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Good Thoughts for Mojo Monday

Today's card was inspired by the Mojo Monday Sketch this week.

I wanted to use a new DSP yet I am still waiting for my order that arrives on Thursday...I can't wait.  In the meantime I have the Watercolor Wonder DSP and pulled that out to use.

I love the colors of a sunset and this paper in the Watercolor Wonder DSP makes me think of sunsets. Our powder room has wallpaper that was vertical stripes but I had them hang it horizontally because I thought it looked like a sunset.  Let me show you...

This is one of my favorite spaces in our house.  I just love how it turned out.  

I digress...back to the card.  The Watercolor DSP is the main attraction in this card.  Then I stamped the sentiment from the Perfect Pennants Stamp set in Early Espresso ink.  This stamp set is awesome and I sense will be around for a while.  The Fashionable Hearts Embosslits added the finishing touch.

Clean, simple and super easy - just want I needed. 

If you are not joining in on the many challenges that are out there on the web, I encourage you to jump and join the fun.  It stretches you and is very rewarding.

I hope I inspired you to get your creative mojo going.

Cheers,

Michelle

Ring in the New Year with Mojo Monday

Today I want to share a New Year's card with lots of bling.  I love Stampin' Up's Glimmer papers as they add a lot of bling and pizazz without a lot of mess.  As you probably know, glitter has a way of getting into and onto everything.  The Glimmer paper is easy to work with and minimizes the spread of glitter.

My creative mojo came from this week's Mojo Monday Challenge.

The card is 5 x 5 with a Crumb Cake card base.  Then I used Soft Sky, Very Vanilla  and Champagne Glimmer paper. The stamp sets used were Delightful Dozen (sentiment) and Simply Stars.  Three stars were punched using a framelit from the Circle Card Thinlit die set.  The sentiment was heat embossed with Gold Embossing powder. And the finishing touch was a Soft Sky Candy Dot.

I love the combination of Crumb Cake and Soft Sky together. I would love to hear what you think?

Wishing you a Healthy and Happy New Year!

Cheers,

Michelle

Pals Paper Arts Sketch Challenge #184

Happy Thursday!  I am so excited because I am officially on vacation for two weeks!!!!  It has been a long time since I took two weeks off of work.  I have a tough time taking two days off on the weekend.  So this is a much needed break for me and my entire family.

Here is the sketch for this week's PPA Sketch Challenge challenge:

Confession - I am not good at creating these diagonals.  I tried and started ruining some of my favorite NEW Deisgner Series Paper.  So I took creative liberty with this sketch. I put my center rectangle on the diagonal and used the chevron pattern to create illustrate the movement of the sketch.

 

I did use the new Watercolor DSP from the Occasions Catalog as well as a new stamp set/framelit bundle called Starburst Sayings with the coordinating Starburst Framelits.  I am a push over for Framelits.  I purchase the bundles whenever they are available. 

As I have mentioned previously we are traveling for the holiday - not to visit family but to take a vacation.  We decided as a family to create memories rather than get more things.  We leave this evening for Paris!  Our sons have never been abroad so they are over the top excited.  I have set up some posts for you to enjoy and I may even post while on the trip.

Cheers,

Michelle

Hello Lovely for Pals Paper Arts

Last Thursday I had a card ready to post for the Pals Paper Arts Color Challenge and when I went on the website I saw that one of the resident designers made a card very similar to my card.  While great minds think alike, I really did not want to post a card so close in style to one of the designers. Unfortunately, I have not had the time to make another card until today. 

The Color Challenge gave me the inspiration for this card:

A quick and easy card for this week's challenge.  Using my BigShot and the Top Note Bigz die, I created the background with Rose Red card stock.  Then I cut a 2" x 4" piece of Wild Wasabi DSP and created a tag with my new Scallop Tag Topper punch from the new Occasions Catalog (available for ordering on January 3rd!).  Making tags with this punch is a cinch!  Then I stamped the sentiment from the the Hello Lovely stamp set in Rose Red, trimmed it and added to the tag with Stampin' Dimensionals.  A little ribbon gave the card its finishing touch.   

So here is my original card and you can see how it resembles the card by Ginger Toivonen...

Isn't it funny how that happened!  Now I have two great cards with this color palette.  This card was made with a new stamp set called Another Great Year available in the new Occasions Catalog as well.

I hope your holiday activities have been fun and enjoyable.  We are traveling for the holiday which we have never done, and it is adding to an already hectic pace.  I am feeling like I am running out of time to get everything done.  Then again, I somehow always seem to get it all done.  I make lists and enjoying checking off what I accomplished.  How do you get everything done this time of year?

Cheers,

Michelle

Season of Joy for PPA Color Challenge #182

It is Thursday and time for another Pals Paper Arts Color Challenge! I think I enjoy the color challenges more than the sketch challenges - I loved working with this week's color combination.

Here is my card:

 

Where did my Mojo come from?

I loved these colors together so I wanted a clean design to allow the colors themselves to be showcased. The snowflakes from the Endless Wishes Photopolymer Stamp set* are the centerpiece.  The sentiment was put together from the same stamp set. Stampin' Up! Basic Rhinestones add the finishing touch.

*I am sorry to report the Endless Wishes stamp set sold out and is no longer available. Stampin' Up! has been experimenting with the new Photopolymer stamp sets and has been overwhelmed by the enthusiasm for these sets. Check out other Photopolymer stamp sets here.

I hope you enjoyed my take on the Pals Paper Arts Color Challenge. Remember to check out the weekly deal this week on Stampin'Mojo's online store.

Cheers!

Michelle

Pals Paper Arts Sketch Challenge #180

It's Thursday the gateway to the weekend and time for another Pals Paper Arts Challenge!  I would like to thank Brian King, designer extraordinaire for selecting my card design from last week's color challenge, you can check it out here.  This week the Pals Paper Arts Team is featuring a sketch challenge and here it is:

I took more liberty with this sketch than I normally do...I am working on stretching my creativity.

Where did my Mojo come from?

Well Stampin' Up! is having their Holiday Sale now through Dec 2nd.  It seemed appropriate to feature a Holiday card AND I wanted to feature one of the great items on sale.  So I looked through the sale flyer Download Holiday_Sale_Flyer_US and when I saw the ornament framelits on sale at 25% off! I knew I needed to feature them in my card.  

The sentiment is from the Photopolymer Stamp Set Endless Wishes.  This stamp set has sold out however it is available as an MDS download! 

I hope I inspired you today.  You don't want to miss the amazing items on sale, check out the StampinMojo online store now.

Make it a GREAT day.

Michelle

Pals Paper Arts Color Challenge #179

It's time for another Pals Paper Arts Color Challenge! I really like the colors is this week's challenge:

Where did my Mojo come from?

Well some of it came from the fact that I had limited Rich Razzleberry card stock so I knew I needed to use Rich Razzleberry ink as my main resource to meet the color challenge.  So as the saying goes "Necessity is the mother of invention".  

I grabbed the Wonderfall stamp set and the Autumn Accents Die and made the leaf using Rich Razzleberry.  The Crumb Cake seam binding ribbon adds the missing color to my card. 

Now to put the elements together...  The Stampin' Up1 Stripes Embossing Folder added much needed dimension to the Whipser White card stock, yet I only applied it to the bottom section of the card stock. Rich Razzleberry was used to create the sentiment from the Happy Day stamp set for the top of the card. A Crushed Curry candy dot was the finishing touch.

Here was another version I did...

I think the Whisper White base provides a crisper look.  Which one do you prefer? Leave me a comment to let me know!

Thanks for stopping by today.  Cheers,

Michelle

 

Pals Paper Arts Color Challenge #178

One of my favorite aspects of being a demonstrator is getting an early view AND early ordering opportunity for each new catalog.  Yesterday, Stampin' Up! released a PDF version of the upcoming Occasions Catalog.  Let me tell you, the Stampin' Up! team has knocked it out of the park!  My wish list is three pages long!  As soon as I can release the catalog to you in December I will.  Stay Tuned...

In the meantime, I played the Pals Paper Arts Color Challenge.  

I love the Early Espresso and Crisp Cantaloupe together and wondered how I was going to add in the Summer Starfruit.  Let's look at what I put together.

 

Where did my stampinmojo come from?

I knew I wanted to use a Designer Series Paper (DSP) as my focal point, so I grabbed my DSP Swatches purchased from fellow PAL Brian King.  On the back of each of the swatches he has provided the coordinating colors used in the DSP. When I got to the Soho Subway DSP and saw all three PPA colors, I knew I hit the jackpot.  I love the Victorian pattern in this paper group and decided it was the one.

I wanted to add detailing around the DSP and reached for my Needlepoint Border embossing folder. Being able to see through the folder made lining the folder up with the DSP a snap.

Then I added in the Summer Starfruit color with the sentiment and stitched satin ribbon.  The sentiment came from the Four You stamp set.  The Birthday Wishes stamp is horizontal and I simply inked one word at a time.  Then using my stamp-a-ma-jig aligned the the words vertically.

Of course my envelope was lined with the same DSP and I think it looks smashing - Clean and Elegant!

I hope I got your Mojo going today.  

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Cheers,

Michelle

Pals Paper Arts #177

Halloween is almost upon us so I thought I would sneak in one more Halloween themed card from this year's Holiday catalog.  Using the Pals Paper Arts Challenge Sketch #177 as my inspiration I created this card to send to my dad in Arizona. 

Here is the sketch by Nicole Watt:

This card leverages the bold colors of the Witches Brew DSP. Then a stamp from the Halloween Bash Stamp Set becomes the focal point. I am very pleased with how this turned out. 

The patterns in the Witches Brew DSP are not just for Halloween.  They are bright and whimsical; great for many card making occasions.

Are you ready for Halloween?  Will you dress up to go to work or simply answer the door when the kids come by?  I would love to hear from you.

Cheers,

Michelle

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