Contributor Center Stage - Julie Campbell

This April, we thought we'd keep the Contributor Center Stage train rolling! We hope you noticed Julie Campbell's smiling face on the Reveal email yesterday. Julie, a Creative Team Contributor, is an active part of the Studio Calico community, specializing in making gorgeous cards and fun DIY projects for all occasions. Be sure to check out her projects in the Gallery this month! Here's your chance to learn a little more about Julie - scrapbooking history, craftroom organization, and more! We're so thankful for the talented team that helps to spread the joy of memory-keeping all over the world.

Tell us a little bit about yourself:

What’s your go-to technique? Would you mind sharing some photos of how one such project came together/some text describing the stages?

I enlarged a digital stamp from the Odyssey release and printed it out to create my pattern.

I cut out the outline of the dog from felt & then cut out several other pieces to mimic the colors of our own dog.

To add a little more detail, I added some hand stitching to the dog’s face.

Once the front of my dog was complete, I cut a second piece from the pattern in a contrasting fabric & sewed the front & back sections together, leaving a small section open so that I could turn the dog right side out.

I added stuffing and stitched the opening closed & my plush dog was complete!

How do you stay organized?

Silhouette Cameo

I also couldn’t live without my sewing machine. I’ve had the same machine since high school and use it several times each week.

Where do you go to get ideas?