Mojo Monday Meets Tuesday Trigger

Mojo Monday meets Tuesday Trigger, and they lived happily ever after....

LOL Okay, well...here is the Mojo Monday Sketch that I used as my template.

For those of you that have been following me for a while, you know that I like to participate in the Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger challenge every now and then. Here is this week's Tuesday Trigger image:

I was inspired by the little birdies immediately. Instead of "cheating" with the Cricut AP cartridge to create my little bird, I decided to use my retired Fill In The Blank stamp set. Sometimes, a girl just needs to get inky.

I love how it turned out. 

If you would like to play along with either of these challenges, go to Mojo Monday blog and/or Moxie Fab blog for more details on how you can participate.

Products Used:

Emporium L2 Paper (Retired)

Fill In The Blank Stamp Set (Retired)

Potential Stamp Set (Retired)

Card Chatter - Sympathy Stamp Set

Chocolate & Crystal Blue Inks

Mocha Pearl Opaques

Cocoa Ribbon

2" Scallop Circle Punch

Neutral Embroidery Floss

Have a great night!

Casandra

Mojo Sketch #234 Birthday Card

A good friend of mine just celebrated a birthday last week. I made him a special one-of-a-kind card.

The card was patterned after one of my favorite lines from Dumb & Dumber. So the inside of the card reads, "Check out the hooters." Yeah, it's that kind of card, for that kind of friend. LOL

Products Used:
You Rock L2 Paper (Retired)
I'll Love You Forever Stamp Set (Retired)
Card Word Puzzle Stamp Set
Chocolate & Outdoor Denim Inks
Watercolor Pencils
Blue Sparkles
Your Rock Accessories (Retired)

Thanks for stopping by today.

Casandra

Sonoma Card Box

Hello! I hope everyone had a nice Easter weekend. We had a great time. My 3-year-old daughter said yesterday "That Easter Bunny sure is tricky." And my 5-year-old son sat and discussed with me all the possibilities of how the Easter Bunny gets from house to house so quickly.

Last week was Spring Break for our household. Today is our last day, in fact. I wanted to share with you, today, a card box that my friend Kelly created using Sonoma paper. I helped her with the stamping and measuring and she did the rest.

Products Used:

Sonoma L2 Paper Pack

Recipe/Card Box

Pewter Embellishment Pack

Mocha Pearl Opaques

Chocolate Ribbon

Olive, Chocolate, Desert Sand & Smokey Plum Inks

Roxie WOTG Stamp (Retired)

As soon as Kelly finished her box, she opened it up and put a handful of cards that she had made at some of my workshops. A prouder teacher couldn't be found, I'm sure.

Have a wonderful Monday!

Casandra

Product Options for Lucy Workshop

As promised, today I am giving an overview of what products you may want to purchase to create your Lucy layouts.

Basic Kit: $15.85 Plus Tax & Shipping
X7149B Lucy L2 Paper Pack $9.95
X5901 Colonial White Cardstock 6-Pack $2.95
Z1263 Bitty Sparkles $2.95

Better Kit: $20.80 Plus Tax & Shipping
X7149B Lucy L2 Paper Pack $9.95
X5901 Colonial White Cardstock 6-Pack $2.95
Z1263 Bitty Sparkles $2.95
Z1690 Bitty Buds Assortment $4.95

Best Kit: $34.65 Plus Tax & Shipping
X7149B Lucy L2 Paper Pack $9.95
X5901 Colonial White Cardstock 6-Pack $2.95
Z1263 Bitty Sparkles $2.95
Z1690 Bitty Buds Assortment $4.95
Z1710 Paradise Paper Flowers $5.95
Z1702 Paradise or Z1701 Neutral Baker's Twine $4.95 (each)
Z1333 Mocha Opaques $2.95

Please Note: If you have any of the cardstock or embellishments already (retired paper flowers or other pearls and sparkles will work just fine; even waxy flax will work in lieu of baker's twine), please add items accordingly. One more thing, if you want to stamp your flowers in place of using paper flowers, I will have a few stamps at the workshop that you may use.

Now, onto workshop details:

Date: Saturday, May 5th, 2012

Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Location: Casandra's House

Orders will need to be placed for this workshop no later than Sunday, April 22nd. Please be punctual because we will be making our Pemberley layouts in the afternoon, along with a few make-and-take projects. Thank you so much.

Casandra

Lucy Spring Layout #3

Here is my third and final layout that we will be creating with Lucy.

I decided ultimately to keep this layout a bit more generic in theme in case my customers wanted to use everyday photo's. Aren't zip strips fun? They were the perfect accent.

Inspiration was found in two places, actually. First, using the Love Life Stamp inspiration came from Scraptabulous Studio. Second, the overall template inspiration came from Sketch Support.

I believe that there would be enough blush cardstock to use as bases, and pattern paper could be used where you see the blush pink cardstock. Some of my cricut cuts were guesses yesterday and I didn't have quite as much left as you should have. I have been pre-cutting layouts for my customers for most of my workshops. For this workshop, my attendee's will be cutting their own papers to allow more creative freedom.

Products Used:
Lucy L2 Paper Pack
2 Colonial White Cardstock Sheets
Extra Creme Brulee Cardstock (Customers can use printer paper or bring photo's to attach)
Love Life Stamp Set
Grey Wool, Cotton Candy, Blush, Sweet Leaf & Chocolate Inks
Bitty Sparkles
Grey Wool Baker's Twine
Chocolate Embroidery Floss
Cricut AP Cartridge
Corner Rounder

Please see Sketch Support link above for photo sizes, but in general, you could bring six 4x6 photo's to attach. Also, if you would prefer to change up the colors a bit, you could bring some blue (light to medium in color) cardstock with you, or any color that you think would be pretty with the sweet leaf B&T paper.

Tomorrow, I will go into depth on what products you will want to purchase to complete your Lucy layouts. For now, have a wonderful day!

Casandra

Lucy Birthday Layout #2

Hello and Happy Sunday to you! It's hard to believe that this next layout comes from the same paper packet as yesterday's layout...Lucy.

Petal Purple and Grey Wool look awesome together!

Bitty Buds Assortment  & Dimensional Elements Numbers

Elemental WOTG Stamp & Party Pennants Stamp

This layout is the real reason I decided to do a Lucy Workshop. My daughter's birthday is just before Mother's Day, and I recently bought her a beautiful patchwork seersucker dress from Gymboree. It has a matching lavender sun bonnet with butterflies embroidered on it. I'm having a moment of disbelief that my baby is going to be 4 in just six weeks....

I found inspiration for this layout here.

Products Used:
Lucy L2 Paper Pack
1 Sheet of Petal Cardstock
Elemental WOTG Stamp Set (Retired)
Party Pennants Stamp Set
Petal, Sweet Leaf, Crystal Blue, Cotton Candy, Creme Brulee, Grey Wool & Chocolate Inks
Creme Brulee Baker's Twine
Bitty Sparkles
Bitty Buds Assortment
Dimensional Elements Number
Cricut AP Cartridge
Corner Rounder
Scallop Border Punch
SU Butterfly Embosslits

I used the blush cardstock that came in the kit for the photo mats, but this could be saved to use as bases for the last layout I will be showcasing tomorrow. (If you attend my workshop, please bring some scrap cardstock or printer paper to use in these locations.)

There is one more thing I would like to point out, if you do not like the purple on this layout, and would like to switch it to one of the other colors in the kit, we can do that. I have Sweet Leaf and Smoothie in bulk sheets. The opposite side of the sweet leaf B&T paper is a pretty yellow floral paper. By turning that over, you could have a completely different look to this layout. I love our new B&T paper and it's awesome versatility.

Casandra

Lucy Easter Layout #1

Good morning! I am so excited to share my first Lucy layout with you. I am really into pennants right now, so when I came across a layout on Pinterest that uses fun pennants, I just had to see how Lucy would look with it. I can tell you that at least 2 hours went into figuring out dimensions before I made a single cut. My notes are quite scattered at the moment. LOL

 I found inspiration for this layout here.

Close-Up of Left Page Peeps

Close-Up of Right Page Peeps

Close-Up of Flowers on Right Page

Products Used:
Lucy L2 Paper Pack
Colonial White Cardstock (2 Sheets)
Smoothie Cardstock (1 Sheet)
My Peeps Stamp Set
Springtime Stamp Set (Retired)
You & Me Stamp Set (Retired)
Chocolate, Smoothie & Garden Green Inks
Bitty Buds Assortment
Pink & Red Brads Assortment (Smoothie)
Sunflower Button (Retired)
Neutral Embroidery Floss 
Mocha Opaques
Paradise Paper Flowers 
Smoothie RicRac (American Crafts) Ribbon
2" Scallop Punch
Cricut AP Cartridge
Watercolor Pencils

Stay tuned tomorrow to see Lucy Layout #2.

Casandra