Wow, 300 sketches at Mojo Monday – that’s quite an accomplishment over the past almost 6 years!  I thought my Mojo Monday 300 card deserved some Really Good Greetings for that.  Okay, a little pun intended on the words…lol!  That was almost too easy on an early Monday morning here in the Orlando, Florida area. 

I love the way this sketch turned out, my card feels crisp, light and bright.  Of course, I went straight to my, yup you guessed it – color coach for this awesome color combination – Coastal Cabana, Crushed Curry and Pumpkin Pie.  I knew I was going to use this greeting set, and set out to use my two other favorites – Gorgeous Grunge and Dictionary.  I hope you like it – thanks for the inspiration Julee Tilman, your sketch turned out lovely!

Creative Tips –

• I chose a color combination from the Coastal Cabana card in the Color Coach collection.  I wouldn’t have put these colors together myself, but they definitely work – that’s why I always use my coach – color is not my thing!
• I knew I didn’t want to over power the card, so I chose two trusty background type stamp sets – Gorgeous Grunge and Dictionary.  I used the stripes on the 5” x 2 5/8” panel – it’s my absolute favorite stamp in my entire collection!
• For contrast, I kept the Crushed Curry banner solid.  To make the banner end, I used my paper snips.  View my video on how to make banner flags 
• The Pumpkin Pie circle was cut using my new Circles Collection Framelits – it’s the #4 circle.  I stamped the dictionary background stamp using Pumpkin Pie for just that little something.
• I struggled a bit with how to matte the greeting square.  I didn’t want to incorporate a new color and the other three colors didn’t quite work as a 1/16” border.  I finally decided to go with Whisper White on itself.  By popping it up on dimensionals, it gave it the break and shadow that I needed from a contrasting colored matte. 
• To color my greeting, I used the Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie and Coastal Cabana Stampin’ Write Markers.
• For the flag, I used a scrap piece from the new Eastern Elegance Designer Series Paper along with my 1” Square punch. 
• The flower was made by punching out two flowers using the new Pansy Punch.  I worked the edges a little of each petal and bent them in on itself.  I worked the Pumpkin Pie flower a bit more since it was in the center.  I created a flower center using the 1/2” circle punch and finished it off with three small Pearl Basic Jewels.
• For a finishing touch on this card, I incorporated some paper piercing.  Don’t think that your Paper Piercing always has to be the same all around your card.  If you’ll notice I have two large corners and two lines in addition to a smaller corner on the greeting.  It’s just the right amount without going overboard.

This is actually a great card for anyone who is going through something.  What I like about it the most is that it’s hopeful, bright and cheery.  It’s the perfect card to send to someone who needs a lift in life.  I hope you like it too! 

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Stamp Sets – Really Good Greetings (130333c, 130330w), Dictionary (130351c, 130348w),Gorgeous Grunge (130517c, 130514w) Ink – Coastal Cabana (131175), Pumpkin Pie (126945), Pumpkin Pie Stampin’ Write Marker (105115), Crushed Curry Stampin’ Write Marker (131901), 2013-2015 In Color Marker Collection (131260)  Paper – Whisper White (100730), Coastal Cabana (131297), Pumpkin Pie (105117), Crushed Curry (131199), Eastern Elegance DSP (130131) Cool Tools – Paper Snips (103579), 1/2” Circle Punch(119869), Circles Collection Framelits (130911), Pansy Punch (130698), 1” Square Punch (124094) Finishing Touch –Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Pearl Basic Jewels (119247), Paper Piercing Tool (126189), Stampin’ Pierce Mat (126199), Essentials Paper Piercing Pack (126187)