Attack of the...

Super Mojo! Yesterday I was taken in a fit of creativity, or drive to create, whichever. So I sat in front of my craft closet (coat closet taken over), put in some Blues Clues for the kids and whipped a few cards up.

I didn't cook dinner, nope, hunny don't bug me i'm making cards. We had left over white chili- I love that white chili! 

By the time I was ready for clean up it was 1AM and I was spent. 

So here are the fruits of my labor-

I just finished putting away all my new PTI goodies from this month's release, and its nap time... So who knows, creativity might strike again. 

Have a great weekend, friends! 

ETA- All the vintage images on the cards are from Made by Janet, except the chocolate box and thinking of you tea cup. I used Papertrey Ink stamps for the sentiments. :o)

A couple of Mother's Day cards

 I know its past Mother's Day, but I wanted to show you a little something I made for my sisters who are mommies. 

I all started with 7 brown bananas and some time to kill before going out to a late movie. Dun dun dun...

And then an adorable stamp set 'Everyday Treats' from Papertrey Ink....

And then there was the Melissa Frances Kitschy Kitchen Paper....

AND a perfect Mother's Day stamp set from Crafty Secrets...

So I made these cards with matching tags for the banana bread. I love the color combo SOOO much. So much, that my house is decorated in these colors... :o) 

Peachy

The Shabby Tea Room has a fun challenge for you this week--Monochromatic! Fun right?!

Use one color and a neutral. (I might have maybe cheated a little teeny bit with the foliage...but foliage is neutral right?? 

The challenge this weeks is great, but the prize is pretty awesome too--$20 to The Beary Scrap Paper Crafting Boutique! Sweet! 

Go visit the Shabby Girls' blogs for more inspiration and then go create! ;o)

Debbie Marcinkiewicz -  Simple Treasures

Charlene Cundy - Expressions of Me!

Melissa Bove - Creating From the Heart

Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch

Sheri Holt - My Sheri Cards

Hello?

Mojo? Is that you?.... I hope you're here to stay! At least for a little while...

I actually made all these cards on Monday. Josh had the day off so I sat at my 'craft closet' all day long! I was on a roll and wasn't about to stop that! 

These are going in my Etsy shop that i've been neglecting for the last month or so....

Happy Saturday! Don't forget to check back tomorrow night for the Shabby Tea Room post.

Blues

I was so tickled with the color combo challenge over at The Shabby Tea Room, that I couldn't resist creating a couple of extra blue cards. 

I can't stop using those adorably Tiny Tags from Papertrey Ink....I will love that set forever and ever. As soon as I got the die, I cut a bunch of 'em out of rustic cream cardstock (my fav!) and now I have a little bag full ready for use. They are just perfect on a big shabby bow.

I used a bunch of papers out of my scrap drawer, and a sweet little baby from Crafty Secret's Altered Fairies scraps. 

This Mother's Day card also follows that lovely color scheme, and of course I included another shabby bow with those tiny tags. Its hard to tell but above 'Mom' i stamped 'love you' in a light blue ink. 

I stamped a heart-filled sentiment from Crafty Secrets' Mother stamp set. 

And then used the bird and nest image from the same Crafty Secrets set and embossed it in white. I love white embossing soo much...I need to do it more often I think! 

I hope this inspires you to come and play in this week's Shabby Tea Room challenge if you haven't already!

Overflow

 Here are some cards I made in this past week...

I've been trying to use up my supplies, as they are taking over my house! I'm thinking of selling some of my stuff...if you've sold extra supplies online, where did you do it? Did you have a problem selling 12x12paper because of shipping? 

Thanks in advance!

Make a wish!

I made this card just for The Shabby Tea Room's 1st birthday celebration! This week's challenge theme is 'PARTY!'. There are lots and lots of great sponsors and fabulous prizes, so be sure to play along and enter the weekly challenge for your chance to win some AWESOME prizes. 

This week is also my introduction as a Shabby Girl- yipee! From now on I will be creating samples for the weekly challenge and will occasionally host a challenge too!

So here's my festive creation for this super fun celebration...

I created a cupcake patterned paper by using a cupcake digital image from Blackleaf Studios and arranging the cupcake into a pleasing pattern and then printing it on some Melissa Frances paper. Can you see the itty   bitty cupcakes on the light pink paper? This was a fun technique I've never tried before but will definitely have to use again.

Blackleaf Studios is giving away a set of cupcake digi stamps to the challenge winner, so you could try making your own patterned paper (or paper pieced cupcake like this Crafty Secrets one) too! 

You might also notice lots of lace like borders... yep... couldn't put those Martha Stewart punches down...especially that cupcake punch-love it! 

Thanks for stopping by, and happy Wednesday everyone!

From my heart

 This one was inspired by The Color Throwdown challenge #131 colors, but alas I was too late to enter the challenge. 

I also used the sketch from Just Us Girls and turned it on its side. 

And I used the Make It Monday distressing technique again on this card. I'm really loving this look, I wonder why I haven't used it too much before?

Look at this picture (you can click on it to see it bigger) its proof how dorky I am... the writing is upside down. Oopsies. I only noticed this while taking the pic of the distressed edges.

I used polka dot basics 2 for and text style 2 to create this background. 

ETA: Like my new look? I did it myself, I was so proud! ;o)

P.S. I was featured on 202 designs blog- Thanks so much!

Wishing bird

This little guy is a wishing bird, you might throw your wish into the wind, and he'll find it and catch it, and bring it to you. In the form of a coupon. A cool vintage Crafty Secrets coupon. True story.

I stole a moment to craft yesterday. I've been really busy and haven't been crafting as much as I'd like to..

I love to create, its so fulfilling and satisfying. Its that instant gratification, and the realization of an idea that is all yours. Its a piece of your world that is just right, no matter what.

Well on that note, I took a few minutes to make a card for The Shabby Tea Room challenge this week.

Here is the cozy inspiration photo.

(small secret- I love knit blankets and these ones look absolutely warm and snugly...I could just curl up with these, a good book, and some Twizlers-yum.) 

I had a hard time getting the ribbon to look right in the photos, its actually a little closer to the bird's greenish blue color. I really need to take a photography class. Until then, I'll continue to describe what your are really seeing in these photos. ;o)