I Got Carried Away with the Mojo for The Paper Players

The Paper Player's have a Theme challenge this week and the theme is Transportation. There were some obvious choices, but I wanted something a little more creative so I turned to a retiring Hostess stamp set, called Time to Celebrate. I love this sketched hot air balloon and it is not a common mode of transportation so I ran with it. I used Mojo Monday's Challenge sketch for the layout of the card! Perfect!

Here are the two challenges:

What is the strangest mode of transportation you have ever used? I guess mine would have to be a cable car going between major peaks at Whistler/Blackcomb Ski Resort. It was breathtaking really! Luckily, I am not afraid of heights! Let me know what your most unique form of transportation was?

• I decided on a palette of Island Indigo, Rose Red and Whisper White. It's quite a crisp combination and I like the contrasts. That's got to be, what? maybe 4 times now that I've ever used Rose Red. I think it's growing on me!
• I love the whimsical sketched images in Time to Celebrate. It's one of the Hostess Sets in the Occasions Catalogue, so it will be retired once June 2 rolls around.
• The sentiment originally read: "I get carried away over you". I suppose I could have left it that way, but I didn't want the "over you" part in there. I wanted it to be consistent with the transportation theme so I masked that part with some tape and inked it up. I removed the tape and stamped the greeting and the "over you", which had no ink, didn't print.
• I stamped the hot air balloon in Island Indigo and coloured in parts with a Rose Red Stampin' Write Marker. I hand cut it with Paper Snips and mounted it on a piece of Island Indigo cardstock and cropped it again by hand, leaving a 1/16" margin around the outside, estimating as I went. It gives the image a little more definition and it's not too hard to do.

Tuesday means it's time for more Weekly Deals! Check out what Stampin' Up! has for you this week:

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the Stampin' Up! products used to make this card today!

Product List

Time To Celebrate Clear Stamp Set [137945]	Time To Celebrate Wood Stamp Set [137150]	Regals Backgrounds Designer Series Paper Stack [130139]	Island Indigo 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [122923]	Rose Red 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [102544]
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Island Indigo Classic Stampin' Pad [126986]	Regals Stampin' Write Markers [131262]	Paper Snips Scissors [103579]
Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]

Burple Birthday Hero

My little grandson, Parker, just turned two.  It's so much fun to talk with him now.  I wanted to make a birthday card for him in his favourite colour, Burple!  And he loves trucks of any kind, so I got out the You're My Hero stamp set for the firetruck image.

And this is what came out of all the creating chaos:

• The palette was Elegant Eggplant, Island Indigo and Real Red, quite a vivid combination!  I don't know if you'll like it, but I know that Parker will because they are all his favourites.  I might not have added the Real Red, but, you know, firetrucks gotta be red!
• The Elegant Eggplant DSP is from the Regals Collection Designer Series Paper Stack.
• The stamp set is You're My Hero and that includes the sentiments as well.

• The two is from ABC-123 Sketch Alphabet and Numbers which fits perfectly into a 3/4" Circle Punch.  Then I used the smallest Starburst Framelit and die cut an Island Indigo starburst to adhere it on to.
• There is a medium Rhinestone Basic Jewel, coloured with a red Sharpie, for the emergency light on the top of the firetruck!

I can hardly wait to see how Parker will react to this!  Being a Grandma is so much fun!

Here are this week's weekly deals:

WEEKLY DEALS

We hope you enjoy this week's Weekly Deals!

	Stampin' Write Marker New Color Kit Item # 130034 Regular Price: $37.95 Discounted Price: $28.46   25% off
	Extra Large Oval Punch Item #119859 Regular Price: $22.95 Discounted Price: $17.21    25% off
	Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons Item # 127555 Regular Price: $7.95 Discounted Price: $5.96   25% off
	Shaker Frames Item # 124155 Regular Price: $5.95 Discounted Price: $4.46  25% off
	Scallop Trim Border Punch Item # 118402 Regular Price: $20.95 Discounted Price: $15.71    25% off
	Epic Day This and That Designer Washi Tape Item # 131269 Regular Price: $6.50 Discounted Price: $4.88    25% off
	Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad Item # 131172 Regular Price: $7.25 Discounted Price: $5.44   25% off
	Reasons I Heart You Swatchbook Template Item # 129013 Regular Price: $13.95 Discounted Price: $8.37  40% off

To purchase any of these supplies, just click on the link to take you to that product in my On-Line Store.

• You're My Hero Wood-mount Stamp Set
• You're My Hero Clear-mount Stamp Set
• Abc-123 Sketch Alphabet Numbers
• Elegant Eggplant 8-1/2X11 Card Stock
• Island Indigo 8-1/2 X 11 Card Stock
• Whisper White 8-1/2X11 Card Stock
• Regals Designer Series Paper Stack
• Elegant Eggplant Classic Stampin' Pad
• Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad
• Island Indigo Classic Stampin' Pad
• Starburst Framelits Dies
• 3/4 Inch Circle Punch
• Basic Rhinestones Jewel Accents