celebrating...

Hello friends!!   Got some time this morning to start a card and finished it up this afternoon.  I tried to get outside my box on this one... not sure how well that went, lol.  Recently I have been seeing a projects that people have created for a new challenge called "Cure for the Monday Blues".  Being intrigued by the title I decided to check it out.  The creator of the challenge Taheerah is the kind of paper crafter I sometimes wish I could be... always on trend and super creative.  So I was a bit, no actually A LOT, intimidated by the challenge.  But after I saw her most recent challenge and inspiration photo (isn't it just yummy??) I decided to give it a go and came up with this card.

I used Chupa's current Sketchbook Saturday layout for the card.  To keep things simple I used some burlap to emboss the bottom half of the white cardstock to create the look of the bottom panel on the sketch.  I added the fleur de lis image using pink ink and then added the washi tape in several places.  The label was die cut from vellum, adhered and then the banner (sentiment from PTI) was added.  Finished off with lots of sequins.  I was a bit worried it would turn out to be a "hot mess", but I think it looks okay.

Thanks for stopping by...

Supplies: Cardstock: PTI white; Vellum:  Close to My Heart; Stamps:  Waltzingmouse & PTI; Ink:  Stampin Up! and Memento; Sequins:  Pretty Pink Posh & Ellen Hutson; Dies:  Reverse Confetti & Stampin Up!; Washi tape:  Jenny Bowlin

Christmas... Waltzingmouse Style!

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Hello friends!!  It has gotten very chilly here in my part of the world... winter is on its way for sure!!  It has been very frosty in the mornings and my little guy has enjoyed smashing the ice on frozen muddle puddles and walking on the grass crisp with frost as we walk to school.  Playing along with this month's WMS Pajama Party and I have two projects to share with you.  First up is a card that I made for the second challenge "Pick a card, any card so long as it is Christmas".

For this card I used a pretty Christmasy color combo of dark green, dark red and kraft.  The layout is based on the current Mojo Monday sketch.   I used the two WMS Christmas sets that I own:  Nutcracker Sweet and Vintage Christmas Labels.  I stamped the tag from Vintage Christmas Labels in SU!'s Cherry Cobbler, trimmed out and stamped with the sentiment.  I used to own the Spellbinders labels dies that matched this stamp, but they have disappeared!   The tree from Nutcracker Sweet was stamped using Always Artichoke ink and trimmed out, as well.  The red cardstock piece was embossed with a PTI chevron coverplate.  After layering everything up I added some bling to the tree and a bit of ribbon and twine to the tag. 

The second project is for the third challenge, Tag you're it!  I don't often make tags, but decided to give go since I really wanted to use one of the nutcracker images from Nutcracker Sweet.  I went with an aqua/grey/white color combo for this one.  I used some SU! dp called Winter Frost.  A white cardstock tag was die cut using the Penny Black Tag It die.  A second tag was die cut from the patterned paper and adhered to the white tag.  I die cut a partial tag from aqua cardstock and adhered it to the tag.  The nutcracker was stamped in grey, trimmed out and popped up on the tag.  The sentiments were added using black ink.   I added a scattering of sequins.  Not sure I really like the "wreath" that the nutcracker is holding, but it is what it is...

Thanks for stopping by...

Supplies:  Card:  Cardstock:  kraft, red and dark green; Stamps:  WMS; Inks:  Stampin Up! and Memento; Ribbon:  Stampin Up!; Twine:  May Arts; Rhinestones:  Stampin Up!

Tag:  Cardstock:  white & aqua; Patterned Paper:  Stampin Up!; Stamps:  WMS; Inks:  Stampin Up! and Memento; Ribbon:  PTI; Bakers Twine:  The Twinery

halloween greetings...

Hello friends!!  Hope you had a wonderful week.  Fall is in full swing in my corner of the world.  For once we aren't having a lot of rain and so instead of soggy leaves on the ground we have nice crisp leaves... so much more fun to walk through!!  Have a little clean and simple Halloween card with a somewhat unconventional color scheme to share that I made for several challenges:  ColourQ, CAS(E) this Sketch and Waltzingmouse October Pajama Party - Greenish Halloween.

 

I have a collection of older Waltzingmouse stamps that I dearly love but have not used much in the last year for no good reason other than I just have too many stamps!  In order to remedy that situation I decided that I needed to start checking out WMS' monthly Pajama Party and see if I could play along.  This month the party is all about what else but Halloween and let me tell you if you are into Halloween WMS has some absolutely fabulous Halloween stamps.  I have only one WMS Halloween set and that is Cicely at Halloween so I got that out and used the color combo from ColourQ (which just happens to feature the color green... perfect fit for the WMS PJ Party challenge - Greenish Halloween) and the sketch from CTS to help me along.  I used some of the small icon images from the set and stamped them using VersaMark ink on green cardstock and then die cut the circle using a Spellbinders plain circle die.   There is a large sentiment stamp in the set and that was stamped on the card base so that it would show through the opening.  A fishtail banner was die cut and stamped with another sentiment from the set and adhered.  I finished off the card with some My Mind's Eye enamel dates in pink and orange.

halloween...

Hello friends!!    Have a little card to share that I made for a couple of challenges.   The new ColourQ challenge is to use black, white and one other color.  I picked orange since Halloween is coming and  paired it up with the current sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch and made this:

On Thursday I got the chance to shop at my favorite stamp store, Impress Rubber Stamps, with my friend Cindy and picked up a few things like the washi tape I used on my card.   I paired that tape up with some orange striped tape and this great Halloween sentiment from the Waltzingmouse Cicely at Halloween set.  In order to use the sentiment I had to turn the sketch on it's side.   I finished this simple card off with some orange and black sequins.

Thanks for stopping by...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; Washi Tape:  Impress Rubber Stamps; Stamps:  Waltzingmouse; Ink:  Stampin Up! Pumpkin Pie; Sequins:  Ellen Hutson (black) & vintage orange

happy foreverness...

hello friends!!  hope your weekend has been going well.  we have been experiencing some amazingly good weather here in western washington.  it has been all sunny blue skies and not a drop of rain... a bit unusual for western washington in the fall.  but... the grey skies will show up sooner or later.  anyway... finally got a chance this morning to get my card for the current less is more challenge done.  yesterday was a complete wash with too much to do and no time to craft! 

september had five saturdays and so that mean that this is "lucky dip" week.  chrissie and mandi are challenging us to make a clean and simple card with the theme "love and marriage".   i don't make too many wedding cards so i needed a bit of help and since i haven't done a waltzingmouse sketch challenge in over a year i decided to use the current sketch for help with my card.  i used the WMS sets holiday labels no. 14 and fancy phrases and went with a classic white on white design as that is always perfect for a wedding card.  the label was stamped using london fog ink and then die cut using the matching spellbinders labels 14 die.  the sentiment was stamped using tuxedo black.  a bit of white twine was tied at the top.  the flowers were die cut using a memory petal patch die.  finished things off with an embossed background and some rhinestones.

thanks for stopping by..

supplies:  cardstock:  pti white; stamps:  waltzingmouse; inks:  memento; rhinestones:  kaisercraft and queen & co; dies:  spellbinders

Sharing Some Publication Work...

Hey there!!   After I saw the current JUGs challenge to use buttons on your project my thoughts turned to three  sweet little cards that are currently to be found in the March/April issue of CardMaker and I decided to share them with here on the ole' bloggo.

 The cards were made using the following sets:  Waltzingmouse Frame It and the PaperTrey Ink mini set Whale  Wishes.  Each little card required me to glue 16 buttons inside the frame and then adhere the little whales on top.  When I initially decided to make this particular card to submit I was only going to do it in one color, but then I thought why not make a boy version, girl version and gender neutral version.  I submitted all three never thinking that they would accept all of them.  I honestly thought they would only take one!!  So I was extremely surprised, but pleased when all three were accepted for publication.

This Easter card was also accepted for publication in the March/April issue, but ended up as an online bonus project.   The stamps are from Stampin Up! and the entire card is made using the Spellbinders Lablels 21 dies.  I really love how it turned out.   I must admit, though, that I was a little bit sad that it didn't make it into the actual magazine.

Thanks for stopping by...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white, spring rain, lemon tart & sweet blush; Stamps:  SU!, Waltzingmouse & PTI; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Summer Sky & Angel Pink; SU! So Saffron; Spellbinders:  Labels 21 dies; PTI whale die; PTI Buttons; Rhinestones:  Hero Arts; Copic Markers

Christmas Blessings....

Hey there!! Here with a card for this week's Shabby Tea Room challenge.  My IRL friend, Cindy, is the hostess with the mostess over at the Tea Room and she has provided us with a gorgeous inspiration photo and the challenge to use white or cream, silver and glitter.   So for me that means doing two things I don't do a lot of:  making something covered in glitter and heat embossing.   I don't do either with any frequency because of my limited work space and the fact that it also happens to be my kitchen counter! 

Anywhoo... for my card I created a double snowflake with some snowflake chipboard pieces I had kicking around.  I covered the snowflake with some Diamond Glaze and then poured on the glitter (Art Glitter Wisteria for one (a light, light blue) and Art Glitter Ultra Fine Blue Rain).  A blinged up button from BasicGrey (say that 3x fast!) was adhered to the center of one snowflake using more Diamond Glaze and then the two snowflakes were adhered together using foam dimensionals.  The border from the WMS set Victorian Frippery was embossed in silver on the bottom of these neat postcard type piece from Stampin Up! and then I trimmed around to create the scalloped edge.  I inked the edges of another cardstock piece with a VersaMark pen, applied silver embossing powder and heat set.   The sentiment from Hero Arts was embossed in silver on the bottom of the card base.  Everything was layered up as you see it, some cream seam binding added and then the whole thing adhered to the card base.   The layout for the card once, again, is courtesy of another fabulous sketch from Sketchbook Saturday.

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI Rustic Cream; Cardstock embellishments:  Stampin Up!; Stamps:  WMS & Hero Arts; Ink:  VersaMark; Embossing Powder:  Ranger Ultra Fine Silver; Glitter:  Art Glitter; Button:  BasicGrey; Chipboard snowflakes

You're So Sweet....

Hey there!!   Another week has rolled around and this week it is Thanksgiving here in the US.   And this week also brings my oldest child's birthday.   He is going to be 13 on Wednesday the 23rd!!  It just blows my mind that I have a teenager!  It just seems like yesterday he was starting kindergarten...

Anywhoo... my card is for a couple of challenges:  Paper Players to make a CAS card using white, dark blue and silver and Waltzingmouse (a sketch).    I must admit that when I saw the Paper Players challenge to use silver I was on the fence a bit as to whether I would play along or not.  I don't generally use metallics in my paper crafting because I just don't like how my projects turn out when I have used them.  But because I like to participate in the Paper Players challenges as often as I can I decided to give it a go.  I used the WMS set Dainty Doilies (large), stamping the largest doily using Night of Navy ink and then diecutting it with the largest die in the Spellbinders Large Scallope Circle dies set.  One of the small doilies was stamped in the center using VersaMark ink, silver embossing powder applied and heat set.   The sentiment from Dainty Doilies was also embossed using silver embossing powder.  It was then die cut using a Spellbinders Grommet Tag die.   Some Night of Navy grograin ribbon, white & blue bakers twine and silver glitter brads were used to create my favorite little ribbon treatment.   

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; SU! Night of Navy; Ink:  SU! Night of Navy & VersaMark; Stamps:  Waltzingmouse; Ribbon:  SU! Night of Navy grosgrain; Bakers Twine - The Twinery; Glitter Brads:  SU!; Embossing Powder - Ranger Ultra Fine Silver

Many Thanks...

Hey there!!  It's Saturday and time for another Less is More challenge.   This week our LIM enteries need to be one layer and have leaves on them.  Here in the US Thanksgiving Day is right around the corner and so I made a "thank you" card which fits right in there with the current Lawnscaping challenge.  Sadly, I don't have any Lawn Fawn stamps, but in order to play along with the Lawnscaping challenge you don't necessarily need to have Lawn Fawn stamps. 

For my card I used the Waltzingmouse Frame It set.  I stamped the square frame in brown ink on kraft cardstock (and got it right in the center of the card on the first try.... I LOVE IT when that happens!!).  There is a leaf image in the set and I stamped that three times on kraft cardstock using orange and dark red inks (I used the rock n roll method).  The leaves were trimmed out, two adhered using glue dots and the middle one using a foam dimensional.  A bit of twine was tied in a bow and adhered.  Simple, simple, simple....

Oh and thanks to Chrissie and Mandi for picking my Wishing You card to be "ShowCASed"!!  

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI kraft; Stamps:  WMS Frame It; Inks:  SU! Close to Cocoa, Cherry Cobbler & Pumpkin Pie

Christmas Confection...

Hey there!!  Another card I'm getting done at the last minute... that seems to be my MO these days!! This card is for the current Waltzingmouse sketch challenge (which closes like really soon!!) and the current Just Add Ink challenge to add a tag or bookmark.  My tag is tiny, but it's still a tag!

Anywhoo... the reason for my title is that when I finished the card I thought "wow... this looks like a sparkly yummy Christmas cookie!  I guess that has to do with the fact that I went with a very pastel color combo:  pink, light green, light blue and cream.  For this card I used my recently re-discovered  Cheerly Lynn Designs French Pastry Doily die.   (You do ever do this:  buy something put it away and then forget you have it until you are rooting through your stash and find it??   That happens to me way too much!!)  The trees were stamped using SU!'s Pear Pizzazz (probably my favorite light green ink) and then trimmed out.  I used my Quickie Glue pen to add glue to the trees and then applied pale, pale blue glitter to the trees.  Each was then topped with a light blue gem.  All three were adhered to the doily that was diecut from pale pink cardstock at various heights.  The whole piece was then finished off with some absolutely yummy May Arts crinkle ribbon in pale blue (I LOVE that ribbon!!!) and a tiny tag pinned to the bow using a tiny pink pin. 

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI Vintage Cream; SU! Pear Pizzazz & Pink Pirouette; Ink:  Pear Pizzazz; Glitter:  Art Glitter in Forget Me Not; Sizzix tag die; Blue Gems; May Arts Blue Crinkle Ribbon; Cheery Lynn Designs Doily die

Silver Rose....

Hey there... happy Saturday!!  Time for another Less is More challenge.  This week Chrissie and Mandi are challenging us to use something metallic on our project.  So... as I sat here at the computer early this morning I pondered what I was going to do.  I have plenty of metallic supplies (paints, sprays, brads, etc), but nothing really jumped out at me as something I wanted to use.   Then I remembered that I had a partial sheet of flexible metal foil that I bought from Close to My Heart aloooong time ago (they no longer sell it).  I also remembered that I have some Spellbinders/Donna Salazar dies (Rose Creations and Carnation Creations) that I have NEVER used!   So I put the two together and made a silver rose using the Rose Creations dies. 

The layout is based on the current sketch from Clean & Simple.  I used some Waltzingmouse stamps (Victorian Frippery & Fancy Phrases) for the card.   In order to really get the full effect of the rose you might want to click on it to make it bigger. 

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; Gina K. black; SU! cherry cobbler; Stamps:  WMS; Ink:  PTI True Black; Dies:  Spellbinders Rose Creations dies;  metal foil

You Had Me At Kraft....

Hey there!!  As the title of my post may suggest to you I have a card I made using kraft cardstock.  I think I love making cards with kraft cardstock almost as much as I love making cards with white cardstock.  So when I saw the new color combo from CR84FN of yellow, kraft and a neutral I was totally in!  I love kraft with just about every color, but for some reason I particularly like it paired with yellow and cream.   I combined the CR84FN combo with the new sketch from Waltzingmouse.

Late last week I got some new Waltzingmouse stamps (yay!!), You're Lovely and Cicely at Halloween and just had to use the You're Lovely set for the card.  I stamped the dress image on PTI's Bitty Dot Basics kraft paper and then trimmed out the dress portion.  I stamped the rosette on some PTI Lemon Tart Bitty Box Basics and trimmed it out, as well.  The dress image was stamped again on cream cardstock and then the dress and rosette adhered to that image.  I stamped the sentiment using Stampin Up!'s Crumb Cake (kraft) ink and trimmed it out.  The kraft colored seam binding is from Stampin Up! and I used it to create a double bow to which I adhered a little cream Prima rose.  

Thanks for taking a peek...

Red, White, Blue & a Thank You!!

Hi Ya!  Saturday morning and time for a new Less is More challenge, but first I must take care of a few thank yous.  The first Thank You goes to Chrissie and Mandi, the creators of the Less is More challenge, for picking me as their challenge winner for the month of July!!  What an honor!!!  Thanks so much ladies... your challenges are brilliant and I can't image what my Saturdays would be without a little Less is More!!  And now a very big thank you to all my fellow LIMettes (and you know who you are!!) for all the lovely comments you leave me week after week!  Ladies you all totally ROCK!!

Now... on to my card.  This week Chrissie and Mandi have challenged us to use the colors from our country's flag and since I live in the USA that means the "Star Spangled Banner".   When I thought about what I would do I knew I had no choice but to make a card using stars.  And so here is my little card for today.  The star is from the Hero Arts set, Galaxy of Stars and the sentiment is from Waltzingmouse.  Since the star is full of the word star I decided to make a it a "congrats" card.  I think it would be a good graduation card.   I also including a photo of the flag as requested by Chrissie and Mandi.

Thanks for taking a peek....

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white & SU! Night of Navy; PTI Bitty Star Basics Pure Poppy; Stamps:  Hero Arts & WMS; Ink:  SU! Night of Navy & Riding Hood Red

It's Saturday... Time for Less is More!

Hi Ya!! Its a BEAUTIFUL Saturday here in the Pacific Northwest (Washington State to be exact!) and it looks like were are finally going to have an extended period of warm, sunny weather (fingers crossed!).   And Saturday also mean a brand new Less is More challenge.  Today's challenge we are to use buttons or ribbon.  I decided to go with buttons, but may be back later with a card using ribbon, as well. 

There is also a new sketch over at Waltzingmouse and so I decided to combine the two challenges today.  Once, again, I went with some of my favorite WMS sets:  Dainty Doily, Victorian Frippery & Fancy Phrases.   Love, love, love those sets!  They are all so very versatile and easy to work with.   Because this is for Less is More I have kept everything very simple and went with a color combo I really love:  white, kraft and very dark brown (in this instance SU!'s Early Espresso).  I stamped the border, trimmed it out and then adhered it to the kraft cardstock and trimmed off the ends.  Buttons were adhered using using Diamond Glaze.  Not much more to the card then that!

Thanks for taking a peek....

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI White; SU! Kraft; Stamps:  WMS; Buttons:  DeNami Design; Ink: SU!

Less is More Meets JUGs

Hi Ya!  Here with my card for this week's Less is More challenge use circles... not just one circle, but CIRCLES, as in more than one.  I'm combining the LIM challenge with this week's JUGs color challenge.    JUGette, Andrea, picked the beautiful combo of coral, blush and grey.    For my card I used SU!'s Cameo Coral and Pink Pirouette.  The grey ink is from Ancient Page.  The challenge this week at WeeMemories is CAS so I'm going to put my card into that challenge, too.

So... when I saw the LIM challenge this week I immediately thought of pretty much only one stamp set.... my Waltzingmouse Dainty Doily set.  It is completely safe to say that the Dainty Doily set is my MOST FAVORITE WMS set!  I love, love, love that set!  The sentiment is from the WMS set Fancy Phrases.  Anywhoo... the layout of my card is based on a Clean & Simple sketch from a week ago.  I changed the sketch up a bit by not stamping the sentiment on the middle circle and I didn't add the strip down the middle.  And in my quirky little habit I used all three colors twice.  I'm not sure why I do this, but when I have a color challenge that contains three colors I have to make sure I use each color twice!   And the card has that necessary CAS element... lots of white space!!  Sigh.....

Thanks for taking a peek....

Clean & Simple Color

Hi Ya!  Here with a card for the current ColourQ challenge.  Haven't done a ColourQ challenge in a few weeks.  Last week's combo was really fun, but I just couldn't come up with an idea before the challenge closed.  When I saw this week's fun, cheerful combo I was determined to get a card done.  I decided to combine it with the current Waltzingmouse sketch challenge (another challenge I haven't been able to do for the last few weeks) and created this very clean and simple card.  

I used two WMS sets... my favorite Dainty Doily and Holiday Labels No. 14.  The label was stamped using SU!'s Marina Mist, the spiral doily from Dainty Doily using SU!'s Pear Pizzazz and the smallest doily using VersaMagic  Pumpkin Spice.  I cut the label using Spellbinders Label 14 die and the doilies using two dies from the Spellbinders Small Plain Circle dies. The sentiment was stamped using SU!'s Real Red.  I added some clear rhinestones to jazz the card up a bit.   And there you have it... a clean and simple, but colorful card.

Thanks for taking a peek...

Less is More... Things with Legs?

Now when I saw the Less is More challenge this morning I was pretty darn stumped!  Things with legs?? Ummm.... huh??  My first thought was "shoot I don't own a whole lot of animal stamps... what am I going to do???" (Not necessarily thinking about the fact that the card didn't have to be made with an animal/bird stamp!! there are plenty of other things with legs!!... doh!!)  So I started thinking and remembered that I had a couple of sets from SU! that would possibly work:  Fox & Friends and Valentine Defined. So I tried making a card with Valentine Defined and well... it sucked!!   So... back to the drawingboard.   Then I took a look at my SU! Slice of Life set and saw the little baby sleeper...  a thing with legs!!!  So here is my quick little card for the challenge:

I used my "go to" Waltzingmouse set Frame It for the frame and the sentiment.  I stamped the sentiment and the sleeper using Pear Pizzazz so the card could be for either a boy or a girl.  Add a bit of bling with the little gem heart. 

Thanks for taking a peek...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; Stamps:  SU! Slice of Life; WMS Frame It; Ink:  SU! Early Espresso & Pear Pizzazz; gem heart:  Hero Arts

A Crazy Idea

My card today was a crazy idea I got when I saw the Waltzingmouse Sketch challenge on Saturday morning.  I wasn't able to get around to putting my idea into card form until this morning... THREE HOURS before the close of this week's challenge!!  Yikes... nothing like cutting it close. 

Anyway... when I saw the sketch I thought it would be neat to try a ribbon treatment for the main element in the sketch.  It was a bit tricky tying the ribbon around the piece of cardstock using just thread and buttons.  After I was done I thought I should have stuck the ribbon down on the back, but then I would not have been able to make adjustments to the final placement of the ribbon. I'm not entirely sure I like how large the ribbon covered piece turned out.  It seems to large for my liking... but there it is!  This card will also be going into this week's ColourQ challenge as I used the colors of:  burgundy, navy, ruby red, grey & white.  Once again I reached for my favorite WM set, Dainty Doily to jazz the card up a bit.   The sentiment is from the WM set Fancy Phrases.   And boy oh boy... there are going to be new WM sets released today!!  I'm so excited to see what Claire (the brilliant girl!!) has designed for us.  There is at least one set I already know I want for sure!

Well... thanks for taking a peek...

More JUGs Fun....

Hey everyone!  Well... my time as a temporary JUGs girl has come to an end (boo hoo!!) and I just want to say that I have had the best time hangin' with the super talented JUGs team!  Gals... YOU ROCK!!  This week the JUGs challenge, hosted by the very talented Maria, is a 3D/template challenge and the theme is patriotic.  Now, I must tell you that I'm not so great with the whole template thing.  I have managed on occasion to make projects using templates that have turned out perfect, but generally I feel all thumbs when it comes to templates.   But for the JUGs girls I rose to the challenge (tee hee) and produced this little birdhouse:

I downloaded the template from Nichole Heady's blog (you can get it here) and printed it out on white cardstock.   I trimmed it out, punched the hole for the teeny tiny bird to get in and put it together using Scor-Tape (love that stuff... has a super strong bond.).  I then diecut the roof and the base from dark red and navy cardstock using a Spellbinders small long scalloped rectangle die (3rd smallest die) and a Spellbinders small scalloped square die (3rd smallest) and adhered them to the house.  The scalloped "bunting" was created by stamping one of the doily images from the WMS set Dainty Doily on white cardstock using dark red and navy ink and then trimmed as shown.  Some small stars from Hero Arts set were stamped using the same inks and adhered to the house to finish it off.  Not very elaborate, but I think very cute.  After I finished taking the photos I had to give the birdhouse to my five year old because he was COMPLETELY fascinated with it!

Make sure you check out all the fabulous projects from the JUGs design team of Kristin, Pam, Dana, Lisa, Maria, Kathryn, Andrea & Elise.

Thanks for taking a peek and thanks to the JUGs girls for having me join them this past month....

Less is More - Monograms

Hey everyone... back with my card for this week's Less is More challenge.  Chrissie and Mandi (the head LIMs) sure know how to pick some great challenges and this week's challenge is no exception!   What is the challenge you might ask??  Well... the challenge is to use monograms on your card.   When I saw the challenge I thought "oh no... how am I going to do this one??"  Then I remembered that I had an alphabet set from JustRite Stamps that would work perfect for the challenge.  The set is really neat because it contains 3 sizes of the font (Brayton).   I decided to make a traditional type of monogrammed card using my initials RJD.  With a traditional monogram of this type the middle initial is the one from your last name and then the other two flank that one.   Usually the flanking initials are in a smaller font size, as well.

The card was made using supplies that I had out on my kitchen counter:  white, black and green cardstock and green and black inks.  I also used the Waltzingmouse Vintage Labels 2 set and some Spellbinders dies. 

Thanks for taking a peek....

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white, true black & true green; Ink:  bamboo leaves & true black; Stamps:  JustRite Brayton font, WMS Vintage Labels 2; Spellbinders Labels 2, plain & scalloped ovals