Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger

I don't normally get to play on this challenge because I don't often get a lot of weekday stamping time.  But unfortunately Cath Edvalson who runs Moxie Fab World is on medical leave and the challenge stayed open longer than normal.  Sorry to hear Cath is under the weather but it does give me the opportunity to play along.

Here's my take on the Tuesday Trigger:

I originally started out with trying to recreate the pattern in the inspiration photo but after cutting and gluing 17000 leafy vines and it still looked terrible I decided to take another track :)  I die cut the leafy vine border from Chocolate Chip, Pacific Point, Riding Hood Red, Not Quite Navy and Sahara Sand card stocks (all SU!).  I used a glue pen to adhere them to a white card base then die cut 2 frames from Simply Jane (PTI)  I stamped the oval frame in chocolate chip then used the white center and stamped a sentiment, the vase and flowers form Gracious Vases.

I colored in the flowers using blender pens and Sahara Sand and Pacific Point ink.

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Inspired by ...

... a print ad in Martha Stewart Living while I was waiting to pick up the kid car after getting new brakes.  The most beautiful colors of a light aqua and a light beige/tan.  There was a feather in the ad too

Here's what it inspired me to make

 I used Pool Party and Soft Suede reinkers on a baby wipe and carefully played around the edges of some water color paper.  The Soft Suede was too dark initially, so I wiped down some scrap paper until I got about the right hue ... then I went after the WC paper :)

I stamped everything else in Early Espresso and mounted the focal layer on Early Espresso CS.

All paper and ink is from SU!.  All the stamps are from Happy Trails [PTI]

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Inspired by ...

... this purse

I was at a friend's house tonight and some other friends dropped by as well.  This was the purse that my friend's daughter had ... SO adorable

Here is the card I made:

No stamping, almost all punches or die cuts.  I used the Banner Builder dies for the feathers on the chest, a 2" circle punch cut in half for the eyebrows, 3 circle punches in graduated sizes for the eyes and then fussy cut the beak to closely match the picture.

Everything was mounted on a Crumb Cake base. Main colors are Pumpkin Pie and Ocean Tides.  The patterned paper is the Jolly By Golly mini deck from Cosmo Cricket.

ETA:  I couldn't help it, they were so stinkin' cute I made a whole herd of them (or whatever it is you call a group of owls :)

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Inspired By ...

a Powerpoint template of all things ...

I found the coolest template online last week when I was making sermon slides for my pastor.  I wanted to try and recreate it in card format.  I searched through my stash of floral stamps until I found the dandelions. 

For the "sun" image I sponged Fresh Snow ink onto Marina Mist card stock.  I used a large circle nestability as a guide to get the harder edge of the circle then sponged a little more to soften it up

I stamped the stem and dandelions from the new PTI Anniversary set Botanical Silhouettes, and the little blowing dandelion fluzz from a TCP set called Blow.  Finally I sponged some Fresh Snow ink on the edges to soften the whole look.

It all works together I think

Inside I stamped Marina Mist on white card stock.  I carried the fluzz through from the front and added a sentiment from Botanical Silhouettes

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Inspired By ...

Dawn McVey and her wonderful die storage solution.  I saw this last week and thought I ought to do something like that.  When my September order from PTI came today and I realized I ordered more dies than stamps, I knew it would have to be quick.

I used my original plastic tub that I've been piling them in with my Sizzlets, but now I have them all orderly like

I cut Kraft card stock to 4.25" x 3.5" and clear card stock to 4.25" x 2.5".  I printed the names of the dies on vanilla card stock (because I really don't like my handwriting all that much) and then punched with the modern label punch.  I stamped a coordinating image on the side (for the sets I could match I matched, for floral dies  I just stamped the In Bloom small flower.

And yes I did stitch just like Dawn.  However, I found it was easier to run the stitch on the flat card stock then use scor-tape to tape the clear down ... I get the same look but for me it was just easier this way.

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Inspired By ...

... this vintage typewriter for the PaperCrafts online challenge ...

I created this card ....

I was first inspired by the typewriter keys , and then decided on a pocket card to give the look of a typewriter itself.

I hand drew the lines with a VersaMarker and embossed with clear EP ... again to mimic the typewriter arms that hold the keys

Inside I stamped some text just toward the top of the liner ... so it looked like a type-written message to the recipient

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Supplies
Stamps: Fresh Alphabet, Background Basics: Text Style [Papertrey Ink]

Paper: Basic Black, White, Sahara Sand [Stampin' Up!]
Ink: Fresh Snow [Papertrey Ink]
Other: Staples, Nestability circles, clear embossing powder, VersaMarker

Inspired by ..... the PaperCrafts Magazine May/June issue

Alright everyone ... open your May/June issue of Papercrafts to page 46 ... see that lovely mother's day card on the far left ... by Jessica Witty ... gorgeous.  Absolutely gorgeous

Its so simple yet so ... I don't know ... gorgeous :)

I used that as my inspiration for an anniversary card for my sister and brother-in-law

I used the new Awash with Flowers (2010-2011 SU! sneak peek) combined with PTI Background Basics: Text Style and a sentiment from Damask Designs.

The color combo is all SU! - Melon Mambo (2010 In Color), River Rock (coming back as a neutral for 2011) and white.  I masked the flower so the text background did not fill in the white space from the 2-step stamping.  I also colored the leaves in with Copics.

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{Supplies - SU! unless noted}
Stamps: Awash with Flowers, Background Basics: Text Style, Damask Designs [PTI]
Ink: River Rock, Melon Mambo, Chocolate Chip
Paper: Melon Mambo, White
Embellies: Melon Mambo dotted grosgrain
Color: YG91, YG93 [Copic]

Inspired by .... springtime blooms

and this weeks Sketch For You To Try from Jen Del Muro

Here's the sketch:

And here are the blossoms ....

So here it is.....

I used creamy caramel as the card base and stamped with my SU! wood grain background on the long vertical layer to give it a natural feel. 

The focal image is Turning a New Leaf stamped in scarlet jewel.

The small flowers are punched from the SU! Trio Flower punch.  I colored them with Copics and curled the edges

The sentiment is from Fillable Frames #2

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{Supplies}

Stamps: Wood grain background {SU!}, Fillable Frames #2, Turning a New Leaf {PTI}

Paper: Soft Suede , Creamy Caramel, White {SU!}, Scarlet Jewel {PTI}

Ink: Soft Suede {SU!}, Fresh Snow, Scarlet Jewel {PTI}

Colors: R89, R83, R20 {Copic Sketch}