...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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...ThANkFuL for YoU...

I used the Deconstructing Jen sketch over on the exTrEmELy talented Jen Shults' blog

and the goodies in my AwEsOMe new TaYLoReD ExPreSsioNs KI kit to make this card.

The colors in the kit just happened to match the 

challenge this week which was a color palette by the super talented Charmaine Ikach

The challenge this week was to use these colors to make a thank you card and send it to someone not expecting one.  I know where it's going and that there's a tasty prize going with it, but since it's not getting delivered until tomorrow, and the person might be looking at this post before then...I can't say more than that :)

Here's my card...everything in it came out of a KI kit...most of it was this month's but the pearls were from past month and the fabric flowers were from a different month...there are aLWaYS a bunch of fun goodies in the kit...gorgeous paper, coordinating cardstock, ribbon, and a fun extra...plus they come in amazing little storage boxes.  My kits have been a squidge underutilized...as in there are a dozen or so of them stacked up and many haven't been touched...oops...but I've set a goal to use something from every kit before the end of the year...I used 3 kits today...WoO-HoO!!

I used a copic on the center of the fabric flower and threw on a few PTI buttons and another pearl to tie it in to the card...I love this sketch and want to use the adorable new Penny Black stamps I just bought to try it again...I think my cute little reindeer girl would fit perfectly in the center ;)

Here's a closer view of the center.  I used the new TE stamp set that was a special purchase available to KI kit club members...it was HaLF PRiCe!!!!!  AMaZinG!!!  LooK at how adorable that wreath is!! LoVE it!!

That's all for today...I have to go finish a big ol' wood project I've been working on all week...it's for my son's school Fallfest...better get a move on if it's going to get done by tomorrow...YiKeS!!

Thanks for LoOking!

jen

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