Mojo Monday

Yippee! My favorite month of the year is here and I'm kicking off the first Mojo Monday Challenge with lots of May flowers on my card! Because it's a new month, that means it's contest week and YOU have the chance to win some new Verve if you play along!

I created my own designer paper by stamping flowers and leaves from Verve's Bloom and Grow set using Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie and Lucky Limeade inks (SU). I just finished the Online Card Classes new series, Clear and Sheer, so I went with vellum for the horizontal panel - cutting it an inch wider than the base so I could fold the edges under and glue tape them to the back.  I generally use spray adhesive to adhere vellum, but I wanted the panel to appear 'loose' and not totally glued down.  I gold embossed the sentiment and added the 'awesome' word die (Verve's Simply Amazing set) - layered with a gold die to give it a shadow effect. The butterflies were cut with a Sizzix Embosslits Beautiful Wings die from SU.  They tended to get lost in all the busy BG, so I'm thinking I should have used wood veneer butterflies or some other color. Maybe next time. :-)

For more inspiration from the rest of the mojomakers, click on their blog links below...or...you can go to the Mojo Monday blog and click on the first eight thumbnails. 

Julee Tilman (Owner)
Justin Krieger
Lori Tecler
Marisa Ritzen 
Mary Fish
Sarah Bigelow
Teresa Kline
Wanda Cullen (you are here)