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Here's another super quick card. I have the base of the card laying around with no images on it. Got this new Changito and wanted to use it to make a guy card. And here it is :)

Until next time, may mojo live happily in your heart, and may passion bloom in your soul. Be well!

His Eye is on the Sparrow

This card features one of Korin's February new releases. This set is called His Eye is on the Sparrow. It's simply beautiful with inspiring sentiments! This card also features 2 TJ newsletter techniques. Background is the TechniqueColour Dye Inks (Dec. '07 issue) and the image uses the Out of the Box technique (Oct. '04 issue). Image is coloured in with Copic pens.

Until next time, may mojo live happily in your heart, and may passion bloom in your soul. Be well!

Pretty Flowers

Another simple card using the gorgeous image from the Rosebud Stamps line over at I Brake for Stamps! The image was coloured in with Copic markers and used the Out of the Box technique from the TJ Newsletter, Oct. '04 issue.

Until next time, may mojo live happily in your heart, and may passion bloom in your soul. Be well!

Happy Anniversary!

So, today it's my anniversary! Made this card for DH to celebrate the many years together. Image is from Eureka Stamps. I just love to use this image for wedding or anniversary card. Background is Frog in the Blender technique from the TJ Newsletter, Oct. '06 issue. Don't remember who made the sentiment though, sorry. Oh, and this is also for the Gingersnap Creations' Chestnut Challenge - Lambs & Lions.

Happy Anniversary, Dear! :)


Until next time, may mojo live happily in your heart, and may passion bloom in your soul. Be well!

Look, Who's Turning 50?

My DH is turning big 5-0 today! In honour of him turning such a monumental age, a cat lover, and a black & white kinda guy, I made him this card. The cat stamp is from I Brake for Stamps. The "50" embellie is a Hallmark gift charm. OK, so I do buy some Hallmark manufactured stuff, LOL. Image is coloured in with Copic markers. Gotta love the expression in those eyes.

Have a great one, Love! :)


Until next time, may mojo live happily in your heart, and may passion bloom in your soul. Be well!

TJ April '09 Sneak Peek

Here's a sneaky peek of the brand new technique from TJ Newsletter, April '09 issue. Links to the new techniques will be live in a few days. This technique on the background piece is called "Chalk Lines". Very easy and fun technique. Click on photo to see more details. All stamps are from I Brake for Stamps.

Until next time, may mojo live happily in your heart, and may passion bloom in your soul. Be well!

Awesome Monkey

Here's another card for the local stamp club challenge. The only stamp used on this one is the sentiment from Stampin' Up! The monkey is from a Funky Monkey chocolate box that my son gave me for Valentine's day. And if you know me, I hardly ever throw anything of this nature away. I did add the little earring to jazz it up a little. It's just a fun little card for my son. Hope you like!

Here's the close-up of the earring.
Until next time, may mojo live happily in your heart, and may passion bloom in your soul. Be well!

The Resurrection and the Life!

I just love this Easter Scripture set from Sweet 'n Sassy stamps. I love every last stamp in the set. It's because of what Christ did for me so many years ago and His victory over sin and death that defines who and what I am today. I am grateful that he died so that I may live!

When I saw this picture in a catalog from John Piper's Desiring God ministry, I knew I would love to use it although I didn't quite know what exactly. But when Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps released their new Easter Scripture set in February, this card was sealed! I distressed the picture which was printed on a nice heavy stock, with sand paper. Stamped and embossed the verse with white EP. Layered it onto black and gray cards. And then adhered that to the inside of a clear acrylic folder with gold flourishes.

Just a close-up of the scripture from John 11:25. Click photo to see the fine print on the picture.

I know Christ died for me. He has saved me from the bondage of sin and death. If I were to die today, I know I'll be with him in paradise! Do you know that he has done the same for you too? If you don't know that and you want to know more about him and how to have relationship with him, email me. I'll be more than thrilled to tell you how you can know him too!

An excerpt from Max Lucado's Traveling Light.

"It was, at once, history’s most beautiful and most horrible moment. Jesus stood in the tribunal of heaven. Sweeping a hand over all creation, he pleaded, “Punish me for their mistakes. See the murderer? Give me his penalty. The adulteress? I’ll take her shame. The bigot, the liar, the thief? Do to me what you would do to them. Treat me as you would a sinner.” And God did.

“For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God”

1 Pet. 3:18 (NIV)

The path of righteousness is a narrow, winding trail up a steep hill. At the top of the hill is a cross. At the base of the cross are bags. Countless bags full of innumerable sins. Calvary is the compost pile for guilt. Would you like to leave yours there as well?"

Thanks for reading this far. Until next time, may mojo live happily in your heart, and may passion bloom in your soul. Be well!

Sending Smiles Your Way

This is a fun little card I did for the challenge at the local stamp club. The challenge? Making cards for children. Since I send my son a card every week, it's an easy challenge for me. And I really don't mind making them either because Ty is so worth it!

All stamps are from I Brake for Stamps. I coloured the image in with Copic markers. Background is one Ty did from a spin art machine that he got as a birthday gift a couple of years back. It's really a fun image to play with.

Until next time, may mojo live happily in your heart, and may passion bloom in your soul. Be well!

Almost A Tri-Fold

Saw something similar on Mel's blog. She had it made into a box and a matching card. I just wanted a card with similar theme. So, I made it into a fun little tri-fold card! The little lambs are coloured in with Copic pens and cut out. All stamps are from the Funny Farm set over at Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps.



Here's a close-up of the first fold.



A look of the second fold.



This is what it looks like open up all the way!


Until next time, may mojo live happily in your heart, and may passion bloom in your soul. Be well!

Garden Nymph

Another beautiful nymph from I Brake for Stamps. This card uses this sketch. The image is coloured in with Copic pens. Butterfly embellies are from the floral department at Wally's.

Until next time, may mojo live happily in your heart, and may passion bloom in your soul. Be well!

Diamond-Fold Hugs

I saw Susan Chong's diamond-fold card on TJ board and I just knew I had to make one. She said she saw it on YouTube. So I went on a hunt for the how-to's. And I found this video by Chris Walker. It was a good starting point for me. But I found it was a little hard just folding the paper the same way Chris did because the paper I used for this card was fairly thick and hefty. So, I used my Scor-It board to help simplify things a little. Here's my mini tutorial base on Chris' video for the fold lines. You may follow this if you want to score the paper instead of just folding it. It's a fairly simple card to make but I DO recommend you watch the video first. I'd have like to do another video tutorial for this one but my friend, Linda, is busy painting her house ;) Maybe next time, huh, Linda? :)

Here's what my finish card looks like. All stamps are Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps from the Hugs for Janessa set. Image is coloured in with Copic pens. I'm sending my Easter hugs to my son :)


Side view of the card. A pretty chunky card, huh? :)


Let's get to the tutorial. Click the photo for larger view.

Here are what you'll need:

• Paper 4" x 12"
• Your preferred scoring tool
• Ruler
• Pencil
• Bone Folder

Here's what you do:

• Mark the back of your paper at 2" interval on the 12" side of the paper.
• Drawn lines as shown are simply fold lines you need to follow. You will score on these lines.

The details of the fold-lines are as shown below. The valley & mountain folds indicated are meant for the right side of your paper. Be sure to use your bone folder to get crisp fold lines.


When finish folding, decorate the front diamond panel as desired. And that's pretty much done. Like I said earlier, this is only a mini tutorial. If you need more visual, you might need to visit the YouTube link given above. Have fun!

Until next time, may mojo live happily in your heart, and may passion bloom in your soul. Be well!

Be You!

This card features a beautiful Ballerina stamp from Stampinback line over at I Brake for Stamps. Image is coloured in with Copic pens, cut out and adhere to an oval piece. Sentiment is also from I Brake for Stamps.

Until next time, may mojo live happily in your heart, and may passion bloom in your soul. Be well!

Spirit of St. Louis

Here's a quick card using one of the oh, so cool I Brake for Stamps images! It makes great masculine cards for all the aeroplane lovers or Air Force officers in your life. I have the privilege of knowing a couple of friends who own private planes and great love for their owns. This image comes in handy when making cards for said friends.

Image was coloured in with Copic pens. Paper is a scrap piece I believe from Stampin' Up! The brown leather strap is from my son's beat-up, thrown-away pencil case. I just added the antique brass buckle to finish off the card. Hope you like!


Until next time, may mojo live happily in your heart, and may passion bloom in your soul. Be well!

Happy Wonderer Performance

As some of you may know, Ty's 3rd grade class had a performance last week in which he was the narrator. I am, maybe, only a little biased, but I think he did an excellent job!

DH tried to put it on YouTube as a single video, but YouTube limits files to a maximum of 10 minutes. Since the play lasted right around 20 minutes total, he split it into two parts below.

Please don't feel you need to watch the whole thing, we just wanted to share what Ty is involved in and let friends & family know we're very proud of him!

Ty is in the blue shirt with the cordless mike in the front. And Roy Rogers (Yep, that's his real name) is the Happy Wonderer! :P





Until next time, may mojo live happily in your heart, and may passion bloom in your soul. Be well!

In All Thy Ways Acknowledge Him!

First off, I have to tell you that I have an honour to be a Guest Designer for Sweet n' Sassy Stamps for the month of March. Thanks, Korin, for the honour and the opportunity.

This card features my most loved set from SNSS, Child of God. Image was coloured in with my trusty Copic pens. Background is a scrap piece of some tie-dyed paper left from other projects. The inside-out eyelets look-alike are actually some hardware I found in my husband's tool storage. And in keeping with what I have shared with my son a couple of days ago, I chose this verse from the book of Proverbs again for the card. One can never have too many encouragements now, can he? :P


Korin also has five fabulous newly released beautiful stamp sets perfect for the upcoming Easter holiday. Check 'em all out here. And do you know that SNSS also has a blog that you ought to visit? There are oodles and oodles of eye-candies done by SNSS Design Team.

Thanks for visiting. I appreciate your precious time spent here! Until next time, may mojo live happily in your heart, and may passion bloom in your soul. Be well!

Ty, You Make Me Proud!

If I haven't told you this already, I love my son to bits. And I'm so very proud of him. Every time I see him, my heart could burst with pride & joy. I thank the good Lord for him everyday of his life!

He recently competed in AWANA Bible Quizzing and got a perfect score. This past Thursday, he was in a school concert as a narrator. He did an excellent job there too. And I am not even biased :P We have a video and I'll get that up on YouTube for friends & Family later. His principal told me later if Ty were to become a famous news anchor or talk show host or something in that effect, I should not forget that he started out at Nieman Elementary School. I just said "thank you" and gave him this great, big, huge smile. But my heart was about to burst from pride :) Many thanks to Linda E., Jack & Donna W. for the honour you gave us by being at the concert and for your love and support. It was so good and kind of you to be there.

So, I made him this card to tell him how proud I am of him. Inside though, I did mention that no matter how good he is at anything, it's because of God in him. He needs to trust in the Lord with all of his heart and do not lean on his own understanding. And in all his ways, he should acknowledge God and God will make his paths straight! That was straight out of the book of Proverbs 3:5-6. Although I'm so proud of him when he has accomplished so much, I am most proud when I hear his teachers say what a sweet boy he is or when he is being kind and protective of a classmate who has Down Syndrome. Well, enough of the proud mum moment.

This card uses the String You Along technique from the TJ Newsletter, Feb '09 issue. Main image stamp is from High Hopes Stamps. Sentiment is from . Main image was coloured in with Copic pens.

Thanks for reading this far. It's a long post. Until next time, may mojo live happily in your heart, and may passion bloom in your soul. Be well!

Just Loving You

For some reason, my son just loves this clown! So, I thought I'd make him another card using it. Both the clown image and sentiment stamps are from the Stampinback line over at I Brake for Stamps. Background was a scrap piece from long ago and I have forgotten what it was. I love using red pompoms for his nose and an added small dash of colour, just another simple card.

Until next time, may mojo live happily in your heart, and may passion bloom in your soul. Be well!

Find JOY Everyday

A super quick & easy card to welcome spring! Bunnies stamp is from I Brake for Stamps. Sentiment is from Hero Arts. The bunnies' fuzzy tails are pompoms. Hope you like :)

Thanks for stopping here today! Your visit and kind comments mean the world to me. Until next time, may mojo live happily in your heart, and may passion bloom in your soul. Be well!

Ducky, You are the Best!

Don't know about you but I am so ready for spring! So, I made this simple little card to celebrate spring and beckon the warmer weather :) The card features this adorable image from I Brake for Stamps. The image was coloured in with my trusty Copic pens. Sentiment is from Stampin' Up!

Until next time, may mojo live happily in your heart, and may passion bloom in your soul. Be well!