Mojo Monday Meets The Pink Elephant!

Can you believe I actually had time to make a card FOR FUN????  I haven't done that in quite some time and let me tell you...it feels AWESOME!  It's been awhile since I played with Julee's Mojo Monday sketch and this week just happens to be a contest week where up to seven lucky people will win some VERVE-Y goodness!  Gotta love that, hey?

This sketch had me stumped for awhile - the tilted panel really threw me.  I'm normally a straight, square, EVEN kind of gal so when someone throws an ANGLE at me, I have to really think about it.  :)

I also used this week's challenge over at The Pink Elephant where the challenge is a Recipe Challenge: "The color red, scallops and a bow."  Easy peasy...  :)

Recipe - Stamps: Psalm 51:10 (Verve)  Ink: Real Red  Paper: Real Red, Very Vanilla, Pretty in Pink, Sending Love DSP  Accessories: Paper piercer, Nestabilities, Pretty in Pink satin ribbon, sponge dauber, satin flower, button, scallop edge punch, adhesive pearls

This card also fits the Paper Makeup Stamps June release challenge to use flowers on your card!


I'm going to take a break and get supper going for the monsters but I hope to be back later tonight with Totally Stampalicious's "Blue and Yellow" challenge!  See you then!

Pile It On Meets the Pink Elephant

Hello crafty peeps!

I wish Mother Nature would decide what she's doing - the last 24 hours have given us wind, rain, snow and a *bit* of sunshine... I know it is the long weekend in Alberta and it's a given that the weather will likely not cooperate with those who like to go camping but GOLLY GOSH!

Lori and I were going to go for a nice leisurely walk yesterday afternoon but ten minutes into it, the wind started and by the time we got back to the car, the rain wasn't far behind and it was COLD.  SO, what's a girl to do?  Come home and craft, of course!  I finished this card last night but couldn't post it because *someone* (DS#2) left my camera on after he decided to take random pictures of my computer screen...what a goof!

I have had this inspiration picture from the Pile it On Challenge since Monday - the softness of the room is very soothing and I used the colors as my inspiration:

I found another Monday challenge - the time it's a sketch from The Pink Elephant - and got to work:

Recipe - Stamps: Baroque Motifs (SU!),  Rose (Little Paper Shop)  Ink: Chocolate Chip  Paper: Very Vanilla, Blush Blossom, Garden Green, Chocolate Chip, SU! DP  Accessories: Swiss Dots & Victoria embossing folders, adhesive pearls, flower punch, Very Vanilla satin ribbon, hodgepodge hardware, oval punch

I haven't used ANY of this Styled Vanilla HPH --- until now--- so this card also qualifies for the ABC Challenge of "U" - unused stash!

As much as I want the sun to come out, I am kind of hoping that it doesn't so I have an excuse to stay inside and craft instead of doing the yard work that is calling my name...*wink*  Hopefully I will be back tomorrow with a couple more new ones! See you then!

Wednesday... WHEE!!!

Happy Hump Day!

I'm going to make this short and sweet - the craftin' mojo is flowing and I don't want it to to go anywhere!

I made my first card of the day for six different challenges:

• Scrapmaster's Paradise Color Combo Challenge:

• KL Stampin n Scrappin's Challenge:  A sketch this week...

• The Pink Elephant: A spring card - what is more spring-y than swinging from a tree and feeling the wind blow through your hair?
• Crafty Creations Challenge: "Spots and Dots" ... I've got LOTS of those!  
• Creative Card Crew: "Going Dotty"... :)
• The Little Paper Shop: "Make Something Old, New Again. Take something you've had for a while and use it again like it's something you just got."  So I found some O-L-D Stampin' Up vellum that worked perfectly on my Cameo Coral layer - it had spots and everything!  It's my lucky day, I tell ya!

 And here you go:

Isn't she cute?  I totally love these little girls and can't wait to get some new ones.  :)  OK - I'm off to do the next one...I'm thinking it's going to be Arielle's Colour Q:

And I have Cameo Coral & Rich Razzleberry out already!  :)  See you soon!

Monday Morning Five-in-One!

Good Morning (almost afternoon)!

What have you done today?  I've been busy doing laundry and trying to get rid of this sore throat I woke up with this morning...and crafting, of course. :)

I can't believe I was able to combine five - count 'em, FIVE - challenges with this fun springy card:

• Paper Sundaes asked us to create a multi-fold card with an Easter/Spring Theme.  I love making Easel Cards so that's what I decided to do.

• The Pink Elephant also requested a spring theme.

• Pile It On wants to see pastel colors which is lucky for me because look at what the Sweet Stampin' Colour Challenge has for us this week:

• And, last but not least, another fabulous sketch from Julee over Mojo Monday:

And here's what I created with all those challenges rolling around in my brain:

Recipe- Stamps: Live Simple (Hero Arts)  Paper: Whisper White, Sage Shadow, Certainly Celery, Blush Blossom, Barely Banana, SU! DP (various)  Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Certainly Celery, Barely Banana  Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, adhesive pearls, Barely Banana grosgrain ribbon, twine, Copics, Divine Swirls EF, button, paper piercer, clear embossing powder


I realize that I didn't position the pearls like Julee has in the sketch...whatever!  LOL  I had fun with this card- I got to use colors I don't normally use and a stamp set that hasn't seen ink for a LONG time!

If you have time, stop over at The Curtain Call for this week's color challenge and The Shabby Tea Room for our very first weekly challenge!  And don't forget about the Design Team call Megan has going on over at Picture Perfect Creations Color Challenge.

Enjoy your Monday!

Take Three!

Here we go - another fairly simple (for me) card that took MUCH longer than it should have!  LOL  I used the Diva Coffee Break Designs Challenge colors and The Pink Elephant's sketch:

 

  

And the final result:

Recipe - Stamp: Sidekick Sayings (SU!)  Paper: Pale Plum, Rich Razzleberry, Certainly Celery, Mind's Eye DP  Ink: Rich Razzleberry  Accessories: Victoria EF, buttons, twine, adhesive pearls, scallop border punch, Rich Razzleberry grosgrain ribbon, buttons, paper piercer, sponge dauber

Okie dokie, will I have time to do one more today?  We'll see.  Supper hasn't been started yet so I better think of something....FAST.  :)  

Thanks for stopping by! 

Mojo Monday and . . .

. . . a V-E-R-Y difficult color challenge - for me, at least.  Samantha chose some BOLD, BRIGHT colors and you all know I seem to have a very difficult time when they are all so "in your face."  But I knew if I threw some black and white in there to balance the bright ones out, I could make it work.

I knew I would be using Julee's Mojo Monday sketch so all that was left was to figure out which stamps I was going to use.  The colors screamed "kid card" and I thought it would make a fun birthday card.  So I dug through ALL my stamps to find one that would fit the sketch and the theme.  This week's challenge over at The Pink Elephant is a Recipe Challenge: to use ribbon.  EASY PEASY.

Here ya go:

 

Recipe - Stamps: Dino-Mite (MFT), So Many Scallops (SU!)  Ink: Onyx Black Versafine, Copic markers  Paper: Day and Night DP, Whisper White, Basic Black, Summer Sun, Green Galore, Only Orange, unknown gingham print  Accessories: Martha Stewart border punch, Happy Birthday & Houndstooth embossing folder, scallop punch, circle punch, grosgrain ribbon, adhesive pearls, clear embossing powder

I know I cheated a bit by using so much black and white but I just couldn't make them all work without the neutrals.  I think it turned out pretty nicely - what do you think?  

I'm going to spend the rest of today celebrating Family Day with the ones I love the most - we'll likely be watching more of the Olympics to see if Canada can win another gold.  I was so inspired by last night's performance by Alexandre Bilodeau.  It made my heart warm and fuzzy seeing how his relationship with his older brother, who has Cerebral Palsy, has contributed to his success.  As a parent of a child with special needs, I can only hope that my two "typical" boys will be as inspired by *their* brother as Alexandre is by Frederic.  I'm going to give you the link to an interview done by Brian Williams from CTV with Alexandre and his family.  

CTV Interview 

It really is an amazing interview.  His family comes in towards the end - it is a long interview - but you can just see the love this family has for each other and how important they have all been to get him to where he is today.  Makes me proud to be a Canadian.  :)

Take care of the ones you love - see you tomorrow.

It's Good To Be Back!

Wow...what a busy two weeks.  We had an absolutely fantastic family vacation - we really enjoyed ourselves but were very glad to come home.  The weather, for the most part, was great - well, for us Canadians anyway!  We spent one day at Typhoon Lagoon and while it certainly wasn't *cold*, it wasn't really hot either.  The park was VERY quiet that day and we sure got crazy looks from people the next day when we told them we had spent the previous day at the water park. ;)  I didn't take very many pictures but I will try to post a few later.

I knew Julee would have a great sketch for me this morning so after I got home from the gym, I popped over to check Mojo Monday:

I checked out Stacey's Curtain Call Color Challenge and discovered this amazing combo:

 

As soon as I saw the sketch I knew I *had* to use my new Verves which were waiting for me when I arrived home - Thanks Julee!!  The Pink Elephant's challenge this week is to create a "Mushy Gushy Valentine" so that made it an EASY PEASY decision about which stamps to ink up - Love Monkey.  He is too cute and not scary like the sock monkey ... he creeps me out! 

I had a bit of trouble figuring out how I was going to get that big arc at the bottom and I'm still not sure I like what I did and how it turned out but, nonetheless, here's what I came up with:

Recipe: Stamps - Love Monkey (Verve)  Ink: Chocolate Chip, Real Red  Paper: Real Red, Very Vanilla, Kraft, SU! DP  Accessories: Nestabilities (Circles, Labels One), Corner Rounder, paper piercer, taffeta ribbon, button, twine, sponge dauber

Thanks for stopping by ~ I have to run and get started on my oldest's birthday supper.  He turned 14 (how'd THAT happen? ACK!) last week while we were away so today's the special day. 

I am so glad to be back - see you again soon!

I Think I Hit Jackpot!!

Oh-My-Goodness!  I made another easel card ~ have I mentioned how much I LOVE this card technique???  I said earlier that I wasn't "feeling" the Color Dare colors but I think that was temporary because I knocked this card out speedy-quick.   I used the same sketch from Splitcoast so this card is going to be very similar the one I posted earlier today.  This week's challenge over at The Pink Elephant was a theme challenge - birthday - so this card does triple duty.

 

 

Here ya go - three different views so you can see a bit of the detail better:

 

 

 

 

Recipe - Stamps: Upsy Daisy, Teeny Tiny Wishes  Ink: Melon Mambo  Paper: Garden Green, Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Barely Banana  Accessories: Nestabilities (Ovals, Labels Four), Martha Stewart border punch, Herringbone EF, Swiss Dots EF, oval punches, paper piercer, Barely Banana grosgrain ribbon, unknown pink ribbon, buttons, twine

If you haven't made one of these easel cards, PLEASE take some time to try one.  The tutorial is VERY simple to follow ~ run, don't walk, over to Splitcoast Stampers and check it out.  I had so much fun making these two cards today - I hope you enjoyed seeing them as much as I enjoyed making them.  See you tomorrow!

I *DID* Say I was Going to Bed...

 ... but I HAD to do this one!  OK - I had to do these 2...  :)

The Color Dare is another one of my new additions to my ever-growing list ovah' dere ----> and The Pink Elephant Challenge is one of the newer ones too - both WELL worth a look.  :)  There was another sketch option at TPE but I liked this one better. 

All in all, this card came together quite quickly ~ thankfully. 

Recipe - Stamps: Topiary (Little Paper Shop), Teeny Tiny Wishes (SU!)  Ink: Soft Suede, Versafine Onyx Black  Paper: Soft Suede textured, Cameo Coral, Bashful Blue textured, Whisper White  Accessories: Swiss Dots EF, Argyle EF, Swirlz EF, paper piercer, Soft Suede grosgrain ribbon, buttons, silver cord, Round Tab punch, Copics

Now I'm really going to bed!  Night y'all - see you tomorrow!