Mojo Monday

It's Mojo Monday and time for another sketch challenge. I checked it out first thing this morning, printed it, and then thought about it while I was cleaning (finally) the utility room. The room is now clean...even under and behind the washer & dryer. Of course I'm having a hard time breathing after all that dust. But it was worth it.
So I took a break and made my card. What's nice is this is an all Stampin Up! card. The designer paper is from Urban Garden. The stripes are the reverse side of the paper I used for one of the layers. The card base is baja breeze with a layer of not quite navy and then the printed layer. The flowers from Upsy Daisy were colored with Not Quite Navy marker and blender pens inked with baja breeze and kiwi kiss re-inkers. The sentiment is from Mark the Date, and the ribbon is basic gray taffeta. I like the results and the sketch. Mojo Monday is NICE!

Big Shot Top Note Bigz Die

This week I bought the new Top Note Bigz Die (#113463). It's great and so easy to use. The first card I made was the thank you card using the flowers from Upsy Daisy. I used the die to cut 2 "top notes," one in white and one in almost artichoke.
I colored the flowers with pumpkin pie, really rust and always artichoke, stamped the sentiment in always artichoke, and sponged pumpkin pie and really rust around the edges. I trimmed this layer at the perf marks and then put it on the always artichoke layer. I tied more mustard ribbon around the card and then attached the stamped layer.

I've been seeing these cute little owls made with this die cut, so I had to make one. Simple! Use this Big Shot die, some circle punches, the 5 star punch (or just cut his mouth out freehand). Add white gel pen and you can be finished. I've seen some with eyelashes and all kinds of other embellishments. But this guy gets the job done!












Yesterday I had a Christmas card class and knew that I had to include a card using this die. The nativity scene and sentiment are from the Season of Grace set (111778) from the Holiday Mini Catalog. The card base is naturals ivory with a ruby red layer, the bottom layer note is kiwi kiss and the top layer is naturals ivory. Kiwi Kiss striped ribbon is layered on a 1" strip of chocolate chip paper and is the only embellishment I used on the card. The only tedious part of making this card is trimming the top layer. At least there is a perforated line that you cut along. If the card base was ruby red instead of the naturals ivory, I would stamp or print my sentiment on the ivory, run it through the big shot and have the big note cutout on the inside as well.