Back At It

Last week I received a commission check from Colfax Arts and Antique Mall, so it's time to get back at it.  The Holidays are over and the Polar Vortex sure made it easy not to want to go outdoors. With Valentine's Day next month and St. Patrick's Day the following month I know I want to add a few of those in the stock I send to the mall. 

I've created two cards since the new year started and for both I used sketches to create them.  The first card I'm showing is one I created for Mojo Monday 327.  I wanted to create a birthday card since it seems like I do not do those as often. I used Unity Stamps and colored the image with Prismacolor and EK Success pencils using OMS to blend the colors.

Mojo Monday 327

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This card I used a sketch from CardMaps Jan. 2014 It is the second sketch from the top.  I used a piece of a large square paper doily, a rubon heart which I then cut out, a Hero Arts stamp and the tag is a Sizzix die I got last year.  

Well, that's it for now.  Wishing you a wonderful and warm week.  Hopefully the weather has "warmed" up in your area.  It sure was dangerously cold around here.  

Craft Show Mojo

I'm trying to get my mojo going and create some awesome items to sell at some upcoming craft shows.  Luckily, I found a couple of blog challenges and Core'dinations Hard Core Crop!  With so many cool creations being created, it's not difficult to get inspired. I am starting with Tami Mayberry's Hard Core challenge which is to create a clean and simple card. I decided to go with a Christmas card and thought I might as well use some colors I don't use very often, which also happen to be one of my favorite color combos.

Here is my Hard Core Clean and Simple card.

This Stampendous stamp by  is a good reminder for the Holidays.  Don't get your tinsel in a tangle.

I'm also entering this card in these challenges:

Casual Fridays CFC #119 which is to use dry or wet embossing and on this card I've done both.

Dynamic Duos #77 using these awesome colors: real red and baja blue.