Mojo Halloween

It's been a while since I've done a Mojo Monday sketch so it's about time I take a stab at one again. Here's my take on this weeks sketch with a Halloween theme.
The cool spiderweb paper is by Paper Studio. The scary bat and dracula are from an old SU set, colored with copics. The cute little "Boo" is from a Gina K Halloween set and is backed with a nestability. The spiders were created with an EK success punch. The goo border is from Martha Stewart. I also used a couple of CB embossing folders on the green backing and the pomegranate paper. The ribbon is something from my stash. Thanks for taking a peek.

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Mojo Monday sketch for this week. This is about as clean and simple as I can get:)

Sorry you can't see how silver and shiny this card is. We've been having some gloomy rainy days so I was forces to take this shot at night.

The detail of this are very short: The blue paper is Night of Navy from SU. The white is some more glimmer paper from Paper Studio as is the shiny silver paper. I embossed the background white with my CB ornaments embossing folder and punched the double border with my MS punch. The ornament image is SU from the Holiday mini catalog. I embossed that with versa mark and a glitter silver EP. It's backed with silver and blue paper and popped up on dimensionals. That pretty ribbon is some I found on sale in the Holiday ribbon at Michaels's a few weeks back. Finally, I added some gemstones around the image and on a few of the ornaments and snowflakes in the white background for a bit more sparkle.

I think I have enough cards done now for Xmas. I just have to finish off the insides now. Wish me luck with that. I usually try to find some nice verses to put on the insides and create them on my computer. The clock is ticking:))

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Mojo Monday on Monday!!! This may be a first for me!

Here are the details:

The DP is SU Holiday Lounge, which I just got on Saturday so couldn't wait to start using. The red is SU Real Red and the brown is the new SU suede color. The ornament, snowflakes and sentiment are from an acrylic stamp set by Inkadinkado called Pepperment Twist. I stamped the ornament twice, cut out the second one and popped it over the original. Then I stamped a third ornament and punched out the snowflake center and popped that over the second image. Both the image and sentiment were stamped with versa mark and heat embossed with SU irredescent ice embossing powder to make them sparkly. The image is cut out with a nestie and the red strip in the middle is embossed with one of the SU embossing folders. I added some Holiday ribbon from Michael's to the tops of the ornament and sentiment and criss-crossed behind the ornament. Finally, I added some rhinestones to the centers of the snowflakes. I posted a close up so you could see them better and get the feel of how sparkly the ornament and sentiment turned out. Thanks for taking a peek:))

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My take on this week's Mojo sketch. I just found this Prickly Pear snowman today and couldn't wait to ink him up. I thought I would have another go with my shimmery blue and white cardstock for this card.

Here are the card details:

The shimmer paper is from The Paper Studio. The background white was embossed with a brand new CB embossing folder that came in the mail today. It's a larger size than the previous folders, so it works nicely on a 5x5 card. I also got that cute border embossing folder with the trees and house on it today and thought it would fit on this card nicely. My snowman was stamped and colored with copics. I'm still very green with copics so bear with me while a try to perfect some type of technique..lol. I added some sparkly fluff to the snowman's mittens and scarf and below him for snow. Then I used my Jelly Roll glitter pen to highlight the dots on the CB folders, the stars, the holly, the roof on the house and at the snowline. The sentiment is SU which I embossed with versa mark and SU's irridescent ice to make it sparkly. Finally, I added the silver gemstones around the sentiment and some Kaiser red pearls to the holly berries (I added the pearls after I took my picture and I was too lazy to take another picture, so you just have to use your imagination).

Hope you all had a great Halloween (if you celebrate it)!

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Woohoo! I'm back at last! I feel like it's been forever since I've posted and guess what...it has!!
We had a great vacation in California during the last 2 weeks of September. I've been crazy busy since I got back from vacation and just couldn't find my mojo for card making. I guess this week's Mojo sketch just inspired me....plus I needed a couple extra Halloween cards:) I hope all of you are still out there keeping an eye out for me. I hope to get back into full swing next week with at least 2 cards a week again.

Here are the details of my card:

The DP is by Reminisce. The red cardstock is SU Ruby Red. The black piece on the bottom is the reverse of the DP which I texturized with a CB embossing folder. The image and sentiment are SU. I double stamped the dog and colored him with prismacolor pencils, then cut out and popped the second doggie over the original one. I used MS's web and goo edge punches for accents (I love both of these for Halloween). I added some piercing around the sentiment and image and on the red strip below the image. Finally, I punched and popped a spider below the sentiment and added the shiny bat (from my stash) as a substitute for the bow shown on the sketch. I'm thinking of sending this to my sister with her Halloween chocolate. It would be oh so appropriate. Thanks for stopping by:))

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Here is my take on this week's Mojo sketch. Just barely got this post done before the deadline! I've been busy trying to clean house and pack for our upcoming vacation. I'm hoping to get a couple of challenges done before I leave this week. I'll have my laptop with me, so I will be checking in on everyone's blogs on a regular basis.

Here are my card details:

The DP is by Ann Griffin Inc. and the rest of the paper is SU (rose red, tangerine tango, kiwi kiss and taken with teal). The images and sentiment are Inkadinkadoo, which I double stamped, colored with prismacolor pencils and gamsol, then I embossed the dog and catus with versamark and clear embossing powder and cut and popped them over the originals with dimensionals. The images are cut with a nestie and then backed with the green and blue cardstock which I handcut. I punched the sentiment with a papershapers oval punch and sponged around the edge with SU rose red ink. The border punch is a MS punch. I made this card to send to my sister to thank her for her hospitality during my recent visit. I think she'll get a kick out of it.

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What a fun sketch this was this week! I'm sure to use it again, perhaps for some Xmas cards.

I added two views so you could see the shiny embossing on one and then get a head on look on the other.

Here are the details:

The pumpkin image came from a clear acrylic set by Heidi Grace. The other two images are from a Halloween set from Inkadinkado. I embossed all the images and then colored the pumpkin with SU markers. I did a lot of sponging on each white piece to give them a more spooky look. I cut out the "Trick or Treat" with a nestie and mounted to the back of a piece SU pumpkin pie cardstock. I punched the corners of the pumpkin pie piece with my new MS web corner punch. Then I did a little paper piercing around the top and bottom of the circle on the orange paper. I really like how this turned out. It's a bit of a stretch for the sketch I know.

I also used the web punch on the upper righhand corner of my black backing piece. That black paper is by Bo Bunny and I ran it through my CB using the trees embossing folder for some texture. The ribbon is from Michael's and the brads were in a pack called "Fright Night" by Queen and Co. I found them on clearance on some website a while ago. I popped the orange piece, the "Trick or Treat", the Boo and the pumpkin all up on dimensionals because I just don't do flat cards:))

Has anyone seen the new SU mini? Well, there is a Halloween set in there I simply have to own

called Twick or Tweet. It has a skeleton with one leg held up in the air that has a small dog attached to it. There is a sentiment to go with it that reads "It's Halloween...enjoy every bite. I'm ordering it this weekend and hope it will be here so I have time to whip up a card before Halloween with it. The mini has a picture of a darling treat box done up with that stamp. Very cute!

Busy Bee Bloggers and Mojo 101 Challenges

I finally got around to last week's first Busy Bee Bloggers challenge and decided to combine it with this week's Mojo 101 sketch. The Busy Bee blogger challenge was to do something 3D on your card. Easy peasy for me:)) I love to pop everything!! I also found some cute crystal candy corn stickers in my stash to add to my card too.

Here are the details:

All DP is Doodlebug Design Inc. The orange behind my image is SU's pumkin pie and the other orange is from Lasting Impressions. The boo punch is a new MS border punch. The image is Amuse and is double stamped and colored with prismacolor pencils and gamsol. I cut out and popped the little spooks on dimensionals. The corner punches were done with my EK success punch. Finally, I added a little paper piercing around my image backgrounds, along the bottom of the border punch and in the upper left corner just for fun. It took me a while to figure out what paper to use for this, but when I saw the candy corn stickers, it sort of all came together. I'm happy with the results. Don't you just love that MS border punch??

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Mojo Monday on Tuesday! I'm on a roll! I wasn't exactly sure about this sketch until I sat down to do it and I must say, I am happy with how it turned out. I love frog stamps almost as much as those cute Mouse House stamps.

Here are the details:

That cute frog image is from a brand new Penny Black acrylic set that I just love. I stamped it twice, colored both with my prismacolor pencils and gamsol. I cut one image out with a nestie and then cut, embossed with clear ep and popped the other one over the original. I added some Blue Moon yellow seed beads to the flower center and popped that up separately. I also stamped, colored, embossed and cut and popped 3 dragonflies just for fun. The paper is all DCWV Citrus Stack except for the white and the SU Kiwi Kiss. The green backgrounds were cut out with nestie scallops. I used my CB dots embossing folder for the large scallop and the small white circle just for extra texture. That sentiment tag is from a clear acrylic set I have of unkown origin. I added a brad to that along with a dragonfly for extra embellishment. Finally, the blue polka dot ribbon came from Michael's. I think I will just put the word Birthday in the inside in great big letters. Hope this brings a smile to your face and a little cheer to your day:))

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Tada! Without further ado, my Mojo Monday 99 card! I've even got time to spare this week:))

My excuse...I was out having fun at the State Fair this week and NO, I did not sample the chocolate covered frozen bacon on a stick! But yes, I was all over the cheesecake on a stick, dipped in chocolate and rolled in nuts! My, my, that was tasty, as was the every wonderful, calorie laden fresh cream puff, Wisconsin's finest! Oh yes, and there were other yummy treats too, like the butter dipped roasted corn on the cob and the giant piece of barbequed pork on a stick and the frozen chai tea and the elk burger, oh my!! After all that we got to kick back and listen to a great concert with some oldies but goodies...The Spencer Davis Group, Gary Pucket and last but not least by any means, Davy Jones of the Monkeys. The weather cooperated with us with temps in the low 80's and a nice breeze off the lake to keep us comfy. All in all a funtastic day!

Back to my card details:

All the paper I used was from the DCWV "Citrus Stack". The birthday sentiment is from SU's "Sincere Salutations" set. I cut it out with a nestie and mounted it on dimensionals. I added punched corners and flowers for accents that were punched with my EK success punches. The flowers are also up on dimensionals and have pearl centers. I included a close-up so you could see how sparkly the paper is. I think I'll save this card for my mother-in-law's birthday in October.

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My take on this week's Mojo Monday sketch. I decided to flip the sketch on it's side so it would better fit my birthday theme. I'm also giving you a peek at the inside of the card to tie the theme together for you.

I liked this sketch and may try making a Xmas card with it.

Here are the card details:

I triple stamped my Whipper Snapper worm image that is on the front of the card, colored each with prismacolor pencils and gamsol, cut the original out with a nestie, embossed the other two images, cut one and popped it over the original and then cut just the party hat on the other one and popped that over the second image. I added a seed bead to the party hat topper just for fun.

I backed my image on a scallop nestie and added some white dots with my Sakura pen. I added some texture to my Doodlebug DP with my bubbles CB embossing folder. I also used CB embossing folders for the green backing square and the top half of my blue cardstock. I then stamped the 5 and 0 candles that were from a clear acrylic set I own, colored them with my prismacolor pencils, embossed them with clear embossing powder and then cut them out and popped them on dimensionals. I added some ribbon from Michaels and a cute button that was in my stash, to which I tied some red twine. The sentiment was created with SU's Teeny Tiny Words and punched out with the new SU label punch. I doodled around the label and cut one edge to look like a banner.

On the inside, I used a nestie for the sentiment that I created on my computer. I stamped the cute worms from an Inky Antics acrylic stamp set, colored, embossed, cut out and popped them on dimensionals. I just drew in the dirt mound on the bottom and colored it. Finally, I used some Tim Holtz Vintage Photo distressing ink around the edges of my sentiment and background paper and finished off with a bit of doodling around the background edges and the sentiment.

This card is for a friend who turns 50 at the end of this month. I know she will get a kick out of it. Hope you do too!

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Okay, so here is my finished Mojo Monday card...at last. I really posted under the wire tonight and then went and added a few more things.

Here are the card details:

The chocolate brown paper is Bazzill, the DP is Paper Pizazz and the lighter brown embossed piece is from The Paper Company. My hope was to make the embossed piece look like a tile floor and the DP like wallpaper in a bathroom. I stamped my Stampabilities image twice and colored both with my prismacolor pencils and gamsol. I popped the second image over the first, colored the bubbles in the tub with my Souffle pen to give them some dimension. I cut out the image with a nestie and backed that with a scallop nestie. I added the pearls around the scallop to make it look a bit dreamy and also added 3 pearls for the floating bubbles above the tub. I created the sentiment on my computer and then doodled around the edge. I also put some small black dots around the brown sentiment backing paper and popped both the sentiment and backing with dimensionals. The corner was punched with an EK Success punch and then embossed with the "Textiles" CB folder. The flower embellishments are SU and those yummy center brads are from Creative Cafe. Finally, I used some crystal effects on the tub to make it nice and shiny. Now I just want to crawl in that tub myself:)) Hope you like it.

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Well, here it is Saturday already and I'm finally getting around to doing the Mojo sketch! It's been a busy summer! I struggled a bit with this sketch just trying to figure out which image to use, then after I decided on the image I had to sort through a lot of paper before deciding what would work with it.

Here are the card details:

The striped DP is Doodlebug design which I embossed with my "bubbles" CB folder for texture. The red and blue papers are Bazzill. I scored down the center of each blue piece with my scor pal for more texture. I cut my white image circle with my Making Memories circle template and mounted it on a nestie scallop. I double stamped the Mouse House image and colored both with my prismacolor pencils and gamsol, then I added some crystal effects to the balloons to make them shine. I popped the bunny and balloons of my second stamped image over the original on dimensionals. I drew over the balloon strings with my Sakura gelly roll pen to glitter them up a bit. The ribbon is from Michael's. I had to add the "Happy Birthday" sentiment to the circle because there was just waaaayyyy to much white space for me to handle LOL. I sponged around the edges of my sentiments with SU real red and added the brads for a bit more color in that great big white space:) I also pierced around the circle edge. This is as clean and simple as it gets for me folks. Hope you like it.

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This week I decided to use some newly purchased Asian stamps from Inkadinkadoo to create a thank you card with the sketch from Mojo Monday. I started by pulling out some DP by Kaisercraft that I thought would work with my Asian theme. I decided to use the bamboo stamp from the set to enhance the DP by embossing it with gold. Then I used a CB embossing folder on the red cardstock piece and the dots CB embossing folder on the white background piece for texture. I stamped my image on white and then stamped again on red so I could cut and paper piece the red hairpiece decoration and the dress. I colored some mettalic gold on the hairpins and on the pieced dress and then embossed it with clear embossing powder, cut it out and popped it on the mettalic gold paper from my stash. I embossed the sentiment and punched it out and then backed it with red and black punched circles. The gold trim is from Hobby Lobby. Finally, I clear embossed more of my DP and then punched out some flowers for embellishments. I added some small pearls to the centers of the flowers and there you have it!

I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. Hope you like it too!

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Whoa!!! What's this, Emily's Mojo Monday card on Tuesday? LOL, This must be a first!!!
It just so happened that this stamp set was sitting out on my table when I pulled up this weeks Mojo sketch and I took it as a sign that it was exactly what I needed to pull this card together.

I took some inspiration from my blogger friend, Judy, and this card (http://prairiewildflowerpapercrafts.blogspot.com/2009/06/few-swap-projects.html)that she recently posted. I absoultely loved the all white look and although mine isn't totally white, this type of card is a first for me. If you go to check out Judy's card, take a look at all the other great creations she has on her blog. You won't be sorry.

Here are my card details (they are pretty simple):

I used the Textile and Dots CB folders, my nesties for the image background and the sentiment and an EK Success flower punch. The image and sentiment came from a clear acrylic set by Inkadinkadoo called Wedding. I embossed both using VersaMark and Ranger gold EP. Both the image and sentiment are up on dimensionals. The ribbon is from Michael's craft store and the pearls are from another local craft store. The gold and white paper both came from my stash.

I'm saving this for the next relative who gets married.

This is a great sketch that I am sure I will use again sometime. Hope you like it.

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Here is my take on the Mojo sketch this week. I've just been cooking this up in my head since Monday and finally sat down to get it done. So much going on in the summer that it is hard to keep up with even 2 sketch challenges a week for me.

Here are the card details: I stamped the Mouse House stamp twice, colored both bunnies so I could pop one over the top of the original for more depth. I used my prismacolor pencils and gamsol for blending, then I added some crystal lacquer to the fish, duck and lemonade.

I used my EK Success waves border punch for the background strip. I didn't want to cover up all my paper and the wave border, so I used my Megabilities curved nestie and cut out the outside frame. I thought the striped DP looked like a sunset so I thought I'd used it in my frame. I added some Paper Studio water DP for my bunny to float on. The other DPs are by Pine Cone Press Papers and look oh so summery, don't you think? The sentiment is a clear stamp from Stampendous and I paper pieced the umbrella with my striped DP. The big umbrella is Jolee and I paper pieced over the original blue pieces with my striped DP so it would match better. The flip flops also came in the same pack of Jolee stickers. I paper pieced over the original paper on those with the flip side of my bottom DP. The image is up on dimensionals so there is lots of depth to this card. I'm happy with how this turned out.

I will probably save this card for my friend who takes a cruise every year. I always wish her "Bon Voyage".

Mojo 89-Winner in June Contest!

Tada! Here it is Mojo Monday and it's only Friday:)) I am going away for the weekend so wanted to get this posted before I left. Hope you enjoy it! ...and yes, I really did emboss and cut out those tiny little dragon flies...there is no end to my madness it seems!!!

Here are the details: Lots of embossing and popping here. Froggy is embossed as well as the dragon flies. I popped both along with 3 of the willows, 2 of the lily pads and one clump of grass. The water scene is colored with prismacolor pencils and blended with gamsol. Sentiments were done on my computer and punched with SU's word window punch. I added 2 gemstones to the sentiments on the bottom of the page. Papers are as follows, polka dot is DCWV, DP is Basic Grey, brown is Bazzill and the blue is The Paper Studio. I also used a CB embossing folder on the blue paper. I hope that covers it all.

Have a great weekend everyone! Hope to see you next week again!

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Mojo Monday on Thursday. Oh well, sometimes that's the way it goes. I actually had most of this card put together yesterday but I needed to figure out what to put in my circle. Then I spotted this great design on one of my acrylic stamp sets and I knew it would be perfect.
I've decided that I really like pink and orange together after doing a couple of cards with those colors. What do you think?

Here are the details: DP is Making Memories, pink is Bazzill, yellow is SU barely banana and white is from my stash. I used the Paisley CB embossing folder on the yellow piece and one of the border folders from the CB Frills pack on the white. The ink is SU's pumpkin pie. I stamped my Inkadinkadoo (Garden Flower) image and sentiment, then stamped over the top of them again with Versamark and heat embossed them with clear embossing powder. Both are sponged with pumpkin pie around the edges and popped with dimensionals. Finally, I added the polk-a-dot brads to the corners. I'm really happy with the way this turned out. Hope you all like it too.

This sketch is a real keeper. I'm sure I will use it again and again.

Mojo Monday 87 - Finally!

Hello everyone! I'm finally back with a new card! Seems like I've been gone forever! It took me a while to get my Mojo back and find some time to craft a card again. My sister left last Saturday and that was the inspiration for this card. It's been a week already and I am missing her so much. We had a blast while she was here.

Anyway, here are the details for the card:

The DP is SU's Parisian Breeze. I also used SU choc chip, whisper white and some cream linen from scraps for the coffee cream. The dye cut coffee mug and saucer are new from QuicKutz. I die cut the pieces and then put the cup and saucer in the QuicKutz goosebumps dots to texturize them. The cream in the coffee and the rising steam were put in the QuicKutz goosebumps swirls for texture and then sponged with TAC Pueblo ink to highlight them. I popped all the coffee dies with dimensional. The sentiment was created on my computer, cut out with a nestie square, sponged on the edges and popped with dimensionals so there really was no stamping involved in this card at all. I added the white dots around the scallop nestie circle. The border is punched with SU's scallop punch. Hope you like it!

Next week I might even get around to doing 2 challenges:)))

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And now for something completely different...I picked up this Rubber Stampede stamp a while back and have been waiting for the right sketch to come along so I could use it. I think the the latest Mojo sketch is just what I needed. I've already got my Mother's Day cards done so I think I will save this for my mom's birthday which is on the 4th of July.

Here are the details: All the DP is from "The Paper Studio". I think the pink is SU pixie pink and the black is Archiver's black linen. I used my Floral Fantasy CB folder on the pink paper at the bottom. The punch is EK success "Fleur De Lis". I embossed the stamp image and then colored it with a pink marker. I also made black polka dots on her hat. The ribbon is from Michael's. I created the little daisy flowers with my Fiskars daisy punch and die cut the letters for "Mom" with my Provo Craft Olivia alphabet. For accent I paper pierced two corners of my image and then used the Fleur De Lis scraps as border accents on the image and on the green stripe paper.

Once again, a big thank you to the Mojo team for getting my mojo going this week. I'll definitely be using this sketch again.