Finding My Mojo!

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Hello, friends!  I feel as though I've been gone for quite a while and I'm kinda struggling to regain my crafty mojo!  The last month has literally flown by -- and this is the time of year when I wish we could just stop the clocks and savor the season!  I love, love, love the fall…  my favorite time of year by far!!!  Ironic, since we really don't get much of one here in Texas… (which is why I always feel the urge to travel in October!)

Anyway, all of that is to say that we only have a couple more weeks to revel in the beauty of fall colors before making the mandatory leap to the colors of Christmas, so I knew that any "find-your-mojo-and-dust-it-off" undertakings would be autumnal in nature!  :)

I bought this adorable fall set from Papertrey Ink a couple of months ago, and hadn't inked it up yet, so I thought I'd give it a go…  I'm quite pleased with the overall effect of the card, but a teensy bit miffed with myself for once again making things a lot harder than they needed to be…  {anybody care to venture a guess as to what I did this time?  Or why I can never seem to learn my lesson???}  Ha!

Anyway, thank you for stopping in…  I hope you like it…  I have a couple of Thanksgiving cards I want to get in the mail this week, so I'll probably be popping in with more "fall fun" over the next couple of days!

But before I go, I wanted to share a pic I took on vacation…  I meant to get it up before Halloween, but it just wasn't in the cards…  I did a double-take when driving down the road in Cape Elizabeth, ME, and here's why:

Talk about being "abreast" of the situation -- these people are over the "moon" about fall!  :) 

Have a great Tuesday!

Jen  :)

Gnome is Where the Heart Is!

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Hello again!  So last night I shared a card I had made for my new neighbors who just moved in two doors down…  Still haven't met them, but fingers crossed they will turn out to be pretty cool!

Tonight, I am popping in to share the farewell card I gave to my neighbors who just moved away.  So sad to see them go…  it has been fun getting to know them over the last several years….

This one is a paper-pieced bit of classic Lawn Fawn (I don't know why, but every time I think of Lawn Fawn, it's this set that springs immediately to mind!  :)  I totally love the Glossy Accents on the mushroom house -- kinda reminds me of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the gobs of sweets those naughty kids were scooping out of all different kinds of plants -- don't ask me why!!  :)

I even used the squiggly line to create my clouds…  see??

Anyway, this one is inspired by the "Getting Texty With It" challenge over at Lawnscaping… (and on that note, I want to give a personal shout-out to the über-fab Melissa Shea, who will be joining the Lawnscaping Design Team in October!  Way to go, Melissa -- go on wit yo bad self!  :)

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you enjoyed it…  Next up from me is a non-traditional Halloween project that has had me "wrapped up" for a couple of days!  Ha!  :)  See you then!

Fun with Paper Smooches

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(I think I'm supposed to tell you here that this post is pic-heavy, but I don't really understand why people do this -- it's the pics you wanna see, no?  You're not here to listen to the inner ramblings of my mind, are you?!?)

I have a couple more projects to share that I created for the Paper Smooches Sparks DT Call!  I'm super-excited about both of these 'cuz I think they're both a lot of fun (which, btw, is why I love Paper Smooches Stamps so much in the first place!  :)

(Note: there are TWO submissions on this post -- make sure to keep scrolling!!  :)

The first card was inspired by these fabulous fabric tomatoes!

I love the colors, the textures, the patterns -- all of it!  So I decided to apply all of these to the cutest little luggage set from Paper Smooches' "Get Outta Town" stamp set!   (Oh my -- this would have to be the way to travel!!)

(I also used the "Way to Go" sentiment from the Paper Smooches Sentiment Sampler.)

Now, on to the next!  For this next card, I knew I wanted to use the following inspiration photo:

This pic just screamed "guy" to me -- perrrfect, 'cuz I just happened to have the "My Guy" set from Paper Smooches.  My dad's a golfer, so I made this card that'll be going out to him for Father's Day.  (I also used a couple of the trees from the "Spring Groves" set.)

So stinkin' cute!  (If I do say so myself!  :)

Thank you for visiting!  I hope you like these as much as I do -- would love to hear what you think!  

You're Tree-riffic!

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Ok, so I am super-nervous about announcing this, but waaayyy excited about the opportunity, so I'm taking the leap:  I am submitting some projects for the Paper Smooches Sparks DT Call (whew...  now it's out there!) and have spent the last couple of days creating some pieces just in honor of this.

When I saw the inspiration photo below, I knew instantly what I had to do!  Check it:

The lime green!  The teal!  The stripes!  Oh my!  :)  And I had just gotten in my new Spring Groves stamp set -- and was dying to ink it up!  So here's what I came up with:

Ok, truth time:  I seriously modified the sentiment here by combining a couple of sentiments from the super-cute My Guy stamp set.  Here's a pic of that set:

Can you tell I combined the "tee-riffic" and "reel great" sentiments?  (Just for the odd occasion in which you would find yourself in need of a "You're Tree-riffic" sentiment??)  :)

Anyhoo, I hope you like it!  Methinks I do!!  :)  Thanks for visiting!  Please let me know what you think!

Supplies:

• Stamps:  Paper Smooches Spring Groves and My Guy, Hero Arts Designer Woodgrain
• Paper: Neenah Solar White and Prima "Alla"
• Inks:  Hero Arts- Hero Hues Black Dye and Mid-tone Shadow "Cup O' Joe" Ink, Tim Holtz Distress Ink- "Shabby Shutters"
• Twine, Stickles, adhesives