Mojo Monday #367

I got a lovely package of happy mail today... a few weeks back, I won Verve's entire October release for one of my coffee cards (yay me!).  I could hardly wait to open it up and start creating.  Two of the stamp sets are perfect to make cards for someone fighting breast cancer, and with October being Breast Cancer Awareness month - I wanted to make and post a few cards.  Here is, I'm sure, the first of many using this week's Mojo Monday sketch:

The October Verve Diva Dare is "Pink Power", so I am entering this there as well!

 

 

Patterned papers are Sweetheart, CTMH; Cardstock is Grey Wool, Cotton Candy & White Daisy, CTMH; Inks are Black & Cotton Candy, CTMH; Stamp sets are Pink Power & Better Together, Verve; Dies are Pennant Trim and Ribbon, Verve.

ABC Challenge on Heart2Heart

Anything But a Card!  Oh my.....cards are my thing!  And for this week's Heart2Heart Challenge we are asked to do anything but... this is honestly my hardest challenge.  And of course, being a procrastinator at heart, here I am leaving for the long weekend in less than 12 hours, and I'm trying to come up with a fabulous project?  After tossing ideas around in my head for the last few days, I finally came up with the idea to do a layout (duh, that I can do!).  My current favourite kit is the May promo "You & Me", which I'm going to run out of way too soon... but it didn't work perfectly with the pictures I wanted to use.  So... I pulled out the tulip b&t papers from Sweetheart, and used the stamps, chipboard shapes and layout from the You & Me kit, and this is what I came up with:

It's midnight, and I'm snapping photos without ideal lighting, so please forgive me for the blurry photos.  When I return from our time away, I'll see if I can do better!  One thing that I really wanted to show everyone, is how easy it is to change and reuse the wonderful layout designs that CTMH provides in their promos, Workshops on the Go, and layout books like Reflections.  You just have to change the papers & inks, and in my case the photos were a little different, but you can make the layouts work for your photos.  Here are a few shots of each page, and close ups of the design elements:

Patterned paper is Sweetheart; Cardstock is Tulip, Black, White Daisy & Grey Wool; Stamp sets are Universal Backgrounds, You & Me & Stitched Together; Ribbon is Wings level 2 assortment & Black Mini-Medley; Black Liquorice Opaque Pearls; Red Sparkles - all CTMH.

I will add a little journaling around the outside of the photos, just like the You & Me flyer... when I return next week.  We would love to have you join us over at the Heart2Heart Challenges blog, and you can link up anything you like (except a card!).  We do ask that you use mostly Close To My Heart products, and if you do sneak some contra in there, just list it, so that we know what it is!  You have until the end of the month to play, and you could be chosen as one of our monthly Top Ten, or maybe you'll win one of the prizes donated by our sponsors.  Check out the H2H blog to see what the other designers have come up with!

Hope For Japan

Happy Mother's Day to all the Mom's out there :o)  I wanted to share a little card set that I've made to give my Sister-In-Law today.  She is a breast cancer survivor, and when I first saw the "Hope for Japan" stamp set that Close To My Heart came out with to raise money for the Red Cross, I thought it would make some great cards for her.  They are 4 1/4" square:

Patterned paper is Sweetheart; Cardstock is White Daisy & Grey Wool; Stamp set is Hope for Japan; Inks are Cotton Candy, Hollyhock & Grey Wool - all CTMH.