Mojo Monday #109

Here is my card for Mojo Monday #109. I will be glad when it takes me a little less time to come up with and execute a card! It took me all morning to make this, but it was a lot of fun and I know now what doesn't work on this card! :-) I also realized after I taped everything down that I should have matted the front of the card. Oh well! I will get the hang of it soon.

I wanted to make the card like something I might have found in my grandmother's things, pretty and well used. I also love this stamp set (SU Chic Boutique), but I have found that it can be difficult to use. The Eiffel Tower requires a large rectangle to hold it, and the dress form does not fill up a card enough. I think that stamping the tower on printed paper helps fill up some of the white space.

Here are the materials I used: Stamps: SU Chic Boutique Paper: Basic Grey Nook and Pantry (LOVE this!), SU Garden Green Other: Brown string from Archivers, Gold Shimmer Spray.

Here is the Mojo Layout for this week:

Pony Party Card

This card was done for the Mojo Monday Week 104 challenge http://mojomonday.blogspot.com/ . I had so much fun making this card. Unicorn Card would probably be a better title, but I like to put the stamp set name in the title. I will be back to post the details of the card later since I have to run now.

Soft Summer Card

My first card post! Yay! This is a card that I made for a dear friend on her birthday. I colored directly on the stamp with my watercolor crayons, then I sprayed water on it before I stamped it onto watercolor paper. A technique I learned from Jen, my SU demonstrator and friend. Thanks Jen! This is a two step stamp and I only used the first step stamp. I trimmed out the image and used some dimensionals to pop up the image. I also added a rectangle of Chocolate Chip CS to the inside of the card just past the scallop edge to add some contrast.

All supplies are Stampin Up! Soft Summer stamp set from last Spring's Mini. Pink Pirouette Scalloped Note, Chocolate Chip and Whisper White cardstock.

First Post!

This is the first post on my new blog! I hope to post ideas and pictures of things I have created. Come back and visit often!