Mojo Monday #121

Just playing with some new toys......and the Mojo Monday Sketch #121:

Just a little note for a kind friend! I stamped the little alphabet from the A to Z set, found in the Occasions mini, across a piece of acetate, then layered it on some Sweet Pea DP. Here's a different view of it:

Just added some little embellishments, a sentiment from Define Your Life and Defining Alphabet and it's done. Thanks for visiting today!

• Stamps: Define Your Life, Defining Alphabet
• Paper: Barely Banana, Old Olive, WW, Sweet Pea DP, Acetate
• Ink: Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink, Stazon
• Acc: Stitched Felt Sweet Pea Flowers; Corner Rounder, Playground Buttons, SAMJ

Vintage Vogue Meets Bella Bleu

After an ordering mishap, I finally got my Vintage Vogue set and made this quick card today using some scraps from my cardstock file:

Mmm....I love this set! I used the rock-n-roll technique for the flower! Thanks for visiting!

• Stamps: Vintage Vogue
• Paper: Naturals Ivory, Not Quite Navy,Close to Cocoa, Bella Bleu, Thoroughly Modern DPs
• Ink: Bordering Blue, Not Quite Navy, Close to Cocoa
• Acc: Rhinestone, Word Window Punch, Scallop Border Punch, Circle punch, Kraft Taffeta Ribbon, Dimensionals

I also found a few Christmas and New Year's cards I received that I never posted! Shame on me! So here they are:

A cute hedgie from Lorraine:

This sweet little skater from Tammy:

A happy New Year's wish from Donna (Butternut Sage):

And a sweet, simple thank you from my friend Sandy:

Color Throwdown#75

This week it is my turn to be the hostess for the CTD!! I chose these colors quickly, thinking they would be pretty together---but they really challenged me! Hopefully, the CTD team wasn't stumped by the combo, because they rose to the challenge with some beautiful creations!

I have a special friend who is going through a rough time right now, so I wanted to send her a card letting her know I was thinking of and praying for her. I love this willow tree image from Waltzingmouse, so I inked it up and went forward from there:

This card is a little larger than a standard card as I found some nice larger envelopes at a yard sale this summer! The image is stamped on Confetti white with Garden Green and Chocolate Chip; the RR panel is wheeled with the Friendly Words jumbo wheel and RR ink, and although it is hard to see, the card itself is wheeled with the Cornelli Lace jumbo wheel. The sentiment was too long for the card, so I cut it apart, stamped the word "Mindful" once on my scratch paper and then on my oval, and stamped the remaining portion full strength. I like that effect! I added a half circle scallop behind the circular image and some pearls for a soft effect. Here's the inside as well:

I hope this will bring her some cheer and comfort!

Check out the CTD blog for details on how you can participate in this challenge too! And here are the members of the other team---go check out their creations and give them some love!

• Broni - Splashes of Watercolor
• Tammy - Stamp Happy
• Cathy - Crafty Thoughts
• Barbara - Paper Pursuits
• Danielle – Wild Dragonfly Designs
• Kristin - Mindless Creativity
• and our guest designer, Deb Horst - Sendable Sentiments

If you have any questions about anything I used, feel free to send me an email! Have a blessed day!

Chocolate Heart

My sweet friend Robyn recently sent me a wonderful thank you card:

and I loved this layout so much that I just had to make one of my own! So I chose the big heart from the Sweet Centers set and paired it with some of the pink & brown papers from Sending Love DP:

See, you can use this set even without the cups! I added a little popped-up heart from I {Heart} Hearts, fastened with a sweet little Sending Love brad--oooh, they are SO cute! I did change up the ribbon just a tad and put it on the other panel. Thanks for the inspiration, Robyn!

• Stamps: I {Heart} Hearts, Sweet Treats
• Paper: Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Sending Love DP
• Ink: Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink
• Acc: 3-Heart Punch, Circle Punch, Grosgrain Ribbon, Sending Love Epoxy Brad

Christmas in January

In my effort to make at least ONE Christmas card a week during 2010, I chose Sketch 46 from Card Patterns:

to make this card with my Waltzingmouse stamps:

I turned the sketch on its side; the card base is Ruby Red; I think the DP is My Minds' Eye; punch is from MS. Here's a peek at the inside with a sentiment from CHF:

I really wanted to spotlight that big beautiful snowflake! Thanks for visiting today---I have company coming for dinner, so I gotta run!

• Stamps: Waltzingmouse Stitched Christmas; CHF Vintage Christmas Expressions; Artistic Outpost Snowy Woods
• Paper: Ruby Red, Bordering Blue, Naturals White, MME DP
• Ink: Real Red, Bordering Blue
• Acc: RHR Ribbon, MS Punch, Big Bling

Wish Big

I had so much fun yesterday with combining challenges, I decided to do a few more today!

The JUGS Challenge #15, to use sewing on your card:

For the sketch, I used Taylor's Sketch Challenge #97:

And a challenge from a new blog, Stampin' Royalty, to make a birthday card! So here is my take on the three:

I can never have too many birthday cards! I used some of the new Sweet Pea DP from SU, which has so many fun colors and mix-and-match patterns, it is a breeze to coordinate everything. The cupcakes from the hostess set The More the Merrier were colored with markers as well as paper-pieced and glittered, of course! I did some faux stitching (I realize I wasn't 100% true to the sketch here as I look at it--oops!) along the sides, "sewing" down the little hearts as I went along. A couple grosgrain ribbons added the final touch. I can't wait to give this to someone!! Thanks for visiting today!!!

• Stamps: The More the Merrier, Short & Sweet
• Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Taken with Teal, WW, Sweet Pea DP
• Ink: Stazon, Taken with Teal
• Acc: Nesties, Piercing Tool & Mat, White Gel Pen, Grosgrain Ribbons, 3-Heart Punch, Dimensionals

10-Minute Valentine Challenge

DH's favorite color is camouflage!! Is that really a color? Anyway, I threw caution to the wind today and made him a quick little un-traditional Valentine card that reminds me of camouflage and fulfills a whole bunch of challenges!

Here they are:

• CaroleAnne's 10-minute card challenge
• SCS's CAS48 - to make a Valentine card
• SCS's WT252 - to use a new product or new technique
• and Stacey's Curtain Call Color Challenge Act 11:

So I can thank Susan for this "new" technique of placing scored lines on my card....I just never think to do it, plus I don't have a Scor-Pal, but it is easy enough to do it with my scoring tool:

The CAS part is self-explanatory! The stamps are a new clear-mount set from SU, which I have been using a LOT lately! This really did take about 10 minutes--I decided to add some embossing with my Big Shot (look at the closeup photo on top) so that may have added a minute or two (only because I had to look up my directions as to how to do it!!!). Thanks for visiting today!