I don't normally post cards that I haven't made for the mojo monday sketch challenge, however this card is going in the mail tomorrow for a gal who needs a big warm hug.  A gal whom I've never met, but has been an inspiration to thousands of cardmakers.

Seven years ago when I first joined an on-line card making group, I received a welcoming card from her - and it filled me with such warmth that a total stranger would take time to send me a card of welcome.  I still have that card and will always cherish it.

No names are going to be mentioned here, and if I could send an angel or two I would.

Take time to Stamp up a Storm , Ink up a Wish and send it off to someone to brighten their day.

Rubber hugs, Inky Wishes, Cricut Chirps and Cuttlebug Squishes,
Madge

Mojo Monday Sketch 124

Here it is another Mojo Monday contest week.  So many stamps to choose from...........so many colors..............and my mind goes blank.  

I chose a stamp from Local King Rubber Stamps here in BC. It is called Elegant Ladies.

Rather a plain-jane looking card - which could be spruced up with an embossed background - however my cuttlebug has been loaned to a friend for a couple of days.

Hope you enjoy my creation.

Remember,  take time to Stamp up a Storm and Ink up a Wish!

Until next time.   Rubber hugs, inky wishes, Cricut Chirps and Cuttlebug Squishes,
Madge

Mojo Monday Sketch 123

Do I have a card for this week's Mojo Monday sketch??  Yes!!  and it is actually Monday!    This month I was the hostess for our Stamper's 10 group.  Went a little overboard with great results.  Love that free schtuff!  Vintage Vogue is my favourite set this month, along with the new border punch (those will soon change).

So here goes!

This week we had the choice to make a round card or a square one.........so here is my creation. 

Remember, take time to stamp up a storm and ink up a wish.

Rubber Hugs, Inky Wishes, Cricut Chirps and Cuttlebug Squishes,

Madge

Mojo Monday - Sketch 120

Happy New Year everyone!

I haven't added anything to my blog for so long - almost forgot about it.  The first Monday of the month and here is my "take" on the Mojo Monday sketch.  It's also a contest week and the lucky winner(s) receive their choice of a wonderful "Verve" set.  

For this sketch, I dragged out an old Stampendous stamp that fit the season, stamped and coloured the image with copics, circle cut around the image leaving the heads popping out of the circle to give the "3-D" image, smooshed some white craft ink over the embossed image and popped some ribbon and beads on -- "voila"!

In August I got an all-in-1 printer, laptop & sound system for my birthday........I have been procrastinating setting the printer up because I don't deal with "new" very well.  It hasn't been a pleasant experience getting familiar with the mechanics of the A-I-1. Thus the reason behind my not adding to my blog.  

 

"Santa" dropped a few surprising items into my stocking - and the jolly old soul did very well choosing -  A Cornish Farms fisherman stamp; glitter; a Hero Arts set of stamps; an acrylic poppy stamp;  Tim Holtz mini misters; some copic sketch pens;.............and lots of trinkets  (all stamp related!!) 

My goal for 2010 is to purge, paint and put hardwood in my "craft room".  The major work will have to be done in warmer weather when I can get my room moved to the garage.  If anyone is wanting "scrapbooking magazines"  please let me know!  I haven't a clue what to do with them and would rather not throw them out..........  all that good shiney paper must be good for something. Somewhere it must be written that throwing out Stamping and Scrapbooking magazines is sacreligious. 

Until next week.  "Stamp up a storm and Ink up a wish!  

Rubber hugs, inky wishes, Cricut Chirps and Cuttlebug squishes,

maddi6833

Sketch 114

Mojo Monday - and here's what I came up with.  I'm really feeling under the gun these days...........Christmas is fast approaching as it does every year.  It just seems to sneak up and bite me in the butt.  Family is coming home this year and baking, cleaning and decorating all has to be done.....plus we have 2 birthdays in the merry month of December!

After expecting to spend a weekend taking technique classes - they were cancelled a couple of days beforehand by the H1N1 virus.  The instructor was hospitalized and we had the option to have a postponed class in the spring. I just hope Christine gets out of the hospital with a clean bill of health.

Even though disappointment was running amuck - I was rather relieved that I didn't have to go anywhere this last weekend - I finished 2 advent calendars, which wasn't an easy feat for me because my sewing machine bit the dust.....right in the middle of appliquing tiny stockings around a Christmas tree.  My wonderful, faithful Elna, which I paid an arm and a leg for about 30 years ago - just quit.  I remember paying more for that machine than I did for my car (which was only 2 years old).......  it is now in the SM hospital and I'm hoping that they can revive it, although the serviceman had the attitude that anything that old - just needs replacing...........  oh what a throw-a-way world we live in!

Have a great week everyone - take time to stamp and play with ink.

Mojo Monday #113

This sketch was a real challenge to me - I couldn't seem to get my head into so many layers.  Patterned paper is not one of my strongest suits.  Everyone is thinking Christmas cards - so I tried to get in the mood for making a Christmas Card. One of my favourite stamps is the SU Cardinal.  Here is my interpretation of the sketch.

Mojo Monday Sketch 112

Monday, Monday - gloomy and chilly - actually a dreary day today -
Here is my interpretation of the Mojo Monday Sketch #112.  I  love Butterflies!  It seems that whenever a new Butterfly stamp comes within my line of vision - I just have to have it.  It amazes me how many different butterfly stamps that there can possibly be!   

For this card - which was really simple, after I decided to use a Vanilla embossed backgroud, I sponged my cardstock with Pumpkin.  The DSP is SU.  The stamp was an acrylic clear stamp that I found in the bottom of my acrylic stamp drawer - I didn't mat it I simply used a black sharpie to outline my "overcut" image.  I really have to improve the quality of my scanning - because I usually end up with a crooked edge.......  not the actual card.

Hope you like it.  Until next monday, have a fantastic week filled with time to play with paper and ink.

Here it is Thursday and I'm going to post a card that I made using the Easle fold.  Not the greatest picture as it is not cropped properly (scanning was not an option). I used the SU Autumn Splendor set with a burnished background.

Mojo Monday #111

Today is week number 111 at Mojo Monday. Our first monday of the month my niece and I go to Salmon Arm for our SU Stamper's 10 Group. Our demo is the greatest! We worked with the set called Razzle Dazzle - so when I got home I used some of the paper & techniques that we had used at class. This is what I came up with.

I'm not really happy with my example - but it honestly does look a little better in real life. The image is navy blue glitter and the flowers at the sides of the image are green and blue glitter.  For now I'll have to be happy with this.

Mojo Monday #110

I feel like I should be creating a Hallowe'en card for this mojo challenge - but I did an overkill on

cards for Hallowe'en this year and may my HS rest in peace until next year.  I'm back to my mono-chromatic Madge type of card. I have such a struggle with combining colours and patterned paper.

Hope you like it.  Feel free to leave me any type of comment - I can take criticism.

Mojo Monday Week 109

Well here is the sketch for Oct. 19, 2009!  I don't know if I'm going to be able to make this week's challenge or not -- right now I'm heading out for lunch with my hubby to celebrate our 47th Anniversary!  OMG that makes me sooooooooooo old........Older than dirt.....but he is one year older........

So to you, sweetheart - I dedicate this card that I will be creating...... later.

Art loves autumn - the colours, the smell, the season, the fact that it is hunting season.  He has diligently gone hunting every year since he was old enough to carry a rifle.  He hasn't shot anything for over 30 years, he just loves tromping though the woods - and loves it so much that he even takes our little (mischievous) Missie.  Our little Shih Tzu that is like the energizer bunny.



I must tell you,  I had such a wonderful weekend - starting on the 14th.  I travelled to Abbotsford to spend a weekend with my very best long-time friend in the world.  From there we left and went to visit "Haroldine" at Be Creative in Pitt Meadows - back to Abbotsford to enjoy the last restful evening for the next couple of days.  BECAUSE we were off to do some classes at BC's Creative Expo Friday and Saturday.
Up at (my) the crack of dawn on Friday to drive to Langley........  The first class was with Trisha Ladouceur -- Vintage Cards.  It was good - but not quite challenging enough -- just a lot of cutting, tearing, distressing, paper to paper kind of thing. ....... The next class was with (oh, be still my heart)  CATHIE ALLAN.  I've been wanting to do a class of Cathie's for 5 - 6 years......... Oh, it was amazing.  Cathie ALWAYS starts with WHITE paper and brings the white paper to the colour palette of her photos.  It was amazing!  The next class was another Cathie Allan class -- and totally different from the first! 

Driving back to Abbotsford at 9:30 in the pouring rain, my friend and I were absolutely brain frazzled.  So much to learn -- and just when you think you know almost everything -- something new is added.  My poor little brain was saturated.

Saturday - up at the crack of dawn again........  to a class with Vickie Boutin.  Techniques galore -- masking, masking resist, masking for the sake of masking, masking for dummies -- you name it, we masked it!  Lots of paper to cut -- lots of cards to make -- all in a 3 hour class - hardly time to put glue to paper.  We had an hour to kill between classes - and ran down to the vendor's retreat......  Yes, I spent, not money, but plastic.  Had some neat items that will not show up at our LSS for 5 months or so.

The last class (which ended up being 4 hours) was amazing!!  I love books and boxes, I love creating books.  I love embellishing books,  I just love handmade books.  The class was with Trisha Ladouceur again.  This class was absolutely amazing!  The papers we were given to use, were to die for!  Heidi Swapp -- please bring that collection back!  Four hours and we just got an smattering  of what the finished product should be.  We were challenged to the limit -- but what a beautiful end product!  Trisha,  was marvelous!  I would recommend taking her classes to anyone who wants a challenge.  Cathie Allan, did not disappoint!  Vickie Boutin showed us a lot!  My hat is off to these ladies - who by the way, shouted their lungs out all weekend - just to be heard above the boistrous din of the heat exchanger, construction and all the surrounding classroom babble.

Will I go again - In a heartbeat!  (but I do hope the location will change)  Last year was wonderful - Vancouver Convention Centre -- staying at the Pan Pacific and literally "inhaling" the weekend events.  The downside of this year, location, location, location -- a hockey arena -- curtained classrooms -- and one concession stand  (that is another story).

Pictures of what I created this past weekend??  Well,  it will be at least two weeks before I get them all completed - and when I do, this will be the first place I will show them.

MOJO Monday Sketch 108

Missed the boat at Mojo Monday last week:(  and it was a contest week to win a stamp set!  Time just doesn't allow some things to happen. 

MOJO MONDAY SKETCH 108

The good news is that I have an example for this sketch.  Believe me, it looks MUCH prettier IRL.

The black background is a black glossy which I stamped with twinkling H2O's. It is really pretty IRL! The flower is cut out and sprinkled with dazzling diamonds. Very pretty IRL.

This week will be a short week because of the holiday (Thanksgiving for us Canadians). Thursday, I leave for Langley to attend the BC Creative Expo.  I am sooooooooooo excited, because I'm taking 3 of Cathie Allan's classes.  It is enough to make me want to do cartwheels (which would not be pretty).  Last year was so great a friend and I stayed at the Pan Pacific in Vancouver right at the convention centre and just inhaled all the goings on! This year will be different - as I will be going to Abbotsford every night. But it will still be fun. 

Until next Monday - Cio