Mojo Monday Week 101

Back to stamping in full force again after dabbling in a bit of scrapbooking this past week. I'll post pictures of this later in the week. I'm so proud of my creation, and it's a springboard and experiment for an even better creation in the near future once I have purchased all of my supplies. Isn't that always the way - I have an idea but I have to buy mores supplies...I'm a hoarder and a lover of all things stamp related, I admit it.

Here is the challenge sketch for this weeks Mojo Monday challenge:
Here is my interpretation of it:

I got this stamp set when it was retiring in July with every intention to use it on my own wedding invitations. I got the stamp and realized it didn't really fit with my plans for a wedding invite. I bought the stamp so now I have to use it. When I saw this sketch, the stamp set popped out at me, and the elegant look of the DSP that I had made it look even better.

I used Bella Bleu DSP, with coordinating Brocade Blue and Very Vanilla cardstock. I accented the card with 5/8" inch Brocade Blue grosgrain ribbon topped with 1/4" Very Vanilla grosgrain ribbon.

The stamped image is from the 'To Have & To Hold' Stamp set. I stamped the image on cardstock, and then cut the portion of the image that I wanted with the scallop punch. The image was too plain as is, so I used the Watercolor Wonder Crayons in Bashful Blue and my Aquapainter to subtly color in the flowers in the bouquet and the hair piece. I also painted lightly along the outline of her dress and his suit. I did not use the coordinating Brocade Blue because I wanted a lighter more subtle effect. When doing this, make sure that you Aquapainter brush is not full of water - the brush should be almost dry or you will get a blob of color on your flowers.

Finally, for the inside of the card, I used the same stamp set to stamp a frame on Very Vanilla cardstock and used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to center the sentiment in the middle of the frame. I was hesitant to buy the Stamp-a-ma-jig at first - just another thing to have lying around on my craft table, but it has become a staple for me and saved me from many frustrating moments when I can't get my sentiment straight.