Family Day!

I thought I'd share some photos of my babies today. I've had some requests to see some recent pictures so today seemed like a good day for it.

Here is my baby doll, Ashton. I can't believe he is already over 5 months old!

Here is my little monster, Calum - this boy is trouble with a capital 'T'!

And finally, here is Mr. Handsome himself, Skyeler!

So that's my family, thanks for letting me share them with you! It's wedding day tomorrow for my brother in law and his soon to be bride so we'll have a full weekend of festivities but I'll be back to Mojo with you again on Monday!

Have a fabulous weekend...hopefully one that includes some stamping!

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Today is a good day!

I am off to the spa this morning for a pre-wedding relaxation time with the bride-to-be! On the agenda? A 1 hour massage (ahhh!), a manicure and pedicure and then full spa lunch. Be still my heart! Tending to three little boys and one big boy 7 days a week takes a toll and I am looking forward to this like you would not believe!



I wanted to leave you with a card though and this one is special. My chef brother in law has been staying with us (hence the extra 5 lbs I'm carrying around lately!) and he wanted to make a card for our cousin on her birthday.

Let me preface this by saying that I did nothing but show him how to use the tools he needed to make this card. The colours, design, layout, etc. were all his ideas! Check it out:

On the inside, he made this cool tag. We attached it to the card by just looping the linen thread around the vintage brad. This way, the recipient can take it off and keep it as a bookmark without ruining the card.

Is this boy talented or what?! I tried to tell him that there are other guys out there doing what I do and sign him up but he was unconvinced. ;)

Have a fantastic day!

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A Fabulous Day!

As promised, here are some photos of the amazing day I spent at the Stampin' Up! Regional event in Hamilton on Saturday.

A room full of 400 women stamping and going nuts over the prize patrol goodies, swapping and taking pictures with Shelli and just overall having a fabulous time!

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Oh baby, let's Mojo!

Happy Monday everyone, I hope you had as fabulous a weekend as I did! Friday night I hosted a bachelorette party for my soon to be sister in law, went to bed and woke up 3 hours later to head off to the Stampin' Up! regionals in Hamilton. Had a BLAST there and then spent yesterday eating the most delicious cookies ever made thanks to my brother in law the chef. Then it was off to the rehearsal and delicious dinner for the wedding this weekend But wow, I am t-i-r-e-d today!

Anyways, on to the good stuff! It's Monday and that means I am forced to make a card by the time the day is over so here it is:

I have been wanting to use this new stamp set Baby Bundle ever since I got it but hadn't pulled it out yet so this seemed like the perfect opportunity. I love this sketch (as usual) and that always makes it so easy for the card to come together.

The base is Marina Mist cut at 5 1/2 x 11 to make a larger card than usual. I used Pear Pizzazz with the coordinating DSP and also Pretty In Pink for the layers. How totally adorable is that image?! Clear mount stamps make it super easy for you to line up all your images and get this collage of stamps that looks so amazing. I coloured the images with my Stampin' Write markers and I'm thrilled with the way it came out. The little hearts at the bottom were stamped and then punched out with small heart punch. I raised them up with dimensionals for some...well, dimension! :) The ribbon is Marina Mist and I 'heart' it so much!

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Stamps: Baby Bundle (120576), Teeny Tiny Wishes (115370) Paper: Marina Mist (119682), Pear Pizzazz (119795), Pear Pizzazz DSP (117158), Pretty in Pink (100459) Ink: Stampin' Write Markers in Marina Mist (119679), Certainly Celery (105106), Pretty in Pink (100045) Cool Tools: Paper Piercer (116631), Mat Pack (105826), Small Heart punch (117193) Embellishments: 1 1/4" ribbon (119772)

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Regionals Rock!

I had the BEST day today at the Stampin' Up! Regional event in Hamilton! Seriously, what an amazing day. Swaps, stamping, prize patrol, awesome demonstrations, business tips, Shelli and the staff from the home office....what's not to love??

I'll be back tomorrow with photos from the event and then over the next few days I'll show you some of my favourite swaps including mine.

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Beautiful Because I Care

I wanted to show you another of the cards I made during my "me stamping" time a few days ago. Again, I used my colour coach to get this combination of Perfect Plum, Wild Wasabi and So Saffron. The softness of the colours on this card together with the gorgeous image make it so pretty.

I've been playing with ribbon a lot and really enjoying all the different ways to use it. I've had some questions on how to make the ribbon look like this and also on the card from two days ago where I used the crochet ribbon. I will try to make a video on some ribbon tricks in the next few days but no promises because from now to the end of this month I am swamped!

The Hamilton Regional is tomorrow and I am wicked excited to be heading out there tomorrow with my upline! I think the thing I am most looking forward to is just being in a huge room with so many other people who share my love for stamping and papercrafting and feeling the energy. I have my swaps all ready to go and boy am I glad those are finished! I did 75 card fronts to swap and it was A LOT of work but I'm looking forward to all the new fronts I'll get from other very talented demos.

I'll be back on Monday so get ready to MOJO because I haven't in a while and I am raring to go!!

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Stamps: Because I Care (Hostess Only) Ink: Perfect Plum (101437), Old Olive (102277) Paper: Perfect Plum (101889), Wild Wasabi (108641), So Saffron (105118), Whisper White (100730) Cool Tools: Big Shot (113439), Elegant Lines folder (119277) Embellishments: Taffeta Ribbon (109070), Vintage Trinkets (118764), Basic Pearls (119247)