Woo hoo! It's Mojo Monday 95!

It's Mojo Monday and I adore this week's design (MOJO95). As one of Julee Tilman's "Mojomakers," I get to play in advance with her amazing sketches. It's even more fun to share with you first thing on Monday mornings!

I'm also counting the moments until the cable/internet installer arrives at our new Tucson home today. My numerous trips to restaurants and hotels for wireless internet time is getting a little exhausting. I'm currently sitting at a hotel in a dark parking lot (just before midnight) being bombarded by june bugs (they love my laptop monitor).

I have some pix to share of our "adventures" with the move and the progress of the new Stampin' Pretty Zone (now more of a disaster zone--but I'm an optimist). I'll post when I am up to full strength on an internet connection of my very own. What a luxury that will be!

• I layered a gorgeous piece of Bella Bleu Designer Series Paper on a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" card base of Kraft card stock.
• The left panel highlights what happens when you zip a piece of Not Quite Navy card stock through a Big Shot with the Embosslits Sweetest Stem. Presto! Cut and embossed in one short trip.
• The stem is layered over Kraft card stock that I paper pierced using Stampin' Up!'s Paper Piercer and Mat Pack. TIP: The new catalog offers the Piercer and Mat Pack individually. A budget friendly essential. The final layer is Very Vanilla.
• Tucked underneath on the right is a piece of luscious Not Quite Navy Textured card stock, dolled up with a couple Button Latte Designer Buttons. TIP: Mini Glue Dots hold buttons firmly in place.
• The horizontal banner again uses Not Quite Navy Textured card stock, this time layered over a playful eyelet border of Very Vanilla. TIP: I create a longer border than needed and trim to the size I want by taking a little off each side until the ends are balanced (cut equally at the right "hump"). It's a little extra work but the polished result is worth it.
• Kraft Taffeta adds a soft and pretty touch. I love how Stampin' Up!'s Taffeta Ribbon ties beautifully and cuts cleanly.
• Elegant Thank You (a versatile individual stamp) was inked in Not Quite Navy and stamped on Very Vanilla. It was shaped into a rectangle and propped up with Stampin' Dimensionals. I was excited to see many new individual stamps in the catalog (see page 208). My favorite newbie individual stamp is Dasher for $8.95 (116816). Think silhouettes and embossed images. Cool!

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Stamp Set: Elegant Thank You (114484)
Paper: Bella Bleu Designer Series (113974), Very Vanilla (101650), Not Quite Navy (stem, 101722), Not Quite Navy Textured (108697), Kraft (102125)
Ink: Not Quite Navy (103008)
Cool Tools: Big Shot (113439), Embosslits Sweetest Stem (114513), Paper Piercer (116631) and Mat Pack (105826), Eyelet Border Punch (113692)
The Perfect Touch: Button Latte Designer Buttons (114333), Kraft Taffeta Ribbon (109068), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430), Mini Glue Dots (103683)