Mojo Monday and a Technique Challenge....

Hi!
Hope your Monday is going well!  We are having another beautiful day here in Virginia in fact all week is supposed to be nice!   This kind of weather gets me in the mood to clean!  Unfortunately, once I start cleaning then I realize that I hate my curtains, bedding, furniture, etc.....  I wouldn't have realized how much I hate it if I didn't start cleaning!!!!  Now I'm depressed!!!  LOL!!!

Today's technique challenge is to make a card by cutting a border either from a stamped image, DP, etc...  My layout is based on Julee's Mojo Monday sketch #73.  If you look REALLY closely, you will notice that again, I didn't follow the exact sketch because I couldn't get some words to go on where they are supposed to without it looking dumb SO, MAYBE Julee won't notice!!! LOL!!!!  Now, you make sure if you play along, you do it right!!!!!!  LOL!!!!!

I have always loved this DP, it is by Prima.  The base of my card is Chocolate Chip with a mat of Basic Black and then the Prima paper.  For the middle portion, I stamped the filigree strip from Verve's Grateful Elegance on the same Prima DP using Basic Black ink.  I cut the bottom of the filigree to make a decorative border and added a piece of Real Red card stock which I stamped using my Canvas BG stamp and Chocolate Chip ink.  I did sponge it with the Chocolate Chip ink as well.  I matted these on Basic Black ink and added some red crystals.  The top image piece is actually the same Prima DP which I cut so some of the flowers & leaves would show.  I added 2 small Martha Stewart butterflies which I punched from Basic Black card stock and the 2 little flowers are also from the Grateful Elegance set which I stamped on the DP using Basic Black ink and cut out.  I mounted the two butterflies and one of the flowers on dimensionals.  The ribbon is just black wide organdy.  Very simple!

Before I go, I wanted to tell you that I have a card in this months CardMaker Magazine!  This is the first time one of my cards was published so I was really excited about it actually coming out!  It is kindof a bummer though because there were supposed to be 2 cards in there but only one made it in to the actual publication.  Here is the one that made it ~

Here is the one that didn't ~

I'll be back tomorrow with my Jacksonbelle Challenge card and don't forget, Lindsey is having a sale through tomorrow ~ 30% off EVERYTHING!  Check it out HERE!

See ya tomorrow!

~Lynda

Comments

[Tonya]

Very nice cards! WOW!!

[denise (peanutbee)]

They're all beautiful! HUGE CONGRATS on being published, that's great!!

[Evelynn Saddler]

So glad you got a card published, its beautiful, congrats.
Ks.stamper
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Evelynn

[Denise~Paper Ponderings]

So elegant! Love them!

[Betty aka ZacksNana]

You've been busy!!! Awesome cards!

[Dorothy]

Great cards! Great Blog! Very Impressive!

Please have a peek at mine.
http://www.neverenoughrubberstamps.blogspot.com

Cheers!

[Dawn Easton]

YEAH! Congrats Lynda!!!! Your card is beautiful!! I've never submitted anything...maybe some day I will...haha!
Your first card is so elegant...love the pop of red!
Sorry your last card didn't get picked up...it's super cute!

[Elena]

Congratulations on being published, Lynda! I love bunny card too! So precious!
Your sketch card is so elegant and gorgeous! Very nice papers!
I used to live in Virginia for a year! Miss the wonderful weather now here in WI...

[Michelle Woerner (sf9erfan)]

OMGosh! Congrats Lynda!!!! You are published in Card Maker! That rocks!! I was published the first time this month too. I have a card in Card Maker coming up in the July/Aug issue. Go team!!

[Cindy Haffner]

Wow-zer You go girl, congrats on your card. Love all your work, fantastic.

[Laura Fredrickson]

WOW! Love your Mojo card...the dark dusky colours are gorgeous! Congrats on being published! Both cards are awesome...too bad the rest of the world misses out on your little bunny card!

[sue]

Beautiful cards, all lovely, sue.x