Mojo Monday on a low-mojo Sunday Scrapbooking in Melbourne, Florida

Hello, friends!

• I was anxious to make a card for last Monday's Mojo sketch
• I knew which elements wanted to use
• I had all my supplies pulled together in one location
• It took me a week to get to it 'cause I have been FARMING on Facebook!

Good grief.  Somebody stop me!  Tee hee.  Here's the sketch.  Nice and simple!

Here's my card - also nice and simple!  You know I usually 'pile it on' when it comes to cardmaking, so I am quite pleased that I used a bit of restraint!

The precious birdie image is actually printed on twill.  It's from a page of nine images and is called Homespun Cotton Scraps.  I purchased it a while back from Sharon Johnson's wonderful little store and it's been in the back of my mind ever since!  The image is matted on blue linen.  I'll discuss its origin in another post ;-)  The elegant papers are CTMH's "Perfect Day". The flower, metal and ink are all Close To My Heart as well.  It was so simple and quick....delightfully so!

Are you ready to go back to work?  Neither am I.  Although I feel it will be a very productive week.  I hope to sign two new doctors to the group.  Keep your fingers crossed!

Deb

Rockin' and Rollin' - Artful Inkables Tutorial Scrapbooking in Melbourne, Florida

Today it's time for my first tutorial, created for you and for Artful Inkables!  Are you ready to rock 'n roll?!  I taught this technique at my last home gathering, and the gals were so excited with the results!  We used the technique on a leaf stamp, but today I'm going to use a super pretty bird's nest stamp from AI's newest stamp set, "A Bird's Song".

It's really easy!  First grab your supplies:

• Background paper or cardstock for stamping
• Stamp (either acrylic block or wood-mounted)
• Two ink pads (one lighter, the other darker)

The rock 'n roll technique will result with an image that has the lighter color in the center, with the second (darker) color 'rolled' around the edges.  The colors that you select will depend upon the type of image that you are stamping.  I chose Bamboo as my light color, and Chocolate as my darker color.

First, ink up your entire stamp with the lighter color.  Don't stamp on your paper yet!

While you still have your lighter color of ink on your stamp, 'roll' the edges of your stamp in the darker color.  Roll it around a couple of times to ensure you have the darker color ink all around the edge of  your image. 

Stamp your image on your paper or cardstock.  The result may be subtle or more striking, depending upon the ink colors that you selected.

Here I used some other Artful Inkables stamps with bolder ink colors I selected Blush and Tulip inks on the tiny snowflake, Crystal Blue with Petal edges on the larger snowflake, and Sweet Leaf rolled in New England Ivy for the holly branch.

So pick up our favorite stamp...........put on a little music...............and rock 'n roll!

Thanks for stopping by....please leave a comment and include a link to your rock 'n roll creation!

Deb

Artful Inkable SALE - Get your Twilight Stamps! Scrapbooking in Melbourne, Florida

From November 1st until November 15th Artful Inkables has 35 sets on sale for 25-35% off.

No code is needed to take advantage of this sale and free shipping on orders over $45 still applies to all  products including the sale items.

So stock up now on those sets you've had on your wish list or better yet, send a loved one to over to buy some for you for Holiday gifts.

See all the sales sets HERE.

November Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! CTMH Scrapbooking in Melbourne, Florida

WooooHOOOO!!!  It's that 'time of the month' - Close To My Heart's November Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! 

This time we have 64gals hoppin' - good grief! If you've arrived from Mary's blog, you're right on track,  The hop started way back at Jena's blog.  Jena has a list of all of the links, so you might want to take a second to open her blog and minimize it, in case you get lost along the way and need to get back on track.

My heart nearly jumped out of my body when I saw this adorable stamp of the month.  I loved it so much that I created two projects for you with this fancy little stamp set!

The first project is a  9x9 layout.  Remember, you can click on the images to view them larger.

The November Stamp of the Month includes the house outline with two different roof options, a couple of different windows and doors, as well as shutters, window flower boxes, steps.....oh goodness, what doesn't it include!  It also has the cute little clouds and hearts I used in the background here. 

I stamped "HOME" with one of my favorite stamp sets, "Boutique Alphabet".  CTMH Tulip and Blush Cardstock and Inks, a little Heartfelt heart, a few markers, a piece of die-cut borders, and there you go!

Now here's my second project.  Y'all know how much I love to make little paper bag purses!  I had some leftover stickease from my "Life Delights" collection (it's retiring - more about that in a second).

So where is the Stamp of the Month on this project?  I used the window shutter to make little fence posts, which are connected by the brick image!  This was super quick and simple.  Although I usually put cardstock on both sides of the bag, I thought this looked just fine the way it is.  Besides the fence and the Just Blooms Big Pinks flower, everything else is Stickease....even the handle!

Now, about that retiring list.....starting tomorrow, all of the retiring stamps will be noted in a special category on my website.  How would you like to buy 2, get 1 free?  That's right!  Starting November 3, all stamp sets - new, retiring, old, you name it....are buy 2, get a third one (lowest price, of course ;-) FREE for the entire month!  Details are in my sidebar to the right.

Now's the chance to get that big E-sized Boutique Alphabet that I used on the layout here, or finish collecting all of those Solo Alphabets and Numbers!  That's my plan!

Thanks for stopping by!  Now hop your way on over to my sistah  Haley's blog to see what she's dreamed up for you.

Enjoy your day!

Deb

My challenge piece - "make something new to you" Scrapbooking in Melbourne, Florida

I have two posts today - please scroll down for the CTMH Stamp of the Month blog hop.

Hey, y'all! Did you enjoy that extra hour of sleep this morning?  Do you have a chocolate hangover????  What a perfect combination.....extra sleep......chocolate....and paper crafting!  Ha!!!

Every two weeks we have a new challenge for you over on the Artful Inkables' blogspot.  This time divalicious Sherry is challenging all of us to either use a new technique or create a new 3-D item that you've never tried before. Well, that's just what I did!

I have seen these adorable sour cream containers around but never tried one.  Well, when I received my "Down on the Farm" stamp set....I thought that would be perfect for this set!  I intended to put the cow image on here, but my sour cream container was too small for the cow.  And I was too lazy to make a bigger one - tee hee! 

Here's the little piggy again....he so adorable!!!  The fence image is also in this set.  And of course I had to curl up my button's waxy flax like a little piggy's tale!

Why don't you join us for the challenge?  You can win a grab bag of Artful Inkables goodies by linking your creation here on Mr. Linky.

Thanks again for stopping by.  I appreciate your comments!

Good luck,

Deb

Twilight - New Moon - Vampires? Scrapbooking in Melbourne, Florida

What better day to post about Vampires than today???

To celebrate the upcoming movie NEW MOON, Artful Inkables is having a Customer and Design Team Twilight Blog Hop on November 20th!!!! Did you know that AI has some fang-tastic sets perfect for Twilight Fans? Even if you're not a fan...you MUST know someone who is.......

Check out the Twilight Inspired Stamps: Into the Moonlight and Fictionally Inspired and the Vampire Romance Themed Charms available from AI!

DETAILS:

* You must use the stamps and/or charms from AI for the Hop....if you don't have them...you still have time to get them!

* You must have a blog to participate

* Email Jackie at babitoons@gmail.com with your name and your blog address by November 13, 2009

* Details will be sent to you via email regarding the hop details after November 14, 2009- with plenty of time to get your post ready for the hop on the 20th

Tell your friends and save the date!!!!

Deb

Snowflake Card Set - Fun Winter AI Blog Hop! Scrapbooking in Melbourne, Florida

Welcome to the Artful Inkables Fun Winter Blog Hop! Today we are featuring some favorite holiday sets from the past - Paper Snowflakes, Mug Mates and Snow Play.  You're probably joining me from Lisa's blog. If you’ve missed any of the blog hop, I'm the last one, so after you finish here, start at the beginning with Kristin (the talented stamp designer and owner) at the Artful Inkables Blog and follow the links. 

The set that I used is called "Paper Snowflakes".  WOW!  These snowflakes are gorgeous!!!   We don't see a lot of snow here in Florida - tee he!  Well, that doesn't stop us Florida girls from craving all of snowflake stamps we can get our hands on!

I used three of the snowflakes on this first card, stacked up like a Christmas tree!  You can click on each of the photos to see the details.  

For the next card, I did some random stamping.  I used CTMH's Crystal Blue ink and textured cardstock for all of the cards, as well as our pearls, which I colored silver with a marker.  The Crystal Blue snowflake is from the newest CTMH Heartfelt sets (LOVE them!), and the satiny white ribbon hails from Michaels' dollar bin (LOVE that!).

Speaking of dollar bins, I found the cute little felt snowflake bag at the Target dollar bin last year.  What a cute little container it makes for my snowflake card set.  All wrapped up so nicely!  Can you believe that precious thing cost only a dollar?  I wonder if they have them again this year.  If you have visited lately, let me know.  'Cause you know I need more stuff!!! 

Finally, the last two cards use the same elements, just put together differently.  See how nicely the snowflakes coordinate with each other?  I stacked two of them on card number three, and could easily have added a third. 

 
Have you commented on each of the INKgirls’ blogs? Have you seen something that you are going to make for Christmas?  I sure have!  Be sure you left comments on all of the the INKgirls' blogs, because one lucky commenter will win an Artful Inkables holiday set!!!  wooHOOO!!!! 

Leave your comments no later than Sunday, November 1 at Midnight PST. A random winner will be chosen and announced on the Artful Inkables blog!

Good luck!!

Deb