Bright Blooms

Hi friends! Today I'm sharing a bright little card to add a little sunshine to a dreary January day. It's definitely been cold and dreary here in Idaho. So I pulled out one of the stamp sets I designed for Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps and got to work with a fun yellow and blue color palette.

For the card, I started by stamping the image from Special Blooms in Memento ink, then coloring with Copic markers. I die cut with the coordinating dies, layering up three die cuts for dimension. The sentiment from the same set is embossed onto a circle die cut with dress blues ink and clear embossing powder. I then overstamped the circle with the Script Background stamp in limoncello ink.

The layout was inspired by Mojo Monday sketch #444. I used papers from an old paper pad from Not 2 Shabby. This one was called Lemon Brightness, but it's not currently available. I do love it, though, and am trying to use more of my ginormous stash of stamping goodies this year.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope your day is as special as you are!

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Gnome Worries

Hey there, Gnomies! It's my day to share over on the Jaded Blossom Blog and I thought it would BEE fun to create a gnome card. The card starts out with the Gnome Worries Bee Happy set. I stamped it at an angle onto a leftover die cut from the Window Card Mat Die. The image was colored with Copic markers, accented with stickles, and matted with black cardstock.

I pulled out a fun bee themed paper pack for my layers, using my Mojo Monday 543 sketch for the start of the layout. This particular sketch called for a circle, but I swapped it out with die cuts from the Stitched Octagon Dies and added an extra layer, since I'm a more is more kind of girl! I decided to use one of the hexagons on the honeycomb paper to house my sentiment, which is from the Gnome Candies *Grid Style*. I love how it fit so perfectly there. I finished off with more paper from the same paper pad, and a bunch of black mats.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a bee-utiful day!

Falling for Christmas Cocoa

Hey all! Happy Friday! I'm popping in today to share a little Christmas goodness with you I was inspired by a few different challenges/events.

First up is the kick-off to the Falling For the Holidays linky party over at the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers blog. I thought it was the perfect chance to ink up this adorable Cocoa Love stamp set from Not 2 Shabby. I was so excited that it finally came back in stock, since I missed out on it last winter. I also wanted to use the darling new Gingerbread Kisses paper pad.

The challenge this week in the There's a Stamp for That group on Facebook includes my Mojo Sketch 526 as one of the options. I couldn't pass up a chance to take another look at this sketch, so got to work selecting papers and cutting all my layers.  Once the papers were selected, I colored up the cocoa cup image with Copic markers and cut with the Cocoa Love Shabby Snips, cutting a few extra to layer up for dimension.  Next I cut a couple of the peppermint images from the papers I was using and coated with my sparkle lacquer pen.  The sentiment is from the Cup of Cheer set. I added a few white gel pen and glossy accents here and there to my image, then adhered everything to an A2 card base.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you have a fabulous weekend!

Mojo Monday 560

Hi friends! It's time for a new Mojo Monday sketch. This will be the final Mojo sketch for the foreseeable future. I'm not sure when or if I'll be back to sketches, but I do need to take a break for a while. Life is pulling me in all sorts of directions now that we're fully vaccinated and life is starting to get back to it's pre-2020 pace. I have enjoyed seeing all your creations and hope you'll continue to use my past sketches as inspiration.

As always, we're playing just for fun. I'm an equal opportunity stamper, so feel free to use any papercrafting products your heart desires and enter as many creations as you like. Use the sketch as inspiration for your creation, then come link it up below so I can come take a look! The linky for this challenge will close on May 31, 2021. I have included dimensions on the graphic later in this post, but feel free to change them up to suit your needs, and never worry about substituting a shape or layer.

For today's sketch I went with a slimline design. I didn't really follow my sketch very literally, but I just couldn't fit the circle in with the sentiment I wanted to use. You got to do what works, right? I used the Walk By Faith set from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps. This set and all  Rebecca Rios Designs sets are 25% off through May 20. Below are a few of my favorite cards with sets Rebecca has designed.

I started by stamping the eyeglass image from the set  repeatedly in rainbow colors. I then used the pink, yellow, and orange inks and my MISTI to stamp a blend from pink to orange with the faith stamp.  The other part of the sentiment is stamped in black, then I layered both panels on black cardstock, popping the eyeglass panel up on a foam sheet and adding a little shading with a copic marker and a black pen. I also added a little shadow to the faith sentiment. All of this is layered onto a colorful diagonal stripe paper and then added to a 3.5" x 8.5" slimline card base.

This fits the rainbow color challenge over in the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps VIP Facebook group as well. We'd love to have you join us over there!

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Mojo Monday 559

Hi friends! It's a brand new month, and time for a new Mojo Monday sketch! I hope you can find a little time in the next couple weeks to play along with me! I always love to see what you create.

As always, we're playing just for fun. I'm an equal opportunity stamper, so feel free to use any papercrafting products your heart desires and enter as many creations as you like. Use the sketch as inspiration for your creation, then come link it up below so I can come take a look! The linky for this challenge will close on May 16, 2021. I have included dimensions on the graphic later in this post, but feel free to change them up to suit your needs, and never worry about substituting a shape or layer.

For today's card I printed out my new Favorite Mom Digi set that just released with Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps. You might recognize the digi, as it was one I released with Verve back in 2016.  I made a few tweaks to the flowers and such, and am so excited to work with these images and sentiments again!  I colored the cup and flower image with Copic markers, then fussy cut.

The pink background was designer paper and I added a subtle tone on tone background with picked raspberry distress oxide and the Delightfully Delicate Stencil.  Some square dies , more patterned paper and a teeny border strip finish things off.

I hope you'll pop on over to the SNSS store to check out my digi. There's also a fabulous Buy 2 Get 1 FREE sale  on Jennifer Nilsson Art stamp sets through May 6! Here are a few of the cards I've created with her awesome sets...

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Mojo Monday 558

Hi friends! I'm posting a little bit later in the day than planned, but I'm here with a new Mojo Monday sketch! I hope you can find a little time in the next couple weeks to play along with me!

As always, we're playing just for fun. I'm an equal opportunity stamper, so feel free to use any papercrafting products your heart desires and enter as many creations as you like. Use the sketch as inspiration for your creation, then come link it up below so I can come take a look! The linky for this challenge will close on May 2, 2021. I have included dimensions on the graphic later in this post, but feel free to change them up to suit your needs, and never worry about substituting a shape or layer.

I had lots of fun with layers for this sketch, pulling from a pretty Echo Park paper pad.  The darling lamb is from the Sweet Little Lamb set from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps. I colored it up with Copic markers then die cut with circle dies.  The angled panel is cut from a 4" panel of paper that I marked at 3.5" on one side and 2.25" on the other, then lined up the marks to cut the angle. Super simple but it brings a fun element to the card. After layering up my papers, I stamped the congrats sentiment from Engagement & Wedding Innies on the main panel, then accented with a few pearls to finish things off.

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Mojo Monday 557

Hi friends! It's Monday and time for a brand new Mojo Monday sketch! I hope you can find a little time in the next couple weeks to play along with me!

As always, we're playing just for fun. I'm an equal opportunity stamper, so feel free to use any papercrafting products your heart desires and enter as many creations as you like. Use the sketch as inspiration for your creation, then come link it up below so I can come take a look! The linky for this challenge will close on April 18, 2021. I have included dimensions on the graphic later in this post, but feel free to change them up to suit your needs, and never worry about substituting a shape or layer.

Today's sketch is a clean and simple one and my card uses the sweet Garden Fairy DIGI from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps. I colored her with Copic markers, then hand trimmed around the image.  My papers are from the Echo Park April Club kit. I used the Fence & Grass Die set in place of the scallop border, adding the sentiment from the digi set down below and embellishing with a grass die cut with the same paper.

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Mojo Monday 556

Hi friends! It's Monday and time for a brand new Mojo Monday sketch! I hope you can find a little time in the next couple weeks to play along with me!

As always, we're playing just for fun. I'm an equal opportunity stamper, so feel free to use any papercrafting products your heart desires and enter as many creations as you like. Use the sketch as inspiration for your creation, then come link it up below so I can come take a look! The linky for this challenge will close on April 4, 2021. I have included dimensions on the graphic later in this post, but feel free to change them up to suit your needs, and never worry about substituting a shape or layer.

Today's card is another entry in the Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Hop.  I just received a Reverse Confetti order with this sweet little dino set, and decided he needed to be drinking coffee. So I pulled out the Coffee & You set to go along with it, and got to work stamping, coloring, and cutting. My colors were chosen by this Dragon Tails paper I picked up at Tuesday Morning a while back.  The stars are cut with the Seeing Stars Confetti Cuts.

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Mojo Monday 555

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Hi friends! It's Monday and time for a brand new Mojo Monday sketch! I hope you can find a little time in the next couple weeks to play along with me!

As always, we're playing just for fun. I'm an equal opportunity stamper, so feel free to use any papercrafting products your heart desires and enter as many creations as you like. Use the sketch as inspiration for your creation, then come link it up below so I can come take a look! The linky for this challenge will close on March 21, 2021. I have included dimensions on the graphic later in this post, but feel free to change them up to suit your needs, and never worry about substituting a shape or layer.

First up, I wanted to let you know about a sale. One of my favorite companies, The Cat's Pajamas, (where I got my design team start way back when) has decided to go digital. They're having a going digital progressive sale to close out their physical inventory and there are great deals on so many amazing stamps, dies, stencils, and embellies! If you're able, I hope you'll consider helping Alma out with reclaiming the space in her house. I know how amazing y'all were when I closed Verve. Although it was heartbreaking to close, it felt so good to send off the stamps and dies knowing they were going to good homes and wouldn't be sitting collecting dust on a shelf staring at me every day! And little did I know just how much I would need that space this year! The boys go back to the school 5 days a week tomorrow, for the FIRST time in an entire year. The former Verve office has been a cozy little one room school house for us, and although 2020 was a tough year, I will forever cherish this time with them.

Anyhow, on with the card.  I chose the Sitting Shamrock Gnome Digi, coloring with Copic markers and then partially cutting with a circle die and then hand trimming around the shamrock.  I coated the shamrock with glossy glaze and glitter, then got to work with scraps from an old pad of Authentique paper. This is one of those sketches perfect for using up scraps!  The sentiment is from the Get Your Sparkle On set, stamped in green and embossed in clear. I used a subtle chicken wire embossed background and then finished off with some black matting.

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Mojo Monday 554

Hi friends! It's Monday and time for a brand new Mojo Monday sketch! I hope you can find a little time in the next couple weeks to play along with me!

As always, we're playing just for fun. I'm an equal opportunity stamper, so feel free to use any papercrafting products your heart desires and enter as many creations as you like. Use the sketch as inspiration for your creation, then come link it up below so I can come take a look! The linky for this challenge will close on March 7, 2021. I have included dimensions on the graphic later in this post, but feel free to change them up to suit your needs, and never worry about substituting a shape or layer.

Earlier this month I got to participate in a gel print retreat and I have all kinds of backgrounds now.  So I thought it would be fun to have a lots of layers sketch this week so I could dip into some of those prints.

The green rectangle, purple squares, circle, and the stamped flowers are all cut from different gel printed pages.  I matted with white cardstock, then added a sentiment from My Thoughts of You and some of the flowers from the Floral Background set to build up all the layers. My back panel is done with the Grunge Dots Stencil in seedless preserves, then blended with the same color. 

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Mojo Monday 553

Hi friends! It's Monday and time for a brand new Mojo Monday sketch! I hope you can find a little time in the next couple weeks to play along with me!

As always, we're playing just for fun. I'm an equal opportunity stamper, so feel free to use any papercrafting products your heart desires and enter as many creations as you like. Use the sketch as inspiration for your creation, then come link it up below so I can come take a look! The linky for this challenge will close on February 21, 2021. I have included dimensions on the graphic later in this post, but feel free to change them up to suit your needs, and never worry about substituting a shape or layer.

This week I've got a mini slimline card (7" x 6" cardstock, scored at 3.5" on the long side and folded in half) and sketch for you. No worries if you're not into slimlines, it's easy to adapt to an A2 size, as well.  I pulled out this sweet ltitle snowman from the Christmas Blocks (part of the overstock sale going on this month) set from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps with the idea of making a valentine.  I grabbed an Echo Park paper pad and cut my layers down, matting with white.

The snowman image is colored with Copics and I added a little white heart to each of the squares, then accented with stickles.  The hearts are from the Forever & Always stamps and stamped and then hand trimmed with a thin white border.  The sentiment is from Love Wordfetti and I embossed it in red on a white panel I had cut with a border from the Bookmarks & More Dies.  I finished off with a twine bow and a red rhinestone heart.

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