The "Mojo-Chef"

I see why so many bloggers double up on their challenges.....no time! I was hoping to do both the Mojo Monday Week #82 and Kelly Jo's Color Chef Challenge #2 separately, but alas, I ran out of time. After going to a district meeting at one of my fav places, The Rock Woodfire pizza, and suffering through the resulting food coma, I was finally able to work on these challenges. The Color Chef Challenge is to use tulip, sorbet and white daisy. I thought the inspiration picture looked more like goldrush instead of sorbet so I went with that instead.

I also got to use my NEW items from the Summer Idea Book that the nice UPS man delivered today! Yeah! I used the new Buttoned Together ss and clear button assortment. See how I stamped one of the buttons on white cs in goldrush and then mounted it behind the clear button? Cool huh?! I <3>

Now I'm off to visit Mom. She's doing real well after her surgery yesterday and should be home tomorrow night at the earliest.

Materials: All CTMH. Goldrush, tulip and white daisy cs, Perfect Day L2pp, Western Flourishes ss, Say it in Style ss, Buttoned Together ss. Goldrush, tulip and pigment white daisy inks, white daisy ricrac, clear buttons, edge distresser.

Other: stickles, scallop punch-Fiskars

Color Chef Challenge #1

Kelly Jo over at KJ's Stamp Pad has started this awesome weekly color challenge. Last Monday was the first challenge, and thank goodness she keeps the link open since I just found out about it from Aaron's blog. What fun, vibrant colors! I decided to use Crystal Blue instead of Breeze since I didn't have any Breeze. I used my hole punch to create my faux brads and then covered them with liquid glass. This is based on the Originals sketch, Squares & Overlays. I'm going to try and work on this week's challenge tomorrow so stay tuned.

I made this for my Mom who just had gastric-bypass surgery this morning. This has been a long, life-changing decision for her that she did lots and lots of research on. After years of doing Weight Watchers for her health and to help curb the heart and diabetes problems that run in the family,she plateaued and couldn't loose any more weight. Our family is confidant that this is the best way to help with any current or future health threats. On my way to go visit her now.

Materials: All CTMH. White daisy and crystal blue cs, Emporium L2pp, Intrinsic Backgrounds ss, crystal blue ink, liquid glass.

Other: sticker-3Birds, swiss dots embossing folder-cuttlebug, pop-dots, hole punch.

Happy Easter!!

Hope you all are having a blessed day with your family.

Here is one of my Easter cards that I had to make in a hurry to get them in the post on time. Not "egg-sactly" the style I wanted to make, but it uses the super-adorable stamp that I forgot I had. Isn't he cute?!! (How do I manage to buy more stamps than I can use? LOL!) Hope you enjoy!

Materials: All CTMH. Paper Garden L2pp, Easter Eggs SOTM, just blooms. Blush, petal, sweet leaf, and honey inks, sponge.

Other: Holiday Chick stamps-Stampendous, circle and scallop punch-EK, skittles, colored pencils-EK.

Card holders

I made these to go with my flyer for my business event from yesterday. This is another fabby idea from my blogger friend Rachel. They're made from pre-fab blocks available at "M's". I just covered them with paper and embellishments then painted the top to match. So fun!

Materials: All CTMH. Key To My Heart pp, fancy cuts botanicals, sorbet ribbon round, spring blossom brad assortment, white daisy just blooms.

Other: Acrylic paint.

My business flyer

Here it is....my flyer I made for my for my event tonight. Kim is a Mary Kay lady and they are having some kind of business builder event an they were told they can invite guest. Lucky me! It's a chance to showcase to them what I can do to help their business. My flyer includes examples of bag-toppers, small cards, and gift tags. I will also have standard card examples on display with loads of business cards. Hopefully all goes well and I network some new customers!

Materials: All CTMH. Key To My Heart pp, KTMH ss, Doodle Alpha ss, western flourishes ss, le chic ss, summer sweetness ss, Sept WP ss, huge thanks consultant ss, Perfect Day L2pp, blush and colonial white cs. Juniper, tulip, blush, black, cocoa, and garden green inks. Sorbet ric-rac ribbon, hollyhock twill ribbon, clear sparkles.

Other: Stickles, pink sparkles.

Mojo Monday Week 81 challenge

It's Monday again, and that means a new sketch challenge from the Verve girls at Mojo Monday!! I love Mondays! Bonus that it's also my day off. I haven't been able to participate for a while *sigh*, so I am so excited I had time today. I had this pretty damask type ribbon I bought from "M's" dollar bin and wanted to use it. The Juniper ink matched it perfectly. I also used prisma glitter on the word "flutter", and after I made a total mess kicked myself for not using stickles. Those are so much easier. Oh well, it's still looks good.

I am also excited for a great business opportunity I have for tomorrow. One of my co-workers is going to a business builders event and invited me to go to showcase my crafts and possibly network some new business connections! Yeah! Kinda exciting and scary at the same time. I'm going to be busy making samples and creating a flyer. Wish me luck!

Materials: All CTMH. Emporium L2pp, Butterfly Kisses SOTM, Intrinsic Backgrounds ss. Sweet leaf, juniper, and cocoa inks, copper brads, prisma glitter, sponge, pop-dot, sponge dauber.

Other: Making Memories brad, silk flowers, ribbon.

Nurse card

My friend Kim at work asked me to make her a special card for her daughter who was just accepted into nursing school. This is my first real request for a card to sell. Wow! I really want to start making cards for sale and have my own site on Etsy (an awesome site that has ONLY handmade items for sale). Hopefully by the end of the month I will have a site and let you all know.

.....back to the card. First off, horrible picture, sorry. Still want a new camera. It took me FOREVER to figure out the exact shape I wanted the nursing hat to be. After many hours surfing pictures and clip art....and (maybe) some other sites ;).....I came up with this shape. A cross made from cardstock and b/t to coordinate helped pull it all together. Kim really loved it and I hope that this helps to kick-start personal sales! Yeah!

Materials: All CTMH. Blue Ribbon L2pp, white daisy cs, Say It In Style ss, colonial white grosgrain ribbon, Indian corn blue ink, cranberry brads, sanding kit.

Other: Hole punch, EK scallop border punch, circle scallop Nesties.

Josie's pressie

Here's the fun gift I made Josie for her birthday. This great divided card box is yet another great idea from Rachel. To view her full detailed and easy instructions, visit her blog here. This was truly easy to make. You do have to have a very intimate relationship with your trimmer.

Josie loves my cards and sometimes asks me to make her one for this occasion or that, so I thought it would be a great idea to make her this box to house a bunch of handmade cards for her to give away. The large section hold standard 5.5"x4.25" cards and envelopes. The bottom left holds 3.5"x3.5" cards to either hand out or attach to a gift. The bottom right hold simple gift tags. All are stamped with various sentiments. I love the "Aspiration" ss to make beautiful yet simple projects.

The box itself I made and then covered the top lid with b/t paper. the fun center piece is made with Fancy Cuts botanicals...which I absolutely LOVE! They are so fun and great to use. You get 3 sheets of die-cuts in three different color shades. I love that you can use them plain, or distress them, or stamp on them to add more detail. Here I decided to sand them and use pop-dots to add dimension.

Hope you enjoy! And Happy Birthday Josie!!

Materials: All CTMH. Unforgettable L2pp, Aspiration ss, Say It In Style ss, Card Commentary ss. Sorbet, tulip and chocolate inks, Fancy Cuts botanicals, sorbet ribbon rounds, sanding kit, pop-dots, corner rounder.