SNOW cute and a WINNER

OYE! In the midst of yet another blast from mother nature. For those of you in warmer areas, could you share the love?! Please?! I've had about enough of 'ol man winter! Since all I see is a winter wonderland (it is quite pretty), I guess it translated to my card today :) I originally saw a hand drawn snowman face somewhere in blog land and kept it tucked in my memory, but all I could remember was her name was Kim too - isn't she snow cute?!
* Get your MOJO going - jumpstart your kreation with a challenge, it gets those juices flowin! I started off with the current MOJO176 sketch challenge. Cut my Baja Breeze cardbase to a 5-1/4 square
* A soft winter sky. A piece of Paper Vellum was inked with Craft White Serene Snowflakes and dusted with some Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder. Heat it with your Heat Tool for that perfect glimmer
* Strategy! How do you place vellum without seeing how it is adhered? In this case, a Glue Dot is strategically placed in the corners behind a snowflake. Sneeky ;)
* SNOW much fun! Tear your Whisper White paper, Smooch it with Vanilla Shimmer Mist and dazzle the drift with Dazzling Diamonds. Instant snow :)
* Now get punchy! A 1-3/8 and 1-3/4 Circle Punch kreate the snowlady. The Round Tab Punch, altered a tad makes for a cute little hat. And to finsh off her ensemble with a Blushing Bride scarf, I used the Word Window and Photo Corner Punch. Paper Snips were used to kreate some fringe on the ends of the scarf. Last but not least a Small Heart made with the new Glimmer Paper.
* Decorated her hat and scarf with a Daffodil Delight Rosette. Don't worry, you didn't miss something! Take your very vanilla Rosettes from the Occasions Mini and alter it to whatever color SU Marker you'd like. How versatile!
* Bedazzle - Added Basic Pearls to the Rosettes and her body and more Dazzling Diamonds to accent her rosy cheeks, chin, and body (TIP: I use a very little Crystal Effects to adhere my diamonds)
* Make it 3D - add a few Dimensionals for that bit of depth
* The sentiment Enjoy, from the Occasions Mini You're a Gem set falls among the snowflakes. To make it pop alitte, since it kinda blends in, I placed a Basic Rhinestone in the 'o'
* A final touch was some Chuncky Essentials glitter at the base of Rosey(as my daughter named her) and in the center of a few snowflakes.
I hope you Enjoyed ;)

NOW, I know you've been waiting so lets get to the WINNER of my blog candy! But first,thank you for all the wonderful comments on my KISSaturday card.

Drumroll please....... Random.org picked JEN

Jen said...
Love love love the card. It is so perfect!

Jen, please email me your address within the next 72 hrs so I can get your goodies to you. If I do not hear from Jen, I will pick another winner!

Thanks for stopping in! I hope you liked my MOJO interpretation(see other challenge inspiration below!) and I hope it inspires you to get your fingers inky! I love it when you share, so let me know what ya think,K?
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Other Challenges:
Anything Goes: The Paper Players
Bling it Up: The Rubber Cafe
Punch It: Pile It On
Winter Something: Stamp Something

ETA: Mary let me know the Kim I was speaking about was Kim Score. Thank Mary! And apparently the face I recalled was stamped, not hand drawn like mine. How cool would that be if SU had some face images to go with our punch art??? CUTE! Hint Hint SU

Bows and MOJO

The PPA78 challenge this week is all about bows. I decided to jump start my mojo with this weeks MOJO Monday sketch and combine the two challenges. I had to ink up this new set, Easter Blossoms, from the Occasions Mini and play with that gorgeous Springtime Vintage DSP again (scroll down to see my desk calendar). So here we go

* Standard Baja Breeze cardbase
* Grab your Color Spritzer - get flecky with it :) Soft Suede ink is spritzed all over my cardbase
* The soft silhouette image gets inked onto Very Vanilla cardstock with Crumb Cake ink
* Popped her out with the 2-1/2 Circle Punch
* Need circles? You want to have the Circle Scissor Plus as one of your go-to tools. This tool is great for kreating circles up to 6in and is perfect for a small increment to matte behind another. So guess what I did? Cut out a Very Vanilla circle slightly larger than my 2-1/2 Punch for the perfect matte.
* Doll it up with some pretty Basic Pearls
* Whats a card these days without the Big Shot, right? Placed the flecked front of my cardbase into the new Framed Tulips Embossing Folder and zipped it through.
* To add to the vintage feel, I grabbed my always handy Sponge Dauber inked with Soft Suede and lightly swept over the embossed frame
* A piece of floral Springtime Vintage DSP got the same vintage treatment using my Sponge Dauber and Soft Suede ink.
* Added the final challenge elements for the PPA, bows. Kreated 'double bows' and centered them with the new Rosettes and a Basic Pearl. Accented a tad by lightly brushing my Soft Suede Dauber over the 'petals'.

Thanks for stopping in! I hope you liked my take on these challenges and I hope it inspires you to get your fingers inky! I love it when you share, so let me know what ya think,K?
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Another Simple Valentine for the PPA

I am honored to be Featured Artist for this weeks PPA76 challenge and since I was still in the Valentine mode, I decided to play again! :) Why not when you have great inspiration, right?? I also used the MOJO173 sketch to play off of too. I was still wanting to keep things simple for this Valentine as well and I think I was able to accomplish it. I'll leave that up to you.
* Cherry Cobbler standard cardbase
* Whisper White zipped through the Big Shot w/ the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing folder for the perfect bit of texture and matted on a piece of Basic Black
* Cherry Cobbler seam binding and embellished bow with an Antique Brad.
* LOVING this new Glitter Paper, from the Occasions Mini, quick pizazz with no glittery mess! Popped out 3 Small Heart punches and placed them on Dimensionals (even more WOW)
* Zipped a piece of Whisper White and Basic Black through the Big Shot w/ my Ovals Die.
* From the Hostess lev 3 set, Occasional Quotes, the sentiment was inked in Cherry Cobbler ink. Snipped the Basic Black oval in half and kreated a matte behind the sentiment.
* Grabbed my Crop a dile and punched out 3 tiny Red Glimmer circles to add some interest to the sentiment.

Thanks for stopping in for that little dose of me. Hope you liked another simple Valentine! Get your fingers inky and then jump over to Mr Linky- hehe
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From the Heart...

Well hello out there, for those of you have stuck with me, thanks a bunch! It means so much to know that ya likes me stuffs ;) While this summer was filled with lots of fun things and fun family time, there was also A LOT of drama behind the scenes of the Lampone household. Our house sold and we were so excited to be able to purchase the future Lampone abode. This all started late June and what we thought was going to be a very easy transaction turned out to be a royal nightmare. But with a lot of prayer and a lot of trust, that what is meant to be, will be, I think we are finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. No official closing date still, but we are very hopeful to hear something soon!!

So, after alot of summer activities, my oldest Kayla starting Kindergarten, my littlest Sami starting 2 days of preschool, starting to pack my house, my anniversary... oh no, my anniversary, in the midst of chaos, I needed my stamping oasis. The very cute NEW Greeting Card Kids was a must have on my list that was still unused (*GASP*), and I was late for a very important date ;) ...

* I inked up the adorable little girl w/ heart image in Basic Brown and stamped her on a 3" Circle, kreated with the Circle Scissors Plus tool, of Watercolor Paper.

* Ahhh, the wonders of clear mount... I took the 'school' image of the girl and boy and placed it next to my stamped image. With a pencil, I lightly traced the outer edge of the boy, so I could place him next to my girl and her heart. Following me?

* Next I inked up the boy in Basic Brown and removed his school books and lunch sack using a Blender Pen to completely remove all traces of ink from those areas and then I stamped him next to the girl, following my pencil marks as a guide to place him.

* Now I know the hand over his shoulder looks a tad out of place, but hubby didn't even notice ;) I added a few fingers to the other hand and just thought it so super cute that it looks like she is handing off the heart to her guy ;) Love that sheepish look on her face

* Colored in my images with my Aquapainter. Kreated a pool of ink in the lids of my SU pads by simply squeezing the center of the closed pad together and upon opening, the lid will have enough ink to dip your aquapainter in to begin coloring. The colors used were Pale Plum, Rich Razzleberry, Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Pretty in Pink and a Blush Blossom Marker. And few hints of highlighting with my Signo White Gel Pen

* Added a few small Basic Pearls to bedazzle her dress. These kids are Caauuuute!!!

* Inked up additional images to snip out and use as a mask. With my masks in place, I took my Color Spritzer and went a little spritz crazy with a Soft Suede Marker. Then I distressed the edges with my Dauber and more Soft Suede ink to give it that vintagey feel.

* Following the MOJO155 sketch, I used Jolly Holiday DSP to kreate my background. To add a touch more vintage, a piece of Victoria Crochet Trim to hide the 'seam' between papers.

* Dangling from a piece of Linen Thread, I kreated my Heart punched 'tag' with the sentiment from the Simply Said set. TIP: Isolated the words by applying White Craft ink with a q-tip. Distressed the edges with Soft Suede to give the heart some dimension and finished with a little spritz from my Color Spritzer

Hubby seemed to like it ;)
and From the Heart, I Thank YOU for coming back to check in and get a little dose of me [although today ya got quite a dose, huh?!) I may continue to be sporadic until I am into my new home, but I think as I become more and more knee deep in boxes, I am going to need to retreat to my oasis (at least occasionally to keep me sane! - if I can keep track of all my supplies!! I have a plan though - last packed and first opened hehe- just don't tell hubby) Be back soon! Anxious to play with some challenges and to catch up with all my Pals!! Make sure to check out their amazing talent!!

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The perfect pick me up :)

I've been under the weather for the last few days, but I woke up feeling a bit better and what better way to feel even a little more better, than to go and stamp :) I wasn't sure where I wanted to begin, so I jumped over to the current MOJO Monday sketch. I decide to flip the sketch and then off I went. If you are needing some inspiration, a great place to start is with a challenge - I really think it helps get those juices flowin!!

* I started with a base of Kraft cardstock (soon to be known as Crumb Cake in the upcoming Color Renovation - I'm so excited!!) and using a Sponge Dauber and Soft Suede ink, distressed the edges
* Using 2 patterns from Bella Blue DSP, I kreated my horizontal and vertical strips and again distressed the edges with Soft Suede ink and my sponge dauber.
* Inked up my hat, from Garden from the Heart, in Choc Chip Craft ink and heat embossed with Clear Embossing Powder. Colored in the hat with Creamy Caramel marker and accented the flowers/stems with Orchid Opulence and Gable Green. (All these colors are soon to be retired to make way for some fabulous new colors - if these are any of your favorites, make sure to get them before they are gone!!)
* Inked up the ribbon on the hat using Choc Chip marker and stamped onto a scrap piece of the same 'yellow' flourish Bella Bleu DSP used on the horizontal strips. Snipped out the ribbon and paper pieced it to my hat with glue dots.
* Snipped out my hat and placed it on dimensionals above a Very Vanilla Oval popped out using my Big Shot and Ovals Die
* Cinched up a piece of Very Vanilla Satin ribbon to tuck behind my image. TIP: To kreate this look, fringe the top of your ribbon a bit and try to pull out one strand vertically. Once you have a strand, tug away gently until you get the ruffled look you want.
* Inked up my sentiment from Well Scripted in Choc Chip Craft ink and using my heat tool, heat embossed with Clear Embossing powder to make it pop with that shiny raised appearance
* Finished the card off with some half back pearls from the Pretties Kit

Hope it inspires your MOJO :) Happy Stamping

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Supplies:
Stamps: Well Scripted (118601), Garden from the Heart (118568)
Paper: Bella Blue DSP, Kraft cardstock
Ink: Choc Chip Craft, Soft Suede Markers: Choc Chip, Orchid Opulence, Gable Green
Accessories: Big Shot, Ovals Die, Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon, Pretties Kit, Glue Dots, Paper Snips, Clear Mount Blocks, Sponge Dauber

MOJO feelin' Spring-y

Its time to Play at the PPA and SPRING is in the air!! With the Northeast still blanketed over a foot (or for some 2-3) of melting snow, I am SO ready for spring!! I decided to combine this SPRING challenge with the recent Mojo Monday sketch. My focal point, the little bird and tulips, is from a great set called A Flower for All Seasons AND it could be yours FREE during Sale-a-bration with a $50+ order!!! Don't delay, Sale-a-bration ends March 31st :( , so hurry hurry hurry, stock up on your favorites and earn some FREE products!!

* Inked up this adorable image, from A Flower for All Seasons, in Jet Black Stazon onto Watercolor Paper

* Using my Blender Pens and various inks (Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery, Regal Rose, Old Olive, So Saffron, Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa) as my palette, I colored it in. TIP: Squeeze your SU ink pad together and upon opening it, you will have a little pooling of ink to dip your pen or aquapainter into.

* Punched it out with my 1-3/8" Circle Punch

* Kreated a matte of Regal Rose and another of Pretty in Pink to put behind it using my Circle Scissor Plus to make perfect layers. Popped up the image on the layers with dimensionals.

* Certainly Celery is my cardbase with this soft plaid layer from Pawsitively Prints DSP (118060) - this was from the previous Holiday Mini, but IS still available to order!!

* My horizontal strip of Certainly Celery was given a decorative edge with the NEW Scallop Trim Border (available in the Sale-a-bration brochure with a $50+ order)

* Used the new Pretty in Pink Satin ribbon to run through the middle of the strip

* Sentiment taken from A Kind Word was inked with Regal Rose Marker in order to isolate words to stamp onto separate Pretty in Pink panels.

* Non SU adhesive backed pearls were placed on the corners of my sentiment as well as adding a little detail to the end of my Certainly Celery and Pretty in Pink Ribbon strip.

Are ya feelin' SPRING??? I know I'm ready :)

Any questions on any of my kreations or techniques, please feel free to contact me anytime. Would you leave me a comment and let me know your thoughts, love it when ya do ;) Happy Stamping...

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Mambo Number 123

Anyone humming the Lou Bega tune Mambo Number 5? Hehe ;) Mojo Monday 123 provided us with two sketch options this week. Here is a quick card using the Scallop Circle sketch (You can scroll down to the next post to see my other version).

* A 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 piece of Melon Mambo scored in half was run through the Big Shot with the Scallop Circle Die. TIP: Leave a few scallops showing above your fold to keep the card intact after run through with the die.

* With my Circle Scissors Plus I cut out a circle almost 4in from Kaleidoscope DSP and then another with Whisper White

* Inked up my sentiment from Fifth Avenue Floral in Melon Mambo and stamped onto Whisper White and trimmed it down. Using my scoring blade, I scored 2 lines above and below my sentiment.

* Melon Mambo Polka Dot Ribbon is used as my vertical 'element' for the sketch

* Pretty in Pink and the NEW Beautiful Wings Embosslit from the Occasions Mini were run through the Big Shot for the most delicate and beautiful butterflies.

* I enhanced each butterfly a bit more using VersaMark and Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder and set the sparkle with my Heat Tool. Each butterfly made a landing on a glue dot and I gently 'curled' the edges of the wings to give it a more 3D appearance.

Have a wonderful weekend! Happy Stamping!!!

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Supplies:
Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral
Paper: Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Kaleidoscope DSP
Ink: Melon Mambo, VersaMark and VersaMarker
Accessories: Big Shot, Scallop Circle Die, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Circle Scissor Plus, Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder, Heat Tool

MOJO 123 in Vogue

I just had to play with the Occasions Mini Vintage Vogue again, I just love it! The images make it easy to kreate with and with the new Clear Mount option it makes designing/placement a snap! I have a bit of cleaning up to do in my work space, so with the set still out on my desk and a few (ah hem) scraps laying around, this card came together quickly. I checked out the Mojo Monday sketch for a design layout and went to work.
* Pretty in Pink standard cardbase.
* The border image was inked in Pretty in Pink first and then again in Real Red. I stamped off the Real Red once before offsetting it and layering it over the Pretty in Pink to kreate a softer shadowed look. (difficult to see in the photo, but it is a very subtle shadow)
* Using the new Scallop Trim Border Punch (available in the Sale-a-bration brochure with a $50+ order), I punched out a decorative edge on Real Red
* Layered the gorgeous new Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon on top, to allow just the scallops to peek out
* Using the coordinating Scallop Trim Corner with the Scallop Trim Border, I kreated another decorative edge Real Red rectangle
* Stamped my sentiment from Well Scripted, isn't that font fabulous, in Real Red onto Very Vanilla and adhered it to my Real Red rectangle
* Stamped my large and small flower images in Real Red and snipped out
* The largest flower got a cutesy center with the striped Choc Chip Sending Love Epoxy Brads - these are all darling little brads, love 'em
* Inked out a few leaves in Old Olive and snipped them out
* Positioned my flowers and then using the vine image inked in Old Olive, stamped around a few of the flowers. Then adhered the flowers with a glue dot. The largest flower a dimensional. Finally the snipped out leaves around select flowers.

Hope you enjoyed another installment of Vintage Vogue - I can't tire of this set, its just so pretty!! :)

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Supplies: SAB- Sale-a-bration brochure OM - Occasion Mini Catalog
Stamps: Well Scripted (OM), Vintage Vogue (OM)
Paper: Pretty in Pink, Real Red, Very Vanilla
Ink: Real Red, Pretty in Pink, Old Olive
Accessories: Sending Love Choc Chip Epoxy Brads (OM), Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon(OM), Scallop Trim Corner(OM), Scallop Trim Border (SAB), Paper Snips

Masculine Mojo

I am pretty confident that my brother will not be checking out my blog (LOL), so I think I am safe in showing you this card before his b-day tomorrow. Husband, father, father in law, 3 older brothers - why is it still so tough to make masculine cards??? Thank goodness none of the men in my life really care. LOL

I started out with this past weeks Mojo Monday sketch challenges. I find challenges are a great starting point and a way to jump start some inspiration. So this card came together very quickly as I already had my sketch to work with and being it was a masculine card, the simpler, the better :) (I think?)

* Using my Circle Scissors Plus tool, I kreated 2 perfect circles in Sahara Sand and Choc Chip
* Inked up my tree, from Lovely as a Tree, in Choc Chip Craft ink and embossed with Clear Embossing Powder. In order to emboss, make sure you are using Craft Ink or VersaMark Ink which will allow the powder to stick to your image. Then using your Heat Tool, you will see the powder begin to melt to a raised and shiny embossed image. TIP: Be careful to avoid over heating or your image/paper will burn and you will lose the effect of the raised shiny image
* Tore and distressed (using my finger nail to fray the edges) my Sahara Sand circle and then using a Sponge Dauber and Choc Chip ink, further distressed the edges with ink. Matted on the Choc Chip circle with Dimensionals
* Using a scrap of To The Nines Specialty paper, I tore and distressed this panel using the same technique as above
* Added Choc Chip Grosgrain Ribbon to the panel and then set Metallic Eyelets with my Crop a Dile. Adhered the panel with SNAIL and then added my circle focal image on more Dimensionals. * My sentiment, from Sincere Salutations, was inked in Choc Chip Craft ink and heat embossed with Clear Embossing Powder.

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I'm Wishing...

My 2 year old daughter is dancing around singing 'I'm Wishing...' from Snow White and I thought how fitting 'cause I am wishing you could see the effect of the Champagne Shimmer Paint on this card - it is SO pretty!! I couldn't get a good photo :( I started my inspiration with the MOJO Monday sketch and off I went. I originally placed my order for the Forest Friends set when it first debuted because I couldn't wait to turn my deer into Rudolph. The time has come :)
* Standard Soft Suede card base, edges sponged with Soft Suede ink
* The snowflake designer paper comes from the new Christmas Cocoa Specialty DSP found in the Holiday Mini and again edges accented with Soft Suede ink
* A recycled red stitched ribbon I've held onto since last Valentines was the perfect pop of color with Rudolphs nose. (lucky for you and I, new in the catty is 1" Real Red Stitched Grosgrain 115607)
* Scallop punched 2 Soft Suede circles and cut them in half to line 3 under my ribbon. Each was sponged with Soft Suede ink and then each were given that holiday sparkle with Champaign Shimmer Paint. Tip: Shake up your shimmer paints, remove the cap, and using your dauber that fits perfectly into your cap, ink up your dauber and apply using a light hand. A little goes a long way!
* My Forest Friend, Rudy was inked in Soft Suede onto Whisper White, sponged edges with Soft Suede and mounted on Soft Suede.
* Rudy wouldn't be Rudy without his red nose, so I took the smallest Circle Fire Rhinestone Brad and opened up the prongs on the back to 'release' the red rhinestone. Applied his nose with just a dot of Crystal Effects.
* Added a touch more Champaign Shimmer Paint to my Dauber and applied over the entire card, edges, card front and even the ribbon. WOW, wish you could see the before and after. Unfortunately what you see is probably more of the before as it was difficult to capture the shimmer, but trust me on this one friends. If you click on the photo you may see a touch more... oh, just go try it!!
Hope you like it, leave me a comment and let me know, love it when ya do :)

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Supplies:
Stamps: Forest Friends(113748)
Paper: Soft Suede, Christmas Cocoa Specialty (Holiday Mini 116770)
Ink: Soft Suede, Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint (Holiday Mini 116806
Accessories: Scallop Punch (109043), Daubers(102892), Circle Fire Rhinestone Brads(109110)

Good Cheer Mojo

Where does one's week go???? Started my Mondays Mojo104 on Monday and what happened from there...life! Can anyone else relate? But here it is, better late than never.
I have enjoyed using my Circle Scissor Plus on this Santa-Reindeer image from the Good Cheer set, click here to see another card, so this was the perfect sketch to do it again.
* Standard card base of Real Red, distressed with a dauber and Soft Suede ink
* Image inked with Basic Brown with a dauber to avoid inking up sentiment(ink is waterproof - image won't bleed when using your Aquapainter). Any small amt of ink on the sentiment in Santa's whiskers was removed using a Blender Pen and scribbling ink off onto scratch paper until completely clean
* Stamped onto Shimmery White cardstock - I selected this paper instead of Watercolor paper because I wanted Santas beard to stay white (not the off white/vanilla of our Watercolor Paper) and this is a bit easier to watercolor/use blender pens on than Whisper White.
* Used my inks, Aquapainter and Blender Pens to color in my image. Then guess what...I added 'Ice' to his whiskers :) If you follow me, you know I love a touch of sparkle, my 'ice'. Click on photo to enlarge image - you may see the sparkle better!
* Using my VersaMark Pen, I 'colored' in his beard and sprinkled on my Iridescent 'Ice' Embossing Powder and with my Heat Tool set the sparkle ('melting' the powder through heat setting, insures that your recipient won't look like a glittered Diva after handling your card )
* Using my Circle Scissor Plus, I was able to cut out the perfect circle around my image - which such ease!! And with a slight adjustment of my dial, a perfect Old Olive circle to layer behind it. Each circle again distressed with Soft Suede ink
* Punched out an Old Olive Scallop Circle - again distressed with Soft Suede ink
* My horizontal strips were kreated with a piece of Soft Suede and holly leaves from the Christmas Cocoa Specialty DSP in the Holiday Mini. When you view this paper, you will see it is holly leaves on white - well, white was too stark with this card, so out came the dauber again to distress the edges and lightly over the entire strip.
* The Choc Chip Brads finish off my Mojo!

For someone having a hard time saying good bye to summer, I've jumped full throttle into Christmas cards lately! LOL

Its that Holiday Mini I tell ya, you can't help but be inspired by all the holiday goodies. If you would like a copy mailed to you, email me and let me know.

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Supplies:
Stamps: Good Cheer (115326), A Cardinal Christmas (111760)
Paper: Real Red, Soft Suede, Old Olive, Shimmery White(101910), Christmas Cocoa Specialty DSP(116770)
Ink: Soft Suede, Close to Cocoa, Real Red, Old Olive, Blush Blossom, Pretty in Pink
Accessories: Circle Scissors Plus(112530), Scallop Circle Punch(109043), 5/16" Neutrals Assortment Brads(112534), VersaMarker Pen(100901), Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder(101930),Heat Tool(100005), Blender Pen(102845), Sponge Daubers(102892)

Harvest MOJO

Yesterday was the final sketch of the week celebrating Mojos 100th sketch. This is MOJOMARY sketch (fun one Mary, thanks) and also doubles for the OCC In Color Challenge. Hmmmm? I'm not sure about my kreation, hoping it may grown on me more, but I'll share anyway :)
*Started with a Soft Suede standard card base and layered with Dusty Durango, with two opposing corners clipped with my Corner Rounder Punch.
*Very Vanilla was decorated with random leaves, from the Autumn Harvest set, in Crushed Curry, Soft Suede, Dusty Durango and Rich Razzleberry.
*Then I cut apart into 1-1/4" squares giving each square the same Corner treatment
*Soft Suede Ribbon breaks up the pattern a bit. Are you wondering where that Soft Suede Ribbon is in the catty? This is the reverse side of the Soft Suede Polka Dot Ribbon - so versatile right?!
*The focal image was stamped with other images from the Autumn Harvest set, in Dusty Durango, Crushed Curry, Always Artichoke, Soft Suede and Choc Chip. Using my Markers in these colors, I was able to color on my stamp to give it the look I wanted. A little huff of breath to remoisten and stamp.
*I used a masking technique, using post it notes, to give my picture depth with images in front of others. CLICK HERE to see a masking tutorial on another card I did
*Finally I went back with my Aquapainter and a minimally wet bristle to color in the images. If you are not using Watercolor Paper(105019), be very careful not to over saturate or pill your paper. TIP: Kreate a little pool of ink in the lid of your SU ink pad, simply by squeezing the pad together in the center, when you open, the lid will have your palette to dab your coloring tool into. I got an unintentional striated look on my pumpkin, but I think it looks kinda cool and a bit more realistic.
*Then I adorned 3 Soft Suede faux brads to the bottom left. Hint: Punched out with a handheld hole punch (non SU, mom was a school teacher :) ), then used some Crystal Effects on them to give them a bit of a glossy look.

Hope you like it more than I do :) Maybe it will grow on me :) Happy Monday


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Supplies:
Stamps: Autumn Harvest(110372)
Paper: Very Vanilla(101650), Soft Suede(115318), Dusty Durango(115321)
Ink: Soft Suede(115657), Crushed Curry(115659), Dusty Durango(115654), Rich Razzleberry(115658), Always Artichoke Marker(105113), BashFul Blue, In Color Markers(116329)
Accessories: Corner Rounder(109047), Soft Suede Polka Dot Ribbon(115612), Aquapainter(103954)

Christmas in July?

I wasn't quite ready to make a Christmas card, BUT I've been wanting to play my new set. I had to have this new Good Cheer set, I just love this image of Santa and the deer. Do you remember my waterfall Christmas in July card last year? Click here to refresh your memory :) Do you see any resemblance? I love the none traditional colors of Christmas and Bermuda Bay has just taken place of Baja Breeze (never thought I could miss a color as much as I miss that one!!) But I'm loving this combo just as much!
I kreated this card with the Mojo Monday sketch as my inspiration.

* I used my Circle Scissors cutter (at 3cm) to cut out my Very Vanilla piece.
Then moved my dial to the very next tick mark and cut out my Choc Chip circle

* Inked up my image with a Dauber and Basic Brown ink (to isolate just Santa and the deer). Initially was planning to highlight my image with some colors, but ended up liking him as is.

* Ruby Red was run through my Big Shot with the Scallop #2 die

* The lower half of my Bermuda Bay standard card was run through the small polka dots Background Texturz Plate. The raised, embossed dots were 'scuffed' up lightly with a Sanding Block

* My snowflakes from the Christmas Punches Hostess lev 2 set were inked in Versamark and given a coating of Iridescent Ice and then set with my heat tool to given them their shimmer. So Cool - every image in this set has a coordinating punch. These snowflakes were popped out with the Boho Blossoms punch.

* My sentiment is from the Good Cheer set, using my Basic Brown dauber to isolate my words (the inside of the card has the rest of the sentiment) and stamped onto Very Vanilla

* A Ruby Red Photo Corner Punch and Boho Blossom punched out Bermuda Bay snowflake accent my corner.

* Used my dauber and Choc Chip ink along some edges.

Hope you enjoyed a little Christmas in July :) Leave me a comment and let me know what ya think - love it when ya do



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Supplies:
Stamps: Good Cheer (115326), Christmas Punch(Hostess Lev 2 -115366)
Paper: Ruby Red, Bermuda Bay, Very Vanilla
Ink: Basic Brown, Choc Chip, VersaMark
Accessories: Big Shot(113439), Scallop Circle #2(113469), Texturz Backgrounds(114512), Circle Scissor Plus (112530), Boho Blossom Punch (110711), Photo Corner Punch(109042), Daubers(102892, Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder(101930)), 1/4"Choc Chip Grosgrain(111367)

Here for You 24-7

Inspired by the Mojo Monday card sketch, my card took shape. With a Rich Razzleberry card base of 4-1/4 x 5-1/2 scored at the top, I added my floral image inked with my Rich Razzleberry Marker and Old Olive marker directly onto the stamp,moistened with a huff of breath and stamped on Whisper White. Matted with Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive- love this color combo, with a small piece of Cottage Wall DSP peeking out from underneath. Added 'Here for You' onto the DSP inked in Rich Razzleberry. An Eyelet Border punched piece of Orchid Opulence with a Rich Razzleberry Polka dot Ribbon to hide my seam, form my horizontal strip. '24-7' was inked in Old Olive and stamped onto Old Olive. An oval piece of Silver Hodgepodge Hardware 'highlights' my sentiment. Adhered my hardware with Crystal Effects and added some small non-SU clear rhinestones at each end.
Happy Stampin'!

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Supplies:
Stamps: Friends 24-7 (113218)
Paper: Rich Razzleberry (115316), Old Olive(100702), Whisper White(100730), Orchid Opulence(100969), Cottage Wall DSP (115671)
Ink: Rich Razzleberry Marker, Old Olive Marker(100079),Certainly Celery(105106), Orchid Opulence (101859 & 100055)
Accessories: Rich Razzleberry Polka Dot Ribbon(115613), Hodgepodge Hardware(111325), Eyelet Border Punch(113692)

The Joy of a Sunset

My brayer finally met ink. I've had my brayer tucked away in a drawer for sometime and have always been intimidated to try a sunset. With this weeks Mojo 94 challenge, I decided to give it the 'ol college try. A bit unbalanced, I probably should have had the sun up in the left corner due to the nature of the sketch with the circle element in the bottom right, but I went with it anyway. My card base is the new In Color Dusty Durango and the vertical panel is also an In Color, Soft Suede. My sunset panel was brayed (?) first with So Saffron onto Whisper White. Then I punched out a 1" Circle from a sticky note to kreate a sun. I brayed over the So Saffron and sticky note circle with the new In Colors Crushed Curry and then again with Dusty Durango. Peeled off my sticky note circle to reveal my sun. Sponged a little extra Dusty Durango across the bottom. Inked up my grass from Inspired by Nature in Soft Suede and stamped the tips of the grasses onto my sunset panel. The new Autumn Days set has the prettiest 'grained' grass which I also added in Soft Suede. Highlighted a few blades with my White Gel Signo Pen and layered onto Choc Chip. I isolated the word Joy from a stamp in the All Holidays set with Dusty Durango, then popped it out with a 1" Circle Punch and layered onto 1-1/4" Choc Chip Punched Circle. I kept the card fairly simple as I wanted the focus to be on my sunset. I'm so glad I gave this technique a try and I will continue to practice to get better. Beside the unbalanced look, I'm pretty happy with how the image turned out. Hope you like it! Any questions, feel free to contact me

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Supplies:
Stamps: Autumn Days (115452), Inspired by Nature (111656), All Holidays (114916)
Paper: Dusty Durango (115321), Soft Suede (115318), Choc Chip (102128), Whisper White (100730)
Ink: So Saffron (105213), Crushed Curry (115659), Dusty Durango (115654)
Accessories: Brayer (102395), Linen Thread (104199), Choc Chip Grosgrain (1/4"-111367 & 5/8"-109051), Circle Punch (1"-109046, 1-1/4"-104403)

In Color Mojo

I'm loving the gorgeous new In Colors. They will be available to order with the release of the new catalog July 1. My card today highlights them all from the Bermuda Bay soft outline, to my Soft Suede wheel barrel, to my Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry, Crushed Curry flowers down to their Dusty Durango pots. And the most exciting part, all these colors now come in markers too. Easy enough to color your stamped image with your color of choice and get more than one color on your image. The little flower from this soon to be Last Chance stamp set, Blooming with Love, was colored with In Color Markers and Old Olive for the stem and then stamped. I did a lot of masking on my focal point to give a feeling of depth with my pots and flowers. Masking is just a technique of covering up a section to make it appear as though something is in front or behind an image. HINT: Stamping your image onto a sticky note (makes it self adhesive) and snipping it out is the perfect little masking template. For this card I had a wheel barrel mask, a pot mask and even snipped out that little flower.
Here is an example of masking -

Mojo Monday inspired my card layout. After my images were masked and stamped in Basic Brown, I went back and 'colored' in my images using my Blender Pens (gives it a watercolored appearance). Each of my In Color ink pads were squeezed a little to kreate a pool of ink in the lid when opened. Dab your blender pen in the ink and start to color. TIP: When using blender pens, you don't want to continue to go over an area as you will saturate the paper and begin to pill it. Start at your edge/s where you will want it the darkest and let the blender fade to light before you ink it back up. It does take practice with these, but you will love them once you get the hang of it.
Followed the Mojo layout, my image placed on a Scallop Edge Punched Crushed Curry matte onto my Melon Mambo and Dusty Durango card base. Melon Mambo and Dusty Durango were given the ol' fashion embossed look using my Priceless Brass Template, light box and Stylus. A Sanding Block lightly buffed over the embossed image helps it stand out a touch more. Any questions, I'm here for answers :)

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Supplies:
Stamps: Bloomin with Love (Last Chance-114936)
Paper: All new In Colors (available July 1)
Ink: Basic Brown, All new In Colors (available July 1), Signo White Gel Pen (105021), Basic Black Marker (100082)
Accessories: Blender Pens (102845), Scallop Square Punch (112081), Brass Template-Priceless (109541), Stylus (100663), Rich Razzleberry Polka Dot Ribbon (reverse side plain - avail July 1)

Happy Fathers Day

Simple, quick, no frills Fathers Day card, inspired by a few design elements of the Mojo Monday sketch. My Happy Fathers Day stamp comes from the very versatile holiday sentiment set, All Holidays. Ladies, enjoy your hubbies, your fathers and grandfathers this weekend and Fathers, have a wonderful day :)
* Card starts as a Choc Chip 4-1/4"x5-1/2" base. Layered with a piece of To the Nines Specialty paper (my go to paper for all my masculine cards lately)
* I inked my stamp in Choc Chip Craft ink and stamped onto Kraft cardstock. Sprinkled with Clear Embossing Powder and heat set. I love embossing as it really makes your sentiment/image pop. A subtle WOW with little effort. Sprinkle and heat. TIP: You must use VersaMark or Craft ink so your embossing powder will stick to your stamped image. TRICK: If you own a Stamp-a-mi-jig (101049), go ahead and stamp with your Classic Ink, line up your 'mi-jig' and stamp image again with VersaMark - you've just kreated the same effect as a craft ink.
* Matted on Sage Shadow and used my Corner Rounder on opposing corners. Added 3 Choc Chip brads from the Neutrals Assortment Brads for some design interest.
* Placed a Choc Chip vertical piece behind the focal point and again Corner Rounded opposing corners
* 5/8" Choc Chip Grosgrain runs across the bottom and kreates 'tails' under a Choc Chip Corduroy Button Brad.

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Supplies:
Stamps: All Holidays (114916)
Paper: To the Nines Specialty (114038), Kraft (102125), Sage Shadow(101563)
Ink: Choc Chip Craft (101816)
Accessories: Clear Embossing Powder (109130), 5/16" Neutrals Assortment Brads (112533), Corduroy Buttons (114339), 5/8" Choc Chip Grosgrain Ribbon (109051)

2 Steppin'

Nope, not dancin, stampin'! Both sets I used for the Mojo Monday Sketch 89 (for me Mojo Friday :) are 2 Step Stampin' Sets, Flight of the Butterfly and Soft Summer from the Occasions Mini Catalog. Remember: you have your Last Chance Stamp List and Last Chance Accessories List, but don't forget June 30 marks your last chance to order from the Occasions Mini Catalog too!
If you're not familiar with two step stamping technique, you have a solid image and a lined image. There are different variations to the technique, but in this card I did the basic. You stamp your base (solid) image and then eyeball and place your overlay (lined) image. TIP: Use your Stamp a mi jig if you want perfect placement of your lined image. Personally I like it to be a little off, so I'm pretty good at eyeballing my placement.
I inked up my solid image from Soft Summer (Occasions Mini) in Baja Breeze and used my Close to Cocoa Marker to go over the branch. Inked up my lined image in Choc Chip Craft and stamped the overlay image. Sprinkled Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder and heat set with my heat tool to give it a little pizazz. (Unfortunately pizazz doesn't always show up in pictures, but if you click on the photo to enlarge it you may see it better) To soften the stark white of my Whisper White paper, I used my Chalk Pastels to 'highlight' around my image. Sponged the edges and placed on layers of Baja Breeze, Kraft,and Choc Chip.
My circles were cut out and easily layered using my Circle Scissors Plus. Loving that gizmo! The butterfly image was first stamped with the solid image in Baja Breeze and accented in Choc Chip Craft with the overlay flower image. Again given some pizazz with some Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder. A Kraft Taffeta Ribbon hides the seam between my Parisian Breeze layer and Baja Breeze card base. I'm really going to miss my Baja Breeze and Parisian Paper :(
I envisioned this card a bit differently, I'll blame it on my MOJO, too many other things going on. My daughters b-day party is tomorrow, so off to finish the preparations :)

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Wishing You Happiness Today and Always

I love to start out with a sketch and Julee Tilman's Mojo Monday designs are always great to work with. I combined my sketch with the SCS Color Challenge 215 which as you can see is Pretty in Pink, Rose Red and Basic Gray. I had to throw in a bit of Certainly Celery for my leaves - forgive me :) I inked up my image with SU Markers, coloring directly onto your stamp allows you to add a variety of color to your image. Give it a little huff of breath to re-moisten the ink and stamp. The larger Pretty in Pink square behind my image and fluttering butterflies was dry embossed with my Big Shot and Texturz Background plate. My butterflies from Dreams Du Jour were stamped on Pretty in Pink with Rose Red Craft ink and embossed them with Clear Embossing Powder, then snipped them out with Paper Snips. My sentiment from Heard from the Heart was also inked in Rose Red Craft ink and embossed with Clear Embossing Powder. TIP: For embossing, you will need to use either Craft ink or VersaMark ink so your embossing powder will stick to the ink before using your heat tool to emboss. My sentiment panel was given a decorative edge with the Eyelet Border Punch and then sponged with Rose Red. Half back pearls from the Pretties Kit accent my sentiment and a Basic Gray Taffeta Ribbon tops off the panel. Wishing YOU happiness....

For now, go kreate
Kim

Supplies:
Stamps: Thoughts and Prayers (113252), Heard from the Heart (111644), Dreams du Jour (111624)
Paper: Basic Gray (108692), Pretty in Pink (100459), Rose Red (102544), Whisper White (100730)
Ink: Pretty in Pink Marker (100045), Certainly Celery Marker (105106), Rose Red Marker (100063), Rose Red Craft Ink (101545)
Accessories: Pretties Kit Pearls (109114), Basic Gray Taffeta Ribbon (109064), Clear Embossing Powder (109130), Heat Tool (100005), Eyelet Border Punch (113692), Daubers (102892), Snips (103579), Big SHot (113439), Texturz Background Plate (114512)