One Sketch, Two Scripture Cards

Yep, I'm using a sketch again.  Not sure how long it's going to take me to feel at home in the craft room again :) Here are two cards using the Mojo Monday Sketch 233 .  Mojo Monday sketches are a longtime favorite, though I haven't participated for a lonnnnggggtime :) The MM design team does absolutely stunning work so be sure to take a peak.

 

A little parenthetical thought...when I was a CTMH consultant I used to feel twinges of guilt when I'd use another company's stamps and paper...almost like I was cheating on my company!  It's rather freeing to be able to play with the ample supply of other brands of goodies in my craft room now :)  The paper I used was My Mind's Eye (Carefree) and I wish Iwould have purchased more of it!  The stamp sentiments are from Verve and the images are Tim Holtz.  The ribbon is Close To My Heart. The "lace"is from a Stampin' Up punch and the wooden heart...who knows?  It has been in the craft room for eons. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Marie with a :)

Creemees in lieu of crafting...and Mojo 98

For the past week, I have been priviliged enough to spend my days with family and friends in the beautiful green mountains of Vermont. I didn't spend much time crafting...so I had to come up with another "daily" I opted for the creemee...nothing speaks of summer like a creemee in Vermont. I probably gained five pounds, but it was worth it!
Today was pretty fast paced despite my plans to totally veg. After weeks of research, Scott bought a 2008 Suburu Outback with less than 18,000 miles on it. Yay! I also had a meeting to attend, company that visited, some shopping, lots of laundry and a game of Scrabble with Josh, who came for a short visit tonight. After he left, I headed for the craft room to check out the Mojo 98 sketch. I forgot that the first sketch of the month is always a contest or I might have spent a little more time on my card. Anyway, it's good to be back in my craft room (even if it is complete chaos in comparison to my uber-organized sister's craft area!) The creemee I am eating is a SMALL...the choices go on to medium, large and HOSS (we usually got our creemees at a place called Hoss's). I can only imagine what that looked like!

I lost my new camera right before coming home...so my pictures aren't turning out as well. The colors are much more vibrant than they appear.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope to get caught up on everyone's blogs tomorrow. Marie with a :-)

Letter to my friend...mojo 95

It was somewhat of an emotionally exhausting day today, but I still scrounged up a bit of the muse to complete the Mojo 95 challenge. Now I'm going to keep myself awake for another hour until I need to go pick kids up from the bowling alley. I should use the time to clean my craft room but I think I'll watch a movie with Elizabeth instead :-)
Thanks for stopping by...hope you have a fabulous week...and good friends to share the ups and downs with. Marie with a :-)

Mojo 91, masculine cards

Okay, it's late and past my bedtime...my dad and stepmom arrive tomorrow and I have a house to clean, groceries to get, errands to run PLUS I promised to take the kids to the pool...so why am I creating a mojo card??? "Hi, my name is Marie and I'm a sketchaholic?" LOL . This is probably my wonderful hubby's Father's Day card. The second card is a masculine birthday card. Thanks for stopping by!

Marie with a :-)

Mojo 87 and some blog award fun!

Yes, this was another lunch break, 40 minute card. For those of you who have commented on the fact that I create cards quickly I have two things to note. 1) My cards lean towards the super simple. No elaborate stitching and such. Usually just pretty paper and a stamped image or two, and perhaps a die cut flower or image (or punched flower.) and 2) Now that I have been selling my cards (over 200 sold with another large order looming...yay!) it doesn't make sense to spend an hour on a card that I will sell for $4.00. And a funny thing...I can produce a card in a very short amount of time but it takes forever for me to figure out anything technological! I am embarassed to admit that I spent an hour trying to figure out the sweet awards from one of my blogging idols, Jamie Harder ( http://ahappyscrappyplace.blogspot.com/2009/05/blog-award-fun.html.) Still can't figure out how to cut and paste them! Anyway, Jamie does some incredible scrapbook layouts but sometimes she also enthralls us with one of her beautiful cards. Then I received one from Samantha (http://mymemorycorner.blogspot.com/2009/05/blog-award.html) whose work I also greatly admire. I'm glad that I recieved it from her because it made me realize that even though I am a "follower" of hers, I haven't been getting her recent posts. I need to figure out why. Anyway, before I ramble too much longer, I just want to say that I WILL pass these awards along once I figure out how :-) My computer doesn't allow me to "cut and paste" and my favorite geek just left for California...
Click the link to participate in the MOJO 87 Challenge (or check out the REALLY fabulous cards :-) )