...MoJo MoNDaY...329...

This week's MoJo MoNDaY sketch was another great one! 

Super simple and inspiring :)

I  turned to a pad of paper that was sitting on my desk...I just pulled out Valentine paper and LoVeY stamps this weekend...I don't normally do PReTTY...I'm much more comfortable with CuTE :)

But this echo park -yours TRULY- pad of paper definitely called for something pretty.

I pulled out my TaYLoReD EXPreSSioNS -Vintage Dreamer- set...it's absolutely gorgeous...but it hadn't been used yet because...I'm a little afraid of leaving my cutesy comfort zone :)

Here's what I came up with...The chevron rosette turned out well...I like how graphic it looks combined with the dramatic embossed  medallion stamped image.

I'm thinking this will probably just sit in a gift basket or be tied onto a present because the rosette is just too thick to fit well into an envelope.

Instead of doing a layer of paper on the bottom as pictured in the sketch, I stamped the sentiment there and added a few black rhinestones...I've never done a trio of stones like that before...but I'm thinking I'll be doing it again..I like how it seems to anchor the sentiment without being distracting.

I have a feeling I'll be visiting this sketch again before the week is over :)

Thanks for LooKinG!
jen

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...TaKe TwO...

Just had to do another take on the Mojo Monday Sketch...

This time things weren't quite so simple...lots of layering...12 layers of paper...but who's counting?? :)

I'm not sure if it's the GLaMPeR's influence or what...but i seem to be stuck on a ReD and TurQuoiSE color scheme...  I used an ADoRaBLe TaYLoReD EXPreSsioNS set...SPeCTaCuLaR... for the first time...and just happened to have a pad of paper on my desk (pink paislee-hey kid) that was a PeRFeCT match!!

After I got the card laid out...I realized I wanted something  -more-  but i wasn't quite sure what it was...I knew I wanted to use some of the cute glasses stamps in the set, but I wasn't sure how.  The I had a LighT BuLB moment...shrinky dinks...

I stamped the glasses with black stazon ink and cut them out.  Then I held the image still with the tip of a pair of scissors and blasted it with my heat gun...there were a few mistakes ;) but ot didn't take long before the little sets of glasses were coming out perfect...I LOVE them!! They just crack me up!! PLus...it's ToTaLLy fun watching them curl and dance and magically become an embellishment...if you haven't tried it... you SHouLD!!!

I just used hot glue to adhere them since it's clear and you can't see it at all :)

Here's the card and envie...

...and another shot of just the envelope.

Thanks for looking!
Enjoy the rest of your weekend :)
jen

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...MoJo MoNdaY...

Just a quickie this morning...

I still have all my TE stamps out...hoping that I'll still need them next week when the

  LaSt CaRd StaNDinG 

contest is down to just 10 crafters ;)

Decided to give the Mojo Monday 260 sketch a try...

I used the AdoRabLe ~What's Cookin'? set...It has a bunch of just the cutest images!

Here's my card....

I LoVe the apron!  I would totally wear it if it was my size and not made of paper ;)

The lie of paper is from American Crafts and called MaRgARiTa...gotta love that!

I bought it last year and it's sat unused in its bag collecting dust...

It's just sad that such HaPpY paper should have such a lonely fate...but now that it's on my desk, it's seen 2 cards in two days and I'm thinking there may be more coming soon...

ok...I'm off to make book club invitations...which is what I was supposed to be doing when I was making this ;)

Thanks for looking!

enjoy your Saturday!!

jen

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...FraNkLy...he's DoTTy!!!!!

so...I might have taken just a few liberties with this week's MoJo MonDaY Sketch...

So here's the sketch...

...and here's my card...

It's all good and law abiding until you get to that center area...See...I did stick something behind the rectangle panel...but the shape and scale are waaAaAaay off...oh, well...hopefully the sketch NaZis won't catch that! :)  It's  such a small liberty...man...I must reaLLy be a RuLe FoLLowEr, cuz it bothers me! :)

Here's a close up of my pumpkin and my PoLkA DoTTy Frank...He CrAcKs me up!!!  I love that stamp!!  All stamps are PaPeR SmOoCheS and the paper is a stack I bought from tayLorEd ExPreSsions...but it came pre-cut, not in a pad, so I don't know who it's from...it's AwESoMe though!!!!

I'm also linking up to Wee MeMorIeS again...since this time I did use a PaPer SmOoCheS HaLLoWeEn stamp :)

And also to the  Simon SayS StaMps ChaLLenGe  again to show them a little more HaLLoWeEniE goodness :)

One more...I'm linking up to the ABC DT ChaLLenGe ...which was make something with a PuMpKiN...

Thanks for looking!

Have a Spectacular Thursday!

jen

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