Mojo time again...

It's time again for Mojo Monday. I made this card today for my upcoming holiday stamp class in a couple days. Here is the sketch challenge:

and here is the card that I made:


Almost any DSP in Old Olive will work on this card. I have a couple sets of DSP that have Old Olive paper, and any of them would work.

I bought the Stampin' Up! clear buttons awhile ago, but have lacked inspiration to use them, until now. I used a clear button topped with a green button from my stash, and it really helped to break up the clear button. The 'Happy Holidays' was spotlighted, and colored in with watercolor crayons and aquapainter. Lastly, the background is Always Artichoke and I ran it through my big shot to give me the polka dot background.

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A little bit of everything

I had a chance this weekend to get several cards done, and I wanted to share them all with you. These were all based off of challenges I found on various websites.

This first card is for Day 225 of 365 Cards:

I couldn't get the picture to come out just how I wanted it, so the sentiment is hard to see - boo. Anyways, this was some old christmas patterned DSP that I had. I used buttons from my stash, and had some pom pom trim that I cut two off of. The sentiment is from an old Stampin' Up! Hostess set, and I used Old Olive and Chocolate Chip ribbon. I don't often make cards this size, so it was a really nice change for me.

Here's another card for 365 Cards (Day 222). the challenge was to use only 5 things - I used three pieces of paper, the rick rack, and the sentiment.

Such a fun card!! I just bought this rick rack this weekend, and couldn't wait to use it. The paper is from the Pink Flamingo DSP, and the sentiment is from the On Your Birthday stamp set.

Ok, another one for 365 cards (Day 223). This challenge was to create a shadow effect:


The paper is from the Christmas Cocoa Specialty paper, and the tree images are from the Patterned Pines hostess set in the mini catalog. To create the shadow, I stamped the image on Sahara Sand paper with Sahara Sand ink. I then stamped the image on Sahara Sand paper using Always Avocado ink. I cut all of the trees out, and using Stampin' Dimensionals, placed the trees slightly off center from the stamped image underneath - creating a shadow. Images can be difficult to cut out at times, but these trees were so simple - a great project for even those that hate the cutting!!

Here's the last card for the day, but no doubt my favorite. This is for multiple challenges:
-SPCC Finally Friday - challenge to use flowers
-365 cards (Day 220) - to use cross stitch
-Color Throwdown #63 - to use the following colors:

And here is my card:

I layered a couple pieces of cardstock and then stitched around the card a couple times on my sewing machine. The sentiment is from the Really Retro stamp set. The buttons were just randome buttons from my stash, and the large flower was made from white and green felt, with an embroidered flower, and topped with a button. These are new flowers that will be featured on my Etsy shop soon. Stay tuned for more information!!

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Mojo Monday 107

Time again for Mojo Monday -here is the sketch that we played with this week:and here is my card:

I was a little button happy on this card. The Bermuda Bay cardstock worked perfectly with the Close to Cocoa and Chocolate Chip cardstock. Add a stamped image, and lots of buttons from my stash, and voila. The sentiment in the lower corner is adhered to Bermuda Bay ribbon (remember - it's not just the polka dot side of the ribbon that you can use!!)

I wanted to share one other thing with you all today - I baked a couple items for a bake sale last week - a bit last minute, but I still had to package them nicely. I baked for two hours the night before and was up at 5:30am the next morning to package these goodies. Thank goodness for box mixes!!

I used up several of my smaller ribbon spools (love it when I use up some of my stash), and made these very simple tags. Such a simple addition makes these cookies look so much better. Pulled this basket out - I had bought it over a year ago and it has never been used. It completed the look nicely I think.

Happy Sunday all!!

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Seeing trees...

I haven't had a ton of time to participate in the week long challenge over at SPCC for world cardmaing day, but I did have time to get one card done. Here was the color challenge:
and here is my card:I just received this stamp set a week ago - it was on backorder, and then it took weeks to get here - I was sooo excited once I finally got it.

The layout is simple, and I used a variety of buttons that I had in my stash, and some old embroidery floss on the buttons. This card is definitely in the running for mass production as my x-mas cards this year!!

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A new blog design and a day at the beach

I'm so excited about the new blog design that I have. I put my name on the design list with Veronica over at vk design company about two months ago, and I've been anxiously awaiting my turn to be at the top of the list. My turn finally came, and I love what she did with my blog. It's exactly what I wanted, and now I need to finish some of the other details of the blog. Let me know what you think.

I took time out from work and wedding planning to take my two dogs to the beachthis past week. Let me introduce them to you - two adorable, loving, but incredibly stubborn Shih tzu's named Herbie and Gidget.

I left the door open while bringing in the groceries before going to the beach. Herbie decided to hop in the car with the hopes that we would actually go for a ride. He's been doing that repeatedly for weeks. We finally went somewhere today!!!

They are both fearful of the water, and even my best attempts did not get them to relax...they fought me the whole time.

They enjoyed the off the leash time, and they listen so well!!!

Later

SPCC #18

Hi All - wow, it's been a crazy week with lots of work, and a ton of wedding planning. I'll share more of the wedding planning at a later post - spending the upcoming weekend working on it, so I should have some pics to share with you.

I finally had time (and found my creativity again after a temporary absence) to sit down and stamp. The SPCC challenge for this week was a tad bit difficult with the Not Quite Navy color, but I love a good challenge. Here were the colors:
and here is my card:

The buttons were from a bunch of random buttons I just purchased (I'll post the pics of that later too - 5 hours of button shopping and I was exhausted). The background paper is from the Christmas Cocoa DSP.

More on my busy week later!!

Ciao

Rasberry Suite Color Challenge #17

Love the color challenge over at Dawn McVey's website. Check out her website, but if you don't, here is the color challenge:Here is my card :)
I'd had this idea in mind over the past week, but the color combination fit the bill for this card very well. My BigShot did most of the work for this card, with the circles and the texture. I cut out the circles first (Circles #5 die), then used the Texturz plate to create the small dot background. I used my ink pads and sponge daubers to lightly add ink to all the circles, to make the texture pop. I really like the geometric feel that this card has.

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