You wouldn't be wrong if you called the last article I posted a bit of a "think piece" and wondered when the more practical advice was going to show up. Think of that last one as a nudge towards considering why an intentional use of composition is important if you want to make images that

Hi friends! It's Monday and time for a brand new Mojo Monday sketch! I hope you can find a little time in the next couple weeks to play along with me! I'm an equal opportunity stamper, so feel free to use any papercrafting products your heart desires and enter as many creations as you like. Use the sketch as inspiration for your creation, then come link it up below so I can come take a look! The linky for this challenge will close on February 7, 2021. I have included dimensions on the graphic later in this post, but feel free to change them up to suit your needs, and never worry about substituting a shape or layer. Sometimes I create sketches from my past cards, and other times I literally sketch the layout on paper, then create the card. More recently, I've been gravitating to ink blending or mixed media backgrounds and I don't use as many layers as I used to, making new sketches a little harder for my brain to crank out. So yesterday morning I sat down and sketched out this quick layout and I had so much fun picking out papers and elements to fit it. It just goes to show how mixing things up every now and then in your crafting process can really boost your creativity. For this card, I pulled out the gorgeous Forest Tea Party collection and cut my panels, inking the edges and matting with stone ink and cardstock. The background is from the Wood Creative Pad and I stamped the Typewriter Text Background over it in stone ink. This background is part of the Overstock Sale at Sweet 'n Sassy this month, and it's one of my favorites! After building up my layers, I decided I wanted to use a flower in place of the circle, so I pulled out the Precious Poppies set and colored and fussy cut the flower, adding some Nuvo glitter drops to the center, then bunching up some twine to tuck under. The sentiment is from the Sentimental Wordfetti set. This set is simply perfect for so many occasions. Alrighty, now it's your turn! I hope you've been inspired to create something with this sketch . Thanks so much for stopping by. Please join me for Mojo Monday! Click here to enter Compensated affiliate links are used where possible. When you place an order after clicking some of my links, I receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. Thanks so much for using my links and supporting this blog. 💙

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Grace! Everyone deeply craves this. In a world where trends come and go rapidly, the concept of class remains a

Hi friends! Are you ready for another Mojo sketch? I'm not sure how it's already almost time for school to start again, but here we are! As always, you're free to play along with any papercrafting products your heart desires and enter as many creations as you like. Use the sketch as inspiration for your creation, then come link it up below so I can come take a look! The linky for this challenge will close on August 23, 2020. I have included dimensions on the graphic later in this post, but feel free to change them up to suit your needs. I am completely smitten with the new Coffee Talk stamp set from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps. I know, no surprise, since I've never met a coffee stamp I didn't like! {grin} For this card, I colored up a couple of the cup images, then fussy cut. The sentiment is stamepd on a circle die cut and I stamped one of the cup images randomly over the sentiment circle in ballerina ink. Coffee Talk happens to be the August Stamp of the Month. It's available to purchase for $15.95, OR you can receive it for free with a qualifying order. See the website for details. The rest was just a matter of picking some fun papers to go with the fun images. I recently cleaned out my scrap box, and so was able to manage flipping through the much smaller amount of scraps to find these fun patterns. Alrighty, now it's your turn! I hope you enjoy creating with this sketch! Thanks so much for stopping by! Please join me for Mojo Monday! Click here to enter

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Hi friends! It's the first Friday of a new month and that means its time for a new card sketch from me over on the Viva la Verve blog. My sample card uses a sentiment from the Love From Me DIGITAL Set. I had some fun with designer paper, matting everything with espresso, because it's like enveloping something in LOVE. {grin} The digi sentiment is printed on my laser printer on white cardstock, then colored with Copic markers and accented with glossy glaze and glitter. The heart border is one of my favorites from the Scalloped Trim Trio Die Set and I used some of the remaining heart cut outs to spruce up my aqua panel. Finished off with some liquid pearls on the scallops and a seam binding bow. Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you enjoy the sketch this month and can find a little time to join us. I've added the measurements I used to the sketch if you like to have them, but feel free to make it your own! Enabler's List Stamps: Love From Me DIGITAL Set (Verve) Paper: Forever My Always (Pebbles), darling (Authentique), early espresso (SU!), white (Neenah) Ink: laser printer, copic markers Accessories: Scalloped Trim Trio Die Set (A Cut Above by VERVE), stitched circles die set (Cottage Cutz), scalloped circles nestabilities (Spellbinders), seam binding (Hug Snug), nuvo drops (Tonic), chocolate liquid pearls (Ranger)

I'm trying to tackle my long card to-do-list this week. Mother's Day cards are on that list, naturally. For my card, I used the newest Mojo Monday sketch. I did not design this sketch, but I did figure out the measurements for an A2 size card. (5 1/2" x 4 1/4") Sketch - Mojo Monday

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