Knitting my Mojo!

Here is my Mojo119 submission...a little lambie knitting. I made it for my friend, Michelle. She is, you guessed it, a knitter! I thought it would be a fun unexpected New Year's giftie to send to her.

I took my layout inspiration from Julee's

Mojo Monday 119 sketch, seen above. I knew that I wanted to use papers from an SEI pack that I picked up last month, Chick a Doo. I originally wanted to make this a calendar, but quickly realized that I would be covering up all of this pretty green lace so I put my Mojo cap on and came up with the custom blend skeins of yarn.

The little lamb image is a Rubber Soul stamp that I can't remember where I purchased, but I think it was at a local scrap booking store several years ago! I stamped the image in Memento tux. black and coloured with Copic markers. I placed her on a petite scalloped blue circle and added some dimensional foam to the back to give the little lamb a bit of pop. I then used (for the VERY 1st TIME and LOVED it!!!)a JustRite border stamp from the Deluxe round Monogram kit and cut it out with a scalloped circle Nestability. I layered a round green circle behind that and placed all on a larger blue circle from the same SEI Chick a Doo paper kit, very cute papers in this kit! I bought the charm on ebay and attached it with a strand of embroidery floss. The white floral panel has the looped edges on it from a MS border punch. I thought these were appropriate loops to use to resemble yarn loops and knitting stitches. The green jewels on the scalloped circle are from K and CO.

Thanks for peeking in today. Have a good one

~chriss

Abundant Blessings -Mojo76

Here is my card for Julee'e Mojo sketch week 76.  There is a contest going on for this week's winners.  Yes, there will be more than one winner!

  I really like this BG Urban Prairie dp and decided to go with it.  The name of the patterned page is Harvest and I used a Verve image and sentiment "Abundant Blessings" that I thought were very appropriate for this card.  The card base is a retired SU! In Color

 Caribbean blue and I also used this cs for the central image square and to border the sentiment and long centered panel.  The yellow is from the Urban Prairie pack also and I ran both of those pieces through the CB with the Fantasy Floral embossing folder.  I stamped the image and sentiment in Bayou Blue (also retired)  and wanted just a little more Mojo, so I added a perfect shade of MS glitter to all of the little "buds" on the stamped image.  The image is mounted on a square Caribbean Blue panel that I also cut and embossed with the square Nestabilities and the tan embossing mat.  That square panel is mounted onto the same "Harvest" patterned paper, but from the 6 X 6 pad, so in miniature.  This was my first time to use my dew drops that I purchased from Ellen Hutson and they are from a color called Cowboy.  The white ribbon is SU white taffeta.  I like the way it all came together and thank Julee for another great sketch.

Thanks for taking a p{{k

Ch{{rs,

Chriss

Mojo Monday challenge week 74

Here is my submission for Julee's Mojo Monday week 74.  This is the sketch we had to work with.  I made this card for my best friend's daughter.  She will be having a baby in August.  I stamped the bird image on a piece of BG "bluebird" paper and cut that out, then mounted it onto a white square (cut with my Nestabilities dies) that I pierced the top left and bottom corners.  I like the outcome of the card and will be happy to get it in the mail today.  I added some stamped and punched out flowers to the top left corner and added a single one to the ribbon.  The ribbon is a May Arts that I have been hoarding for just the right card.  I still have a little more of it ;))

Recipe for this card

stamps      : SU! A Little Birdie Told Me, K & Co. Amy Butler Floral

paper        : SU! So Saffron, BG (all from the Urban Prairie pack) Petticoat, Bluebird & Patchwork Quilt

accessories : May Arts ribbon, Nestabilities square & oval dies, rhinestones & brads by MM

Thanks for taking a peek

Ch{{rs!  Chriss

Mojo71, another Valentine

Another MojoMonday sketch from the very talented Julee.  She provides a sketch every Monday on her blog, Mojo Monday, that I like to have a go at.  I always feel that I work a little harder on these sketches and usually like the outcome. Here is mine for week #71, very pink and green.  This is the very first time I have ever used rub-ons.  I have been wary to use them as I don't consider them a handmade art form, but these were so pretty and I have had them for over a year, so I decided to (gasp!) use them.

The card base is a rice textured Bazzil tea green cs.  I used the swirls Cuttlebug folder on a third of the card.  The dp i used for this was another coveted item from my stash, some Cloud 9 Design "Be Loved" sparkle paper that went with the rub ons.  You see, I seem to have the "whole set" syndrome at times...  The rub ons are framed with some pretty swirly brackets from Cuttlebug and pasted on and secured with Making Memories pink brads.  I also used a Cuttlebug knotted frame that I mounted the sentiment on another Cloud 9 dp in the same series and framed it with my nestabilities square dies.  The ribbon is pink taffeta from SU! Here is a close-up of the framed sentiment.  Hope you like this.  Thanks for checking in,

Chriss