Mojo Monday Green Luck Card

And the inside:

Materials used:
Mayberry Level 2 kit
Garden Green and White Daisy cardstock
Green ribbon collection
Olive and Smoothie Ink
Jubilation and Pair-a-Phrase Stamp sets

Texture Board Book

In this board book, I used some of the items we sell in a slightly different way than they were inteded to be used. I made it for my son. We moved up to WI over a year ago from Mobile, AL and, not knowing I would have another baby, I left all of the baby books in storage in Alabama. I love to read to my children, so I wanted to make a texture book for him (he is 4 1/2 months old now).

 

We don't carry the board books anymore, and some of the stamp sets I used are retired. Everything else I used is current CTMH products or found items.

 

For the front cover, I used the Victory Level 2 paper and a picture of my son. I used cocoa ink (Tiny Typewriter was used throughout for the font).

 

For the first 2 pages, I made a spread using cardstock inspired by Footloose: Heavenly Blue, Lagoon, and Bamboo with White Daisy clouds. The birds are drawn with a black CTMH marker. The stamp I used for the water was from You and Me with Lagoon Ink. I used Cocoa ink for the text. The starfish was made by cutting out the fat star from the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge, then using that as a template to cut a star out of our distressing sandpaper. Then I added some wiggly eyes. For the sponge, I just cut up one of our sponges with scissors to make it look like a sea sponge.

 

On pages 3 and 4, I used cardstock from the Pemberly level 2 kit. The stamp set is Howdy. I colored the animals using ink and the blending pen. The inks I used are Cranberry, Honey, Desert Sand, Indian Corn Blue and Cocoa. For the sheep, I hand drew the one from the stamp set a little bigger with the Black marker. Then I applied liquid applique all over for a poofy effect. The horse and the spots on the cow are cut from our black microfiber cloth.

 

The 5th and 6th pages are made from papers from the Lucy paper pack. The bunnies and turtle are hand-drawn with our black marker, the bunnies are covered with cotton and the sections of the turtle's shell are filled with liquid glass. The text is stamped in black ink.

 

On pages 7 and 8, I used B&Ts from the Victory paper pack (with a Colonial White cloud). The text is stamped in Cocoa on Colonial White. The cat is drawn with the Black marker. I copied it from the cat on the Wicked stamp set. I attached some black hemp to the cat for the whiskers. The tree and bird are from the Stella Canvas Compliments. I added a feather and wiggly eye to the bird.

 

 

For the last two pages I used the Stella paper pack (I am loving how the B&T's look like wall paper!). I stamped the lamp and the chair from the Stella WOTG stamp set in Lagoon and Tulip ink. The mouse is crocheted with white yarn with wiggly eyes added. The outside of the mirror is an image from the Art Philosophy cartridge. The mirror itself is just made with a heavy duty piece of aluminum foil. I stamped the text in tulip ink.

 

The back cover is just a B&T from Victory. The whole book is glued and sealed with decopage (to keep grimy hands from ruining it), and all the 3d elements are attached with liquid glass (how I love that stuff!!!!).

 

 

I had been thinking about how to make this book for quite a while. It took me about a week to finish it once I had it all planned out. My daughters, ages 5 and 2, already love it, and my son is going to cherish it forever.

Mojo Monday/Heart2Heart sketch challenge with Sky, Sweet Leaf, and Sunkiss Yellow

Here I am again, combining Mojo Monday with Heart2Heart. My sister-in-law had a baby last week who's not doing well. Everyone's prayers have kept him alive this week. So I made this card for her because she's been able to spend some time with her precious baby boy, and we don't know how much longer he has. The inside is a verse: Proverbs 3:5 "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not unto thine own understanding." I used all Close to my Heart Products and you might be surprised that the only paper I used was White Daisy Cardstock.

I made my own background paper and sponged the other pieces to make the colored cardstock. I used Sweet Leaf, Sunkiss Yellow, Sky, Bamboo, and Desert Sand Ink. The stamp sets I used are: Backgrounds and Borders, the little flower is from Mayberry WOTG SS, the little heart is from Love Life, I used the thatched background in Bamboo from Universal Backgrounds, The sentiment is from Key Moments, and I used Everlasting Life on the inside. I also used the Dark choocolate striped ribbon, some sheer ribbon I had and Sweet Leaf Rhinestones. All the cutouts are from the art philosophy cricut cartridge.

Happy Leap Day! Mojo Monday/Heart2Heart challenge

So I've been working on my 4-month old's baby album, and I don't want to make cards right now. I needed some inspiration, so I looked at Mojo Monday and Heart2Heart. They both really inspired me and worked with my photos so here's what I came up with:

The left page is the Heart2Heart entry:

The right page is the Mojo Monday entry:

Materials used: Cardstock - Desert Sand, Dutch Blue, Heavenly Blue, Juniper, Buttercup
Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge
Flowers and Pearls from M's.

Another Baby Shower Card for Mojo Monday

I am crocheting a baby blanket for a friend of mine who's having a girl in April. I made this card to match the colors in the blanket. I used all cardstock and ink to match: Smoothie, Taffy, New England Ivy, Lagoon, Gypsy, and White Daisy. I also used a smoothie brad, buttercup sassy strands, and doodletype cricut cartridge. I know, this is a weird combination, but I think it works to go with the blanket. The stamp sets I used are Happy Holidays and Tiny Typewriter. Hope you like it.

Mojo Monday Sketch, Jan. 30, 2012

This card I made for a woman from my church who's having a baby uses Colonial White, Amethyst, and Buttercup cardstock, Amethyst Ink, Magnifique Paper, Art Philosophy Cartridge Collection, Just Blooms Flowers, and Mocha Opaques. The border punch is from Martha Stewart.

Color Dare: Sorbet, Pacifica, and Cranberry

I used elemental level 2, cranberry and white daisy cardstock, pacifica and cranberry ink, antiqued copper brad and photo hanger, AP tags stamp set and AP cricut cartridge, and white daisy grosgrain ribbon.