Mojo Monday 114

Boy, am I glad it's Friday tomorrow! Have you ever had one of those days where everything seems to go wrong? Well that was me today at work. I hate making mistakes in anything I do, but especially in my work. Here's hoping tomorrow's a better day.

To de-stress I decided to have a go at this weeks Mojo Monday Challenge. It's a fabulous sketch and one I can definitely see me using again. It also gave me the opportunity to use one of my "new" Forever Friends stamps. I've put new in quotation marks as it's the first time I've used it even though I've had it a few months so, technically, it's new! It's one of the stamps that are exclusive to The Glitter Pot. I think they have a good deal on at the moment with some of these stamps so why not check them out.

As with a few of my Christmas cards already, I've stuck with the red and white as my contrasting colours. I think these work so well together and appear very striking. I'm a very simplistic girl at heart!


I know the sketch shows a bow in the top left hand corner, but I'm not always that good with bows, even with a bow maker, so I opted to embellish it with a punched snowflake. I hope that it's acceptable!

Supplies:

Stamps: Christmas Gift - Forever Friends; Inks: Copics, Memento Tuxedo Black

CS & Paper : Stampin Up! & CWC ; Tools: Snow Dots CB Folder, Nestabilities

Sentiment: Cyrstalline Penny Black Transparent

I do love how this has turned out, I hope you do too.

Thank you for stopping by and for any comments you may leave, they are greatly appreciated.

xx :0)

Cute Mojo Monday

I was dreaming about cards last night and so wished I could've stayed at home to make them but, alas, work called! However, once home I was straight in my craft room and whipped up this cutie! I recently purchased the exclusive Forever Friends stamps from The Glitter Pot and they are just gorgeous so had to ink one up. After my comment yesterday about not starting my Christmas cards, I knew which one I would use first.

This card fits the Cute Card Thursday challenge - Xmas in July and I've used this weeks Mojo Monday sketch.

Supplies

Stamps: Santa - Forever Friends, Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics

CS & DP: Papermania, SU! Whisper White & Doodlebug,

Tools: Circle & Pinking Nestabilites;

Embellishments: Ho! Ho! Ho! ribbon - Papermania

I left the bow off the card as it hid the ribbon which I thought suited the image and I didn't think it was right on a Christmas card. In hindsight I guess I could've cut out a snowflake to put in it's place. I hope it's still acceptable for the sketch challenged

Hopefully this is the first of many Christmas cards now! I'm off to finish my book now, not many pages left. I'm reading The Kite Runner and would recommend to any of you out there that have not read it. It's a very powerful and emotional read.

I hope you are all enjoying the rest of your evening and thank you for stopping by. Any comments you leave are much appreciated.

xx :0)

Mojo Monday #82 meets Papertake Weekly Challenge

I could get used to these lie-ins! Jon and I have got this week off and it's been nice not having to get up at 5:50am, although the cat doesn't realise that!

I had some good news yesterday. Lorna, one of my best friends, told me that her twin sister had given birth to a baby boy, so the perfect excuse to make a card. It also gave me the chance to use the latest sketch over at Mojo Monday.

I've used my new SU stash that I got courtesy of the lovely and very talented Julie Japes. I've used Bashful Blue cs to make the card base and have then mounted some Bashful Blue dp onto white CS (both punched with my MS lace doily punch), added some ribbon and adhered to the base. The image is from Forever Friends and has been coloured with copics before being cut with nestabilities and mounted to more Bashful Blue cs. I have cut another square from white card and attached to the base. The FF image has been mounted using 3d foam pads.

I don't normally show the inside of my cards as they're normally very plain, but I thought this looked cute so decided to take a photo for you. I've stamped the sweet lil' baby FF bear and coloured with copics again. The sentiment is from Elzybells.

This card also qualifies for this weeks Papertake Weekly Challenge which is to use pastel colours.

Hope you have all had a good day. We're sat watching a very nervy Chelsea v Liverpool Champions League match. C'mon Chelsea!!

Thank you for stopping by and for any comments you may leave, they are greatly appreciated.

xx :0)

Mojo Monday #76

I loved this weeks Mojo Monday sketch and couldn't wait to have a go, but my card has sort of deviated from it slightly. I hope that's okay and that it's still eligible.

I've made this Get Well Soon card for someone who's been feeling slightly under the weather. I used the cute Boo Boo Bear from Whipper Snapper Designs and coloured him with Copics and mounting onto dark purple bazzill basics cs. The base is simply to pieces of purple bazzill layered onto a white card blank. The middle strip has been embossed with the D'vine Swirls folder, mounted on bazzill cs. I have then wrapped some satin ribbon round the middle before adding a bow. The finishing touches are the obligatory gemstones!

The centre strip ended up being too long as the sentiment was meant to be along the bottom!! Also, the square panels are larger than stated, but I was worried there would be too much white showing. I just hope the changes are acceptable as I really love this card.

Jon loved the card that I had hidden in his bag, said it was really sweet! I was so worried that he wouldn't find it so was happy when he rang me last night! I have to admit that I've not got as much crafting done as I would've liked in his absence. I've been doing little jobs when I get home from work that have been eating into my time, but I wouldn't be able to concentrate knowing they needed doing.

Thanks for stopping by and your comments, they are greatly appreciated.

xx :0)

Mojo Monday Week 74

I loved the sketch for this weeks Mojo Monday challenge and couldn't resist giving it a go for my sisters birthday card.

I've used a Little Claire's stamps that I've had for a little while but not used. This has been coloured with Copics and mounted onto light and dark purple Papermainia CS. The base has been made up of the same colours, with the lighter colour being embossed with the swiss dots folder. I realised as I was putting it together that I missed the ribbon off, I hope they don't hold this against me! The finishing touch was the sentiment oval by Craftwork Cards.

I hope you are all having a lovely evening and thank you for any comments you leave, they are greatly appreciated.

xx :0)

Glitter, Glitter Everywhere!

This weeks challenge over at Papertake Weekly is All That Glitters. Well, having made my entry, I can safely say everything glitters; me, the table, the floor, Jon and Bozzy!!!

I stamped little scotty from Little Claires onto acetate. I then glittered him on the reverse using Art Institutes glitter and glue. I think he looks great!!

The layout is this weeks Mojo Monday challenge. The backing paper is from DCWV The Paper Stack.

I hope you like it!

xx :0)

Mojo Monday #32/ Cute Card Thursday

After seeing the great card on Claudia's using the Poetic Artistry Mojo Monday #32 sketch I thought I'd give it a go!

I have adapted it for a 15cm square card, so I hope it still looks ok.

I've also combined this card for the Cute Card Thursday challenge which is "Things with Wings"!

I hadn't used my PB Duckling stamp for a while, so this challenge was the perfect excuse to ink him up again! I coloured the image using my Whispers pens. He was cut and mounted using the square and scallop square nestabilites. The paper is from the DCWV Spring Paper Stack and the CS is bazzill. The flower was from some PIF candy I received from Michelle.