It's been awhile since I've posted anything but I wanted to share these outside of facebook...Here you go friends.....

For Erica

For Fitz

For Tristen and Brandon

For Kelsey

For TJ

For Brianne

For Dave

For Cecil

Thanks for stopping by and looking!  Hope your Valentine's Day was great.

mojo 510a

Here is another entry for this mojo challenge.  A little different background...I had to play with some of my new stuff from the expo last month.  I've played with this one, just not with colorizing it so to speak. 

It's a 3D embossing folder from Spellbinders in a 5 X 7 format but I trimmed it down to be a square.  I then used some little finger daubers to color the raised areas.  I used Victorian Velvet for the flowers, Forest Moss for the leaves, Antique Linen for the background weaving and then Vintage Photo around the sides.  The butterfly stamps and dies are from Anna Griffin as well and the tag and sentiment stamp.  The curly leaves above and below the sentiment are from Verve.......I have to put some Verve on every card I submit here...just for me!

mojo 510

Well, it took me awhile to get to having fun but I finally got a card done.

My attempt at "smooshing" failed, I probably don't have the right kind of ink.  I just threw some Dusty Concord down on the silicone mat and spritzed it then shoved the cardstock on it.  I was going to add a little Faded Jeans with it but figured it would just turn a darker purple so I opted to use some background stamps called "Splat".  Still used the Dusty Concord and Faded Jeans Distress Inks.  I don't know who made the stamps, they are either Fiskars or Hero Arts if I remember correctly.  I used my blending tool to put the Dusty Concord on the sentiment  -  Had to cut a piece of cardstock since the sentiment didn't show up well on the background, even with using embossing powder.  So I "quieted" it down some and it stamped beautifully.  This is a wonderful stamp from Julee, one of her Verve stamps.  Funny how you can do the same thing and it turns out different.....the first background  paper is cold pressed watercolor paper, and the small square is just some scrap white CS.  They came out with 2 different colors, two different mediums so it is to be expected.  The butterfly dies are from BoBunny.  I just made some more colored cardstock with the Distress Inks and cur out the two and layered them up.  You can't see it here but I used some Nuvo Crystal Drops, Navy Blue, on the corners of the small square, just looked a little bare to me. Now I just have to figure out what to do with the inside.   My Grandson LOVES purple and his BD is coming up in April sooooooo......

Other Valentines

I had Dave take me over to the Scrapbooking Event in Boise on the 9th  (Sat) I think it was....anyway, I was so proud of him....... he hardly ever sighed or rolled his eyes.  I spent way too much money but had a ton of fun looking at all goodies.  You can see some of the dies I bought, mostly hearts.  I am really enthralled with the 3D heart from Tim Holtz (Sizzix).

Here is my son Cecil's, he likes it simple.  the background is a new 3D embossing folder that I emphasized with some Metallic inks from Spectrum Noir, (also new) this is the copper. The smaller heart is a Sapphire die from Sizzix.  The larger is a new one from Memory Box.

This card is for my youngest daughter, Brianne - she has to have Blue.  This is that new 3D heart

and another view of it.  The other dies are a set from Tonic that I've had for quite awhile, Venetian Lace, the flower is from the Vintage Rose dies from Heartfelt Creations.  The squiggles in the corners are a new thing (at least new to me!) from Krazy Kreations.  They are vinyl outline stickers.  I bought an assortment of stickers, some you can lay down on glitter paper and color them in....they look awesome.  I wish I had taken a picture of the inside because I colored in this pretty little tulip, in blues of course, on silver glitter paper.

This card is for my sweetheart, Dave.  He loves paisley so I had this pretty paper in the Bella Bohemia pack of papers from The Paper Studio.  Then I laid down another new die called Heart Wave from also from Memory Box, and then the little dotted hearts are from the Shaker Heart - from Poppy Stamps and from the Sapphire Hearts and Flowers die set.  I cut the Heart Wave out in blue and gold and then pieced some gold back into the blue outline.  I've done the same on another card below.  The "Love" is from Ultimate Crafts, Magnolia Corners set.

 Here's that 3D heart again.  this card is for my Grandson, Brandon.  He is just a little retro and likes lots of movement so I did paisley in his background too...and the Heart Wave Die only partially pieced in.  the Banner stamp and die are from Verve.  I've used some Diamond Stickles on the red hearts to pop them out......it's also covering the big, blue, 3D heart.

I've cheated a little on this next card for my Grandson, TJ.   I got some Valentines from the Dollar store and took the biggest one and decoupaged it, then popped on a smaller 3D heart to top it off.  He loved the Star Wars theme!

Here we have my oldest Daughter, Erica's card.  I like to go all sweet and flowery on hers, she it the only one who likes it that way.  Here are the same new dies in the hearts.  The flowers are an assortment of different dies and to tell you the truth, I sit around and just make them and put them in a little box sometimes so I can't tell you which dies they are from except the pink rose, it is from the Heartfelt Creation's Vintage Rose Stamp and Die set.  

This card is for my Grandson, Tristan...he loves purple.  The background die is from Tattered Lace and the heart dies are from Sapphire, Shaker Heart and some sticker heart I got out of the bargain bin from Michael's a couple of years ago, don't have the brand name any more.  Then it is finished off with some sequins for some bling and some Glitter Foam stickers I got for my Granddaughter. Kelsey to use.

 Hope you all had a wonderful St. Valentine's Day! 

Mojo508

Here is my Valentine for my granddaughter.  These are all papers from "Making Memories", the "Je t'dore collection, except for the black patterned with love written all over it.....that is from "Bo Bunny".  I used the Mojo Monday sketch from Julee Tilman's blog,

Here's the outside,

The "love" word dies are from the "Ultimate Crafts, Magnolia Corner's" and I've used some Ranger's Distress Inks on the hearts, Vintage Photo.

Here is the inside,

The Little Girl stamp is from the Polkadoodles - Holly set called Delightful Daisy, the papers are again Making Memories, the word stamps are from Verve, the Love Notes set.

Hope you all have fun making Valentine's....I am!

Mojo507

I cannot believe it has been so long since I last posted!  Thank you Julee Tilman for bringing back Mojo Monday.  You have no idea how much I have missed those Monday mornings to see what kind of sketch we have this week and then checking out what everyone else was doing with it.  It made me feel connected with other crafters.  Just wish I had discovered it sooner.

Without much further ado here is mine...

The papers are scraps I've had for a couple of years from "Making Memoeries", "American Craft - Je t'ador", and "Bo Bunny".  The stamps are from Verve, "More Than Love" and "Love Notes" sets and the inks are Ranger Distress Inks, Vintage Photo, Antique Linen, and Fired Brick.

Thanks for stopping by

Loralei

Mojo 495c

Here's the last poppy card for this week, now I will have to make a little stationary box to put them in, well maybe not little, they are all 5x7.  I wonder what next week's inspiration will be?

I love using black as a base, it just makes color pop.  The first mat is a sweet pastel pink but it doesn't show up that way in the pic, the fuchsia sure does!  The pinks are both from Coordinations, the poppies from Hunkydory's Little Book of Poppies, the butterfly is Bo Bunny, the diecut on the bottom is Tattered Lace and the sentiment stamp is by Verve.  I would have posted yesterday but I had to wait for the Nuvo Crystal Drops to dry before I could prop it up for a picture.

Thanks for looking, have a great weekend.