Sketch 116 - Mojo Monday

CTMH-Snowfriends

It's been awhile since I have done a Mojo Monday sketch but I finished putting together my Christmas cards today and thought I would give this a try. I have a million and one other things I should be doing but... well you know how it is.

Now for the details. The image is from the CTMH Snowfriends stamp set and was stamped in Memento ink and colored with copics. I used Prisma glitter for the snow.


The snowflakes are three different Martha Stewart punches. I cut them from the same background paper and then colored the tips with a Sakura clear glitter gel pen. In person, the snowflakes really sparkle.


The center of each snowflake is a sticker which I found at Michaels. The background paper is from the DCWV Holiday Collection Winter matstack.


The circles were cut with my nestabilities. You can click any of the pictures to enlarge them.

Horsing Around

Here is my daughter's entry in the challenge over at Sarah's blog for Amy's sketch. Kara used gel pens to hand draw the horse and the sentiment as well as her horseshoe embellishments. She used a punch for the flower and added detail with...what else but gel pens. Kara LOVES her gel pens!!!

Thanks for taking the time to look.

Honorable Mention

I woke up this morning to such a pleasant surprise. As I was checking my favorite blogs, I saw a familiar card in the November Honorable Mention category for best simple holiday card on Nicole Heady's blog {capture the moment}...it was mine! It's the card pictured below.



For anyone interested, you view the original post HERE. I cannot tell you how thrilled and honored I am to have a card in the same category with such talented crafters. I hope you all have a wonderful day! I know I will.

Dude, You Rock

We spent last week in Boston with my husband's family for the Thanksgiving holiday which was a lot of fun and very relaxing for me since I am the one who usually does the cooking every year. Before we left, you may recall that my husband was hanging shelves in my craft room for me which caused all kinds of chaos and I am still organizing! (I promise I'll post pics Carla...when it's presentable.) Anyway, this card is for Richard as a thank you for all the hard work it took to put up the shelves (I won't mention all the expletives). He did a fantastic job and everything is level!

My card uses a digi stamp and I wish I could tell you whose it is but I downloaded it before I started keeping track of where I was getting them. I colored it with copics and used nestabilities to cut out the image. I used a cuttlebug embossing folder on Black CTMH cardstock for the background and then sanded until the music notes came through with the white core. The sentiment is from PTI's Signature Greetings and the stamped music notes are from CTMH's April Word Puzzle. I didn't go heavy on the embellishments since this was a "guy" card and I have to say Hubby loved it.


This card also manages to qualify for a very special sketch challenge issued by a budding crafter who is showing some awesome talent. The apple doesn't fall too far from the tree in this instance. That's Amy's sketch above and she happens to be my friend Sarah's daughter. I am so happy I got to play along!

Well, things are going to get really hectic around here with Christmas cards to make, shopping to do and tons of baking so I may not post as often as I would like but I hope you'll still check in.

Notice the Details - December Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Welcome to December’s Stamp of the Month Blog Hop where we will be featuring the Notice the Details stamp set from Close to My Heart. If you have come here from Michelle Nist’s blog, you are on the right path! This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go!

This month I made a mini brag book for my Mother-in-Law which she can keep in her purse. It holds a couple of my daughter’s school pictures along with one of her soccer and dance pictures. My daughter will also add a handwritten note in one of the pockets and I'm sure one of her famous horse pictures and then this will go into my Mother-in-Law's Christmas stocking.


I stamped the numbers in the set onto punched out hearts to mark her 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade school pictures.

I used some of the phrases in the set as captions for the other pictures.

I punched the flower on the cover out of Twitterpated B&T and then used a button for the center. I sponged the edges of all the cardstock and patterend paper with Chocolate ink and rounded the outside corners. To give the book a finished look and to keep the ribbon in place, I glued the ribbon underneath the scalloped "binding" on the edge.

This mini album is very versatile, super easy to make and it only takes one sheet of patterned paper. The finished project measures approximately 4" x 3 1/4". It makes a great stocking stuffer for Christmas and it's something the grandparents will love.

A big thank you to Susanna Boyd who posted an awesome video tutorial on how to make this project on Paper Craft Planet. You can find the video and more information on how to make this project HERE. Susanna made hers a Tag Album and you can see beautiful her project HERE.


CTMH Products
B&T Duos – Twitterpated
Cardstock – Sorbet, Chocolate, Colonial White
Ink – Chocolate, Cooca
Corner rounder

Other
Martha Stewart Ribbon
PTI Melon button
Nestabilities die
Scallop border punch
Oval punches
Martha Stewart heart punch
EK Success flower punch


Now "Hop" on over to Dawn Heuft’s blog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the CTMH Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting and other fun ideas! Remember, the Notice the Details stamp set is only available until December 31st! Contact your CTMH Consultant or email me at cibglazer@gmail.com to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount or even free!

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NOTE: If you get lost on the hop or find links that aren't working, click HERE
for a complete list of participating blogs.