MOJO Monday 272

For this weeks Mojo Monday card I wanted to make a Valentine's Day card, but didn't want to use the hearts suggested in the sketch.
And I knew I wanted to use the new products from the Spring Catalogue and Sale-A-Bration brochure.

So the colours are Raspberry Ripple, Primerose Petals, Very Vanilla and Summer Starfruit.

The background paper is from the "Print Poetry Designer Series Paper Stack", the stamp set "Ciao Baby!" (both from the Spring Catalogue) and the punch is the "petite curly label punch" from the Sale-A-Bration.




MOJO Monday 271

Here is the sketch for this weeks MOJO Monday card >>>

In my card I again wanted to use some of the new products from the Spring Catalogue and Sale-A-Bration Catalogue.

colours:
Crumb Cake, Primrose Petals, Whisper White, Not Quite Navy

Ribbon: Primrose Petals
Tools:
- Window Frames Collection Framelits (Holiday Catalogue p. 30, still available as of January 3rd 2013)
- Festive Paper Piercing Pack (Holiday Catalogue, p. 30)
- Delicate Designs Folders (Annual Catalogue, p. 188)
- Large Scallop Edgelit (Annual Catalogue, p. 190)

Stamps: Vintage Verses (Sale-A-Bration Catalogue)
Pattern Paper: Print Poetry Designer Series Paper Pack (Spring Catalogue, p. 16)

Mojo Monday 270

Okay - I know this is a week late, but I still wanted to post it. This weeks MOJO card will come tomorrow :)

So here is last weeks sketch > > > > > > > > >

I wanted to use some of the new supplies from the Spring catalogue.

I this one I used the "Hearts A Flutter" stamp set and the matching framelits and the pattern paper is from "Print Poetry Designer Series Paper Stack".

The tag is punched out with the "Ticket Builder Punch" (annual catalogue) and the ticketstamp is from the new "That's the ticket"

Colours: Basic Gray, Primrose Petals, Summer Starfruit and Whisper White

MOJO Monday 268

Here is the sketch for this weeks MOJO. I wanted to use the Window Frames Collection Framelits from the Holiday Catalogue (p. 30) on this sketch as I just got them and had not used them before. I also wanted to make a Christmas card and use the Candlelight Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper, also from the Holiday Catalogue (p. 4).

MOJO 268

Mojo Monday #267

Last week I was hesitant on making my MOJO card. I knew I wanted to do something for the Remembrance Day with my new Pleasant Poppies. The card turned out so great, that even I was surprised (well.. I atleast thought it was great :-)

So this weeks MOJO I tried to desing it away from my craft room - just to see how that would work and if the end result would actually turn out as nice as I planned it to be.


MOJO267 Sketch

I sketched the MOJO sample on a 3x4 post-it note and then while watching TV I was thinking of the colours, the stamps I might want to use and the feel of the card. And I wanted to make a masculine card - as those tend to be always more difficult and I seem to have a lot of use for them (plus they can also be used for my female friends - they are not über masculine :-)

I wanted to try how the new Illuminate Glimmer Watermark Stampin' Pad would look on a darker card stock, so I used Basic Gray as the card base and stamped the Destressed Dots with the Illuminate Glimmer Watermark on the back ground

Then I knew I wanted to use Baja Breeze and some kind of red on the card. At this point I turned to my trusted Colour Coatch and it suggested using Cajun Craze with Baja Breeze. And from there I just followed the layout of the sketch. As my "main" stamp set I chose the Clockworks - which is as masculine as a stamp set can get :-)

MOJO Monday 265 - better super late than never

Here is the sketch for LAST weeks MOJO Monday card.

I actually created this ornament on time but had packed it with my Christmas Bazaar things by accident so when I went to take a picture of it - I could not find it - it's not really a card, more of a gift tag. 


I figured I must have thrown it out with some garbage and you can imagine my surprise, when I found unpacking my Xmas bazaar items on Saturday :)

So the little fellow got to "hang" at my display at the bazaar also :-)

Lest We Forget (and MOJO Monday 266)

Recessional

 

God of our fathers, known of old—
Lord of our far-flung battle line—
Beneath whose awful hand we hold
Dominion over palm and pine—
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget—lest we forget!

The tumult and the shouting dies—
The Captains and the Kings depart—
Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice,
An humble and a contrite heart.
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget—lest we forget!

Far-called our navies melt away—
On dune and headland sinks the fire—
Lo, all our pomp of yesterday
Is one with Nineveh and Tyre!
Judge of the Nations, spare us yet,
Lest we forget—lest we forget!

If, drunk with sight of power, we loose
Wild tongues that have not Thee in awe—
Such boastings as the Gentiles use,
Or lesser breeds without the Law—
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget—lest we forget!For heathen heart that puts her trust
In reeking tube and iron shard—
All valiant dust that builds on dust,
And guarding calls not Thee to guard.
For frantic boast and foolish word,
Thy Mercy on Thy People, Lord!
Amen.

 

Rudyard Kipling

composed on the occasion of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897

MOJO Monday 264

So my 2nd digital MOJO Monday card. I have to say that creating cards digitally seems to take longer than on paper... Partly due to technical issues and partly due to the lack of stamps and DSP available on MDS2.

The base is Very Vanilla with some opaque River Rock splatters. And the 3rd colour is Bravo Burgundy.

And I haven't figured out yet if I can do textured paper.... I think I need to research this more but I find the digital cards a bit "flat". This one I tried to use more shadows to give some depth, but it's not enough. And it was extra difficult to create the banner! It works, if you have a solid background (just punch out a square and colour the punch the same colour as the back ground. But when you have paterned or various back grounds... holy smokes! I guess it took me easily 30 minutes to make the banner cut... no more banners on digital cards for me :)

So I'll still be researching and studying the MDS2, but I think I'll keep it more as a tool for my blog desing and maybe digital scrapbooking.

MOJO Monday # 263

So here is the sample for this weeks MOJO. I knew even before I saw the sample, that I'd do this weeks card with MDS2 (My Digital Studio 2).

I had the first version of MDS, but had some technical issues with it and was not able to print anything - I guess something went wrong with the initial download and I never bothered to reload it.

So when Stampin'Up! was offering the free 30 day trial for the new MDS2, I went and tried it. What a great program!

I have since purchased it, used it to create my blog headers. This Halloween version is my second attempt - and I have already done a winter and Xmas ones - wait until you see the Xmas version  - it's super cool -even if I say so myself :)

So here is my MOJO263 done with My Digital Studio 2:

 

The base is Crumb Cake and the stamps and embellishments are from a designer set called "Sophisticated Spook". This set is only in Digital form.

 

I tried some different things like using two different coloured stitchings to create some pattern paper (I didn't care for any of the existing ones). I love that "stamp" of the witches profile. It's done in the similar style as the "Frightening Feline" in the Holiday Catalogue.

MOJO Monday 262

Better late than never  - eh?

Here is the sketch for this weeks MOJO card.

When I saw this Storytime Designer Series Paper from Stampin'Up! I just had to have it (and I don't have any kids!). But since I've had it... I've actually stuggled to use it - I think I'm thinking it too much as a scrapbooking paper than card paper. So I challanged this week to use this paper in my MOJO card.

And I'm pretty happy with the result!

The base is Pool Party and I have also used Basic Gray in my matting. All the other papers are from Storytime Designer Series Paper set. Even the image is a part of the paper, so I didn't use a single stamp with this card!

The rosette is made with a 1" circle punch, which I covered with Sticky Strip and then I adhered Pool Party Seam Binding around it. The brad is actually 2 pieces mounted on top of each other. Base is a Designer Ribbon Slide (from Holiday Catalogue) and the top is 3/8" Designer Printed Brad (Pool Party).

Mojo Monday #260

This is my 2nd MojoMonday! I'm already exited that I actually remembered it again... I guess I should put a reminder of this to my calendar, to make sure I'll keep on doing this in the future too :-)

Here is the sketch for this weeks Mojo

As you can see, I actually had 2 different choises for the form. Square would be so typical for me (I'm not a round shape person), but I figured that I'll challenge myself even more by trying to make a round card. I'm actually very boring person :-)

My cards are ALWAYS 4 1/4" x 5½"... I seldom make 3"x3" cards... so this truly is out of my comfort zone.

 

So here is my MOJO260

I started with Natural Composition Special Designer Series Paper and cut it with the Paper Doily Sizzlits L (just a warning, you might have hard time getting through the paper as it's so thick - you might want to add an extra shim or try a thinner paper. It does not show here, but the background blue is the inside of the card, so the top is partly "see through". On top of the Doily I have 2½" circle and 2 River Rock pieces puched out with Decorative Label punch. Then I used the Clockworks stamp set and the colours are Tangerine Tango, Not Quite Navy and Basic Gray. I finished the project with a large Naturals Designer Button and Hemp Twine

 

Mojo Monday #259



This is my first time participating in "Mojo" events.
Basically it's someone comes up with a sketch/design and others design cards inspired by this sketch.

So I decided to go with mojomonday.blogspot.com and start with their latest sketch #259

And let me tell you... what a difficult time I had with this!

I started with Winter Memories Skate stamp (from the 2012 Holiday Catalogue) and mounted it on Night of Navy cardstock and then on silver glimmer paper. Then tried to add silver snow flakes to do the round shape. But it just wasn't working for me.
 
I worked 2 hours on Monday evening and nothing I came up with turned out nice - I was getting so frustrated that I just had to drop everything and sleep on it.

So today, after work, I resisted opening my new shipment from Stampin'Up! (this required some major will power!!!) I decided to finish my project. And as you can see, I ditched the whole Winter theme :)

This card uses only Field Flowers -stamp set, Comfort cafe Designer Series Paper, and the following card stocks: Very Vanilla, Summer Starfruit, Rich Razzleberry, Soft Suede. I used the Labels Collection Framelits to the back ground and punched 3 largest flowers with Boho Blossoms punch and layered them under the Rich Razzleberry button.