Southwestern Look for Mojo Monday

Hello, I guess I have been MIA again from my blog, sorry it has been hectic and then I also got sick.

Today I have a card to share with you that I made for this weeks Mojo Monday sketch #322.  I love the way it turned out.

A couple of weeks ago I got some Tim Holtz Distress Paints and started to play around with them creating some papers.  I should know better than to watch his videos because I have to have whatever he demonstrates, he is amazing.

The background paper is one I made using the distress paints. In person it has a bit of a sparkle to it because I misted it with Tattered Angels.

The colors reminded me of southwestern colors so I went with that theme.  I mated the background paper on dark purple to pick up the purple that is in there.

The copper strip across the middle I did using one of my MS punches, then added a double layer of ribbon.

I stamped the pot on vellum and heat it embossed it with brass.

I will add a sentiment later when I decide how I will use it, but all and all I am happy with how it turned out.

Thanks for stopping to take a peak.

Fancy Coyote Card

I found this place that sells a lot of Southwestern type stamps.  My Heart Stamps 4 U check them out they have a large variety of all types of stamps and there service was speedy. 
I made this card for my husbands birthday that is coming up in early April.  He makes things out of wood and is always telling me I should make southwestern cards so here it is.

 I will add "Happy Birthday later.  The coyote I stamped and heat embossed with copper, then colored it in using my Promarkers.  I see now that I put the bottom brad on crooked Oops!  The pot looks popped in the photo but it is not, I may go in and stamp another one and raise that area up or cover it with Crackle Accents.

Well thanks so much for stopping by.  :)

A Southwestern Birthday Card

Finally, my husband has been after me to make a southwestern card since we live in the Southwest.  I had bought this Paper Wishes background paper with the intention to make just such a card and I have had the Stampin Up set for years so it all worked together well.  The card also works for a couple of challenges.  It is built around one of the sketches this week for RAQs Challenge on the Cricut message board.  

I made this card for my older brothers birthday coming up later this month.  He lives in California and just loves to come here and visit our desert so I made this with him in mind.  So with that said it fits into the theme of the Cricut Couple's  Anniversary challenge.  You were to make a card for someone you love (yeah I guess I love my older brother)he teased the heck out of me when we were little and he STILL does when he comes to visit! LOL
The Happy Birthday is cut and shadowed from Martha Stewart Cake Art Cartridge, I love her Cake Art cartridges great images.  Although the bottom border is on one of the cartridges I used the punch to cut it out.  I stamped the "characters" with Versamark watermark on brown paper and then heat embossed them with clear powder and cut them out.  A couple of them are pop dotted.  Here is a close up

I just love the colors of this together, the turquoise on the back is Core'Dinations paper And the pattern on the background paper makes it look 3 dimensional.  Thanks for looking and would love to hear your comments.