Misplaced Mojo

Altenew Hennah Elements March challenge

Posted by Karen @ MisplacedMojo.com on March 30, 2019 in Cards, Challenges

Squeaking in just under the wire on the deadline for the March inspiration challenge:

I used the Hennah Elements stamp set and colored it with Tombow markers (reds 835, 847, 856, oranges 925, 933, and greens 126, 158). I used the Altenew Halftone stencil for the background with Nuvo Glimmer Paste in Seaweed Quartz. I also added clear Wink of Stella to parts of the flowers to give a little more sparkle. Here is a close ups and the inside:

Submitting this card in the following challenges:

MFT Birthday Challenge – You’re How Old?

Posted by Karen @ MisplacedMojo.com on March 10, 2019 in Uncategorized

*Cough, cough* Whoa, sure is dusty around here! Dusting off the blog today to post a card I made for the monthly MFT Birthday Project Challenge.

I used the MFT Balloon Strings background stamp and heat embossed in Wow Fine Silver embossing powder. I used MFT Block Happy Birthday Dienamics to cut the letters from silver Glitter paper from DCWV. I created the balloons from the MFT Birthday Balloons Dienamics, and I popped up every other one on foam tape for dimension. I didn’t have any number stamps or dies from MFT, so I cheated and used the Avery Elle Numbered Balloon Elle-ments dies for the 60, also cut from the same glitter paper.

I made a pop up on the inside with 3 more balloons spelling the recipient’s name. The letter B was taken from the same MFT Block Happy Birthday Dienamics used on the front, but since “Happy Birthday” doesn’t have an O in it, I had to get creative. The off cut from the 6 was a circle, but it was too big and wouldn’t have looked right without the middle hole. I was able to take the 0 (zero) of the same Avery Elle Numbered Balloon Elle-ments dies and line the hole it cuts over the hole cut from the 6 to get the O. It created an O in the perfect size to match the MFT letters! I love when you can use your stash creatively like that! I added a computer generated sentiment that I really wanted for this card and didn’t have in a stamp. My brother, who was the one turning 60, used to argue in his youth that age is just a number and you wouldn’t feel old unless you thought you were old. Well, with age comes wisdom… and aches and pains, lol. I think he was feeling every bit of 60 on his birthday 🙂 I think I made it worse by reminding him that my son, his only nephew, is graduating in a few months. That makes me feel old too, and I’m 12 years younger than he is!!! My brother, that is 🙂

While I had all my supplies out, I made sure his mailman would know how old he was too. I had a tiny 60 stamp from the PTI Haunted Headstones Sentiment set (retired) and used it in ink colors that coordinated with my balloon cardstock. The envelope art is from the Pinkfresh Happy Mail set (also retired).

Linking to the following challenges:

MFT Birthday Project – You’re How Old?
Just Us Girls – #47 Trend Week – Background Stamps
Time Out Challenges – Be Unique…. this card is unique as it is personalized for Bob!

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Furry Friend

Posted by Karen @ MisplacedMojo.com on April 5, 2014 in Cards, Challenges

I think these puppies are so stinking cute! I’ve had a set of rubber stamps mounted on foam called Doggies since, well… forever… that sadly had never been inked up. I tripped over them… almost literally when a rack I use to hold stamps tipped over… and left them out on my desk to play with. Take a look at what I made with them:

I should make time to color every day because I find it so therapeutic! Anyway, all the stamped images are from that set, and were colored with Promarkers. I think I nailed the fluffy look I was going for with the one on the right, but I still need to learn to make fur more realistic. The one on the left just looks stringy 😉 Didn’t help that I wanted him to look black too. All the images were popped up on foam tape. The background was made by repeating a chevron border cut file from the Silhouette online store. I skipped a couple of the lines to leave space to stamp a sentiment. I went with “Congratulations” so I could use the card for a friend adopting a dog. What does it say that within my circle of friends that they are SO much more likely to adopt a dog than to have another baby?!? It says I’m getting old!!! hehe! Here’s a look at the inside:

I used a couple chevrons from the front to decorate the inside, as well as a couple more colored stamps. I think the color combo works great as a masculine card, but the chevrons add enough design flair to make it work for a woman too.

I am submitting this card to the following challenges:

Hiding In My Craft Room – Freestyle –
Just Inspirational Challenges – Pets –
Creative Card Crew – Animals –
Addicted to Stamps and More! – CAS –
Through the Craftroom Door – Anything Goes –
Divas By Design – Anything Goes –
Charisma Cardz – Anything Goes w/ Die Cuts (background) –
Open Minded Crafting – Animal Antics – ends 4/11 (winners announced 4/19)
The Sisterhood of Crafters – Animals –
4 Crafty Chicks – Color a Stamped Image –

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Best Wishes Butterfly

Posted by Karen @ MisplacedMojo.com on April 4, 2014 in Cards, Challenges

Most of the northern hemisphere of the world is desperate for Spring to kick in. Where I live, we’ve been enjoying mild temperatures for a couple weeks, but am only just beginning to see signs of life and color returning. Here’s a burst of sunshine and brightness for you!

The flowered paper was made with a flower stamp from my stash (from before I started keeping track of manufacturers) and Memento Dandelion yellow ink. The bottom panel was embossed with a Darice folder called Dots. The ribbon was a recent find at a HomeGoods of all places, but wasn’t a known brand. I love the cheater bow I created. Wide ribbon is so hard to tie and knot, so this worked like a charm! The butterfly was purchased at a Scrapbook Expo, maybe 3 years ago. I think I bought a dozen and have maybe used 3 😦 The banner was a cut file from the Silhouette online store and the sentiment was print and cut on it with a font on my computer called Frivolity. I popped up the center portion with foam tape for dimension. Here’s the inside:

I left the inside blank for now until I decide on the recipient of the card. I used trimmings from the front panels to give the inside a little flair.

I’m submitting this card to the following challenges:

Come and Get It – In the Garden (flowers) –
Hiding in My Craftroom – Freestyle –
Eureka Stamps – Spring Flowers –
Fantastic Tuesday – Use Patterned Paper (made my own) – ends 4/7
Through the Craftroom Door – Anything Goes – ends 4/7
Incy Wincy Designs – Tic Tac Toe – Yellow/Gems/Wings and Yellow/Free/Black –
Butterfly Spot Challenge – Yellow with a Butterfly –
Divas By Design – Anything Goes –
Little Miss Muffet – Anything Goes –
Stamping for the Weekend – Spring Colors –
A Creative Romance – Spring Flowers – ends 4/11
The Corrosive Challenge – Show Us Your Metal (butterfly) – ends 4/13
Craftin Desert Divas – Anything Goes – ends 4/13
Treasured Times Rubber Stamps – Mix It Up – ends 4/15
Ladybug Crafts – Here Comes Spring – ends 4/30
Eclectic Ellapu #1 – Wings – ends 4/5
Eclectic Ellapu #2 – Flowers & Butterflies – ends 4/5
Use Your Stuff – Die Cuts (banner) –
Seize the Birthday – Birthday w/ Any Type of Bling –
Red Rubber Designs – Spring – ends 4/10

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Blueberry Butterfly Birthday

Posted by Karen @ MisplacedMojo.com on March 25, 2014 in Cards, Challenges

Say that 5 times fast! Blueberry Butterfly Birthday! Blueberry Butterfly Birthday! Ok, perhaps I’m getting a little giddy since I was able to finish off another half finished project laying on my desk. Take a look:

I know… very purple, right? Definitely not my go-to color, but there it is anyway 🙂 In fact, the older I get the more I figure out that I don’t really have a go-to anymore! So, this one is super simple… this sweet little butterfly is from Meljen’s Designs and was colored with Promarkers. The trail is part of the digi, but I added the same “stitching” around the edge. The mat was cut and embossed with a scalloped rectangle Spellbinders die. The white border was embossed with the 6×6 Dots embossing folder by Crafters Companion. The patterned paper is from the American Crafts 6×6 Dots and Stripes pad. The card needed some pizzazz so I added bling to the circles in the trail of the butterfly and then to the card itself to give the whole thing some much needed sparkle.

The inside has just of the patterned paper, and the birthday sentiment is from Justrite Large Fancy Sentiments set.

I’d like to submit this card to the following challenges:

Passion for Promarkers – Monochrome –
Addicted to Stamps and More! – Make Your Mark –
Butterfly Spot Challenge – A Stitch in Time –
Brown Sugar – Anything Goes –
Creative Knock Outs – Things with Wings –
Created with Love – Girly –
Hiding in My Craft Room – Let’s Get Digital –
Desert Island Crafters – Use at least 3 from the list (1.polka dots, 5. Spring theme, and 10. monochromatic) –

***Edited 3/27/14 – Whoo hoo! I won the prize at Passion for Promarkers for this card!!! ***

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Flying By to Say Hi – Hot Air Balloon

Posted by Karen @ MisplacedMojo.com on March 25, 2014 in Cards, Challenges

Happy Tuesday, all! I’m super glad to be posting today! That dang mojo of mine has been playing hide and seek with me these last few weeks. Between the misplaced mojo and life in general getting in the way a little, I haven’t had a chance to work on a whole card from start to finish in one sitting for weeks. I did however get 10 mins here and there, most of the time generating only pretty trash, but finally this weekend I was able to put some finishing touches on a few works in progress. So without further adieu, here’s what I’d like to show you:

I know, doesn’t look like it took 3 weeks to put together, right? Ah, but I tell the truth! The card base was solid white which I then inked with Memento Summer Sky ink using a torn piece of paper to simulate clouds. I then stamped the large balloon in Memento Tuxedo Black and the smaller balloons in Memento London Fog… both stamps are from the Hot Air set by Local King Rubber Stamps. I stamped the large balloon again on Copic paper and colored that image in with my Promarkers. I fussy cut out the main balloon shape and the basket, glued the basket directly onto the card base, and popped the balloon part up on foam tape for dimension. This also kept the coloring from bleeding through to the inside.

The sentiment is from the Flying By set from Lawn Fawn. The inside has just a hint of clouds and I left the rest blank to have room for a long note to the recipient. 🙂 The colors were too light for the camera to even pick up so I’m not even bothering to post a pic of the inside.

I am submitting this card to the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More! – Make Your Mark (coloring) –
Brown Sugar Challenge – Anything Goes –
The Crafting Cafe – Clean and Simple –
Stampin’ for the Weekend – Anything Goes –
Just Inspirational’s Monthly challenge – Anything Goes –
Ladybug Crafts – Anything Goes – ends 3/31 (winner picked on 5/1)
4 Crafty Chicks – No Patterned Paper –
Crazy 4 Challenges – Shake Your Thang (anything goes) –
JUGS – Photo Inspiration –
Use Your Stuff – Ink –

***Edited 3/28 – I was picked as the Chic of the Week @ Jugs for this card!!! Yay!***

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Thinking Of You Watercolor

Posted by Karen @ MisplacedMojo.com on March 24, 2014 in Cards, Challenges

I have been a follower of Heather Telford at Bits and Pieces for quite some time. She makes the most beautiful watercolor cards with stamps and Memento inks. My mojo has apparently been on vacation or in the Witness Relocation Program… so I decided to get inky and see if I could channel some of Heather’s talent. Yeah… not there yet.

For this card I used several stamps from the Foliage #1 set from Artsy Fartsy. The look is intentional, for those wondering if I was intoxicated while stamping. The blurry images are meant to look like they are off in the distance while the sharper images are more in the foreground. You create the blurred background by wetting watercolor paper and stamping into it while very wet. The sharper images were stamped when the paper had dried some. You can get an in between look by inking your stamp and then spritzing it with water. I was much happier with the results of this before I went back in to “fix” a tiny little something after it had dried. The effect of watercolor is unpredictable and any time you get too cocky for your own good, it teaches you a lesson in being happy with “good enough”. I layered the image a couple times, stamped a sentiment from my stash, added some ribbon and dew drops and called it done. Here’s a quick peek at the inside:

My quick description of the process sounds like it went quickly, but I assure you it would have looked like creating in slow motion with time lapse photography over days time! Now I’m off to go look for my mojo… maybe I accidentally ran it through the wash! Better check the dryer lint filter. Ha!

I’m entering this card in the following challenges:

Savvy Handmade – Spring Flowers with Stamping –
Divas By Design – Flower Power –
The Paper Shelter – More than 5 Flowers –
DRS Designs – Bloomin’ Spring –
Inky Impressions – Think Spring –
Craft Mojo Papercrafts – Spring Flowers –
Come and Get It – Easter / Spring –
Sentimental Sundays – Flowery Springtime –
The Corrosive Challenge – Go Green –
Crafty Bloggers Network – Nature –
Fusion – Photo Inspiration –
4 Crafty Chicks – No Patterned Paper –
Crazy 4 Challenges – Shake Your Thang (anything goes) –
Use Your Stuff – Ink –

***Edited 3/29/14 – I was picked as one of the DT Top Picks at Come and Get It Challenges! 🙂 ***

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