Bold and Bright Mojo to start the year

Hello there,

It has been a long time since I’ve managed to squeeze in the time to do a Mojo Monday sketch challenge but once I got the idea in my head I had to get it out on to paper. There were two design criteria for the card, the Mojo sketch (#120) see it below and the customer’s requirements, the customer in this case being my soon to be five year old baby girl. This is in fact going to be her birthday card. The customer’s requirements – well lots of pink and lots of sparkle (bling to you and me ;).

Since I knew I was going to use pink I headed straight for Pink Passion and layered that Pixie Pink. To back off all that pink and add some texture I added a white layer that was cuttlebuged with a swirl pattern. For the big circle element in the sketch I wanted to make a flower using Pick-a-Petal. So I stamped the polka dot petals in Pink Passion (of course), to bling them up I used tombow to add crystal iris chunky sprinkles around the edges of each petal. To break up all that pink I added a chipboard flower in green. First I pressed it into my Green Galore ink pad, once that was dry I smooshed it into my Versamark pad, added Heat and stick powder, heated that and then finally added the Old Olive superfine glitter. A large white brad (from our past Spring mini) went in the middle and in the middle of that I added a hot pink rhinestone!

As per the sketch I added a scalloped panel at the bottom, also in Pink Passion, with some nice dotty Pixie pink DSP from the Petal Party scrap kit. The last panel was a Green Galore layered with some more dotty DSP this time from the Kaleidoscope DSP. The ribbon element of the sketch took some pondering as SU has no hot pink ribbon!!! Finally and to be honest in the middle of the night the thought came to me to use the wavy happy birthday from Stem Sayings. So that what I did and I liked the result. Finally some more pink rhinestones finish it off.

I haven’t run it by the customer yet but I’m pretty sure the big pink flower, bling and more pink will get the thumbs up and probably a big hug for Mum too.

The inside is just finished off with a little DSP some more petals and a bit of bling too.

Thanks for visiting.

Kim

Recipe: All SU unless noted otherwise
Stamps: Pick-a-Petal, Stem Sayings
Cardstock: Pink Passion, Pixie Pink, Whisper White, Green Galore
Ink: Pink Passion, Green Galore, Versamark
Accessories: Cuttlebug swirl folder, Scallop edge punch, Crystal Iris Chunky sprinkles, Olive superfine glitter, chipboard flower (On Board So Tweet), Kaleidoscope DSP, Petal Party Simply Scrappin Kit, Large white brad (R), Pink rhinestones (Kaiser), Tombow adhesive, dimensionals, SNAIL adhesive, double sided tape.

Teddy Bear Birthday

Hi there,

Well this has been the first time I’ve been able to do a Mojo Monday sketch for ages. But when I saw this week’s I just knew I had to have a go and it would be perfect for a birthday card I needed to make. Here’s the sketch.

I wanted to make a birthday card for a little 2 year old girl and so I decided to pull out an old favourite of mine – Favourite Teddy Bear. A good friend used the set to make a lovely card for my daughter when she turned two (Hi Sam) so with this memory in mind I began.

I stamped the teddy first in Versamark and then Timber Brown stazon. Then I embossed with clear embossing powder. To fit him in the circle decided to pose him sitting down, by carefully trimming his legs off and then repositioning them. I got this idea from a card they had in one of our past Stampin Up catalogues. His front leg is up on a dimensional as is his party hat. A pressie and some balloons, projecting off the central circle, finish him off. For the colour theme for the card I decided to go with Rose Red, Regal Rose and So Saffron. To give the card some texture and also to convey the happy birthday message, I passed my top Saffron layer through the cuttlebug using the Happy Birthday folder. Then I cut it into three equalish sections. These were mounted over a Regal Rose layer that had been stamped with a little flower background. All the teddy accessories – hat, pressie, balloons (and the teddy) were coloured using my aquapainter and ink from the ink pad lids to coordinate with the colour scheme. Once they were mounted on the card I swished them over with 2 way glue and added the glitter. To finish off the card I added some Regal Rose ribbon, as per the sketch, although I did move the bow to the other side - it balanced the balloons better that way.

Hopefully the birthday girl will like it!

PS: It was raining here this afternoon so my photo's are a bit yuck, once the sun returns I will come back and edit in some new pic's.

Recipe: (All SU unless otherwise noted)
Stamps: Favourite Teddy Bear, Fresh Fillers
Cardstock: Rose Red, Regal Rose, So Saffron, Whisper White
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Rose Red, Regal Rose, So Saffron, Versamark, Timber Brown Stazon
Accessories: Circle Nestabilities (classic and scalloped), Cuttlebug Happy Birthday folder, Clear embossing powder, Aquapainter, Regal Rose wide grosgrain ribbon, 2-way glue pen, Dazzling Diamonds, dimensionals, SNAIL adhesive.

Really Rusty Flowers

Hi there again,

well for my second go round at Makeesha latest challenge (a colour one this week) I decided to try and use the latest Mojo Monday sketch. Posting it today will probably make it my earliest Mojo past ever ( it's usually right down to the wire). Anyway lets start with the colours and the sketch.

I'm am a bit happier with how this card turned out, its doesn't seem quite so dark (and gloomy?) as my first try (see my last post) and I did have fun making the flowers - anyway here's the card.

Lots of retired stuff in this one, but it gave me the effect I was after so thats the most important thing. I used Vanilla and Rust as the primary colours and the Chocolate and Sage as accents. I had my first go at bashing around hodgepode too. I decided I didn't want the fastener on the LHS so after the kids were in bed out came pliers and hammer and I went to it. In the end I tried using my Cropodile which did work very effectively but it was a tad rough so, cough cough, you can't see those bumps and scratches can you! I like the end effect though. The only other point to note is that I rock and rolled the big Looks Like Spring flower, first stamping it in Sage, then rolling the edges in Rust then I just tried to roll the end tips in Chocolate Chip. The rest is lots of punches and some piercing.

Recipe: (All SU unless noted otherwise)
Stamps: Floral, Looks LIke Spring, Short and Sweet
Ink: Really Rust, Sage Shadow, Chocolate Chip
Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Sage Shadow
Accessories: Fall Flowers DSP, Spring Bouquet punch, Large and Small Oval punches, Scallop Edge punch, Silver Hodgepodge, Crafters Tool Kit, Cropodile, Sage Shadow grosgrain ribbon from District Ribbon Originals, SNAIL adhesive, Double sided tape, Dimensionals, Chocolate Chip Flower brad, Kaiser Half Pearls

STOP - happy birthday

Hi there,
well this will be a first. I am actually going to post two cards for this weeks Mojo Monday sketch. Here's the sketch.


Ok I'm going to have to admit to fiddling with the sketch this week, I tried, I really did, but in the end I decided I had to make the card square, it just suited the layout better. Here's the card.

The inside was just finished off simply.

As you can see its a birthday card - for a 3 year old in this case. I went to my trusty By Land set and tried and true boy colour combo - Brilliant Blue, Pumpkin Pie and Bashful Blue. I started by photocopying the car and then using two way glue (dried to clear so it will come off again) stuck the car over the small dotty pattern from the Jersey Shore DSP (retired). Then cut out the car. To finish the car, I coloured a bit of white card with Basic Gray, and layered that with some acetate and then stuck it behind the windows. Then the car was mounted on lots of dimensionals. I wanted to make the stop sign a bit more solid so glued three layers of Kraft underneath it, then trimmed to size. Then I used Crystal Effects to highlight the stop and edge. The traffic lights were punched with the 1/4 inch circle punch and then popped up on dimensionals and lastly I stamped BEEP straight onto the twill tape using classic ink. The orange actually came out even better but that ended up under the dotty Bashful Blue panel. Hope you like it.


Recipe:
Stamps: By Land
Cardstock: Bashful Blue, Brilliant Blue, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Kraft, Wild Wasabi, Real Red
Ink: Brilliant Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Gray
Accessories: Cuttlebug Spots and Dots folder, acetate, Two way glue pen, Tombow Multi, Jersey Shore DSP, 1/4 inch circle punch, Scallop Edge punch, Crystal Effects, Chit Chat rubons, Twill Tape, Dimensionals, SNAIL adhesive

Three Little Rocketships

Hi there,

I hope everyone has had a nice Easter. My Miss 4 had stacks of fun searching for Easter eggs at a friends place. She kept running around holding up her basket, which was absolutely gorgeous and made by Sam, whose place we were visiting, saying "look at all the eggs I found" with a huge smile on her face.

Now onto my card, I had a bunch of ideas to try with the latest Mojo Monday sketch, but funnily enough what I ended up doing wasn't one of them. It was a last momment - opening of the stamp cupboard inspiration. What I have ended up with a birthday card for a three year old boy. Anyway here is the sketch.

Using some DSP scraps as colour inspiration I decided on Tempting Turquoise as the base and then layered the next two panels in red, one then has a cuttlebug panel layered over it and the other some DSP. The kind of overall theme is dots, stars and rocketships. One point to note is that the chipboard was pressed into my Real Red ink pad a couple of times and once dry then covered with crystal effects. I had my first go with colouring with Copics, which turned out OK I think but I need more practice. Once coloured the rocketships were highlighted with crystal effects on the yellowish windows and nose cone and I used a atyou Spica clear glitter pen to add some subtle sparkle to the blue clouds. Ok here's the card...




Here is a close up of the crystal effects and spica glitter. Even with the close up its hard to see the glitter. But its there - really!

$%*^&%$ Just discovered that I missed the Mr Linky cut off - oh well I hope some of you, my regular(?) viewers enjoy it.

Recipe:
Stamps: Birthday Whimsy, So Many Sayings, Boatloads of Love and a Studio G rocketship stamp
Card Stock: Tempting Turquoise, Real Red, Whisper White
Ink: Real Red
Accessories: Copics(R27, R29, YR23, YR24, B02, B05, B06), Bella chipboard miniz, Paper Mills star brads, Crystal effects, atyou Spica clear glitter pen, Cuttlebug Spots and Dots folder, narrow Real Red grosgrain ribbon, Silver Hodgepode brads, small star punch, East Coast Prep DSP, Dimensionals, SNAIL adhesive

Purely Artichoke Thanks

Hi there,

Well I have finally found the time to post the vintage-ish card I’ve mentioned. I used a Mojo Monday sketch as my starting point (I was hoping to get it in that week but circumstances intervened. Anyway just several weeks later, here is the Mojo sketch.

I wanted to try using a cuttlebug folder on the entire base of the card, so after selecting my colours, I folded the card base, stamped the front randomly with the butterfly and then slipped it into the Script cuttlebug folder. Then I trimmed off the excess from the bottom. The other point to note is that I first stamped the bird and bough on some watercolour paper then used the 1 3/8 circle punch to punch out the bird. A second stamped bird and bough was coloured using aquapainter and ink pads and then cut out and mounted on dimensionals to overflow out of the circle element.

So after all that detail here is the card.

Recipe:
Stamps: Touch of Nature, Warmest Regards
Card Stock: Always Artichoke, Purely Pomegranate
Ink: Always Artichoke, Purely Pomegranate, Old Olive, Close to Cocoa
Accessories: Cuttlebug Script folder, Old Olive DSP, sponge, watercolour paper, Scallop circle, 1 3/8 circle, 1/8 circle, Scallop edge punch, Mat pack and piercing tool, Pewter brads, Stamp-ma-jig (I always forget to add this but I always use it – so just take it as a given if I forget to mention it), Dimensionals, SNAIL adhesive, Sticky strip, Sakura clear glaze pen.

Starry Birthday Wishes

Hi there,

well I managed to combine another two challenges for this one - so I'm being very efficient at the momment. I used the latest Mojo Monday sketch and then Makeesha's latest colour challenge. Here they both are:

Initially I had flowers of some sort planned but when I opened up my stamp cupboard my eye fell on In The Stars and I thought I would try and see what I could do. I originally bought this set because I thought it would be really useful and versatile but have found it strangely hard to work with. This is in fact the first time I have really used it. After a few permutations - I tried stamping stars in all the colours as background, then as a panel, then three feature stars I finally came up with something that I think actually works. I did jiggle the sketch a little, just plain forgot to add a ribbon on the small panel and moved the accent trio on the LHS. Its pretty straightforward - one point to note is the white embossing of stars over the Bali Breeze DSP, on the lower panel. OK here is the card...






Recipe:
Stamps: In The Stars
Card Stock: Purely Pomegranite, Whispher White, Pumpkin Pie, Regal Rose
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Purely Pomegranite, Regal Rose, Versamark
Accessories: Bali Breeze DSP, Silver Hodgepodge, District Ribbon Originals, White Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, 2 Way Glue, Dazzling Diamonds, Dimensionals, SNAIL adhesive

So Very Saffron

Hi there,

well this is not the vintage-ish card I mentioned last post although it has a similar feeling. Hopefully I will be able to write that post soon. This card is in response to two challenges - fortuitously a sketch challenge from Mojo Monday and the latest colour challenge from Kristina Werner. Here's the sketch and the colour selections.

I had been thinking about the Mojo sketch all week and had already decided I wanted to use the flower from Touch of Nature, and when I saw Kristina's colours it was a perfect match. The card is basically So Saffron and Chocolate Chip, which turns out to be a lovely combo. I don't have Tangerine Tango so I used Pumpkin Pie instead and I have to admit, only a little to accent the centre of the flower. The flower I coloured using an aquapainter and my ink pads. Other points to note are the cuttlebug background (Floral Screen), ribbon, my new punch, Fyskar's (Cristina Re) Florentine and some DSP courtesy of Jayne Mercer (thanks).

I finished the inside off simply by punching down one side and then layering over some ribbon.



Recipe:
Stamps: Touch of Nature, Warmest Regards
Card Stock: Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, watercolour paper
Ink: Timber Brown Stazon, Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie, Going Gray
Accessories: Fyskar's (Cristina Re) Florentine border punch, aquapainter, wide double stitched Chocolate Chip ribbon, narrow Apricot Appeal grosgrain ribbon (but honestly its perfect match to So Saffron), Le Jardin DSP, Dimensionals, SNAIL adhesive, cuttlebug Floral Screen, So Saffron brads, 1/8" circle punch, Oval nestabilites and no embossing for a change.

Autumnal thank you

Hi there,

I have a bunch of thank you cards to make at the momment and so I decided to use the latest Mojo Monday sketch to make my first. Here's the sketch for this week (gone).

I started by rifling through my DSP for Fall Flowers as I knew that had some lovely autumn colour in it (Autumn has just offically started down here in Aus, may'be thats why I had it on my mind - and in Canberra it begins early). I pulled out a stamp that said Autumn to me, from A Little Bit of Happiness, and then got down to some fiddly but fun work. Using my stamp-ma-jig, I always forget to mention this but honestly I couldn't work without it, I selected various elements of the horizontal stamp and inked up the bit I wanted with Stazon, stamped it and then repeated the process. After getting the central panel stamped I then paper tolled out selected bits of leaves from the two main DSP sheets - again fiddly but fun. A few final points to note are that the thank you panel and oak leaf down the bottom are lifted up on dimensionals, the oak leaf, main thank you and all the little "brads" (1/8" punched out circles) are coated with crystal effects. I was pretty happy with the end result - although I did wonder whether I should have sponged around the edges. Anyway here is the end result...

And here's a profile showing a glimpse of the inside as well as how various layers are up on dimensionals. Thats Mr 1 crawling around tin the background too.

Recipe:
Stamps: A Little Bit of Happiness
Card Stock: Really Rust, Soft Sky, Confetti White
Ink: Black Stazon
Accessories: Stamp-ma-jig, Fall Flowers DSP, Groovy Guava striped grosgrain ribbon, 1/8" circle punch, Dimensionals, Crystal effects, sanding block, Scallop edge punch

Turning Four Mojo

Hi there,

sorry about the lack of posts for the last week, but between work, being a Mum and looking after a sick bubba (and the accompanying broken sleep at night) I haven’t had much time or energy. I have had a few cards in the works and this is the first one for the Mojo Monday 75 sketch.


I liked the sketch but definitely found it a challenge to organize and plan all the layers. I decided to use the sketch to make a birthday card for the daughter of an old friend who will be turning four soon. Having learnt already from my daughter that glitter and flowers are especially attractive to four year olds – I knew I had to incorporate both. I dug my Blooming with Happiness set out of the cupboard and using the Petals and Paisley paper as inspiration went forth and created the card below.

In the end I actually decided to make my own paper, stamping Whisper white card stock with Tempting Turquoise, So Saffron and Pretty in Pink, and combined that with the pink P&P DSP. The dress I watercoloured using marker and an aquapainter, once dry, I coated all the pink flowers and bodice in crystal effects and then using the two way glue pen added glitter to all the Turquoise and Saffron flowers. The flowers below the central panel, I clear embossed, added a pink rhinestone to and mounted on a dimensional. This photo shows some of that detail.

Recipe:
Stamps: Blooming with Happiness, Whimsical Numbers, Birthday Whimsy
Card Stock: Whisper White, Pretty In Pink, Tempting Turquoise, Watercolour paper
Ink: Tempting Turquoise, So Saffron, Pretty in Pink, Going Gray, Versamark, Black Stazon
Accessories: Scallop edge punch, 1 3/8, 1 ¼ and 1/8 circle punches, Tempting Turquoise and Pretty in Pink narrow grosgrain ribbon, Petal and Paisley DSP, Kaiser Pink Rhinestones, Clear embossing powder, Heat Gun, Dimensionals, Snail adhesive, Aquapainter

Birthday Mojo

Hi there,

I was a bit ambivalent about this one when I finished it last night - but it is growing on me. I must admit I didn't find this sketch the easiest to work with - some how it just wasn't comfortable. Perhaps thats why I had to take a couple of liberties with the sketch to make it work for me.

My aim was to make a birthday card for an old friend who is reaching a significant milestone birthday – no, I’m not going to mention which one. I decided to try and use this weeks Mojo Monday sketch (or may 'be I should say last weeks given that its now the following Monday for us here in AUS).

I went for subtle girly colours – Close to Cocoa and Regal Rose and used Loves Me DSP (retired back in 2008). To give some impact I rock and rolled the large Eastern Blooms flower, and the matching smaller one, first in Regal Rose then Cocoa, then embossed them to give some shine.
A bit of distressing, cuttlebug, ribbon and some assorted rhinestones and that finishes it off.

Recipe
Stamps: Eastern Blooms, Warmest Regards
Card Stock: Regal Rose, Close to Cocoa, Whisper White
Ink: Regal Rose, Close to Cocoa, Versamark
Accessories: Loves Me DSP, Clear embossing powder, Heat gun, Dimensionals, Scallop edge punch, Mat pack and piercer, Regal Rose wide grosgrain ribbon, Fire Rhinestone, Kaiser rhinestones, snail adhesive, sanding block, distressing tool, Swiss dots cuttlebug folder

Valentine Mojo Monday 72

Hi there,

well inspiration seized me again, and I found myself refining ideas to go with the new sketch last Tuesday. Given all that mental input I figured I had better put some time into actually DOING the card that evening once both munchkins were in bed. So they went to bed out came my boxes. My aim was a Valentines card for my hubby, so I wanted something that was masculine, elegant and rich but subtle and I had to figure out an alternative to the scallops. Took me an overnight sleep on it to think of the little ribbon tags but I think they work well with the card sketch as alternative. Speaking of the card sketch, here it is (oh and I turned this one on its side too):


There's a couple of firsts for the card - my first spotlight card - I do like the effect and my first time using River Rock - I used the Ginger Blossom DSP as the colour inspiration and I think it works great. Well enough of babble, here's the card...


And a close up of the crystal effects on the little spotlighted hearts (I did CE on the "with love heart" too).


Finally the inside was finished off with a River Rock panel, rolled with the Swirly J. wheel and stamped once with "With Love" .


Recipe:
Stamps: A Little Bit of Happiness, Yummy, Swirly J. wheel
Card stock: Ruby Red, River Rock, Watercolour Paper
Ink: Ruby Red, River Rock
Accessories: Aquapainter, Dimensionals, 1 3/8", 1 1/4", 1" , 1/2" and 1/4" circle punches, Pewter brads, mat pack and piercing tool, River rock double stitched ribbon, Ginger Blossom DSP, Crystal Effects, Sponges