Missing Mojo Monday - Jar of Love

It's Monday and so I thought we should have one more Missing Mojo post. Today I have my last tip on how to work through your creative block.

Now last time I talked about using our catalogues to look for inspiration and today I wanted to bring your attention to a little, probably unknown website called Pinterest!! Ok so that is a little tongue in cheek as I think everyone on the planet has at least heard of Pinterest, if not have there own boards. This website really has changed the way crafters, especially, interact and you can find inspiration for everything and anything.

So today I wanted to share a card that I CASED from pinterest. The original designer of the card is Ruby from Love2BeCreative, and I just loved her use of colours and design. You can see Ruby's amazing card HERE and here is my CASE:

Now even though I had planned to straight out CASE Ruby's design, I still ended up changing mine up a little. I changed my orientation from portrait to landscape, plus I decided to use a different sentiment too.

I guess that's the great thing about CASEing a card. Even when you plan to simply copy, you still add a little of your own personality to it!!

So, that's it for my Mojo Monday's. I really hope I gave you a few handful hints and tips, that will kick start your missing mojo. I know it has certainly helped find mine creativity again!!

Happy Crafting,
Chlo

Product List

Jar Of Love Photopolymer Stamp Set [141587]	Jar Of Love Photopolymer Bundle [142342]	Just Add Text Clear-Mount Stamp Set [143934]	Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin' Pad [141395]	Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad [126976]	Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [126978]
Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [126982]	Shimmery White A4 Card Stock [121717]	Pool Party A4 Card Stock [124391]	Soft Suede A4 Card Stock [119982]	Versamark Pad [102283]	Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder [109129]

Missing Mojo Monday - Jar of Love

Welcome back to another Missing Mojo Monday Post.

So while the mojo is on holiday for an extended amount of time I obviously still have to get my craft on, even when I don't feel like it. I still have Design Team commitments and card classes to get organized for, so what do you do at these times. Well this is when I start digging through my current and old catalogues and look for inspiration or cards to CASE. CASE stands for Copy And Share Everything.

So the card on the left is from the Stampin' Up! catalogue and my card is the one below:

My Jar of Love set really hasn't seen as much love as it should have and I'm so glad to see it carry over to the new annual catalogue. So when I saw this little fishy card and thought, well that looks easy enough to CASE and even though I had planned to copy it completely, I still couldn't help changing it up just little.

So even thought my card is almost the same I don't find leaving white space that easy so on my card I embossed my background with our fantastic brick wall folder. I really love the effect that little folder has on a card.

And so there you had it. Another card made, just in time for a class too and do you know what? This was the card they loved most of all. Sometimes a smart design is better then a fancy one.

So Missing Mojo tip number 2 - Pull out your old catties and start having a look through. Maybe you can find a design that you like which you can change up the stamps sets or maybe you have the stamps and just want to CASE the original design. Either way you gotta just get creating!!

Happy Crafting,
Chlo

Product List 
 

Jar Of Love Photopolymer Stamp Set [141587]	Jar Of Love Photopolymer Bundle [142342]	Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Pad [131181]	Peekaboo Peach Classic Stampin' Pad [141398]	Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931]	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549]
Card Stock A4 Soft Sky [131292]	Dapper Denim A4 Cardstock [141419]	Brick Wall Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [138288]	Banner Triple Punch [138292]	2" Circle Punch [133782]

JAI Just add Critters Challenge #353 - Jar of Love

I have that fantastic Friday feeling and to kick of my weekend I have a challenge from the JAI gang. This week we are Just Adding Critters.

Now it turns out I don't really like critters in real life or in my craft life as I don't have anything that I would class as a Critter. The word makes me thing of rats, mice, squirrel, foxes, raccoons, those sorts of things but as I was looking at my stamps, I suddenly thought that bugs are critters too. So my card today I used the fun little bumble bee die from the Detailed Dragonflies Thinlits:

Gosh, he almost looks fuzzy in the gold glimmer paper. My gorgous blooms are from the Jar of Love set which really hasn't seen as much ink as it should have. This set has lots of little two step or even three step stamping and the sky it totally the limit.

I versamarked and the white heat embossed my sentiment onto the black cardstock. The sentiment is actually from yet another set called Love and Affection. I really hit up my Annual Catalogue hard this week. Sometimes we get so carried away with whats new and forget about all the other amazing stamps set that are still available in the Annual catty.

So make sure you find some time this weekend to
hop on over to the JAI blog and check out the other cute little critters that the rest of the team have come up with.

Happy Crafting,
Chlo

  Product List  

Jar Of Love Photopolymer Stamp Set [141587]	Jar Of Love Photopolymer Bundle [142342]	Love & Affection Photopolymer Stamp Set [141545]	Peekaboo Peach Classic Stampin' Pad [141398]	Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [141397]
Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad [138326]	Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931]	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550]	So Saffron A4 Card Stock [108611]	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688]
Gold Glimmer Paper [133719]	Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits Dies [142749]	Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies [145372]	Brick Wall Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [138288]

TGIF #67 Colour Challenge - Jar of Love

Welcome back and thanks for popping in for another fantastic challenge with the uber talented guys at TGIF!!

This week we have a gorgeous colour challenge to share and this is the first time since I've been on the DT that I have been able to take part in the colour challenge so I was super excited about it!!

I just love Flirty Flamingo and I was over the moon to have an excuse to use it again!! And here is my creation:

You just can't go wrong with the Jar of Love set. I decided that I wanted to soften the look of the stems in the jar so I stamped the jar on vellum and laid it over the top of the water and flower stems. It gives it a really great glass effect too.

Now I know it's kind of an unwritten rule... or maybe I just decided it should be a rule, but you generally don't use silver and gold together. Well I usually don't. Until today that is. I flicked gold Wink of Stella over the main part of the card and then added silver metallic thread and silver ribbon. I have to admit, I do kinda like it, and rules are made to be broken after all!!

So, whether you are fending off the the rain or hiding from the cold, why not find the time to get a little crafty and join us this week!!

Happy Crafting,
Chlo
xx

TGIF Sketch Challenge #63 - Jar of Love

 Hooray it's Friday and it's also my week over at TGIF Challenge Blog. This week we have a a sketch for you all and I have to say I found this one a little tricky:

I really had no idea what I was going to do for it and everything I tried was just a little too big or too small. In the end I took a bit of  creative license and decided to change the sketch up a little:

I have no idea why I was so drawn to the little fish from the Jar of Love set, but I really wanted to use him on my card and so I decided to use him as my main element but instead of just having 6 I got a little bit carried away.

I used Dapper Denim ink and stamped the fish over and over again, which is how I got your ombre effect. The Best Fishes sentiment is also from Jar of Love and is the perfect paring.

Well, I hope you all enjoy your weekend and find some time to get a bit of craft done. Oh and make sure you pop over to the TGIF blog and take a look at all the other amazing designs.

Happy Crafting,
Chlo x


Product List
 

Jar Of Love Photopolymer Stamp Set [141587] $47.00	Jar Of Love Photopolymer Bundle [142342] $92.50	Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Pad [131181] $11.50	Dapper Denim Classic Stampin' Pad [141394] $11.50	Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931] $12.25
Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $15.75	Card Stock A4 Soft Sky [131292] $14.00	Dapper Denim A4 Cardstock [141419] $14.00	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $14.00	Subtles Designer Series Paper Stack [138437] $38.50