Mojo 404

Hello everyone! I hope you had a wonderful Fourth! It wasn't our usual celebration but we have had a fantastic weekend! And the weather has just been perfect! But all good things come to an end and today we have to go back home. We will have a nice breakfast and then my family will take us all back to the airport and we will get home later this evening. Glad to have made some great memories this weekend! 

Today's card was inspired by the sketch at Mojo Monday!

• Card base is Whisper White
• Adhere a piece of Cherry on Top designer paper
• Run a piece of Cucumber Crush through the Big Shot using the Brick Wall embossing folder
• Tie a piece of Whisper White cotton ribbon around the embossed panel and then adhere to card with dimensionals
• Stamp the image from You're Sublime onto a piece of Whisper White using Momento ink and color in with Watermelon Wonder, Pool Party, Tip Top Taupe, Crushed Curry, Bermuda Bay and Cucumber Crush markers then punch out with the 2 1/2" circle punch
• Adhere stamped circle to card with dimensionals
• Add two rhinestones to card

A super sweet, bright, fun card! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- You're Sublime; Paper- Whisper White, Cucumber Crush, Cherry on Top designer paper; Ink- Momento ink, Tip Top Taupe, Crushed Curry, Pool Party, Watermelon Wonder, Bermuda Bay, and Cucumber Crush markers; Accessories- Brick Wall embossing folder, Whisper White cotton ribbon, 2 1/2" circle punch, rhinestones, dimensionals

Mojo 378

Good morning everyone! I'm looking forward to a lazy Saturday! Watching football, doing laundry and doing a little stamping! And maybe if it warms up, I will try and go for a walk? We will see... We got all the decorations put away and the lights from the house taken down so that feels good! Now if the cleaning fairy would come and do some deep cleaning... 

Today's card was inspired by the Mojo Monday sketch. My upline, Jan Wakeland, sent me this stamp set! I must admit that I didn't even know that Stampin' Up! had come out with this set. It's called Snuggles & Smooches and is SO cute! I am having fun coming up with ideas using this cute set! Thank you, Janet Wakeland!!

• Card base is Whisper White
• Flag the ends of two pieces of Stacked with Love designer paper and adhere them to the card
• Adhere a piece of Basic Black card stock
• Stamp the sentiment image from Snuggles & Smooches onto a piece of Whisper White using Crisp Cantaloupe ink and cut out
• Use the Circles framelits to cut a circle from Basic Black card stock then adhere stamped image to black circle
• Use the Starburst framelits to cut a starburst from Calypso Coral card stock
• Use the Essentials paper piercing pack to pierce a circle just inside the starburst
• Adhere starburst to card with dimensionals
• Adhere stamped image to starburst using dimensionals
• Stamp the little heart image onto Whisper White using Real Red ink and cut out then adhere to card
• Add a rhinestone to little heart

Lots of fun layers! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Snuggles & Smooches; Paper- Whisper White, Basic Black, Calypso Coral; Ink- Real Red, Crisp Cantaloupe; Accessories- Circles framelits, Starburst framelits, rhinestone, Essentials paper piercing pack, dimensionals

Dynamic Mojo

Hello everyone! I hope your weekend is off to a great start! I am visiting a friend for the weekend! We are having a blast so far! Even got to Skype with friends back home! Too fun!! Looking forward to some shopping and more sewing! Woohoo! We are babysitting a little girl for a few hours this morning. And what a CUTIE!! 

Today's card was inspired by a couple of challenges. I got the colors from last week's Dynamic Duos' color challenge and the sketch from Mojo Monday. I thought it turned out pretty regal!

• Card base is Whisper White
• Adhere a piece of gold designer vellum to card base
• Punch a strip of Rich Razzleberry with the scallop edge border punch and adhere to a strip of gold foil card stock then adhere to card
• Adhere a thin strip of Basic Black to gold strip
• Adhere a Rich Razzleberry square to a Basic Black square and then adhere to card with dimensionals
• Stamp the greeting from Starburst Sayings in Rich Razzleberry and cut out with the Starburst framelits then adhere to card with dimensionals
• Tie a piece of gold twine through a vintage faceted button and adhere to card

Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Starburst Sayings; Paper- Whisper White, Basic Black, Rich Razzleberry, gold foil card stock, gold designer vellum; Ink- Rich Razzleberry; Accessories- Starburst framelits, gold twine, vintage faceted buttons, scallop edge border punch, dimensionals

Mojo 337

Good morning, Friends! I hope you are all having a fabulous start to the weekend! We have a meeting with the soccer coach who will be taking a group of boys and some of their parents (me included) to Brazil this summer. We have to get some papers signed and notarized for visas. As I look outside right now it is very cloudy and gloomy! I hope it does rain! Spring rain! The best!! So March Madness?? Wow!! Some very fun and exciting games yesterday! I always feel sorry for those seniors that lose. I am sad for them but I am excited for the winners, too. Sport… I am looking forward to more games!!

Today's card was inspired by Mojo Monday's sketch challenge. This was actually pretty quick and easy! Love these On Film framelits! 

• Card base is So Saffron
• Run a strip of Coastal Cabana through the Big Shot using the Arrows embossing folder then adhere to card base
• Adhere a piece of Retro Fresh designer paper to the card
• Stamp the sentiment from Peachy Keen in Coastal Cabana onto a piece of Very Vanilla then adhere to card
• Cut a piece of Baked Brown Sugar with the filmstrip die from the On Film framelits and adhere to card with dimensionals
• Cut the camera image with the On Film framelits from Tangerine Tango and adhere to card with a dimensional
• Add a rhinestone to the camera lens

Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Peachy Keen; Paper- So Saffron, Coastal Cabana, Baked Brown Sugar, Tangerine Tango, Very Vanilla, Retro Fresh designer paper; Ink- Coastal Cabana; Accessories- Arrows embossing folder, On Film framelits, rhinestone, dimensionals

Mojo 331

Good morning, Friends! I hope your week is off to a great start! It snowed here all day yesterday but nothing really stuck to the ground so the streets were just wet all day. It's supposed to continue today but we will see. We need the moisture so I'm glad when it doesn't stick around too long - lol! I'm making progress on my project and hope to have them done in the next few days!! It's great when I can stamp a few cards and then work on my project while watching it snow. Glad I can be by the fire!!

Today's card was inspired by the sketch at Mojo Monday. Was going for a different look. Seems like most of my cards have been a lot of white on white! I am glad that I just got more white card stock!! This one is vanilla. But I do have a lot more white cards - lol!! 

• Card base is Very Vanilla
• Adhere a piece of Gumball Green to card base
• Adhere a strip of Basic Gray to card
• Use the Banners framelits to cut a banner from Epic Day designer paper and adhere to card
• Round the top right corner of a piece of Calypso Coral and adhere to card with dimensionals
• Stamp greeting from Six-Sided Sampler in Basic Gray onto Very Vanilla and adhere to card
• Stamp the three hexagons from Six-Sided Sampler in  Gumball Green, Daffodil Delight and Pool Party onto Very Vanilla and punch out using the hexagon punch then adhere to card with dimensionals
• Add two rhinestones (I would have put mini brads but I was too late so rhinestones it was)

There you have it! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Six-Sided Sampler; Paper- Very Vanilla, Gumball Green, Basic Gray, Calypso Coral, Epic Day designer paper; Ink- Basic Gray, Daffodil Delight, Gumball Green, Pool Party; Accessories- Banners framelits, hexagon punch, corner rounder, rhinestones, dimensionals

Mojo Monday 329

Good morning, Friends! I hope your week is going as you like! It was a little hard for me to get up this morning - ugh!! At least my headache went away by noon yesterday! That was a relief and I was able to get some things done. It's back to work on designing today. Thankfully I have a quiet week so I should be able to get a lot done, right? :)

Today's card was inspired by the Mojo Monday sketch. Card details:

• Card base is Whisper White
• Use the fringe scissors to cut into a strip of Gumball Green card stock and adhere to the back of a piece of Epic Day designer paper
• Flag both ends of a strip of Basic Black and adhere to panel
• Add two mini brads then adhere panel to card
• Use the 2 1/2" circle punch to punch a circle from Whisper White
• Stamp trees image from Life in the Forest in black StazOn and then stamp raccoon onto a piece of Whisper White
• Color images with Gumball Green, Baked Brown Sugar (for tree trunks which you can't see), Smoky Slate and Basic Grey markers
• Cut out raccoon
• Use the Perfect Pennants die to cut the scallop circle from Basic Grey card stock and adhere stamped circle to scallop circle then adhere to card with dimensionals
• Adhere raccoon to card with dimensionals
• Stamp greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes in black StazOn

I sure had fun creating this one! These little critters are really cute and I thought this could even be considered a little more masculine. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Life in the Forest, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Whisper White, Basic Grey, Gumball Green, Basic Black, Epic Day designer paper; Ink- black StazOn, Gumball Green, Baked Brown Sugar, Smoky Slate, Basic Grey; Accessories- Perfect Pennants die, 2 1/2" circle punch, fringe scissors, mini brads, dimensionals

Mojo Monday 328

Good morning, Friends! I hope your week is off to a great start! I have my coffee here so I am ready to start my day - lol! I got some stamping done yesterday but need to get it finished up as I leave on Friday for a quilting retreat! 

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Now on to my card for today!

Today's card was inspired by the sketch at Mojo Monday. Here are the details…

• Card base is Coastal Cabana
• Layer of Fresh Prints designer paper
• Layer of Crumb Cake that was run through the Big Shot using the Chevron embossing folder and then sponged with Crumb Cake ink before adhere to card
• Layer of Coastal Cabana that was sponged with Coastal Cabana and then adhered to card
• Stamp the word bubble from Just Sayin' in Crumb Cake onto Whisper White and then cut out using the Word Bubbles framelits and adhere to card with dimensionals
• Punch the chevrons from Real Red using the chevron punch and adhere to card
• Punch a flower from Real Red using the itty bitty shapes punch pack and adhere to card
• Add a rhinestone to flower center

Pretty simple! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Just Sayin'; Paper- Coastal Cabana, Crumb Cake, Real Red, Whisper White, Fresh Prints designer paper; Ink- Crumb Cake, Coastal Cabana; Accessories- Chevron embossing folder, Chevron punch, itty bitty shapes punch pack, Word Bubbles framelits, rhinestone, sponges, dimensionals

Mojo 327

Good morning, Friends! I hope your week has been going great for you! I was glad to have some time yesterday to get some stamping done! I even exercised and now I am feeling the effects of that. So I may take it a little easier today. I hope to get even more stamping done. I got a box of new goodies on Monday and that was fun to play with! It's nice when you don't have to go anywhere!!

Today's card was inspired by the sketch at Mojo Monday. I just love the colors in the Sweet Sorbet designer paper! The dsp will be available in the Sale-a-Bration brochure coming up on January 28. So here are my card details…

• Card base is Pool Party
• Adhere a strip of Sweet Sorbet designer paper to card base
• On a piece of Whisper White, stamp "friends" from Sweet Essentials in black StazOn and then the heart image from Hearts a Flutter in Crisp Cantaloupe
• Adhere panel to a piece of Basic Black
• Use the scallop edge border punch to punch a strip of silver glimmer paper and adhere to back of panel then adhere panel to card with dimensionals
• Stamp scallop heart image in Calypso Coral onto Crisp Cantaloupe and use the Hearts a Flutter framelits to cut it out then adhere to card with dimensionals
• Use the itty bitty shapes punch pack to punch a flower from Summer Starfruit and adhere to card
• Add a Basic Black candy dot to flower center

Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Hearts a Flutter, Sweet Essentials; Paper- Pool Party, Basic Black, Crisp Cantaloupe, Summer Starfruit, Whisper White, Sweet Sorbet designer paper; Ink- black StazOn, Calypso Coral, Crisp Cantaloupe; Accessories- Neutrals candy dots, Hearts a Flutter framelits, scallop edge border punch, itty bitty shapes punch pack, dimensionals

Mojo 283

Good Sunday morning! Did you remember to set your clocks ahead? We did and even went to bed an hour earlier. Doesn't seem to make a difference - lol! But it looks like the sun is going to be shining today! We had a nice rain and it sounds like the mountains had some snow so all is good! Nick will have a soccer game this morning and then I am off to spend the afternoon stitching! I did get my Crazy Quilt pillow done yesterday and I LOVE it!! I hope to have some pictures up on my other sewing blog later this week. It really turned out wonderful!!

Today's card was inspired by the sketch at Mojo Monday. It looks like I stamped my sentiment a little crooked - ugh! Oh well. I started by taking a piece of Crumb Cake and running it through the Big Shot with the Woodgrain embossing folder and then adhering it to a card base of Crumb Cake. Then I took a piece of of Print Poetry designer paper and adhered it to the card. I stamped the sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes in Midnight Muse onto a piece of Summer Starfruit and added two brads. This is adhered to the card. Then I used the 2 1/2" circle punch to punch a circle from Crumb Cake. I stamped the coral image from By the Tide in Crumb Cake and sponged the edges. This is popped up onto the card. I stamped the fish in Midnight Muse onto Very Vanilla and cut it out and popped it up onto the card. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- By the Tide, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Crumb Cake, Summer Starfruit, Very Vanilla, Print Poetry designer paper; Ink- Midnight Muse, Crumb Cake; Accessories- Woodgrain embossing folder, 2 1/2" circle punch, metallic brads, sponge, dimensionals

Mojo 279

Good morning, Friends! I hope your week is off to a fantastic start! Pat comes home today!! Yea! Nick and I have been managing just fine but we do miss daddy! Another quiet evening at home. Need to enjoy these as it will get quite busy in another month or so as the soccer season gets into full swing. I get to have a nice lunch with a friend I haven't seen in quite a while. I also need to get some stitching and stamping done. And there is always laundry...

Today's card was inspired by the sketch at Mojo Monday. Love the sketch and I think my card turned out o.k., too! Something a little different. I took my colors from the Sycamore Street designer paper. First off I embossed a piece of Summer Starfruit with the Honeycomb embossing folder and adhered it to a card base of Island Indigo. Then I stamped the banner image from Oh, Hello several times on Whisper White using Rich Razzleberry, Island Indigo, Tangerine Tango and Summer Starfruit markers. I also used the stamp-a-ma-jig to help me place each one. Then I cut it out and popped it up onto the card. A strip of Rich Razzleberry was adhered to the banner piece. Then I stamped the greeting onto Whisper White in Island Indigo and used the smallest oval framelit die to cut it out. This is popped up onto card. I added a butterfly that was cut from Tangerine Tango using the Beautiful Wings embosslit and a rhinestone. Thanks for stopping by and have a most wonderful day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Oh, Hello; Paper- Island Indigo, Summer Starfruit, Rich Razzleberry, Tangerine Tango, Whisper White; Ink- Island Indigo, Tangerine Tango, Summer Starfruit, Rich Razzleberry; Accessories- Honeycomb embossing folder, Beautiful Wings embosslit, Ovals framelits dies, rhinestone, dimensionals

Mojo 276

Good morning, Friends! Well, it's back to the deep freeze! I did not want to come out from under the blankets this morning. A few more hours of sleep would have been nice, too. But I must get back to the regularly scheduled program around here - lol! I can tell you that Nick is certainly not ready to get back to it all, either! But we must press onward. A haircut for me today and then I need to get caught up on laundry and some stamping.

Today's card was inspired by the Mojo Monday sketch from a few weeks ago. I actually made this card for a swap. I thought it was a great way to use those heart doilies that come with the More Amore designer paper! For this card I took a piece of Basic Grey and punched the side with the scallop edge border punch. To this I adhered two pieces of More Amore designer paper and then this panel is popped up onto a card base of Pool Party. Across the panel I adhered a strip of Real Red card stock that has the end flagged. Then I carefully cut a heart from the More Amore designer paper and stamped the greeting from Made for You in Basic Grey. This is popped up onto the card. I punched a heart from Real Red and popped it up on the bigger heart and added a pearl. Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Made for You; Paper- Pool Party, Basic Grey, More Amore designer paper; Ink- Basic Grey; Accessories- scallop edge border punch, small heart punch, pearl, dimensionals

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hello everyone! And Happy Thanksgiving! We are taking the turkey to my sister's house and enjoying the day with her family. I am looking forward to football games and a great dinner!! 

Today's card was inspired by last week's Mojo Monday sketch. I did leave off a few elements but they just didn't look quite right on my card. So I just kept it very simple! I adhered a piece of Orchard Harvest designer paper to a card base of Crumb Cake. Then I stamped the sentiment from Seasonal Sayings in Midnight Muse and Raspberry Ripple onto a piece of Crumb Cake. Then I stamped the leaf from Wonderfall in Crumb Cake right over the sentiment. I used the scallop trim punch on the edge of the piece and then sponged it with Crumb Cake ink. This is adhered to a piece of Midnight Muse. Then I tied a piece of Midnight Muse stitched satin ribbon around this before popping it up onto the card. Thank you so much for stopping by and have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Seasonal Sayings, Wonderfall; Paper- Crumb Cake, Midnight Muse, Orchard Harvest designer paper; Ink- Midnight Muse, Raspberry Ripple, Crumb Cake; Accessories- Midnight Muse stitched satin ribbon, scallop trim punch, sponge, dimensionals

Mojo 238

Good morning, Friends! I hope your week is off to a great start! It's always nice to get Monday over with! Nothing exciting happening this week around here. I found some time to get some stamping done yesterday. Still need to catch up on a few things but then I think I am going to dive into some fabric that came in and start on my first quilt! I am so excited to do one! I will keep you updated on my progress. I am doing a "Fun and Done" quilt. I did square up my fabric yesterday so I will start cutting and getting it ready for sewing! Yea!!


Today's card was inspired by the Mojo Monday sketch! What a fantastic sketch they had this week! I love all the squares! I punched 12 squares from Whisper White with the 1 1/4" square punch and then ran them through the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder. Then I rounded opposite corners on each before I adhered them to a piece of Whisper White. I wrapped a piece of Wisteria Wonder ruffled ribbon around this and popped the panel up onto a Whisper White card base. Then I punched a piece of Whisper White with the 2 1/2" circle punch and stamped the stem from Fabulous Florets in Lucky Limeade. This circle is adhered to a piece of Wisteria Wonder that was cut with the Perfect Pennants die and then this is popped up onto the card. I stamped the flower in Wisteria Wonder onto a scrap of Whisper White and cut it out. This is popped up onto the stem. Then I stamped the greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes onto a strip of Whisper White, flagged one end and tucked the other behind the flower. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Fabulous Florets, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Whisper White, Wisteria Wonder; Ink- Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade; Accessories- Wisteria Wonder ruffled ribbon, Perfect Pennants die, 2 1/2" circle punch, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, corner rounder, dimensionals

Mojo 183

Good morning, Friends! I am ready for a super great weekend! How about you all? I got to sleep in a little and later this morning we will head out to watch a little soccer! I will have to put on my wool socks and ear warmers, though! Last night as I was coming home it was raining slush and ice! Yuck! This morning there is remnants of that on the ground and my car. The sun is trying to shine so we will see if it warms up any.

Today's card was inspired from the Mojo Monday sketch. I wanted to do something different so I pulled out my extreme stamps and came up with this. I haven't showed it to my son yet so I haven't gotten "official" approval if it is good enough. But I like it! And i really think Nick will, too. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Extreme Elements, Extreme Dirt Bike; Paper- Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Basic Black, Whisper White, Neutrals designer paper pack; Ink- Basic Black, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight; Accessories- large star punch, Tasteful Trim die, sponge, dimensionals

MOJO 181

Good morning, Friends! Did you remember to set your clocks forward? We had a soccer game yesterday in Fort Collins and drove home afterwards. And now we get to enjoy spring break! Yeah!!! I am so thankful that the time change happened at the stat of spring break so that we can get used to it. The boys tied their game. My son, Nick, had the chance to make the winning goal but their goalie caught it. Ugh! I know that he wishes he could do it again but at least he gave it a really great try! I am really excited, too, as the March Madness bracket comes out today!

So, today's card was inspired by a sketch at Mojo Monday. This is really not my style but I thought I would try something different. Of course, I love the colors - lol! The sketch had these swirly things in the bottom right hand corner and I tried to pierce some swirlys but I don't think they came out very good. Anyway, I gave it a try :) Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Wonderful Favorites; Paper- Crumb Cake, Basic Black, First Edition designer paper; Ink- Basic Black, Crumb Cake; Accessories- Basic Black satin ribbon, Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, black jewels, scallop edge trim border punch, 3" circle die, 1/2" circle punch, sponge, dimensionals