Saturday, September 30, 2017

MFT Color Challenge #78


Here is my card for the current MFT Color Challenge that can be found here.


I loved using the primary colors with the Lemon Chiffon thrown in.  I just got the Tweet Wishes stamp set and the owl was so fun to color.  I used the MFT Stepped up Chevron die and cut it in each of the colors.  MFT card challenges give plenty of inspiration.


Products I used:
MFT Tweet Wishes
MFT Stepped Up Chevron die
MFT Inside/Out Circle dies
MFT Blueprints 15 & 24

Happy Stamping!

Monday, September 25, 2017

Sympathy Butterfly

I can't seem to stop making cards for challenges.  This one is for My Favorite Things Wednesday Sketch Challenge 351, which can be found here.


MFT challenges have great inspiration.  I used the English Brick Wall stencil and MFT Kraft Itsy Bitsy Polka Dots paper to make the background.  Not a lot of stamping on this card.  I did, however, use several Die-namics to create this it.

Products I used:
MFT Essential Sentiments
MFT English Brick Wall stencil
MFT Flutter of Butterflies - Lacey die
MFT Flutter of Butterflies - Solid die
MFT Stitched Scallop Basic Edges die
MFT Wild Greenery dies
MFT Kraft Itsy Bitsy Polka Dot design paper

Happy Stamping!



Panda Thanks

Here's another card for the "Emboss Like a Boss" Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge #80 going on until September 28, 9:00 am EDT.


It is hard to tell, but I stamped the panda with black pigment ink and embossed using clear powder. The effect is nice and shiny in real life, just hard to see in a photo.  I also dry embossed the Diamond Circles stencil and then inked the background using Candied Apple, Spiced Marmalade, and Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide inks.  They do blend beautifully. Challenges are always fun because of all the great inspiration.

Products I used:
SSS Cuddly Critters
SSS Diamond Circles stencil
SSS Thanks die
SSS Frames die
SSS Large Holiday Shapes die

Happy Stamping!

Saturday, September 23, 2017

Circles of Thanks

Simon Says Stamp has a bimonthly contest on Flickr and here is my entry for SSS Flickr Challenge #80. The challenge can be found here.


This challenge, called "Emboss Like a Boss," is to use embossing on your card: dry embossing, wet embossing, or embossing with impression plates.  For this card I chose to wet emboss on vellum and then color the back side using copic markers.  I stamped the circles from the SSS Ranunculus Sketch stamp set using white pigment ink and silver pearl embossing powder. For the focal point I added the Thanks die cut on top of a stitched sentiment strip. I like the look of embossing on vellum and coloring on the back.

Products I used:
SSS Sketch Ranunculus
SSS Painted Thanks die
MFT Blueprints 20

Thanks for looking!
Happy Stamping!

Monday, September 18, 2017

Infinitely Grateful

Here is my last entry for the MFT 2017 Card Design Superstar contest, the details of which can be found here.  This card is being entered in the Clean and Simple category.

The card design is pretty straight forward, which is what one wants in a clean and simple design.  I think adding categories to this year's contest was a great idea.  I have enjoyed the challenge of coming up with three different types of cards.  I look forward to seeing the ladies that get chosen as this year's Card Design Superstars.

Products I used:
MFT Beautiful Butterflies
MFT Distressed Patterns
MFT Geometric Greenery
MFT Beautiful Butterlies Die-namics
MFT Inside/Out Stitched Circles
MFT Stitched Mini Scallop Circles
MFT Stitched Scallop Basic Edges

Thanks for looking!
Happy Stamping!

Sunday, September 17, 2017

MFT Floral Fantasy Love

Here's a card I made for MFT 2017 Card Design Superstar contest.  Details about the contest can be found here.  I am entering this one in the Coloring Virtuoso category.

I used lots of copic markers to color this fun image.  It did take a while, but the results were worth it.

Products I used:
MFT Floral Fantasy background stamp
MFT Love Die-namics
MFT Stitched Rectangle Scallop Frames

Thanks for looking!
Happy Stamping!

Saturday, September 16, 2017

Friends Weave

My Favorite Things is once again hosting their yearly Card Design Supertar contest.  You can get details about the contest here They have great inspiration for their weekly and bi-monthly contests, and are generous with their prizes.  Here is the card I made for the Innovation Master Category.  I'm showing it in several pictures because of the steps involved to see everything in the card.  I will list my supples I used at the end of this post.


The outside (image above) of the card has a gate card design.  The image below shows what is seen when first opened:

Next the recipient would pull the center folds on the black apart and then a third side is revealed:

And here it is flat:
This is a great design for using lots of small images, I die cut a bazillion flowers and leaves for this card. MFT makes great dies and it was easy to crank them out.  The card was made using a 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" piece of black cardstock and two white strips measuring 2 1/16" x 5 1/2".  The strips are woven in through slits that I cut in black cardstock.  This was a fun card to make. 

Products I used:
MFT Die-namics Stitched Flowers
MFT Scattered Surface BG
MFT Cheerful Blessings
MFT LJD Whimsical Greetings

                                                             
Thanks for looking!
Happy Stamping!

Sunday, September 10, 2017

Hello Friends


Here is a card I made for Simon Says Stamp's latest Flickr Challenge #79 which can be found here.  The challenge started the same day as their month long STAMPtember celebration.  In honor of that, the theme for this challenge is "Just Stamp It," very appropriate.  I decided to challenge myself a bit and used just one stamp set and 2 dies to make my card.  I used most all the word stamps to create my background.

Products I used:
SSS Friends of Life stamp set
SSS Small Hello die
SSS Stitched Rectangles

Thanks for looking!
Happy Stamping!