A Little Rose Blossom Mojo

Hi All! Sorry for the long hiatus, I've been in sunny SoCal with my family. We had a ball kayaking and seeing sights then going to Disneyland and the Close To My Heart national convention. (There's A LOT of cool and beautiful things in the offing that you won't want to miss, so stay tuned...)

Meanwhile, it is time for another Rose Blossom Blog Hop! If you just hopped over from the oh-so-talented Marg Van Patten's blog, I Didn't Have Potatoes, you are in the right place. (If you're just starting here, I'll have a list of hop participants at the end of this post.)

The challenge for this hop was to create something using the hostess stamp sets that are being featured in the Jump On It July special.

I decided to create a card using the Tagged With Love stamp set (shown in the picture above) and the current Mojo Monday sketch:

Here's my take:

If you're a regular reader, you will know that I rarely use things as they were meant to be used, and this stamp set is no different. As the name suggests, the Tagged With Love stamp set is designed to coordinate with CTMH's Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge to make cute little tags that are perfect for gift giving or even as additions to cards. But I wanted to change things up a bit. So, against a background of Jackson paper and Kraft cardstock, I added a banner of pennants made from the top of one of the tags. The pennants are stamped onto Colonial White cardstock (which matches the card base) in Barn Red ink. I used Liquid Glass to adhere a piece of Glacier Extra Thick Twine to the card and then layered the pennants beneath it. The sentiment is also stamped on Colonial White cardstock in Glacier ink. I inked around the edges of the sentiment and the base layer with Cocoa ink. Finally, I added some cocoa gems from my stash for a little extra embellishment.

Here are some close-ups:

 And here is one final look at the card:

I have another example of using a different hostess set here.

Thanks for stopping by, and don't forget to check out the July special. You'll want to Jump On It before it goes away. (See what I did there?...) Now, hop on over to the über-talented Cathy Arbuckle's blog, and see what These Eager Hands have in store for your inspiration today.

But before I go, here's a list of blog participants:

Brenda Rose

Lynn Darda

Marg Van Patten

Kim Hill {that's me} 

Cathy Arbuckle

Worth Celebrating! (Or, How To Personalize Your Card Stash)

Hi All! Last week I posted about a little change up project I did using Close To My Heart's Blossom Cardmaking Workshop and the Jackson paper packet.  (You can read that post here.) For today's project, I wanted to show you how to take a card you have in your stash and personalize it for a particular occasion.

My daughter has two male friends who were born on the same day as she, and at least one was born in the same hospital. (People refer to them as "the triplets"...) So they all turned 13 this year and one of the boys had his bar mitzvah the day before their actual birthday. Here's a look at his card:

The base of this card is from the Blossom Workshop using Jackson paper. I switched the placement of the sentiment and the art layer because I smeared the original stamping of the sentiment. The art layer covers my mistake beautifully. I added the "13" using chipboard numbers from my stash that I inked with Barn Red ink. By themselves, the numbers didn't pop as much as I wanted them to, so I added a shadow of Kraft cardstock behind them. (I just traced around the original numbers, fussy cut them, and offset the layer.) 

I also covered up the "birthday" sentiment on the "happy birthday" circle with the little half circle "4 you" sentiment that's part of the Workshop's included stamp set. I stamped the sentiment in Glacier ink. I added a wee paper clip from my stash for a little texture. I typed the "Mazel Tov" sentiment on Kraft cardstock using my vintage typewriter, cut it into an arrow, layered it on a Glacier cardstock arrow, and added a mini staple for interest. I then popped the whole thing up with dimensional adhesive. "Hello Awesome" is cut from a zip strip in the Jackson paper packet. Finally, I inked around the edges of the embellishments (expect "happy 4 you") with Cocoa ink for a little distressed look.

Here's a close-up look at the embellishments:

And here's another look at the card:

Isn't it amazing how just a few extra embellishments can change the look of a card? Love it! I hope this inspires you to take some of those cards you have in your stash and personalize them for particular occasions with a few added embellishments.