You Make me Smile

I was so excited to get back to my crafting desk this weekend. We had a fantastic holiday season and a great New Year and now I am going to get back to what I really enjoy doing. I have found it hard to balance my crafting and my family. I enjoy being with my family in the evenings but that is my stampy time too so I just have to come to a happy compromise because I enjoyed myself so much this weekend. I had so many new goodies to play with that I did not know where to begin so I just pulled out some sketches for the week and I went to work.

I used the MOJO Monday Sketch 222.  I decided to flip the sketch to use the Verve Classy Label Die and this sentiment from the Verve Love Notes set.

I have a few more cards to post for the week so please check back during the week and let me know what you think!!! I will be visiting alot of you this week too. I miss leaving everyone comments and seeing all of your gorgeous work.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

Menu: 
Designer Paper: MME 6 x 6 Lost and Found Union Square
Stamps: Verve Love Notes and Sweet Treats
Accessories: Sizzix Scribbles Swirls, Verve Embossed Oval Die, Pearls, linen thread from the Ribbon Carousel, Classy Label Die from Verve, Verve Jotted Heart Die and MFT Prima Donna petals die.

Anything is Possible!!

Anything is possible.....and so it is.....this is a great little sentiment from my new acquired Verve set called Starstruck and I used it for this weeks Mojo Monday sketch MOJO123.

I started by cutting out my circle from Soft Suede cardstock with my scalloped circle nesties. Then I added a layer of Summer Sun and Very Vanilla. My dp is all from October Afternoon. Ribbon is very vanilla from SU and I finished things off with a tiny button and a few baubles from Stamping Bella. I also sponged around the edges of my sentiment with Memento Cantelope and Tangelo. I am loving this sweet little card.

I am getting ready to go and watch the movie It's Complicated which a friend of mine loaned me a copy of. I am looking forward to seeing this and I also have a copy of Julie and Julia to see tomorrow in between some stamping. Any one see any other good movies lately. I actually saw The Blind Side last week and I have to say....as fantastic as it was....I was really not all that wowed because I think I knew everything about the story before watching it. I was waiting to see something that I just did not hear about but that was not the case. So note to self....go see the movie as soon as it comes out and dont wait too long!!

Thanks for stopping by. Have a fantastic rest of your weekend.

A Mojo Thank You

Good Morning!! I hope your day is going well. I know mine is, the weather is as perfect as can be!!!

I made my card today following last weeks MOJO Monday Sketch. Some day I will get the sketch done in the week it is issued!! For my dp I used some DCWV Nannas Nursery Boy Pack. My image is from Paper Pretties. She is just so precious isnt she?? I stamped my image onto PTI cardstock and colored with my copics. I layered everything onto SU cardstock in Tempting Turquoise and one of the greens, I forget what I used. I added a bunch of silver brads, some primas in the corner, a swirl that was cut out from a sizzix die and my sentiment which was cut out using my oval punches from SU. Oh and I paper pierced around the main panel which is something I dont do that often but it is such a nice touch.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope your weather and day is fantastic.

Mojo Monday on Friday

Hey Everyone!!! Yahoo it's Friday!! I am so glad the weekend is here. The weather this week has been lousy here on Long Island and today was the worst. Rain rain all day long. BUT there is hope for the weekend. Sunny and in the high 70's. Ahhhhh I cant wait.

I finally had a chance to do this weeks MOJO Monday Sketch. Fun as always!! For this card I used an image that was RAK'd to me so I have no idea about whose it is. If anyone knows please tell me because it is soooo adorable. I colored this guy with my copics and I am doing an evaluation on my copics because I feel I need to fill in the gaps with certain colors. I just dont have a corresponding color to highlight with. Oh what a dilema...having to buy new copics. Pitty Me!! LOL. My dp is Prestwick from SU. This is always my go to paper for a male card. LOVE IT. I used Brocade blue and garden green SU cardstock along with a scallop of riding hood red for the circle. I cut my leaves out with my SU Die called tiny leaves. Brads were from stash. And there you have it!!

Quick post for me tonight as my dh just brought me my hot tea. What a guy!!! Bye for now!

Mojo Monday meets Flutterby Wednesday!

Hi Everyone! It is Wednesday and that means a new Flutterby Card over at Dannis Dreams. This week the challenge is to of course use a butterfly or fairy along with 2 different kinds of dp. Well that was easy peasy using this weeks MOJO Monday Sketch Challenge #87.

I started off by watercoloring my butterfly with Riding Hood Red and Pumpkin Pie. I then added a coat of shimmerz although you cant really see it. I then layered So Saffron, Riding Hood Red and Pumpkin Pie cardstock and used dp from SU's Washington Apple and Bella Rose. I cut my circles out with nesties and propped them up with dimensionals and then cut my butterfly out and popped that up on a dimensional also. My flowers are from stash, linen thread is SU, brads from stash and button from Doodlebugs. The border punch I used today is MS. I really like the way this came out today. Washington Apple paper is my current all time fav SU paper.

You can play along with this weeks Flutterby Challenge also. Just upload a card made with a butterfly, fairy and 2 kinds of dp to either SCS or PCP with keyword FBW. Come and join us!! This weeks guest stamper is my good buddy and amazingly talented Jodi Collins from Stamping a Latte and our featured DT member is super talented Stef. I am also listing below the rest of the Flutterby DT for you to visit and get some inspiration from.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a fantastic day!!

Nicola
Stef
Kim
Harriet
Cassie
Ashley
Cathy
Heather
Michelle
Danni
Kristie
Jodi
Nancy
Chris
Leila
Christine