Wedding Bliss!

Today's card share is for the DT challenge on Latenightstamper's our monthly theme for May is Father's day and Weddings. Hence this wedding card. It is also using 100% current Stamping Up! so it is one for the You're Hired Again Series of cards. It was also one of the cards that we made at this months All Occasions Class. I love the cut out heart and the ribbon. I wanted to put names in the two little hearts but since I have no one to give this card to I left it blank.



Stamps: To Have And To Hold
Paper: Riding Hood Red, Pink Piourette, Close to Cocoa, Very Vanilla, and dp from the Candy Lane series
Ink: Riding Hood Red
Other: paper piercer, ribbon, circle scissors plus, heart punch, Circle punch, Riding Hood ribbon, Ruby Red marker.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Don't forget to check out the LNS blog tour information in my side bar. I will be featuring the Friends 24-7 set for that tour. Don't miss out on the great samples.

Mary Jo

Father's Day is coming fast.

I can not even keep up with how fast time is flying. Mother's day is gone (mine was great by the way, hope yours was too) and we are coming up on Father's day now. Are you ready? If not you will be the challenge over at Latenightstampers this week is masculine cards. Everyone is always looking for help with them, so if you are not a member now is the time. You will see lots of great masculine cards using 100% current Stampin Up products. Here is my fist sample for the week. I used my sketch challenge from earlier today. Number 69 and 100% current Stampin Up so it is also another one of the You're Hired series of cards.


Stamps: Backwoods, And Many Mower
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Kraft, Always Artichoke, Sage Shadow and Very Vanilla
Ink : Chocolate Chip, Always Artichoke
Other: ribbon, markers, distressing tool, circle punch

Hope you had a great day. See ya tomorrow, I am done for the night it has been a long day. I stayed up way too late last night reading and then got up at 5am. Now I am tired, but I may read just a bit, lol!

Mary Jo

Technostamper's Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge #69

Here is this week's sketch. I have two samples for you but will only share one tonight the other is also for the new weekly challenge on Latenightstampers. So here is the sketch. I hope you find time this week to play along.



And here is my baby boy card. This is one of my favorite sets and I have not used it in a while so I am glad I dug it out for this. Too fun.


Stamps: Nursery Necessities, Beautiful Baby
Paper: Pacific Point, Bashful Blue, Good Morning Sunshine DP, Whisper White
Ink: Bashful Blue, Pacific Point
Other: markers, sm circle punch, star punch, button sizzix die, white gel pen.

Come on and play along! After you make your sample come on back and leave a direct link to you card on Mister Linky below. When posting online please use the keywords TSSC65.

Thanks for playing.
Mary Jo

LNS18-- Circles- How fun!

Circles circles everywhere! This week's challenge is to use circles, I love circles, it is actually a bit hard for me to not use them. They are so fun. I might have gotten a bit carried away on this one, lol. The middle chipboard piece is actually garbage from one of my son's Pokemon games. They give you little tokens that you have to punch out of this and I knew right away that the rest of it would end up on a card and not in the garbage! Made it pretty easy from there. The DP's are all from the Good Morning sunshine DP. Fun colors and lots of circles. I added a piece of black card stock to the back to make the flowers pops. I love it. What do you think? 100% current Stampin Up! products so it is one of my You're hired again series of cards.



Here is a close up view to see the depth of the circles.


Stamps: One of a Kind, Darling Dots and Wagon Full of Fun
Paper: Pacific Point, Whisper White, Good Morning Sunshine DP
Ink: Pacific Point, Summer Sun, Kiwi Kiss and Basic Black
Other: ribbon, flower punch, circle punch, photo corner punch

Thanks for stopping by--see ya soon
Mary Jo

Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge #68

Today's sketch seemed like it would be great for both a card and a scrapbook page so that is exactly what I did with it. It has been a long time since I have done any scrapbook pages and I have really been itching to get some done. Here is the sketch.....

First I will share my card. Simple and sweet. This card is using 100% current Stampin Up and is one of my You're Hired Series of cards.



Stamps: Darling Dots (hostess), On Your Birthday
Paper: Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Basic Black, Whisper White, Candy Lane DP
Ink: Pink Pirouette, Riding Hood Red
Other: flower fusions, markers, brads.

Next up is a scrapbook page using all supplies from Storage Units Ink and More.



Stamps: Roughing It
Paper: Core-dinations cards stock, dp available soon at SUINK
Ink: Basic Black
Other: Copics. Cub scout sticker, gel pen, sanding block

Sure hope you can find time in your busy week to play along. I would love to have you join us. If you do remember to come on back and leave a comment on Mister Linky below so I can share your creation with everyone at the end of the week and others can view when they have time. When posting on line use the keyword TSSC68

Please only leave a direct link to your project that is for this challenge. All other links will be deleted. Thank you!


Thanks so much,
Mary Jo

One more for the Latenight Stampers challenge #17

I had to get at least one more in for this challenge. The original challenge was visit our List Mom Sherrill Graff's blog and chose a card to case. She not only has some awesome projects that she created but many projects from others too! Some great eye candy there. So we've decided for this week's challenge we were going to CASE a card from Sherrill's Blog! Any card you want! Take a look at all the fabulous samples and pick one that you would like to re-create. The only thing is that you have to change at least two things about the card. You can change the stamps, the colors, layout, change out ribbon for brads or any other thing that you want.

Remember -- all products must be CURRENT STAMPIN' UP! (meaning that it can be purchased right now by a customer). If you know the name of the person you are CASEing, please make note of that as well as linking to the original project! Please send an e-mail to the group with a picture and other information AND post your project to this album -- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LNSconvention09/photos/album/324785452/pic/list


I am loving this adorable set Owls Together Now it is one of the sets I got from Sherrill for winning her challenge. So fun, I especially love it when the owl is blue to match these great papers. (from Sherrill too). I chose this card by Sandi to case.



This is 100% current SU products and one of my You're Hired Again Series of cards.

Stamps: Owl Together Now
Paper: Pacific Blue, Whisper White, Bashful Blue, Basic Black and Good Morning Sunshine dp.
Ink: Basic Black
Other: markers, small, large and scallop oval punches, paper piercer, mat pack, gel pen, corduroy buttons and brads, black gingham ribbon.

Don't forget to check back later tonight for my Monday Lunchtime Sketch challenge.

I better go make a card for that huh?!

See ya later,
Mary Jo

Whooooooo Loves You? I do!

Another card for Latenightstamper's weekly challenge number 17. This challenge was to case a card from our list mom's blog -- Sherrill Graff. . HERE is the card I chose for inspiration. I changed a lot, lol. It is also 100% current Stampin Up and one of the You're Hired Again series of cards.

Stamps: Owl Together Now
Paper: Pacific Point, Bashful Blue, Whisper White and Good Morning Sunshine DP
Ink: Basic Black
Other: markers, top note die, bashful blue ribbon, chit chat rub ons, circle punches, scallop circle punch.

I just love monochromatic cards. Don't you.

See ya tomorrow with lots more to share.

Goodnight,
Mary Jo

A Kind Word is a wonderful thing.

Welcome to 3 Clovers Thursday Challenge #11!

Thanks for coming by today!
I hope that you enjoy this week's challenge!



This week we have the following sketch for you:

Here is my card using this sketch. It is also part of the You're Hired again series of cards.


I think this little girl is just so precious! I love the cats too.

Stamps: A kind word
Paper: Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Bella Rose DP, Basic Black and Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black
Other: markers, circle scissors plus, satin ribbon

This was a cute but simple card. I love the look that the paper piecing added to the hat and apron.

Want to play along! We would love to have you join us. Visit Kerry's blog for the details.

CLICK HERE TO PLAY ALONG.

Thanks for visiting today. See ya later.

Mary Jo

Simply Elegant Watercolored Mother's Day

This card actually fits three challenges! First the color challenge on SCS today--Real Red, Basic Black and Old Olive. Next is the monthly DT challenge on Latenightstamper--Mother's Day and finally the weekly challenge on Latenightstampers which is to case a card off of our list mom Sherrill Graff's blog. Now that I think of it it actually fits four, it is also 100% current Stampin Up and will be one of my You're hired again series of cards!

I cased a card done by Laurie it is the sixth card down at this post HERE

Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral

Paper: Basic Black, Bella Rose DP, Real Red, Shimmery White

Ink: Versa Mark

Accessories: clear embossing powder, heat gun, Real Red reinker, Chit Chat rub ons. marker, photo corner punch

I will be posting the winner of yesterday's blog candy later today, I need to add numbers to the posts so I can count them all up. I believe there were 223 comments. Maybe you were the lucky one?!

See ya in a bit.
Mary Jo

Welcome aboard the Occasions Mini Tour Bus!

Official Tour Times are 8am to Midnight Today Only!
(some links may not be ready before this time)

Blog candy at the end of this post so be sure to get in on it.

It is here and I am thrilled that you are along for the ride! Glad to see you have your ticket there is so much in store for you today. You will follow along through 20 different blogs all showcasing a different product from the Occasion Mini catalog. You will have many different chances along the way to win fun prizes and be incredibly inspired by the wonderful samples. Get your cup of coffee (or drink of preference) and settle in to enjoy the ride with me on the Occasions Mini Tour!




If you are coming from Fun Stampin with Margaret's blog thanks for continuing the tour! If you are starting right here with me that is great too you will just follow the links until you end up right back here . This is stop 17 on tour 2 and I will be featuring and giving away the And Many Mower set.




This set is perfect for the manly man in your life. So fun and easy to make masculine cards with. We all have difficulty with masculine cards but this set will make it easy. I promise. You will have a chance to win this set for free too. Read the end of the post for more details.

First I would like to share my samples with you. All of my samples will be using 100% current Stampin Up and will be part of my You're Hired Again Series. The first one is using the adorable Golfer Dude. It is also using my Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge #67 from earlier today (late last night really).

Stamps: And Many Mower
Paper: To the Nines Speciality Paper, Really Rust, Chocolate Chip, Sage Shadow and Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black, Chocolate Chip
Other: Ribbon, photo corner punch, circle scissors plus, stamp a ma jig, markers

The next sample is using the same colors and dp as the previous one but I am using the adorable checklist stamp from the set. This card is so perfect for my hubby. He is not really into sports or hunting so many of the sets just don't work for him--this is perfect though! Hope you can see the dimension on this one. Too cute.


Stamps: And Many Mower
Paper: Really Rust, Chocolate Chip, Sage Shadow, Whisper White and To The Nines Speciality dp
Ink: Basic Black
Other: markers, ribbon,

Next up is the cute little lawn mower. I added the words in the oval by hand and part rub on. I had this idea but there were no sentiments that would work so I made my own. The bottom sentiment is from the Really Retro set. This card is also for this week's Late Night Stamper's Challenge 17. We are to case a card from our wonderful list mom Sherrill Graff's blog. HERE is the card I chose to case. The card was created by Gretchen Barron. I changed the colors and the sentiments treatments. And it is tilted in the other direction. I hope you enjoy my humor on this one. You may have to click on the picture to enlarge it to see the details.





Stamps: And Many Mower, Really Retro, Trendy Trees
Paper: Kiwi Kiss DP, Scrap of DP from the Best Ever Scrappin Kit. Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze, Riding Hood Red and Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black, Chocolate Chip
Other: scallop border punch, large oval punch, scallop oval punch, markers, Chit Chat rub ons

And finally another one using my Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge #67. This is a simple but fun one.

Stamps: And Many Mower
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black
Other: markers, ribbon, corner rounder, circle scissors plus

Blog Candy Details.

I hope you enjoyed your stop here at my blog. Before you leave be sure to leave a comment on this post to have a chance to win the And Many Mower stamp set. You can get a second change by subscribing to my blog. Just let me know you did in your post and I will add a second chance for you. This is a one day only event therefore I will be closing the chance to win along with the close of the tour. You must get in before 11:59pm EST on Monday April 27th to be eligible to win the free stamp set! I will post the winner on Tuesday.


And now you are ready to move on the the very talented Linda Keal. Linda has a wonder clean and crisp style you are going to love! Her blog is new too so be sure to leave her a comment to encourage her to keep up the fabulous work. She is stop number 18 and she will be showcasing the Golden Oldies set. (The links have been taken down watch for the next tour date)
Have fun on the rest of your trip and be sure to come on back now -- ya hear!

Have a wonderful and blessed day.

Mary Jo

Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge #67

Well, this week sure went fast. My son's baseball started up and he had two practices, a scrimmage and two games this week! What the heck! This is his first year playing so we were not ready for all that, lol. We are having lots of fun with it though.

Anyway here is this week's sketch. Another circle. Did you guys notice I always seem to do things in groups. (Except for the arrows, I think Kerry and a few of the other girls would have quit one me) I have really been enjoying using circles since I got my new Circle Scissors Plus. Fun and easy.



I found this sketch a bit harder than the last few just because of the simplicity of it. Weird how sometimes simple is SO hard! I will only be sharing one sample with you now but I have three cards to share in my next post that will all be using the new And Many Mower stamp set and two of them will use this sketch so be sure to check that out. That will be part of the Occasions Mini Blog Tour I was telling you about. If you missed the details click HERE. You will definitely want to see all the great samples. I am even going to be giving away the And Many Mower set to one lucky person who is traveling along on our tour. Here is a picture of the set.








Be sure to come back in the morning to find out how you can win this set for FREE!

And finally here is my card for today. This set actually belongs to a friend of mine but she said I could play with it for a bit before she picks it up. How cool is that. This is the first card I have made with it and even though I am not totally thrilled with it I do like it. The set was easy and fun to play with. That is a real plus.




This is 100% current Stampin Up and part of the You're Hired Again Series.

Stamps: Branch Out, Really Retro
Paper: Pacific Point, Summer Sun, Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White and Good Morning Sunshine dp
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Summer Sun, Basic Black, Kiwi Kiss, Pacific Point
Other: Circle Scissors Plus, corner rounder

See ya in the morning for the Blog Tour--I can't wait to take the trip myself.

Also in the afternoon for the new Latenight Stamper's weekly challenge hosted by myself and Susan.

Good night,
Mary Jo

LNS challenge using the color throwdown!

Mondays are so buys for me, between my sketch challenge and the weekly challenge on Latenight Stampers I have a lot to do, not to mention that it is the first day of the new week and there always seems to be a lot of regrouping from the weekend going on! This week's challenge on Latenight Stampers was a sketch challenge! I love those. I actually made three cards for it and they are all using the same colors. The color throwdown challenge.

The colors this week were just beautiful! Once I started I could not stop, lol. If you notice there is one in the last post too so I actually made four cards with these colors. You can see the other one HERE if you missed it.

And of course this also is 100% current Stampin Up! so it qualifies for my Your Hired Again Series. I lost count, lol.

The first card is using the hostess set A little Somethin'. What a fun set and it matches our punches! Got to love that.

Stamps: A little somethin'
Paper: Ruby Red, Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Urban Oasis DP
Ink: Ruby Red and Baja Breeze
Other: brads, ribbons, heart punch

Next is another Hostess set -- Rustic Rooster. I did not really like this set at first but I have had some real fun with it. You can see the other cards and home decor I made with it by clicking on the following links. Here and Here and Here.


Stamps: Rustic Rooster and Really Retro
Paper: Basic Grey, Ruby Red, Baja Breeze and Whisper White
Ink: Ruby Red, Baja Breeze
Other: small, large and scallop oval punches, pretties kit, ribbon.

And finally I decided to turn the sketch on it's side for this last one using the Upsy Daisy set.

Stamps: Uppsy Daisy
Paper: Urban Oasis DP, Baja Breeze DP, Ruby Red, Whisper White,
Ink: Going Grey, Ruby Red, Baja Breeze
Other: sponges, brads, ribbon, large and scallop oval punches.

And now so you can play along here is the sketch.


Want to join the fun? Come on over and join the Latenight Stamper's Group. There are literally hundreds of fabulous 100% Stampin Up projects posted each month! You need be a part of this. It is so fun and inspriational. And EVERYONE is so nice. No nastey e-mails or complaining. Sherrill and the whole group are great at keeping it fun. Click the logo below to join.

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Hope you have a wonderful Monday! I am off to physical therapy soon so I will see ya later!
Mary Jo

Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge #66

Today's sketch is another pretty easy one, especially if you own the circle scissors plus or Nestabilities. There are so many things that will fit in the circle you can let your imagination go wild--I did as you will see. Of course I combined challenge again for today but I will tell you about that after you see the sketch. So here it is.........


My first card is combined with the Color Throwdown Challenge #38. I have three more cards with this combo that I will post in the morning for the Latenight Stamper's weekly challenge. The colors this week were just beautiful!

I used the Friends 24-7 stamp set and of course it is 100% current stampin up and qualifys for my You're Hired again series. Actually all three of my cards today are part of this series, they all are 100% current Stampin Up and they will all be going to Sherrill Graff.




Stamps: Friends 24-7 and Really Retro
Paper: Ruby Red, Baja Breeze Whisper White and Urban Oasis DP
Ink: Ruby Red, Baja Breeze, Going Grey
Other: Ruby Red brads, circle scissors plus,white ribbon that has been dyed with ruby red ink. word window punch, sponges, markers, gel pen


The next two cards are for the Design Team monthly theme challenge. Our challenge for April is to make projects that are for Mother's Day, Graduation, or Spring. Well I have made a few for Spring and a few for Mother's Day but I did not have any current graduation sets so I had to get creative. Keep in mind I don't have anyone graduating from college or highschool--just the elementary school so these cards are both kid friendly.

hen I say this idea on Leigh O'Briens blog. I knew I had to try it and I just happen to have a bunch of these little games laying around-image that! What don't I have laying around, lol. My son loves skulls so I knew I had to use this set. The graduation hat is hand drawn.



Stamps: Just Jawin and Hugs and Wishes
Paper: Basic Black, Basic Grey texture and regular, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black
Other: mini ball game, embroidery thread

The next is also a graduation card and the hat is again hand drawn. This really is a cute set for graduation cards, don't you think?



Stamps: Animal Crackers, Really Retro
Paper: Bella Birds DP, So Saffron DP, So Saffron, Bordering Blue, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Pink Pirouette
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Basic Black
Other: Chocolate Chip ribbon, markers, word window punch, small, large and scallop oval punches, So Saffron brads.

The colors on this last one are from the SCS it is CC214

Phew! I hope I remembered all of the challenges I was using. I also hope you will chose to play along this week. Let me know what you think of my graduation cards--are they too different?

Anyway after you make your sample for the sketch challenge don't forget to come on back and leave a link on Mister Linky below. And be sure to stop back to see the other samples the team does a great job each week! When uploading on line please use the keyword TSSC66

See Ya Later!
Mary Jo

Blogger's Challenge ala Verve Style!

Today's blogger's challenge was a color challenge--we are to use, Always Artichoke, Sahara Sand, Chocolate Chip and Sage Shadow. Perfect since I have the To The Nines Specialty Paper sitting here just waiting to be used. And today is the last day to play along with the Verve April release challenges. So why not combine them--you all know I love to do that! And while I am at it I may as well use 100% current Stampin Up products so it will also qualify for my You're Hired Again series!

First is VSAPR1




Stamps: Close as a Memory and Dreams duJour
Paper: Sahara Sand, Chocolate Chip, Always Artichoke, and To the Nines SDP
Ink: Sage Shadow, Chocolate Chip and Always Artichoke
Other: scoring tool, circle punch, scallop circle punch, ruler and markers, ribbon and brads


Next VSAPR2

Stamps: Rustic Rooster
Paper: Sahara Sand, Sage Shadow, Always Artichoke, and To the Nines SDP
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Sage Shadow, Always Artichoke
Other: Sponges, ribbon, brads


And VSAPR3

Stamps: A Little Somethin'
Paper: Sahara Sand, Chocolate Chip, Always Artichoke, Sage Shadow and To the Nines SDP
Ink: Always Artichoke
Other: pretties kit, three for you flower punch, markers, brads, ribbon, square scallop punch


There is actually a fourth which is a color challenge but I will do that one later tonight.

Thanks for stopping by today--enjoy your Friday--TGIF!

Mary Jo

Three Clovers Thursday Challenge #9

Welcome to Thursday and another Three Clovers Thursday Challenge. We are on number 9 already. Have you played along yet? This weeks challenge is to use your favorite Technique. I don't really have a favorite and since we did this last week on the Blogger's challenge too I just figured I would pick a different one. This week I chose Reverse Masking. Fun and simple. What do you think? Do you have a favorite or one you want to learn and don't know? Leave me a comment and I will check it out (if it's a favorite) or do a tutorial on it (if you want to learn). I really love techniques. Here is my card for today.

I used the circle scissors plus to cut a circle in a piece of computer paper and then used that as my mask. I stamped the flowers over the hole in the paper so they only showed up in a circle. Then before removing the mask I used a sponge and added some Baja Breeze ink all around the inside of the circle to make the circle stand out more. Then for a little more I added dots around the circle wih my black marker.

Ty the way this is 100% current Stampin Up and qualifies for my You're Hired Again series.

Stamps: Upsy Daisy, Really Retro
Paper: Baja Breeze, Basic Black, card stock, Baja Breeze DP along with Urban Oasis DP
Ink: Going Grey and Basic Black
Other: Circle Scissors Plus, sponge, ribbon, marker

Head on over to Kerry's blog to see what the rest of the team did and to play along! See ya there!

See ya soon.
I need to do some cleaning today---YUCK -- I would rather be stamping.

Mary Jo

More 3-d flowers!

Another card for the Weekly challenge on the Latenight Stampers Group--the challenge is to make 3-d flowers. It has been a long time since I made one of these types of pocket cards. It is actually a full card with a pocket on the front. Then of course my 3-d flower is attached to the top of one of those big ole paper clips to make a bookmark.

Here is what it looks like with the bookmark taken out.

The flower was created using a Sizzix die from Stampin Up so stinkin easy!

This is also 100% current Stampin Up and quaifies for my You're Hired Again Series.

Stamps: Really Retro
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Pink Pirouette ,Kiwi Kiss DP and DP from the Bella Birds Collection
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Other: Pretty in Pink brads, chocolate chip ribbon, sizzix flower die, sizzix tag die, wide stitched ribbon, large paper clip, glue dots,

Hope you had a fabulous day!
Mary Jo

Latenight Stamper's challenge #15

Good morning everyone and Happy Monday! It's a new week and that means a new challenge from your Late Night Stampers Design Team. This week's challenge was dreamed up by Heidi Michel and Virginia Killmore and it's all about flowers, flowers, flowers!

WOW!! Its time for Challenge #15 already and boy do Viriginia and Heidi love flowers!!! Its time to get out of this blah weather and think SPRING HAS SPRUNG!!

So for our 1^st challenge together, we would like to see some “3D paper flower Cards” (Preferably not using Pretties kit flowers). There are a lot of holidays and greetings you will be able to add such as Get Well, Sympathy, Happy Easter, Happy Mother’s Day, Birthdays, Spring Has Sprung, Spring, Spring, Spring!! Do you get the hint? We want to see flowers!! lots of them…. and lots of color. J

Here are my first two samples. Such a fun challenge. You really don't want to miss out on this one. If you are not a member of the Latenight Stampers group yet you can be! All you have to do is click HERE to join.

Tell Sherrill I sent you and you will be a member before you know. Come on over and join the fun!

Both of my cards today are using 100% current Stampin Up and are a part of my You're Hired Again Series

My first card is using punches to create the 3D flower. I used the scallop oval punch, large oval punch, 5-petal flower punch and the boho blossoms punch. I love how the leaves in the dp look as if they belong to this flower.

Here is a close up of the flower.

The butterfly is from the Flight of the Butterfly set.

Stamps: Flight of the Butterfly
Paper: Kiwi Kiss, Taken with Teal Whisper White and Urban Oasis dp
Ink: Taken with Teal
Other: scallop oval punch, large oval punch, 5-petal flower punch, boho blossoms punch, lace scallop border punch, jumbo brad

The next card is another fun way to make a flower. I used the One of a Kind stamps set and Boho blossoms punch. The leaves are the scallop oval punch.


Stamps: One of a Kind
Paper: Taken with Teal, Pink Passion, Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black, Pink Passion, Kiwi Kiss
Other: White gel pen, kiwi/white satin ribbon, white organza ribbon, boho blossoms punch, pretties kit for brad, hand held punch, scallop oval punch, top note die

Hope you enjoyed these fun flower cards. Come on and play along.
Mary Jo

Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge #65

Welcome to another addition of the TSSC. This is sketch number 65 and I would love to have you play along. It is a fun and easy sketch. I have two samples to get your creative juices flowing and the team will be sharing more tomorrow. Be sure to come back and check out the link on the Mister Linky list below!

Here is the sketch.....

Both of my cards are using 100% current Stampin Up and therefore are part of my You're Hired Again series.


My first card is also my first card for the Color Throwdown Challenge Blog. I have never played along with these challenges so I thought I would give them a try.

Color Throwdown #37

This week's colors were chosen by LeAnne : Pink Pirouette, Cameo Coral and Sage Shadow! Nice springy colors!

I didn't think I would like the colors together but I do--I really do! what do you think?



Stamps: Friends 24-7, Really Retro
Paper: Cameo Coral and Sage Shadow, Whisper White and Pink Pirouette DP from the Bella Birds Collection
Ink: Basic Black, Cameo Coral
Other: scallop circle punch, 1 1/2 inch circle punch, word window punch, markers, circle scissors plus

My next card was my last contribution to this week's Latenight Stamper's Challenge. Again a color challenge - Baja Breeze, Sahara Sand, Chocolate Chip and Very Vanilla. (for some reason I used Basic Grey instead of Sahara Sand? Not sure what happened there, lol) The new challenge will be posted tomorrow and I will be sharing my first cards for that challenge soon after!





Stamps: Close as a Memory
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Baja Breeze DP, Basic Grey (Sahara Sand look alike, lol)
Ink: Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip
Other: Stampin Up Sizzix Tag Die, Circle Scissors Plus, pretties kit, ribbon, markers

Come on and play along! After you make your sample come on back and leave a direct link to you card on Mister Linky below. When posting online please use the keywords TSSC65.

Thanks for playing.
Mary Jo