It’s Mojo Monday again and I really needed the inspiration this morning.  Do you ever just have that kind of a day where you can’t seem to get inspired?  Today is one for me, so this card came in handy.  I saw the sketch and immediately went to work.  I opened my drawer of my newest stamps and the Pleasant Poppies background stamp just popped (okay, a little pun intended) out at me.  Here’s what I came up with from this sketch:

• I wasn’t sure which colors to use, so I grabbed my Color Coach for some inspiration.  I settled on Riding Hood Red and loved the Creative Combination of Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze and So Saffron.
• After playing around with the three colors, I decided a white background would make them pop the most.  Since the Riding Hood Red was such a strong color, I decided to use it as the Window Framelit Accent.  From there the colors just fell into place.
• I inked up the left side of my Pleasant Poppies Stamp with StazOn Jet Black Ink to highlight that part of the stamp.  I cut it out using the second to smallest Framelit in the Window Frames Collection.

I colored the Poppies using my Aqua Painter and Tangerine Tango, Pumpkin Pie, Wild Wasabi inks.

• To highlight my frame a little I pierced the Riding Hood Red Frame with the matching Festive Paper-Piercing Pack that is free this month with the Christmas Gift Promotion.  Click here for details
• I also popped up the poppies on dimensionals to add a little drama to the card.

I made the banner end by using a square punch.

• I wanted a little more texture to the card, so ran my So Saffron card stock through the Big Shot with the Fancy Fan Folder.

I like the Clean and Simple look to this card.  I hope you do too!  Now that you have a little inspiration, what are you going to create?

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Stamp Sets – Pleasant Poppies (129499), Sweet Essentials (128315) Paper – Whisper White (100730), Baja Breeze (111352), So Saffron (105118) Ink – StazOn Jet Black (101406), Tangerine Tango (126946), Wild Wasabi (126959) Cool Tools –Aqua Painter (103954), 1” square punch, Curly Label Punch (119851), Window Frames Collection Framelits (129021), Festive Paper-Piercing Pack, Paper-Piercing Tool (126189), Stampin’ Pierce Mat (126119), Fancy Fan Folder (127751) The Perfect Finish – Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)