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Mojo#114 Thanks

This thank you is for Megan's birthday presents and the MojoMonday sketch #114 here. This was a quick and cute sketch. I used the big flower image from Enjoy Every Moment then layered the smaller flower image in the middle circle. A Rose Red brad fits nicely in the center. The papers are from the Thoroughly Modern DSP. The piece of Rose Red and Soft Suede were run thru the Scallop Edge punch. A piece of Kraft taffeta ribbon finishes off the card.

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Enjoy Every Moment

Papers: Whisper White, Rose Red, Sahara Sand, Soft Suede & Thoroughly Modern DSP

Inks: Rose Red and Soft Suede Stampin Write Markers, Sahara Sand Classic Pad

Accessories: Kraft Taffeta Ribbon, Scallop Edge punch, Rich Regals Brads, Stampin dimensionals

Stamping 411 Sketch Thanksgiving

I made my last Thanksgiving card using the Stamping 411 sketch challenge here.
I used the Falling Leaves stamp set with the colors Crushed Curry, Rich Razzleberry and Soft Suede. The Soft Suede dotted paper is from The Write Stuff Specialty papers. And the Crushed Curry and Rich Razzleberry papers are both from the Razzleberry Lemonade DSP. I used my Coluzzle to cut out the circle, wrapped some Crushed Curry 1/2 inch polka-dot grosgrain ribbon around the front and popped up the sentiment with some Stampin' dimensionals.
Here's my recipe:
Stamps: Falling Leaves
Papers: Whisper white, Crushed Curry, Soft Suede, Razzleberry Lemonade DSP, The Write Stuff Specialty
Inks: Crushed Curry, Rich Razzleberry and Soft Suede
Accessories: 1/2 inch Crushed Curry polka-dot grosgrain ribbon, Stampin dimensionals, Coluzzle circle cutter

SC#255 Thank You

A thank you card for Megan's birthday gifts according to this Splitcoast sketch #255 here. I used the Cheep Talk stamp set and the Pink Flamingo DSP. The Stamp-a-ma-jig comes in really handy to place the stamped images. Gotta say it again, I love how easy and fast these cards are to make with the Splitcoast sketches! Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Cheep Talk

Papers: Whisper White, Cameo Coral, Real Red, Tempting Turquoise, Summer Sun, Pink Flamingo DSP

Inks: Chocolate chip and Summer Sun Stampin write markers, Real Red and Tempting Turquoise Stamp pads

Accessories: Stamp-a-ma-jig

MOJO #113 Tree

This one is for the MOJO#113 sketch challenge here.

It's also for a Color Combo over at Splitcoast, CC245, Always Real Chocolate here. I used markers to ink up the tree image from Season of Joy. Real Red is on the star, Always Artichoke on the tree and Chocolate Chip on the trunk. There's a strip of Real Red from the Christmas Cocoa Specialty papers and a square of Always Artichoke from To the Nines Specialty Papers.

The snowflake is also from Season of Joy, inked up with the Red and Artichoke markers. A tiny Circle Ice Rhinestone brad is in the center of the snowflake. And the ribbon is from the Mistletoe ribbon in the Holiday Mini.

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Season of Joy

Papers: Whisper White, Always Artichoke, Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Cocoa Christmas Specialty, To the Nines Specialty

Inks: Chocolate Chip, Always Artichoke and Real Red Stampin write markers

Accessories: White gel pen, Mistletoe Ribbon originals, Circle Ice Rhinestone brad, 1 1/4 inch and 1 3/8 inch circle punch, scallop circle punch, Stampin dimensionals

Happy 15th Birthday Megan!

This birthday card & present are for my oldest daughter, Megan.

Today is her 15th birthday. She's a beautiful, funny, bright, caring, loving and talented young lady and we're grateful she's in our lives!

Now onto the card.

I was inspired by the wrapping paper for the colors and this PPA#17 sketch here. The present image from Holiday Blitz fits perfectly in the 1 1/4 inch square punch. Then I layered that with the 1 3/8 inch square punch. I used the Happy Birthday image from Teeny Tiny Wishes. The Close to Cocoa flowers are punched out with the Trio Flower punch and a I added a dot with the white gel pen. Some 1/4 inch whisper white grosgrain ribbon is tied around the Close to Cocoa Prints DSP(now on the Clearance Rack for $3.99).

Finally, a designer brad from the flower assortment and two buttons from the Sherbet Designer Buttons finish it off.

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Holiday Blitz and Teeny Tiny Wishes

Papers: Whisper white, Close to Cocoa, Bashful Blue, Pretty in Pink, So Saffron and Close to Cocoa DSP

Inks: Close to Cocoa, Bashful Blue, Pretty in Pink, So Saffron

Accessories: 1/4 inch and 1 3/8 inch square punches, Trio Flower punch, 1/4 inch Whisper white grosgrain ribbon, Designer Sherbet Buttons, Designer Brads Flower Assortment, white gel pen

Stamping 411 #125 Get Well Card

I'm just playing catch up this week. Crazy weekend with girls' club volleyball tryouts and two of the three kids having off for two days. And now the third kid has off the other three days of the week. Anyways, I made this card for the Stamping 411 sketch here. I haven't used the Cottage Wall DSP lately so I pulled out that and the For All You Do Stamp set. I stamped the square flower image with Rich Razzleberry and used the sentiment from Garden Greetings(on the dormant list). I used the Ticket Corner punch on the corners of the white square and added a gold brad. A little ribbon and it's done.

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: For All You Do, Garden Greetings

Papers: Whisper white, Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry, Cottage Wall DSP

Inks: Rich Razzleberry

Accessories: Gold brads, ticket corner punch, word window punch, Modern label punch, 1/2 inch Rich Razzleberry polka-dot grosgrain ribbon

Mojo #112 Simple Christmas Poinsettia

Now that it's Saturday, I'm finally getting to the MojoMonday sketch #112 here. I'm using the Christmas Cocoa Specialty papers again with the Berry Christmas stamp set. I stamped off the poinsettia image once with Real Red ink then stamped it again, just moving the image to create a little fuller look. That's easily punched out with the 1 3/8 inch circle punch then layered onto the scallop circle punch. I popped that up with a few Stampin' dimensionals. I also used the 1 3/8 inch punch for the Soft Suede circle but just folded that in half. My Crop-a-dile punched the hole thru the three layers of card stock with ease. A little Mistletoe ribbon and it's done!

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Berry Christmas

Papers: Whisper white, Real Red, Soft Suede and Christmas Cocoa Specialty papers

Ink: Real Red and Old Olive

Accessories: Mistletoe ribbon, 1 3/8 inch circle punch, scallop circle punch, Crop-a-dile, white gel pen, Stampin dimensionals

Splitcoast Sketch #254 Make Merry

I "made merry" for the Splitcoast Sketch #254 here. I know I'm a broken record here but I just love these sketches because it's too easy to trace the exact measurements onto card stock then create a quick and easy card! I used some Old Olive Patterns Paper and some Christmas Cocoa Specialty paper with the Berry Christmas stamp set. I broke up the sentiment and used the Stamp-a-ma-jig for that and to put the bird in the wreath.

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Berry Christmas

Papers: Whisper white, Real Red, Old Olive, Old Olive Patterns, Christmas Cocoa Specialty

Inks: Real red and Old Olive

Accessories: Stamp-a-ma-jig

PPA#16 Christmas Cheer Patterned Pines

This one is for the PPA#16 Theme Challege: Christmas Cheer here. If this looks familiar it's because I CASEed it from the Holiday Mini on page 4. I did change it up a bit. I stamped one tree in Real Red and the other in Old Olive on Whisper White card stock then cut them out. I added a Real Red strip that was punched with the scallop edge punch. And the sentiment is from All Holidays. I'm loving the Sleigh Bells ribbon!

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Patterned Pines and All Holidays

Papers: Whisper white, Real Red, Old Olive and Old Olive Patterns

Inks: Real Red and Old Olive

Accessories: Sleigh Bells ribbon, scallop edge punch

Stamping 411 Olive Joy

I'm just catching up today after a crazy but fun weekend.

My daughter, Abby's 8th grade A volleyball team won 3rd place in the Seton volleyball tourney. Even better, Abby earned three sportsmanship awards from three different teams. Needless to say, we're sooo proud of her! Back to the card info.

I made this for the Stamping 411 sketch challenge here.

I ran the Old Olive card base thru the Big Shot with the Petals-a-plenty textured impressions folder. I used a strip of Razzleberry Lemonade dsp and a piece of 1 1/4 inch Old Olive striped grosgrain ribbon. Finally, I used the Old Olive and Rich Razzleberry markers to color the stamp from Season of Joy.

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Season of Joy and Teeny Tiny Wishes

Papers: Whisper white, Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry and Razzleberry Lemonade

Inks: Old Olive ink pad and marker, Rich Razzleberry marker

Accessories: 1 1/4 inch Old Olive striped grosgrain ribbon, textured impressions petals-a-plenty folder, word window punch, Stampin dimensionals

Snow Simple Suede Snowflake

This was a really fast and easy card to make! I just let the Christmas Cocoa Specialty paper do all the work. I cut a piece of the flocked snowflake and layered that on a Soft Suede card base. The little snowflake is from the Christmas Punch stamp set and was punched out with the coordinating Boho Blossoms punch. I used white craft ink for the Teeny Tiny Wishes sentiment and embossed that with white embossing powder. A silver brad attaches the snowflake and some ribbon completes the card.

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Christmas Punch and Teeny Tiny Wishes

Papers: Whisper white, Soft suede and Christmas Cocoa Specialty

Inks: Soft Suede and white craft ink

Accessories: word window punch, white embossing powder, boho blossoms punch, 1/2 inch soft suede polka dot grosgrain ribbon, silver brad

Red Season of Joy Petals

Another Christmas card crossed of the list. This one was soooo quick and simple. I just ran a piece of Real Red card stock thru the Big Shot with the Petals-a-Plenty textured impressions folder. Then I stamped the image from Season of Joy, attached some ribbon and tied a bow and I was done. How easy is that?

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Season of Joy

Papers: Whisper White and Real Red

Inks: Real Red

Accessories: Stampin UP Textured impressions folder Petals-a-Plenty, Real Red 1/2 inch double-stitched grosgrain ribbon

PPA #15 Color Challenge

Here's one for the PPA#15 color combination here. The colors are Ruby Red, Taken with Teal and Basic Gray. I thought of these colors and thought they'd make a good masculine card. So I used the Circle Circus and Teeny Tiny Wishes sets. I also ran the Basic Gray thru the Big Shot with the diamond patterned Backgrounds 1 texturz plates. The strip of Ruby Red is from the Hostess Patterns Pack DSP III.

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Circle Circus and Teeny Tiny Wishes

Papers: Whisper white, Basic Gray, Ruby Red and Taken with Teal, Patterns Pack DSP III

Inks: Basic gray, Ruby red and Taken with Teal

Accessories: Stampin' UP Backgrounds 1 texturz plates, word window punch, Modern label punch, paper piercing tool

Splitcoast Sketch #253 Patterned Pines

I made this Christmas card for the Splitcoast Sketch #253 here. I just flipped the sketch on it's side because I thought of the trees from the Patterned Pines set. I used the snowflake stamp from the set too. And I colored the little poinsettia with the Real Red marker for the triangle flaps. The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes.

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Patterned Pines and Teeny Tiny Wishes

Papers: Very vanilla, Old Olive, Real Red and Old Olive Patterns

Inks: Real red and Old Olive

Accessories: 1 1/4 inch and 1 3/8 inch square punches, Word Window punch, Modern Label punch, Stampin' dimensionals

Splitcoast Color Challenge #243-Sandy Olive Thoughts

I made this card to use up some of the Patterns Pack DSP. And I think it qualifies for today's color combo over at Splitcoast here.

The challenge is supposed to be Neutrals with a POP! So my neutral is Sahara Sand and the color pop is Old Olive.

It's pretty cute if I do say so myself!

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Think Happy Thoughts

Papers: Whisper white, Old Olive, Sahara Sand, Patterns Pack DSP III

Inks: Old Olive

Accessories: 1 1/4 inch and 1 3/8 inch circle punches, scallop circle punch,Old Olive 3/8 inch taffeta Mistletoe ribbon,white gel pen, Playground designer buttons, hemp twine, Stampin' dimensionals

Just Another Mojo Monday!

Another MojoMonday sketch here and another Christmas card checked off my list. I used the Delightful Decorations set, the Ornament punch and the new Jumbo Snowflake punch. A little elastic gold cord and gold brads for some bling and this one is done. I layered the snowflakes and secured them with a gold brad then popped them up with Stampin' dimesionals.

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Delightful Decorations

Papers: Whisper white, Real red, Soft suede, Christmas Cocoa Specialty

Inks: Real red and Soft suede

Accessories: Ornament punch, Jumbo snowflake punch, gold brads. gold elastic cord, Stampin' dimensionals

Stanping 411 Fall Leaves

This one's for the Stamping 411 Sketch challenge here.

I immediately thought of the leaves from the Falling Leaves set when I saw this sketch. I used some Razzleberry Lemonade DSP for the main paper and the Soft Suede DSP is from the Thoroughly Modern DSP. And as usual, I added some ribbon too.I enjoyed an afternoon of stamping some more Thanksgiving and Christmas cards-looking forward to sharing some in the future!

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Falling Leaves

Papers: Whisper white, Rich Razzleberry, Soft Suede, Razzleberry Lemonade dsp, Thoroughly Modern dsp

Inks: Crushed Curry, Dusty Durango, Rich Razzleberry, Soft Suede

Accessories: Scallop edge punch, 1/2 inch Rich Razzleberry polka dot grosgrain ribbon