Another Monday is here and there's another awesome new sketch by Julee for the Mojo Monday Challenge! I really love all the open space that gives you so much freedom for creating great backgrounds! Remember...it's contest week, so there are prizes up for grabs if you play along! I combined my card with the current Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge to use a nautical theme. Stamps are from Verve's Strong Anchor set. Papers are from Authentique's Seaside Collection and are paired with Night of Navy, white and metallic silver CS. Verve's Nautical Die Set makes it so easy to create the anchor embellishment and, of
course, I had to add a little rope to complete it. The embossing folder is called "Nautical" and is by Lifetime Crafts (it's one of 2 folders in a package).
I'm also entering this card into the Paper Players Challenge #298 where Claire has chosen a theme that is to honor the dads in our lives.
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 seven thumbnails.
Julee Tilman (Owner)
Justin Krieger
Lori Tecler
Marisa Ritzen
Sarah Bigelow
Teresa Kline
Wanda Cullen (you are here)
Happy Saturday everyone! I whipped up this birthday card for my brother who is celebrating on the 8th. I was inspired by THIS CARD by Kara Vrabel. I loved the way the "happy" stamp had tilted letters to echo the tilted card panels. I didn't have a small "balloon tail" stamp so I hand drew the strings using a medium point black gel pen. I'm entering this into the Seize the Birthday "Anything Goes" challenge. Heading out to work shortly and hoping I beat the severe thunderstorm they are predicting! Enjoy!
STAMPS: Whole Lotta Happy (WPlus9), Sending, Hoping, Wishing (WPlus9).
PAPER: Bermuda Bay (SU), Black, White.
INK: Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay, Pistachio Pudding (all by SU).
Jumpin' Jehosaphat, it's June already! Are you ready for these fabulous earthy colors -kraft, green and cream - for the new Color Throwdown Challenge? I certainly was when I saw hostess Jodi's color picks!
OK...I took some liberties with this one since Tim Holtz doesn't have an exact kraft distress ink color. I checked my color chart and thought Tea Dye and Scattered Straw looked close. They're in the light brown family, so I went with both colors to create the watercolor wash background and then used them to stamp some of the foliage! I also went with multiple greens - Mowed Lawn, Twisted Citron and Crushed Olive. To add a little pizzazz, I included a gold embossed sentiment on vellum and gold sequins. The watercolored panel was matted with Garden Green CS over a kraft base.
STAMPS: Autumn Leaves (WPlus9), Sending, Hoping, Wishing (WPlus9).
PAPER: Kraft (PTI), Garden Green (SU), Vellum, Ranger watercolor CS.
A big CONGRATS to our guest star stamper - Kathy Schweinfurth of Stamps At Play! Be sure to stop by her blog to comment on her beautiful card!
Since it's a new month, we say goodbye to Jill Hawkins who guested in May and say hello to our new guest designer - Kara Vrabel of K and R Designs! So happy to welcome Kara who will be sharing her creative talents with us!
To get all the details on how to play along with the challenge, please go to the Color Throwdown blog and check out the info on the right sidebar!
You can also check out the rest of the design teams' creations for more
inspiration on the CTD blog.. or you can clink on their blog links below.
Amy Rohl
Barbara Anders
Broni Holcombe
Joan Ervin
Jodi Collins
Lisa Henke
Lori Tecler
Lynn Put
Vickie Zimmer
Wanda Cullen (you are here)
Kara Vrabel - June Guest Designer
Not sure what happened to May, but it has zipped by like a streak of lightning and we're already on the last Monday! You know that means the Mojo Monday Challenge has a different shaped card as part of the challenge and this time, Julee has a tall and skinny layout for us!
Since this is Memorial Day in the states, I wanted to remember those who have died in their service to our country by using poppies on my card. I always associate this flower with veterans who are seen handing out the paper version of the flower to people who donate money to their cause.
I did a watercolor wash with Candied Apple and Festive Berries distress ink on Ranger watercolor CS, then die cut the flowers using Verve's coordinating dies to the Poppy Birthday stamp set. I colored the leaves with Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn distress ink markers, stamped with Garden Green ink and fussy cut them. The flower centers have black Enamel Accents added which gives them a glossy sheen...not picked up well with this photo. Papers are from My Mind's Eye "A Mother's Love" 6x6 pad. The tiny crosstitch dies are from Paper Smooches "Stitched" wise dies set.
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 seven thumbnails.
Julee Tilman (Owner)
Justin Krieger
Lori Tecler
Marisa Ritzen
Sarah Bigelow
Teresa Kline
Wanda Cullen (you are here)
My newest fave triple step stamped flower is this Altenew Daisy stamp set that was recently a freebie offer! Pssst...It is also available for purchase. I created this card for two different challenges. It's photo week over on the Just For Girls Challenge blog and I was inspired by the wallpaper background to include a yellow BG on my card and also to add a pop of pink.
The second challenge is The Paper Players Tic-Tac-Toe challenge (I used the birthday, sequins and paper clip row).
The sentiment - Altenew's Painted Greetings set - was gold embossed over a heavy weight vellum (SU). Tiny Tip: Make sure your heat gun is hot before you heat the vellum. You will want to move quickly as soon as the powder melts.
I sponged Daffodil Delight ink over a TCW Mini Chickenwire stencil. The flowers were triple stamped with Little Piggy and Sweet Gelato WPlus9 dye inks and the leaves with Beanstalk and Mojito WPlus9 inks. The wonky stitched rectangle die is by Lil' Inker Designs.
Sadly, this is the last week for me guesting with the Crazies at Crazy 4 Challenges. Thanks to Barbara for the invitation...it's been a fun month! With May coming to an end, it means the school year is also coming to an end. Our challenge is to create a teacher thank you card...but...if you don't have a need for a teacher TY card, just create a generic TY card instead. We can ALL use those in our stash!
I knew right away I wanted to use Reverse Confetti's Class Act stamp set. The polka dotted apple is just the sweetest! I used a number of Confetti Cuts dies: Class Act, Posted Note, Documented, Office Edges. The designer paper is Back to School by Recollections.
For more inspiration by the rest of the talented team, please click on the the links below:
We hope to see you in the gallery this week! You can go HERE to link up your creation. Thanks so much for stopping by!
I'm playing along with two great challenges: Inspired by...All the Little Things and Freshly Made Sketches. I loved all the texture in the old building, so I knew I wanted to use texture paste over the watercolor wash background. I was also inspired by the colors and it gave me a chance to use my fave distress ink combo - Cracked Pistachio and Evergreen Bough! The pop of blue was accomplished by adding a couple of stitched heart dies.
My daughter is going to be starting her first traveling nurse
assignment in Omaha, Nebraska in June. She's a fiercely independent young lady who has quite the travel bug and has been on numerous trips already and it doesn't look like she'll stop anytime soon! She's currently taking a 4000 mile trip through the midwest with a former roomie...hitting Fargo, ND 2 days ago, Boseman, Montana yesterday and then heading toward Yellowstone and Glacier national parks! From there, they'll come south through Wyoming, Colorado and eventually will end up in Omaha. That was a long tale to get to the point of this card's sentiment - lol!
PAPER: Ranger watercolor CS; Pool Party (SU); cobalt blue CS is from my leftover scrap pile and I'm not sure of the source.
DIES: Stitched hearts by Lil' Inker Designs; Stitched Fishtail Flags STAX Die-Namics by MFT; Incredible sentiment die by Concord and 9th.
