence
Dawn Burnworth
Julie Koerber >>> you are here!
Kathy Jones
Katie Sims
Leslie Miller
Stacy Morgan
Tosha Leyendekker
Marcella's Post over on Power Poppy!

And don't forget -- today is the last day to enter into the GO FOR THE GOLD Challenge! Check it out HERE! And, be sure to tune back in TOMORROW when the Bloomies offer up a Power Poppy Parade showing off all the new sets and sharing how YOU can get your hands on them!

See you back here soon!

~Julie

Power Poppy Sneaky Peeks Day 2: Simply Camellias

Hello all and Happy Monday! As you kick off your week have we got a special treat! It's day two of the sneaky peeks showing off Power Poppy's latest clear stamp set release! Yesterday the Bloom Brigade lavished you with Lilac. Today, we confound you with Camellias!

Simply Cameillias takes Power Poppy's beautiful digital stamp -- Camellias --  and builds on its beauty in a clear polymer stamp set! It's the second offering in Power Poppy's brand new Scents and Sensibility Collection coming to the Power Poppy Shop on April 1st!

On to my creation!

Do you ever start with a card and have absolutely no idea where you are going? I wanted to create a soft monochromatic card and so, I started coloring the leaves of this single Camellia in shades of violet grey (BV20, BV23 and BV25). I followed it up with the flowers themselves and used B60 and B63. When I was done coloring with these two colors, I blended by coloring the entire image with V0000. It gave it a wee bit of a rosy flair. The background around my flowers was colored with BV00.

After I was done coloring I did add some dots of black and then followed up and added some white acrylic paint dots. Not sure if I love that, but my goal was to just add a wee bit of POP. The ribbon is Hug Snug and then I added some BasicGrey pearls and a fun die cut frame (Spellbinders Majestic Labels Twenty Five). And that, my friends is it! Like I said, I had no idea where this card was going when I began but I achieved the monochromatic feel!

Want to be WOWED by the rest of the Bloom Brigade. I personally can't wait to see their take on this amazingly beautiful set. These fine ladies below always seem to know how to bring these breathtaking illustrations to life!


Allison Cope
Christine Okken
Cindy Lawrence
Dawn Burnworth
Julie Koerber >>> you are here!
Kathy Jones
Katie Sims
Leslie Miller
Stacy Morgan
Tosha Leyendekker

Marcella's Power Poppy Post


Stay tuned dear friends! Tomorrow's set is one that will offer up another irresistible breath of spring!! See you back here then!

~Julie

Power Poppy Sneaky Peeks Day 1: Lilac Time!

Hello all! How's life in your neck of the woods? Is spring staring to sprout? Well, if you are still waiting for warmer temperatures and the first signs of budding blossoms, have we got YOU in mind with Power Poppy's latest clear stamp set release!

Will you check this out???

Ahhhhhh.... I LOVE lilacs. LOVE them! There is nothing like taking a deep breath and smelling their sweet fragrance in the air! It's just such a serene scent. My hubby and I both love lilacs and that's why we are vowing this spring to rip up part of our yard just to plant a trio of lilac bushes! But, sweet friends, I digress!

Marcella has added to her fabulous digi French Lilac with a gorgeous new vignette as well as beautifully scripted sentiments to bring you Lilac Time! It's a brand spanking new clear set! And, it's a part of Power Poppy's brand new Scents and Sensibility Collection coming to the Power Poppy Shop on April 1st!

On to my creation!

I started with this beautiful image by stamping on white cardstock with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink. Then, like I love to do, I grabbed my Copic markers and used G20, G21, G24, G28, B60, B63, B66, Y00,Y06, Y35, B00, B0000, BV0000, BV00, E81, E0000, R0000, RV00 and R01.

When I was done, I did add some Waterfall Stickles (blue shimmer) to the flowers. You can barely see it in the close up, but trust me, it's there and it sparkles! I cut my image out with a Spellbinders LG Circle die and then used my paper piercer to add a little accent around my image. The bottom band is done with a Spellbinders border die (Scalloped Borders Two). I added some Hug Snug ribbon, and a mix of BasicGrey and Stampin' Up decorative paper and... ta da! The sentiment, also from the set, was stamped and punched out with a 1-1/4" circle punch. And that, my friends, is it!

Goodness, if you love lilacs as much as I do than you most certainly will want to hop along the Bloom Brigade trail to see what the rest of the Bloomies whipped up with this beautiful set!

Allison Cope
Christine Okken
Cindy Lawrence
Julie Koerber >>>>> you are here!
Kathy Jones
Katie Sims
Leslie Miller
Stacy Morgan

Marcella's Power Poppy Post


Stay tuned dear friends! Tomorrow's set that the Bloomies will sneak has just as much of a botanical flair! In fact, it has squeal factor! I'll see you back here tomorrow!

~Julie