Time management is very important when you have to work, are married and have children to take care of. I decided to combine two weekly challenges into one card. I actually found this to be little bit more difficult than I had presumed. I was forced to deal with a specific color palette and a design. But it was fun and they are called challenges. So, I combined Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge and Lauren's My Time to Create Inspiration Challenge. Be sure to check out the links to their blogs to see the color and sketch challenge.
Well, here's my Mojo card. My initial design didn't work out the way I planned. :) That happens sometimes though, so I revamped my thought process and came up this beautiful card. I used a variety of products. I will do my best to let you know all the products that I have used to make the card.
Supplies:
Cardstock: Core'dinations, DCWV: The Garden Party Stack
Stamp:The Paper Company Studio
Ribbon: Michael's satin ribbon
Happy Monday! I have always liked Mondays; it feels like a fresh new start and I get to look forward to the start of a new week. I just checked out the Mojo Monday blog and got a chance to peep at the new sketch for this week. I love the Mojo Monday sketch. It really helps me to get my "mojo" going. I immediately knew what direction I wanted to take my card. Here's the sketch, but I have to set aside some time to put it together. Check back with me later to see what I come up with.
This is the first time that I have participated in Dawn's Raspberry Suite Color Challenge. I am really excited, the colors are really pretty and as soon as saw them, they made me reminiscense of spring. So, I decided to use flowers. The flower stamps are $1 stamps made my Studio G. I just love the dollar stamps at JoAnn's! To get the color just right for the flower and the flower stems, I cut the stems off the flowers, so I could stamp a little easier. If you are going to do this, I recommend that you use an X-acto knife, you get a much cleaner cut and you are less likely to ruin your stamp. Well, I hope you like the card and this will hopefully be first of many Raspberry Suite Color Challenges I will participate in.
It has been over a month since my last post. I must make a promise to myself to post more often to my blog. I love to craft and whatever time I have left in my day, I craft. It's very difficult for me to craft, take photos, load photos to computer, crop and resize photos, type a description in my blog and put up the photo. I'm such a perfectionist and it really makes it difficult for me to get things done in a timely fashion. So, enough of my own pity party. This will me the last time that allow this to happen. No more waiting to the last minute. :)
Today, the world lost one of the most influential people to our musical history. Michael Jackson will be greatly missed by many so many people, young and old. I will certainly make certain that my children with know the music and the man. Please keep his family in your prayers and promise to never forget! WE MISS YOU MICHAEL!!!
I love to bargain hunt. I love to craft on a dime and get the most for my money. So, believe it or not, you can find some pretty cool crafting items at the Dollar Tree. They have patterened paper, stickers and lots of alterables. On this card, the patterend paper, and Happy Birthday cake sticker, were all purchased at the Dollar Tree, which is SO awesome! This is my entry for Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge #73. Hope you like it!
Supplies:
Cardstock: white cardstock, Dollar Tree Patterned Paper, yellow cardstock, aqua cardstock
Sticker: Dollar Tree Happy Birthday Cake Sticker
Ribbon: Offray
This past Friday, my family and I went to the Starlight Drive-In Theater. It was great. This was the first time I had actually been to a drive-in. It felt so nostalgic. If you live in the Atlanta area, you should definitely make a trip to check it out. But be warned, if you go on the weekend, be sure to allow yourself about 30 minutes before the start of your movie to get in, because the lines get long, quick. Here's the website: www.starlightdrivein.com
This is the card that I decided to make for Kristina Werner's Color Challenge. I tried to keep it simple and create a focal point with the "Thanks". Wish me luck, I hope it wins!! :)
Supplies:
Patterned Paper: DCWV, The Green Stack
Cardstock: Core'dinations
Ribbon: Offray, Maize Grosgrain
Die-Cut: Cricut, George Font and Basic Shapes
I love Kristina Werner's blog. I visit almost everyday and check out the new things that she has going on. She does a weekly color inspiration challenge, but I have never actually participated in the challenge. So, I figured, new blog, new challenges. I'm going to give it a go and see what I can come up before the deadline of the post, which is June 24. The colors are gorgeous and I'm pretty sure I will be able to come up with some creative.
