Mojo 88

Made this card for the Mojo 88 Sketch callenge this week. This week the Mojo sketch is working double duty, on the Mojo Blog and over at Stampin Out Alzheimers as a challenge sketch as well.

So this is what I came up with..... I used some My Mind's Eye - Tres Jolie paper that has been in my stash for a loooooong time now. The flowers are from Verve - Because of You and the sentiment is SU - Sincere Salutations. I did stamp the background pattern from Wishful Elegance on the 2 little panels with some VersaMark but it doesn't show up at all. Oh well, I still like it.

Well, the SOA challenges have been great for my mojo but not so good for the condition of my stamping area. What a mess! I have stacks of stuff and stamps everywhere, barely found room to set down my cup of coffee this morning. I think there is hope though, I can see a tiny corner of my scor-pal sticking out from under a pile, LOL! Looks like a good place to start!

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to feed the dogs -------->

A little Post It folder for SOA

This little notebook was part of a challenge over at Stampin' Out Alzheimers. What a great thing Jen Tapler has put together! SOA has already raised over $5000 for the Alzheimer's Association! Don't let that stop you from donating though, you can do it right over there ----->. Even if you don't want to take part in all of the amazing stamping and scrapping stuff going on over at SOA you can still donate to this amazing cause. So get going... make a donation and then come back here to see my little notebook..... I'll wait.......

So like I said this was a challenge by Whiff of Joy to create a post it note holder. I happened to see the challenge this morning before work, had 30 minutes to spare, a pre-stamped image and a tiny bit of clear space on my desk, LOL! I started coloring and was almost late for work. Oops! I stole a large pink post it pad from work, shhhh! Hey, I needed it to match my project and I didn't have any pink ones. The holder is made from chipboard so that it might withstand the beating it will recieve in my purse. The little tab wraps around and has a magnetic closure under the button to keep it closed.

I have such a hard time making my 3-D stuff look finished. I'm still trying to add things to this to make it look more polished. I tried adding the word NOTES somewhere but just hated everything I tried. It was amazing for me just to get it done to a point where I like it at all and look.. more pattern paper! I am on a roll!

Please donate to Stampin Out Alzheimers if you can and don't forget to feed the dogs..... --------->

An update... at the request of my Husband!

Jason has asked me to update you all with some very important information. You see, he checks out my blog from time to time and was very concerned that I never posted the finished product of his maple syrup in this post.

So without any further delay, here is Jason's finished maple syrup.... what is left of it. MMMM!

PTI Blog Hop

Hi Everyone!

For a change I actually remembered the PTI Blog Hop this month.
The challenge this time around was to use the color yellow. You can read all about it here. Then go check out the rest of the hop over here.

I decided to use my newest PTI set A Day at the Beach. I also used Polka Dot Basics for the background. I tore, crumpled up and then smoothed out a piece of kraft paper for my "sand dune". The umbrella was cut out and mounted with 3-D foam. I couldn't decide if I like the Melon Berry or the Spring Rain better... so I did both.


I LOVE the "life is good" sentiment with this set. Worked perfectly for a couple of simple summery cards.


Enjoy the rest of the blog hop and thanks for hopping by here!

Its a hot one...

It is 91 here right now! The dog has taken up her summer spot under the steps, where she digs a big hole in the sand to cool off. My little hummingbird is sitting on his phone line and the smell of the lilacs is drifting through the screen door. Aaaaahhh! I love it!

Julee posted the cutest little sketch yesterday on her blog to celebrate the new Verve releases tonight. It is a super simple sketch and you know I love simple.

I used images from the set Miracles Blossom and the sentiment from Wishful Elegance. The pattern paper is from My Minds Eye. More of my CKC paper! A little bit of SU Ruby Red and Cameo Coral matched pretty well. I cut out the main images with my new Deckled Nesties. LOVE them. As soon as I finish blabbering here I am off to order the other sizes in these babies.

So this is a birthday card (duh) for my Husband's Grandmother. She will be 92 tomorrow. I took her the newspaper this morning and she was.... get this... washing windows. I told her she was making me look bad!

Have a great weekend everyone, thanks for stopping by!

ETA: I had to get a photo of my little hummingbird to show you. (This was the best I could do and this is zoomed in as far as my camera goes. You might be able to click on it to see that it really is a little bird and not just some bump on a line.) He, well I assume it is the same pair but who knows, comes every year and stands guard over the bunch of bushes where he raises his little family. Although I have never seen a nest, I have seen him and his lady flying in and out of those bushes hundreds of times a day. I guess the nests are only the size of a thimble so no wonder I can't find it. I know it is in there though, LOL!

It only took all week.....

but I got this weeks Mojo card done!

I used some of the pattern paper I got last weekend at CKC. What a great time that was! I met up with Lauren, Paulette, and Tracey and her Mum. It was so much fun shopping around with all of them.
So anyway I got this paper there and I made a vow, with Paulette as my witness that I would use the pattern paper I was buying.
So how did I do? This was one sheet of double sided (love the already coordinated-ness of the good ole double sided paper, LOL! ) Scenic Route paper from the Sonoma collection.
I used a MFT stamp set called Can Ya Dig It? for my gardening lady. She was all paper pieced with the pattern paper using some great tips that I learned at SNE from Joanne. She has a really good tutorial on her blog here. I also used some stamps from the Verve set Miracles Blossom. "Hello there Sunshine" is also from Verve.

OK I have been on the computer all morning now. First editing this photo (and that didn't come out great) and my new blog banner (isn't my Loki girl cute?). Then my blog freaked out and my side bar went to the bottom of the screen. Still have not gotten everything back where it should be. It was time for an overhaul anyway, just didn't plan on doing it today.

Have a great weekend and don't forget to feed the dogs! (it is over there somewhere on my sidebar still I think ------->)

Mojo Monday 86

Mondays are the best! Ok, well Mojo Monday Sketches are the best!

I have been on a wicked tulip and twine card phase lately. So here is another one. This one was super quick. The tulips and sentiment are from PTI Wishing You... And look I used pattern paper! Urban Oasis from SU. Kiwi Kiss (my most favoritest green evah) So Saffron and PTI Melon Berry were the flowers. "Make a wish" was stamped with CTMH white daisy and then because I didn't think it was dark enough I went over it with a white gel pen too. And of course my twine bow! PTI is going to be selling twine with this month's release, how can I resist that? Seriously!

Have a great day!

Don't forget to feed the dogs..... -------------> See the little doggie on my side bar, click him, answer a tivia question and help feed homeless dogs. Easy, free and it just makes you feel good.

ETA: Toot -Toot! That is me tooting my own horn a little bit because, when I went to the Mojo Monday blog to get the link for the sketch I realized that this card had been chosen as one of the May Mojo Winners. Yahooooooooie! I am so excited! Thank you Julee! And Thank you to everyone who left such nice comments too. You all sure do know how to make a girl's day!

Simple Tulips

I drive by the entrance of a beautiful botanical garden every day.. at least a couple of times. The garden's drive is lined with a beautiful stone wall and right now the tulips are open in front of it. They are gorgeous! I want to get a photo before they go by but the weather has been so blah here that I'm not sure the photos would do the blooms justice (kind of like the photo of the card below).

So until the sun shines for more than 5 minutes at a time this card will have to do.

These tulips are from a set called A Year of Flowers over at Gina K. Love it! You will see flowers from this set again I guarantee! I used my Stamp' Write Markers to watercolor the tulips. They were cut out and mounted with some 3-D dotty things to a piece of Gina K. Pure Luxury layering weight paper.

This was the first attempt to sew on a card with my brand new Sew Mini. Not bad, but I won't point out the places I messed up either. I think I am going to like it with a bit more practice.

Have a great day!

Info:
Stamps: A Year of FLowers- Gina K
Ink: Palette Noir
Paper: Kraft- PTI; Pretty in Pink, Patterns Pack II - SU; Gina K. Pure Luxury
Other Stuff: Stampn' Write markers, Hemp Twine, PTI Ribbon

Finally!

Wow, did I ever need this week's Mojo Sketch in order to get back in the swing of things. I haven't done much stamping lately and sometimes it takes just the right thing to get me going again.... this sketch did it. Finally!

I saw the sketch posted this morning just before I headed out to help with Tyler's pre-school during swim lessons. Then I thought about it while the munchkins were in the pool. I knew I wanted to use Great Friend. I love those butterflies. The sentiment is from Because of You. One of the new Verve sets I got during my Birthday shopping spree.

Enjoy the week. I'm back to work part time next week, summer must be getting close!

Info:
Stamps: Great Friend - Stampin' Up, Because of You - Verve
Paper: Walk in the Park DSP & Kiwi Kiss - Stampin' Up, Stampers Select - PTI
Ink: Kiwi Kiss, Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose - Stampin' Up
Other stuff: Ribbon - PTI, 3D Dots, Ornare template

The Sweetest Violets

I adored this stamp from the very first peek I got of it. Aren't these violets awesome?! I love them.

I used this week's sketch over at SCS for this card. The stamp is from Flourishes. I colored it with Prismacolor Pencils on Stampers Select. The pattern paper is from the DCWV Latte stacks. The ribbon is SU. I didn't put a sentiment on the card. Not that I was lacking for one in this stamp set. Seriously, there is a little sentiment in here for just about any occasion. And I love the detail in the flowers. I need to get the lilac set next. All of their flowers are awesome really. This could be trouble, LOL!

Have a great day.

And the Winner is....

zoesimm said...
hi Molly....I completely blame you for introducing me to PTI :-) in a good way though! Kelley

Yea, Kelley! You are going to love these stamps!
Thanks to everyone who left comments and Birthday wishes. ________________________________________________

And a quick card since I have posted next to nothing all week long. It should be PTI (since I just gave away a PTI set) but it isn't. Honestly I have been outside almost all week long. The weather has been great and I have been busy cleaning up the gardens and the yard. I have barely stamped a thing! gasp!

A couple of weeks ago though, I had a great time water coloring this image from Soft Summer. I used a combo of Stampin Write markers and ink pads to color it. The Pretty In Pink background was embossed with the Sizzix Weave texture plate. Have I said how much I LOVE that plate?!?

I have a bunch of brandy new stamps on the way from PTI, Flourishes, and Verve. I spoiled myself rotten for my Birthday. Next week will be like my Birthday all over again when all of the packages start arriving! Oh and Jason kind of spoiled me too. He got me a cordless power tools! Augh, Augh, Augh, Augh (my best Tim the Tool Man Taylor grunt, LOL!) I really wanted a cordless circular saw, but he also got me a cordless drill and reciprocating saw too. LOVE them! Now if the Red Sox can pull out a win tonight!

Hope you are having a great weekend. Thanks for stopping by.

Easter Birthday Blog Candy

So a funny little fact about me... I was born on Easter Sunday. I don't think my Birthday and Easter have fallen on the same day again since. They have come close but not the same day. And this year is no exception. But it is close this year and a enough reason to give away a nice little goodie.

I have an extra Papertrey Ink Anniversary Set just laying around! Ok actually I made sure that I was going to get 2 sets this year especially so that I could offer one as blog candy. Check out the PTI gallery here to see the set and all of the awesomeness that the DT made with it.

Leave a comment on this post if you want to a chance to win this set. I will leave this post at the top of my blog (as soon as I figure out how to do that) until around 8 pm (EST) on the 18th, my Birthday, and then I will choose a winner with some kind of randomness that I haven't decided on just yet. Don't forget to leave your email so that I can find you when you win!

If you have my blog in your google reader (or some other kind of subscription thingy) please feel free to leave 2 comments (I know there are a few of you out there), otherwise one comment per person. Please play nice.

Good Luck, and Thanks for all of the comments you have left for me over the last year or so on this little blog.

Branch Out Birthday

Hope everyone had a nice Easter. We were at my Dad's making more syrup this weekend. Made a gallon and a half this time.

I've got a quick card that I made with Branch Out. I love this tree. Ok, show me a tree stamp that I don't love! LOL!

A nice manly card, well except for the bow and button but I did tie the bow with twine... That is manly right? The kraft layer was embossed with a Sizzix embossing plate then I ran a New Canvas Palette ink pad over it to bring out the texture.
Don't forget I am giving away a Papertrey Ink Anniversary set. All you need to do is leave a comment on the post above. Have a great night!

Baja Mojo Monday

Maybe it took me a few extra days but I got it done. And I like it!

This card uses this week's Mojo Monday sketch. I was a little afraid when I first saw it, not quite my style but today everything just came together. Gotta love that.

It is a very dreary day here today so getting a good photo was rough but I think you will get the idea.

Only 2 hours left till the first pitch of the Boston Red Sox season, otherwise known as the opening day of "scream-profanities-at-the-television-like-they-can-actually-hear-you" season! Oh how I do love Red Sox baseball!

Oh and starting this Sunday I will have a little blog candy for you. So make sure you come back and check it out.

Have a great day!

Card info:

Stamps: Very Versatile, Sincere Salutations - SU

Ink: Baja Breeze, Creamy Caramel

Paper: Stampers Select, Kraft - PTI; Baja Breeze, Urban Oasis DSP - SU

Other Stuff: Sizzix texture plate Weave, Sizzix Button Die #5, Brads, Hemp Twine