Pals Paper Arts Color Challenge #187

2

It is Thursday and time for Pals Paper Arts Challenge.  This week is a color challenge and oh what fun colors they have given us to create with…Real Red, Soft Sky and Whisper White.  

PPA187 Jan 9

I immediately knew what I wanted to do with this challenge. Use a new embossing folder and create a banner. 

01-09-2014

Super easy yet I think it looks like a lot of work went into the card.  Here are the details:

*this is a sneak peak at one of the Sale-a-bration items available beginning January 28, 2014.

I enjoyed creating this card.  If you are not participating in the Pals Challenges you should give it a try.  It is great fun and I have found my own creativity flourishing by pushing myself to participate in these challanges.  It is a new year and the opportunity to explore new things.

I would love to hear from you!

Cheers,

Michelle

 

Good Thoughts for Mojo Monday

0

12-07-2014

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

Mojo327
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…

01-07-2014b

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

A Few of my Favorite Things!

2

Today I want to reveal 10 of my favorite things from the Occasions Catalog.  I love just about everything in this catalog. Each time I went through it I would highlight another item I had to have.  While I ordered a few things during the Demonstrators pre-order period in December I waited to order the rest on the first of January.  So I am anxiously awaiting the arrival of the UPS truck!

Let's get to it…

I love Bundles – stamp sets and punches or framelits.  I feel I get so much more out of both when I purchase the bundle and you save 15%! This catalog has lots of Bundles to enjoy.  Here are a few of my favorites:

Perfect Pennants (134816) – the stamps are fabulous and banners are on trend.  This is a great bundle to invest in.

Banner Bundle

Just Sayin'  (134820) – perfect for cards and scrapbooking.  I cannot wait to use this in creating fun scrapbook pages.

Just Saying

 Starburst Sayings (134818) – great stamps and fabulous starbursts.  You have seen me already use this set several times over the last month. 

Starburst Sayings

 

Onto great stamp sets…

Hip Notes (133504) – love the font used on these stamps and they are so, so Hip!

Hip Notes

 

Happy Watercolor (133191) – Again I love the font and the watercolor stamps in this set.  I cannot wait to receive this!!!

Happy Watercolor

Love You to the Moon (133143) – for anyone that read Guess How Much I Love You to their kids will want this stamp set.  While my oldest is 20 years old we still say "Love you to the Moon (and back)" to each other.  Truly a stamp set I will treasure even when it is someday retired.

Love you to the moon

 

I could go on with more stamp sets but we need to get to the Papers!  And oh there are fabulous papers in this catty.  

Retro Fresh DSP (132993) with coordinating Washi Tape! 

Watercolor Wonder DSP (132994)

Fresh Prints DSP stack (132996)

Gold and Silver Vellum (133363 and 133364)

I could continue to go on but I promised only ten today.  I hope you enjoyed seeing my top ten favorite items.  I cannot wait to showcase these items in the days and weeks to come.

So what is your favorite item in the catalog?  

Remember Stampinmojo's online store never closes. Shop Now! 

Cheers,

Michelle

Another Thank You!

0

If you are like me then you have a few thank you notes to write to those who gave you gifts over the holidays.  I am over Christmas colors and wanted to do something fresh and different.  Let's see where my mojo took me…

  12-05-2014 

 For this card I used Stampin' Up! Whisper White Notecards and Envelopes (131527) they measure 5" x 3 1/2", perfect thank you note size.  Then I took one of the stamps from the Petal Parade* stamp set and stamped it three times lining it up with my Stamp-a-ma-jig (101049).  I used three purple family ink pads – starting with Wisteria Wonder, then Perfect Plum, and finally Elegant Eggplant.

Then I wanted to add some green as I love green and purple together.  I made the feathered leaves with my Large Oval Punch  (119855) and my Paper Snips (103579).  A couple of Mini Glue Dots (103683) and a silver ribbon bow anchors them. 

The sentiment came from Another Thank You Photopolymer stamp set (133454). I masked the hearts under the thank you and stamped the image in Old Olive. Using my Large Oval Punch (119855) again I punched it out and adhered with Stampin Dimensionals to add balance and depth.

 I am pleased with the result.  

Yesterday I got all my Christmas decorations down, packed up and put away.  It is always such a wonderful feeling when it is all put away and the house looks bigger and so much better with less "stuff" all around.  We also said good-bye to our oldest who headed back to the University of Florida for Spring semester which starts tomorrow.

What did you do this first weekend of the new year?  I would love to hear from you.

Cheers,

Michelle

*available during Sale-a-bration which starts January 28th.