Mojo Monday: Forever Kind of Love

 Happy Memorial Weekend, everyone!  It's truly a busy time for me right now, but I decided to make a little time to craft this morning before returning to responsibilities, schedules, and deadlines.  This week's Mojo Monday sketch is truly a keeper, and I intended to be truer to the design, but sometimes one choice of color or shape influences another.  The gorgeous detailed heart competed with my favorite part of the sketch---the three strips of washi tape--- so I used a solid background image to let the pretty heart shine.  The ingredients for this card are:  Verve's Love Everlasting set with awesome matching dies, Wedding Bliss papers from Echo Park, and some metallic gold poster board cut with a  Little Inker die.

Linking to:
Mojo Monday
Stamp, Ink, Paper Challenge 100
Word Art Wednesday

Thanks so much for taking a look!
Christine

Fun Friday with Star Stampz

Happy Friday!  It's time for another Fun Friday Challenge at Jo's Scrap Shack where the theme is always Anything Goes.  The design team is showcasing images by Star Stampz.  Please take time to see the design team's samples and to link up your own creations.  It's always fun to see what you have to share!

Challenge Rules

1. Please post a direct link to your blog post that includes your challenge entry project, using the linky tool below. 

2. Be sure to include a link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering your project into

3. THREE entries per person are allowed for each challenge and you must post a separate blog post for each entry.

4. For all entries -NO BACK LINKS ACCEPTED- 
The date on your blog post should be dated between the start date & the end date for the challenge you are entering, in order to be eligible for the challenge & prizes

5. You may link up to other challenges but be sure to link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering 

 * All entries that do not meet the challenge requirements

WILL NOT be eligible for the top 3, any sponsor wins or any random wins by Jo
All random wins will only be mailed within the US and Canada only.

Thanks so much for taking time to visit,
Christine

Linking to:
SSS Wednesday Challenge:  Furry  Friends
PIP Challenge 1721

Mojo Monday: Dreams

As a teacher, I have a special affinity for colored chalk, and as crafter, I like to get out my old pan pastel chalks for this technique.  The background was created by randomly applying patches of color with the applicator included with the chalks, stamping, and dry embossing.  It also looks great with heat embossing.  My go-to ink is Memento Tuxedo Black, but it's time for a new pad, so I tried Tuxedo Black in the Memento Luxe version and found that it didn't stamp as evenly as the regular version.  The softening effect of the vellum helped to distract from the unevenness.  This sheet of vellum happens to have glittery speckles.  I also downsized the panels  in the sketch to let more of the butterflies show.

The stamps are Verve's Sparkly Dreams with matching dies, and the diagonal piece is from Little Inker Designs.




Linking to:
Mojo Monday (Sketch)
SSS Wednesday Challenge (Sparkle----Sparkly Dreams is the name of the stamp set, and the vellum has a touch of glitter.)
Word Art Wednesday
Crop Stop
PIP Challenge

Dream big,
Christine

You Color My World----Thanks Sunny Studio!

I count it a blessing to have won a gift from Sunny Studio in the recent Birthday Blog Hop for Jo's Scrap Shack.  My darling new stamps and dies arrived in the mail today, and I just had to do some late night crafting.....hence, the not-so-great photo.  My card features the versatile stamp set called Color Me Happy and coordinating die.  I also ordered the sun rays die and can't wait to try it out.  Thank you so much, Mendi, for helping us celebrate Jo's fifth year of blogging!

Linking to:
Jo's Scrap Shack
PIP Challenge
Crop Stop
Word Art Wednesday

Thanks for stopping by,
Christine

Celebrate today!

Love the Freshly Made Sketch for this week. The stamps are from Verve:  Kindness Matters and Joyful Blooms.

Linking to: Freshly Made Sketches 287
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge (Going Dotty)
Jo's Scrap Shack
Word Art Wednesday
PIP Challenge


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Fun Friday Challenge 188: Bugaboo Stamps with a Twist-- Patterned Paper

Happy Friday!  It's time for another Fun Friday Challenge at Jo's Scrap Shack where the theme is always Anything Goes.  The design team is showcasing images by  Bugaboo Stamps.

This week's challenge includes an optional twist.  The designers were challenged by Jo to use only patterned papers in our creations.  I found the challenge to be lots of fun.

My first card includes digital papers called "For You"  from Cinnamon Scraps.  The second card features a collection  from Tout Aimee.  I selected, sized, and printed the papers before choosing  Prismacolor pencils to color the cute turtle from Bugaboo.

Hope you will try mixing patterns.  It's fun!

Christine

Challenge Rules

1. Please post a direct link to your blog post that includes your challenge entry project, using the linky tool below. 

2. Be sure to include a link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering your project into

3. THREE entries per person are allowed for each challenge and you must post a separate blog post for each entry.

4. For all entries -NO BACK LINKS ACCEPTED- 
The date on your blog post should be dated between the start date & the end date for the challenge you are entering, in order to be eligible for the challenge & prizes

5. You may link up to other challenges but be sure to link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering 

 * All entries that do not meet the challenge requirements

WILL NOT be eligible for the top 3, any sponsor wins or any random wins by Jo
All random wins will only be mailed within the US and Canada only.

Thanks so much for taking time to visit,
Christine

Linking to Word Art Wednesday
Crop Stop
PIP Challenge


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Sunday Stamps Sketch: Welcome Baby

Jo's Scrap Shack Birthday Blog Hop Found Here

It's time to welcome a baby--- a sweet girl will soon arrive, and her daddy is one of my former students, all grown up, married, and graduated from medical school.  What a happy occasion!

It was so much fun to use the Sunday Stamps Sketch along with Verve's Hip Hop Bunnies, Reverse Confetti Scallops 'n Circles, and RC Tall Tags Trio to complete this card.  The soft girly papers are from a collection called Love and Flowers--perfect to welcome a little princess.

Linking to:
Sunday Stamps
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge (Hint of Pink)
Word Art Wednesday

So thankful for this joyful occasion.  Praying God will send you joy this week.  ~ Christine

Bugaboo Stamps: Spring Boot

Find Jo's Scrap Shack Birthday Blog Hop Here

Just having a little fun with a recent Bugaboo freebie!  I tried to match the colored pencil choices with the plaid background paper from Harper Finch.

Linking to 

Crafty Catz

SSS Wednesday Challenge (Hint of Pink)

Word Art Wednesday

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week,

Christine

Freshly Made Sketches: Thank You So Much!

Jo's Scrap Shack Birthday Blog Hop Found Here

Sharing a thank you card for a teacher appreciation gift.  I am working to develop CAS card-making skills and find that Freshly Made Sketches are a big help!

Dies used on this project include the Tilth Floral by Memory Box, a banner from MFT Blueprints 12, and Little Inker Stitched Rectangles.  The tiny sentiment is from a Heidi Swapp set I was thrilled to find at Tuesday Morning.

Linking to:

Freshly Made Sketches 286

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge (Hint of Pink)

Word Art Wednesday

Crop Stop
Crafty Catz

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Mojo Monday: Fabulous

Jo's Birthday Blog Hop found here.

I envisioned using these pretty red papers with glittery silver mats, but the silver was too much.  Switched to black and wondered if red polka dots and black scallops said, "Minnie Mouse".

At any rate, I love the sentiment from the Verve collection called Love's Flower.  The scalloped squares are MFT dies.

Linking to Mojo Monday
Word Art Wednesday
Four Crafty Chicks (add a bow)


Thanks for looking!
Christine

Jo's Scrap Shack Birthday Blog Hop

"Welcome to Jo's Scrap Shack's 5th blogaversary birthday celebration hop!" In honor of celebrating 5 wonderful years, Jo has an amazing two day blog hop lined up with 18 talented designers, several sponsors,  some of which; are among the top companies in the industry and lots of blog candy! So share this news with your crafty friends, grab your favorite beverage and hop along with us! If you want to start at the beginning of the hop, go visit Jo's Scrap Shack. But you should have come from the very talented Janis's blog and if you did, you are right on track with the hop.

​Start: Jo's Scrap Shack 

​Angie- Angie's Craft Fusion

Sherrie- Sherrie Scraps with Passion

Kellie- A Little Bit of Kellie

Janis- Pause, Dream, Enjoy

Christine- With a Grateful Heart

Monica- Bernstine Creations

Alpna- Feelings

Lisa- A Mermaid's Crafts

End: Heather- Wire Wrapture

Happy Birthday to "Jo's Scrap Shack" and thanks Jo for the opportunity to design and learn.  Wishing you many more happy years!

Your next stop is Monica's lovely blog.

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It's the Little Things....Coffee

What a fun sketch!  I went a little crazy with scraps from a favorite Heidi Swapp paper pad  and substituted aqua zebra stripes for the more conventional ones suggested in the sketch.  Then all those other little scraps seemed to pair up with some Verve dies to add some more details to the clean sketch.

The sentiment in the top corner is TLC digital stamp offered as a free download here.  The coffee cup is from Verve's Coffee set and the Verve dies used are Heart Quartet, Partly Cloudy, and the Coffee word die.

Linking to
Coffee Loving Card Makers
ATG with TLC 10
Jo's Scrap Shack



So thankful for your visit, for good coffee, and a little time to stamp.
Blessings,
Christine

Mojo Monday/Inspired by all the Little Things---Many Blessings

The sweet blue and yellow color scheme from the Inspired By photo was still on my mind when searching for papers to layer with this Monday's Mojo Sketch.  The papers are part of the "Park Bench" collection by Fancy Pants, and I love using them.  So glad I took the extra time to mat the layers in the sketch, because it really dressed up the card.  Here are the other "ingredients".

The sentiment comes from Verve's Autumn Blessings, and the dies include MFT Stitched Scalloped Squares, MFT Stitched Flowers, and Reverse Confetti's Tall Tags Trio.  None of these dies stay in the storage bin for long.

Linking to:
Mojo Monday 495
Inspired by All the Little Things 54
Crop Stop
ATG Create with TLC 10

Thanks for dropping by,
Christine

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