Mojo Monday - Look...No Pink!

I did it...I actually made a Mother's Day card without using any pink! I really wanted to reach for that pink, though. You would think after all the pink cards I made this weekend, I would be burnt out on pink.

For this card I used the Mojo Monday sketch.



My mojo was majorly enhanced by the package waiting for me when I got home from work. It was my goodie box from Stampin' Up for being on their survey panel! Yea! This is just about the coolest thing ever! I used some of the supplies to make the above card!

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Details:
Card 1:
Stamp: Playful Petals (SU), Happy Mother's Day (Hero Arts)
Ink: Palatte Noir; markers - So Saffron (SU)
Paper: Patterned - Tea Party (SU); Cardstock - So Saffron, Bashful Blue, Brocade Blue (SU).
Accessories: Gems, So Saffron polytwill ribbon (SU), pop dots.

Am I Stuck On Pink, Or What?

Here are three more Mother's Day cards I have done to put with mom's jewelry in her show next month. I must have it in my mind somewhere that all Mother's Day cards should be pink. I seriously should hide all my pinks and start using some other colors.


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Details:
Card 1:
Stamp: Blossoms Abound (SU), Happy Mother's Day (Paper Inspirations)
Ink: Pretty In Pink, Regal Rose, Close To Cocoa, Wild Wasabi (SU)
Paper: Patterned - CTMH; Cardstock - Pretty In Pink and Regal Rose (SU).
Accessories: None.
Card 2:
Stamp: Digital Images by Fred She Said, Happy Mother's Day (Paper Inspirations)
Ink: Blush Rose (Colorbox).
Paper: Patterned - Digital paper by Fred She Said; Cardstock - Regal Rose (SU).
Accessories: Fruit Punch Stickles
Card 3:
Stamp: Butterfly (TAC), Wind Beneath My Wings (word art ...my own design).
Ink: Versamark
Paper: Patterned - Basic Gray; Cardstock - Pretty In Pink and Regal Rose (SU).
Accessories: Butterfly punch (Fiskars), ribbon, gold embossing powder.

Food For Thought Friday

Breakfast

When was the last time you did something for the first time? What was it?

Last night we ate at the new Italian restaurant down the street for the first time (dine-in anyway...we have ordered pizza from there a couple of times). Exciting, huh?


Lunch
What's your middle name? Why?

Lynn. I have no idea why. I guess it just goes with Monica.

Dinner
What was the first car you drove?

Whatever mom and dad were driving when I took driver's ed. It had to be either the Mustang or the Cougar.

Midnight Snack What is the strangest/weirdest gift you have ever received?

Paul's mom once "moved" (more like took off with some weird guy) to Arizona. When she returned a few months later, she had some gifts for us. Her gift for me was a "Mexican pepper man." A weird paper mache figure that stood about 12 inches tall of a little old Mexican man holding a basket full of hot peppers. I still can't figure that one out.

Recipe of the Week (instead of your recipe for life what is it just for the week?)

He who angers you conquers you. ~Elizabeth Kenny

Trying for Simple

I'm trying to come up with a simple design that I can make multiples of for mom's show. I'm not too sure about this one. Boy, do I need better lighting in here...or I need to stick to taking my pictures in the daylight.

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Stamp: Hand of Friendship (Stampendous), Happy Mother's Day (Paper Inspiration)
Ink: Palette Noir; Lovely Lilac (SU); markers - Almost Amethyst , Gable Green, and Certainly Celery (SU).
Paper: Patterned plus green and dark purple solid - CTMH; Cardstock - Almost Amethyst (SU).
Accessories: Marvy Mega circle and Giga scalloped circle punches

Mother's Day Mayhem

The "mayhem" part would be the top of my desk. If you could only see it. I can't even see the surface. Okay, here's the deal...mom is going to be putting her jewelry in a craft show at the Women's Club the day before Mother's Day. She asked me to make a dozen or so cards to put with her jewelry. This is against my better judgment because of my belief that getting paid for something totally sucks every last bit of fun out of whatever it is you're doing. I'm trying to tell myself, "But why not get paid doing what you enjoy?" Anyhow, since mom asked, I'm going to give it a try. So...happy Mother's Day. LOL. This is for you, mom.

For these cards I decided to go with Lauren's (My Time) Saturday Sketch. Lo and behold she had three sketches to choose from this week. Perfect! Since I'm trying to reach my quota of Mother's Day cards, I decided to try my hand at all three.




In the details below, some of the information on the different papers is unknown, as I'm really trying to use up my scraps.
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Details:
Card 1:
Stamp: Hand of Friendship (Stampendous)
Ink: Palette Noir; markers - Pretty In Pink, Chocolate Chip, Always Artichoke(SU), Cool Gray and Skin White (Copic).
Paper: Patterned - unknown (sorry!!); Cardstock - Pretty In Pink and Close To Cocoa (SU).
Accessories: Marvy Mega circle and Giga scalloped circle punches, dew drops, flowers, gem.
Card 2:
Stamp: Hand of Friendship (Stampendous)
Ink: Palette Noir; markers - Pretty In Pink, Certainly Celery, Barely Banana(SU).
Paper: Patterned - Text Prints (DCWV); Cardstock - Pretty In Pink (SU), green is unknown (sorry!).
Accessories: Fiskars scalloped punch, butterfly punch (Martha Stewart), gems.
Card 3:
Stamp: Elegant Script (CTMH), , Werdz (Biblical Impressions)
Ink: Blush Rose (Colorbox).
Paper: Patterned - Basic Gray; Cardstock - Sahara Sand (SU), red is unknown (sorry!).
Accessories: Butterfly punch (Martha Stewart), gems.

Bloom With Happiness

I combined two challenges for this card...the Mojo Monday sketch challenge and the Papertake Weekly Challenge. I borrowed this Stampin' Up set from mom a while back. It's kind of a fun set and lends itself well to pastel colors, which is what this week's challenge is...using pastel colors. Here's the sketch and my card.

That's it for me for tonight. Time to go watch 24 before Paul starts watching it without me. I've had a headache since about 3 p.m. Time to break out the Advil. I think it's just a Monday thing.
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Details:
Stamp: Blooming with Happiness (Stampin' Up)
Ink: Palette Noir; markers - Pretty In Pink, Lovely Lilac, Gable Green, Appricot Appeal, Barely Banana, Bashful Blue, & Only Orange (SU)
Paper: Patterned - Euphoria (Basic Gray), Cardstock - Lovely Lilac, Certainly Celery, Whisper White (SU)
Accessories: Celery ribbon (SU), scallop punch (Fiskars), flowers, gem

Happy Easter Everyone!

All I need to know

I learned from the Easter Bunny!

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Everyone needs a friend who is all ears.

There's no such thing as too much candy.

All work and no play can make you a basket case.

A cute tail attracts a lot of attention.

Everyone is entitled to a bad hare day.

Let happy thoughts multiply like rabbits.

Some body parts should be floppy.

Keep your paws off of other people's jelly beans.

Good things come in small, sugar coated packages.

The grass is always greener in someone else's basket.

To show your true colors, you have to come out of the shell.

The best things in life are still sweet and gooey.

May the joy of the season fill your heart.

Happy Easter!

Talk To The Paw!

I caught Sheldon in one of his favorite positions.

The greyhound pose.
How in the world can he sleep like that?
What a goofball.

Better Put On Your Sunglasses!

'Cause this is a bright one! I must make a point to find myself an orange marker that's not so bright. After ending up with such a bright orange, I felt I had to go with some brighter colors for the rest of the card. Is it too much?? Well, it is almost Easter after all, and if there is one time of year when you can get away with all these colors, I guess this is it. For this card I used Lauren's weekly sketch challenge.

Instead of using the two small squares I changed it up and put the flower and the butterfly, still using two things in that spot.

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Details:
Stamp: Flowers For You (Whipper Snapper)
Ink: Palette Noir; markers - Lemon Yellow and Tangerine (Impress), Pretty In Pink and Almost Amethyst (SU), black (Zig), Cool Gray (Copic).
Paper: Patterned - Butterflies from The Spring Matstack (DCWV) Cardstock - Rose Red, Regal Rose, and Whisper White (SU).
Accessories: Butterfly punch (Martha Stewart), scallop punch (Fiskars), flowers, ribbon

Another Color Challenge

I'm telling you...I'm getting so inspired by the color challenges. This one is by Kristina Werner of kwernerdesign.com. I admire her color challenges every week, but this is the first time I've played along. I was on a roll, so I couldn't help myself. Here are the colors...



These colors were difficult for me too, and here's why...I don't like Kiwi Kiss. To me it's like puke green. Sorry. (That sounds a little Simonish, doesn't it (i.e. American Idol)...just add the British accent and the matter-of-fact tone that tells you he doesn't really mean it. Sorry.) Anyway, moving on...I had a hard time finding anything in my collection that even came close to this color. If it would have been Certainly Celery...no problem (we all know I love that color). I also don't have Baja Breeze, so I had to settle for Cool Carribean. Here's my card...I'll just leave it at that.

The outside says, "A wise man once said..." The inside says, "Follow your dreams, except the one where you're at work in your underwear."

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Details:
Stamp: It's a $1 stamp I found somewhere...I have no idea where or the company name. Sorry.
Ink: Palette Noir; markers - Chocolate Chip, Only Orange, Always Artichoke (SU), Cool Gray (Copic).
Paper: Patterned - Daisies (Sandylion), Cardstock - Chocolate (CTMH), Cool Carribean and Whisper White (SU).
Accessories: Fiskars border punch.

Raspberry Suite Challenge Week 3

Emphasis on the word "challenge." Five colors this week. These colors were difficult for me, but I loved it! I was inspired...so much so that I did another color challenge which I'll post tomorrow.

Here are the colors we had to work with. Beautiful colors but, wow...I had a hard time putting them together.

After going through all my papers and going back and forth on what to use, this is what I settled on. It was actually finding the right "berry" color that got me...that and fitting pink in there somewhere!

Well, that's it for me for today. We're spending the day working around the house on projects that we've been putting off for too long....fixing a pipe, fixing a toilet, putting up shelves, etc. I was hoping to get an earlier start, but Paul is still sleeping. At about 12:30 a.m., the power went out on our whole block followed by a loud bang somewhere. We still have no idea what it was, but Paul couldn't sleep until the power came back on, which I think was about 2:30 a.m. I fell asleep, but when the power comes back on, our security system makes this loud screeching noise, so that woke me up. And then Paul has to come upstairs and announce that the power is back on. Yeah...I think I figured that one out. Anyway, I'm going to be nice and let him sleep for a little while before making him get up and work.

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Details:
Stamp: Hand of Friendship (Stampendous)
Ink: Palette Noir; markers - Tutti Frutti, Pure Red, and black (Zig), Always Artichoke (SU), Cool Gray and Skin White (Copic).
Paper: Patterned - 1st layer Kraft Designer Paper (SU), 2nd layer Bittersweet Vanilla Fudge (Basic Gray), 3rd layer red (KMA); vanilla and coral (unknown).
Accessories: Fiskars daisy punch, Cricut (flowers...thanks mom!), red square brad.

Happy Birthday, Puppy Love!

She's 6 today.