Thoughts - Mojo Monday #175

Another wonderful sketch from Mojo Monday.  This one is Sketch #175, check it out, I love this one!!!  Here's my take on the sketch ... .... .....

I started out with Basic Black and Very Vanilla, taking the colours from the Stampin' Up! designer series paper - Newsprint.  Then spiced it up with some Real Red Satin Ribbon and Basic Pearls (yes I did fix the upward sweep on the right hand side!!!).  For the rectangular vanilla section, I ran it through the crimper, then flattened it out again.  It gave the paper just a hint of texture and made it quite shiney.  It turned out much better than I anticipated.
I hope you get the chance to ink up your stamps today.  I think a day without stampin, is like a day without sunshine.
Stamps:  Priceless, Whimsical Words
Ink:  Basic Black
Paper:  Newsprint DSP
Cardstock: Vanilla Confetti, Basic Black, Very Vanilla
Other:  Circle Cutter, 2-1/2" Circle Punch, Basic Pearls, Real Red Satin Ribbon, Crimper
Happy Stampin' and thanks so very much for visiting today!          Glenda Mollet

Autumn Splendor Birthday Card - CASEd Card

On page 119 of the Stampin' Up! IBC 2010-11 there is a little box using this stamp set and DSP.  I took the box and made a card out of it ............

This card has lots of fussy cutting on it.  I wanted a masculine birthday card, so could not use flowers or ribbons and bows.  So I dug out my Linen Thread and created a focal point with the stamp set "Autumn Splendor".  I stamped the oak leaves in Early Espresso, then used daubers to add colour to them with the inks listed below.  Then I cut them out.  I did not even use any bling on this card!  For the acorns, I stamped them in Early Espresso as well, then added Crumb Cake to the entire thing, then a bit of Soft Suede to the cap and let it invade the nut part a bit.  Then more fussy cutting.  Here is a close up of the leaves and acorns so you can see the layering    .........

I wrapped the Linen thread around the DSP / Basic Black layer, then tied a bow onto it after layering the leaves and acorns.  I stamped the acorns in the background behind the sentiment as well using Early Espresso, but I stamped them off first on some scrap paper.

Stamps:  Autumn Splendor, Messages For Mom
Ink:  Early Espresson, Soft Suede, Old Olive, Peach Parfait, Bravo Burgundy, Crumb Cake
Paper:  Newsprint DSP, Very Vanilla and Basic Black cardstock
Other:  Daubers, Linen Thread, Magnetic Movers and Shapers die - Punch Windows set, Modern Label punch
Bye for now, I'll be back tomorrow!       Glenda Mollet

The Love Story Scrapbook Page

This page was difficult to bring together.  I used the basics from the scrapbook page on page 100 of the Stampin' Up! Main Catalogue 2010-11 and expanded it to 12x12 and added some elements.  The page is about my dear hubby, Ted, and I.  Maybe that is why it was so difficult to do!

I used some retired colours on this page because those are the colours in my bouquet and Ted's shirt.  Cameo Coral, Apricot Appeal and Groovy Guava.  Nothing says 1975 like different shades of orange!  The stamp sets are Flower Fancy (a two step stampin' set) and Priceless.  I have had both of these sets forever and use them all the time.  The flowers and leaves are all hand cut, the leaves are popped up on dimensionals, and the flowers have Basic Rhinestones (the small ones on the left), Basic Pearls (the big ones) and Clear Rhinestone Brads (the small flowers on the right).  The tags are from the Basket and Blooms die for the Big Shot.
I wanted to do some journalling, but did not want it to clutter up the page too much, so I created journalling space under the tags on the right hand side.  I used the clear rhinestone brads to hook them together and they act as a swivel to open the top tag and expose the journalling.

Then I dug out one of my two left over invitations.  Yup you know you are a scrapbooker at heart when you have saved the Wedding Invitation for 34-1/2 years!  Too funny.  I hid it under the picture.  I just popped the picture up on dimensionals around where the invitation slips in.  Then put a tiny part of another tag on the top to pull it out.

 I used the Newsprint Designer Series Paper for the background and spritzed it with Cameo Coral, Apricot Appeal, So Saffron and Old Olive markers using the Colour Spritzer tool.  Then I used my Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker and inked up the word Love on the "Peace Love Joy" stamp from the "All Holidays" stamp set, and stamped it in the title at the top of the page.

The cardstock is Naturals Ivory and it goes quite good with the Newsprint DSP as it is Basic Black and Very Vanilla.
Thanks for stopping by, remember tomorrow night Don't Drink And Drive when you party the new year in.

Glenda Mollet