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Wow! I always feel guilty when I miss a day of blogging. However, I was creating! Yesterday was my mother-in-law's birthday. I made her a 12x12 framed scrapbook page of my kids, along with a card, of course. I wish I had taken a picture of it to post here. I don't do scrapbooking too often. Oh! But I did start a Halloween scrapbook of my kids. I shall post some pics this week.

Since I was busy yesterday, I completed my Mojo Monday creation today. This is the sketch:

Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Whisper White, Peaceful Season Hostess Stamp Set, Soft Holly Stampin' Around, 1/4" Whisper White Grosgrain Ribbon, Basic Pearls Jewels

I wanted to do a Christmas card today to experiment with colors. My next SU! order will be all my Christmas supplies, so I must figure out which green and red I will be working with this year. This combo of Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive is okay. I think I just used too much white! Yikes! I'm looking at Riding Hood Red and Wild Wasabi also. I haven't decided yet. I must play more!

Well, it is getting late. My daughter had no school all last week, and this week I am having a hard time waking up at 6am to get her ready for school. I'm actually yawning while blogging and watching Y&R. Talk about multi-tasking!

Thanks for stopping in! Good night!

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I am exhausted! I recently got over a cold, although I am still a little conjested at night and early morning. But yesterday, I drove to Kona (90 miles, 2-1/2 hours) alone with my kids to stock up with goodies from Target and Costco. Boy! Yesterday was not a good day for my son. He usually sleeps on the drive over, but not this time. Ugh. The drive home wasn't so bad. He got about an hour nap in. When we got home, they both went crazy!! I went crazy! And I konked out at about 7pm while I was putting my son to sleep. I woke up at 10pm, jumped out of bed to realize my husband fell asleep, too. My daughter had tucked herself in, the table wasn't cleared, the dishes weren't washed, and my garage was wide open. OMG! When do I ever get a break?!  Ü

Even after my long day yesterday, I was still able to squeeze in some time in my stamp room for Mojo Monday. Yes, I'm an addict and that's what addicts do!!  Ü

Here is the sketch:

I was stumped on this challenge, because of the wavy cut on the bottom. I don't have any Sizzix dies that will cut that from the bottom and I'm not good freehand with scissors. So, I tore it. I thought it worked perfectly with this Thanksgiving card.

More Mustard, Cajun Craze, Chocolate Chip, Autumn Spice DSP, Day of Gratitude Stamp Set, 5/8" Victoria Lace, Stampin' Dimensionals

I apologize for the poor photo. It's been pouring rain all day in Hilo and the light in my stamp room isn't as great as I would love it to be...and the flash on my camera makes it worse. Yuck!

Someone asked me a question about tearing paper. Yes, there are tools out there, such as The Tearing Edge, which you can order from me here. I choose not to use tools to tear paper. When I tear, I think of what I want my edge to look like. Then, I draw a line across my paper with a Blender Pen or Aqua Painter. Moistening the paper makes it easier to tear, and it will tear just where you want it to. Tearing dry paper isn't too difficult either. Just do it slowly, you could easily tear too much off.

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Mojo Mondays rock! I remember being employed and dreading Monday mornings. The weekends were never long enough, I would have to be dragged out of bed for work, and my finger tips were itching to dial my job and inform them of my illness.  Ü

Every Monday, I jump out of bed before my kids, and check out the new sketch. Then I dream about all the wonderful things that can be done. So much fun... I love it!

Here is this week's Mojo Monday sketch:

I really like round cards. They look like so much fun. I want to try a round card, but I don't want to work with my Cricut, and I don't have a large circle and/or scallop circle Sizzix die. So here is my square card:

Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry, Just Believe Stamp Set, 5/8" Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon, Rich Razzleberry Brads

When I first sat down to work with this sketch, I immediately reached for DSP. I always remind myself that DSP is not always necessary, and that many of Stampin' Up! stamp sets include a stamp or more that can create perfect backdrops.

Old Olive and Rich Razzleberry is my favorite color combination. I always laugh when I create cards using these colors. My friends and I used to joke about not publicly being friends with anyone who wore purple and green. Silly, right?! I miss the old days... minus high school.   Ü

Hope you enjoyed this card. Thanks for checking in.

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I was so excited when I first viewed this weeks Mojo Monday sketch challenge. I new immediately I was going to use the Love Letter DSP. It was just perfect for the designed sketch. However, when I finished my card, I kept thinking "I should have did this instead..." I don't know where my mind was when I was constructing it, but at the end I wanted to change certain layers and use lace instead of the scalloped cardstock. Here is my card. It's not bad, very simple. But I may do another one, just to please my own eyes! Ü

Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Love Letter DSP, All Holidays Stamp Set, 1/4" Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon

Wow! It looks better in real life than it does in this picture! I think I will have to do another one... this one doesn't make me feel so happy. Or it could just be that I'm having a bad day as is. Either way, I will let go of my frustrations by burying my face in another cardstock creation.   Ü

Hope you are having a better day! Thanks for stopping by.

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I cannot tell you how much I love playing with my new Halloween stuff!! I made quite a bit of Halloween creations, I just haven't had the time to photograph them all. I will have them up tomorrow afternoon.

I spent most of the day out of the house today, so when I received my Mojo Monday blog feed on my phone, I could not wait to get home and get stampin'!

Today's sketch was awesome. So much fun, and there were so many great cards uploaded already (as usual!)

Fun, huh?! And here is my card...

Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Nite Owl DSP, 5/8" Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon, 1/4" Pumpkin Pie Grosgrain Ribbon, 1/2" Raven Trim Lace, Natural Hemp Twine, 1 3/8 Circle Punch, 1 3/4 Scallop Circle Punch, Sizzix Big Shot, Sizzix Spider Web Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. Clear Embossing Powder, Sponge, Stampin Dimensionals, Sticky Strip, Snail Adhesive

The larger circle was embossed using the Spider Web Embossing Folder for Sizzix Big Shot (new Holiday Mini Catalog, p. 6), then stamped over with my Basic Black Craft Ink Pad and heat embossed with clear powder. After it dried, I sponged over with Old Olive ink.

For the bow, I just knotted my Pumpkin Pie Grosgrain Ribbon over the RavenTrim Lace and played with it until it looked the way I wanted it.

I impressed myself with how each piece evolved from a tiny thought. I had a very simple card in mind before I reached home, and I ended up doing so much more. This was so much fun! I love Mondays!!!

Hope you had a great Labor Day weekend... Enjoy the rest of your week!

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On Monday, I completed a card for Mojo Monday. This is my second time participating, and I've got to say that I love love love it! I find that Monday is the toughest day of the week for me. All I want to do is sleep! Ü  So it is really nice to have a sketch layed out for me, and to skim though all the great cards that are posted for the sketch of the week. Being in Hawaii, I am hours behind everyone else and there is always lots of beautiful cards before I even get to see the sketch!

For this week, I could have picked a round or square layout. Although with every sketch, you can change the shapes if you'd like. I chose a square layout, because I do not have too many round punches, and my Cricut Expression was on the floor. :0(

Whisper White, Regal Rose, Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso, Just Believe Stamp Set, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, 1 3/4" Scallop Circle Punch, Scallop Edge Punch, 1/4" Whisper White Grosgrain Ribbon, Daffodil Delight Brads

I was pleased with the colors here. I used the Stampin' Up! Color Coach... you must have this tool! Although at first, I did not agree with many of the color combonations... they really do work out perfectly! Ü

I will play with the round sketch soon. There are some really pretty card samples at Mojo Monday... I gotta step up my game! Ü

Who's Having a Baby?!

No, I'm not posting late tonight because I didn't play today. I was working on another 3D project, that isn't coming out so well. I haven't given up on it, it's just placed to the side, for now. When I came home from picking my DD up from school and treating her at Yogurtland (Friday is "Ice Cream Day"), a Stampin' Up! box was at my door! Yay!

Off topic: I have never met my FedEx delivery guy/girl. This person makes me so delightfully happy, yet I have never seen his/her face. I wait for the truck all day, and my deliveries always come within the 30 minutes that I'm gone. And I must say that he/she does a great job, my box is always close to my door out of the sun and rain. My old delivery guy in Honolulu would just throw (literally, throw!) my box at my door. It would scare the life out of me... only for a second, until I plop up and run for my box.

I unloaded my box, reorganized my stamp room, and I left my new Baby Bundle Stamp Set out for play. I've been anticipating playtime with this set for 2 days!! Ü

I had so much fun, and I want to make more... but who's having a baby?! My sister gave birth in June and my cousin in July... is it too late to send a card now?

Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Blushing Bride, Tempting Turquoise, Baby Bundle Stamp Set, Watercolor Pencils, 1/4" Whisper White Grosgrain Ribbon

I am so going to play with this set again. Maybe I'll whip out my kids' baby pictures for a scrapbook page, since I have not yet posted one and I have about 100 photos in a box that are screaming for some love. Ü