March 2013 – Page 2

March 21, 2013June 4, 2020

Paper Craft Crew Sketch 34

Ahh, Thursday, I like you so much better than Monday! How are we all today? I’m good, looking forward to the weekend as always. Yesterday felt a little long but today will be a bit longer. I’m off to Manhattan after work, hopefully it will be finished raining/snowing/freezing by the time I head in. They had a derailment on the LIRR on Monday and it has messed up the trains all week. Maybe that will be cleared up tomorrow too, we can only hope. Did you all enjoy the Control Freaks Blog Tour yesterday?! I always have so much fun making my projects with that super talented group. If you didn’t get a chance to take a look be sure to, there were some great projects!

Today I have my post for this week’s Paper Craft Crew challenge. This time around we have a sketch challenge…

Some really neat suggestions in the sketch wouldn’t you agree?! The base of my card is Whisper White Card Stock. The background is a piece of paper from the Sycamore Street Designer Series Paper Pack from Sale-A-Bration. You only have until tomorrow to place you order and qualify for your free Sale-A-Braiton goodies and then it’s gone again until next year. I cut out a doily from the Delicate Doilies Large Sizzlit in Whisper White. The rounded scallop flag and the flagged pieces are cut out with the Hearts a Flutter Framelits Dies from Island Indigo and Tangerine Tango. All three of the pieces are adhered under a piece of Sahara Sand that I embossed with the Honeycomb Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. The “flowers” are from the Madison Avenue Stamp Set (also from Sale-A-Bration) and are stamped in Tangerine Tango and punched out with the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack. For the greeting I use the stamp from the first Paper Pumpkin kit and stamped it in Island Indigo. It is punched out with the Extra Large Oval Punch and adhered to the embossed piece with Stampin’ Dimensionals along with the “flowers”. I really like the stamp from the Paper Pumpkin Set, it has that casual feel to it. I hope that you enjoyed my Paper Craft Crew Design Team Card for this week’s sketch challenge. Don’t forget to see what the other designers have come up with over at the Paper Craft Crew blog. Thank you for checking in and I hope you have an awesome day!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Whisper White, Sahara Sand, Island Indigo and Tangerine Tango

Designer Series Paper: Sycamore Street

Ink: Island Indigo and Tangerine Tango Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Madison Avenue and Paper Pumpkin Kit Clear Mount

Embossing Folder: Honeycomb

Framelits: Hearts a Flutter

Large Sizzlit: Delicate Doilies

Punch: Extra Large Oval

Tools: Big Shot, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

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For a limited time you can get the Sent with Love Bundle now through April 30, 2013. It comes with the Sent with Love Clear Mount Stamp set, Sent with Love Designer Series Paper and a package of Calypso Coral Bakers Twine for only $25.50. That’s 20% off the price if you bought them individually!

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March 19, 2013June 4, 2020

Control Freaks March Blog Tour!

Hello and welcome to the March Control Freaks Blog Tour. This time around the theme is Spring! Boy could I use some spring right about now! Tomorrow is the first day of Spring but we had snow here on Long Island yesterday. Like I said… so ready for Spring!

If you are following the tour you have arrived here from the super creative Lisa Martz’s blog. She always has some fantastic stuff to share doesn’t she?! This month I have three projects for you, two cards and a candy jar.

The first of my cards is simple but I love the way it looks. I often need cards that can make the long journey over to England where most of my family is. A one layer card always fits the bill. The base of the card is Pool Party Card Stock. I cut a piece of Very Vanilla to 3 3/4″ x 5″ and stamped all of my images on it. The jar is from the Perfectly Preserved Stamp Set that was carried over from the 2012 Holiday Catalog and it is stamped in Pool Party. The greeting is from the Make a Wish Stamp Set and is stamped in Calypso Coral. I stamped the hearts from the Oh, Whale! Stamp Set in Pool Party and Calypso Coral, stamping off some of them. I love the random hearts and the jar, they remind me of fireflies! Stamping off is a nice simple yet fun way to give a one dimensional card a little depth.

For my second card I wanted to showcase the new Photopolymer Stamp Set. The base of this card is Primrose Petals Card Stock. I stamped some images from the Make a Cake Stamp Set in Primrose Petals, using the cake that I stamped in Raspberry Ripple to line up the little banner. The Happy Birthday banner is from the Designer Typeset Photopolymer Stamp Set. The banner stamp itself is straight but you can bend it when you mount them to your clear block and that’s what I did. It’s stamped in Raspberry Ripple and the letters in Primrose Petals. I used my Paper Snips to cut them out and they are mounted to the card with leftover Stampin’ Dimensional pieces. The cake is also mounted to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The best part about the Photopolymer Set is that you can see exactly where you are going to stamp making it great for alphabets, easy to line up every time!

My last project is a little jar with some jellybeans inside. I wrapped some Tea for Two Designer Series Fabric around the middle of the jar and adhered it with some Sticky Strip. A piece of Tea Lace Paper Doily was adhered to the fabric with some SNAIL before I attached it. The little chick is from the Everybunny Stamp Set and is stamped in Basic Black and colored in with Daffodil Delight and Calypso Coral Stampin’ Write Markers. A Stampin’ Dimensional holds it in place. On the top of the jar I punched a piece of Whisper White with the 1 1/4″ Scallop Circle Punch and adhered it to the jar with some Mini Glue Dots. The rolled rose is made by punching a piece of Calypso Coral with the 2 1/2″ Circle Punch and cutting in a spiral with my Paper Snips. After you roll it up some hot glue keeps it from unwinding. I punched some Lucky Limeade with the 1″ Circle Punch for the leaves and some more Mini Glue Dots hold it all on top. The flag is a piece of Whisper White and I used the Designer Typeset Photopolymer Stamp Set for Taylor, stamped in Calypso Coral. The Happy Easter is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes Stamp Set and is also stamped in Calypso Coral. For the egg I used the Itty Bitties Stamp Set and stamped it in Chocolate Chip. The flag is wrapped around a skewer and held closed with Sticky Strip. The butterfly is cut out with the Beautiful Wings Embosslit from Calypso Coral. A little fabric, card stock and some stamps make a fun way to dress up a plain glass container.

I hope that you enjoyed my Control Freaks March Blog Tour projects. I thank you very much for stopping here on the tour. Click below to go on to the clever and crafty Cindy Elam’s blog. I know that she will have some great projects to share with you! Enjoy!

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Card 1 Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Pool Party and Very Vanilla

Ink: Pool Party and Calypso Coral

Stamp Sets: Perfectly Preserved, Make a Wish and Oh, Whale! Clear Mount

Tools: SNAIL

Card 2 Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Primrose Petals and Whisper White

Ink: Raspberry Ripple and Primrose Petals Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Designer Typeset Photopolymer and Make a Cake Clear Mount

Tools: Paper Snips, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Jar Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Whisper White, Calypso Coral and Lucky Limeade

Fabric: Tea for Two

Ink: Basic Black, Calypso Coral and Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin’ Ink

Markers: Daffodil Delight and Calypso Coral Stampin’ Write Markers

Stamp Sets: Designer Typeset Photopolymer, Everybunny Clear Mount and Teeny Tiny Wishes and Itty Bitties Wood Mount

Embosslit: Beautiful Wings

Embellishments: Tea Lace paper Doily

Punches: 1″ Circle, 1 1/4″ Scallop Circle and 2 1/2″ Circle

Tools: Paper Snips, Sticky Strip, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

March 19, 2013June 4, 2020

Mojo 285

Another fun filled Monday… how about you? I fixed an iPhone back cover last night, always fun! It snowed here again, we got about an inch. I really am so ready for spring. If any of you have some extra warm weather that you could send this way please do so! Thanks! 🙂

It’s Tuesday so that means it’s time for another Mojo Monday Sketch. This week we have a very different sketch from Julee Tilman…

I wanted to use some more of the Sale-A-Bration goodies before it ends in just three short days. Better get those last minute orders in before it’s too late! The base of my card is Whisper White Card Stock. The background is a plain piece of Sahara Sand. I used a piece of the Sycamore Street Designer Series Paper on the right side and covered it with strips of Island Indigo that I embossed with the Argyle Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. A piece of 7/8″ Natural Trim Ribbon goes across the middle and is adhered around the back with Sticky Strip. The corners are made by punching a piece of Summer Starfruit with the 1″ Square Punch and cutting it in half. I stamped it with the Beyond Plaid Stamp Set in Summer Starfruit and some SNAIL holds them in each corner. The greeting is from the Dude, You’re Welcome Stamp Set and is stamped in Pool Party and cut out with a Sizzix Circle Framelit. I adhered it to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Two little tickets from the You’re Amazing Stamp Set are punched out with the Ticket Duo Builder Punch and one of the buttons form the Sycamore Street Ribbon and Button Pack, threaded with some Whisper White Bakers Twine, holds them in place with a Stampin’ Dimensional. I think the greeting works well with the Sycamore Street DSP and the card would work for a man or a woman. I hope that you enjoyed my Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge card. Thank you for checking in and I hope that you have a great day! Don’t forget to send some of that warm weather… Thanks!
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Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Whisper White, Sahara Sand, Island Indigo and Summer Starfruit

Designer Series Paper: Sycamore Street

Ink: Pool Party and Summer Starfruit Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: You’re Amazing and Beyond Plaid Clear Mount and Dude, You’re Welcome Wood Mount Kit

Embossing Folder: Argyle

Embellishments: 7/8″ Natural Trim Ribbon, Sycamore Street Ribbon and Button Pack and Whisper White Bakers Twine

Punches: Ticket Duo Builder and 1″ Square

Tools: Big Shot, Paper Snips, Sticky Strip, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

NON SU!: Sizzix Circle Framelits

March 18, 2013June 4, 2020

Indigo Limeade Feathers Sympathy

Good morning peeps! That weekend went very quickly as they always do. Did you have a nice and safe St. Patrick’s Day? I did, I went to my friends Brian & Kim’s and we had corned beef and cabbage and some delicious cupcakes and banana bread. I got to see my little kiddies and Taylor scored a babysitting job. Lot’s of friends equals a very good day indeed!

I did forget to mention the other day that Stampin’ Up! has a new promotion. They are giving you a sneak peek at a set that will be in the 2013-2014 Annual Catalog and it’s called A Round Array. The best part is that you can purchase it now! You can get it as a bundle with the 7/8″ Scallop Circle Punch for $23.95 or just the Stamp Set for $14.95. You can purchase this now through May 30th. Click here or on the photo below to get a PDF of the flyer.

Today’s post is for one of those cards that we don’t like to make, a sympathy card. My good friend Chantal’s mom passed away. She went to France for the funeral. I needed a simple but appropriate card. The base of the card is Sahara Sand Card Stock. I stamped the feathers from the Fine Feathers Stamp Set in Island Indigo and Lucky Limeade right on to the card base. The greeting is from the Loving Thoughts Stamp Set and is stamped in Island Indigo on Whisper White. I flagged the right side and mounted it to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. A very simple but elegant card. Chantal loved it and I hope that you enjoyed it too. Thank you for taking some time to stop by and visit. I hope that you have a very nice Monday.

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Sahara Sand and Very Vanilla

Ink: Island Indigo and Lucky Limeade

Stamp Sets: FIne Feathers and Loving Thoughts Clear Mount

Tools: Paper Snips and Stampin’ Dimensionals

March 17, 2013June 4, 2020

Paper Players #137 :-)

Hello there! Wow! That was a long day yesterday! I went to bed at 12:00am, got up at 3:00am, went to the airport, drove into the city, napped from 5:00am to 6:30am and then ran around the city until 5:30pm. To cap it off it snowed almost the whole day! I got home around 6:20pm and me and the child went to Panera for dinner. I’m a little tired still! I hope you all had a good day yesterday.

Sunday already… that means it’s time for another Paper Players Challenge. This week we have cool sketch from the amazing Ann…

I have been wanting to use the Swallowtail Stamp from the Spring Catalog as a background and I thought this would be the perfect card for it. The base of my card is Raspberry Ripple Card Stock. I stamped the Swallowtail Stamp in Raspberry Ripple on a piece of Very Vanilla. Before I adhered the panel to the card I used some Sticky Strip to adhere the piece of Raspberry Ripple 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon around the back. Some Vellum Card Stock (I have been quite into Vellum lately!) Is punched out with the Postage Stamp Punch and embossed with the Delicate Designs Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. I punched some butterflies out with the Bitty Butterfly Punch from some Raspberry Ripple and adhered them to the Vellum with Stampin’ Dimensionals. A Mini Glue Dot is the strategically placed behind each one to “invisibly” hold them to the card. The greeting is from the Bloomin’ Marvelous Stamp Set and is stamped in Raspberry Ripple. Some Basic Jewels Rhinestones add a little bling and finish off the card. I hope that you enjoyed my Guest Designer card for this week’s Clean and Simple Sketch from Ann. Be sure to check out the rest of the Design Team’s cards over at the Paper Players blog. Thank you very much for stopping by, I hope that you have a lovely Sunday!
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Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Raspberry Ripple and Very Vanilla

Specialty Card Stock: Vellum

Ink: Raspberry Ripple Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Swallowtail and Bloomin’ Marvelous Clear Mount

Punches: Bitty Butterfly and Postage Stamp

Embellishments: Raspberry Ripple 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon and Basic Jewels Rhinestones

Tools: Sticky Strip, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

March 16, 2013June 4, 2020

Create with Connie and Mary 243

Good morning! If you are seeing this post that means that my 3:30am airport run was successful and I have made it into Manhattan. One little flaw in my plan for today was that the St. Patrick’s Day Parade is today… hopefully I will miss the aftermath of it entirely. Fingers crossed! I’m not really a huge fan of all of the drunk people wandering from bar to bar in the city. When I worked in Manhattan I used to dread when St. Patrick’s Day fell on a weekday. I’m not a huge drinker and I’m definitely not a fan of public intoxication and all of the humiliation that goes along with it. I am wishing now that I was on that plane to Mexico with my friend Kim!

Enough of that now on to today’s post which is for this week’s Create with Connie and Mary. The ladies have provided us with a nice simple sketch…

The base of my card is Daffodil Delight Card Stock and I used a piece of paper from the Parker’s Patters Designer Series Paper Pack for the background. The middle panel is created using the Scallop Trim Border and Scallop Trim Corner Punches. The are a ton of tutorials on the web showing how to get it to go around the square perfectly. I used the one on Gretchen Barron’s site, I think she did a great job explaining it! I used Crumb Cake to make mine and the greeting is from the Pursuit of Happiness Stamp Set and is stamped in Not Quite Navy on Whisper White. The flagged piece is also from the Parker’s Patterns DSP, I think the patterns in the paper are called Ikat. On the left side I used one of the Silver Basic Designer Buttons backed with a piece of Early Espresso that I punched out with the 7/8″ Scallop Circle Punch and adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I love the Parker’s Patterns DSP, it has a nice masculine feel to it. I hope that you enjoyed my Create with Connie and Mary card for this week’s challenge. Thank you for all of your congratulations on my Fab Friday Design Team announcement yesterday, I appreciate them! I hope that you have a nice safe Saturday! 🙂
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Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Daffodil Delight, Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla

Designer Series Paper: Parker’s Patterns

Ink: Not Quite Navy Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Set: Pursuit of Happiness

Punches: Scallop Trim Border and Scallop Trim Corner

Embellishments: Silver Basic Designer Buttons

Tools: Stamp-a-ma-jig, Paper Snips, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

March 15, 2013June 4, 2020

Fab Friday 14 & News!

Happy Friday everyone! I’m extra happy today because you know that mental health day I have talking about for so long, well… I finally took it! I’m off from work today! I’m going to catch up on some things around the house (it looks like about 20 people live here at the moment!), get some crafty time in and take a nap so I can do the 3:30am ride to the airport! I’ll be going to Manhattan straight from the airport to take a nap at my friends house!

Before I get to today’s post you may be wondering why my Fab Friday is actually on Friday this week. Well, the wonderful Mindy Backes, the creator of Fab Friday, has asked me to join the Design Team! How cool is that?!?! I have played along in every challenge since they started the blog last year. What an honor to be on the team with all of the other talented artists over there. Ok, enough gushing now on to the challenge. We have a nice color combo for you…

I have had the Button, Button Stamp Set for a while and haven’t really used it much. I thought this would be a neat way to break it in. The base of my card is Pink Pirouette Card Stock. The background is made with the Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. I used the Ovals Collection Framelits to cut out a piece of Sahara Sand and cut it in half. A quick run through the Big Shot with the Perfect Polkadots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder and it kind of looks like a table. I stamped the jar image from the Perfectly Preserved Stamp Set in Lucky Limeade on Vellum Card Stock. The Cannery Framelits Dies cut out the stamped image and a blank one to go behind it. The buttons are from the Button, Button Stamp Set and are stamped in Pink Pirouette and Calypso Coral, punched out with the 1″ Circle Punch and the 1/2″ Circle Punch, the ones in the jar are adhered with SNAIL and the ones on the outside are adhered with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I then used some vellum adhesive to adhere the stamped jar to the blank one and some Stampin’ Dimensionals hold that to the card too. The greeting is from the Made for You Stamp Set and is stamped in Calypso Coral. I used the Scallop Oval Punch to punch it out and backed it with a piece of Calypso Coral that I punched out with the Extra Large Oval Punch. Still more Stampin’ Dimensionals adhere it to the card. I love the way the jar stamped on Vellum looks, especially filled with the little buttons. I hope that you enjoyed my first Deign Team card for the Fab Friday Color Challenge. Make sure that you go and visit the blog to see what all of my fellow designers have for you and make a card of yours to enter. Thank you so very much for checking in with me, I hope that you all have a great Friday! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Pink Pirouette, Sahara Sand, Whisper White and Calypso Coral

Specialty Paper: Vellum Card Stock

Ink: Pink Pirouette, Lucky Limeade and Calypso Coral Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Perfectly Preserved, Made for You and Button, Button Clear Mount

Framelits: Cannery and Ovals Collection

Embossing Folders: Lacy Brocade and Perfect Polkadots

Punches: 1″ Circle, 1/2″ Circle, Scallop Oval and Extra Large Oval

Tools: Big Shot, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

NON SU!: Vellum Adhesive

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March 14, 2013January 6, 2016

Freshly Made Sketches #77

Hello everyone, how are we today? I’m good but that was one big bad Wednesday! I’m glad that’s done and we are almost at Friday! It was a really nice and sunny day here on Long Island yesterday. The weatherman said that it’s just a taste and that today it will be in the 20’s! It was 50 degrees here yesterday, that’s quite a drop! Time for the thick coat once again, maybe for the last time… we can only hope. 🙂 A quick thank you to Theresa for pointing out that I forgot that I used the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch on the right side of the main panel of the card that I posted yesterday! 🙂

So, for today’s post I have my Freshly Made Sketches card for this week’s challenge. I have to say that I really like their re-design that they did over on their blog. This week we have a sketch from Jennifer T….

I have been having a very good run with my visual memory this week. I saw the sketch and immediately thought of the new Best of Flowers Stamp Set. For the base of my card I used a piece of Basic Black Card Stock and the background is a piece of First Edition Specialty Designer Series Paper. A strip of Lucky Limeade is embossed using the Borders Scoring Plate. I pierced the right side and a “Vintage” Sweet Shop Jelly Bean Brad is placed there and some SNAIL and Sticky Strip hold it to the card. The layer behind the main image is a piece of Primrose Petals that I embossed with the Chevron Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. The main image, as I mentioned before, is from the Best of Flowers Stamp Set and I used my Primrose Petals and Lucky Limeade Stampin’ Write Markers to ink it. The greeting is from the Essentials Wood Mount Set and is stamped in Basic Black. I backed it with a piece of Basic Black and adhered it to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I love the way the black looks with the Primrose and Limeade, it gives it a touch of elegance. I hope that you like my Freshly Made Sketches Card for this week’s challenge from Jennifer T. It’s always a pleasure to have you visit and leave me a comment, I hope that you have a super Thursday!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Primrose Petals and Lucky Limeade

Designer Series Paper: First Edition Specialty

Ink: Basic Black Classic Stampin’ Ink

Markers: Primrose Petals and Lucky Limeade Stampin’ Write Markers

Stamp Sets: Best of Flowers Clear Mount and Essential Wood Mount

Embossing Folder: Chevron

Embellishments: Sweet Shop Jelly Bean Brads (Vintage)

Tools: Big Shot, Simply Scored Scoring Tool, Borders Scoring Plate, Paper-Piercing Tool, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

March 13, 2013January 6, 2016

Paper Craft Crew Sketch 33

TGIW! Thank god we are halfway through the week. I don’t know what is up at work lately but I want to run! LOL! I just think I need a little mental health day, have I mentioned that before?! The weather didn’t help with the mood, it was gloomy and rainy all day. Again, it’ better than snow! Hehehe! I have a something funny to tell you. My friend Kim is going away and I offered to take her to the airport before I asked the time of the flight. The flight is 6:00am Saturday, which means that we have to leave my house at 3:30am. What have we learned? To ask what time the flight is first! LOL! I would have done it anyway, but it’s pretty funny no?!?!

Since today is Wednesday that means it’s Paper Craft Crew day! This week we have a sketch for you…

I do love a square card! I did something that I thought was a little cool with the sentiment on the card too. The base of the card is Elegant Eggplant Card Stock. The background is a piece of Very Vanilla that I stamped with the En Francais Background Stamp in More Mustard. The panel in the middle is stamped with an element from the Oh, Hello! Stamp Set in Elegant Eggplant. I backed it with a piece of Elegant Eggplant and adhered it to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The flower is made by punching two pieces of Elegant Eggplant put with the 7/8″ Scallop Circle Punch and using my Paper Snips to cut the petals. I put a Basic Glimmer Brad in the middle and fluffed up the petals. The leaves are punched out from Always Artichoke using the Blossom Petals Builder Punch. A small strip of More Mustard is flagged and adhered to the panel and the flower is adhered with a Stampin’ Dimensional. The greeting is stamped in More Mustard on Vellum Card Stock. I used my Heat Tool to speed the drying and then a strip of More Mustard hides the Stampin’ Dimensional that I adhered it to the card with. I really like the way the greeting stands away from the background but you can still see it. I will definitely do this again, I really like the effect. I hope that you enjoy my Paper Craft Crew Design Team Sketch card for this week’s challenge. Let me know what you think of the greeting and thank you so much for checking in with me. I hope that you have a wonderful Wednesday! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Elegant Eggplant, Very Vanilla, More Mustard and Always Artichoke

Specialty Card Stock: Vellum

Ink: More Mustard and Elegant Eggplant Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Oh, Hello! Clear Mount and En Francais Wood Mount

Punches: 7/8″ Scallop Circle and Blossom Petals Builder

Embellishments: Basic Glimmer Brads

Tools: Stamp-a-ma-jig, Heat Tool, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

March 12, 2013January 6, 2016

Mojo 284

Well it was definitely a Monday yesterday. Work was crazy but things always get better when I get home and craft for a bit. I got my Photopolymer Stamps yesterday but I didn’t get a chance to play with them yet, maybe tonight. I also got the supplies to start working on the Christening invitations for my friend Kim! I can’t wait to get started on those! How was your Monday? Hopefully it wasn’t too bad.

Tuesday means it’s Mojo time. For this week’s Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge we have a sweet sketch from Julee Tilman…

I definitely had an idea what I was going to use as soon as I saw this one. The base of my card is Whisper White Card Stock and on top of that for the background, a plain piece of Cherry Cobbler. I used the Woodgrain Textures Impressions Embossing Folder on a piece of Daffodil Delight. I have a little tip for you, some people have said that the Woodgrain Folder embosses too deeply. I just run it through my Big Shot with no tabs and I love the way it comes it. Underneath that is a piece of Calypso Coral that I punched the bottom edge of with the Scallop Trim Border Punch. I adhered a piece of World Spectacular Designer Series Paper to the front. Before I adhered the whole piece to the card I put some Island Indigo 3/8″ Ruffled Ribbon from top to bottom down the left side. The main stamped image is from the Blue Ribbon Stamp Set. I stamped the placing ribbon in Island Indigo and cut it out with my Paper Snips. The greeting is punched out with the 1 1/4″ Circle Punch. They are adhered to each other and the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The teeny flags on the left are form the Itty Bitties Stamp Set and are stamped in Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral and Island Indigo. I punched them out with the circle from the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack and adhered them to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The final piece are two tickets from the You’re Amazing Stamp Set stamped in Calypso Coral and punched out with the Ticket Duo Builder Punch. A small staple holds them to the ribbon. What a bright and colorful masculine birthday this will make. I hope that you all enjoyed my Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge card for this week’s post. Thank you so very much for taking some time out of your busy day to spend with me. Have a great day!

Stampin’ Up products used:

Card Stock: Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler,Daffodil Delight and Calypso Coral

Designer Series Paper: World Spectacular

Ink: Island Indigo, Calypso Coral and Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: You’re Amazing and Blue Ribbon Clear Mount and Itty Bitties Wood Mount

Embossing Folder: Woodgrain

Punches: 1 1/4″ Circle, Ticket Duo Builder, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, Scallop Edge Border

Embellishments: Island Indigo 3/8 Ruffled Ribbon

Tools: Big Shot, Paper Snips, Sticky Strip, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL