Get your Mojo Going.

What's better than getting inspiration with a sketch challenge once a week? How about a prize???

Every week Julee from the mojo Monday website, offers up another wonderful sketch to get your mojo going for the week. I personally love doing challenges. In a way it's like going to the gym, but to stay in shape for making new cards.

I started out playing with this paper yesterday, to make my swaps for my team meeting. This morning when I got up, I really wanted to make a sympathy card for a dear friend who just lost her husband. I want it to be something extra special. Let me also say, I NEVER use these colors. I started with a 2"x3" rectangle of garden green card stock. I took versamark to the entire surface and embossed it with iridescent ice EP. Then, I ran it through my big shot to cut out a butterfly's wings.

Next I took some white taffeta ribbon and colored it to garden green using a marker. I made a faux bow out of the same ribbon on the square piece on the cardfront.

I made a butterfly body the other day using left over full pearls from the pretties kit and now I think I'm addicted. I have a ton of these beads, and I'm so happy to find another use for them! I cut a piece of card stock very thin, maybe 1/16th of an inch, and rolled it up very tightly. Then I folded in half and kept rolling to get it small enough so I could feed the beads onto the paper. I attached the beads to the card with crystal effects, separated the paper at the top and trimmed it to make it look like a butterfly's body. I love this technique so much, that I imagine, I will be doing it with my technique club this month.

The rest was easy. I cut my flock together designer series paper down to match the sketch and put it all together. i wish i had a rubon to express what I'm feeling for my friend. thoughts and prayers was what i came up with, but I'm feeling that part doesn't cut it. Thanks Julee for a fabulous sketch (again). If you're reading this and you've never tried a challenge, I encourage you to check it out! You could win some free rubbah!
Happy Monday.
Selene~