Mojo 416

well this card has taken me

all.week.long.

to create!

just too busy with too many things

the sentiment is why I bought this stamp set but the wonderful butterfly didn't hurt

fro Unity Stamp Co. Letting Go-Not Loving Less

Black ink - Memento

Colored ink - various Tim Holtz Inks

Unity Love

in my last post I told you about winning the $100 Unity Stamp Company Shopping Spree

Well all those wonderful stamps arrived yesterday in my mail box!

{I shared the first card I created using one of those stamps in that post as well}

Also I received a smallish order I had placed on Tuesday too

So.Many.NEW.Stamps.

Last night I got busy & today I'm going to stay busy

creating with Unity & just taking it easy at my house.

This is a little 3x3 gift card

Unity Stamp Set - Be Joyful

Stamped using Black Memento Ink

Watercolored (with a handy dandy water brush) using Tim Holtz Inks in Fossilized Amber, Wild Honey, and Mowed Lawn

Cardbase is from Studio G

little bit of bling in flower centers from Tulip "Beads in a Bottle"

Next Up, I think I may give this one to the pastor of our church

I created this wonderful background using Tim Holtz Ink pads in Iced Spruce, Dried Marigold, Victorian Velvet, and Milled Lavender

Unity Stamp Set - Blossoms & Blessings

Stamped using Ranger Archival Ink (3 generations)

Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Black Soot around the edges

mounted on plain black cardstock

And last ( at least for this post)
is another small card, a 4x4 from the mystery cardbase drawer

sweet Unity Stamp Set - Little Bunny for you
stamped using black Memento on a plain white cardstock
I colored the flower & leaves with Twinkling H2O's
the rest is Copic marker
I punched the "sun" from pearlized cardstock
the pearl brad is My Mind's Eye
and that tag, well that's from those big packs you use when labeling for garage sales

Kitty

there is nothing like a cat, I have two tuxedo kitties in my life

they make me happy

This Hallow's Eve Kitty from Unity Stamp Company

makes me happy too

I created the center circle using various mists

stamped the kitty/moon/bats using Ranger's Archival Ink

then using a tiny paint brush I painted the moon with Liquid Pearls in White Opal

Printed papers are an old Making Memories 8x8 pack Spook Alley

The awesome little chipboard bats are from UmWowStudio

I painted the bats with Tuxedo Smooch

edges are distressed with Tim Holtz Black Soot

I played along with Sketch Saturday #379

I made very small changes: left off the staples, added a sentiment strip, changed the stars to bats plus dropped one and moved them over but I think you can still see the basic sketch idea :-)

Smile

oh yes I am smiling tonight and my face may end up hurting at some point

You see I won $100 Shopping Spree from Unity Stamp Company

Here's what I picked out

it came TODAY! whoop whoop

Last night, I ran across Freshly Made Sketches #204

and put it on my short list to create with,

perfect timing. Here's what I made:

this set, Smile in Your Dreams, I accidentally ordered AGAIN... 

so I gifted the first which I hadn't used yet to a friend :-)

coloring done with Copic markers

Printed Paper - Basic Grey Green At Heart

purple layer -Recollections Purple Cardstock

white chipboard square - CloseToMyHeart

Distressed wtih Tim Holtz Seedless Preserves

Black Ink - Memento

Wink of Stella (on just the purple part of flowers & orange butterfly)

miscellaneous green ribbon

Many Thanks

My friend DeeDee is an amazingly talented designer!

She works wtih 7 Dots Studio, designing these awesome papers, stamps, stencils & chipboard pieces;

Plus she owns & designs for UmWow Studio coordinating chipboard pieces (the nice heavy kind) along with masks & flair. The latest is called Lost & Found and it is wonderful!

Background - 7 Dots Studio Wonky Halftone Mask used with Heavy Gesso (let that dry overnight)

smeared Tim Holtz Abandoned Coral & Twisted Citron on my craft mat, spritzed with water & dipped Background piece,
Using one of the 7 Dots Studio stamps in teh same inks, I added 3 splats of full color
Then I dipped my drinking glass in some Tim Holtz Ground Espresso and created some "coffee" stains

My friend from Mountain Plains Crafters, Marilynn, recently sent me these awesome little upcycled {pizza box} scrabble pieces, applied those with some thermo-web glue dots

Added a bit of May Arts Jute and topped it all of with a few sequins

New Day Rooster

tonight while playing along with Unity Stamp Company on Facebook 

I also played with one of my newest Unity stamps...

New Day Rooster!

 My three grandpas were farmers and of those three, two had chickens

I remember one particularly evil rooster

New Ink from Tim Holtz!

Printed papers from Graphic45 French Country

there is magic

it's been a really good week for me!

I received my Unity Stamp order

My kids have made it on time for school everyday & the oldest is driving them

I helped some people at the food pantry I volunteer at weekly who really needed it

and I got to play in my craft room two nights!

For this one I played along with Freshly Made Sketches #201

my girls over at Mountain Plains Crafters did an unofficial challenge to use

WOODGRAIN, mine is part of an old CloseToMyHeart Stamp Set called Weathered Backgrounds, which I stamped on Kraft cardstock using Tim Holtz Gathered Twigs.

The sentiment & image stamps are from Unity Stamp Company's new sentiment set called

... Butterflies & Moonbeams, which I stamped with black Memento and colored with Copic markers.

The sentiment was stamped using Tim Holtz Walnut Stain.

the printed papers are from a big pad of Michael's called Homespun.

and the finishing touches (tiny bits of bling) from Imaginisce