A Little Mojo (with a Sneak Peek at Floral Happiness)

Hi Folks! It seems like forever since I had a chance to play along with Mojo Monday! It's "Round or Square?" week. Here's the sketch:

And here's my take:

The Honey Cardstock base is cut at 4 x 12 inches and scored at 4 and 8 inches. The pattern paper is from the For Always collection in the new Close To My Heart Spring/Summer Idea Book. I used Ruby Cardstock, black ribbon (from my stash), a bling button and bitty pearls for accents. The rose is stamped in Lagoon Exclusive Ink on White Daisy Cardstock using the March Stamp Of The Month: Floral Happiness. 

Heres a little close-up:

Now let's take a look at the inside.

The inside flap features more Floral Happiness. This time, I used the 3rd generation stamping technique to create a lighter hue of Lagoon for the base of the rose and then 2nd generation stamping in Lagoon for the highlights. This created a softer look. The "Happiness Is...." pennant is stamped in Ruby Exclusive Ink on White Daisy Cardstock.

Here's a close-up of the rose:

And now for the inside middle panel.

I added a piece of White Daisy Cardstock and stamped the sentiment in Ruby Exclusive Ink. I used Lagoon Exclusive Ink to add a smaller rose (from the same stamp set) to the corner to tie it all together. For a little extra pop, I edged the Whited Daisy Cardstock with Ruby Exclusive Ink. 

Hope you enjoyed a little Mojo. Remember, Floral Happiness will be available starting tomorrow, 1 March.

A Fanciful Fancy-Fold in Black and White (with a twist)...

Hi All! I hope your week is going well.
I was in need of a creative outlet today, and decided to take on a couple of challenges by the Heart 2 Heart and Color My Heart challenge blogs. Here's what I came up with:

The Heart 2 Heart challenge was to create a fancy-fold card. (Something that goes beyond just folding a 4 1/4 x 11-inch piece of cardstock in half.) So I opted for a "napkin fold" card. (You can see a great tutorial on it here.) The color scheme of Black, White and a 'pop' of Lagoon is in response to the Color My Heart challenge.

So let's take a look:

The card is held closed with a belly band made from Black cardstock cut at 2 x 11 inches and scored at 3 3/4, 4, 8, and 8 1/4 inches. After gluing the band together, I added a strip of Black Striped grosgrain ribbon and then added a double-looped bow. (The ribbon is secured with glue dots.) I tucked a little Black Tulle ribbon in the bow, added a Rhinestone Designer Brad, a couple of stick pins from the Bling Assortment, and a little pop of blue from my stash.

 Here's a close up of the belly band:

Now to open it up:

The card is an 8 x 8 inch square piece of Black cardstock. I inked the folds with Black Exclusive Ink to hide the white core that was showing through. The middle area is 4 inches square. I layered White Daisy cardstock (cut at 3 7/8 inches square) with black and white damask paper from the about-to-be-released For Always collection. I then layered those pieces with Black cardstock (3 3/4 inches square) and White Daisy cardstock (3 3/8 inches square). The heart flowers and butterflies are from the A Garden stamp set, and are stamped in Black Exclusive Ink. I used my water brush to add Lagoon Exclusive Ink accents. (Black Stāz-On Ink would also work for this, and would be better if your brush is pretty wet.) The sentiment is from the soon-to-be-released Buzz & Bumble Workshop On The Go set. I stamped it onto an element cut from White Daisy cardstock in Black Exclusive Ink. I inked around the edges in Lagoon Exclusive Ink and added a bow from my stash. The little Lagoon sparkle is from the Blue & Green Sparkles assortment.

Here's a close up of the sentiment:

The damask and script (which is the back side of the damask paper) triangles are cut from 3 3/4-inch squares (for the large) and 1 3/4-inch squares (small).

And here it is again with it's belly band:

I hope you enjoyed my little creation! Don't forget: tomorrow Lynn Darda (of From My Bungalow) and I will be having a little blog share featuring the January Stamp Of The Month!

See you tomorrow!