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Good morning! I thought for sure I was going to freeze fast to the pavement yesterday! It was so cold and windy here but thankfully by the afternoon it had warmed up a bit. It was a balmy 36 degrees here around 5:00pm! The rest of the week isn’t supposed to be much better. But on the bright side it’s always nice and warm in my crafty corner! LOL!

Being as it’s Tuesday and I like to follow a schedule I have my Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge card for you today. Our sketch this week is provided by the lovely Mary Fish…

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Great simple circles! I decided to go with hexagons, a lot of hexagons! The base of my card is Very Vanilla Card Stock. I embossed a piece of Pool Party Core’dinations Card Stock with the Honeycomb Textured Impressions Embossing Folder and used the Stampin’ Sanding System to rough it up! Before I adhered the background to the card I used some Sticky Strip to hold a piece of Primrose Petals 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon in place. The large hexagons are cut out from the More Amore Specialty Designer Series Paper Pack. I used the same method that I used last time to cut them out. Cut a piece of paper that is 2″ x 2 1/4″ and measure across the long side 1/2″ in on each side and halfway down on the short side. Use your Paper Snips to cut off the angles and you have a hexagon! Mine are all adhered to the background with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The greeting is form the Ciao, Baby! Stamp Set and is stamped in Primrose Petals and punched out with the Petite Curly Label Punch. I like the simplicity of the card and the hexagons are great. I’m wishing that Stampin’ Up! gets some Hexagon Framelits soon, hint, hint! I hope that you like my Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge card for this week. Thank you all so very much for checking in with me today. Don’t forget to come back tomorrow night for the Control Freaks Blog Tour! Hope to see you then!

Stampin’ Up products used:

Card Stock: Very Vanilla

Specialty Card Stock: Pool Party Core’dinations

Designer Series Paper: More Amore Specialty

Ink: Primrose Petals Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Set: Ciao, Baby! Clear Mount

Embossing Folder: Honeycomb

Punch: Petite Curly Label

Embellishments: Primrose Petals 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon

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

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Ciao Baby! CM

Honeycomb Texture Impressions EF

More Amore Specialty DSP

Primrose Petals 3:8%22 Stitched Satin Ribbon

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!

Sale-A-Bration is here! If you spend $150 you will also get a pack of Silver Glimmer Paper to celebrate Stampin’ Up!’s 25 Anniversary in addition to $25 in Hostess money. Spend $400 (or host a party with $400 in total sales) and you get 8 FREE Sale-A-Bration items, the Silver Glimmer Paper and a Sycamore Street Product Bundle (Stamp Set, Ribbon, Buttons, Designer Series Paper) plus $65 in Hostess money and one item at 50% off. How cool is that?! (Does not include tax and shipping)

Do you ever feel the need to make something that means something but don’t think you have the time? Or you like to be creative but don’t want to buy a ton of supplies? Well, you don’t have any excuses anymore! Introducing Paper Pumpkin from Stampin’ Up! Each month you will receive a kit that contains all of the items (except adhesive) that you need to make a project, all for just $19.95. Each kit will ship out on or around the 15th of each month. You can cancel at any time, but who would want to?! Go ahead, sign up and get some crafting therapy for only $19.95 including shipping! Click here now! Don’t forget to choose me as your Demonstrator, Justin Krieger – Bethpage, NY! :-)

Don’t forget to check out the Anchor Rewards tab at the top. Earn 10 Anchors and get a FREE Stamp Set of your choice from any current catalog. If you purchase $150 worth of product you will be eligible for $25 in Host(ess) dollars to get one of the great new Host(ess) Sets or any other items from the NEW 2012-2013 Catalog or the NEW Spring Catalog!

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Hello peeps! How was your Monday? Mine was ok. It rained here all day and was really foggy. Not as much of the snow melted as I had hoped. It’s supposed to snow a little more tonight and maybe some more on Saturday. Sigh… I really am done with winter! I can’t wait for the warmer weather so I can put the top down in my car again!

For today’s post I have my Mojo Monday Sketch challenge card for you. This week Julee Tilman has give us this sketch…

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I really love the new Sent With Love Bundle so I decided to use it on my card today. The base of my card is Pool Party Card Stock. I used a strip of paper from the Sent With Love Designer Series Paper across the lower half of the card and on the panel in the middle as well. I adhered the piece in the middle to a piece of Whisper White to give it a little more thickness so I could adhere the “vintage” Real Red 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon on a diagonal around the back. The piece of Calypso Coral along the bottom is punched with the Scallop Trim Border Punch. For the main panel of Pool Party I stamped the dashed line from the Sent With Love Stamp Set in Island Indigo. The greeting is from the Essentials Wood Mount Stamp Set and is also stamped in Island Indigo. I stamped the stamp image in Island Indigo and punched it out with the Postage Stamp Punch. The heart is a piece of Red Glimmer Paper and that is punched out with the Small Heart Punch. The final stamped image is also from the Sent With Love Stamp Set and is stamped in Calypso Coral and punched out with the 1 1/4″ Circle Punch. I love all of the images and patterns in the bundle and I hope you like my card for this week’s Mojo Monday Sketch challenge. Thanks very much for spending some time with me today. Come back tomorrow for my Paper Craft Crew Design Team card. Have a super day!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Whisper White, Pool Party and Calypso Coral

Designer Series Paper: Sent With Love

Specialty Paper: Red Glimmer

Ink: Island Indigo and Calypso Coral Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Sent With Love Clear Mount and Essentials Wood Mount

Embellishments: Real Red 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon (Vintage)

Punches: Scallop Trim Border, Postage Stamp, 1 1/4″ Circle and Small Heart

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

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Sent With Love CM

Essentials WM

Sent With Love DSP

Small Heart Punch

1 1:4%22 Circle

Postage Stamp Punch

Scallop Edge Border Punch

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!

Sale-A-Bration is here! If you spend $150 you will also get a pack of Silver Glimmer Paper to celebrate Stampin’ Up!’s 25 Anniversary in addition to $25 in Hostess money. Spend $400 (or host a party with $400 in total sales) and you get 8 FREE Sale-A-Bration items, the Silver Glimmer Paper and a Sycamore Street Product Bundle (Stamp Set, Ribbon, Buttons, Designer Series Paper) plus $65 in Hostess money and one item at 50% off. How cool is that?! (Does not include tax and shipping)

Do you ever feel the need to make something that means something but don’t think you have the time? Or you like to be creative but don’t want to buy a ton of supplies? Well, you don’t have any excuses anymore! Introducing Paper Pumpkin from Stampin’ Up! Each month you will receive a kit that contains all of the items (except adhesive) that you need to make a project, all for just $19.95. Each kit will ship out on or around the 15th of each month. You can cancel at any time, but who would want to?! Go ahead, sign up and get some crafting therapy for only $19.95 including shipping! Click here now! Don’t forget to choose me as your Demonstrator, Justin Krieger – Bethpage, NY! :-)

Don’t forget to check out the Anchor Rewards tab at the top. Earn 10 Anchors and get a FREE Stamp Set of your choice from any current catalog. If you purchase $150 worth of product you will be eligible for $25 in Host(ess) dollars to get one of the great new Host(ess) Sets or any other items from the NEW 2012-2013 Catalog or the NEW Spring Catalog!

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Hello there! One day down, four more to go! How was your Monday? Mine was actually pretty good. I had techniques class last night and we always have a great time. I have to say that if I could craft all day I would be the happiest person on the planet! Steve Jobs once said that “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.” I have definitely found what I want to do!!

Tuesday means it’s time for this week’s Mojo Monday post. Julee Tilman has provided us with a nice sketch this week…

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I have some more Valentine’s cards to make so I thought this would be a great sketch for that. I used my favorite stamp set, that unfortunately didn’t carry over, Affection Collection. My card starts off with a base of Very Vanilla Card Stock. The background is created with a piece of Pool Party embossed with the Cloudy Day Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. For the square of Primrose Petals on top of that I used the Adorning Accents Textured Impressions Embossing Folder and adhered it to the card with SNAIL. The piece of paper is from the More Amore Specialty Designer Series Paper Pack and is adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. A thin piece of Basic Gray is embossed with the Needlepoint Border Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. The greeting and the image behind the greeting are from the Affection Collection Stamp Set (Vintage). I stamped the scalloped image in Pool Party and cut it out with my Paper Snips. The love is stamped in Primrose Petals and punched out with the Scallop Oval Punch and adhered with Stampin’ Dimensionals. A button from the Sycamore Street Ribbon and Button Pack has some Pool Party Bakers Twine threaded through and is adhered with a Mini Glue Dot. I love the way that all of the elements of the card go together and the Pool Party/Primrose Petals color combo with the slivers of Basic Gray is just great. I hope that you enjoyed my Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge card for this week. I really appreciate your visit and hope to see you back soon! Have a lovely day!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Pool Party, Primrose Petals and Basic Gray

Designer Series Paper: More Amore Specialty

Ink: Pool Party and Primrose Petals Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Set: More Amore Clear Mount (Vintage)

Embossing Folders: Cloudy Day, Adoring Accents and Needlepoint Border

Embellishments: Pool Party Bakers Twine and Sycamore Street Ribbon and Button Pack

Punch: Scallop Oval

Tools: Big Shot, Paper Snips, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

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Affection Collection CM

More Amore Specialty DSP

Coudy Day Textured Impressions EF

Adorning Accents Texture Impressions Embossing Folders

Needlepoint Border Textured Impressions EF

Scallop Oval Punch

Pool Party Bakers Twine

Sycamore Street Ribbon & Button Pack

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!

Sale-A-Bration is here! If you spend $150 you will also get a pack of Silver Glimmer Paper to celebrate Stampin’ Up!’s 25 Anniversary in addition to $25 in Hostess money. Spend $400 (or host a party with $400 in total sales) and you get 8 FREE Sale-A-Bration items, the Silver Glimmer Paper and a Sycamore Street Product Bundle (Stamp Set, Ribbon, Buttons, Designer Series Paper) plus $65 in Hostess money and one item at 50% off. How cool is that?! (Does not include tax and shipping)

Do you ever feel the need to make something that means something but don’t think you have the time? Or you like to be creative but don’t want to buy a ton of supplies? Well, you don’t have any excuses anymore! Introducing Paper Pumpkin from Stampin’ Up! Each month you will receive a kit that contains all of the items (except adhesive) that you need to make a project, all for just $19.95. Each kit will ship out on or around the 15th of each month. You can cancel at any time, but who would want to?! Go ahead, sign up and get some crafting therapy for only $19.95 including shipping! Click here now! Don’t forget to choose me as your Demonstrator, Justin Krieger – Bethpage, NY! :-)

Don’t forget to check out the Anchor Rewards tab at the top. Earn 10 Anchors and get a FREE Stamp Set of your choice from any current catalog. If you purchase $150 worth of product you will be eligible for $25 in Host(ess) dollars to get one of the great new Host(ess) Sets or any other items from the NEW 2012-2013 Catalog or the NEW Spring Catalog!

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Good morning peeps! How is everything on your end? Things are good here, other than it snowed, hailed, sleeted then rained here yesterday. We got every form of winter precipitation in one day. It’s supposed to be party sunny here today and go up to 50 on Wednesday with some rain. By the weekend it’s going to be in the 20’s again. Crazy weather! I sound like I am a little obsessed with the weather don’t I?! LOL!

Today my post is for Mojo Monday. This week’s sketch has been provided by Julee Tilman…

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It’s got some more layers than we have had in previous weeks, a good excuse to bust out a lot of product! The base of my card is Rich Razzleberry Card Stock. I used a piece of paper from the Sycamore Street Designer Series Paper Pack for the background. Before I adhered it to the card I used some Sticky Strip to hold a piece of Pool Party 1/2″ Seam Binding Ribbon in place. The next layer is a piece of Rich Razzleberry that I embossed with the Fancy Fan Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. For the main piece I stamped the images form the Best of Birthday’s 25th Anniversary Set in Rich Razzleberry. I cut one of the presents out with my Paper Snips and adhered it with a Stampin’ Dimensional. The backing is a piece of Pool Party and the flags on the bottom are cut out with the Bitty Banners Framelits Dies and Stamped with an image from the Summer Silhouettes Stamp Set in Pool Party. I adhered it to the card with some more Stampin’ Dimensionals. A piece of Pool Party is punched out with the 1 3/4″ Scalloped Circle Punch and embossed with the Perfect Polkadots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. Some Summer Starfruit is punched out with the 1 1/4″ Scallop Circle Punch and adhered with a Stampin’ Dimensional to the Pool Party scallop circle. The image is from the Ciao, Baby! Stamp Set and is stamped in Rich Razzleberry and punched out with the 7/8″ Scallop Circle Punch. I really like the way the scallop circles all layer so nicely together and the color combination is neat too. I hope that you enjoyed this week’s card for the Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge and thank you, as always, for stopping by. Have an amazing day! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Rich Razzleberry, Pool Party, Summer Starfruit and Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: Sycamore Street

Ink: Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Best of Birthdays 25th Anniversary, Summer Silhouettes and Ciao, Baby! Clear Mount

Framelits: Bitty Banners

Embossing Folders: Fancy Fan and Perfect Polkadots

Punches: 7/8″, 1 1/4″ and 1 3/4″ Scallop Circle

Embellishments: Pool Party 1/2″ Seam Binding Ribbon

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

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Best of Birthdays CM

Ciao Baby! CM

Summer Silhouettes CM

Sycamore Street DSP

Bitty Banners Framelits

Fancy Fan Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

Perfect Polka Dots Texture Embossing Folder

7:8%22 Scallop Circle Punch

1 1:4%22 Scallop Circle Punch

1 3:4%22 Scallop Circle Punch

Pool Party 1:2%22 Seam Binding Ribbon

Sale-A-Bration is here! If you spend $150 you will also get a pack of Silver Glimmer Paper to celebrate Stampin’ Up!’s 25 Anniversary in addition to $25 in Hostess money. Spend $400 (or host a party with $400 in total sales) and you get 8 FREE Sale-A-Bration items, the Silver Glimmer Paper and a Sycamore Street Product Bundle (Stamp Set, Ribbon, Buttons, Designer Series Paper) plus $65 in Hostess money and one item at 50% off. How cool is that?! (Does not include tax and shipping)

Do you ever feel the need to make something that means something but don’t think you have the time? Or you like to be creative but don’t want to buy a ton of supplies? Well, you don’t have any excuses anymore! Introducing Paper Pumpkin from Stampin’ Up! Each month you will receive a kit that contains all of the items (except adhesive) that you need to make a project, all for just $19.95. Each kit will ship out on or around the 15th of each month. You can cancel at any time, but who would want to?! Go ahead, sign up and get some crafting therapy for only $19.95 including shipping! Click here now! Don’t forget to choose me as your Demonstrator, Justin Krieger – Bethpage, NY! :-)

Don’t forget to check out the Anchor Rewards tab at the top. Earn 10 Anchors and get a FREE Stamp Set of your choice from any current catalog. If you purchase $150 worth of product you will be eligible for $25 in Host(ess) dollars to get one of the great new Host(ess) Sets or any other items from the NEW 2012-2013 Catalog or the NEW Spring Catalog!

Mojo 277 & Sale-A-Bration!

A good Tuesday morning to you! Today is January 22nd, not only is it my brother’s birthday, Happy Birthday Jason, it is also the first day of Sale-A-Bration! Here is the side of the flyer that lists all of the FREE goodies that you get for every $50 that you spend! If you spend $150 you will also get a pack of Silver Glimmer Paper to celebrate Stampin’ Up!’s 25 Anniversary in addition to $25 in Hostess money. Spend $400 (or host a party with $400 in total sales) and you get 8 FREE Sale-A-Bration items, the Silver Glimmer Paper and a Sycamore Street Product Bundle (Stamp Set, Ribbon, Buttons, Designer Series Paper) plus $65 in Hostess money and one item at 50% off. How cool is that?! Click on the image below to make it larger…

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Now that is some really cool stuff! In addition to the new Sale-A-Bration items they have included some products form the 2012-2013 Catalog too! You know you want some, get your lists ready and place your order!

Now on to today’s post which is for this week’s Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge. This time around we have a sketch from Carole Burrage…

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Nice and simple, just two little panels! The base of my card is Very Vanilla Card Stock. The background is a piece of paper from the Print Poetry Designer Series Paper Stack that I mounted to a piece of Very Vanilla so I could adhere the Primrose Petals 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon around the back with some Sticky Strip. The panel to the left is a piece of Very Vanilla that I stamped in Primrose Petals from the Vintage Verses Stamp Set**. The panel to the right contains another piece from the Print Poetry Stack. Across the bottom is another piece of Very Vanilla with some Basic Jewels Rhinestones. The flower is one from our 5/8″ Flower Trim. Jen from Stamped Silly had a tutorial on an easy way to dye them any color you want. I followed her easy instructions and tada! You can check out her tutorial here. For the leaves I punched out two pieces of Gumball Green with the Blossom Builder Punch. Both panels are backed with Summer Starfruit and adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I really like the colors in the DSP and the Flower Trim is kind of neat too! I hope that you enjoyed my Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge card for this week. Thank you so much for visiting and I hope that you all have an awesome day! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Very Vanilla and Summer Starfruit

Designer Series Paper: Print Poetry Stack

Ink: Primrose Petals Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Set: Vintage Verses**

Embellishments: Basic Jewels Rhinestones, Primrose Petals 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon and 5/8″ Flower Trim

Tools: Sticky Strip, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

**2013 Sale-A-Bration (January 22 – March 22, 2013)

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Print Poetry DSP Stack

Blossom Petals Builder Punch

5:8%22 Flower Trim

Basic Rhinestones

Primrose Petals 3:8%22 Stitched Satin Ribbon

Sale-A-Bration is here! If you spend $150 you will also get a pack of Silver Glimmer Paper to celebrate Stampin’ Up!’s 25 Anniversary in addition to $25 in Hostess money. Spend $400 (or host a party with $400 in total sales) and you get 8 FREE Sale-A-Bration items, the Silver Glimmer Paper and a Sycamore Street Product Bundle (Stamp Set, Ribbon, Buttons, Designer Series Paper) plus $65 in Hostess money and one item at 50% off. How cool is that?! (Does not include tax and shipping)

Do you ever feel the need to make something that means something but don’t think you have the time? Or you like to be creative but don’t want to buy a ton of supplies? Well, you don’t have any excuses anymore! Introducing Paper Pumpkin from Stampin’ Up! Each month you will receive a kit that contains all of the items (except adhesive) that you need to make a project, all for just $19.95. Each kit will ship out on or around the 15th of each month. You can cancel at any time, but who would want to?! Go ahead, sign up and get some crafting therapy for only $19.95 including shipping! Click here now! Don’t forget to choose me as your Demonstrator, Justin Krieger – Bethpage, NY! 🙂

Don’t forget to check out the Anchor Rewards tab at the top. Earn 10 Anchors and get a FREE Stamp Set of your choice from any current catalog. If you purchase $150 worth of product you will be eligible for $25 in Host(ess) dollars to get one of the great new Host(ess) Sets or any other items from the NEW 2012-2013 Catalog or the NEW Spring Catalog!

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Hello everyone! I had a very busy day yesterday, it was definitely a Monday. Work was crazy and it didn’t stop when I got home. I hope that you all had a better day. So, I have some more announcements for you today. Stampin’ Up! has just been rolling them out these past few days! Not that it’s a bad thing, after all they are celebrating their 25th Anniversary. First up we have a special promotion that will run all year long, it’s called the Best of 25 Years Stamps. Each month they will release a new stamp set for $14.95 that will include 3 – 5 stamps. There will be some old favorites along with a new stamp in each set and they will be available in Clear Mount only. The first set is called The Best of Birthdays…

Best of Birthdays 25th Year Flyer

You can click on the image above to download a PDF. As a special incentive to collect the Best of Stamps, starting in February they will be including a collector’s card and 25-year proof of purchase sticker with every Best of set. Collect six stickers, and send it in to redeem a FREE set of your choice valued up to $14.95! Free sets must be redeemed no later than April 30, 2014. How cool is that?! This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to collect a piece of Stampin’ Up! history.

The second announcement that I have to share with you today is the addition of ten more never before seen Single Stamps! These stamps are only available until March 31, 2013. These are some great images for you to add to you creative arsenal. Here are the two flyers…

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Single Stamps Assortment 4

Click on either of the images above to download a PDF. I think they are great assortment of very different stamps and will come in handy for many different occasions. Don’t forget that you can only get them until March 31st!

Wow! That’s a lot of cool new product! Now on to today’s post which is for this week’s Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge. This time around we have a sketch from Carole Burrage…

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I had a good idea what I was going to use when I saw the sketch. I have been looking through some magazines for some new color inspiration and I saw one with Rich Razzleberry, Chocolate Chip and Whisper White (that’s not what they called them but that’s what I saw!). The base of my card is Rich Razzleberry Card Stock. For the background on the left side I embossed a piece of Chocolate Chip and Old Olive with the Honeycomb Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. The panel on the right is created using some Whisper White and an image from the Oh, Hello Stamp Set stamped in Rich Razzleberry. I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig for perfect alignment! For the main panel I cut a piece of Whisper White to 2 1/2″ x 3″. I measured in 3/4″ on each side on the 3″ side, top and bottom, and measure down 1 1/4″ on each side of the 2 1/2″ side. I then used my Paper Trimmer to cut the corners off and made a large hexagon. The images are from the Bloomin’ Marvelous Stamp Set**. The leaves are stamped in Old Olive and the flowers are stamped in Rich Razzleberry and cut out with my Paper Snips. Some Stampin’ Dimensionals hold them in place. They also hold the butterflies from the same set in the same color that I punched out with the Bitty Butterfly Punch and placed on the right panel. Finally, the greeting is from the Vintage Verses Stamp Set** and is stamped in Chocolate Chip. The colors bring to mind the garden and I love the worn look of the images form the Bloomin’ Marvelous Set. I hope that enjoyed all of the announcements and my card for this week’s Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge. Thank for stopping by and enjoy your day!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip and Old Olive

Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive and Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Oh, Hello, Bloomin’ Marvelous** and Vintage Verses** Clear Mount

Embossing Folder: Honeycomb

Punch: Bitty Butterfly

Tools: Big Shot, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Paper Snips, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

**2013 Sale-A-Bration (January 22 to March 22, 2013)

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Oh, Hello CM

Honeycomb Texture Impressions EF

Do you ever feel the need to make something that means something but don’t think you have the time? Or you like to be creative but don’t want to buy a ton of supplies? Well, you don’t have any excuses anymore! Introducing Paper Pumpkin from Stampin’ Up! Each month you will receive a kit that contains all of the items (except adhesive) that you need to make a project, all for just $19.95. Each kit will ship out on or around the 15th of each month. You can cancel at any time, but who would want to?! Go ahead, sign up and get some crafting therapy for only $19.95 including shipping! Click here now! Don’t forget to choose me as your Demonstrator, Justin Krieger – Bethpage, NY! 🙂

Don’t forget to check out the Anchor Rewards tab at the top. Earn 10 Anchors and get a FREE Stamp Set of your choice from any current catalog. If you purchase $150 worth of product you will be eligible for $25 in Host(ess) dollars to get one of the great new Host(ess) Sets or any other items from the NEW 2012-2013 Catalog or the NEW Spring Catalog!

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One down and four more to go! How was everyone’s Monday? Mine was bearable, but just! I did have card class with my daughter last night and I always enjoy that. Valentine’s projects were last night’s focus. Some 3 x 3 cards and a box, a Pillow Box and a card. Is it wrong of me that I keep my projects because I like them?!?! If I feel the need to give one to someone I make a duplicate, I have a lot of cards! LOL!

Today’s post is for this week’s Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge. For this week Julee Tilman has provided us with this sketch…

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I’m liking the panels on this one, I also knew as soon as I saw it what I was going to use! The base of my card is Calypso Coral Card Stock, a color I haven’t used in a while. I embossed a piece of Very Vanilla with the Honeycomb Textured Impressions Embossing Folder for the background. The pieces of paper are from the Tea for Two Designer Series Paper Pack. The top most one is backed by a piece of Calypso Coral. I took a piece of Early Espresso and adhered a piece of Lucky Limeade Ruffled Ribbon to it and mounted it to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I love the Soda Pop Tops so that’s what I used in the middle. I stamped two images form the Collage Curios Stamp Set in So Saffron and Calypso Coral. The 1″ Circle Punch crops it out for a perfect fit in the middle of the Soda Pop Top and a Stampin’ Dimensional holds it in place. The greeting is from the My Little Valentine Stamp Set that is part of one of the Valentine’s Promotions that Stampin’ Up! is running right now. It punches out perfectly with the Small Oval Punch and a piece of Lucky Limeade, punched out with the 1″ Circle Punch, backs it nicely. One more Stampin’ Dimensional adheres it to the card. I really like the Tea for Two DSP and the Soda Pop Tops are my absolute favorite! I hope that you enjoyed my Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge card for this week. Thanks so much for checking in with me and I hope that you have a great day!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Calypso Coral, Early Espresso and Lucky Limeade

Designer Series Paper: Tea for Two

Ink: Calypso Coral, So Saffron and Early Espresso Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Collage Curios and My Little Valentine Clear Mount

Embellishments: Soda Pop Tops and Lucky Limeade 3/8″ Ruffled Ribbon

Embossing Folder: Honeycomb

Punches: 1″ Circle and Small Oval

Tools: Big Shot, Multipurpose Glue, Sticky Strip, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

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Collage Curios CM

My Little Valentine CM

Tea for Two DSP

Honeycomb Texture Impressions EF

Soda Pop Tops

1%22 Circle Punch

Small Oval Punch

Lucky Limeade 3:8%22 Ruffled Ribbon

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Happy 2013 everyone! I hope that you all had a very nice New Years Eve and that we all will have a safe, happy and prosperous New Year! I went to my friends Brian & Kim’s house and we watched Dick Clark’s Rockin’ Eve. Izzy and I had some hummus, I love when little ones eat stuff like hummus. It was a nice evening spent with some great friends, I can’t think of a better way to start the new year!

My first post of the for the New Year is my Mojo Monday card. This week we have a nice simple sketch from Carole Burrage…

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A nice simple sketch deserves a nice simple card. The base of my card is Chocolate Chip Card Stock and the background is a simple piece of Marina Mist. The patterned paper is from the Print Poetry Designer Series Paper Stack*. I used the Needlepoint Border Textured Impressions Embossing Folder* along each edge and a Sponge Dauber with some Chocolate Chip Ink to make them stand out. A piece of Early Espresso 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon (Retired) is adhered around the back with Sticky Strip and another piece is knotted towards the top. The greeting is from the Cross My Heart Stamp Set and is stamped in Chocolate Chip. The butterflies, from the same set, are stamped in Marina Mist. I backed the circle with a piece of Chocolate Chip that I punched out with the 2 3/8″ Scallop Circle Punch and mounted it to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I think that best wishes is a good greeting to start off the New Year. I hope you enjoyed my Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge card and thank you very much for your first visit of 2013! Have a great day! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Chocolate Chip, Marina Mist and Very Vanilla

Designer Series Paper: Print Poetry Stack*

Ink: Chocolate Chip and Marina Mist Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Set: Cross My Heart* Clear Mount

Embellishments: Early Espresso 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon (Retired)

Punch: 2 3/8″ Scallop Circle

Embossing Folder: Needlepoint Border*

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

Non-SU: Sizzix Circle Framelits

*2013 Spring Catalog (January 3, 2013)

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2 3:8%22 Scallop Circle Punch

Early Espresso 1:4' Grosgrain Ribbon

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Good day to you all! I do love a short work week, but then again, who doesn’t? I’m looking forward to this weekend and to another short work week next week too! The last two weeks of the year are the best! Do you all have some fun New Year’s Eve plans? I’m going with some friends to a another friends house, it should be fun. It’s so funny that I live so close to Manhattan yet I have no desire to go into Times Square for New Year’s. Must be the crowds that keep me away! I’m rambling, on to more important things now.

Today’s post is for this week’s Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge. This week our sketch is provided by Teresa Kline…

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My card features some more new products from the 2013 Spring Catalog. The base of the card is Summer Starfruit Card Stock. For the background I used a piece of Baja Breeze and stamped it with the Netting Background Stamp in Baja Breeze. All of the images on the card are from the By the Tide Stamp Set*. The coral on the circle is stamped in Summer Starfruit and the fish is stamped in Basic Gray. The strip of Basic Gray Card Stock has a piece of Natural 7/16″ Trim Ribbon* that I adhered around the back with some Sticky Strip. The seahorse is stamped in Summer Starfruit and the image next to it is stamped in Baja Breeze and punched out with the 1″ Circle Punch. I used my Paper Snips to cut out the fish and the seahorse. The fish is mounted to the circle with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the seahorse and image are adhered to the ribbon with Mini Glue Dots. For the greeting I used a stamp from Teeny Tiny Wishes and punched it out with the Word Window Punch. It is mounted to a piece of Basic Gray that is cut out with the Bitty Banners Framelits Dies and adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. This is a great masculine card, especially for the outdoorsy type! If you have a fisherman in your life, well this would be perfect! I hope that you enjoyed my card for this weeks Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge. Thanks for visiting and have a awesome day! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Simmer Starfruit, Baja Breeze, Basic Gray and Whisper White

Ink: Summer Starfruit, Baja Breeze and Basic Gray Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: By the Tide* Clear Mount and Teeny Tiny Wishes and Netting Background Wood Mount

Embellishments: Natural 7/16″ Trim Ribbon*

Tools: Big Shot, Bitty Banners Framelits Dies, 1″ Circle Punch, Word Window Punch, Paper Snips, Mini Glues Dots, Sticky Strip, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

*2013 Spring Catalog (January 3,2013)

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Teeny Tiny Wishes

Netting Background Stamp WM

Bitty Banners Framelits

Word Window Punch

1%22 Circle Punch

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Well, that wasn’t such a bad Monday as far as Monday’s go, except for the weather! It was rainy and dreary here all day today and still is this morning. The fine misty rain that just gets everywhere. How is the weather in your area? I have another sneak peek for you today. The stamp set is from Sale-A-Bration and the the Designer Series Paper and Framelits are from the Spring Catalog. 🙂

Today’s card is for this week’s Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge. This week we have a clean and simple sketch from Carol Burrage…

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I was laughing when I saw the sketch because I did something very similar with my post on Saturday! The base of today’s card is Raspberry Ripple Card Stock. For the background I used a piece of the new Print Poetry Designer Series Paper Stack*. For the main panel I opted for very clean, a piece of Summer Starfruit with some Raspberry Ripple Stitched Satin Ribbon around it and a knot tied on the right. The panel is adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The three flowers are from the Bloomin’ Marvelous Stamp Set** and are stamped in Raspberry Ripple. I used the new Hearts a Flutter Framelits Dies* to cut them out. They, along with the greeting, are adhered to the card with more Stampin’ Dimensionals. Speaking of the greeting, it is from the same set and stamped in the same color. I used the Large Oval Punch to punch it out. I like the slightly bolder and different color combination and hope you like it too. What was your favorite product from today’s sneak peek? What has been your favorite so far? Let me know by leaving me a comment. There you have my Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge card, thanks for clicking on in today and I hope that your day is a nice one.

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Raspberry Ripple, Very Vanilla and Summer Starfruit

Designer Series Paper: Print Poetry Stack*

Ink: Raspberry Ripple Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Set: Bloomin’ Marvelous** Clear Mount

Embellishments: Summer Starfruit 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon

Tools: Big Shot, Hearts a Flutter Framelits Dies*, Large Oval Punch, Sticky Strip, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

*2013 Spring Catalog (January 3, 2013) **2013 Sale-A-Bration (January 22 – March 22, 2013)

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Large Oval Punch

Raspberry Ripple 3:8%22 Stitched Satin Ribbon

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