Sending Joy & Cheer

I'm back with another quick Monday post (*scroll on down for my Mojo Monday card)!  I used the sketch only for the current Fusion Card Challenge, was inspired by the hot pink and florals in the Card Concept Challenge and also played with the tic-tac-toe theme (I went with pink, die cut and twine) for the Paper Players Challenge.  

This card lets the patterned papers do the talking and was easy peasy to assemble!  I used my favorite little edge die (Edge Essentials by Reverse Confetti) and went with a white embossed sentiment on black paired with yellow die cut sentiment die.

STAMPS: Sending and Wishing (Simon Says Stamp).
DIES: Sending by Simon Says Stamp; Stitched Rectangle by Lil' Inker Designs.

So, that's it for me today...heading off to work this afternoon with lots of new admissions at Wilson Workforce Rehabilitation Center!  Job security - lol!

Chalkboard Technique

So ironic that I had a blog update in my inbox with a link to Betsy Veldman's Chalkboard Technique for PTI's Make it Monday challenge and then I checked out the Technique Lover's Challenge on SCS and saw Joan had posted the same technique. I've been wanting to try this for some time, so this was definitely a sign that I had to play - lol! This sentiment from Verve's "Learning to Sail" set was perfect for the main focal panel!  I white embossed on black CS then sponged Colorbox "Frost White" pigment ink along the edges and brushed some ink on the "storms" word.  A nautical charm added to the baker's twine finished off the card which uses Jen Shults' fabulous layout for her current Deconstructed Sketch Challenge!

PAPER: Nottinghill by 7 Gypsies
ACCESSORIES: Black/white bakers twine, Catch A Wave Die-Namics by MFT, Corner Chomper