Mother's Day

It has been a couple of weeks since I did a PPA challenge. This one was a sketch challenge and a very easy one. The sketch is pretty basic but all the samples they have posted are extremely different. That is one of the things that I love about stamping and paper crafting. No matter what you start out with, no two people are going to finish with the same exact project.

For this card, I wanted to do all purple because my mom's favorite color is purple and I will most likely give this card to her. I really like the way it turned out. I don't have many embellishments because 1) I don't have them and 2) I like to believe that less is more.

Thanks for visiting and see you next time!
-Roberta

Stamp Set: All Holidays
Paper: Orchid Opulence, Very Vanilla, Shades of Spring DSP
Ink: Orchid Opulence
Accessories: Very Vanilla grossgrain ribbon, eyelet border punch

Magic Mojo

Is monday! That means mojo monday and magical monday at There's Magic in the Air. I combined the two challenges to make one really cute card. The stamp is a digital stamp you get for FREE when you play the challenge at There's Magic in the Air. The challenge at TMITA is to use this stamp and use stripes on your card.

For my card I decided to use some retired Stampin' Up! Designer Paper, Delicate Dots. The base is Whisper White with Pretty in Pink layered on top. The Delicate Dots Striped paper was then added. I colored the kitty with my Stampin' Up! Pastels in Creamy Caramel. Her clothes were colored with Stampin' Write markers in Bashful Blue, Pretty in Pink, and Certainly Celery. The heart and bow are popped up with Dimensionals. The large scallop is punched out of Pretty in Pink with the scallop circle punch and the small scallop is done with the Big Shot Birds and Blooms die in Whisper White. I used my pastels to shade the edges with Pretty in Pink. The stamp is from the All Holidays stamp set.

Hope you enjoyed this card and stop by Mojo Monday and There's Magic in the Air to try the challenges for yourself. Have a great day.

-Roberta

Dear Friend

Today's card is one I made for two challenges; mojo monday 105 and color throwdown #61. I thought that it would be more fun to try to combine the two instead of making two different ones. This is the mojo monday sketch. The colors for the color throwdown are old olive, rose red, more mustard, regal rose, and chocolate chip. I know that five colors seems like a lot at first but when I put them together, I knew they would fit perfectly together.

For the card,

• I used a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 Chocolate Chip base.
• 4 x 5 1/4 Old Olive is layered on top
• With the 1 1/4 circle punch, I punch out four Rose Red circles and three Regal Rose circles. I layered the Rose Red circles on first and cut off the overlap. Then came the Regal Rose circles.
• A 4 x 1 piece of Autumn Harvest DSP is layered on top of the circles to cover up the edges.
• Next is the sentiment "My dear kind & wonderful friend" from the All Holidays stamp set.
• I colored the "&" in Regal Rose and then colored the other words in Rose Red to give a little definition. This 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 square is layered on a 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 More Mustard square.
• Finally the sentiment layer is layered on to a 3 x 3 Chocolate Chip square and adhered to the card.
• Done!

Thanks for visiting and be sure to check out mojo monday and color throwdown to try your hand at them.

-Roberta