Mojoliciousness Monday!

Welcome to another fun-filled week!  I am really looking forward to this week - Lori and I are planning a little road trip tomorrow morning to visit an old friend, my kids are going skiing with their grandparents from Wednesday night to Sunday, I have a 2-day conference to go to on Thursday and Friday and I'm sure I'll throw some quality time with my hubby in there somewhere.  OH - I will also have LOTS of time for UNINTERRUPTED crafting!!  WOOHOO!

So, Julee's Mojo Monday sketch this week is another example of her amazingness:

Isn't that a great sketch?  How does she do it week after week?  I know I couldn't!  When I saw this sketch, I immediately went to my Plain Janes but decided to use my Jeremiah 29:11 verse instead.  I stamped it in Regal Rose on Whisper White and cut it out with my Nesties.  I used my Georgia Peach DP again - only because it was still sitting out on my counter and I was too lazy to clean it all up!  I made the main background white but I divided it in half and Cuttlebugged each half with a different embossing folder: Swiss Dots and the-swirly-one-I-can-never-remember-the-real-name-of!  For the horizontal piece I used So Saffron CS and my Martha Stewart border punch for the base to the Georgia Peach DP and Regal Rose grosgrain ribbon.  Instead of the flower on the sketch I tied a bow and instead of the scalloped image I used flowers.  I really like how this one turned out:

I added some pearls to the corners after I ticket corner punched them and the rhinestone brad in the center of the flowers gives it a bit of sparkle.  What do you think?  I totally love how these colors work together - maybe I should have bought more of this paper!!!  

That's it for me tonight - happy crafting everyone!

Thursday Combo Challenge

Hey everyone!

I hope you have had a good week - mine's been great.  I've been very busy but, thankfully, my day off tomorrow will actually be spent AT HOME.  I don't have to go ANY--WHERE.  I am SO looking forward to a day of peace and quiet.  I haven't had many of those lately so this one is hugely appreciated.

When I got home after school today I thought I'd be playing with my new Copic markers but soon found out I wasn't in the mood to throw myself into watching a bazillion tutorials.  I haven't done the sketch over at 2 Sketches 4 You in quite some time so I popped over to see what Kazan and Laura had up their sleeves this week.  The sketch was another interesting one:

Since I wasn't in the mood to *think*, I clicked over to SCS to check out this week's color challenge: Bravo Burgundy, Regal Rose and Kiwi Kiss (or Old Olive) - I chose Old Olive.  I got my new Verve stamps in the mail this week and have been ITCHING to ink them up.  None of them really fit the sketch they way it is oriented in the picture so I took the liberty of rotating it 90* to the right.  I took quite a few other "artistic liberties" with this sketch but I quite like how it turned out.

Recipe: Stamps: Jeremiah 29:11 (Verve) Ink: Bravo Burgundy Paper: SU! DP, Regal Rose, Bravo Burgundy, Old Olive Accessories: Ticket corner punch, paper piercer, Martha Stewart border punch, adhesive pearls, Old Olive twill ribbon, finger dauber

There are quite a few layers on this card - probably more than I've ever used before!  I even ended up having to cover up an "oops!" which added to the thickness of the card.  It was an evolution from one idea to the next until it finally ended up like you see it.  I wasn't sure about the color combo but I really like how the Bravo Burgundy makes the other colors pop.  Of course I *had* to put pearls *somewhere* on the card -  the centers of the flowers on the DP at the top needed to be covered and the scallop edge at the bottom wouldn't have been complete without them. . . right???  (Just nod in agreement. . .disagreeing wouldn't do any good!)

I'm hoping to complete a few challenges tomorrow - Taylor's Cupcake Challenge will likely be first on my "To Do" list.  You should check out her blog 'cause she's got a great new look - SO Taylor!  Have a good night!