• I selected the gray pattern paper from Urban Oasis Designer Series Paper to serve as my background.
• I matted the colored picture on Basic Gray, Kiwi Kiss and Basic Black card stock, and the black and white picture on Kiwi Kiss, Basic Gray and Basic Black. A Corner Rounder Punch was used on all corners.
• The Summer Love Rub-Ons “Smile” sentiment was placed on Whisper White card stock and punched out using the Scallop Oval Punch. The Large Oval Punch was used to punch an oval from the small floral coral paper from the “A Walk in the Park” Designer Series Paper.
• The journaling block was printed onto Whisper White using the Andy font. This was then matted onto the small floral coral paper. This was then adhered to a Kiwi Kiss Stampin‘ Up Top Note.
• A strip of Kiwi Kiss checked paper from the Urban Oasis Designer Series Paper was punched using the Corner Rounder and adhered to one side of the background paper. A strip of sheer black ribbon was adhered on top of this. The Top Note/Journaling complex was then positioned.
• Using a hole punch, I punched a hole through both the ribbon and paper near the bottom of the Kiwi Kiss patterned strip and inserted a Basic Gray Corduroy Brad.
• The sentiment “You crack me up” from A Good Egg stamp set was inked in Basic Black and stamped onto Whisper White. This was then punched out using the Word Window Punch and adhered near the button.
• A snippet of Basic Gray ribbon was wrapped around the black and white picture, and the Smile Rub-On was placed into position. Both pictures were then adhered to the background paper according to the picture.
• To add a final pop of color, and to reinforce the theme of contrast, the leaves from one of the sheets of Urban Oasis Designer Series Paper were cut out and adhered to the layout using SNAIL adhesive.

• I selected a sheet of “Bright Stems and Leaves” paper from “A Walk in the Park” Designer Series Paper to serve as the base. I added a strip of Kiwi Kiss Designer Series Paper (“Little Squares”) at the bottom.
• So Saffron ribbon was attached at the interface of the two papers.
• The journaling was printed onto Very Vanilla card stock using LD Quick Note font. This was matted onto Pretty in Pink card stock followed by Kiwi Kiss.
• The sentiment was printed onto Very Vanilla using the same font. This was matted onto Pretty in Pink, followed by Kiwi Kiss, and finally Barely Banana.
• The photo, journaling and sentiment were adhered to the base as illustrated using SNAIL Adhesive.
• Two “Little Leaves” Sizzlets were cut from Pretty in Pink and Not Quite Navy card stock and adhered near the sentiment block. A Not Quite Navy button, “threaded” with a small sliver of Kiwi Kiss card stock, was adhered on top of the stems using Mini Glue Dots. The “Butterfly” stamp from Great Friends was inked with Not Quite Navy, and stamped onto Very Vanilla. It was trimmed and placed into position on the journaling block, using Stampin’ Dimensionals.
• Finally, the “Friends Forever” sentiment from the Summer Love Rub-Ons was placed onto Very Vanilla cardstock, trimmed, and adhered with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

“To the Nines” Specialty Designer Series Paper is a wonderful confection of chocolate, sage, and artichoke. It’s versatile in the sense that you can take it in any direction from masculine to feminine depending on your choice of embellishments. Using this week’s Mojo Monday sketch, I decided to get my mojo rising by using the “Tree” stamp from Forest Friends, one of the stamps available in the Occasions Mini Catalog.

• First I made my card base from Sage Shadow and used the Scallop Punch on both the back and front of the card. Next, I added Very Vanilla strips on the bottom to accentuate the scallop. The card base was then finished by adding a scalloped strip of Chocolate Paisley, a wider strip of Dotted Herringbone, and a panel of Very Vanilla which was scalloped to add visual interest to the top. The patterned papers are from the “To the Nines” Specialty Designer Paper set. (To the Nines is textured cover weight card stock which coordinates well with Sahara Sand, Sage Shadow, Always Artichoke, and Chocolate Chip.)
• I inked the “tree” stamp from Forest Friends with Chocolate Chip and Sage Shadow Stampin’ Write Markers. Using the Stamp-a-ma-jig, I perfectly placed the inked image in a square of Very Vanilla, which I matted onto Chocolate Paisley, then Sage Shadow.
• A larger square of Dotted Herringbone was matted onto Sage Shadow and served as the base for the image mat. I then positioned this onto the card base.
• The sentiment “Thinking of You”, from the Thoughts of Father stamp set was inked with chocolate chip onto Very Vanilla. The Corner Ticket Punch was use to “punch it up” a notch. Stampin’ Dimensionals were used to attach it to the card, giving it a nice 3-D effect.
• Finally, a button from the Button Latte collection was laced with a piece of Sage Shadow and attached with Mini Glue Dots.

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Stamps Sets: Forest Friends (113748), Thoughts of Father (115094)

Paper: To the Nines Specialty Designer Paper (114038), Sage Shadow (101563), Very Vanilla (101650)

Inks: Chocolate Chip (100908), Sage Shadow (102532)

Punches: Corner Ticket (107214), Scallop Border (112091)

Embellishments: Button Latte (114333)

Adhesives: SNAIL Adhesive (104332), Mini Glue Dots (1036830), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)