Snow Much Fun

Supplies: Stamps: Snow Much Fun  Paper: Papercut sno cone, wild cherry, and GKD pure luxury white  Ink: Memento tuxedo black  Accessories: modern label punch, snowflake gem, gems, brad, baker's twine, delicate designs embossing folder, scallop framelit, glitter ribbon, copic markers, dimensionals

A new stamp set + a fun Mojo sketch=1 card made!  I am really liking the look of light blue and red together for winter cards, the red really pops!  Looking at my card I think I should have stamped my snowman further to the left maybe even off of the panel, oh well.  It was a fun card to make!

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Terri

Mojo Sketch

I couldn't tell you the last time that I participated in the Mojo Monday Sketch! So, I thought I would give this week's sketch a try. I had it almost done last night, and then today I went to complete it and ended up pulling it apart to add another layer of color. I am happy that I did, it looks more finished to me now.

The card is pretty simple so I will simply list the supplies I used:

Stamps: Hero Arts and Inkadinkadoo

Paper: gkd brown, rust?, flair patterned paper

Ink: Memento rich cocoa, versamagic red brick

Accessories: nestabilities, sizzix tag die cut, ribbon by may arts, copic markers


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Happy Valentine's Day!

I haven’t entered a Mojo Monday Contest in awhile, so I thought I would take another try at one. I am trying to make cards that I actually need when I enter challenges. That way, I am not making a card at the last minute (as usual.) So hopefully, I remember this all year?! This card is going to be for my nieces.

I colored the focal image with copic markers (fun!) and cut it out and embossed it with nestabilities. I also added glitter to the heart and used the clear glaze pen on her ponytails. I matted it with a petite scallop circle and popped it up off of the red embossed circle. Then I pierced around the embossed edge of the red circle. The image is soo cute it is from Stampendous and was made exclusively for Archivers. There is also a little boy image that I will be using for my nephew’s valentine. All of the papers are from Hobby Lobby (they were 5 for $1 this week!) Except the white, this is the layering weight and base weight luxury cardstock from Gina K. Designs. The embossing folder is by cuttlebug, and the white strip I embossed using my score-pal to match the patterned paper. The ribbon is from Michaels dollar bin, they sometimes have some really nice ribbon in there! The border punch is by Martha, she makes the best punches! Lastly, I used graduated crystals for the five embellishments on the sketch.

That’s all for now, I have to go and make my nephew’s card now!

Happy Birthday Ellie!

My niece's birthday is right around the corner, and this is the card I made for her. I used the Mojo Monday sketch for the layout of the card. The stamp is by Whipper Snapper, and I colored the image with copic markers. The papers are from a DCWV paper pad. And the sentiment is from Papertrey.

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Happy Birthday Dad!

It's been awhile again..my relaxing days of summer have been quite busy!! It was my Dad's birthday over the weekend, the big 60! I gave him the bottom card of the two. I like the contrast of the browns in the second one. I made the top one first and thought it needed another layer of color.

The layout for this card is an old Mojo Sketch. I loved the sketch but didn't have time to participate when it was posted. All of the stamps are Stampin' Up. The goose is an old stamp that I picked up at a rummage called Goose Greetings. My parents always have geese in and around their yard, so I found this image fitting for Dad. The patterned paper is an old sandy lion paper called crinkled umber. For the tools I used: nestabilities, deckle edge scissors, corner punch by ek success, brads, jumbo eyelets, cb houndstooth embossing folder, copic markers, and a sponge for sponging the focal image and tag.

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Frugal Stamper

My local scrapbook store had a 40% of coupon and I was able to get this spellbinders set, that I have had my eye on since it came out. So I was very excited to use it! The stamps are from whipper snapper, they have a "pool of rubber sale" during the summer at their warehouse and I was able to get these stamps for 1 dollar each!! I colored my images with copic markers, and sponged the focal image with sahara sand ink. The patterned paper is by Chatterbox, it is an old design. The ribbon is from Hobby Lobby, 50% off!!! And the last component was the self adhesive pink gems! Oh and I forgot the cardstock is from Archivers, I had a coupon where you purchase 5 sheets of cardstock and then you received 5 free! So as you can see I am a frugal stamper, I really try to save where I can because I seem to have to "have" everything!

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Hey There!

I made this card for a couple of challenges. The first being the color challenge at Stamp TV. The second being the Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge. This is a pretty basic card so I will keep the details simple. The pattern paper is by sassafrass lass called "Starry Night" I thought it matched Jennie's purse for the color challenge. I cuttlebugged the top and sponged on some rich cocoa ink. The tan panel is stamped in new canvas palette ink using a polka dot background stamp. I paper pieced the coffee cup by GKD. For the sentiment I popped up the blue oval and glued the ribbon (American Crafts) to the scalloped oval. The button I tied on some dmc floss and attached it with a glue dot. The card size on this is 7 1/4 x 3 5/8 to fit in the rectangle envelopes that I have. And the cardstock is also by GKD chocolate kiss and pure luxury white layering weight.

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Mojo Monday

This is a card I made for the Mojo Monday Sketch (see sidebar for link). Since it is the first sketch of the month it is also a contest, where you can win a free set from the Verve Store! So head over to the Mojo Monday Site and give the sketch a try!



This card is for my husband's cousin who had a baby girl this week. The elephant is from Stampin' Up called, Just Celebrate. I stamped on Gina K. cardstock using rich cocoa memento ink and colored it in with my copic markers. I then outlined it in Prismacolor Cold Stone. The image was cut out and embossed using the square nestabilities. Next I matted it used the scallop square nestabilities and pierced the scallops. The sentiment is from Papertrey's Mixed Messages set. I cut it out using a 5/8 inch circle punch and then matted it with a cuttlebug flower. The ribbon behind the sentiment is by Martha Stewart.



For the circle I punched out a 1 1/2 inch circle of the Autumn Leaves patterned paper: Paper Precious. Then matted it using SU scallop circle punch, and pierced the scallops as well. The flower is by prima and I added a self adhesive pearl. The brown strip is cuttlebugged with the swiss dots folder. For the border I punched out the Martha Stewart scallop heart border, and edged it with American Crafts swiss dot brown ribbon to match the bottom. Then I made my first attempt at using my Janome sewing machine on a card?! I practiced a few times, and then just went for it. I am happy with the results and will be using this technique more often! This was a fun sketch, hope you go and give it a try!!



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Mojo Monday and SOA

The sketch this week for Mojo Monday is also a sketch over at the Stamping out Alzheimer's site. If you make a donation you will be able to access many challenges and free downloads. If you participate in the challenges you are entered into drawings to win a variety of fun stamping and scrapbooking supplies!! For more information check out Jen Tapler's Blog. For this Mojo Monday sketch you are entered to win TWO free Verve sets. You can never have too many Verve Stamps!! So check out the SOA, for a week of fun!

For this card I used paper from the K & Company mat pad, called Sweet Cherry. Then I stamped the thinking of you from Verve in mango madness by versamagic chalk ink. I punched it out with 1 3/8 inch circle punch. Then I punched out lime green cardstock with 1 1/2 inch circle punch. The scallop circle is the 2 inch ek success punch, and then I pierced the scallops. Then I tied on the ribbon, and attached on orange paper strips. The butterfly brads are by Making Memories, I added some stickles to add some sparkle. Lastly, I added a photo corner using the SU photo corner punch.

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Mojo Monday 85

Hello Everyone! I have been busy making Mother's Day suprises...but I can't post these projects until my Mom receives them, because she checks my blog and I don't want to ruin the suprise. I did find some time tonight to complete the Mojo Monday Sketch of the week. I wasn't sure how this was going to turn out, the cabbage flower was a tough one to color. I printed out a picture from the internet and went from there. It turned out pretty good.

I will post more details tomorrow, I am off to bed. . . . .

Mojo Monday 79

It is that time again for Mojo Monday. As always the sketch was fantastic. Here is my take on the sketch:

I started by choosing my patterned paper. This is from a 12x12 paper pad by My Mind's Eye, that I purchased at Hobby Lobby. I thought the scallops in the paper would compliment the scalloped edges throughout the card. I can't seem to complete a card without adding scallops?! I just love 'em! I matted the patterned paper with cardstock and added a scallop border using one of my new ek success border punches. Then I stamped my focal image using ancient page chocolate, and cut it out using a long nestability. I colored in the flower using twinkling h20's. I had a hard time finding a coloring medium that matched the papers that I chose. This was the closest I could find, and it adds a little sparkle as well when using these and who doesn't love sparkles! After coloring I matted this with a scallop long rectangle nestability. After attaching the layers to the yellow paper, I attached the ribbon to the back of the yellow layer. This is a ribbon I purchased at Joann's, it is one of the little spools that they sell for $1. Now it was time to stamp the sentiment, I chose a thank you stamp from Amuse. I definately used my stamp-a-ma-jig to align this sentiment. Then I added a striped making memories flower brad that I picked up this weekend at Target. They recently stocked up their scrapbooking supplies with some fun new stuff! Lastly, I added a scallop corner. This is a punch by ek success. Speaking of punches....after I completed this card and was watching tv I heard a crash in my scrapbooking space. My husband and I looked at each other and immediately went into the other room, only to find that my curtain rod had fallen down and my beloved punches were everywhere. I had my curtain rod attached to some rails that were already up that hold up shelving that I have in my room, so it wasn't as sturdy as it would have been attached directly to the wall. So...lesson learned?! oh yeah. I piled up my punches and I will be fixing my curtain rod tomorrow night. :(

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Mojo76

It's time to get your Mojo on again. It is Mojo Monday Sketch #76 this week, and with it being the first sketch of the month it is contest time as well. The lucky winner will receive a Verve set!! And with a new release tomorrow from Verve stamps, who would not want to enter this contest?! Here is the sketch for Mojo76:

And here is what I did with the sketch!

I have found myself gearing toward the plain and simple cards lately. I like that the card focuses on the main image, and it looks crisp. I started out by coloring the stamped image and cutting it out and embossing it with the nestabilities. Then, I cut out the largest square nestability and embossed that as well. I added piercing around the edge and adhered it to the base. For the center panel, I decided to leave it plain because I chose I decorative ribbon. I decided on this ribbon because the swiss dots complimented the piercing throughout the card. After attaching the main image with pop dots, I punched out the tiny butterflies and added a gemstone to make them pop a little. Lastly, I added piercing at the bottom with my sentiment. I definitely used my stamp-a-ma-jig for alignment of the sentiment.

Recipe:
Stamps: Inkadinkado, Hero Arts

Paper: Gina K Luxury White Cardstock

Coloring Tools: Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, Copic Markers: BG10 Cool Shadow, BG23 Coral Sea, B00 Frost Blue, B02 Robin's Egg Blue, Y11 Pale Yellow, Y15 Cadmium Yellow, RV34 Dark Pink, RV11 Pink, V01 Heath, V15 Mallow, Y38 Honey, YG03 Yellow Green, Colorless Blender;

Accessories & Tools: Hero Arts Gemstones, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch, RibbonFX, Square Nestabilities, Paper Piercer, Stamp-a-ma-jig

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Mojo Sketch 74 and Stamp Simply 75

This card did not turn out at all like I had planned. Isn't that how it goes sometimes?! I had cuttlebug pieces cut out and a different image stamped!! Since my original plan changed I strayed pretty far from the Mojo Sketch, but I did stay true to Sharon Johnson's Stamp Simply Challenge. The challenge was to stamp with only black ink.

For the sketch I left off the ribbon and the tag...but at least the basic layout stems from the sketch. I stamped the main image and cut it out and embossed it using the square nestabilities. I adhered this with pop dots to a 3x3 inch black square that I embossed with the tapestry CB embossing folder. In place of the paper strips on the sketch I die cut the swirls from the Sizzix Die Cut Flower and Vines #2. In place of the tag I stamped a sentiment on the base. This is from an acrylic set by Inkadinkado called Garden Flower.

Recipe: Stamps: Magenta, Inkadinkado; Paper: Paper Trey Ivory Cardstock, Deep Heritage Black; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tools: Sizzix Flower and Vines #2, Plain Square Nestabilities, CB tapestry embossing folder

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Mojo Monday 72

I look forward to the Mojo Monday Sketch every week. I don't usually have time to complete the sketch until Sunday, but then I can think about what I want to do all week. Then hope that it turns out the way I pictured it!! This week I needed to make a card for my husband's grandma. It is her birthday this week...I can't believe it is already February! I started with a white base, this is Gina K's luxury cardstock. I absolutely love this cardstock, it is very thick and works really well for a card base. It also is perfect for coloring in images using Copic markers! The next layer is a charcoal cardstock I bought at Archivers. The patterned paper is from a K & Company paper pad, it is called Wedding Multi Mat Pad. Next, I cut out a charcoal strip of cardstock and created a scallop edge using Fiskars scallop scissors. I attached the ribbon, the flower, and then attached it to the card. I stamped the main image from SU Garden Silhouettes and matted it on the charcoal cardstock. I altered the sketch by making the scallop circle the bottom of the main image. I tried placing the circle as shown on the sketch, but I liked it better this way. I created the circle image by stamping my sentiment and punching it out with a 1 1/4 inch circle punch, I punched out a 1 3/8 inch circle out of the patterned paper, and the scallop was cut out with the smallest scallop circle from the large scallop nestabilities set.



Recipe: Stamps: Hero Arts Acrylic Set (a mini set I bought at Archivers), SU Garden Silhouettes; Ink: Memento: London Fog, VersaMagic Chalk Ink: Midnight Black; Paper: Gina K Luxury Cardstock 120 lb, K & Company Wedding Multi Mat Pad, Charcoal Cardstock from Archivers; Tools: 1 1/4 & 1 3/8 inch circle punches, nestabilities scallop circle, Fiskars Scallop Paper Edgers; Accessories: White Flower: Bazzill Wings Bitty Blossoms, Blue Flower:Prima Flowers, Bazzill Opal Brad, Ribbon by Creative Accents, Horizons Fabric Inc.



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