Encouragement/Sympathy Card for Mojo Monday - Using Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge

Hi all you wonderful crafters/readers out there!!  Thanks so much for stopping by my blog.  It is 107 in LA area today and a good day to stay inside with the air conditioner.   I hope you are all staying cool this summer with all these record breaking temperatures!! 

CTMH has just started their yearly Convention in Dallas, TX and I just got my first look at the new Idea Book.  Awesome new products!!   The new Autumn/Winter Idea Books will be available here online to view August 1, 2012.  I can't wait for you to see all the new products and the great specials we will be having.  We have a new Cricut Artiste Cartridge coming out; which I can't wait to buy!!  It has 700 images just like our Art Philosophy Cartridge.  They have  a line of new markers and new papers, new stamp sets and so much more!!  Can't wait to share them with you!!  Pre-order from me now and get free shipping!!  Comes out August 1, 2012!

Our team - The Damask Diva's are going to have a blog hop on the 1st of each month to show the new products and our beautiful creations; so stay tuned.  Our first blog hop is scheduled for Wednesday, August 1st; so be sure to check back here to follow our creations with the new products.

  

I created this card using a Bugaboo Digi Stamp and CTMH Florentine Paper Packet following Mojo Monday 249 sketch. I am using this card as a Sympathy card; but it could be used for any kind of encouragement card.  I stamped two sentiments inside using CTMH "Card Chatter - Sympathy" and CTMH "4 My Friend" stamp set as well.  I like combining the stamp sets to give you several sentiments in one card.  I love all the digi stamps with our wonderful CTMH paper packets and combining them with our CTMH stamp sets as well.  They make a great combination.

  

Inside of Card - Using both CTMH "Card Chatter - Sympathy" and CTMH "4 My Friend" stamp sets

I used the Florentine Paper Packet and one of the strips found in the packet as well to create the inside of this card.  The paper is actually darker in spots where there is writing on it.  I used CTMH Olive ink for the sentiments. 

Mojo Monday 249 Sketch

I really enjoy following sketches and I love Mojo Monday.  I try to use their sketches as often as I can.  Drop over to their website and check out the beautiful creations by other crafters.  Make It Monday is another great challenge blog; which has a huge number of entries for you to view each week, as well.  All the challenge blogs are a great place to see awesome creations every week; so stop in and check them out.  See the list below and just click on the links.

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Supplies used for this card:

Card Base - 5 x 6 1/2 card

Paper (Same weight as card stock)- Florentine Paper Packet with border from same packet

Card Stock for sentiment square - CTMH Brown Bag from same paper packet

Digital Stamp - Bugaboo Stamps - Faith Block

Ink for inside card - CTMH Olive

Bling - CTMH 3-D foam tape

Bling - Want2scrap.com

Adhesive - Tombow Adhesive

I used Prang Colored pencils to color the flowers and butterflies.  I combined several different colors to get a color as close to the main paper color as I could. 

Green leaves and vines:

Dark Green

Pine Green

Apple Green

Green

Roses

Mahogany

Yellow Orange

Butterflies

Blues - not sure which shades I used on the butterflies.  It was several together.  I forgot and put them away before I wrote them down.  Sorry. 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Mojo Monday - Sketch # 249

Make It Monday - MIM # 97 - Bugaboo Stamps

Crafty Bloggers Network - Challenge No 1 - Anything Goes

Fashionista Challenge - Challenge # 4 - Winged Things

Incy Wincy Designs - Summertime

Tammy's Scrappin Corner - Challenge # 18 - Anything Goes

Penny Black and More - Summer Blooms

Southern Girls Challenge - Challenge # 48 - Pearls

Jackson's Digital Expression - Anything Goes Challenge # 12 - with Color option

Loves Rubber Stamps - Challenge # 8 - Sweet Summer Days

Colour Q - Challenge # 145 ( I think mine are pretty close to same colors.)

Deep Ocean Challenge - Challenge # 29 - "Sea of Love"

Digital Tuesday Challenge - Challenge # 168 - Inside Out

Flourishes - Timeless Tuesday # 177 - Use A Sentiment As The Main Focus

Paper Time Tuesday - PTT # 76 - Let's Get Punchy

Tuesday Throwdown - Challenge # 106 - Hot Colors

Twisted Tuesday - 2TC14 - A Holiday Pick Two - Yellow (golden yellow) and Diecut

365 Cards - Day 131 - 3 - 2 - 1; 3 embellishments, 2 patterned papers, 1 stamp

Crafty Boots Challenges - Bingo - Green, Pearls and yellow

Heart 2 Heart - A Geometric Challenge - Line, Line, Circle, Square

Lexi's Creations - Challenge # 69 - For A Friend

Catch The Bug -  July's Anything Goes Challenge

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards Challenge - Challenge # 16 - Anything Goes

Inspire Me Friday's - # 66 - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp & Show - Layered

Stampin Sisters In Christ - Challenge #147

Word Art Wednesday - Challenge # 36

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