My Mojo Monthly - February 2012 - Heartstrings

February's theme on My Mojo Monthly is heartstrings. I am not a romantic, and until I was pregnant with my daughter, I really didn't care for heart shapes at all unless they were broken or anatomical. I still covet an anatomical heart stamp or two, but I am much more tolerant of hearts than I was before :D. While I was pregnant, I also became addicted to House Mouse and my feet grew a size and a half and I'll no-longer crawl over broken glass for Chinese take-out (I still like it a lot though). The baby books left me woefully unprepared for these side-effects of pregnancy lol.

While my page does have a heart on it, it was totally inspired by a picture of a dog named Boo who was not rescued despite some Herculean efforts by volunteers to find her a home. (BTW if you are looking for a pet, please consider rescues.)

I don't know if it's the worried look on her face or the fact she reminds me of my own rescue pup when she is doing her Stellaluna impression, but when I found out she had been killed, it just broke my heart. So I did what scrappy people do, I made a tribute page for her. I felt awareness is something. Working with all the gorgeous Graphic 45 paper made me want to audition for the Graphic 45 Design Team. My tribute to Boo was my first entry.

The winged heart is made with the Cricut Imagine and Love Struck 2010 cartridge covered with Glossy Accents). I spent a lot of time with my craft knife and steel-edged Tim Holtz ruler.

I started by cutting off the frame from Graphic 45 Fashionista "Fashionista". Then I cut off the outter row from Fashionista "Bon Marche". Then I made a large mat from the "Bon Marche" leftovers and made an "X" with a craft knife and painted the folded over bits with gold paint. Added another layer and painted those with a second shade of gold. The final mat is Graphic 45 Botanicabella "Summer Sonata". The background cardstock is an ochre color heavily inked with Wild Honey Distress Ink to add dimension. Finally Boo's picture is attached to heavy cardstock and attached to the mat with two layers of foam tape.

All That Glitters Card

Hello everyone, today is my turn to be the guest designer at The Bugbytes. Today's project is a card. I cut the embellishment from two squares of a sheet of Paper Layerz - All Stressed Out, Love Struck 2010 cartridge cut at 3.07 (just remove it very carefully from the mat). Glue the embellishment to the shadow and then cover the heart with Milled Lavender Stickles.


Attach that to a mat embossed with Plum Blossoms accented with some Dusty Concord Distress Stickles, over a pre-glittered mat.

Steam Punk Mad Plaid Love

Today is my day to be the Guest Designer at TheBugBytes which is always exciting and nerve-wracking at the same time lol.

This started out with the last image from Love Struck 2010. I'm not the typical Valentine's Day Person, so I chose a black and plaid combination. A couple of tips about box making I've learned over the past couple of weeks: it's much easier to decorate a flat box, so decorate before assembling, and use the edge of a craft table to fold score lines rather than a ruler.

I decorated the heart with the Viva Decor Hematite Glitter Line. With the height set at 9.04" on the Gypsy, the box dimensions are 4" x 1" x 6.5". I used the Your Story (the Your Story Photo would also work for this) to make a mini book that will go in the box with a candy bar.

The mini book cover 3.5" (the front cover is 3.25" to show some of the pages) x 5" with a 0.5" spine that I scored in the middle so the spine had a little dimension. I used Black Magic Core'dinations cardstock and ran the front through my Cuttlebug Clockworks folder (which is a whopping 5" x 7" btw). It's the perfect size for those Tim Holtz message stamps I've been collecting lol.

Playing with Serenade by Flowerdisco and Friends - Week 6

This image had me stumped for a long time. I might add tissue flowers at a later date, the jury is still out on that one lol. I cut all the cage pieces out of the same sheet of grey, but added  some gun metal Stickles (spread with a finger) to all the layers. The winged heart is a red base with a black layer but red stickles over the heart (not spread with a finger btw). The winged heart is from the Spring 2010 seasonal cart Love Struck. I used foam tape to attach it to the mirror. It will go on DD's wall after we paint it a pale yellow.

Be sure to check out what everyone else made!

1. Abby- http://www.scrapbookaholic.blogspot.com/

2. Agnes- http://flowerdiscosscraphut.blogspot.com/

3. Gaby- http://gabycreates.com/

4. Helen- http://craftingcricutmom.blogspot.com/

5. Jessica- http://luvcraftingwithcricut.blogspot.com/

6. Melissa- http://melissaward72.blogspot.com//

Tattooed and Winged Hearts

I am loving the new mini-cart Love Struck. I cut these pieces out last week, but put them aside because I didn't want to use my zig pen. Then today I found a "permanent" glue stick recommended for paper, fabric and wood, archival that I bought at Hobby Lobby for $1.99 made by Pioneer. It was sooo easy to put the glue on where it needed to go, and look ma, no glue boogers!

April 15, 2011 update: I had stored these embellishments for later use and the two layers had come apart. So this may not be the best glue for long term use.