Mojo Monday 120

Finally the holidays are over, Hunter and I are home, and we can get back into the routine of life again!

I got home a few days ago, and decided to get down to business right way. My mom followed us home and with her help and motivation, we changed my family room/ scrap area into a much friendlier Rachel zone!

I was going to show you a picture of part of the room that is back in order after the change, but my new memory card isn't cooperating and I will have to retake the pictures. I will try to do that maybe tomorrow.

Since my stuff is MOSTLY back in order, I decided I would work on making some cards with my mom before she headed home. Here is one I made this morning following the Mojo Monday sketch for this week.

STUFF I USED:
Stamps: {Unity} December 09 KOM: Delightful Moments"
Paper: Basic Grey "Granola", Embassy, Georgia Pacific
Ink: SU Basic Black
Accessories/Tools: Liquid Pearls, Nestabilities: Circle & Scalloped Circle, Grey Ribbon, Fiskars Threading Water Border Punch

Verve Release Party Challenges!

Here are the cards/projects I made for the Verve Release Party Challenges.
You can see all the challenges on the Verve Blog.

#1 Color Challenge (Turquoise, Olive, White, Black):

STUFF I USED:
STAMPS: {Verve} Dad's Day
INK: SU Tempting Turquoise
PAPER: Georgia Pacific, Embassy, My Minds Eye "Magnolia"
ACCESSORIES: White Gel Pen, MS Border "Traditional Scallop", Black Pearls, SU Spiral Punch

#2 Sketch:

STUFF I USED:

STAMPS: {Verve} Because of You
INK: SU Basic Black
PAPER: Georgia Pacific, Embassy, Best Occasions
ACCESSORIES: Cuttlebug textures "Diamonds in the Rough" & "Just My Type", Emery Board

#3 V.E.R.V.E:Up Close:

V- VERVE STAMPS
E- EYELET (flat top)
R- RIBBON
V- VELLUM
E- EMBOSSING

STUFF I USED:
STAMPS: {Verve} Dad's Day
INK: VersaMark, Stazon
PAPER: Georgia Pacific, My Minds Eye "Life Stories", Vellum, Kraft
ACCESSORIES: Ribbon, MS Border Punch "Traditional Scallop", Flat Top Eyelet, White Embossing Powder, dimensionals

#4 Pizza Box:

STUFF I USED:
STAMPS: {Verve} Because of You
INK: SU Bermuda Bay
PAPER: Paper Studio, Martha Stewart, SU Tempting Turquoise
ACCESSORIES: Flowers, Brad

#5 A Gift Card Holder:Inside:
Card:

STUFF I USED:
STAMPS: {Verve} Up, Up & Away, Enjoy, & Wishing You
INK: SU Basic Black, SU Garden Green, SU Ruby Red, Palette Burnt Umber
PAPER: Paper Studio, Lunch Bag for envelope, Georgia Pacific, Embassy
ACCESSORIES: Ribbon, Staples, Deco Scissors (bell), Fiskars Border "Sunburst", Velcro, Button

SIMPLE CARD

My Online friend Krista and I were chatting about a card like this the other day, and she requested that I put a picture up so she can see how great it turned out!

I got my idea from a card on SplitCoastStampers that can be seen HERE.

I first seen a similar card made by my friend Tanya when I went to her house for a crafting work day. She had cased the SCS card with a few extra embellishments (like a fancier border and a strip of paper the same color as the ink on the inside of the card to make the border really pop).

STUFF I USED FOR THIS CARD:
STAMPS: {Unity} Simple Blessings
INK: Palette Burnt Umber
PAPER: Georgia Pacific
ACCESSORIES: Ribbon
TOOLS: Fiskars Border Punch, Cuttlebug, {Cuttlebug Emboss Folder} Swiss Dots

It's time to Hop

Today is our day to shine! as Unity Stamps customers! Right now, these are my fave stamps by far! So many wonderful sets and Unity has such wonderful customer service! Click here for their site -- so many wonderful sets available!

I made 6 cards in this style, but will only show you 3! I love my new stamp called Plaid Journal Box... It isn't new at Unity, but is a new one to my collection!

I border punched each card with a different punch to make them unique and used a different color behind the Plaid stamp.

Today is our chance to participate in the weekly Blog Hop, click here to start!

Hope you enjoyed my creations, now head back to the Unity Blog to continue on your way through the hop!

Verve Anni-Verve-Sary Blog Hop!

Welcome to the first ever official Anni-VERVE-sary Blog Hop. Verve turns two today and we’re celebrating with a hop, hop, hop! The party kicked off over on the Verve blog, so if you’ve just happened along, be sure to hop on over there to start from the beginning! And to make this party a real shindig, there’s a mystery jackpot hidden at one of the stops along the hop. One lucky commenter on that blog will win Verve’s entire August release! But of course, it wouldn’t be a mystery if you knew which blog, would it? So if you’re feeling the love, give a little shout out to the bloggers in the hop and you just might have a reason to jump for joy!

Now on with my show! I made this card for my SIL Jen. Here is a close up of all the little gems I used:

STUFF I USED TO MAKE THIS CARD:

STAMPS: {Verve} Because of You
INK: SU Basic Black
PAPER: My Minds Eye
ACCESSORIES: Rhinestones and Mini Rhinestone Gems, Fiskars Border Punch, Ribbon

My second card was just made for fun. I think I gave it to my mom to give to whomever she desired!

STUFF I USED TO MAKE THIS CARD:
STAMPS: {Verve} Because of You
INK: SU Basic Black
PAPER: the Paper Company, My Mind's Eye (Simple Delight)
ACCESSORIES: Mini rhinestone gems, red ribbon, Black Zig Marker for faux stitching

STUFF I USED TO MAKE THIS CARD:
STAMPS: {Verve} Up Up & Away
INK: SU Basic Black, SU Chocolate Chip, SU Tempting Turquoise
PAPER: My Mind's Eye, KMickus CLICK, Best Occasions
ACCESSORIES: brown ribbon

Thanks for stopping by! Now it’s time to hop on over to SHELLY'S blog, for a little more Verve-y goodness.

2s4u 1st Annual Ultimate Card Showdown

This week its Laura's turn for the sketch over at 2 Sketches 4 You and if you haven't already then you need to check it out as they are having a 1ST ANNUAL 2 SKETCHES 4 YOU ULTIMATE CARD SHOWDOWN and there are lots of fabulous prizes to be won.

Here is Laura's Sketch:
This is my card that I am entering for the 2S4Y 1St ANNUAL ULTIMATE CARD SHOWDOWN:

FULL FRONTAL:PARTIAL CLOSEUP:RHINESTONE AND SENTIMENT PAPER CLOSEUP:

STUFF I USED FOR THIS CARD:
STAMPS: {Unity} May 2009 KOM
INK: Pigment Ink Brown
PAPER: My Minds Eye Simply Delightful
ACCESSORIES: Mini rhinestones, Fiskars Sunburst Border Punch, Gems, White Sakura Glaze Pen, NO DIMENSIONALS can u believe it!

Stamps, Paper, Glitter Challenge #15 No.2

Here is a second try at Kerin's sketch #15 Challenge over at Stamps, Paper, Glitter.
First is the sketch sample again:AND HERE IS MY CARD:
After my first entry, I told Kerin I would be back with a Father's Day card as well as some of the brad/buttons she mailed me when I won her sketch challenge a few challenges back.

I love to participate in Kerin's challenges because her sketches are fairly simple to follow (as long as you don't over think them!) and I really like how my cards turn out using here sketch!

I actually just read what the prize is for this weeks challenge, and it is really good, so I might have to make another card to help my odds of winning! Kerin is SO generous with her challenge prizes! This weeks prize is

"an ASSORTED PACKAGE OF SOFT SUBTLES 8-1/2 X 11" CARD STOCK...this is a brand new, unopened package which includes 3 sheets of each color in the Soft Subtles color family, for 36 sheets in all. You can make LOTS of cards with that!"

WOW! What a great prize!

STUFF I USED FOR THIS CARD:
INK: Pigment Ink Brown
STAMPS: Dad's Day {Verve }
PAPER: Courage Digi Paper from Summertime Designs
ACCESSORIES: Corduroy Brads, Orange Staples, Dimensionals, Nestabilities, Fiskar Texture Plate: Honeycomb

SOA Challenges

This week there was/is a website that is only available to those who donate to the StampinOutAlzheimers {SOA} cause. At this site, they were giving away some freebies like a digi kit, digi stamps, and a cupcake template. SOA also had a few challenges which I participated in. One of the challenges teamed up with MojoMonday for a sketch challenge and then another one needed to use a template from Papertrey Ink {PTI}. The projects I made for these challenges also let me enter a few others on the site, including one that needed something that flies. On my PTI template challenge, I used a bird which qualified me for the flying challenge... confused yet? How about I just show you my projects?!!

My Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge Entry:

STUFF I USED FOR THIS CARD:

PAPER: digi by: lweifenbach "flipfloptan" free from the SOA site, black cardstock, white cardstock
INK: SU Craft Basic Black, SU Real Red, SU Tempting Turqoius
STAMPS: Verve 'Up, Up, & Away'
ACCESSORIES: deminsionals, mini gems, scalloped circle punch, cricut

The second challenge was the Timeless Template Challenge {TTC} which needed to use one of Lauren Meader's templates. I used a free one available from the PTI website called recipe wrap up. I was able to enter it into the challenge for the TTC becuase it was a template and had something clear on it. I also entered it into the Anything That Flies Challenge with the birdie on the front.

Here is that project:

Here is a closer look at the window and sentiment:Here is the inside of the wrap up with all of its pockets:

STUFF I USED FOR THIS PROJECT:
STAMPS: Unity Birdie Inspiration
PAPER: Vibrant Paper Pack
INK: SU Basic Black
ACCESSORIES: My Timeless Templates Recipe Wrap Up, Fiskars Border Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, Clear Acetate, Ribbon, Dimensionals

Corrosive Challenge #10 and High Hopes Stamps #29

Corrosive Challenges By Janet and High Hopes Stamps both are having some great challenges this week. CCJ challenge #10 was to make a birthday card since it is Janet's birthday this week! HHS challenge #29 was to use some sort of embossing {~ You can use it to emboss your lined image, you can add a design to your patterned paper using embossing powder and your heat gun }.

This is my first time doing the CCJ challenge so hopefully they will like what I decided to make!

Here is my card:

I saw this technique over at one of the blogs I follow. They used the scalloped border punch {my punch isn't just the scallop, so mine is a little different from those I have already seen ;) } down the side of a sheet of paper, then used the scalloped circle punch to punch into that paper... The bright pink area is what is taken out of the sheet of paper. I then took the "cake" portion of the die cut and used VersaMark ink on it and then Holographic Embossing Powder, followed with my heat gun! I then used SU's round tab punch to make the cup. I scored the cup to make it seem to have the ridges like real cups! I also used my cuttlebug, along with the Sizzix Texturz Starter Kit to make the flowered embossing on the background, then used SU Pink Passion to make the texture Pop!
For those who care: YES YOU CAN USE THE SIZZIX TEXTURES WITH THE CUTTLEBUG! The sandwich is
A plate
texture plate
cardstock
tan mat (spellbinders)
C plate
And this sandwich is a little tighter to get through the machine, but it worked on my machine as well as a reporters machine from the Craft Critique. The article can be found HERE.

STUFF I USED FOR THIS CARD:
INK: Pink Passion SU
STAMPS: "Happy Birthday" I think G Studio, but not sure... found at Joann's for $1, came on small sheet with like 4 other acrylic stamps
ACCESSORIES: Holographic Embossing Powder by Ranger, Heat gun, fiscars border punch, scallop punch, round tab SU, ribbon, dimentionals, Sizzix texture plate, cuttlebug

So much for such a little card, the card was only 3x3!

April Verve Challenge

Verve has a monthly challenge with a sketch available every Friday. You have to complete all the sketches for the month to be entered into the Champions Challenge which has a really great prize for the winner. If you win the month of April, for example, then you would win the new releases of the Verve Stamps in May! Sounds like a plan to me. Just keep your fingers crossed for me that I can win something with all these crafts I have been doing lately!

This month had a twist to the sketches, which means you had to do the sketch plus...
Here are my entries: (If you click on the title, it will take you to the Verve Sketch)

VLVApr01 - {twist} only use a sentiment stampSTUFF I USED FOR THIS CARD:
INK: Tempting Turquoise SU
STAMPS: Verve Beautiful You
ACCESSORIES: Ribbon, 2" Scallop Circle, 1/8 hole punch, MS border punch, dimensionals
PAPER: digi paper

VLVApr02 - {twist} use background stampSTUFF I USED FOR THIS CARD:
INK: pigment ink Black
STAMPS: Verve Beautiful You
ACCESSORIES: MS Border Punch, Fiskars Border Punch, Gems, Nestibilities, Fiskars circle cutter, Corner Rounder, dimensionals
PAPER: digi paper

VLVApr03 - {twist} a color combo, which I didn't have the exact colors, but tried to do the sketch with colors as close as possibleSTUFF I USED FOR THIS CARD:
INK: Pigment Ink Black, Tempting Turquoise SU
STAMPS: Verve Beautiful Kindness
ACCESSORIES: Corner Rounder, Cuttlebug embossing folders, dimensionals
PAPER: Random

VLVApr04 - {twist} create your own Designer Paper (DP)With a close up of the sentiment:
STUFF I USED FOR THIS CARD:
INK: Black Pigment Ink, Tempting Turquoise SU
STAMPS: Verve Beautiful Kindness
ACCESSORIES: gems, nestibilities, blossoms from $ store, ribbon, dimensionals, Sakura Glaze Pen Black
PAPER: Paper pack from Sam's Club, Random

VLVApr05 - {twist} Think SPRINGAnd a close up on the chick and sentiment: STUFF I USED FOR THIS CARD:
INK: Color Box Peony, Pigment Ink Black
STAMPS: Verve Smile, Sarah Kay Precious Moments
ACCESSORIES: Gems, Sakura Glaze Pen clear, Nestibilities, ribbon
PAPER: digi paper

The End!

Stamp With Fun #3

Over at Stamp With Fun, they are having their 3rd challenge this week!

This challenge is the sketch: And here is my interpretation:

Stuff I used for this card:
Stamp: DigiStamp by Dustin Pike (link in sidebar), Sentiment printed from Computer!
Paper: Best Occasions Punch Out Pack.
Accessories: Button (stash), Fiskars border punch, Zig Markers, dimensionals
Ink: Lovely Lilac SU

Stamps Paper Glitter Challenge #9

Stamps, Paper, Glitter Sketch Challenge. Karin's challenge this week is a sketch challenge. The sketch can me seen HERE.

For this challenge, I used a FREE digi stamp from Dustin Pike. You can see his blog HERE.

Recipe

Ink: SU Orchid Opulence (sponged horizontal border lace), Black
Accessories: fiskar border punch for the "ribbon,"
Zig Markers to color the digi stamp
Martha Stewart border punch
gems