MOJO Monday 405 - Something Special For You

What another fabulous sketch Julee Tilman designed for  Mojo Monday#405 so wanted to give it a shot and play again with some more fabulous products. Also, joining again this week over at the SimonSaysStamp Wednesday Challenge which is "Furry Friends". 

Here is my card:

First off, I wanted to play with a different color combo to change things up a bit plus have some fun with coloring again. Here, I did start with Blueprints 13 for the stitched white base. Next, I used the set from Winnie & Walter called: In Bloom Lola's Bouquet with Joni Andaya to create a background. 

Added some Kraft card stock at the bottom and than a new color from MFT which I recently got called: Coral Crush.

For the focal point, I die cut a Stitched circle using Blu Raspberry and than a white circle to add on top. Next, colored in this cute little pup from Mama Elephant from the set called: Playful Pups using my copic markers. 

For the sentiment, I used the same set but only the words "For You" which I embossed using white embossing powder. Both the dog and sentiment are popped up using foam mount.

As always, if you haven't checked out the challenge sites, please go take a look to see fabulous inspiration and creativity.

Supplies Used: 

Stamp Set: Playful Pups (Mama Elephant), In Bloom: Lola's Bouquet with Joni Andaya (Winne & Walter)

Card stock and Paper: White, Kraft, Coral Crush, Blu Raspberry (MFT)

Inks: Black Licorice Hybird (MFT), Tropical Teal, Summer Splash, Ripe Raspberry, Tickled Pink, Peach Bellini, Persimmon, Banana Split, Lemon Drop, Wild Wisteria, (MFT inks), Pear Pizzazz (SU)

Accessories: Blueprint 13 (MFT), Stitched Circle (MFT), White Embossing Powder (Ranger), Foam Mount Tape

MOJO Monday 401 - Wishing you a Fabulous Birthday!

What a fabulous sketch Julee Tilman designed for today's Mojo Monday#401 which just celebrated 8 years in business and will say I love their stamps. Today I pulled out these beautiful flowers to play along this week.  

As you can tell, I've been having fun with watercolors lately and wanted to also join in on the Pretty Pink Posh Water Color Challenge which is ending later today. Also, today is day 8 of the 30 day color challenge Kathy's is hosting over at The Daily Marker . 

Here is my card:

Again, I just love these flowers from the set called: Surely Goodness where I white embossing them first to create a resist background before applying the watercolor to them. Next, I scribbled some water colors onto my craft mat using the Spectrum Noir Aqua markers. 

Since I wanted to soften the color a bit, I made sure to take my water brush and mix the color on the craft sheet before applying to the water color paper. As the saying goes, you can keep adding more colors to intesify the look or add more water to soften the look. 

Stamped the sentiment from the set called: Let it Be and added a very light blue on top of the saying and around it adding just a bit of color since the flowers had enough color. At the end, added some Pretty Pink Posh sequins and added foam mount under the Stitched base rectangle panel.

As always, if you haven't checked out the challenge sites, please go take a look to see fabulous inspiration and creativity.

Supplies Used: 

Stamp Set: Surely Goodness (Verve), Let it Be (Verve), 

Card stock and Paper: Watercolor Paper (Crafter's Companion), Black Licorice (MFT), Newspaper DSP (SU)

Inks: Black Licorice Hybird (MFT), Spectrum Noir Aqua Markers

Accessories: Blueprint 13 (MFT), Goodness Flower Dies (Verve), White Embossing Powder (Ranger), Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh), Foam Mount Tape

MOJO Monday 396 - Happy Mother's Day using new set Lila's Heart

Wanted to play with some of my new stuff and was able to finish another Mother's Day card I needed using the MOJO Monday 396 sketch designed by Julee Tilman. Also, joining the Simon Says Stamps Wednesday challenge which is to use a sentiments.

Here is my card

Love this paper called Fancy That when I received the May SSS kit and wanted to create a Mother's Day card for my daughter so used one of the new sets from the Simon Says Stamps Falling For You collection called: Lila's Heart.

Colored her with my copic markers and than paper pieced the heart using gold foil paper. Loving the new Diagonal Stripes background from SSS which I embossed in gold to use for the bottom slant area of the sketch.

For the sentiment, I used the Mini Doily Circles from MFT and grabbed another SSS stamp set called: Sparkle and Shine for the saying "You're the Best". I must say my daughter saw this and loved all the gold and cute little girl.

As always, if you haven't already checked out the challenge sites, go check them out to see all the wonderful ideas and inspiration.

MOJO Monday 381 - Warm Winter Wishes

Having more fun again and this time joining a few challenges with this card using this cute MOJO Monday 381 sketch designed by Teresa Kline and photo inspiration of the Curtain Call - Soft Scarf. Plus Sugar Pea Designs is celebrating their 1st Birthday celebration and wanted to join the fun in celebrating.

Here is my card:

I did switch the MOJO Monday sketch upside down as you can see by having the strip across at the bottom verses at the top, but I suppose that's obvious enough. Than I saw the Curtain Call Challenge with these adorable colors and thought of winter and Bo Bunny's Altitude Collection of papers I had.

Than I saw the Sugar Pea Designs was celebrating their 1st. Birthday celebration and after viewing the wonderful blog hop, it inspired me to pull out this cute set called: Have an Ice Day and come up with this Birthday Card.

Here is the inside of the card where I kept it simple with the sentiment using Rich Razzleberry ink and stamped this cute penguin again using Memento black ink since I wasn't sure if I was going to color the inside or not.

Lots of fun stuff on this card and it gave me a chance to play with these cute papers from the 

Bo Bunny Altitude Collection and once again play with my Copic Markers, but better yet, pulled out this cute stamp set that I've been wanting to color in and use some Never Before Used Stuff as part of my goal this year.

Used some Sno Cone ink to add a sky background using my sponge dauber and added some snowflakes using the Simon Says die called Abby and silver glitter enamel dots to add some sparkle to finish the card off. Foam Mount was used under this big circle to add some dimension. 

Again, don't forget to stop over at the challenge sites and see all the wonderful inspiration. 

Supplies Used: 

Stamp Set: Have an Ice Day (Sugar Pea Designs) 

Paper: Bo Bunny's Altitude Collection
Cardstock: Smooth White, Nightshift Blue, X Press It Blending Paper (copic coloring), Velvet (Bazzill), Smoke Gray (Simon Says)

Inks: Black (Memento), Copic Markers, Rich Razzleberry (SU), Sno Cone (MFT)

Accessories:  Circle Dies (Spellbinders), Snowflake Abby (Simon Says), Silver Glitter Enamel Dots, Sponge Dauber, Foam Mount 

MOJO Monday 379 - Hearts and Flowers

Having some fun with the MOJO Monday 379 sketch designed by Julee Tilman and just adore these stamps! Again, I'm pulling out some NBUS "Never Before Used Stuff" that I've had in my stash which are these 2 stamp sets from Verve and enjoy having to make something with it.

Also, this gave me another excuse to color something. This week is contest week, so make sure to go check out the challenge and join the fun.

Here is my card:

I thought it would be perfect to combine flowers and hearts together so I picked up this cute stamp set called: Happy Place by Verve and colored it with my copic markers. Once again, I used the patterned paper from MME called: Lost and Found and used my Blueprint 15 for the base of the card using Kraft card stock. 

After I finished adding all my layers, I pulled out the Classic Labels Die by Verve along with the stamp set Love Notes, and Soft Suede ink to add behind the flowers which are popped up using foam mount. 

Last but not least, I stamped the word "Hugs" using Early Espresso ink onto the patterned paper on the lower right hand side and added a little heart using the Heart Die Set from Verve. Almost forgot about the ribbon, it's from Verve's collection called: Autumn Elements Ribbon Collection.

Don't forget to check out the MOJO Monday 379 if you haven't already.

Supplies Used: 

Stamp Set: Happy Place (Verve), Love Notes (Verve)

Paper: Lost & Found (MME)
Cardstock: White, Kraft, X Press It Blending Paper (copic coloring), Electric Red (MFT)

Inks: Black Licorice Hybird Ink (MFT), Copic Markers, Soft Suede (SU), Early Espresso (SU)

Accessories:  Blueprints 15 (MFT), Happy Doodles Dies (A Cut Above), Classy Label Die (A Cut Above by Verve), Heart Die Set (A Cut Above by Verve), Autumn Elements Ribbon Collection (Verve), Foam Mount 

MOJO Monday 376 - Sparkle & Shine

It's been a while and I have missed playing Mojo Monday so to get back into the swing with this week sketch MOJO 376 designed by Julee Tilman. Also, another card for Simon Monday Challenge with "Anything Goes".

Here is my card:

Here I used my Simon Says December card kit using the stamp set called: Sparkle and Shine and tried to focus on only using the supplies from the kit, except I did add some ribbon and sparkle enamel dot, but other than that all is from the kit including the embossing powder.

Also, the dies I used for this card were not from the kit, but instead from my large collection of dies I have. Here I used MFT Blueprints 13 to cut the Silver card stock and for the circle, I used Blueprints 12 which leaves stitches on the inside and outside of the circle.

Love this sentiment and had lots of fun embossing. The kit came with 2 embossing powders and I choose to use the Ranger liquid platinum for this card. In the end, I added some ribbon and little silver enamel dot and kept it clean and simple.

Supplies Used: 

Stamp Set: Sparkle & Shine (SS)
Cardstock: Simon Says December Kit

Accessories: Blueprints 12 & 13 (MFT), Liquid Platinum Embossing Powder (Ranger), Ribbon, Enamel Dot (MME), Foam Mount.

MOJO Monday 340 & Diva Dare - Welcome Little Boy

Trying to get back into the swing of what I love most which is creating cards and let me tell you it felt good to create. This one is for the MOJO Monday 340 sketch challenge and the Diva Dare for the month of April 2014.

Here is my card: 

Had some fun with this cute stamp set from Verve called: To the Moon which has lots of fun baby items and sentiments. Therefore, it was perfect to also join this month's Diva Dare which is to create a baby or kids themed card.

Using some of my paper, this one called Fan Fare (ctmh) and combined it with Sunny Yellow, Holiday Red, Sky, and Pacifica cardstock (ctmh). For the base, I used Blueprints 13 from MFT and Blueprints 12 for the sentiment. This also gave me another change to play with coloring! Don't want to forget, for the stars I used the Starry Die from Verve.

Here are the markers I used:

Bear: TN7, TN5, TN2  

Giraffe - CT2, CT3, CT4, TN7 

Elephant - IG5, IG3, BGR1, IB1

Supplies Used: 

Stamp Set: To The Moom (Verve)
Paper: Fan Fare (ctmh)
Cardstock: White, Sky, Sunny Yellow, Holiday Red, Pacifica (ctmh)

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Spectrum Noir Markers 

Accessories:  Rectangle STAX (MFT), Blueprints 12 & 13 (MFT), Starry Die (Verve), Spellbinders Circles Dies, Stampin Dimensionals (SU)

Diva Dare with MOJO324 & Merry Monday#88 - Santa's Helper

Trying to get back into the swing of what I love most...creating cards and let me tell you it felt good to make one after being sick for several weeks and working on a long project for work. It's addition, it's a great stress relief which is what I tell my daughters all the time.

Here is my card:

First time combining one card in 3 challenges.....started off with a MOJO Monday sketch#324 along with joining Merry Monday#88, a Christmas challenge for all year long. What a great way to have all your Christmas cards done and wished I saw this earlier in the year.

 Last but not least, joining December Diva Dare 2013. The challenge this month is to post your favorite Verve Stamps 2013 creation or make a new card using your favorite Verve stamp set.

As you can tell by my previous posts, I love using Verve stamps and have lots of favorites which is hard to narrow down, so I decided to create a new card using some of my favorite stamp sets and dies to join the challenge.

Love this little reindeer from Santa's Helper along with the new sentiments/fonts from the stamp set: Chevron Love and snowflakes from Holiday Treats. Also, used some of my favorite verve dies, Pennant Trim, Charming Oval Die, along with Winter Fun Die.

Supplies Used: 
Stamp Set: Santa's Helper, Chevron Love (Verve), Holiday Treats (Verve)
Paper: Snow Festival (retired - SU), Silver Glitter Paper
Cardstock: White, Baja Breeze (SU), 
Inks: Early Espresso, Spectrum Noir Markers
Accessories:  Rectangle STAX (MFT), Pennant Trim, Charming Oval, Winter Fun Die (A Cut Above by Verve), Basic Rhinestone, Foam Mount.
   

MOJO318 - Happy Birthday with Love

Just a quick post ...I purchased some new stamp sets and dies and wanted to use them so the Mojo Monday 318 sketch was perfect for using some fun new stamps, dies, tags, glitter, paper.

Here is my card:

Pulled out some old retired ctmh paper called: Sweetheart which I love the colors and played around with some Martha Stewart glitter along with a new stamp set released by Verve, this one is called: Chevron Love that has these cute hearts.

After I created the layered hearts, I went looking for a matching cardstock to match the blue glitter and found that Island Indigo from SU matched perfectly, so I used that as a mat behind the tag.

If you haven't stopped over at the MOJO Monday yet, click here and have some fun. Here are the rest of the supplies used to create this card.

Supplies used on today's card:

Chevron Love Wavy Hearts Die Heart Quartet Die *Martha Stewart TINSEL GLITTER SET 12 Colors Island Indigo Card Stock Black Card Stock Sweet Scallop Sweet Scallop Tag (stamp) Distress Ink Pad, Black Soot

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Supplies Used:
Stamp Set: Chevron Love (Verve), Sweet Scallop Tag (Verve)
Paper: Sweetheart (ctmh),
Cardstock: White, Island Indigo (SU), Black (ctmh)
Inks: Memento Black
Accessories:  Fishtail Flags (MFT), Wavy Hearts Die, Heart Quartet Die, Sweet Scallop Tag (A Cut Above by Verve), Essential Glitter Set (Martha Stewart), Metallic Dots (Jo-Ann), hemp cord.

Diva Dare Oct 2013 - Merry Christmas

Joining the fun for Diva Dare Challenge for the month of October but had some difficulties with my computer so didn't quite make it by the deadline. Either way, here is my card using a previous MOJO sketch, #315.  The Diva Dare challenge was to  create a set of gift tags, use a tag on a card or create something inspired by a fabulous tag you've come across.

 

 

To take a look at all of the beautiful entries and inspirational items made with tags, click here to go directly to the challenge.

 

Supplies used on today's card: 

Santa's Helper Sweet Scallop Charming Oval Die Sweet Scallop Tag (stamp) Early Espresso Ink Pad Distress Ink Pad, Black Soot Cherry Cobbler Card Stock Old Olive Card Stock Whisper White Card Stock

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Supplies Used:
Stamp Set: Santa's Helper (Verve), Sweet Scallop Tag (Verve)
Paper: Snow Festival (SU),
Cardstock: White, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive (SU)
Inks: Early Espresso (SU), Spectrum Noir Markers
Accessories:  Charming Oval Dies (A Cut Above by Verve), Sweet Scallop Tag (A Cut Above by Verve), Pennant Trim Die (A Cut Above by Verve), foam mount, green flaxy wax.