Mojo Monday 431 - Feeling Christmas-y

Hi folks,


I'm hoping to do a better of job of staying ahead of the game this year with my 2016 Christmas cards so I decided to whip up a few with this week's Mojo Monday 431 sketch.

I just played around with the paper combos and stamps so that each of the four cards would be a little different. Looking at the photos though, I see I might have to straighten a few of the wooden trees <grin>.

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches, kraft card stock base
• patterned paper: Kaisercraft (I'll have to come back and update the collection name)
• stamps: Unity Stamp Co "Happiest Season of All", "Like a snowflake Dec 2014 Sentiment Kit"
• layout: Mojo Monday 431

Challenges for these cards:

• Christmas Card Challenges #7

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Mojo Monday 350

Hi Everyone!

Popping in to share a birthday card I made for dearly beloved's sister-in-law. I do love this paper pack and will be sad once I have used it all up.

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 black card stock base and mats
• patterned paper: Kaisercraft "Art of Life"
• stamps: Verve "Big Wish"
• black paper roses from my stash (from Pritchard Packaging)
• Spellbinders: Petite Circles
• layout: Mojo Monday 350

challenges for this card

• Seize the birthday: Anything Goes

As always thanks for stopping by!

Never count those glasses of wine

Hi folks,

This past weekend we helped to celebrate the upcoming 40th birthday of dearly beloved's sister. Her husband pulled off a massive surprise birthday party - with about 60 people or so in attendance.

I pulled out one of my new favourite stamps for her card. Since we're older than her, we can't really poke fun at her age, so this one seemed appropriate - especially since we had picked up a couple of nice bottles of Portugese wine for her (her husband is of Portugese heritage).

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches, black card stock base
• patterned paper: Kaisercraft "Art of Life"
• stamp: Unity "Age and Wine"
• black paper roses (from Pritchard Packaging), cream, beige and black satin ribbon from my stash
• layout: Mojo Monday 351

Challenges for this card:

• Incy Wincy Designs: Strings and Things (I used three different satin ribbons from my stash)
• Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Anything Goes

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Sister Act Card Challenge #60 with Milk Coffee

Hi folks!

It's Friday so that means it is time for me to share my latest creation for our weekly "Anything Goes" card challenge over at the Sister Act Card Challenge!

As you probably know by now, the rules for joining in our weekly challenge are pretty simple - anything goes as long as it is a new card of your own creation! Just join in the fun by linking up to your blog post featuring your lovely creation and you will be in the running for the prize offered by this week's sponsor - Milk Coffee! I can't wait to check our your fabulous creations!

psst. If you check out the Milk Coffee Blog and look for the posts labelled freebie or freebies, you can find some of the images that have been offered up in the past so you can try before you buy!

For my card this week, I decided to use the "Let's Go Fishing" digi

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches, kraft card stock base, white card stock mats
• patterned paper: Kaisercraft "Hunt & Gather"
• digi image: Milk Coffee "Let's Go Fishing", coloured with Copic Markers (E000, E00, E01, E11, E93, E21, E23, E25, E27, E81, E84, E87)
• layout: MFT Wednesday Sketch 179
• embellishments: CTMH Olive button and Colonial White Waxy Flax

additional challenges for this card:

• Milk Coffee: For a Dad/Special Male Challenge
• Simon Says: Father's Day/Masculine
• Naught or Nice #5: For the Men

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Mojo 343 - for a Graduation

Hi folks!

My eldest niece recently graduated from the program she has been doing for the past couple of years at her local college. She is now doing her final work term (she did a Child and Youth Care Worker program) for the next few weeks. 

I made this card for her to celebrate her graduation with one of the new stamps I recently ordered from Unity Stamp Company.

card details:

• finished size: 5.5 x 5.5 inches, black card stock base
• patterned papers: Kaisercraft "Velvet Crush", distressed edges
• stamp: Unity Stamp Company "Things To Do: Dream, Wish, Etc" stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black with purple accents from Copic V06
• embellishments: brads, buttons, purple ribbon, black ribbon, embroidery floss from my stash
• layout: Mojo Monday 343. I changed it to a square card instead of a tall and skinny.

Challenges for this card:

• Love to Scrap #30: Anything Goes
• One Stitch at a time #214: Anything Goes
• Corrosive Challenge #200: Anything Goes
• Come and Get It Challenges: Lots of Layers
• The Pink Elephant #251: Graduation

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Age and Glasses of Wine

Hi folks,

I recently bought a bunch of Itty Bitty stamps from Unity Stamp Company and this card features one of the stamps I just had to have because....well...we have lots of friends who are wine enthusiasts. One of those friends had a birthday recently and I used one of my new stamps on her card.

card details:

• finished size: 5.5 x 5.5 inches, black card stock base
• patterned paper: Kaisercraft "Art of Life"
• stamp: Unity Stamp Company "Age and Wine"
• embellishments: washi tape and feather poof
• Spellbinders Labels (small and large)
• layout: Tuesday Morning Sketches #248

challenges for this card:

• Love to Scrap #30: Anything Goes

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Mojo 334 Crushing on Violet

Hi folks!

I made some time today to get crafty - I'm attending a 70th birthday party tomorrow and needed to get the card made for the birthday girl.

I looked up this week's Mojo Monday sketch and decided it would be perfect for the papers I wanted to use. The stamp is one of many I have from Heather's Stamping Haven, sadly another LSS which just closed its doors this week (because the owner is retiring and there was no one to take over the store).

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches, black card stock base
• patterned papers: Kaiser Craft "Violet Crush"
• stamped image: Frog's Whiskers Ink "Dragonfly" from the "Enchanted Hollow" series, coloured with Copic Markers (YG13, YG23, BV0000, BV000, BV00, BV01, BV08). I replaced the stamped antennae with antennae I made from black crafting wire. Background was sponged with CTMH Amethyst
• sentiment: Verve "Big Wish"
• Spellbinders Labels One
• black satin ribbon and adhesive pearls from my stash
• layout: Mojo Monday 334

challenges for this card:

• Kit & Clowder March Challenge: Wings
• Seize the Birthday: Anything Goes Birthday

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Love to Scrap Challenge #20

Hi folks,

I'm back today with another guest post for the Love to Scrap Challenge Blog. The challenge for the next two weeks is this sketch from Starry Nights Studio

You have two weeks to enter the challenge (until December 29th) and, if you are the winner, you get to choose 5 images from the sponsor of this challenge - Eureka Stamps!

So would you like to see the cards I created with this sketch? That's right - cards! I was still having trouble with my printer when I made the cards for this challenge so I wasn't able to print any of the fabulous digis that are available online in the store so I grabbed a couple of my stamps from my rubber collection.

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches, kraft card stock base, white card stock mats
• patterned paper: Kaiser Craft "Mint Twist"
• stamped images: The Greeting Farm "Xmas Sweeties", coloured with Copic Markers (E000, E00, E01, E93, R000, R37, R39, R56, R59, Y28, C1. Ian hair: E21, E23, E25, E35. Anya hair: E50, E51, E53, E31)
• sentiment: Verve "Ornamental Christmas"
• Stampin' Up Word Window Punch
• buttons from my stash

additional challenges for this card:

• Christmas Card Challenge #3: Make words the focal point (but any Christmas card will do)
• One Crazy Stamper: December Winter/Holiday Challenge

As always thanks for stopping by!

Viva La Verve November 2013 Week 2

Hi folks,

I am definitely starting to panic about getting enough Christmas cards made for this year. So, since I STILL haven't packed away my gear from the crop I attended the first weekend of November, I grabbed the same papers I used for my Week 1 cards to make my Week 2 cards.

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches, kraft card stock base (and a slightly smaller mat for the front!)
• patterned papers: Kaiser Craft "Twig & Berry"
• stamps: Verve "Glad Tidings", "Ornamental Christmas" (twig is coloured with Copic G85)
• green satin ribbon and butcher twine from my stash
• Spellbinders Petite Circles, Verve "Pennant Die Trim"
• layout: Viva La Verve November 2013 Week 2

challenges for these cards:

• Christmas Card Challenges #50: this week is a sketch (which I didn't use - yet) but any Christmas card will do.
• Pile it On #45: Show us your tools (definitely my Cuttlebug - it was put to good use doing my die cuts AND my scissors and quilting ruler to get those fish tails cut for my other pieces of paper)
• Through the Craft Room Door (Nov 12-18): Anything Goes
• Sister Act Card Challenge #32: Anything Goes
• One Crazy Stamper November Christmas Challenge

As always, thanks for stopping by! Don't forget to check out the new challenge at Yumi & Fumi Handmade! This week (and next), the challenge is a theme of "So Thankful". Team Yumi shared their creations this past Sunday and Team Fumi will be sharing this coming Sunday. I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone creates for this challenge - I like to think that you can never have too many thank you cards in your stash!

Getting Christmas-y - with Bob the Yeti

Hi folks (if you are here to check out my post for The Sisterhood of Crafters, please scroll down)

well, after a LONG break from making Christmas cards (I made four in January and that was it so far for this year), I decided it was time to get back in the ho-ho-ho spirit.

What do you think? Isn't Bob the Yeti just adorable? I actually made two cards with him but I'll share the other card some other time.

card details:

• finished size: 6x6 inches, CTMH Sweet Leaf card stock base
• patterned paper: Kaiser Craft Mint Twist
• stamped image: Yumi & Fumi Handmade "Bob the Yeti". Coloured with Copic Markers (G09, R46, B00, B000, E93, E95, E000, E00)
• white twill ribbon, rick rack ribbon, holly leaf sequins, CTMH Holiday Red brads
• Spellbinders: petite ovals
• layout: 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown Sketch 21

additional challenges for this card:

• Christmas Card Challenge #41: Snowmen (but any Christmas card will do). I think Bob the Yeti counts as a snowman don't you? Yeti = Abominable snowman!
• Through the Craft Room Door: Anything Goes
• Sister Act Card Challenge #23: Anything Goes
• One Crazy Stamper September Challenge: Christmas
• Christmas Stampin' All Year Long #32: Layers (4 or more) - oh yes. No problem there.Not counting the base I think I count 5 layers through Bob.

Don't forget - be sure to stop by the Yumi & Fumi Handmade Blog today to check out the latest project being shared by the design team! Kathy is sharing a delightful way to package hallowe'en treats!

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Viva La Verve - June Week 2

Hi folks,

Just sharing another of this year's Father's Day cards - this one was for my brother.

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches, kraft card stock base
• patterned paper: Kaiser Craft "Hunt & Gather"
• sentiments: Verve "World's Best", "Purely Sentimental"
• Spellbinders: Petite Ovals
• layout: Viva La Verve June Week 2 Sketch

Thanks for stopping by!

Mojo Monday 297

Hi folks,

It's been a busy couple of days for me as I have been out of town. So, I hope you will bear with me this week as I post the rest of this year's Father's Day cards.

This one was for dearly beloved's brother-in-law - who is an avid fisherman in his spare time.

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches, kraft card stock base
• patterned paper: Kaiser Craft "Hunt & Gather"
• sentiment: Verve "Purely Sentimental"
• Martha Stewart Border Punch for the diamond edging on the central panel.
• layout: Mojo Monday 297

additional challenges for this card:

• Corrosive Challenge #176: Animal Antics (hmm, do fish count an animals? I guess we shall see!)
• Sister Act Challenge #11: Anything Goes
• Sisterhood of Crafters: All about the boys

The final Christmas 2011 card

Hi folks,

well, here it is. The last of my Christmas Cards for 2011. This one went to dearly beloved's grandpa.

card details:

• 5.5 x 5.5 inches
• patterned papers: Kaiser Craft Dear Santa
• stamps: Verve Ornamental Christmas

And now it is time to start working on the 2012 Christmas cards......and this year I think I will be making tags to go with as well. Nothing fancy and elaborate. Probably just coordinating tags using the same papers that were used on the cards.

Thanks for stopping by!

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #147

Hi folks,

back again with a couple more of my last minute kiddo Christmas cards.

The first one went to one of dearly beloved's nieces.

And the second one went to the eldest daughter of a couple of dear friends (older sister to the little one who got the card from the previous post).

card details:

• finished size: 5.5 x 5.5 inches, kraft cardstock
• stamped image: Sledding Chloe from Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps (on sale right now AND Sparkle has a 25% off code good on orders over $30 until January 2nd....I have to place an order as soon as I get some time). Coloured with Copic Markers (E000,E00, E01, E93, V000, V12, V15, V17, W1, W2, W3, W4, R27, E30, E33, E34, E35, E37, G94, G99, G20, R00, R35, R37, R39, R59, R89, Y17. Brunette Chloe has E35 and E37 for hair, Blonde Chloe has E51 and E53 for hair)
• patterned papers: Kaiser Craft Dear Santa
• layout: Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #147 (from a couple weeks ago)

Thanks for stopping by -- only two of this year's Christmas Cards left to post!

Time for a sleigh ride

Hi folks,

found my way back into the craft room yesterday and today and managed to finish this card (yes, I am that slow at colouring and yes I am still making Christmas cards for this year)

card details:

• finished size: 5.5 x 5.5 inches, kraft cardstock base
• stamped image: Sledding Chloe from Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps, coloured with copic markers (E000,E00, E01, E93, E27, E47, E49, V000, V12, V15, V17, W1, W2, W3, W4, R27, E30, E33, E34, E35, E37, G94, G99, G20, R00, R35, R37, R39, R59, R89, Y17)
• patterned papers: Kaiser Craft Dear Santa Collection 6x6 pad (picked up from Tracy of the Embellished Connection at Emily's Crop)
• layout: Inspirational Card Sketches #142
• Spellbinders: Petite Circles
• ribbon and buttons: CTMH Olive
• floss from my stash

Additional challenges for this card:

• Do You Stack Up #48: Ribbon (or anything you can tie) - I used ribbon and floss on this one.
• Seriously Creative Challenges: Christmas
• Let's Ink It Up #18: Christmas Projects
• Pollycraft Monday Challenge #120: Christmas Fun

Hope you are all having a wonderful day. Thanks for stopping by at this busy time of year!