Mojo Monday challenge 194

Here is the sketch for this week's Mojo Monday challenge:



And here is my submission.  This card worked perfectly for the teacher Thank You cards I needed to make.  Click the picture, to enlarge it, and look at the cute little pencil borders.  :-)

Once again, I had to use non-CTMH stamps...I'm noticing some glaring omissions in my stamp sets! 

Thanks for looking!!

Materials used (all products CTMH, unless otherwise noted):
-paper:  Indian Corn Blue cardstock, Cranberry cardstock, Colonial White cardstock, Zippidee B&T paper
-ink:  Black ink, Copic markers
-embellishments:  red buttons from the Red Assortment
-tools:  Nestabilities die, Fiskars border punch
-letter: Making Memories

Heart2Heart challenge

Here is my submission for this week's Heart2Heart challenge.  This week's challenge was to create your own background paper, using stamps and ink, then use that paper to make a Father's Day card.  I already had one card made for my Dad, but still needed to make a card for my DH, so this was the perfect kick in the butt to get it done.  :-)

(Click on the picture to enlarge it.)

For my background paper, I used Sunsest cardstock, and stamped images from last year's June Stamp of the Month... Wonderful Friend.  I used Sunset ink, and stamped the argyle pattern over the Sunset cardstock, resulting in a subtle, but defined pattern.  I then used a strip of Colonial White cardstock, and stamped the same argyle pattern with Versamark ink.  Using clear detail embossing powder, I heat embossed the image.  I think heat embossing is one of my very favorite techniques...I just love watching that powder melt (yes, I am easily amused)!  :-)  After the image was embossed, I used a sponge to sponge on Sunset, Olive and Outdoor Denim inks, one at at time, right next to each other.  The embossing resists the ink, and reveals the Colonial White color underneath.  So cool!  I attached some hemp around the Sunset cardstock, then adhered the Colonial White strip on top of that.

Next, I heat embossed the sentiments, again using Colonial White cardstock, Versamark, and clear detail powder.  I inked them up with Outdoor Denim ink, cut them out, and adhered them to the card.

Added some Olive buttons, with hemp, and Voila!!  Card done!

Thanks for looking!

Materials list (all products are CTMH, unless otherwise noted):
-papers:  Lucky, Colonial White, Sunset
-stamps:  Wonderful Friend
-inks: Sunset, Outdoor Denim, Olive, Versamark
-embellishments: Olive buttons (from the Green Assortment, I believe); hemp; clear detail powder

Mojo Monday challenge

I love the sketches at Mojo Monday, and many of the cards I've made in the past few weeks have originated with these sketches.  Here is my submission for the week.  It is based on this original sketch:

And here is what I made.  I was able to use up some of the scraps from my You and Me kit (which you can see here).

Thanks for looking!!

Materials list: (all supplies are CTMH, unless otherwise noted)

-Smoothie cardstock

-Colonial White cardstock

-You & Me B&T paper

-A Little Thanks stamp set

-Chocolate ink

-Chocolate grosgrain ribbon

-Colonial White brad

Challenges, challenges!!

Well, back in November, I promised I would start posting more projects that I made for challenges.  Today, I make good on that promise.  I needed a few cards this week for various things, so I used the challenges as my starting point.  Here is what I came up with:

MOJO MONDAY:

These were the sketches to follow for Mojo Monday this week. 


Here is what I made:

A close up of the flower:

I used the new Canvas Badge Buttons to stamp the bird on.  So cute!

Materials used:

paper:  Veranda, Cocoa cardstock, Colonial White cardstock

inks:  Juniper, Cocoa

embellishments:  Colonial White ribbon, Basics Buttons, Canvas Badge Buttons

stamp sets:  The Present (D1436), A Little Thanks (D1444)



Heart2Heart challenge:



The next challenge was the Heart2Heart challenge.  I wasn't able to copy the original sketch, but you can see it here.  This is what my card looks like.  I used our circle cards as my base.

In the next picture, you can see a few of the chipboard pieces I used.  They are from the Lucky Assortment pack....I LOVE that Close To My Heart offers embellishments to match their paper packs.  Makes it soooooo easy to complete a project!  On this card, I simply stamped directly on the chipboard piece, to customize the sentiment.  So simple!

And you see that little tiny piece of "zig-zag" stick out behind the scooter??  That's a piece of one my favorite new embellishments....Kraft Ready Borders.  They are self-adhesive, strips of fun borders that you can stamp on, or ink 'em up.  I've been using them like crazy.  That's because they come 50 pieces to a pack, for just $5.95, so I can afford to use them like crazy!!!! 

Materials used:

paper:  Lucky Level 2 paper pack

ink:  Outdoor Denim

embellishments:  Lucky Level 2 Assortment, Kraft Ready Borders