Boy did I make a mess today as I was making a card for Mojo Monday. I thought that this square card it would be perfect for a Valentine’s Day card.


I started with some beautiful designer paper from a DWCV matstack, then worked everything else around it. The designer paper is covered in pretty flocking that gives the whole card a textured look.

I finished with a heart die cut that I pressed into Versamark then sprinkled with Ranger Red Tinsel Embossing powder. I did the same with the small hearts that are from a small punch I have had forever. The embossing power has a nice sparkle that does not really show with this image.

This is the sketch.

 And my card..

The center square is popped up with foam tape and the heart has two layers as well. I used the Slice- Holiday Expressions for the BeMine, I used a thin black paper with sparkles in it for extra effect.

Supplies: Natural Ivory and tan cardstock, Designer paper – Misc gold and DCWV-La Creme matstack, Slice-Be Mine die cut, Spellbinders-Decorative Photo corners, Stampin' Up!-circle punches, Ranger Red Tinsel Embossing powder, misc red ribbon.

Cheers,
Nina

Hello-Hello, I can't believe I skimmed by Christmas and that the New Year is zipping toward us. I am smack in the middle of a wonderful break. Today I am cleaning carpets and putting away some Christmas stuff.

It is a new Mojo Monday this week, the last of the year and I am excited to hide myself away this evening to see what I can come up with.

I had a couple of amazing days up at Mt Washington, they say they have the most snow in the world right now for an Alpine Resort, not sure how accurate that is but I have to say it sure was pretty. We are so fortunate to live only a few hrs away. We are not skiers but love to Snowshoe and our first day there was a true winter day with thick fluffy snow coming down, we had a wonderful 2+hr shoe, most of it making our own trails. A visit is never the same without saying hello to the Whiskey Jacks and they did not fail to delight us this trip either.

I imagine these this guys would not be welcome in a camp, they are friendly but crafty at getting the goods. We always take a little extra trail mix to share with them, this year they loved the big plump raisins, but did not think much of the small square papaya bits and just picked them up and tossed them off my hand.

The second day was magical, the sun was out, it was crisp and there was a very light breeze which picked up some of the fluffy top snow and wisped it away so that the air looked like it sparkled.

Cheers,

Nina

I love Mojo Monday's, thank you so much Julee and your team. Although I have only participated in a handful of Mojo Mondays, it is now a part of my week that I look forward too. My husband even surprised me with mentioning it to me this week, knowing I was going to lock myself away to create. I surprise myself each time with actually getting something made.


I used this Just a little note stamp from the Fiscars- Just Between Friends clear stamps set. I have been foraging through my many bins of Designer Paper to find the papers I loved when I brought them but have since gotten lost in the shuffle. I found a small stash of Upsy Daisy Designs double-sided paper that have been serving me well the last few cards.
This is today's Sketch:

And my go at it:

Supplies: Natural white and blue cardstock, Designer Paper-UpsyDaisy Designs, Fiscars-Just Between Friends clear stamps, Martha Stewart- Frond Branch Punch, Spellbinders- Large Classic Oval and Classic Scalloped Circles Small, Basic Grey Ribbon.
Now to clean up the mess :)

Cheers,
Nina


I wish the weekend was not over, I could have used an extra day. Not because I am busy, I finished wrapping all the Christmas gifts this morning, but because it is the time of year when my internal battery is low and you just need that extra day(or a holiday:)). I have two holiday luncheons this week which even though it may only be an hr a day, it breaks up the day nicely and over all makes time move quicker.


This card is just random, I have no plans for it, it was not made for anything specific. I just wanted to make a card, and I have wanted to ink up this stamp from the moment I brought it... for $2. I don’t know who made it but I love it. I don’t know how many tree stamps I have(too many I am sure) , nor do I want to count them . I just love nature stamps.

Supplies: Brown and natural ivory cardstock, Designer Paper- Upsydaisy Designs- A Walk in the Park, misc tree stamp, Elan brown ribbon, Kaisercraft-brown pearls.

Cheers,
Nina

I think this Penny Black stamp is so cute, I thought it was perfect for this Winter Themed Thank you.

Supplies: Natural white and navy blue cardstock, Designer Paper-Bo Bunny, Penny Black-Jolly Friends, Inkadinkado-Thank you, Bo Bunny Gems, Velvet ribbon, Spellbinders Snowflake Wonderland

Spin class is calling....

I don't feel like listening...

Opps, I missed yesterday’s post. Darn, behind again :). I have another Christmas card for this evening. I used Rangers Queen's Gold Embossing Powder with the Season's Greeting Stamp that is a beautiful gold colour that matches the gold shimmer cardstock layer. I finished it with a light brown sponged edge.

 

Supplies: Cream and brown cardstock, Gold shimmer paper, Designer Paper-Cosmo Cricket Wonderland-Holly’s Berries and Pinecones, Inkadinkado-Seasons Greetings, Ranger Queen’s Gold Embossing Powder, EK Success Zig Zag Punch.

Cheers,
Nina

Wonderful Mojo Monday, I step a little outside my comfort zone for these challenges and I love it. I also had the chance to play with my new Slice.

Sketch:

My go at it:

Supplies: Natural white and red cardstock, Designer Paper-Fancy Pants Design-Christmas, Slice-Noel Design Card, K&Company Christmas Cheer, Kaisercraft-Copper Pearls,

Cheers.
Nina

No card today :). I love Michaels Crafts today, I love that its currently a  40% off Slice and Slice Accessories deal.

I have been debating on whether I really needed this item, so many times in the past I brought must have items that I really did not need. I hummed and hawwed and hummed some more, checked out Ebay for deals and decided I would wait.... Till Michaels put it 40% off the machine and all accessories. Happy dance, I own a Slice, with the help of my loving husband.

Isn't it pretty :)

Cheers,
Nina

I locked myself away for a few hrs with my audio book and craft supplies and churned out 9 cards last night, all of them Christmas. They were not all indivigual designs, only 2 new.

I love the Magenta Crafty Individual stamps and this one work perfect with the glittery Bo Bunny designer paper. I used Vineyard Berry embossing powder from CTMH. The finishing touch was a small clear gem in the middle of the punched snowflakes.

 

 

 

Supplies: Cream and burgundy cardstock, Designer Paper-Bo Bunny-Snowy Serenade Overature, Crafty Indiviguals-Let it snow, misc ribbon, Martha Stewart-Snowflake punch, clear gems, Close to my Heart-Vineyard Berry embossing powder.

 

Have a great Saturday.

Cheers,

Nina

Yahhh Friday, it has been a long loonngg week for me. I have been so busy at work that when I come home my brain is like mush. I failed miserable at being creative, but I did manage to mail 1 Christmas card. I know what I am doing this weekend:)

Dec 10, wow, next week begins the slow down slope to Chrismas for me, we have been to a Christmas party or two but I have 4 or 5 different lunches with work. It breaks up the day so nicely.

This is the final Dreamweaver Bare Branches stencil card from the class. I have altered one of the four cards from this class to use as one of my Christmas cards, I will post that in a day or so.

Supplies: Cream and brown cardstock, Dreamweaver Embossing paste, Heritage Farms Merry Christmas, Dreamweaver stencil-Bare Trees, Krylon-18kt Gold Leafing Pen, Sheer Shimmer Spritz - Gold.Cheers,



Nina

I am so glad that I am past the middle of the week and I can't wait for the weekend.

This is number three from the workshop.

Supplies: Cream and brown cardstock, Dreamweaver Embossing paste, Heritage Farms Merry Christmas, Dreamweaver stencil-Bare Trees,Krylon-18kt Gold Leafing Pen.

Cheers,
Nina

And today I am eight for eight :) I am doing the little happy dance Mrs. Miles.

Today is a quick thank you card. I wanted to try a curved corner design, I though it worked well with this simple card. This designer paper has a lot of bronze coloured foil that you can see a glimmer of in the upper right hand corner.

Supplies: Cream and brown cardstock, Designer Paper-s.e.i- Charlemagne, Inkadinkado-Thank you, Offray brown ribbon, Pink Pebbles - brown candy dots.

Cheers,
Nina

Quick second card post, still 1 behind on my sisters challenge darn it :).

This card is number two from the class.

This card was too funny to get set up, the instuctor wanted us to use a Spellbinders die cut to create the inside frame, however they were using a Cuttlebug machine but could not figure out the plate sandwich to make it all work. In the end it was close your eyes and hope for the best.

Supplies: Cream and brown cardstock, Dreamweaver Embossing paste, Heritage Farms Merry Christmas, Dreamweaver stencil-Bare Trees,Krylon-18kt Gold Leafing Pen.

Cheers,

Nina

I took a class at one of the local Scrapbook Stores a few weeks ago, I think the cards we made are pretty stunning. The Technique is using Embossing Paste and Stencils. I have seen cards done similar to this before but I was pretty happy to find out how it was done.


Some steps had already been done for us such as cardstock cut and spritzed. The brown cardstock was spritzed with gold sheer Shimmer Spritz and this was the first time I have used a gold Leafing pen, I am pretty impressed with the look.

We were recommended to use a Spellbinders Magnetic Spacer under a piece of paper to hold the stencil in place, and it worked like a charm. I used a plastic putty spatula to apply the paste, I then carefully pealed the stencil away and sprinkled warm highlights glitter on it then set it aside to dry. It took about and hr to dry. We were told that all the sentiments stamps were from a retired Heritage Farms set(I would have bought it in a hearbeat).

Supplies: Cream and brown cardstock, Dreamweaver Embossing paste, Heritage Farms Merry Christmas, Dreamweaver stencil-Bare Trees,Krylon-18kt Gold Leafing Pen.

I did feel a bit rushed, what card class isn't but I would have like to clean up the edges and such before putting it all together. I used this stencil for one of my Christmas cards.


We did a set of 4 cards in the class, and to try to post every day I will share over the next couple of days.

Cheers,
Nina

A second post and little Mojo on a Monday.  I am going to keep this simple as it is my second go on my blog today.

This is the Mojo sketch:

This is my try at it, my creativity has taken a little dive after all the Christmas cards. When I am creatively challenged I always fall back on more masculine cards. This is for my son's birthday. I added a little brown Spica Glitter marker to the Happy Birthday and the wee little owl square is popped up with foam tape.

Supplies: Cream and brown cardstock, Memory Box-Twiggy 6x6 Collection, The Artful Stamper-Happy Birthday, Memory Box-Budding Branch, Martha Stewart-Branch Punch, Pebbles Inc-brown candy dots.
Cheers,
Nina

A big Happy Birthday wish to couple of wonderful Forsyth boys. Have a wonderful day Bill and Barry, I hope you are both spoiled today.

Sometimes a simple look just works, I tried to catch the shimmer and sparkle of the cattails in this picture. I know that cattails are not suppose to sparkle but in my world they are beautiful so why not let them shine. I first created the Cattails by using Flower Soft Wire and rolled the end of the wire in Flower Soft high tack glue, then rolled it in a mix of Gold and Nut brown Flowersoft and glitters pressing softly to make it all stick before it could dry. I stamped the image then created a small hole that I fed the wire through it so that it was hidden, I used tape on the back to hold it in place. I coloured the rest of the image with a mix of Tombow markers and Spica Glitter markers.

Supplies: Cream cardstock, brown mulberry, K&Company-Recycled Earth brown Mat Pad, LasVegas stamps-Cattails, The Artful Stamper-Happy Birthday, Flower Soft-Gold and Nut Brown, Jewel Glitter Ritz-Sahara and Bronze, Flower Soft wire.

As I was getting ready to post this, I realized that I had forgotten to take pictures of some card that have already gone out in the mail, it must have been one of my many scatterbrain days.

I am hoping to post something for Mojo later.

Cheers,
Nina

I think this stamp is so fun. I coloured the image with my Spica Glitter markers and used Perfect Puff for some of the icing.

Supplies: Cream and purple cardstock, Designer Paper-Unknown, Stampendous-Birthday Cake, Spellbinders-Curved Rectangle, Kaisercraft Gems, misc purple ribbon, Perfect Puff.

Check out my very talented sister Barb, she is back in a store with her amazing designs. Check out Scrapbook Elements.

Enjoy your Sunday.
Cheers,
Nina

This is going to tie this post in with my earlier post, scraps. I gave my sister a folder of my scraps, most were half sheets of patterned papers that I just did not think I would use. So this summer when I was visiting we sat down to do some cards. The first place I found patterned paper to use for this card was that scrap folder. Note to self ‘Dig through my scrap bin more often’.

I cut the cute little Birthday hats out and popped them up to make them 2 dimensional. I coloured hats and gift box with my Spice Glitter pens.

Supplies: Cream and Pink cardstock, misc patterned paper, Fiskars Birthday Party clear stamps, misc pink cord.

Cheers,
Nina

There is no way I will be able to keep with the challenge from my sister Barb, she is going to post daily for the month of Dec. I am already behind with today being the 4th, maybe I can post twice in one day to catch up :). I think that will count.


This was a quick card, I found this patterned paper in my scrap bin and though it would be perfect for a simple card. I really should dig deeper in my scraps, I might just find treasure.

Supplies: Brown and cream cardstock, misc patterned paper, Inkadinkado-Birthday wishes, Pink Pebbles Candy dots-Brown.

Cheers,
Nina