A Cuppa Mojo

I'm so in love with this week's Mojo Monday Sketch, that I just had to play it again!

I couldn't help but play along in Susie's FUN TCP Tuesday challenge to use any beverage stamp.

Now you all might be surprised that I didn't use a glass of wine (you know how I feel about 5pm wine times right?) but these So Sophie papers from My Minds Eye are still calling my name, and I thought they'd be just perfect for a little apron on sweet PJ.

You won't want to miss out on your chance to join the TCP Blog Hop - just link up your blog post to Alma's blog by Monday, August 24th. Show us your best TCP stampin, and one lucky stamper is going to win all the sets in our next release.

As long as you're stamping, you'll also want to submit your sample for this week's fun beverage challenge from Susie. You'll add your creation to Alma's blog, as well as to the Splitcoast Galleries using the keyword TCPTues123.

Happy Stamping!

Got Giggles?

After my flubbed attempt at the Mojo Monday sketch last week, I was determined that I'd try again this week, and not mess it up. And then I saw the cute sketch for this week and there's a circular option too! Perfect!!! (.....can you hear me singing?)

A few months ago, Stamping Bella released this sweet Giggle definition stamp, and obviously I had to have it. I say obviously because if you read here with any regularity, you know that *giggle* is my word. I use it when I'm being sassy, or making fun of myself. Which, is sort of a lot!

And, to make it a really "me" card, I reached for all pinks and black - I haven't done one of those in sort of a while. And usually my cards are loaded with images to color, I must say that it was nice to get out of my own head and try something new, clean, graphic. After all, that's why we do challenges, right?

In place of the three button combo on the sketch, I used a glitter covered heart and added a twine threaded button.

This tiny sketch was just the right opportunity to put my new PTI polka dotted ribbon to work. Its very narrow width compared to the wide stuff I've been working with lately. I'll admit that I'm a little freaked out that half of the polka dots don't show when I finished the bow, but I'm trying to ignore it....I think its taunting me.

You'll find this Giggle stamp as well as many other definition stamps as part of the Miss Mint line over at Stamping Bella.

By the way, for any scrappers that might be reading here, did you see that there is now a Scrapping Bella too? Be sure to check it out.

Also, last call for this week's entries for Bellariffic Friday. This week's theme is Birthday. Please tell me that I'm not alone and that you too are scrambling at the last minute to put together a birthday card? Lets get ahead of the game and make one for your stash box! Send a photo of your submission to Emily Thursday by 5pm to be included.

Remember, Bella Bucks are awarded to one lucky participant, and also to one lucky person who comments on the weekly roundup. I know of at least three friends of mine that have won Bella Bucks for playing along! HOORAY! So, what are you waiting for!

Bubbly Mojo

A sketch that needs playing, some stamps that need inking, new paper that hasn't been cut yet! Oh man!

This stamp set "Time for the Bubbly" is one of my all time favorite My Favorite Things images, but can you believe I didn't actually have it until quite recently.

The Mojo Monday sketch for this week was just perfect for this image, and then lo and behold, my Blue Hill Crate Paper arrived from eclectic Paperie (thanks girls!)


The image was stamped onto Cryogen White paper with my Brilliance Black ink and I set it aside to dry while I worked on all my matting layers.

The carstock used here is Blush Blossom and Creamy Caramel. The two blush panels are stamped with linen background from SU then all the blush mats are paper pierced.

Once the ink was set, I colored in with my Copics adding some sakura stardust to the mirror and the bubbles for some shine. The mirror frame was stamped with creamy caramel then trimmed out and added into place with my quickie glue pen.

I added a layer of shine to the mirror with my Diamond Glaze and left it overnight to dry before assembling the full card.

My bathroom is nowhere near as luxurious as this. In fact, right now it is harboring lots of bath toys and hooded towels for the boys. Maybe this is what my bathroom can look like in, oh another 20 years, but a girl can dream right?

Gotta Read the Directions

Oh, I was so excited to jump in and play with this weeks TCP Tuesday challenge, and I had the Mojo on my mind....but I didn't apparently pay too much attention to the directions. (Whoops.) I grabbed this cute Sprinkle from "Its a Western Thing" the because I think she's just so sassy and cute with her skirt and lassoo!

But, now, as I go back to post, whoops, I was supposed to use a specific sprinkle. Oopsie, that's what I get for being excited, and in a hurry! Well, it just gives me another excuse to play along right?



For now, here's the deets on the card. This is Julee Tillman's Mojo Monday challenge, and you can see that I'm still on my - use the scraps kick.

Whats really fun about this is seeing what lives in the stack o' scraps, and if I've got enough of any given piece to finish up a project. Its also gratifying to try to get my money's worth out of that pile - because apparently there are still lots of treasure in there! Its sort of like borrowing a jigsaw puzzle from someone, you're not sure if all the pieces are there, but you want to give it a go!



Sprinkle was stamped with my Brilliance Graphite Black pad onto Poison Ivory cardstock, then I paper pieced her dress with scraps of that Crate Paper Cowgirl (um, my first ever eP purchase last spring!!)

The rest of that sassy cat was colored in with my Copic markers. The medallion is an SU punch with the star from this Swanky set set on top and studdd with a copper brad in the center. I really wanted to stitch this with my Janome, but it went wonky on me and is creating a mess on my cards. Anyone remember when Cammie's janome attacked her cards and made all that mess? Well, mine apparently has the same sickness. Help??


So, faux stitching and edge distressing instead for me today. Okay, off to locate the correct Sprinkle and try again. My husband has been sick in bed now for two full days, so looks like a stamp-o-rama for me tonight!

Stampin In Your Jammies!

Each month, Paper Pretties holds a Stampin' In Your Jammies night and this month, we "met up" on Tuesday night. There were three challenges, a sketch, a technique and a color challenge.

The color challenge was red, moss and ivory. As it turns out, color challenges are easy to do when you have a crazy collection of designer paper. We had to use a stamp from the Paper Pretties Corner Store, which is easy because there are so many to choose from.

I decided to have my "Say Charge" girls from My Favorite Things, do some holiday shopping! I pulled out my Prismacolors and selected some red, and moss pencils to dress these girls up holiday style. I really love coloring with these pencils, its very calming for me.

You may recognize the layout from Julee's Mojo Monday challenge last week. I really really liked that sketch and wanted to play again.

The sentiment was split up to fit on a 1 3/8 circle and I added that to a scalloped circle on the bottom right.

Thanks to everyone that played on Tuesday night, I know a few of you are playing throughout the week and I look forward to your creations on the Yahoo site!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!