DeNami Christmas Blog Hop

Welcome to the Christmas Blog Hop. This is my first blog hop EVER!  So thanks for letting me join in on the fun.  You should have just arrived from Tenia Nelson's blog. If you got lost along the way, check back at the DeNami blog.

I have been diligently working on Christmas cards for the last month or so and was lucky enough to win some DeNami stamps in a blog candy give away just in time for this blog hop. Thanks again Michelle for the stamps!

This card took quite some time to make... not for the lack of inspiration from the stamps but because I had a fight with my sewing machine. I thought the Mojo Monday (MOJO164) sketch would be perfect for this card and it had some stitching shown. I have really been wanting to use my sewing machine because so many others have added such wonderful detail to their work with stitching and it was my Grandmother's. Every time I use it I think of her. Boy, I sure wish she was here to help me figure out what the heck was wrong today! I could not for the life of me get the zigzag stitch to work. Three hours later, after taking it apart, I manged to get this stitch to work. Good Enough!!!  Anyhow, I just love how this card turned out and hope you like it too!

The Stamps are from DeNami, of course! The paper is from TPC Studio Winter Blues- A Little Snow and Snowday.  The snow paper is from Colorbok- photographic paper book. All ink used were Cat's Eyes (not sure on the colors as they stack together and don't have the color written on them).  I got the fuzzy white scalloped ribbon by the yard at Archivers.  The cute snowflake is from Jolee's by You- Glitter Snowflakes.  The rhinestones are from Me and My Big Ideas. 

I hope you have enjoyed my card and my first ever blog hop.  If you're new to my blog, please consider becoming a follower. To continue on the blog hop, go to Beverly Montez's blog. Thanks again for hopping by!!!

My Best Friend's Wedding

So today is my best childhood friend's wedding.  Dana and I were inseparable from the time we were three years old... and now I am so excited to be able to spend the day with her.  I of course made her a wedding card.  I used the Mojo Monday Sketch (MOJO159) for the layout.  She chose beautiful fall colors for her wedding which I incorporated into the card.  The paper is from the Paper Company- white and gold dots, and purple and brown cardstock from my Bazzill's Preppie pad.  I used Versamark ink embossed with Stampendous opaque gold embossing powder.  Embelishments are from Hero Arts- pearls and gems.  The stamps are from Stampabilities- paisley background and Inkadinkado- wedding/marriage set.  

I used a mask of the bride and groom and stamped over it with the paisley background.

The swirl I cut out using my Pazzles Inspiration.  

So now I'm off to celebrate this beautiful 80 degree October day with one of the most special people in my life!  Enjoy!!!

Mojo Reindeer

Hello again... Wow, has it been a busy weekend!!! Husband's cousin's wedding on Friday night and my childhood best friend's bachelorette party last night, whew am I tired. But before all the craziness hit I received all the Northwoods stamps I ordered on Friday and was anxious to start making some Christmas cards. So, here is my first one. YAY!!

I used the MOJO Monday (MOJO 156) sketch for the layout. The paper I used was from the Paper Company-pine, and Daisy D's Paper-mistletoe stripe winter blue, the red paper is from a package of scraps I bought at Hobby Lobby, and craft paper. The Reindeer, pine bough, and pine cone stamps were all from Northwoods and the sentiment inside the card was from Serendipity Stamps. Ink was versacolor black, catseye and versamark. The glitter is from Art Glitter- Fawn. The bow was from my bucket of random ribbons. I did the water coloring with Tombo markers colors 879, 055,& 847. Here's a close up of the reindeer.

Ok, I'm off to take a much needed nap. Enjoy!

New Northwoods Stamps

Hey there... I took a Northwoods stamp class at my favorite stamp shop, the Cottage Stamper. Anyhow, I'm trying out the stamps and water colors and having a really good time with glitter. So here they are, hope you enjoy!

All the stamps are from Northwoods and I used VersaColor black ink and Super fine black embossing powder from Ranger. The watercolors are from Tombo #s: 055, 098, 879, 249,847, 606, 533, N45, & 703. The Glitter is Fossil Art Glitter and also glitter I got from winning Kelli's table scraps Blog Candy.

I did this card using the Mojo Monday Sketch (MOJO155). The paper is Bazzil Grape Jelley and several pieces from my Heidi Grace card stock pad.

Mojo Wedding Card

Well, I've been on a month long hiatus from posting... We have been unable to sell our townhouse for 3 years, so last year we decided to rent it out. Bad idea. After 1 year our tenants managed to destroy our little pottery barn townhouse and it's taken a month to get it back to the point where we can sell it. So, needless to say I've been a little busy and all my creative juices have been sucked dry. But, we've been going to so many weddings this summer that I've used up all of my cards that I've been stockpiling. So I made this one before the wedding we went to yesterday. The couple's wedding colors were black, white and red and I used the Mojo Monday (MOJO152) sketch for the layout.

Paper is from The Paper Company (geranium), the Paper Studio, and Nocturne. Stamps are from the Inkadinkado (wedding/marriage set). Ink is versa mark with black embossing powder. The ribbon is from my box of goodies.

Here's a close up of the image. Still learning how to emboss so not quite full coverage on the tuxedo.

Thanks for visiting!

Cutie

I've continued to experiment with my new Pazzles Inspiration (PI) causing me to continue to miss challenge deadlines... This layout is from last weeks Sweet Sunday Sketch SSSC74. I cut everything out using the PI. Paper used was plain ivory card stock and paper from the K & Company Bailey Mat Pad. Stamps are both from American Crafts Brand, blues skies set. Ink is from color box. Adhesive gems are from K & Company.


Different layout, same supplies... This is for the Mojo Monday Sketch challenge MOJO144.



Enjoy, comments appreciated.

Pazzles... Oooh-la-la

So, I was late submitting my Mojo Monday card because my WONDERFUL husband surprised me with a Pazzles Inspiration Cutter (How awesome is he?!?!) and I spent hours playing with it... So once I finally finished my card it was too late, oh well. I'm too excited to be bummed about missing the deadline. So here it is. It is a bachelorette party card for the numerous bachelorette parties I have coming up. The layout is from the Mojo Monday Sketch MOJO143. Notice the background behind the card? It's my new favorite toy!


I actually made the cut file for the corset. Here's a close up of it.


I will have to post the details later as all my stuff is in the other room and it's getting late. I'm pretty terrible about posting the details, sorry :)

Mojo Monday Birdie Birthday Card

My friend Michelle's birthday is next month... This cute little card is for her. I used the Mojo Monday sketch for the layout (MOJO142). I used cream colored card stock for the card and seafoam green for the background. I used Cosmo Paisley and Cosmo Dots from The Paper Studio. Stamps used were Birdie Banner by My Sentiments exactly and Celebrate by Stampology. I used Chestnut, Cranberry, and Leaf colored Stamp Markers from American Crafts to ink the stamp. The ribbon is from my box of fun (i.e. can't remember where it came from). I used clear rock candy Stickles on a couple of the birds, but managed to stick my finger in it before it dried, oops :)



Here is a close up of the image.


Enjoy... Comments appreciated :)