Mojo Monday Challenge 186

If you are looking for the Think Spring Blog Hop, click HERE.

Today I wanted to do a quick post on a card I created based on the latest Mojo Monday. Today is my son's 2nd birthday and even though this card isn't for him. I thought it would be nice to honor him with a post and showcase a birthday card!  I wanted to create a birthday card using my small banner stamps from Pink Persimmon.  I pulled up this sketch on Thursday night and just knew I had to create something based on it!  I just love it.  It has so much dimension to it and it called for my favorite thing, twine!  Here is the card I created:

Based on this sketch:

Supplies Used: 

Stamps: Stampin UP! Teeny Tiny Wishes and Valentine Defined, Pink Persimmon Banner (Small), Market Street Stamps Simply Stitched Borders

Paper: Stampin UP Real Red, Whisper White, Pacific Point and Bashful Blue, Stampin UP Celebrations DSP

Ink: Stampin UP Real Red, Pacific Point, Pear Pizzazz, and Bashful Blue

Ribbon: Stampin UP! White Grosgrain and the Twinery Maraschino

Happy Birthday Carter!!

Think Spring Blog Hop

Good Morning and welcome to the Think Spring Blog Hop!  I am so excited to be hosting my first hop, along with my friend Nancy over at Fancy with Nancy.  I cannot wait to see all the projects everyone has come up with!
Spring is such an exciting time of the year.  I think my favorite thing that I look forward to in the spring is just watching the earth come "alive".  I love to see the grass go from brown to bright green, the leaves come on the trees, and the flowers peak their way out of the ground.  Every year it seems like our winters are so loooong here in Chicagoland that spring is such a welcome sign!  Everyone just seems to be a little nicer.  I also love the fact that I get to see my neighbors again! We are all stuck inside the house all winter, it's nice to get out and enjoy each other's company again.
Okay, onto my project.  I really wanted to make something that just embodied my thoughts on spring.  When I was little I used to draw pictures and they would undoubtedly be of the grass, a few flowers, a house, the sun, and maybe a few other additions.  I had that in my mind when I did this page with my little flower, grass, and leaves on this page. I used my Pink Persimmon Banner stamps again, I just love these and of course some twine from the Twinery!     I hope you enjoy this project and all the other projects to come, we have some VERY talented ladies on this hop.

If you click on this photo you can see the layout much better.

 I just love these banner stamps!

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Stampin UP! Flight of the Butterfly, Jumble Alphabet, Build a Blossom (leaves), and Pink Persimmon  Banner (Large)

Ink: Stampin UP! Marina Mist, Old Olive, Pink Pirouette, and Soft Suede

Paper: Stampin UP! Whisper White, Marina Mist, Old Olive, and Pretty in Pink

The fabric is from the Stampin UP Occasions mini and the ribbon is Stampin UP retired, The Twine is from the Twinery in Honeydew
Die: Sizzix Stampin UP! Flower Folds

So what's a blog hop without some blog candy??  I am giving away this oh so sweet stamp set generously donated by another hopper, Angelica from Market Street Stamps called So Happy.  I just love this stamp set, it completely screams spring to me:-)

In order to win this set you must leave a comment underneath this post, if you would like to have more chances to win this set, leave a comment at everyone's blog on the hop.  I will be picking a winner from all the comments so the more blogs you visit, the better your chances!  I would love it also if you became a follower.  I will pick a winner Monday morning so I will give everyone until Sunday night, the 17th to go through the hop.

Your next stop on the hop is my good friend Nancy over at Fancy with Nancy.  She is so creative, so hurry on over and she what she has for you today!  

Here is a list of all the participants in case you get lost along the way:

Jessica- http://thecreativestamperspot.blogspot.com/ --> You are here
Nancy-http://blog.fancywithnancy.com/
Erika- http://www.cricutlove1.blogspot.com/
Monica- http://www.stampindaisies.com/
Tanya- http://www.ScrappyScavenger.blogspot.com/
Martha ~ http://pattisscrapingtime.blogspot.com/
Linda-http://www.fancyframework.com/
Jenny-http://www.papercutcreations.blogspot.com/
Amanda - http://www.scrapanddash.com/
DoBea-http://www.dobeaalberts.blogspot.com/
jennifer - www.craftycardgallery.blogspot.com
Nadia - www.nadiasbeautifulmess.blogspot.com
Jessica - www.denimglittercreations.com
Angelica - www.handmadebyangelica.com
Jessica Baker http://thatzuneek.blogspot.com/
Anita - http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com/
Laura - http://www.makinprettythings.com/

Winner of the Pink Persimmon Banner Stamps

Thanks so much to everyone for stopping by this past weekend for the blog hop!  I loved reading everyone's comments, it's just so much fun!  Anyway, onto the winner of the super cute banner stamps from Pink Persimmon!  Here's another look at them:

The winner is Liz, #9 as determined by random.org, Here is what Liz had to say:

I love seeing layouts, it gives me ideas, yours is great I will definately go check out the sketch site!

Thanks so much Liz, I'll be emailing you shortly on the details for your stamps! 

My Heart Belongs to Daddy Blog Hop

Welcome to the My Heart Belongs to Daddy Blog Hop!  Hope everyone is having a great weekend so far!  We are looking forward to some warmer weather here in Chicago mixed with a little rain but I don't think anyone cares about the rain as long as it's WARM!  Anyway, onto the hop.  Hopefully you came here from Pam's blog over at Scrapbook Flair.  If not and you want to start at the beginning, stop at Jen's blog, Creative Army Wife.  For this hop we were tasked with creating something "manly", LOL!  At first I thought I would do a card but I had a really cute photo from my husband's birthday last weekend that I wanted to scrap so I choose to do a layout instead.  Sometimes we get scared doing manly or boyish layouts as we aren't sure what colors to use but I find it best to use primary colors are they are so bright and really work well with either gender.  
If you have been reading my blog for a while then you know I LOVE to use sketches with my layouts and cards and I chose to use the sketch from this weeks Scrapbook Challenges, sketch 248.  Here is what I came up with.

I absolutely LOVE how this one came out.  I used only my stamps on this one, no cricut at all!  The letters were cut out after I stamped them with my Stampin UP! set, Schoolbook Serif Alphabet.  The cupcakes are from a retired Stampin UP! set called Big Bold Birthday, along with the "make a wish" saying, and the oh so cute Banner Stamps are from Pink Persimmon, a stamp company I just happened to find last weekend while I was searching online for some banner stamps.  The background paper is Stampin UP! Sahara Sand, the other solid colors are also Stampin UP!, Pear Pizzazz, Pacific Point, Real Red, Bashful Blue and Whisper White, the patterned paper is from the DCWV Celebrations stack.  I thought it looked very manly:-).  Of course, I also added twine from the Twinery in Honeydew. All the ink colors are also Stampin UP! in the same colors as the paper.


Here is the sketch that the layout is based on:

If you are a scrapper, I recommend checking out their weekly sketch challenges.


Now onto some blog candy, Pink Persimmon has graciously donated these oh so cute banner stamps for my giveaway today!

I just love these stamps and banners are all the rage now in scrapbooking.  Just leave me a comment below and I would love if you became a follower if you aren't already.  I will accept entries until Monday night and draw a winner Tuesday morning.  

Onto your next stop, Jill over at the Scrapoholic.  I can't wait to see what she has made for the hop!

Here's a list of the participants in case you get lost along the way.

Jen ~ http://creativearmywife.blogspot.com/

Paula ~ http://www.owlbescrappin.com/

Haidee ~ http://created2bunique.blogspot.com/

Tanya ~ www.ScrappyScavenger.blogspot.com

Erin ~ http://www.spantastikreations.blogspot.com/

Pam ~ http://pammejo-scrapbookflair.blogspot.com/

Jessica ~ http://thecreativestamperspot.blogspot.com/---You are here:-)

Karel ~ http://www.kareljcreations.com/

Liz ~ www.tryin2craft.blogspot.com

Shannon ~ www.purplellionpaper.com/blog

Leslie ~ http://leslierahye.blogspot.com/

alina ~ http://neverstopscrapping.blogspot.com/

faith ~ http://faithfulecreations.wordpress.com/

jessica ~ http://thatzuneek.blogspot.com/

jill ~ http://thescrapoholic.blogspot.com/

martha ~ http://pattisscrapingtime.blogspot.com/

debbie ~ http://scrapbydebbie.blogspot.com/

becky ~ https://beckscricards.blogspot.com/

Quick Birthday Card

Happy Friday everyone!  Well tomorrow is my husbands birthday so I decided to make a quick card for him this afternoon.  I find guys cards so challenging and I wanted to make this simple and not girly at all.  I hope I achieved that!  Since I do well with sketches, I decided to take a look at this weeks sketch over at Peachy Keen Stamps.   The sketch worked perfectly for what I needed.
Here is my card:

 I used a retired Stampin UP! set for this image called Big Bold Birthday and the dots are from the Stampin Daisies set, Just the Basics.  The paper is also Stampin UP! Marina Mist, Whisper White, and the DSP Celebrations.   The ink is Stampin UP! Marina Mist, Chocolate Chip, and Cherry Cobbler.

I used my twine again from the Twinery called Honeydew.

Based off this sketch: