MoJo

Almost a month since last post. Been on vacation, and catching up after getting home kept me from the craft room. Then I had the granddaughters for 2 days. We did lots of crafts for them, making Mother's Day cards, Father's Day cards, and teacher thank yous. It is always fun to have them here. Finally I am ready to do something of my own. Thank goodness for Mojo Monday inspiration. Here is their sketch and my take:

The DPs are from a pack of handmade paper I bought at a yard sale so I don't know their source. The border on the grey is Martha Stewart. The butterly is from a pack of tags from Michaels--on sale for $2.00. The bow is from ribbon attached to the tag. I just made a bow and covered the eyelet hole. The flower is from a stem of flowers purchased at Wal-mart. All in all a pretty inexpensive card but looks pretty special.



2 challenges

I have a friend retiring at the end of this school year. Here is the card I made for her:

It meets the challenges of paper craft star for using polka dots, the play date cafe for this inspirational picture:

The picture looks like blue background but is actually a purple hand made paper I bought at a yard sale last year. There is a grey mat behind the purple.The flower is cut with Cricut from SU paper. The paper is double sided so I just alternated the petals. Hard to tell here, but I used Smooch Spritz on the flower for a little shine. The ribbons are from my scrap ribbon box. I wanted the flower to take center stage here so my sentiment  is on just a little tag tucked under the ribbon. Congrats is TAC stamp and punch is from SU.
I know my friend will really love retirement. I sure do!

orange/pink

Okay, I hate it when a computer program decides I need updating! I liked the old way and was used to using it. It took me 15min. to figure out the new Google Blog format. Enough with the "new & improved"! Well anyway, on with my card. I am using The Playdate Cafe color inspiration
and this sketch from retrosketches:

So finally, here is my card:

DPs: SU (orange polka dot) and Butterfly & Blooms stack (pink plaid)

Sentiment: SU

Flowers: Studio 18. The pkg has several sizes blooms plus the gems for centers. 

Butterfly: cut from scrap of paper from the Butterfly & Blooms stack.

Recycle

Tuesday Throwdown challenge this week is "recycling." We are big on recycling at our house--paper, plastic, metal, glass. Therefore, I hardly ever throw any of my paper scraps away. I always say "I know that will be good for something someday." I have a whole file box full of them. So here is my card:

The brown is a paper bag (works well where you want a small bit of Kraft paper) embossed with circles (Cuttlebug folder). Maybe looks like tires? The black is a scrap covered with drywall tape purchased at the local Habitat ReStore--the ultimate shop for recycling. The truck stamp is Loads of Love from SU. Since I knew I was cutting it out, I stamped it on a small scrap of white. Sentiment is also SU. The yellow ribbon is from my box of ribbon leftovers. I see now that the black is a little crooked so we will just say it is going uphill! HaHaHa!

MoJo Monday

I can't believe it is Monday again and there is a new sketch at MoJo Monday.

Here is my card:

I actually used a white card base but all the papers go edge to edge. The chevron DP is from the blossom & butterfly pack. A funny thing about the chevron paper. I went to an art show a couple of weeks ago. One artist featured chevron designs. Really looked a lot like this DP pattern. The flowers are punched out of some DP I had in my scrap. The butterfly is a sticker that I glued to white cardstock and cut out to give it some lift. The bottom punch is Fiskar with ribbon run through the spaces.

Fly a Kite

I am using this Stamping 411 design:

for a get well card. I recently purchased the Send Me Soaring stamp set and just love these kites. I think they will get lots of use.

The DP is Calypso Coral and Wisteria Wonder. Huh, orange and purple, not colors I often use together but I think it make this card bright and cheery. The kites are stamped, cut out and popped up with dimensionals. Purple/white twine used for kite string. The vertical stamp is Fresh Vintage, a freebie from this year's Sale-a-Bration. Sure appreciate when I can get free stuff. 



Retrosketches

I am playing today with Retrosketches challenge. I was straightening my desk and found some sheets of stationary that I have had who knows how long. I don't even remember it. Anyway, I thought, "Oh wouldn't that be cool background paper for a card." I used the back side of the paper. The other side is a more subtle print but has lines for writing. So here it is:

The dragonfly is double stamped in a neon green and sky blue, made possible by that handy Stamp-a-ma-jig--love that tool. I was able to get a set of 6 cards from my 3 sheets of stationary. Card making has given me a whole new eye for inspiration. You never know where you will find it.

Let's Go Fly a Kite

What a fun challenge at CAS-ual Fridays today. Inspiration is to be from a song title. My card reminds me of "Let's Go Fly a Kite" from Mary Poppins a most fun and favorite movie.

That fun DP is from a DCWV called Blossoms and Butterflies. At least I think that was the title. The cover has been discarded. I cut the kites from the diamonds in the DP and tied them with baker's twine. The graduate label is a sticker I found in my stash. The tag punch is SU and the soar is part of a sentiment from SU Send Me Soaring set.

Makes me want to go outside to play. So with the great spring weather we are having here in southern Indiana, I just may do that.

pastel w/black

I have been out of town for a couple of weeks visiting my grandsons & family in Texas. What fun but noisy and rowdy, as 4 & 6 year old boys can be. Had fun visiting Houston Rodeo with them.
It is good to be back home and crafting. Going to try catching up on some challenges. So this is for CAS using black and a pastel.

So while catching up on viewing some blogs I found a card I really love done by Laurie (one of CAS design team) for another challenge. Laurie, I hope you don't mind me casing one of your cards. I wasn't sure how to do her fabulous frame so I just used oval Nesties and popped them up with demensionals. 

The lavender polka dot paper and twine are from SU.  Sentiment is TAC stamped in Studio G lilac and traced over with purple star gel pen. Then 3 lavender gems for bling.



double challenge

I was so excited when scanning blogs to learn that challenges at both CAS and Papercraft Star suited the card I just made. CAS is baby projects and Papercraft Star is "frogs".

This little frog is a Sizzix die. I put the darker dots on with pine ink and the eraser end of a pencil. Other supplies are from my scraps. The sentiment stamp is Lawn Fawn. I think this little frog is just the cutest. I'm sure I will be using him a lot. Check out another version here that I made last week for MoJo Monday.  And here for on using the frog for another CAS challenge.

The message inside is a poem about little boys and ends with "The hope of the future with a frog in its pocket"