Heart 2 Heart #7 and Mojo #137

The challenge at Heart 2 Heart this week was a color combo which I tend to avoid normally! ;O)  But, I thought I better suck it up and try it since I've had such a good time with the other challenges. 

It took me right up to the last minute to finish and I wouldn't say it's my favorite card ever, but I'm pretty happy with it considering!  I had SOOO much trouble with this one!!!  I think it was a combination of the sketch being tough for me and the fact that I don't own any Ocean or Topiary cardstock and my Ocean ink pad was still shrink wrapped after at least 3 years!!!! ;O)  I'm so glad I did it though, it turns out, I really love the Ocean color and plan to use it more in the future!

Paper:  Discovery and Paper Garden (Both Retired)

Cardstock: White Daisy and Black

Ink: Ocean, Topiary, Desert Sand, and Black

Stamp Sets: Intrinsic Backgrounds, Spot On Backgrounds, Frogs, Say It In Style, A Birthday Wish (Inside Sentiment), Lazy Days

Other: CTMH Bitty Brads, Stickles, K&Company adhesive rhinestones, Fiskars Circle Punch, EKSuccess Corner Rounder, and Copic Marker

Mojo Monday #132

I'm SOOOO tired of snow!!!  On Wednesday, we got dumped on, I didn't look to see what the actual accumulation was, but it had to have been at least 6 inches in town.  It was right at 32 degrees, so most of it melted as it hit the ground, so it makes it tough to estimate the actual total.  Having been born and raised here, I enjoy the winter's more than the average dude.  But, we keep having warm days in the 40s and then the next day it is in the 20s and snowing!  I am so over it and ready for the yard work to begin!!! (I'll probably regret that statement in the next couple months!!!!)

Alright, so the point to my rant being I wanted to do something really sunny for my Aunt's birthday card.    The Smiles stamp set was one of my favorite out of the Spring CTMH catalog, but this is the first time I've put it to use!  I had so much fun coloring the flowers in...I love how the Copics can be blended and layerd.  I wish my stems stood out a little more, but, what can you do!  I used a Mojo sketch from a couple weeks back and tried out making a square card for the first time.  Despite the fact that I have no envelope to put it in, I thought it was lots of fun to do.  

Hope you are all enjoying your Sunday....today is the day for my husband's 29th birthday party....I may have to trade him in for a younger model next year!! ;O)

Paper: Paper Garden and Emporium

Cardstock:  Buttercup, Blush, and Colonial White

Stamp Sets:  Smiles, From Me to You, and With Love (vase)

Ink: Petal and Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black

Other:  Offray ribbon, Hero Arts Sparkle Gems, Stickles, Copics, and Fiskars circle punch

You're A Hoot

I can't get enough of the new CTMH You're a Hoot owl stamp set! I think I might have mentioned it before, but my little man's initials are O.W.L. and his nickname is "Hoot". I know he's going to hate us, but we thought it was cute before he was born and I can always claim it was the hormones...right? ;O) Anyway, because of his initials I've collected every cute owl stamp/paper I've come across. In doing so, I've come to love them myself!!! I needed a card for my husband's grandmother's birthday and decided to lift Janette Olen's card from Week #86 of the Mojo Monday sketches. Janette used a really cute Olivia Owl stamp from Sweet N Sassy stamps. But, I still like ours better and couldn't wait to try and duplicate her card!! I'm not sure mine turned out quite as good, the colors were harder to work with than I anticipated, I guess it comes from always using boy paper!! I did have fun using some pink for a change though!

I used Paper Garden for the patterned paper, petal ink, buttercup cardstock, and a textured pink cardstock from an old DCWV spring stack. For stamps I used You're a Hoot, No Peeking, A Birthday Wish (party hat), and From Me to You for the sentiment. I also used The Bird's Nest Dew Drops and lots of Stickles!