Mojo Monday #500

This week's Mojo Monday post was a sad one - Julee is closing the challenge after almost 10 years!  That's an incredibly long time for anyone to keep a challenge blog going - and all the work that goes along with it, so I can appreciate the time involved.  On the upside, she's going to spend more time with her family, which is really what it's all about.  This is my FAVOURITE challenge, and always has been.  I give Julee & Mojo a lot of credit for why I started my blog seven years ago (almost to the day).  I fell in love with Verve stamps, and many of their designers are people that I still follow closely today (Teresa Kline, Maureen Plut, Amy Scheffer, and Julee to name a few).  I also wanted to be able to leave comments on their blogs & to play along with the challenges.  Here is what I came up with for this week's sketch:

I used Verve's Simply Amazing stamp set and Amazing Adjectives dies for my card, along with Echo Park's Hello Summer papers from a few years ago.  I haven't been able to play along with Mojo Monday as often as I would like, especially over the last couple of years when I've been working more, but I did check it out every single week.  I am also very proud that I won on Mojo a few years back, and wanted to share my winning card with you from Mojo #177 on Feb 14/2011.  It's still one of my favourite cards:

With a little luck I'll get a couple more Mojo cards snuck in before the challenge closes... I have quite a few favourite Verve stamp sets that I'd like to use :o)

Fusion Card Challenge

I have another masculine birthday card to share today, and I used the Fusion Card Challenge sketch for this one - not the inspiration, which is soft & subtle!!  But the sketch was perfect for what I wanted to do:

Patterned papers are Times & Seasons by Echo Park; Stamp set is Simply Amazing by Verve; Ink is Onyx Black by Versafine; Dies are Banner Set and Amazing Adjectives by Verve; Gumdrops are Your Next Stamp.

Masculine Mojo Monday

I have a bunch of male relatives with birthdays over the next while, so I managed to get a couple made tonight...  I am playing along with Mojo Monday #471, this one is for my son:

Patterned papers are Urban Traveler by Simple Stories; Cardstock is Sunshine & Outdoor Denim, CMTH; Stamp set is Simply Amazing by Verve; Dies are Amazing Adjectives by Verve, and Seeing Stars by Taylored Expressions;  Inks are Whisper by CTMH & Onyx Black by Versafine.

Mojo Monday #455

There's nothing like opening up your mailbox and finding a little package of new Verve goodies waiting for you!!  And the day before the Postal strike is supposed to happen, too (lucky me).  So of course I had to pull them out and make a little something - here is my take on this week's Mojo Monday sketch:

Patterned papers are Spring by Echo Park; Cardstock is Cocoa, Glacier & White Daisy, CTMH; Stitched Circle, Square & Pennant STAX dies by My Favorite Things; Stamp set is Simply Amazing by Verve; Amazing Adjectives die, Verve; Black ink CTMH; Pastel Sequin Mix, Verve.