Saffire's Stamping: Mojo Sketch

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Trendy Tree Tops

When this stamp set first came out I was desperate to get hold of it. I loved so many of the cards that had been made with it by the Papertrey Ink design team and ordered it as soon as it was released. But now I have it, I think I have possibly used it half a dozen times if that, so when I saw the colours in Color Throwdown's Challenge #259, I thought this set would be perfect for them! I also used the sketch from Mojo Monday's Challenge #310 but turned it on its side to fit the trees better.

And here's my card...

Recipe:

Stamps: Trendy Tree Tops, Thanks All Ways, Turning A New Leaf all from Papertrey Ink

Papers: Sage Shadow (Retired), Really Rust (Retired), Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake all from Stampin' Up

Inks: Sage Shadow (Retired), Really Rust (Retired), Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake all from Stampin' Up

Accessories: Trendy Tree Tops Dies, Double Ended Banner Die both from Papertrey Ink, Buttons from stash

And that's all from me for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by!

Pillow Inspiration

This fortnight's challenge on A Passion for Papertrey was to be inspired by something. Last week I went and bought a new bedding set (that completely does not go with the bedroom decor but as we're hopefully moving this summer it will be decorated differently anyways!) and the cushion I bought to go with it was my inspiration. I also used the sketch from Mojo Monday's Challenge #300 - Happy Birthday Mojo!

And here's my card - I used the colours and stitched flowers with a touch of gold embossing and glitter too!

Recipe:

Stamps: Stitches and Swirls from Papertrey ink, Birthday Surprise from Verve Stamps

Papers: Coastal Cabana, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, In Colors 2010-12 DSP (Retired), Chocolate Chip Prints DSP (Retired) all from Stampin' Up, Copic X-Press It Blending Card

Inks: Coastal Cabana, Versamark both from Stampin' Up, Copic Markers

Accessories: Wisteria Wonder Ribbon (Retired), Gold Embossing Powder both from Stampin' Up, 1 3/4" Limitless Layers Circle Dies from Papertrey Ink, Gold Stickles

And that's all from me for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by!

Thank You Verve

I made a little card today that I am dedicating to Julee Tilman of Verve Stamps because I won the Viva La Verve Challenges for June and received (and quickly spent) a $100 gift certificate! I bought 3 new stamp sets, a set of ribbon and a heap of dies! I spent all but 45 cents of it hehe!

This card is for Mojo Monday's Challenge #299. I just pulled out some retired DSP and went along with those colours and just love this bright pink and dark purple combo!

And here's my card...

Recipe:

Stamps: making A Statement from Verve Stamps

Papers: Melon Mambo, Concord Crush (Retired), Whisper White, Cheerful Treat DSP (Retired) all from Stampin' Up

Inks: Melon Mambo, Concord Crush (Retired), Lucky Limeade all from Stampin' Up

Accessories: Concord Crush Ribbon (Retired), Delicate Doilies Sizzix Die both from Stampin' Up, Loopy Blooms Dies from Verve Stamps, Buttons from stash

And that's all from me for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by!

Hmmmmm .........

I'm really not very sure about this card. When I made it I thought it was ok, but not I've come back to it I don't think I like it at all. The colours just don't do it for me at all. Anyway it's too late to change it as I still have 4 end of year reports to write after my dinner this evening, so it'll have to do. This is for Mojo Monday's Sketch #298 and ColourQ's Challenge #194.

And here's my attempt...

Recipe:

Stamps: Label Love, Mosaic Madness both from Stampin' Up

Papers: Calypso Coral, Gumball Green, Whisper White, In Colors 2012-14 DSP Stack all from Stampin' Up

Inks: Calypso Coral, Gumball Green, Tempting Turquoise, Poppy Parade (Retired) all from Stampin' Up

Accessories: Mosaic Punch, Poppy Parade Ribbon (Retired) all from Stampin' Up

And that's all from me for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by.

Mojo done properly this time!

I attempted the Mojo Monday's Sketch Challenge #297 again today and actually did the sketch properly this time! I combined it this time with CC430 from SCS and did basically the same card again, using the same stamps and dies, because I liked yesterday's so much. To get the Daffodil to work on the flower without another colour to shade, I just stamped it off and it came out really nicely.

And here's my card.

Recipe:

Stamps: Stippled Blossoms, Itty Bitty Banners both from Stampin' Up

Papers: Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, Whisper White, Brights DSP Stack, In Colors 2010 - 12 DSP Stack (Retired) all from Stampin' Up

Inks: Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive all from Stampin' Up

Accessories: Bitty Banner Dies, Adorning Accents Dies, Delicate Doilies Sizzlit Die all from Stampin' Up

And that's all from me for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by!

It's a Lucky Island Party!

Just a quick card I made this morning using Mojo Monday's Challenge #295 for the sketch and CC428 to use these cool colours. I pulled out my Rosie Posie set which I haven't used for a while and loved making the hexagons background patterns with it.

And here's my card.

Recipe:

Stamps: Rosie Posie, Quilled Elegance both from Papertrey Ink

Papers: Lucky Limeade, Island Indigo, Whisper White, In Colors 2011-13 DSP Stack all from Stampin' Up

Inks: Lucky Limeade, Island Indigo, Pool Party all from Stampin' Up

Accessories: Island Indigo Ruffled Ribbon from Stampin' Up, Doubled Ended Banner Dies, Rosie Posie Dies both from Papertrey Ink, Square Nestabilities, Pippi Butterfly Die, Isabella Butterfly Die both from Memory Box

And that's all from me for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by.

Textured Butterflies

After watching the video for Make It Monday's Challenge #116 to add texture to your stamps, I knew Beautiful Butterflies was the set to use! I actually don't have a combo like Betsy used in the video (the teeth on my comb are too wide and thick to get sort of pattern), so instead I used a scrap piece of card to scratch patterns on to the stamps. I used the sketch from Mojo Monday's Challenge #293 and the colours from Play Date Cafe's Challenge #183. I'm not a fan of Bravo burgundy at all and am glad it's finally being retired, but actually it does look quite nice with these other colours.

And here's my card.

Recipe:

Stamps: Beautiful Butterflies, Signature Greetings II, Happy Hexagons all from Papertrey Ink

Papers: Baja Breeze, Bravo Burgundy, Whisper White, In Color 2010-12 DSP Stack (Retired) all from Stampin' Up

Inks: Baja Breeze, Bravo Burgundy, Poppy Parade (Retired) all from Stampin' Up

Accessories: Happy Hexagons Plate, Limitless Layers 1 3/4" Circle Dies, Doily Details Dies all from Papertrey Ink, Bravo Burgundy 1/4" & 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbons (Retired), Baja Breeze Striped Grosgrain Ribbon (Retired), Poppy Parade Ribbon (Retired) all from Stampin' Up

And that's all from me for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by!

Thanks Mother

I need to find an English stamp with Mum on it - I bet one of my Waltzing Mouse Stamps sets has one in now I think about it! But for now this will do! This card is for Mojo Monday's Challenge #292 for the sketch, Just Add Ink's Challenge #165 to just add woodgrain and for F4A163 to make a card for your mum. It was Mother's Day here in the UK way back in March, so I didn't see the point of making a mother's day card, so just made a little thank you for her instead for when I need one!

And here's my card.

Recipe:

Stamps: Dream Big from Verve Stamps, Fruit Fusion: Melon, Women of Life both from Papertrey Ink

Papers: Sage Shadow (Retired), Soft Suede, Whisper White all from Stampin' Up, Summer Breeze Patterned Papers from First Edition

Inks: Blushing Bride (Retired but coming back soon), Sage Shadow (Retired) both from Stampin' Up

Accessories: Blushing Bride Pleated Satin Ribbon (Retired), Blushing Bride Grosgrain Ribbon (Retired), Eyelet Border Punch (Retired), Large Delicate Doilies Sizzlits all from Stampin' Up, Die-Namics, Fish Tail Banner from My Favorite Things, Baker's Twine from The Ribbon Reel, Woodgrain Embossing Folder from Craft Concepts

And that's all from me for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by!

Thanks Great Friend

Just a very quick card I made today for a couple of challenges - Mojo Monday's Challenge #288 for the sketch and Just Add Ink's Challenge #161 to use these colours. I actually quite like this combo, although I wouldn't have picked it myself.

And here's my fairly CAS card. Well CAS for me anyway.

Recipe:

Stamps: Great Friend, Making A Statement both from Verve Stamps

Papers: Rich Razzleberry, Midnight Muse, Whisper White Brights DSP Stack, Regals DSP Stack, In Colors 2012-14 DSP Stack all from SU

Inks: Rich Razzleberry, Midnight Muse, More Mustard all from SU

Accessories: More Mustard Brad (Retired), Night of Navy Brads (Retired), Corner Rounder Punch all from SU, Double Ended Banner Die from PTI

And that's all from me for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by.

Cho With Parasol

This week's challenge on Lili's Little Fairies challenge is to use stitching - now I really didn't have the time nor the energy to do all the stitching I wanted on this one, so I pulled out my Sew Simple Borders set from PTI and added lots of faux stitching to this one. I used the sketch from Mojo Monday's challenge #287 and the colours from ColourQ's Challenge #183. Gorgeous colour combo this one turned out to be. I used one of my new uninked stamps again for this card - this one is Cho with parasol. Isn't she a cutie?!

And here's my card.

Recipe:

Stamps: Cho with Parasol, For You Circular Sentiments both from Lili of the Valley, Sew Simple Borders, Natural Beauties both from PTI

Papers: Calypso Coral, Soft Suede, Whisper White, Polka Dot Parade DSP all from SU, Neenah Solar Crest

Inks: Calypso Coral, Blushing Bride, Soft Suede, Daffodil Delight all from SU, Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers

Accessories: Blushing Bride Ribbon (Retired) from SU, Paper DOily from eBay, Circle Nestabilities, Clear gems from stash

And that's all from me for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by.

Monochromatic Stars

Just a quick card I made the other card for Mojo Monday's Challenge #286 for the sketch, CC418 to use this collection of blues and for Cupcake Crafts Challenge #235 to make a masculine card using cool colours. I love using stars for a man's card as they make the card so easy to do.

And here's my card.

Recipe:

Stamps: Star Prints, Think Big Favorites #12 both from PTI

Papers: Baja Breeze, Midnight Muse, Whisper White, Polka Dot Parade all from SU

Inks: Baja Breeze, Midnight Muse, Marina Mist all from SU

Accessories: Subtles buttons, Whisper White Baker's Twine both from SU, Zig Zag Punch from Martha Stewart

And that's all for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by.

Here Comes the Easter Bunny

Just another little Easter card I made today... This one is for Mojo Monday's Sketch #285 and for Cute Card Thursday's Challenge #261 to make an Easter project. My new Papertrey Ink goodies arrived this week and inside was this cute little stamp set (unfortunately the matching die was out of stock when I ordered, so I'll to get that next time, but it's easy enough a shape to cut out!). I just used some of Papertrey Ink's Egg Hunt patterned papers in these pretty pastel colours and came up with this.

And here's my card.

Recipe:

Stamps: Polka Dot Parade #1, Daydreamer both from PTI

Papers: Plum Pudding, Lavender Moon, Egg Hunt Patterned Papers all from PTI, Whisper White from SU

Inks: Spring Moss, lavender Moon, Plum Pudding all from PTI

Accessories: Big Scalloped Circle Nestabilities, Circles Nestabilites, Card Candi, Plum Pudding Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon from PTI

Eyelets? What are they?!

I haven't used eyelets in a very long time. In fact I cannot even find my old box of eyelets so I pulled out a tub of retired SU ones to use on this card for F4A159. I also used the sketch from Mojo Monday's Challenge #283 and the colours were from ColourQ's Challenge #179.

And here's my card.

Recipe:

Stamps: Beautiful Blooms II, Butterfly Dreams, Think Big Favorites #19 all from PTI

Papers: Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Festival of Prints DSP all from SU

Inks: Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, Crumb Cake all from SU

Accessories: Cherry Cobbler Polka Dot Ribbon, Eyelets (Retired) both from SU, Medium Butterfly Die from PTI, Circle Nestabilities

And that's all for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by.

Pinwheels and sunshine!

Can you believe it actually started snowing here in the UK again today?! Where has the sunshine gone? Admittedly we only got a day of sun and it was still very cold, but the snow should have gone completely by now and we should be heading to warmer weather, but today is so bitterly cold!

So to brighten up my day I made a bright, fun card for Make It Monday's Challenge #104 to make some handmade pinwheels (I found an old stencil/cutting template, so drew round that for mine!), Lovefest Challenge F to be inspired by the photo below, Cupcake Crafts Challenge #230 to use lace, doilies and twine and for Mojo Monday's Sketch Challenge #281 for the sketch, although I did veer slightly from it as my doily dies were a bit bigger than they should have been to fit the sketch perfectly.

And here's my card.

Recipe:

Stamps: Simple Sunflower, Polka Dot Basics both from PTI

Papers: Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White all from SU

Inks: Basic Black, Daffodil Delight both from SU

Accessories: Rick Rack Die, Doily Details Dies, Framed Out #4 Die, Simple Sunflower Die, Harvest Gold Felt all from PTI, Pinwheels Template from ?, Buttons from stash, Baker's Twine from The Ribbon Reel, Black Glitter Felt from Hobbycraft, Lace from stash

And that's all from me today folks! Thanks for stopping by.

Playing with some Pinwheels

We're making kites at school tomorrow as part of our India day to end our topic this half term (There's a huge kite festival every year in January in Gujarat, so we're going to host our own in school, along with some Indian Bhagra style dancing, cooking and eating some delicious Indian food - samosas, chapattis, aloo tikka and vegetable pakoras - and finishing the day with drawing some rangoli patterns on the playground with chalks! We're all dressing up in saris as well so it's going to a fabulous day!) Anyway....because of the kite making I felt like adding something that moved in the wind and came across my pinwheels set so used those for this card! (Although I probably should have dug out my kites from Up, Up and Away and used those, but I thought pinwheels were just too fun!)

This card is for Mojo Monday Challenge #278 for the sketch and Play Date Café's Challenge #167 to use these pretty colours which I interpreted as Rich Razzleberry, Certainly Celery and So Saffron.

And here's my card.

Recipe:

Stamps: Dot Spot from Papertrey Ink, Circular Sayings from Verve Stamps, Playful Pinwheels from Waltzing Mouse Stamps

Papers: Rich Razzleberry, Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Certainly Celery Prints Stack (Retired), So Saffron Prints Stack (Retired) all from SU

Inks: Rich Razzleberry, Certainly Celery, So Saffron all from SU

Accessories: Rich Razzleberry 1 1/4" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon (Retired), Circle Nestabilities, Medium Scallop Border Die from PTI, Brads from Papermania

And that's all for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by!

The Richness of Red

I never use to really like red, either for my cards or clothes, but lately I have been wearing a lot more red and using red more on my cards too. I suppose Christmas and Valentines helps with that too!

My first card is for Kraftin' Kimmie's Challenge #163 to use something old and something new. My olds are several - my image was coloured in absolutely ages ago but never used, my ribbon is a few years old as well and the gold swirly papers I used on my lanterns is also a few years old. My new things are my Love Story papers from Echo Park which I bought just after Christmas but hadn't used and the greeting came from a new PTI stamp set that arrived on Monday! This card is also for Friday MashUp's Challenge #94 to make a Chinese New Year Card (oops I used a birthday greeting!) and to use the faux Chinese lantern technique, which I kind of did on my mini lanterns. Now I know sweet Sakura is probably meant to be Japanese, but I couldn't decide so thought she would work for this one.

Recipe:

Stamps: Sakura from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, Quilled Elegance from PTI

Papers: Real red, Basic Black both from SU, Copic X-Press It Smooth Blending Card, Love Story Patterned Papers from Echo Park, Scrummy, Yummy papers from Craftwork Cards

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers

Accessories: Ribbon from old stash, Twine from The Ribbon Reel, Edgers Dies #4 from PTI

My next card is for Mojo Monday's Challenge #277 for the sketch and Make It Monday's Challenge #101 to use Layered Embossing. Just had to use my new Quilled Elegance on this one - love this stamp set!

Recipe:

Stamps: Quilled Elegance, Fancy Flourishes both from PTI

Papers: Real Red, Whisper White, Crumb Cake all from SU

Ink: Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Versamark all from SU

Accessories: Real Red Satin Ribbon (Retired), Whisper White Embossing Powder, Clear Embossing Powder, Neutrals Buttons all from SU, Brads from stash

And that's all for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by.

Inkspirational Colours!

I found a new challenge blog through a comment left by Mynnette and thought I would give this first challenge on the Inkspirational blog a go this week as I left these vibrant colours together! I also used the sketch from Mojo Monday's Challenge #274.