I really enjoyed my weekend and hope that you did too! Yesterday at the Stamp, Ink, Paper Store we had our first Hand Lettering Class taught by the lovely Paula Andrea! I took the class and learned the basics, included in the class is an excellent workbook so we can all practice, and I’m going to need a lot! If you want to see some of Paula’s work you can find her on Instagram HERE! She was an excellent teacher and we can’t wait to have her back! After work I came home and saw my little buddy Daniel at my Parent’s for a bit before heading over to pick up Kim so that we could go to Govenor’s Comedy Club for the Fire Department Fundraiser. We met up with Brian and I got to see my friends Mike and Michelle who I haven’t seen in ages! It was nice to catch up with them! The last comedian of the night, Mick Thomas, was hysterical! I think that the Irish accent made him even funnier! What a nice way to end the weekend!
And it’s Monday so that means that I’m over on the Mojo Monday blog for this week’s sketch challenge…
Of course I had to play with a new Mama Elephant set! The card base is Ivory 110lb Card Stock. My background is a piece of paper from the Echo Park Wintertime 12×12 Collection. For the band across the lower half I used the Lawn Fawn Scalloped Rectangles Stackables Lawn Cuts to trim off the lower part of a piece of Gold Mirror Card and added a strip of Echo Park This & That 12×12 Paper across it before adhering it to the card. That super cute “Charlie Brown” tree is from the new Mama Elephant O’ Tiny Tree Photopolymer Stamp Set. I stamped the trunk and branches in Dark Chocolate Crisp Ink and colored in the image with Copics. The pine needles are stamped in Evergreen Crisp Ink. My lights and string are heat embossed in Hero Arts Copper Embossing Powder, the ornament hook in Platinum and the ornament in Gold. I colored in the lights and ornament in with Copics and added a generous dose of Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush Pen to the ornament. My greeting is from the same set and is stamped in Onyx Black. I used my We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper to round the corners and adhered the panel to the card with Fun Foam and E-Z Runner. Up in the left corner is a piece of Black 110lb adhered to the card with Foam Tape. I hand cut the tag from more Gold Mirror Card and then added a Natural Twine bow to it before adhering it to the card with a Glue Dot. I’m totally in love with the little tree! I hope that you like my Design Team card for this week’s Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge! Stop by the Design Team BLOG to see more inspiration and add your card to the gallery! Thank you for starting your week off with me! I really love you coming by! Have a fun Monday! 🙂
Products used:
Stamp Sets: O’ Tiny Tree Photopolymer (Mama Elephant)
Ink: Onyx Black (Versa-Fine), Dark Chocolate and Evergreen Bough Crisp Ink (Altenew)
Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark
Embossing Powder: Copper, Gold and Platinum (Hero Arts)
Markers: Copic
Card Stock: Ivory 110lb (Recollections)
Specialty: Gold Mirror Card (The Paper Cut)
Patterned Paper: Wintertime and This & That 12×12 (Echo Park)
Dies: Scalloped Rectangles Stackables Lawn Cuts (Lawn Fawn)
Embellishments: Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush Pen (Zig) and Natural Twine (May Arts)
Adhesives: E-Z Runner (Home & Hobby), Glue Dots and 3M Foam Tape
Tools: Heat Tool (Hero Arts), Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers) and Fun Foam