Happy Birthday: Mojo Monday 249

I love this sketch from Mojo Monday and I wish I had looked at it earlier! Well, better late than never. :-)

The stamped bicycle image is embossed in black and I used the Cruisin' paper pack. Right now Cruisin' is only available as a Workshop on the Go and will retire on Auigust 1st when the new catalog goes live. Love this paper!

Supplies used: (X7154B) Cruisin' paper pack, (C1439) Enjoy Life stamp set, (C1494) Card Word Puzzle stamp pad, (Z2105) Black stamp pad, (Z2124) Grey Flannel stamp pad, (Z670) Black embossing powder, (Z891) Versamark stamp pad, (Z1701) Neutral Assortment Baker's Twine, (Z1686) Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge

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Wonderland Wishing You Well

My poor sister-in-law suffers from terrible migraines and actually had to be hospitalized this week so I wanted to send some get well wishes to her. When I saw the colors at CR84FN, they struck me as being very soothing and I thought they would work nicely for my card. I actually like them for any type of card and I think I will try to use this design with a different sentiment for a couple of birthday cards I need to make. I also used the sketch at Mojo Monday for my card's layout.

Here are the colors for CR84FN:

...and here's the Mojo Monday sketch:

This is my first easel card and I used Beate's video to help me along. I also used my Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge for the flowers, the circles, and the ovals. I was in the mood to roll flowers today!

Supplies used(all CTMH): (G1031) Wonderland stamp set from Workshop on the Go, (D1283) Say it in Style stamp set, (Z2119) Dutch Blue stamp pad, (Z2194) Sky stamp pad, (Z308) Liquid Applique, (retired) Sweet Home Level 2 paper pack, Buttercup cardstock, Dutch Blue cardstock, Grey Wool Cardstock, (Z1336) Opaques Pearl Adhesive Gems, Buttercup Waxy Flax, (Z1686) Cricut Art Philosophy CartridgePin It

Roxie Mojo 205

I fought my natural tendency to hoard and actually cut into my new pack of Roxie papers yesterday! I really like the Mojo Monday sketch for this week so this is what I used for inspiration.

I used Close To My Heart's 6" x 6" Kraft Die Cut cards for the first time as well. I mainly make standard sized cards but it was fun working with this size. So here's my take on the sketch.

The Kraft cards have a little scalloped edge that folds over the front. Here is a picture of the card with the scalloped edge showing.

And here's a closer view with it a little flatter.

I've been having fun with my new Cricut cartridge and cut out the "label" on which I stamped Happy Birthday with it as well as the spirals for the roses. Lisa Stenz has a great video tutorial about making the roses and rolling the edges down with a toothpick (it's a little easier if your flowers are larger). You can see her tutorial by clicking here. Anyway, in the midst of all this earthquake and hurricane hubbub, there I was yesterday, in my happy place, making paper roses! Very therapeutic!

I also cut my leaves with the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge but I bent them here and there and then sponged ink on them to give the look of veins.

Supplies used: (Z1474) 6" X 6" Kraft Die-Cut Cards & Envelopes, (D1475) Card Chatter - Birthday stamp set, (X7140B) Roxie Level 2 Paper Packet, (Z1616) Designer Ribbon Green Collection, (Z1686) Cricut® Art Philosophy Collection, (Z1387) Wooden Designer Buttons, (Z1333) Opaques Mocha Adhesive Gems,(Z282) Black Hemp, (Z2105) Black stamp pad, (Z2111) Chocolate stamp pad for sponging, Green textured paper

I am happy to report that we were not woken up with an aftershock last night (for the first time since the earthquake occured). We were, of course, lucky that the earthquake did not cause any damage...as far as we can tell. I hope we can say the same for Hurricane Irene in a couple of days!

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Mojo 180 - Wishing You Well

I used sketch #180 on the Mojo Monday blog to make the following card for my mother-in-law who just had surgery on her knee.

The teacup and sentiment are popped up on foam tape. For fun, I used liquid applique sprinkled with cinnamon on top of the teacup to look like whipped cream or frothed milk. I had some ladies over for a card workshop last Saturday and we used liquid applique as frosting on a cupcake on one of the cards we made. We applied it to the paper which had the stamped cupcake, heated it up to make it puffy, and then attached that piece to the card. It wasn't the easiest thing to attach it to the card at that point since we didn't want to place our stamped image upside down on the table and possibly flatten our "frosting" while applying our tape runner to the back of the paper. We tried to apply adhesive to where the image needed to go on the card which also isn't that easy. So for this card, I attached all my pieces to my card, put the liquid applique on the part I need to, and then heated it up. Of course, my card warped after using the heat tool! But I just lay some flat items on top of the places it warped to try to flatten it out and it seems to be okay now!
 
Supplies used: (X7127B) Magnifique Level 2 paper pack, (A1109) A Sip stamp set, (D1283) Say it in Style stamp set, (Z2192) Pacifica stamp pad, (Z2125) Grey Wool stap pad, (Z1385) Designer Ribbon Blue Collection, (Z308) Liquid Applique, cinnamon, (Z1151) Foam tape
 
It was a challenge for me to make a square card. For some reason, I tend to stick to standard size cards but it was nice to try something different (my card is 5" x 5"). Here's the sketch from Mojo Monday.

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