Summer Fun

We finally got the yard work completed, followed by painting bedrooms and a hallway to prepare for new carpet, which caused me to put a hold on my MOJO Monday Projects.

 Believe me, I was beginning to have withdrawal!!!

 

MOJO Monday Challenge # 300. What a milestone. I have truly enjoyed the weekly challenges and hope they will be around for another 300.

 

Summer Fun is the theme for my card and just in time as temperatures are heating up here on the east coast after a month of rain, rain and more rain. 

 

 

I used scraps of salmon and green and the printed paper is from a DCWV Summer Stack I purchased several years ago. The ice cream cones purchased at a craft show. 

 

Here's hoping your summer is filled with lots of backyard cookouts, picnics, and  homemade ice cream.



June Card Swap

 

We have continued to be very busy with the landscaping, which was completed this past Friday and now we are  painting three  bedrooms and a hall to prepare for new carpet July 2nd.

 But, I was able to take a break from that and go to the June Card Swap. Hope you will enjoy seeing the variety of styles and techniques.

 

Cricut project

 

4th of July Card using ribbon and paper squares then stamping and cutting out the star.

 

Christmas Crab.

 The snow effect made using Versa Mark ink, embossing powder and heat, which was a first for me.

 

I believe most of this is done with Stampin Up products. The rosettes are made with their new sculpting molds and material. Very pretty but difficult to find an adhesive or pop dot  that would hold them in place.  

 

 

This final card is mine. The laser cut design  came from the inside of a Hallmark Valentine which I cut down to fit inside the Spellbinder Oval cut out. Sentiment computer generated and punched out using  Stampin Up Modern Label punch.

Hope you enjoy viewing.

 

 

 

Card Swap and Scrapbooking Weekend

I want to share with you the cards I got at a recent card swap. Just a small group of friends gathering at a local church. We came away with a  nice variety and  great techniques to share,  using Stampin Up, Creative Memories and Cricut products
 

 This last card is mine and for many, their first time to color using Copic Markers. 

 

The weekend scrapbook retreat was held in Williamsburg, Virginia hosted by SunShine Retreats. This was a much smaller group than what normally attends but we sure did have loads of fun.
 Since using Tami Potter's  Mosaic Moments technique, I have begun to experiment with other shapes. My favorite being the hexagon.

 

For the background paper on the next two pages, I took  12"x12" sheets in two colors, laid one on  top of the other then cut across from top to bottom and side to side. I removed every other section of the top sheet then every other bottom sheet until I had alternating colors as seen. I think it made for an interesting background.

 

 

 I matted each picture on white cardstock  and the lettering was done with  Printing 101 Cricut Cartrige. We were celebrating our granddaughter's birthday at the Surf Rider Restaurant in Hampton, Virginia.

I hope you will enjoy.



Sorry!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you will not be too disappointed  that there is no

project to view. This month has been a very busy one for us getting yard work

and landscaping done. I hope to post something soon. In the meantime, I would

like to wish all Mother's a Happy Mother's Day.

Friendship Card

"Friends are the flowers in the Garden of Life" -  what a beautiful sentiment

for this friendship card inspired by Mojo Monday Challenge #289.

Materials and tools used are;

  All papers from a Martha Stewart pastel mat pad

Stamping Up honeycomb embossing folder

Stampin Up flower and matching punch

Martha Stewart Rose Pink ink to stamp the flower

Paper Blossom craft molding pad to curl the flower

Stampin Up 1" circle punch

Horizon epoxy sticker sentiment

Adhesive pink pearls and gold crystals

 

 

 

 

Scrapbooking

Another weekend of scrapbooking using a couple of techniques I recently saw on Pinterest.

Large hexagon cut with the one from Creative Memories, then I made a template of a smaller one, as all the hexagon punches on hand were too small. I had two pictures left over from when I scrapbooked granddaughter's 1st birthday so decided to use them here. Also punched out hexagons from patterned papers then added Creative Memories paper flowers and crystals for the centers. . 

 

 

I used some of my grid paper from Wish in the Wind to design this layout, which

was a challenge but I am pleased with the results. Since the age of two, we

always hide plastic eggs, filled with monies and candies and even as she gets

older, she looks forward to this tradition.



Mom Card

Mojo Monday Challenge #287

Card- white cardstock, 4 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches;  edges chalked with pastel purple.

Scalloped circles cut with Studio L Nesting Scallops

Purple and plaid cardstock

You are One of a Kind- rubber stamp from Michael's $1 bin, on white

cardstock, then cut out using  Decorative Label  Stampin Up punch

Mom - Jewelry Essentials crafting beads.

Finished off with  hand drawn stitching lines.

 



 

In memory of Maggie Jewel Vinson

 

A Happy and Blessed Mother's Day to all.