mojo 174

I finally got all the Christmas stuff put away so I can now get back into my room. I decided to jump into Julee's Mojo Monday challenge. I had to get busy making some Valentine's cards, so I chose Verve's Heart to Heart stamps for my card. It's an oldie but a goodie. I stamped the hearts and cut them out. I mounted the smaller heart in the middle with some foam tape for dimension. I also matted it with some pink cardstock to make it pop. For the patterned paper, I used Basic Grey's Sugared paper pad. I don't think I had used it before now. Typical. I tied a piece of matching ribbon around and done.
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Valentine:
Stamps: patterned hearts (Verve Visual), small hearts (Hampton Art), Valentine (Papertrey Ink)
Paper: Bazzill, Papertrey Ink, Basic Grey
Ink: Cranberry Crisp (SU)
Accessories: Nestabilities, SU punch, ribbon, foam tape

mojo 159

Nothing like waiting until the last minute to complete a sketch. When I saw Jen Del Muro's card at my local scrapbook store, I had to have this stamp set by The Cat's Pajamas. Her card totally inspired mine for this week's Mojo Monday challenge.

I stamped Dracula on some white cardstock and colored him with Copics. I mounted that on a piece of kraft cardstock that I had stamped using the VersaMark pad. I mounted everything on a piece of patterned paper I got out of my Halloween pile and I'm digging the end result.

This card I did I couple of week's ago for Mojo Monday 157. I'm not sure why I never uploaded it. I bought this cute little stamp set by My Mind's Eye at one of the local scrapbook stores. Isn't that little witch adorable? I absolutely love Halloween!

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Mwahh:
Stamps: dracula & words (The Cat's Pajamas)
Paper: Bazzill, Papertrey Ink, Little Yellow Bicycle
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko), Pumpkin Pie (SU), VersaMark (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Nestabilities, Copic markers, ribbon

Costume Party:
Stamps: witch & sentiment (My Mind's Eye)
Paper: Bazzill, Papertrey Ink, Pink Paislee
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko), Distress Ink (Ranger Industries)
Accessories: Nestabilities, Cuttlebug, Copic markers, glitter (Stampendous), Glitter Dots (Stamping Bella)

mojo 153

Well, with the kids finally back in school, I may be able to get some cards done. This week's Mojo Monday sketch was challenging for me. I wasn't totally psyched about it, but I managed to churn something out. I bought these Spellbinders Shapeabilities pendants and they've just been sitting on my desk. I was looking at them and realized that one of them was the perfect size for the squares in the sketch. I knew I wanted to do a Halloween card, but finding the right stamps was the challenging part. I needed small stamps to layer on top and these were the only ones I could find. I may have to go shopping!



I basically just stamped the images on white cardstock and colored them with my Copics and cut those suckers out. I used one of the small Nestabilities circles under the images and foam tape for a little lift. Mounted everything on this green patterned paper and done!

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Happy Halloween:
Stamps: candy corn (Great Impressions), cat & sentiment (Hero Arts), Frank & pumpkin (Inkadinkado)
Paper: KI Memories, Papertrey Ink
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko), Pumpkin Pie (SU)
Accessories: Nestabilities, Shapeabilities, Copic markers, ribbon, glitter (Stampendous)

mojo 148

Do you have an image in your head of how you want your card to turn out, but 9 times out of 10 it doesn't look anything like you had imagined? Or is it just me? Well, this is number 10 of 10. It actually looks like I had imagined. When I saw this week's Mojo Monday sketch, I knew exactly what stamps, paper and dies I wanted to use. I don't know about you, but that like never happens to me.




The main image is from the Up, Up and Away set from Verve and I colored it with Copics. All the patterned paper is from Basic Grey's Oliver paper pad. For the clouds and the eyelet border, I used Papertrey Ink's dies. I thought they were a perfect fit for the card!

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Happy Father's Day:
Stamps: balloon & sentiment (Verve Visual)
Paper: Basic Grey, Bazzill, Papertrey Ink
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Nestabilities, Copic markers, Papertrey Ink dies

mojo 147

I can't remember the last time I did one of Julee's Mojo Monday sketches. I thought I would pull out some older Verve stamps too. For the patterned paper, I used a combination of October Afternoon's Fly a Kite and SEI's Happy Day that my mom got me for my birthday. I stamped the stars and colored them with my Copics. I oh so carefully cut them out and mounted them with foam tape on the white squares. I tried to match the colors of the Copics with the paper the best I could. (Note to self...need to buy more Copics!)

Sorry for the bad lighting. It's almost dark here and I couldn't take it in my usual spot.
Just a quick post because I'm almost at the deadline for entering this bad boy! Thanks for stopping by!


Happy Birthday:
Stamps: stars (Verve Visual), sentiment (PrintWorks)
Paper: October Afternoon, SEI, Papertrey Ink
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Nestabilities, Copic markers, ribbon

i'm still here

Nothing like a great Papertrey Ink set to get me out of retirement. When I saw the Up, Up & Away set, I knew I had to have it! Another reason it's so great is that now they have custom dies that coordinate with them. How cool is that?

This is obviously a birthday card. I used patterned paper from October Afternoon's Fly a Kite pad and aforementioned stamp set from Papertrey Ink. I colored the balloon with my Copics and sprinkled a little glitter on it and around the edge of the clouds. Mounted everything together and voila! I also used this week's Splitcoast sketch. I wasn't too crazy about it, but I think it works.

I don't know about you guys, but summer has been crazy. With the kids at home, I've become the entertainment director or else they become a little stir crazy. We've been doing a lot of swimming, going to the movies and I'm trying to get them to do some arts and crafts stuff too. My daughter loves doing it, but my son...not so much. Anyway. Thanks for stopping by!


Birthday Wishes:
Stamps: balloon & sentiment (Papertrey Ink)
Paper: October Afternoon, Papertrey Ink
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Nestabilities, Papertrey Ink dies, Copic markers, Quickie Glue Pen (Sakura), glitter (Stampendous)

carolers sketch

Another great sketch this week over at Splitcoast. This card actually came together as I saw it in my head. I love when that happens! The only thing I had to do different was turn it sideways. It just didn't look right horizontally.

I love this little carolers stamp. I got the set on eBay for like $5. I was the only one to bid on it. Lucky me! I stamped the image and, of course, colored it with my Copics. All the patterned paper is from one of last year's Christmas lines from My Mind's Eye. The sentiment is from the same set and I just stamped it and cut that and the image out with my Nesties. I embossed the 3 squares of cardstock with the Cuttlebug snowflake folder and mounted those on top of the patterned paper. I decided to add a little sparkle with the snowflakes. The punch is a Martha Stewart punch I picked up last year and I just ran some glue over them and sprinkled on the glitter!

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Merry Christmas:
Stamps: carolers & sentiment (Wordsworth Art Stamps)
Paper: Papertrey Ink, Bazzill, My Mind's Eye
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko), Distress Ink (Ranger Industries)
Accessories: Nestabilities, Copic markers, Cuttleb=ug, Quickie Glue Pen (Sakura), glitter (Stampendous), Snowflake punch (Martha Stewart), foam tape

birthday mojo

Finally, a moment to sit down and update my blog. I made this card on Friday, but I've been so busy this weekend with other things that I haven't had a chance to get online. I know...tragic.

This week's Mojo Monday sketch was a doozy. I was inspired by Tosh's snowman card. I just loved it when I saw it! I really like how she did the glittery pendant behind the image. That's what I was trying to emulate here. Instead of the Spellbinder's Fleur de lis, I used one of the Cuttlebug flower die sets and cut it apart.

The main image is from a Basic Grey set called Sahara. I think my mom gave them to me for my birthday this year. Thanks, Mom! The paper is called Marrakech also from Basic Grey. I tried my best to match what Copics I had to the paper. I don't have one of those fancy schmancy Copic airbrush thingies, so I masked the image and sponged on the Distress Ink. (I really think I need one of those!)

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Birthday:
Stamps: flower (Basic Grey), sentiment (Papertrey Ink)
Paper: Basic Grey, Papertrey Ink
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko), Tea Dye Distress Ink (Ranger Industries)
Accessories: Nestabilities, Copic markers, Cuttlebug, Quickie Glue Pen (Sakura), glitter (Stampendous), Baubles (Stamping Bella), foam tape

ornaments sketch

I finally got to finish this week's Splitcoast sketch challenge today. I've been trying to get my house clean for relatives invading on Monday. They're only staying 2 nights so it's not too bad.





I loved this week's sketch! I got to use my new Nesties too! I stamped the image and colored with my Copics. Added just a little sparkle on one of the ornaments. I pretty much used all BG's Figgy Pudding on this one. I was thinking I better buy some more of that before they discontinue it if they haven't already.

I was unsure about the piece of blue cardstock behind the image, but there's only so much time I can spend on a card. I just pierced the paper around the edge and was done with it. I hope you like it!



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Merry Christmas:
Stamps: ornaments (Great Impressions), sentiment (Verve Visual)
Paper: Papertrey Ink, Bazzill, Basic Grey, Baja Breeze (SU)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo (Tsukineko), Mellow Moss (SU)
Accessories: Nestabilities, Copic markers, Cuttlebug, Quickie Glue Pen (Sakura), glitter (Stampendous), ribbon, paper piercer (SU), scalloped edge scissors, foam tape

halloween weekend sketch

I loved Beate's sketch this weekend. It was just simple and straight forward. I did however change it up a little. I love the way square cards look, but it's so hard to find envelopes for them. I turned the squares and circles into rectangles out popped this A2 sized card.

This stamp was part of a set I found on sale at Michael's over the weekend. I just thought these little guys were really cute! I colored the image with my Copics and added some sparkle with glitter. I cut it out with my rectangular Nesties using Julie's clever little trick for resizing. The fence is one of those Martha Stewart border punches I also found on sale at Michael's. I just ran my Quickie Glue Pen over it and sprinkled on some black glitter for a little added interest.

Well, that's all I have today! Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Halloween:
Stamps: main image (Trick or Treat set by Inkadinkado), sentiment (Studio G)
Paper: Basic Grey, KI Memories, Papertrey Ink, Bazzill
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko) Tangerine Tango (SU)
Accessories: Nestabilities, Copic markers, Quickie Glue Pen (Sakura), white glitter (Stampendous), black glitter (ART Institute), fence punch (Martha Stewart), foam tape

happy world card making day!

I have to be honest. I didn't make this card today. Actually, I didn't make any cards today. I had to take my daughter to a birthday party. Don't get me wrong...I'm not complaining because the mother of the birthday girl and I are good friends so it was nice to see her. It just seems that whenever these kind of crafty "holidays" pop up, there's always something else going on too. Anyway. This was the card I made earlier this week for the girl's party today. I used this week's Splitcoast sketch challenge again. I really liked this sketch. Definitely a keeper.

I used some old patterned paper I've probably had for years and this cupcake set I just love from Hero Arts. I did the usual...stamped the image and colored with Copics. Just love those things!



Added a little sparkle with glitter. Then I cut out some pink and white cardstock with my Nesties and mounted the image and sentiment with foam tape and done! Thanks for stopping by!

Seize the Cupcake:
Stamps: all images (Hero Arts)
Paper: Papertrey Ink, Bazzill, Bo Bunny, KI Memories
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko), Distress Ink (Ranger Industries)
Accessories: Nestabilities, Copic markers, Quickie Glue Pen (Sakura), glitter (Stampendous), ribbon, paper piercer (SU), scalloped edge scissors, foam tape

merry little christmas

Can you believe there's only about 86 days until Christmas? I guess I'll have to start my shopping soon. Hard to believe. It is my favorite time of the year though. And with Christmas comes lots of Christmas cards. I think I have more Christmas stamps than anything. You can never have enough I say. As you can see, I chose some of those for this week's Splitcoast sketch challenge.

I really liked this sketch. I may have to do another card using it. I just picked a couple of the Studio G stamps from Michael's and colored the images with my Copics. Of course glitter goes hand and hand with Christmas cards. I chose some of BG's Figgy Pudding and a piece of Fruitcake. I kept looking at the houndstooth paper and thought it needed something. Should I back it with a piece of red cardstock? Should I trim it with the scalloped scissors? Then I thought sewing the edge would work, but I didn't feel like dragging out my machine so I pulled out some stamps I have not used in a long while that resemble ribbon and stamped the edge and embossed it with red glitter powder. Next I added the ribbon and charm then finished the loads of laundry I've been doing all day. Thanks for stopping by!

Merry Little Christmas:
Stamps: ornaments & sentiment (Studio G); zig zag ribbon (Hero Arts)
Paper: Papertrey Ink, Bazzill, Basic Grey
Ink: Black Memento, Versamark (Tsukineko), Distress Ink (Ranger Industries)
Accessories: Nestabilities, Copic markers, Quickie Glue Pen (Sakura), glitter (Stampendous), red glitter embossing powder (Mark Enterprises), ribbon, charm (Making Memories), foam tape

christmas mojo

This week's Mojo Monday sketch was really cute! Julee comes up with the greatest sketches. I used my beloved Figgy Pudding paper. Christmas just keeps getting closer and closer, so any excuse to use this paper!

I stamped the image and colored it using Copics. I still need some more of these. It seems like I'm always needing a certain color I don't have. I used the Nesties scalloped rectangle under the image and under the center strip to make the scallops the same size. I also lined the outer edge of the tree paper with some of the Figgy to make it stand out a little bit. I stamped the sentiment and cut it out using one of the tag Nesties. I mounted both of those with foam tape and done. Thanks for stopping by!

Tis the Season:
Stamps: car with tree (Stamping Bella), sentiment (Studio G)
Paper: Basic Grey, Papertrey Ink, Red Riding Hood (SU)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko), Garden Green (SU)
Accessories: Nestabilities, Copic markers, Stickles, ribbon, foam tape

3 sketches, 3 cards

I was in a card making mood this weekend and I just love sketches! This first one is the weekly Mojo Monday sketch. I haven't done one of these in a while.





The next one is Beate's weekend sketch. My brother in law's birthday is coming up and this stamp looks so much like his dog, Honey. I got to use my Fun Flock on the spots and I think it turned out cute!

Last, but not least, is Jen's Sketch for You to Try. I don't think I've ever done one of her sketch's, but I think it was my favorite of the three.



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Trick or Treat:
Stamps: RIP, Halloween border (Michael's), Trick or Treat (Hampton Art)
Paper: Basic Grey, Papertrey Ink, Bazzill
Ink: Old Paper Distress (Ranger Industries), Tangerine Tango (SU)
Accessories: Nestabilities, Copic markers, foam tape

Happy Birthday:
Stamps: Dog (Inkadinkado), sentiment (Papertrey Ink)
Paper: Basic Grey, Papertrey Ink, Bazzill
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko), Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel (SU)
Accessories: Nestabilities, Copic markers, Zig Glue Pen & Glaze Pen (Sakura), Fun Flock (Stampendous), white gel pen (Signo), foam tape

Boo:
Stamps: Haunted House (Great Impressions), Boo (Making Memories)
Paper: Papertrey Ink, Bazzill, Papertrey Ink, Bo Bunny
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Nestabilities, Copic markers, Glaze Pen & Permapaque pen (Sakura), chipboard, ribbon, foam tape

sorry for the delay

I know it's been a long while since I've blogged. The past few months have been busy. This is probably the first card I've done since Thanksgiving, if you can believe that! I needed a masculine card for my brother-in-law's birthday, so I decided to use this week's Splitcoast sketch challenge and went to work. I'm not a fan of making manly cards. I don't do them particularly well. I'd much rather do something a little girly and cutesy. I stuck to reds and blues, you know, manly colors and I think it turned out all right. I stamped my image on white and colored it with my oh so favorite Copic markers and then cut it with my new Nestabilities label die. (The first time I've used those.) I then took some chipboard and covered those with black embossing powder and glued the little rhinestones on. (I know not very manly, but they needed some flair!)

Happy Birthday:
Stamps:  Retro Happy Birthday (Hot Potatoes)
Paper:  Papertrey Ink, Bazzill
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko), Charcoal Palette (Stewart Superior)
Accessories:  Nestabilities, Copic markers, Cuttlebug, chipboard (Technique Tuesday), jewels (Heidi Swapp), foam tape

ornamental christmas

This was the only card I made all last week. I've been diligently working on my family's Christmas stockings. Cutting felt shapes, sewing and beading and adding sequins...the whole 9 yards. They are almost finished. I can't wait to hang them up!

This stamp is one I picked up years ago. I just really liked it because it didn't just say "Merry Christmas", but it had a little detail to it with the images. Perfect for coloring with my Copics. I used this week's Splitcoast sketch challenge. I wasn't crazy about it, but I think it worked. The little ornaments on the bottom are actually cut from one stamp I picked up at Joann's last week for a buck. I used these Copics



to color the images. Then added a little sparkle with the Spica glitter pens and all done! Thanks for stopping by! Hopefully I'll finish these stockings and get back to card making!

Merry Christmas:
Stamps: Merry Christmas (PSX), ornaments (Studio G)
Paper: Papertrey Ink, Basic Grey, Riding Hood Red (SU)
Ink: Black Memento (Tsukineko)
Accessories:Nestabilities, Copic markers, foam tape

here comes santa claus...

I finally got my hands on one of these Santa Collage stamps a while back and I just love it! It really is one of best Santa image stamps I've seen. I thought it was perfect for this week's Splitcoast sketch challenge. I used my Copics (B21, E00, RV11) to color his face and then distressed it a little with my Distress Inks. I think the Stickles bottle kind of exploded all over him, but Christmas was meant to be sparklified! I used my houndstooth Scrapblock from Cornish Heritage Farms for one of the background pieces with a little Distress Ink on it as well. I mounted that on a piece of dp from Daisy D's and then mounted everything on a piece of Riding Hood Red cs run through the houndstooth Cuttlebug. Wow! I love me some houndstooth! Anyway, thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Santa:
Stamps: Santa Collage (Rubber Stampede), Fine Houndstooth Scrapblock (Cornish Heritage Farms)
Paper: Papertrey Ink, SU, Daisy D's
Ink: Black Memento (Tsukineko), Old Paper & Walnut Stain Distress Inks (Ranger Industries), Riding Hood Red (SU)
Accessories:Nestabilities, Cuttlebug, Copic markers, Stickles, foam tape

medallion challenge

This was such a fun challenge! I don't think I've ever done one of the "Try a New Technique" challenges on Splitcoast before, but this one sure was neat. Click here for Becca's tutorial. You basically take the largest circle Nestabilities die and divide it into 8 equal pieces. Then you take a corner punch and remove the little plastic guide around it and punch inside each of the 8 pieces. With this particular corner punch I had to snip the inside out with scissors. I then coated the entire thing with Versamark ink and sprinkled glitter embossing powder over it. The reindeer stamp is from the "unmounted stamps that I have no idea who makes them because I've had them so long and never used them" pile. If you know who makes it, please email me!



I stamped this guy and colored him with my Dove Blender pen and inks. I then covered him with Spica glitter pens. Voila! I mounted everything on top of the new Basic Grey Wassail paper. Gotta get some if you don't already have it. They make the best Christmas paper! Thanks for stopping by!

Reindeer:
Stamps:  reindeer (unknown), sentiment (Papertrey Ink)
Paper:  Papertrey Ink, Basic Grey
Ink:  Black Memento; Versamark (Tsukineko), Mellow Moss, Cranberry Crisp, Creamy Caramel (SU) 
Accessories:  Nestabilities, Dove Blender pen, corner punch (EK Success), embossing powder (Stampdendous), foam tape

fa la la

This has to be one of my favorite Splitcoast sketches so far. I absolutely love it! I only wish I had made more cards this week using it, but it will definitely go in my file. I used last year's Basic Grey Figgy Pudding paper (love this too) and some $1 Studio G stamps. I colored the images with my Copics, these to be exact:



and highlighted everything with Spica glitter pens.



Such a quick and easy card! I gotta scoot, but thanks for stopping by!













Fa La La:
Stamps: various Christmas (Stuido G)
Paper: Papertrey Ink, Bazzill, Basic Grey
Ink: Black Memento (Tsukineko)
Accessories:Nestabilities, Copic markers, ribbon (American Crafts), Glitter Dots (Stamping Bella), foam tape

new cards

I ordered a pack of the new In Color cardstock from Stampin' Up and it finally got here Friday. If you can believe it, I didn't have cardstock that was evenly remotely close to those colors. I really wanted to do the Splitcoast color challenge last week, but I had to wait on my cardstock. I really loved these colors together. I bought this stamp a few weeks ago. When I saw it, I immediately thought about using my Copics with it, which is exactly what I did! I used the colors in the pic below and then went over the letters with my clear Spica glitter pen. It's really hard to see in the photo.



I also used Julie's resizing rectangle Nestabilities tutorial to cut out the image. Worked like a charm! I got to use my new Martha Stewart branch punch that Julee Tilman twisted my arm to buy. I thought it added just a nice little touch around the edges.



Now, I think this might be the first time in my card making history that I've actually completed a challenge the same day it came out. I don't know that I'm too terribly fond of this card, but here it is...today's Splitcoast color challenge. I used these copics

to color the image and then quickie glue penned the area around the leaves and glittered. Very quick and easy! Thanks for stopping by!

Give Thanks:
Stamps: Give Thanks (Northwoods Rubber Stamps)
Paper: Papertrey Ink, Bazzill, Stampin' Up
Ink: Black Memento (Tsukineko)
Accessories:Nestabilities, Copic markers, Cuttlebug, Martha Stewart punch, foam tape

Ornament:
Stamps: Ornament (Sandi Miller)
Paper: Papertrey Ink, Bazzill, Stampin' Up
Ink: Black Memento (Tsukineko), Pink Pirouette (Stampin' Up)
Accessories:Nestabilities, Copic markers, Cuttlebug, Quickie Glue Pen (Sakura), glitter (Stampendous), ribbon (Martha Stewart), foam tape