Today, we are celebrating 500
Mojo Monday sketches!! To put that in perspective, that means Julee has been creating fabulous sketches for us just shy of ten years!! Sadly, this will be the last Mojo sketch.....sniff, sniff... :( Be sure to pop on over to the Mojo Monday blog to read
her post.
I have a big lump in my throat and a big hole in my heart right now....but at the same time am celebrating with her as she can now dabble in other things with her extra time each week. Needless to say, I am very thankful for my Mojo Monday sketch binder to be able to go back to.
Out of curiosity, I dug back through my Splitcoast Stampers account (I was on there for a few years before I started my blog) to see which Mojo sketch was the first one I participated in, and found it was sketch #39 during her first year of sketches when the challenge was still run off her personal blog. This is the card I made using that sketch and is a tribute to where it all began.
Mojo sketch 120 was my first sketch win for a free Verve Stamps set, followed by four finalist positions, and then that fabulous day, August 6, 2012, when I posted my first card for sketch #263 as a Mojo Maker. This card brought back memories and made me laugh as I was having a strong, love/hate relationship with skewed panels at the time and as fate would have it, this was the first sketch I had to deal with LOL! Btw, I now love skewed panels {grin}.
To say I have enjoyed the past 9 years of Julee's sketches is an
understatement. It has remained my favorite challenge over the years, and I will miss it dearly. Thank you Julee for blessing card makers all over blogland with your amazing sketches! As the sentiment says on my card, you are a beautiful soul indeed, and I thank you for the honor of being a Mojo Maker ((hugs)) ♥♥♥
All the challenge details are over on the
Mojo Monday
blog and you can also view all the wonderful Mojo Makers samples.
Should you wish more details on the Mojo Maker's cards, you can also
visit their individual blogs noted below.
A huge thank you to those of you who have been faithful participants in the challenge and who have left me so many lovely comments on my Mojo Monday posts over the years. And, to
Teresa Kline for all her behind the scenes work.
Would love to have you join us by creating a card and linking it to the
challenge! In honor of sketch number 500, I would love to see 500 cards
in the gallery, so please come an play along :) The challenge is open for two weeks so lots of time to get crafty.
Have a fabulous day, and thank you for stopping by!
Challenges:
CAS-ual Fridays
Just Us Girls
What's In It?
Stamps: Beautiful You (Verve Stamps)
Paper: On The Bright Side (My Mind's Eye), Early Espresso, Certainly Celery, Taken with Teal, So Saffron (Stampin' Up), Dots and Stripes (Echo Park)
Ink: Black
Accessories: Rounded Scalloped Frame, Flutterby, Scalloped Trio Trim Set and Sprightly Sprigs Dies (A Cut Above by Verve), Crimper (Fiskars), Button, Glue Dot, Twine, Bling, Dimensionals
