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)

Rrrrrrreally Perfect!

Dad's Day is just 'round the corner and this card is going straight to my Dad, Rich. The 'R's just keep rolling off my tongue. King of the remote, recliner and refreshments :) Perfect! The inside reads 'Relax' - but isn't that what he's obviously already doing according to the 3 'R's?! LOL This stamp comes from the And Many Mower set in the Occasions Mini and the sketch comes from the OCC Challenge. My focal point is inked in Basic Black and stamped on Whisper White and then colored with my SU Markers, Always Artichoke,Creamy Caramel and Close to Cocoa. I used my VersaMarker to go over my Always Artichoke letters and then sprinkled with Clear Embossing Powder and heat set. I used my finger nail to rough up the edges a bit and then layered on Kraft and Choc Chip and popped it up on dimensionals. My panels were kreated with To the Nines Specialty paper and layered again on Choc Chip and placed on my 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" Kraft base. A 5/8" Choc Chip Ribbon, a little flipped corner and some White Brads from the Neutrals Assortment adds a little extra flare to my masculine card.



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Supplies:
Stamps: And Many Mower (113724 Last Chance)
Paper: To the Nines (114038), Choc Chip (102128), Kraft (102125), Whisper White (100730)
Ink: Basic Black (101179), Always Artichoke Marker (105113), Close to Cocoa (100072), Creamy Caramel (100078), VersaMarker(100901)
Accessories: 5/8" Neutrals Assortment (112533), 5/8" Choc Chip Grosgrain Ribbon (109051), Clear Embossing Powder (109130), Heat Tool (100005), dimensionals (104430)

Birdie in the Park

Beautiful weather, playing outside with the kids, gardening to do, spring cleaning and de-pollinating everything (anyone elses furniture have a hue of Kiwi Kiss? ) ~ I haven't had much of an opportunity to play along with many challenges lately and I think I may have lost a bit of my MOJO :( With a busy schedule I didn't get the chance to post the OCC sketch from last week (a little twist from a demo challenge as well with a bird theme), but here it is. Not how I envisioned this card turning out. Baja Breeze base is cut at 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 and scored in half with the fold at the top. A Walk in the Park DSP (Occasions Mini) and coordinating Basic Gray kreate my panels. I had to go back to the old fashioned pencil and stencil to cut out my ovals. I thought I did a decent job cutting until I placed my layers together ~ I think I faked it well by off setting them a bit. Never a mistake, only creative opportunities :) But I do love the ease of the Big Shot so now you know, I'll be 'needing' to get the Big Shot Ovals Originals Dies (114525) very soon :)
Cool Tip: With my oval stencils, I traced a smaller oval onto the Whisper White using my stylus to get an embossed/raised 'frame' inside my larger oval and around bird. Click on photo to enlarge for more detail. I inked up my bird from the Always set, in Baja Breeze, removed ink from the feet and used my Basic Black Marker to ink them back up again. Then using my Cameo Coral Marker I colored in a few of the flowers in the bird image. Highlighted those flowers a bit more with my 2 way glue pen and Dazzling Diamonds. Surrounding my bird I used one of the small flower stamps from the Always set and inked it Versamark. Went over those flowers again with my 2 way glue pen and Dazzled some more Diamonds. Adhered my oval-ish image layer and then added some freehand dots with my White Signo Gel Pen.
Back to some more cleaning - ICK!

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Supplies:
Stamps: Always (113620)
Paper: A Walk in the Park DSP(115123Occasions Mini), Baja Breeze (111352), Basic Gray (108692)
Ink: Baja Breeze (111833), Cameo Coral (100074), Basic black (100082)
Accessories: Eyelet Border (113692), Dazzling Diamonds (102023), 2-Way Glue Pen (100425), Stylus (100663), White Signo Gel Pen (105021)

A Mix of Inspiration

I loved this fresh and springy kids bedding set from Pottery Barn, so I decided this would be my inspiration start. Paired with the OCC Sketch and BONUS, finding out my girlfriend is having a boy :) My mix of inspiration turned into this kreation.
I kreated my own 'designer paper' using my Seeing Spots set and stamping my circles randomly over my Whisper White background. Our long necked giraffe friend from Animal Crackers is inked in Basic Black and colored in with SU Markers. The star dangling from his mouth was giving a little glitz with some Dazzling Diamonds. I cut out my 2" Barely Banana circle with my Circle Scissors Plus (love the ease of this tool!) and ran it through the Big Shot with my polka dot Texturz Plate. I used my Dauber to sponge the edges with So Saffron ink and lightly went over the embossed dots to make them pop a bit more. For a bit of extra fun I snipped slivers of coordinating cardstock and threaded them through the buttons. TIP: Gently tie your knot ~ its thin and its paper and it will rip. Felt like a cartoon, I'd almost have it and that last little tug, DRAT, back to the beginning. Sometimes the littlest of detail can take the longest. LOL. I liked the end result, so it was worth that little bit of aggravation :)
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Kim

Supplies:
Stamps: Animals Crackers (113395), Seeing Spots(115058), Fun & Fast Notes (113500 Happy New Baby sentiment)
Ink: Bashful Blue(105209), Bordering Blue(102265), Certainly Celery(105217), Old Olive(102277), Summer Sun (100537 & 100077), More Mustard Marker (100076)
Paper: Bashful Blue(105120), Certainly Celery(105125), Barely Banana (102701), Whisper White (100730)
Accessories: Dazzling Diamonds (102023 star), Fresh Favorites I & II buttons (107421 Certainly Celery, 107422 So Saffron), Bashful Blue button - retired, Big Shot (113439), Texturz Backgrounds (114512), Daubers (102892)

A Color and Sketch Challenge

I said I would be back today :) I needed to take a break from re-organizing AND I have to wait until hubby finishes making another shelf for my table to put some things away - Sunday football, I gotta wait - so I decided to complete two challenges.
One from OCC Challenges, to use 2 shades of blue and a neutral, and the other is to be credited to a sketch from Cupcake Sketch Challenge TECC49 from Taylored Expressions.
Night Quite Navy, Baja Breeze and coordinating Urban Garden DSP kreated my blues and Pocket Silouettes images kreated the circles in this sketch. The images were stamped out in Not Quite Navy Craft ink on Whisper White and heat embossed with Clear Embossing Powder (difficult to see this detail in the photo) and then punched out with the 1-1/4" Circle punch. A 1-3/8" Circle Punch is used to punch out a Not Quite Navy circle to layer behind my images. And finally a Baja Breeze Scallop Circle punch is used for the final layer and then adhered with a dimensional. My White Signo Gel pen adds a bit more detail to each scallop. The White Grosgrain Ribbon divides my card into squares like the sketch and a Baja Breeze button from Button Bouquet adds some interest in the center. A Little Birthday Cheer sentiment is inked in Not Quite Navy on Whisper White and again heat embossed with Clear Embossing Powder, and its given a bit of depth with some Not Quite Navy sponging to the edges. Hope you like it ~ Now if you didn't check out all the Tidbits of info regarding the new catty, make sure to check the post below. If you'd like me to reserve a copy of the Catalog ($9.95) making its debut in 8 days, please let me know.

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Kim