Paperartsy Inspiration - My Friend Julie-Ann

Hi ya, just popping on to enter the inspiration challenge over on the Paperartsy Blog and this weeks designer has been the awesome amazing Julie-Ann Lee, please pop on over there to see her gorgeous creations. Also a lot is going on this week with loads of blog posts on all their new products with lots of samples so it's certainly worth grabbing a cuppa and having a read :-)
Julie-Ann is a very good blog friend and we email each other frequently and have a good chat about everything, I feel like I can tell her anything and she always listens, and I hope she feels the same way :-).
But our artwork is very different, hers is very shabby chic, elegant, vintage and distressed and she her work always inspires me, she always has a story behind the art and she is very very interesting, me I'm more chuck some paint around and hope for the best lol.  So I really really wanted to support her through this Paperartsy journey and join in with each challenge but I have found it so hard.  I even had my tags ready last Sunday evening and loved her spraying fresco paint on the backgrounds, but then that was it.  Every single idea just didn't feel good enough, I wanted to show how much she inspires me, but everything I tried looked awful.  I really thought last night I wouldn't be able to join in :-( but this morning I sat putting away the tags feeling sorry for myself lol and suddenly thought, I can't do her style or art justice, but I could show her how much I care and this is how I ended up with the following tags :-)

Most of the stamped images are Lynne Perrella by Paperartsy,

as Julie-Ann loves her images,

actually all the products are Paperartsy as we

both love their products.  I even managed to include a new stencil

and new stamp range Ellen Vargo by them lol.

All details of products used are at the bottom of the page.

Each tag has a meaning which I shall go through, just like

Julie-Ann has lots of stories with her art :-)

As I was doing each tag I popped on the back what it meant.

Eeeek look at the backs, definitely not neat lol.

Well this is quite obvious lol, the actually tag was a large

one that I was mopping up the paint spray with, but I ended up

using all the other tags, so I die cut the large one for the front cover.

I took all the pictures on their side, don't know why lol.

I have turned them the right way but they look a bit odd so I have included

both ways :-)

All the tags have a feather stamped on it, either hidden or obvious.

The reason for this is Julie-Ann uses feather images a lot and

did in this weeks awesome project.  I did try making the

feather out of the stamped image like she did, but I only had this small one from

which is way to small.

This tag represents how much I love your art Julie-Ann,

each creation inspires me so much, you amaze me in the

way you look at something and then completely change it to

add to your art, each individual detail is always so intricate and gorgeous.

This tag represents how Julie-Ann your so full of 

knowledge, be it fact or fictional you always make your

art a truly awesome story, I have not only

been truly inspired by your work, but also how much

I have learned through your knowledge, through your eyes.

This tag represents our friendship, you definitely are such

a beautiful friend to have, you wear the crown because you don't

just make me feel special but you make each person you meet feel

special, it's truly a gift.  I wish you could believe in yourself more.

The key is to represent the key to friendship, and how

you unlock so many doors that I have always felt were hidden or locked.

This tag represents London, the city that we are definitely going to meet

this year at Ally Pally, be it April or later on in the year.

It will be so exciting to meet you, but also to share looking at all those

Paperartsy goodies :-)

This tag represents NEW, ok a bit corny, but the stamp

is the new Ellen Vargo stamp set by Paperartsy.

It represents how this year for both of us will be new beginnings,

mine personal and yours your new found venture,

a Paperartsy designer, well deserved, and I so wish

you so much happiness, health and art through this amazing 

new experience :-) (blowing kisses)

I hope you like it Julie-Ann, and also everyone else.  Please go visit her, you will love all her creations and loving stories.
Happy Crafting :-)
Hugs Kezzy xxxxx

Recipe
Paperartsy Fresco Paint - nougat, vanilla, little black dress, inky pool, blood orange, guacamole.
Paperartsy stamps - LPC014 (script), LPC003 (heart and crown), LPC002 (postage mark), LPC001 (bottle and feather), LPC010 (key), LPC012 (town houses), EEV01 (large new circle), Words 4.
Paperartsy Stencil - PS001 by Lin Brown
Treasure Gold - Rose Quartz
Crafters Workshop - mini kaleidoscope, mini spinning tops
Prima - Finnabair squares and chevron
Sharpe - black and white pens
Gem (which has already been painted with Eco Green black Paint)
Sizzix Alterations - tiny tabs and tags
Archival ink pads- jet black, Wendy Vecchi- fern green, red geranium, cornflower and orange blossom stamping on the second generation.