MojoMonday Sketch 73 - Love You

Wow...Two posts in one day....I figured since I have all of my supplies still unpacked and I was working on the week 72 sketch I might as well go ahead and get a jump start on this weeks sketch. Especially since tomorrow I will probably be packing up the craft room and I don't know when I will have an opportunity to do much more crafting....This week the posts might be a bit light.

Here is the MojoMonday sketch for week 73:

And my submission:

I'm really happy with the way this card looks IRL...The picture does not do it justice....I guess we know why I'm not an award winning photographer....The image is a Hero Arts stamp that I have had for YEARS...I stamped the image in Baja Blue on Baja Blue paper. Trimmed the image to size then took my versamark and put the ink pad directly on the paper and coverage the entire image with versamark. Sprinkled irridescent ice and set with the heat gun. It is very pretty. I'm also very wild about this color combo. I used Chocolate Chip, Baja Blue, and a little bit of left over Blue Bayou from last year. Then then to lighten it up a bit - just some layers of Very Vanilla. I didn't have any hardware for this challenge so I used a little bit of Turquoise bling.

I think that I'm going to give this card to DH for our 5 year anniversary this year. Hope I can find it again in June. :)

MojoMonday Sketch #72

It's time for the MojoMonday sketch.....Ok, so I'm a little bit behind....like a week behind....please forgive me...I have been so busy this past week and this coming week too....My DH and I will be closing on our first house this Friday. So much work, so little time, but this dream has been a long time coming so we figure it is all worth it....So next week I hope to say that I will be moving....EEEKKKK. We are so very excited.

Here is the sketch from last week...This is Week #72.

And here is my Design:

I decided to change up my design a little bit...I flipped it to a landscape layout. During my visit to my parents in New York back in January my Mom and I found this great store in Buffalo called Buffalo Stamps and I got some great items there and I thought of these as soon as I saw the sketch. I LOVE this stamp. It is called "George & Ester Love Birds" by Cornish Heritage Farms.

Since we are so close to Valentine's Day I wanted to do something around Love, but not a Valentine's day card per se.....So I thought this card would do well as a wedding or anniversary card - Better yet - a GREAT engagement card.

Supply List:

Stamps: George & Esther - Love Birds by Cornish Heritage Farms, Best Yet - SU

Ink: Black Stazon, Old Olive SU Classic, Pretty in Pink SU marker, Regal Rose SU marker

Cardstock: - All by SU - Watercolor Paper, Old Olive, Ruby Red, Creamy Caramel

Patterned Paper - Mousse by bittersweet, Holiday Cheer Plaid by BoBunny

Accessories - All SU - Scallop Circle punch, Scallop Border punch, paper piercer, mat pack, 2-way glue pen, dazzling diamonds, Build-a-Brad, stampin dimensionals, Pop-up Glue dots

Enjoy !!!

Craft Group Swap

I have been going to the same craft group now for a couple of years....The group is offered by my upline, and friend, Deborah...I really enjoy going and have made some really nice friends.

Well this year the group decided to do swaps....Each member makes 15 card, of the same design, and we all exchange...Our rules for this groups swap are pretty liberal...The only real rule is that the swap had to be a full card - not just a card front...I really enjoy participating in swaps because it give me an opportunity to see what other people do with with designs and the stamp sets they choose...I love the sharing of creativity....I often get new ideas of how to use a particular set or a new technique.

This is my swap for the most recent group held this past Sunday...Yes, Super Bowl Sunday....Never Fear we were done with plenty of time to spare for kick off - Of course I fell asleep during the game, but I guess that is just the way it goes...For this swap I used up some of my scraps that were lying around and unfortunately the scraps were not SU....I don't know what company made them...Here is a list of the supplies that I do know.....All supplies are SU unless noted..

Supplies:

Stamp Set: A Good Egg

Paper: Bazzil textured cardstock in turquoise (card base), certainley celery CS, Barely Banana CS, Whisper White CS, Designer Paper (manufacturer unknown)

Ink: Black Stazon, Pumpkin Pie Marker, Barely Banana Marker

Accessories, 1 3/8" circle punch, Scallop Circle punch, Signo Gel pen, stampin dimensionals