This is for sketch 58 at 2S4Y. Thanks to Laura and Kazan for all their great sketches. I used pick shimmer cardstock from Gemstones. The print is a white, green, pink flower pattern. The green strip is wrapped with pink ribbon. Then the pink flower is anchored by a yellow button to a white scalloped circle that has been "smudged" with pink geranium ink from Martha Stewart. The many thanks stamp is TAC.

For MoJo Wk 150. White cardstock, pink, green, and print papers are all from Hobby Lobby. Scallop punch is Martha Stewart. The flower actually fluffs up but the scanner flattens it out It is attached with a silver brad. The print is hard to see, it is white background with green dabs and pink flowers. The Happy Birthday stamp is from TAC. I stamped it with lime green Stampabilities but that didn't show too well so I traced over it with a lime glitter pen from TAC. The plaid ribbon is American Crafts. The inside has a b'day greeting on white cardstock backed by the green cardstock and a strip of the plaid ribbon across the top.

Here are 4 more cards I made from the same stripe and polka dot papers. Wow! that is 10 cards from the same 2 sheets of paper. Even if I paid full price--which I try not to do--that would be a bargain. It is fun to see how many different styles of cards can be made from the same papers.

For MoJo week 149. Wow, that's a lot to get on a card. I tried 4 different things before settling on the ribbon for the vertical stripes. I used a scallop square punch from TAC and then cut a cream square and stamped it with a birthday circle from a set that I got for $1 at JoAnn's check out aisle--you know where they put all this cute stuff to look at while you are waiting in line. The scanner flattens things so it is hard to see but I used pop dots for the scalloped square. The diamond strip is also a TAC stamp. It is anchored by eyelets at either end. The stripe and polka dot paper I have had for awhile and can't remember where it came from--a problem when you have WAAAAAY too much paper. LOL!!! All in all, it took awhile but I am happy with the result. Hope you like it too.

Wow! It has been so long since I have made any cards. I have my craft room in the guest room. Had company Memorial Day weekend and 4th of July week so had to put everything away. Then I needed to finish the scrapbook of Cancun trip from way back in January. All that done, supplies strewn all over the room, and creativity returns. This is for 2Sketches4You . I've had this strip and polka dotted paper for awhile and can't even tell you who makes it. The wish stamp is one of those $1.00 items at JoAnn's checkout lane. The Happy Birthday stamp is TAC. Even while not creating, I printed out the sketches so I can whiz through several cards in a hurry now. I have several from this paper combo. The get well is another 2S4Y. And, I would never think of wearing stripes, polka dots, and gingham in the same outfit but is sort of cute on the card.

For MoJo Week 144
It has been such a long time since I have done any crafting. I had 2 neices and their 5 children for Memorial Day and then 2 grandsons for a week. My craft room is also a guest room so I had to put every thing away. I have been having craft "withdrawl". LOL! But I have been printing out all the MoJo sketches so I am ready to go. It is the season for weddings so I decided to start with that. This card is a quick one from my scrap paper file. The card is ivory cardstock. The layers are dark brown, a tan fleur de lis print, white rose print and a ivory ribbon with gold embossing. I used a glitter pen to enhance the center rose and the love which is stamped in timber brown. On the inside, I used the ribbon to anchor the top of the message. Wow it is fun to be back in the craft room. And thanks to the MoJo crew for making it easy to get back in the swing.

I found this sketch challenge at http://2sketches4you.blogspot.com. I had just bought the "Scor-bug" from TAC and wanted to try something with it. I scored the white card to make a grid. I punched the border with a Martha Stewart punch. Then stamped 3 daisies(one of those $1.00 stamps at Jo-Ann's checkout aisle) and colored them with Tombow markers and drew in stems. Inside I used the same border punch for the pink and let it show beneath the front. The sentiments are from TAC also. I am looking forward to doing a lot more accenting with the Scor-bug.

Here are my masculine and feminine card for Papertrey Paper Dolls challenge. Both cards are on creme cardstock. The stripe paper is More Mimi from TAC. For the masculine one I cut with some brown and beige stripes showing. For the feminine, I cut with just green and pink stripes. The stem stamp is from PTI. I love the versatility of having just the stems on a stamp. On the masculine card, I "smudged" timber brown ink on the stems to look like cattails and then swiped green, brown, and blue inks at the bottom to give the marsh effect. On the feminine one, I used the same stems stamp and then used a flower petal stamp from TAC, stamping it several times across the stems. then used a butterfly from the same PTI set. I mounted this on pink and green coordinating papers. On this one I traced the Happy Birthday with clear gel pen and used a little clear gel pen on the butterfly. 3 pink rhinestones at the bottom (they don't scan very well) add even more bling.

I needed a special 50th wedding anniversary card for a neighbor. I received candy for Mother's Day that had this beutiful gold ribbon. That served as my inspiration. The card is ecru cardstock layered with gold shimmer and then white roses paper. I wrapped the layers with the gold ribbon, tied a bow with my Bow-Easy and added a "diamond" brad acccent. I cut out the number 50 with Cricut and stamped congratulations with gold ink from Studio G. I think it looks really elegant and I'm pretty sure it will be a one of a kind for them.

MoJO week 137. Using orange is a challenge for me. But I found this pretty green w/orange butterflies ribbon at Michael's. Here is my creation. I used white cardstock, then orange polka dot from Nana's kids pack. The stems stamp is from PTI and the flower stamp from TAC. I did a off stamp (stamp on scrap paper first, then on my card stock) technique for the flowers because my orange was too bright. The blessings stamp is part of a stamp from TAC. This is for my daughter for Mother's Day. I wanted her to know what a blessing she and her family are to me. I just wish we closer geographically.