Pink & Brown Holiday

Hi Everyone! I've been suffering from some wrist/carpal tunnel issues that are keeping me from crafting, but I thought I'd hop on and share another holiday card I made, but hadn't shared with you yet. This one uses the Candyland Christmas set from The Cat's Pajamas. Oh, and by the way, they have a sweet little 25% off everything sale that ends today, so if you haven't already stocked up on swanky stamps, head on over!

I started by cutting a Classic Cream and Espresso Roast shape with my Labels 1 Nestabilities. I then stamped the image from Candyland Christmas and colored with Copics, using the Nestability as a stencil to sponge around the edges with brown ink. The DP is from the Nana's Nursery DCWV pack and the ribbon is from American Crafts.

Mojo Monday Week #67

Happy Monday! Can you believe today is the last Mojo Monday of 2008? Well, I've got some exciting new things planned for Mojo Monday in 2009, and that means Mojo Monday is getting its own blog. I'll be sharing more details and a link to the new blog later in the week.

So here's the sketch for this week. I hope you have fun with it. To play along, just make a card or project using the sketch and then use the Mr. Linky form below to post a link to your photo. Please link directly to your blog post or gallery page where your photo can be found and not to your generic blog url.
There is no time limit - you can play any week at any time. The keyword for online galleries is MOJO67.


And here's my sample card using the adorable Bluebell Bittybloom from Stamping Bella and my new Curved Rectangle Nestabilities. After cutting the shape out, I used the die as a stencil to sponge Soft Sky ink around the edges for a little glow. Bluebell is colored with Copics, and I added a little sparkle with some Spica glitter pens. The paper is from the Soft Sky Prints pack and I added some fun American Crafts striped ribbon as an embellishment. The sentiment is from the Asian Flair set by Verve.

I hope you have a fabulous week. I've got lots of year-end work and a little bit of vacationing to do this week, so I'm not sure how much I'll be blogging.


Mr. Linky Note: If you're posting a link to a card on your blog, please only post links directly to your individual blog entry. NOT to your blog. For example, my entry for this post would look something like: http://poeticartistry.blogspot.com/2008/12/mojo-monday-week-67.html. That way we don't have to search around for your card if you've posted something new in the meantime. :)

Thinking Clearly

Happy Saturday, everyone! I hope you all had a fabulicious holiday! We had a great time with family and spent yesterday recuperating and playing with our new toys. Now that all the Christmas rush is over, it's time to start in on those special thank you's. Today's Our Creative Corner challenge is to add something clear to your project and you're definitely want to hop over to the OCC blog to check out what this week's Guest Designer, Jen Tapler made! And my fellow OCC designers (Amy, Cindy, Dawn, Denise, Jennifer, Laurie and Lynda) rocked the house with their clear projects this week, too.

This project started out with a clear acrylic page from a Scrapworks 3 x5" acrylic album. A hole was already punched in one side, so I used my Crop-a-dile to punch a matching hole on the other side so that I could hang it like a plaque. Next I glued down a piece of BasicGrey Urban Prairie paper and used a foam brush to paint around the edges with some beige acrylic paint. While the paint was still wet, I dusted it with some clear Martha Stewart glitter so it would be supah sparkly.

While that dried, I stamped the Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul quote from Beautiful You in Staz-on on clear acetate and then attached with sticky strip on the left side, so that it would be covered up by the flowers. {SIDE NOTE: Staz-on is really not very good for clear stamps. You can use it sparingly for projects such as this, but you want to make sure you clean your stamps immediately after use. And never use Staz-On or harsh solvent cleaners to clean them, or over time your stamps will start to break down or become hard and brittle. Water based cleaners or ones specifically formulated for clear stamps are the best.}

For my big focal point, I layered several primas and added a pearl brad from the BRIDE's collection at Michael's. Next I pulled out a paint brush and lightly coated the flowers with Crystal Effects and then poured some more of the Martha Stewart glitter on, for more sparkle. I finished off with some May Arts ribbon tied through the top holes for hanging.

Merry Christmas to All

Happy Christmas, my friends! Here's hoping you're warm and cozy, and making wonderful memories with friends and family today.

Since I've still got a little wrapping to do, I'll be brief and just leave you with this fun little card using the Candyland Christmas set from The Cat's Pajama's and some glitter paper from the DCWV Sweet Stack.

Merry Christmas!

A Christmas Eve Set

Christmas Eve is here already! I hope y'all are enjoying family, friends and good times this holiday season. Our family circuit begins tonight with Christmas Eve Dinner with my Dad's extended family, then tomorrow for Christmas lunch with my parents and Christmas Dinner with Mark's parents. I still have a couple handmade gifts I'm working on this morning and then the cookie mill (as Mark refers to it) begins. :)

I liked the Mojo sketch so much this week that I made a pretty much identical card to my Monday card, except I used the SU! Holiday Treasures papers and a pink, red and chocolate color combo. I also made a matching little rounded basket box to stuff a few of my molasses sugar cookies in. The template can be found on this SCS thread. I made mine using Pink Pirouette cardstock, then cut a slightly smaller section of Holiday Treasures paper for each side and secured together with Riding Hood Red Taffeta. I used a Classic Circle Nestabilities for the stamped focal point, masking the poinsettias from Poinsettia Christmas and stamping in Pink Pirouette and Riding Hood Red. The Holiday Cheer sentiment is from the Ornamental Christmas set, and I added 3 red rhinestones below for a little bling. I used the nestability die as a stencil, to add some Pink Pirouette sponging around the inside of the circle, then matted with a Scallop Circle Nestability in chocolate chip.

The card is pretty much the exact same as Monday's card. The sentiment is from Ornamental Christmas and I stamped on Pearlized white cardstock and colored with Copics. And I finished off with some Liquid Pearl accents and riding hood red taffeta.

I wish you all a happy and safe holiday! Merry Christmas!

Almost a One Layer Wonder

I can't believe how fast the days are going! Can it really be almost Christmas? How come my pile of Christmas cards is still sitting on my craft desk awaiting addressing instead of in the homes they're meant to go to?

Well, since time is of the essence now, here's a super simple little card I made with Ornamental Christmas. I stamped the sentiment and swirled ornament directly on a white card base, then ran a piece of Marcella K red glitter paper (from Target) through my Cuttlebug with one of the Classic Circle Nestabilities the set coordinates with, then punched a Martha Stewart snowflake punch through the center of the circle and pasted over the stamped ornament. The top little fringe is some black cardstock I used the SU! scallop edge punch on.

And not to waste anything, I used the punched out snowflake to accent the sentiment on the inside of the card. The glitter paper dresses the card up enough that no other embellishments are needed, and keeps the card flat and inexpensive to mail! Bonus! :)

Hope you have a fabulous day in all your holiday preparations!

Mojo Monday Week #66

Hey everyone! It's mojo time again.

To play along, just make a card or project using the sketch and then use the Mr. Linky form below to post a link to your photo. Please link directly to your blog post or gallery page where your photo can be found and not to your generic blog url.
There is no time limit - you can play any week at any time. The keyword for online galleries is MOJO66.

And here's my sample card. I started with a Nestabilities Labels 1 cut out and stamped the flower from Poinsettia Christmas, then masked and stamped again. I colored them with Copics, stamped the sentiment from Ornamental Christmas and then used the Nestabilities die as a stencil to sponge Soft Sky ink around the edges. I added a black label behind for matting and used a white gel pen to add dots around the edge. The background paper is a 4" square from the Soft Sky Prints, and I added some black grosgrain to the top. I finished off with a white card base and stardust stickles accents on the flower centers and on each connector in the argyle paper. Hope everyone has a fabulous holiday week!

Mr. Linky Note: If you're posting a link to a card on your blog, please only post links directly to your individual blog entry. NOT to your blog. For example, my entry for this post would look something like: "http://poeticartistry.blogspot.com/2008/12/mojo-monday-week-66.html". That way we don't have to search around for your card if you've posted something new in the meantime. :)

Still the One

Eleven years ago today I married the love of my life. He's my best friend, my soul mate, my Puzzle Quest nemesis and the best thing that's ever happened to me. I still get twitterpated when he walks into the room. :) So in honor of our anniversary, I decided to make today's Our Creative Corner challenge a lovey dovey challenge! You can make either love of a lifetime/anniversary projects or just something for that special someone who makes you go all lovey dovey. And there's a Verve gift certificate up for grabs for those who participate in this week's challenge. So check out all the details over on the OCC. And while you're there, be sure to take a peek at the super cute card this week's phenomenally talented Guest Designer, Jackie Pedro came up with, as well as samples from the Creative Corner Designers.

My card features an adorable image from the Caketopper set by Pink Poison. I saw this image and just knew I had to have it to make a very special anniversary card. And since our wedding colors were navy and silver, that's the color combo I went with for the card. When I look at this card, I can almost picture us dancing to Once Upon a December at the reception. What a magical time. Anyhow, I'm sappy today - I'll try to stick to the card from here on out, though!

I stamped the image on Pearlized White cardstock and then colored with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. The silver is Brushed Silver from SU! which I embossed with the snow dots Cuttlebug folder. The scallop square and 5.25" square card base are Night of Navy cardstock. The sentiment is from the Verve Feeling Groovy set and I framed it with some Styled Silver Hodgepodge, attached with some silver and navy ribbons. I finished off with a little Stardust Stickles.

Okay, that's all for today. Hubby and I are celebrating with a trip to the movies and then dinner at the Melting Pot for the most fabulous fondue ever! Hope y'all have a fabulously creative weekend!

Merry Little Treat Bags

Happy Friday! I can't believe it's already the Friday before Christmas! Today I'm showing you a cute little treat bag project. I used some Cosmo Cricket Be Good Paper and the Verve Ornamental Christmas set.

I started by cutting strips of two different designs of Be Good paper to cover the Hershey's Nuggets. I cut a 12" x 3 1/4" strip, then ran a line of sticky strip down one of the 12" edges with the design side up. Next I cut the strip into 1 1/8" sections and since they've all already got sticky strip on, I just had to pull off the covering on the sticky strip, wrap the paper around the nugget and seal. So much faster than adding adhesive to each cover individually! Once my nuggets were all covered, I started on the bag topper.

For this particular bag I used a 4" x 4.5" chocolate chip cardstock piece, folded in half at 2" for the base layer. Next I added the Be Good Paper and finally the stamped panel. This is a 1.5" x 4" strip of Pearlized Cream cardstock. I stamped the pine needles in Always Artichoke and the sentiment in Chocolate Chip ink, then lightly sponged around the edges with Tea Dye Ranger Distress ink. I added a few little piercings using my SU! Mat Pack as a template, then finished off with some Stardust Stickles on the pine needles.

Okay, that's it for today. Hope y'all are staying warm - it's been super cold around here. I'll be back tomorrow with a super special OCC Challenge.

Blog Candy Winner and a Candyland Card

Random.org picked a winner for the Blog Candy Bonanza! All that loot goes to...

Prettier Stuff who said...
Congratulations Julie on your blogaversary. Three things...the best was having a heart attack. You know all those sayings like "if it doesn't kill you it makes you stronger" my favorite is "it gives you a whole new outlook on life." That is so true. I quit smoking (after 38 years) and I stopped drinking all together and I have never been more healthy. I have a great family and I enjoy every day. Melissa
December 14, 2008 6:07 PM

Congrats Melissa!
Sounds like you've got some fabulous things to be thankful for, and now you've got a little blog candy to sweeten the year. Email me your mailing address and I'll get your pile of loot on its way! :)

Thanks to everyone who celebrated with me this past week! So many of you have such wonderful blessings in your lives, and I was moved to tears several times while reading the entries. It's amazing to see the strength and peace that can come out of tough times in our lives. When it really comes down to it, our favorite things are not "things" at all.

I'd also like to send out another big thanks to Alma who donated the TCP sets for the prize package. Today's card was totally inspired by Alma and The Cat's Pajamas colors. This one uses the Candyland set by TCP. I just loved this little image of Sprinkle driving the candy train. I stamped it twice and colored with Copics, then cut out pieces and parts and pieced on with pop dots for some dimension. I added all sorts of glitter to the image, then sketched a border and colored around it with a Copic marker. The pink striped paper is from the Nana's Nursery Girl pad by DCWV, and I used the Fiskars Threading Water punch for the scalloped border. I finished off with black matting and the Do I Smell Candy sentiment on soft yellow cardstock.

Merry Little Square

Happy Wednesday! Here's another no-fuss card I made using Poinsettia Christmas and a sentiment from Ornamental Christmas. I started by cutting the Classic Cream panel and a coordinating chocolate chip mat with my Nestabilities Labels 2. Next I stamped the sentiment in the center, and the solid Poinsettia off the edges in opposite corners. I sponged the outer edges with Ranger Tea Dye Distress ink, then added some Icicle Stickles to the centers of the poinsettias. Next I pierced a few holes above and below on the chocolate chip mat.

The background layer is Kraft embossed with the snow dots Cuttlebug folder, then sponged with Tea Dye. I added a thin little Cranberry Crisp mat and some ribbon from the SU! Holiday mini and glued everything to a 4.25 x 4.25" base.

If you haven't signed up for my blog candy bonanza, tonight's the deadline. I've been reading all the comments as they come in and y'all have made me smile over and over with your favorite things.

Holiday Stripes

Today's card uses a simple layout and flat embellishments so it's easy to mail. I started by stamping the pink poinsettia from Poinsettia Christmas in Chocolate Chip Craft ink and embossing with clear embossing powder. I then masked the flower with Eclipse tape and embossed the red flower as well as the Merry and Bright sentiment from Ornamental Christmas. Next I used a waterbrush and Pink Pirouette and Riding Hood Red reinkers to watercolor the flowers, coloring the centers of the flowers with a gold Spica Glitter pen. I used my ticket corner punch for the corners of this panel and a coordinating chocolate chip mat, then very lightly sponged some Ranger Tea Dye Distress Ink around the edges of the panel. For the background I used the Textile Cuttlebug folder and inked the bottom inside plate with Chocolate Chip ink. Next I placed my Kraft cardstock inside the folder and ran it through my CB upside down (the Cuttlebug logo is on the bottom instead of the top). I finished off with some sponging around the edges, a chocolate chip mat and some holiday striped ribbon on a classic cream card base.

Okay, I think I'm mostly done with my Christmas shopping - I just wish I could say that about my Christmas stamping! Seems I always leave that until the last minute! :)

Mojo Monday Week 65

Hey everyone! It's mojo time again. This week I'm trying out Mr. Linky so we can have clickable links to all the entries. To play along, just make a card or project using the sketch and then use the Mr. Linky form below to post a link to your photo. Please link directly to your blog post or gallery page where your photo can be found and not to your generic blog url. For example I would submit a link that looks something like... http://poeticartistry.blogspot.com/2008/12/mojo-monday-week-65.html and not just http://poeticartistry.blogspot.com.

There is no time limit - you can play any week at any time. The keyword for online galleries is MOJO65.

My sample card uses stamps from the Elegant Christmas and the Deck the Hall sets by The Cat's Pajamas. I used the Labels 2 Nestabilities for my image panel and mat, then stamped the string and ornaments from Deck the Hall in Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with Copics. I added some Diamond Glaze to the ornaments to make them glossy and then tied a bow around the panel. The background paper is from the Memory Box Gingercake collection and I embossed the sentiment from Elegant Christmas, then rounded the corners of the panels and card base to soften the look.

OCC Season of Giving

'Tis the season for gift giving, and so this week's Our Creative Corner challenge is to make a gift card holder. There's all sorts of fabulous gift card holder ideas floating around in all shapes and sizes, and there's nothing like a little handcrafted holder to make the recipient feel extra special. Feel free to make any type of gift holder you want, but if you'd like a jumping off point, this week's guest designer, Tori Wild, has a simple little gift card holder template on her blog. Be sure to check out her blog, because she's just got the cutest designs ever, and I'm totally envious of her coloring skills! Thanks for being our guest, Tori!
Check out the Our Creative Corner blog for all the challenge details and the gorgeous gifty creations from Tori and the OCC Girls.

And now for my samples. Once I started these cute little gift card holders with Tori's pattern I couldn't stop, so I have three to show you today! Hope you enjoy them! The first two are made with the Elegant Christmas set by The Cat's Pajamas. The last one uses the Snow Wonderful set by Verve and some SU! Alpine Slope DSP.







Well, that's all until Mojo Monday. Hope you have a great weekend. If you haven't had a chance to enter my Blog Candy Bonanza drawing, be sure to hop down a couple posts. Happy Stamping! :)

Sketchy Poinsettias

Hi everyone! Happy Friday! Today's card is one I made using a sketch from the Sketches!{by Tamara} blog. It was a layout I don't think I would have arrived at on my own, so I decided to give it a go.

I started by stamping the line art poinsettia from Poinsettia Christmas two times on white cardstock, then coloring with Copic markers. One I squared off and the other I trimmed out. Next I cut four squares of Riding Hood Red and stamped the solid poinsettia on them with the same color of ink for a tone on tone effect.

For the background, I masked off part of the sentiment from the Poinsettia Christmas set and stamped just the Merry Christmas on white cardstock. Next I ran through the Cuttlebug using the Swiss Dots folder and then inked the edges of the stamped panel and the background panel with first Tea Dye and then Walnut Stain Ranger Distress Ink. Next I wrapped some gold cord around the bottom of the panel, mounted all my layers and added the trimmed out poinsettia where my cording was tied. I finished off with some gold stickles for the centers of the Poinsettias. I finished off with a generous misting of Pearl Glimmer Mist.

Okay, that's it for today. If you haven't already entered, be sure to scroll down for my Blog Candy Bonanza. I'm giving away 8 stamp sets and a few other goodies. I'm having a ball reading all of your favorite things of 2008 comments!

Blog Candy Bonanza

Hi everyone! Well, in 23 days I'll be celebrating my 2 year Blog-a-versary! And since I'll be right in the midst of another Verve release right about then, I decided to start the celebration a little early! Thanks to all of you who've been reading these past 2 years. Your comments and support are a daily inspiration to me. Thanks for taking the time to stop by my corner of the world each day. :)

What kind of a celebration would it be without a prize? Well, I've gathered a few of my favorite things, including a donation from my favorite stamp company owner, Alma of The Cat's Pajamas, to offer up as blog candy. Sorry about the poor photo - I hit the limits of how much stuff I could cram into my little photo box. :)

Here's the Loot...
Stamp Sets:
Elegant Christmas
Aargh! Piratey
Loving Mew
Thankful Blossoms
Seeing Stars
Wonderful Wishes
Snowflake Splendor
Cupcake Affair


Other Goodies:
Pearlescent Watercolors
American Crafts Swiss Dot Ribbon
Stardust Stickles
Pearlized White Cardstock
Cut N Dry foam (my favorite custom sponges for adding ink to my projects)
Assortment of 6 x 6 papers
Assortment of Vanilla Hodgepodge
2 Copic Sketch markers (BG09 and B93)
And who knows what other handmade goodies might just hop in the box?

So how do you win all this loot?
Just leave me a comment on this post telling me a few of your favorite things in 2008. They can be items, events, things that happened to you, accomplishments, etc. Just something that makes you smile when you think back about the past year. Leave your comment before midnight on Wednesday, December 17 and you'll be in the drawing for this bountiful blog booty! I'll announce the winner on Thursday, December 18.

Here's mine... In 2008 I fell in love with Copics, Nestabilites, and the Twilight series! My favorite day was sitting FRONT and CENTER at an Alanis Morissette concert. My favorite accomplishment was designing Beautiful You, a tribute to my amazing design team.

So how about you?

Comments are now closed. Thanks to everyone for celebrating with me!

Mojo Madness #63 Winners & Slideshow

Okay, so I know I said that the Mojo winners would be announced Wednesday, but I decided to revamp my schedule for this week. So today I'm announcing the Mojo winners from last week's contest and tomorrow I'll be sharing some pretty sweet blog candy. So on with the fanfare... I swear, the judging gets harder every time! You all submitted such gorgeous cards, and I love the way you embraced my white space challenge. Thanks to everyone for playing, you can check out all the entries in the slideshow below.

Congrats to December's Mojo Madness winners:

Sita of Kay's Creative Corner with this mojolicious card. I just love the color combo, the use of white space and the gorgeous Ornare piercing! Just a stunning card!







Janette aka blessingsx3
with this elegant card. I just love how gracefully all of the different swirls work together. The colors add the perfect blend of softness of strength. Just gorgeous, Janette.





Congrats Sita and Janette!
Email me your mailing address and your choice of any Verve stamp set and I'll get your prizes in the mail.



NOTE: If you get a message that says no photos found, please hit the refresh button on your browser or the F5 function key on your keyboard, and hopefully it will reload with the pictures!

Be Still

Hi everyone! I'm back with my sample card for this week's mojo sketch {Mojo 64}. I strayed a bit since I wanted to use this scripture verse as the focal point of the card instead of adding a sentiment in the bottom corner.

I started by stamping Psalm 46:10 in Versafine Onyx Black, then adding the small star from Snowflake Splendor above and below in Soft Sky. I cut two long scalloped Nestabilities rectangle from black cardstock. I matted the white panel with one, and then cut the second one with right near the bottom with some Fiskars Colonial decorative edge scissors, and then glued this piece on top of the stamped panel, for a little visual interest. The horizontal black strip is punched with the SU! scallop edge punch and the background is Soft Sky stamped in the same color ink with the background from Snow Wonderful. I finished off with some white gel pen accents, some pearl dew drops across the black strip and a little stardust stickles on the stars.

Okay, I've got a super busy day already in progress. Be sure to come back tomorrow for a special surprise. ;)

Mojo Monday Week #64

Hey everyone! It's mojo time!

To play along, just make a card using the provided sketch and leave a comment on this post with a link to a photo of your creation. There is no time limit - you can play any week at any time. If you happen to upload to SCS or Papercraft Planet, please use keyword Mojo64 so we can see everyone's mojoliciousness all together.

And just a reminder, you have until noon today to get your entries in from last week's contest. I'll be judging the entries over the next couple days and announce the winner on Wednesday.

Okay, I'll be back later today with a photo of my sample card, which is trapped inside my camera right now! :) Have a great week!

OCC Sketch Time!

Happy Saturday! It's time for another Our Creative Corner challenge, and this month I get to be the hostess! I'm starting the month off with my absolute favorite type of challenge - a sketch. And I'm so excited to have one of my stamping heroes, Alma de la Rosa, as our special guest. Alma is the creative genius behind The Cat's Pajamas and her swanky designs and fabulous stamps are such an inspiration to me - not to mention this woman has mad cardmaking skillz! She's generously donated two fantastic TCP sets (Elegant Christmas and Fairy Christmas) as a prize for this challenge, so be sure and check out the OCC for details on how to play along, as well as have a little droolfest over the cards from the rest of the OCC team.

My card for today uses the Elegant Christmas set from TCP and some awesome Marcella K. glitter paper from Target that Lynda's enabling totally convinced me to make a special trip just to buy some for myself. (Thanks Lynda!)

I started by cutting and embossing a Nestabilities Classic Square, then stamping the bells and the Joy stamp in Memento Tuxedo Black . I colored the bells with Copic markers and then added a little Diamond Glaze to the bells for some shine and set aside to dry.

Next I cut my mats alternating black and red glitter paper. The ribbon tabs use some May Arts ribbon scraps I had in my stash. Since I've been on a white space kick lately, I left the base layer white and embossed it with the Snowflake Cuttlebug folder. For my embellishment, I painted a clear Heidi Swapp snowflake with Angel Wings Shimmerz and then coated with glitter while it was still wet. I layered a Martha Stewart snowflake punched from the red glitter paper on top, and was done! I hope y'all play along this week. I'd love to see what you do with this sketch.

Snowman Tea Tin

Happy Friday, everyone! I can't believe another week has already gone by! This morning is your last chance to get your Anything But a Card projects entries in to be part of our drawing for $15 in Verve Bucks. Link your entries to --> this post on the Verve Blog <-- by Noon today.

I'm not an altered project genius, mainly because I just don't have the patience to make anything more involved than a card. However, I love everybody else's altered projects, so I have collected an entire closet full of items I've picked up, bought, and generally just hoarded thinking to myself that one day I'd have time to make something cool with it. Well, that day finally came for this tea tin that's been sitting in the closet for 2 years now.

The altering process was pretty simple. I just cut a strip of Ski Slope DSP to wrap around the tin and secured with sticky strip. Next I cut another strip of DSP and used the Martha Stewart Doily Lace border punch all across one edge, then adhered to the bottom section of the can with sticky strip.

For the lid, I used a 1/4" strip of the same DSP around the side of the lid, then used my Classic Circles Nestabilities to make the circles to cover the top of the lid. The Winter Wishes stamp is actually one of the freebies given out with some of the November orders. I stamped it in Craft Chocolate Chip ink and embossed with clear embossing powder. I added the little star from Snowflake Splendor in Baja Breeze to finish off the lid.

For the snowman piece, I stamped the tall snowman from Snow Wonderful on pearlized white cardstock and then on the baja breeze DSP. I cut out the baja breeze scarf and hat and glued to the stamped snowman. His nose and shading is done with Copics, then I added a little Stardust Stickles to the snow around him. This is adhered to a Chocolate Chip mat with sticky strip and then stuck to the can. I finished with a chocolate chip taffeta bow.

Okay, hope you enjoyed my little project and that you have an awesome day. I'll be back tomorrow with the Our Creative Corner challenge.

PCP 12 Days of Christmas - Day 7

Hi everyone! Today's 7th Day of Christmas challenge on Paper Craft Planet is being sponsored by Verve. The challenge is to create a card (or any paper craft) that is elegantly black and white. Feel free to toss in a just a splash of color. Upload to PCP using keyword 12day7 by midnight tonight and you'll be entered in a drawing to receive the Snowflake Splendor, Snow Wonderful and Poinsettia Christmas sets! For all the details, check out the challenge thread --> HERE <--.

Here's my card for the challenge. Whenever I think of the phrase splash of color it reminds me of how frustrated I am whenever I try to cook and the recipes use subjective terms like dash and pinch. Give me solid measurements and I can follow any recipe. It's the grey areas that make for some pretty scary dishes! LOL Well, my card isn't scary, but I'm thinking my color usage was more of a cannonball than a graceful little splash! :) I had a hard time stopping once I started adding the color.

I started by stamping the square border strip from Snowflake Splendor in Versafine Onyx Black, then coloring with a Copic marker and using the dotted border from the With Love Cuttlebug border collection to emboss a row of dots above and below. For the second panel, I stamped the
circle stamp randomly around the panel. I used my 3/4" circle punch to punch out several Pirouette Pink circles, then stamped each one with the tiny star stamp and glued inside the circles. I sponged the edges with Pirouette Pink and then matted with black. For the ribbon treatment, I took the SU! Curvy Label Punch, scored in half and then folded around the Snowflake panel. Next I used my cropadile to make two holes through the panels and tied a pink taffeta bow through the holes. The main white panel is embossed with the Snowflakes Cuttlebug folder and matted on a black card bases. For the finishing touches I added some tiny pink rhinestones to the center of the stars, and a few Stardust Stickles accents to the embossed dots on the horizontal strip.

I hope you find some time today to play along with this challenge! And don't forget the Verve Project Parade is nearing it's end. You have until Friday at noon to get your entries in for your chance to win $15 in Verve Bucks!

Warm Wishes

Hi Everyone! Today's card features the Deck the Hall set by The Cat's Pajamas. This palm tree image with Santa's laundry just called my name when I first opened up the set. I colored with Copic markers, adding a little blue shadowing with some Frost Blue reinker and a colorless blender, then cut and matted with Petite Ovals Nestabilities. The tan piece is some prism cardstock which I embossed with the Forest Branches cuttlebug folder and distressed the edges. I added a little hemp twine and some Making Memories poinsettias with a pearl brad center. Finished off with the sentiment and some some liquid pearls.

Mojo Madness Contest #63

Happy December! Since it's the first Monday in a new month, that means it's time for another Mojo Madness Contest! This one embraces the white space, and I'd love to see y'all do the same! :)

How to enter: Use the sketch to create a project and then post a link to your creation in the comments of this post.

Deadline: Monday, December 8 at Noon Mountain Time (There's a clock on the sidebar with the official Poetic Artistry time).

Prize: This is a judged contest, so my two favorite entries will each win their choice of any Verve Stamps set (up to $24)!

The winners will be announced on Wednesday, December 10. Sound like fun? Well, let's get started! If you upload your cards to Splitcoast Stampers or Paper Craft Planet, please use keyword Mojo63 (no space between Mojo and 63) so they're all together. As always, you can use any stamps or products your heart desires. Just have fun and show me how mojolicious you are! I can't wait to see everyone's entries!

My sample card uses the new Deck the Hall set by The Cat's Pajamas. I just love this image of Sprinkle up in the tree. Here's what's in it...


Stamps: Deck the Hall, Elegant Christmas (sentiment)
Paper: Wonderland (Cosmo Cricket)
Ink: Onyx Black (Versafine), Copic markers & Spica Glitter Pens
Accessories: Classic Rectangle (Nestabilities), ribbon slider (We R Memory Keepers), Doily Lace Punch (Martha Stewart), Swiss Dots (Cuttlebug), black grosgrain, Diamond Glaze