A former high school teacher, Julie was first introduced to stamping over 20 years ago and quickly fell in love! Over the years, her designs and project articles have appeared in popular trade publications, such as Paper Crafts, Stampington and Cards magazines.

In addition to design work, demonstrating and teaching classes in retail stores, she went on to become the Design Team Coordinator for Splitcoast Stampers, the world's largest rubber stamping community, from 2005-2008, and also served in creative/administrative capacities for A Muse Studio (formerly A Muse Artstamps) from 2003-2011 as the company's Creative Teams Director.

On her blog, Paper Trufflez, Julie regularly shares creative projects in her signature simple-yet-smashing style, interspersed with a good deal of humor and fun! She continues to enjoy independent design work, and teaching classes, both live and online, is still her favorite thing to do!