Mojo Monday with the Flying Unicorns

 Mojo Monday

Each Monday the Flying Unicorns hosts a sketch challenge - we call the "Mojo Monday".  This is my week to use the sketch and inspire your Mojo.  The weekly challenge can be found here.   Use whatever is in your stash and upload it to the challenge forum. 

So with that, Escape Kitty and I are up today strutting Kitty's stuff.   Kitty's being attended to by a team of cherub angels.  ahhh, that's the life.  Meanwhile she leaves me to do the work of scrapping the scene. 

The gorgeous sketch by Alda Stevens was a joy to use.   I pulled out the stash of Glitz "Pretty in Pink" that I bought from the Unicorn Store to use on my USTREAM show, March 18th.    It's one of my favorite  out-of-print collections, so make sure you scoop these papers up from the store here and use every little scrap like I am.  "waste not"! 

These papers lend themselves to lots of luxurious layering.   I also have accents of 2Crafty Chipboard (you can find a great selection of 2Crafty here).  I left the chipboard "neked" because the natural color of the chippies is rich and warm in keeping with the overall feel of the layout.    It's gotta be warm if it's for Kitty.  

I used the "Corner Doodled" 2Crafty Chippie in the top corner and '" Chicken Barbed Wire" in medium size near the photo layers.  You can also find more inspirational; pieces with 2Crafty Chipboard here. 

Please join us and see how this sketch inspires you. 

Supplies:
Glitz Pretty in Pink Collection  - Pretty in Pink Toile P13753
Glitz Pretty in Pink Collection  - Pretty in Pink Stripe P13722
Glitz Pretty in Pink Collection  - Pretty in Pink Roses P13746
2Crafty Chipboard Corner Doodled cr0059 ( you can find 2Crafty here)
2Crafty Chipboard Chicken Wire m00400
Prima Clear Stamp 544980
Prima Flowers - Winthrop Collection Garnet 577728
Prima Coffee Break SIIC 576219
Prima Flowers Bristo Blooms Teal 553050
Prima Color Bloom Mists - Deep Teal 580322 ( you can find all the Color Blooms here)
Prima Color Bloom Mists Tea Stain 573836
DieNamics - Dies Wild Greenery MFT-576
String Pearls
Martha Stewart edge punch

Flying Unicorn Mojo Monday - Oct 28th with FabScraps

Mojo Monday at the Flying Unicorns

Every Monday. the Flying Unicorns presents mojo Monday.  A weekly sketch challenge meant to jump start your mojo and inspire your creativity.  The designs are just dreamy - sketched by either Alda Stevens or Tammy Henderson.  This week. Alda has given it a whirl - and what a whirl it is!

The rules are rather simple - create and post onto the Mojo Monday thread for the corresponding week.  You can use your own supplies and whatever paper you want.  There are no requirements.  Easy!

This is my interpretation of the lovely sketch. I used FabScraps Shabbylicious collection and PrimaMarketing flowers to help me.

Here is the sketch you will use for the week of Oct 28- Nov 2nd.  So elegant and delicate. I continued with that overall feel.  

(Vintage image is from the Graphic Fairy) 

I decided to use the FabScraps Shabbylicious collection for this for a simple reason.  The sketch feels very shabby chic to me and there is no better collection for shabby chic style than FabScraps Shabbylicious.

I used a FabScraps chipboard window and covered it with a FabScraps diecut made especially for this chipboard piece - very unique and clever set matching the chipboards to diecuts.

The word art chipboard piece from FabScraps has been covered in Stampendous Shabby Pink Embossing Enamel.

The little metal charms are from Flying Unicorns Metal Adornments collections.

Thanks Alda - and thanks to you for coming here and looking.
I value your time.

Supplies:
FabScraps Shabbylicious Collection -Shabby Birds C60007
FabScraps Shabbylicious Collection -Shabby Chairs C60002
FabScraps Shabbylicious Collection -Chic Pink C60005
FabScraps Shabbylicious Collection -Shabbylicious Journal MC60001
FabScraps Shabbylicious Collection -Chipboard Windows & Tag DC60010
FabScraps Shabbylicious Collection -Adore Chipboard DC60007
Shimmerz Paints Spritz - Cotton Candy and Bed of Roses
Prima Stencil 960506 -Honeycomb
Prima Stencil 655350
Prima Flowers - Millicent En Francais Vine 556068
Flying Unicorns Metal Adornments
Super heave Gesso
Stampendous Shabby Pink embossing enamel

FabScraps – Shabbylicious – Adorable

For This Project You Will Need

• FabScraps  – Shabbylicious Collection – Shabby Birds  C60 007   
• FabScraps  - shabbylicious Collection – Chic Pink C60 005
• FabScraps  – Shabbylicious Collection – Window and Tag Chipboard DC60 010
• FabScraps  – Shabbylicious Collection – Word "Adore" Chipboard DC60 017
• FabScraps  – Shabbylicious Collection  - Shabby Chairs  C60 002 (12inx12in
• FabScraps  – Shabbylicious Collection  - Journal Packet MC60001
• Cardboard  the size of your photo)
• Decorative edge punch
• Flowers
• Stencil and molding paste or heavy gesso
• Gesso or white acrylic paint

Instructions

1.     Background  Paper Preparation:

2.     Start with FabScraps  Shabbylicious Collection –Shabby Chairs paper  C60 002 for your  background.

3.     Rip an 8in  square of Shabbylicious Collection  Shabby Birds C60 007  and glue to the top right side of the page.

4.     Rip an78in  square of Shabbylicious Collection Chic Pink C60 005 and glue on top of the Shabby Birds paper.  

5.     Make some small edge tears.

6.     Using a border stencil and white molding paste, stencil on top of the paper layers. Let dry.

7.     Stencil in the bottom left corner – let dry.

8.     Using the thin ripped scraps from steps 3 and 4 above, glue scraps to the left edge of the paper.

9.     Add some texture to the page using the stencil and molding paste around the page.

10.   Chipboard Preparation:

11.   Using window chipboard from Shabbylicious Collection  - Window and Tag Chipboard DC60 010 – paint the window white.

12.   Find the matching Window die cut form Shabbylicious Collection  - Journal Packet MC60001 and glue to the chipboard piece.

13.   Glue chipboard window to the top center of the paper payers.
14.   Using window chipboard from Shabbylicious Collection  - Word Chipboard Adore DC60 007 –  coat in shabby pink or a soft pink embossing powder and heat with heat gun to set.  Set aside for later use in the finishing touches. 
15.   Photo Preparation:

16.   Back each of your photos with cardboard.  

17.   Take a foam brush with a little gesso on it and lightly dab around the edges of the photo to give a stippled effect.  Very very lightly – almost a dry foam brush. 

18.   Glue photos to the paper layers on complimenting angles.

19.  Adding Embellishments:

20.   Glue lace trim under the “Shabby” journal card.

21.   Stamp some flourishes to the bottom right of the photo.

22.   Stamp some flourishes to the left edge of the paper halfway down the page (near the paper layers).

23.   Glue some small pieces of burlap around the page –under the cardboard photo mat – a little piece to the left of the photo – to the left edge of the page as a new layer over the paper strips and decorative tape.

24.   Glue chair chipboard in place to the right of the photo and on top of the burlap.

25.   Embellish with flowers and floral berries as desired.
26.  Glue "Adore" chipboard word to the bottom of the layered section.

27.   Enjoy.