Mojo Monday 286

I don't believe I've ever participated in the Mojo Monday challenge, but I decided to do so this week.  It's round or square week (#286) and I went with square.  My card uses a stamp from Unity Stamp and paper from My Mind's Eye.  I colored the image with Copic markers.

Hello Again

Well, I've been a very bad blogger.  I do have a reason, however.  I've been spending a lot of time over at Stamper's Quest where I have become the new editor.  I've been designing for them for several years, but am now taking on additional responsibility.

For today, however, I'm sharing an ATC I made for a on going swap I'm involved with this year about the months of the year.  This is the ATC I made for January.
And here is the ATC I received from Lyn Stonehewer.

Teal and Terracotta

This month, the challenge at Crafter's Companion is to use a favorite color combination.  Now, normally, I don't think this is what I would have chosen, but on the day I made the card, this is what called to me.  I used the Butterfly Frame stamp from the Stamp It-Australia line.

TSC 36 Monochromatic White

I haven't had much time to play in challenges lately, but I'm glad to get back to it.  The challenge over at the Stampsmith Challenge Blog this month is Monochromatic white.  This was definitely challenge for me, but I really like how it turned out.  I used an embossing folder and some dies for texture and even tucked a bit of tulle under the focal image.

Three French Hens

Well, I said I might share more of my 12 Days of Christmas swap here and now I have the perfect opportunity since The Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge is French Inspired this week.  This was the ATC that I made to represent 3 French Hens.  The hens are Tweety Jill stamps and I think the other stamps are from Stampington.
Bonjour!

Simon Says Stamp and Show-Tape Challenge

I'm going to a birthday party today for my Great Aunt Lillie who is 90 years old.  I made her this card, which I'm entering in the Simon Says Stamp and Show Tape Challenge.  All of the stamps are from Stamping Scrapping.  I did some selective inking on the cupcake stamp since it's part of a Ladybug set and the stamp has ladybugs on the cupcake.  Since I didn't want any bugs on my food for this card (just kidding, it's a cute set) I carefully inked the stamp and avoided the ladybugs.  I used washi tape on both corners of the card.

Lots of Dots

The September Challenge over at the Crafter's Companion blog is to use dots or stripes.  I just happened to have run a swap on my Yahoo group (Inkyfunstampers) to use dots or circles and I'd signed up for the swap, but had not yet completed my card.  Well, I decided to kill two birds with one stone and use a Crafter's Companion stamp and enter the challenge.

I used the Compass stamp from the Stamp It Australia collection.  I like the saying on here, "If you don't know where you're going you will probably end up somewhere else."  My background was created with spray inks and a stencil.  There are some dots there, but I also punched circles out of polka dot patterned paper and added them to my card as well.  I finished the card off with a ribbon and used pop dots to adhere my focal point.