Listen to that Little Voice!!

Do you ever hear that little voice in your head??  The one that tells you, "Don't do that!  You'll be sorry if you do!"  I heard that little voice today, and I'm sorry to say I didn't heed the advice it gave.  I was making a card for the MOJO Monday #246 challenge and things were going very well!  I had attempted the brayer again, after a few months where I didn't have the nerve to give it another go.  (The last attempt a using a brayer had a sad result!)  I was really pleased with the way the background looked.  The colours were going together well, the images were solid and well-stamped!  Yay!  Then....I decided I needed a sentiment, and I was going to stamp it right on the background!  I know how risky that is, and the little voice was getting bigger and bigger: "Don't do it! Don't do it! DON'T DO IT!"  But did I listen?  No!  And at first, everything was okay!  I didn't overink the sentiment stamp with the new format stamp pad, the image stamped straight and clean! "HA!" I thought to myself, "What's all the fuss?  Nailed it!"  Ah, but pride goeth before a fall, and after I adhered the panels to the card base, I turned it over to burnish a little to get good adherence.  I turned it back to the front.....and HORROR!  The ink had smudged on the sentiment!  So, a word to the wise, from someone with a sad tale to tell,  give your ink from the new pads a bit longer to dry than you are used to!  So I had to do the old "cover-up" technique and it all turned out okay in the end.  It's like Sonny in "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" would say.  "It will be okay in the end.  If it isn't, it's not the end!"

Here's the card:

I used the Just Believe stamp set, because it seemed perfect for this layout:

I am also entering it in The Paper Players 100th Challenge party!  I chose the same sketch as Ann Schach, because her card was so inspiring.  It was Challenge #16!

I used all the new In Colours for 2012-14 in this card.  I used Raspberry Ripple, Primrose Petals and Summer Starfruit for the background of the vertical panel using the brayer.  Gumball Green was the card base and also one of the circle stamps, and Midnight Muse for the silhouette and the mattes for the panels.  The DSP is from a Simply Scrapping Kit. 

So there it is.  Hope you like it! And always heed the "Little Voice"!

Mojo Monday on Tuesday

I was really excited about the MOJO Monday sketch yesterday, but I didn't get to work on it for a variety of reasons, but mostly because my husband was feeling like he never saw me any more because I was always down in my craft room. 

In the meantime, I found a couple of other card challenges that would work well together with the MOJO Monday sketch and had some time to plan my design in my head. Also, I  am really excited because I've been looking everywhere for the MS branch punch, and when I went to the local craft store, I found this instead - Spellbinders Shapeabilities Foliage.  I just love the look of the little feathery fronds.

The other challenges were The Shabby Tearoom's Colorful Confections with a pink, green and aqua palette and the use of a tag, as well as The Paper Players Challenge #85 - Spring Has Sprung.

So without further ado, here is my card creation:

I used Pretty in Pink, Pool Party and Certainly Celery for my colours.  The stamp sets I used were SU's Always, Just Believe and Hello, Doily, which I've been wanting to use for a long time but couldn't quite figure out how to fit in.  I stamped the doily in Pretty In Pink and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder.  The ribbon is SU's ruffled ribbon in Pool Party and the design paper is from SU's Beau Chateau.  The flowers are Prima and Kaisercraft.

The colours really make me think of spring, which I know we are all longing for.  It WILL come, just keep believing!