Mojo Monday, Etc.

Hi! How are you on this fine Monday? Perky, huh? "Fine" and "Monday" aren't usually words I put together. LOL. Seriously, it was a good day.

This evening's card is my take on this week's Mojo Monday sketch challenge. The sweet little image is a freebie digi image from the Fred She Said Digital Designs blog. There is a contest/challenge going on there, too, although I'm not certain this card is contest material. Why I had purple in my head, I dunno. And as you can see, I ended up with lavender. I don't have much for purple in my paper collection, which 99 percent of the time is OK. I colored the image with Prismacolor pencils and OMS. I used a couple of shades of both green and lavender in an attempt to get the image to coordinate with the patterned paper. Wanting a softer look, I stamped the sentiment with Grey Wool ink. The focal point image was attached to the card with foam mounting tape. That's the details. The rest, I'm sure, you can see.

Materials & Tools: White Daisy and Sweet Leaf cardstock; Basic Grey Lilykate 6x6-inch paper pad; Grey Wool and Sweet Leaf ink pads; Papertrey Ink Mixed Messages stamp set; Free digital image from Fred She Said; Sweet Leaf Designer Ribbon Rounds; Kaiser Kraft pearl accents; Prismacolor colored pencils; Gamsol odorless mineral spirits; Blending stumps; Piercing tool; McGill Multi-tag punch; Sponge dauber; Cuttlebug w/Nestabilities Classic Circles set; 3M foam mounting tape.

Speaking of 3M, I'm not usually much for infomercials. If it sounds to good to be true, I generally assume it is. However, as one who hates to shave her legs, I took notice of the "Smooth Away" commercials I've been seeing lately. Well, lo and behold, I came across this item in the "As Seen on TV" section at Wal-Mart today. As razors were on my shopping list, I opted instead for the "Smooth Away." For $9.88, I thought it would be worth a shot. And, guess what? It works. When I opened the box and saw the 3M pads that attach to the applicator, my first thought was, "Ah, fine sandpaper." If it is sandpaper, it is very fine and called a "Fine-Crystal" hair remover pad. Like I said it works - painlessly and basically, effortlessly. Exfoliated too, my legs are as smooth as a baby's backside. If this post wasn't long already, I'd tell you about my one (and only) experience with waxing. It's pretty funny.

While I had a good experience with the Smooth Away, I'm not doing so well with my new ATG glue gun thing. I suppose, like everything else, it takes practice. I hope so because, I'm having a heck of a time learning to "drive" the thing and get the adhesive where I want it. I bought it for the purpose of assembling wedding invitations en masse, so I'd better learn fast. LOL. And about the wedding, Dustin, Miranda, and I are meeting after work tomorrow to go through my lists of 1,001 details. Having broken it all down into itemized checklists, I'm feeling less overwhelmed than I was a couple of days ago.

If you're still with me, thanks for all your sweet comments about my family photos. Oh, and Miranda received a couple of Grand Champion and several blue ribbons on her horses at the fair. We need to take the little boys out to the farm for horseback rides one of these days. Who knows? Maybe Grandma will try it again, too. The experience, I should hope, couldn't be any worse than the last time. Another crazy story for another time. By now, I'm sure you've heard enough from me. Again, thanks, and have a great Tuesday! Later...