Thank you Kindly - Fall Florals

Here is my card for this weeks My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge.   I broke out my Fall Florals and stamped them in some vivid colors!   It has been really hot where I live for Christmas holidays it hardly felt like December.   Warm enough to wear my summer clothes!  

The base is made from Stone Gray card stock with a Smooth White panel stamped with Golden Glitz Delicata ink with the Swiss Dot background.    The Fall Florals were stamped with various ink colors and layered up on the panel with a sentiment stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with Liquid Platinum embossing powder. I thought the cool base would really show off the bright and vivid colors of the flowers.  The sentiment is from Lisa Johnson Designs Delicate Pretty Poppies stamp set from My Favorite Things as well.

This is the last sketch of the year and I have completed all of them!    In case you cannot guess, I absolutely love My Favorite Things products!   They dominate my craft room for sure!    

Happy New Year to you and thanks for following my blog!    I wish everyone lot's of joy in the coming year!

Stamps:  MFT Watercolored Stripes, Swiss Dots Background, Fall Florals, and Delicate Pretty Poppies

Inks: Delicate Golden Glitz, Versamark, SSS Fog, Various MFT, SSS and Hero Arts inks (sorry - I forgot to list the colors when I was stamping!)

Papers: MFT Prestige Stone Gray, Smooth White, Vellum

Tools: MFT Stitched Pinking Edge Square Stax, Fall Florals Dies, Ranger Liquid Platinum Embossing Powder, Sakura White Gel Pen

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Thank you from the Whole Herd!

My son asked me to create a card for his coach as their JV season is over for his High School Competition Cheer team.  So immediately, I thought of the Whole Herd stamp set from Birdie Brown at My Favorite Things.   This is probably one of my favorite stamps to play with because I just love all the cute little animals.   The card needed to be pretty big for everyone to sign.    I love making cards when I have a specific person in mind for the card.  I don't know about you but for me that makes it much easier for me to create when I have someone specific.  He is on the Varsity Team too and I already got my mind going with a card for that coach as she loves Pandas!


I pulled out all my accessory dies and got to crafting!  

I colored up the girl from Birdie Brown's Green Pastures with the same hair coloring as the coach and went about making her crew up for her.     I had so much fun coloring all these images.  I think they are so darned cute.    HINT:  when I color one image and go ahead and color a second one too.   That way when I need to make another card, my images are already colored and I can crafty in speedy time versus it taking me all day to make one card.   This card was done over like four nights.    I have very little time in the week to really craft.  

The sentiment was white heat embossed combing a greeting from a Mama Elephant set (Thank You) and a greeting from the Whole Herd set.    

This was one Monster Card to create as it needed to be big enough for all the kids to sign and write some love for the coach.  I have forgotten the dimensions of the card but I used a whole sheet of 8 1/2" by 11" of card stock and then scored in half.   I may have trimmed a smidgen off but I cannot say for sure.   I know that I needed to make a special envelope for it to fit in!   

Stamps:   MFT BB Green Pastures, Whole Herd, Mama Elephant Bear Hugs

Inks: MFT Hybrid Black Licorice, Distress Tumbled Glass, Versamark

Papers: Recollections (Card Base), MFT Red Hot, Sour Apple, Smooth White, Copic Xpess it

Tools: All MFT Barn, Grassy Fields, Rolling Hills, Flat Bottom Clouds, Hero Arts White Embossing Powder, Sakura White Gel Pen, Clear Wink of Stella, Copics

I am entering this card in to the Simon Says Monday Challenge Blog for Monster Mash Challenge.  This was one Monster Card that I created!  

Thanks for stopping by!   I hope that you have a fantastic Friday!  Woot! Woot! 

Lawn Fawn - FIntastic friends Tank You

Wow, third post in a row for me!   I made several cards this past week and got an opportunity to take photos of the cards while I had some good light and sharing with you this week.    This is a new set from Lawn Fawn.  I only ordered the stamp set and not the die set and found that this is super easy to cut out.   It gets really expensive hobby when you think you need to buy the stamp set and die set.    Some sets I try to look at and determine if I can hand cut them myself to save money for other items that I really want to purchase.   

When I saw this stamp set and a few cards made by different people, I really thought it was super cute.  I don't have a lot of Lawn Fawn sets but think that they are just adorable.   Since I did not have a fish set, this was perfect.    I kept the card base pretty simple but with some added bling. 

I used some Ultra Thick embossing powder and covered my entire fishbowl to make it stand out.   I covered it three times with the UTEE.    I also used my MISTI with my background stamp to get really solid stripes with the Simon Says Stamp Smoke ink.   

Stamps:  Lawn Fawn Fintastic Friends, MFT Striped Background

Ink: MFT Hybrid Black Licorice, Versamark, SSS Smoke Ink 

Papers: MFT Grout Grey, Steel Grey, Tangy Orange, Copic Xpress it

Tools: MFT Pinked Circle Stax, Cross Stitched Circle Stax, Ultra Thick Embossing Powder, Clear Wink of Stella, MISTI, Hero Arts white embossing powder, Corner Chomper

I am entering this in the 30 Day Color Challenge. 

Lawnscaping Challenge Stars and Stripes

Thanks for stopping by!   

Quick Thank you card

Here is a card that I made really quick this weekend to send to out.   When you have dies, they make the card making pretty darn easy to whip up a quick card.  I die cut several thanks and stacked them up. The bottom picture shows the dimension that it creates but still really flat for mailing.   This card took about 25 minutes to make from start to finish.   That is quick for me!   Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps:   Mama Elephant Zenith Borders

Inks: Hero Arts Soft Pale Tomato, Tide Pool, SU Crumb Cake

Paper:  MFT Smooth White, MFT Blu Raspberry, Silver Glitter Paper

Tools: MFT many thanks die, Memory Keepers Corner Chomper

My Favorite Things Wednesday Sketch Challenge - Spring Flowers!

I am so looking forward to longer days with sunlight and warmer temperatures.   I love Spring!  I was flipping thru my dies and came across the MFT Fresh Cut Flowers.    So I decided to create a Spring Bouquet of bright flowers!   I used my Copic markers to color the flowers.    For the sentiment I created a pink and yellow one but ended up choosing the pink - it was happier and brighter!    

Stamps:   MFT Wood Plank Background

Ink: SSS Smoke

Paper: MFT Smooth White, Neenah Solar White, MFT Steel Grey

Tools: MFT Blueprints 20, Vertical Stitched Strips, Many Thanks, Fresh Cut Flowers, Pico Embellisher Clear,  White Gel Pen, Glossy Accents, Wink of Stella Clear, Copics

Thanks for stopping by! 

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My Favorite Things Wednesday Sketch Challenge - MFTWSC197

 I created a fall card with some of my new MFT items, the burlap background stamp and Words of Gratitude die.     I stamped some MFT Steel Grey card stock with Basic Grey ink from Stampin Up and used my Wood Plank Background stamp.     The main pain is MFT Steel Blue card stocked stamped with Simon Says Fog ink using the new Burlap Background stamp.     I pulled out my Layer Leaves die and Pierced Fishtail flag die and layered it up with the grateful word die in MFT Tangy Orange card stock.    Simple card but so sweet, perfect for a thank you card.

Stamps: MFT Woodplank Background, Burlap Background

Ink: SU Basic Grey, SSS Fog

Paper: MFT Grout Gray, Steel Grey, Steel Blue, Fuse Green, Tangy Orange
Tools:  MFT Words of Gratitude, Layered Leaves, Pierced Fishtail Flag Stax

Thanks so much for stopping by today!   

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My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club - MFTWSC187 Thank you card

Here is my entry this week for the My Favorite Things Wednesday Sketch challenge.   It's back to school time and we have had what has been almost fall like weather!   So I created a card with this MFT apple die, unfortunately, it is retired :-( .    The background stamps that I used are recent releases.  

Stamps: MFT Gingham and Diagonal Striped background stamps

Inks: SU Real Red, SU Crumbcake

Paper: MFT Jellybean green, Whip Cream, Wild Cherry, PI Kraft and SU Early Espresso

Tools: MFT Jumbo Fishtail Stax, Apple, Little Lowercase Letters, We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper, Hemp Twine 

Thanks for looking!

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Peerless Watercolor - Thank you card to Share!

I finally tried my Peerless Watercolors that I had ordered.  Wow!  Are they bright and beautiful.   I only got the Complete Edition which is 15 colors.    I got mine directly from the Peerless website at the time that I ordered everyone was sold out!   They are bright and they blend so easily!   They really have great color saturation.      I did an emboss resist using a Mama Elephant Trifecta stamp set and stamped in Versamark and embossed with white embossing powder.     The sentiment is a set from Paper Smooches, Slang Gang embossed with white embossing powder as well onto a black circle cut out with my new MFT Pinking Circe Stax.   I tried (my first) wadding up some white thread and layering under my sentiment.  ( I almost left it off. )  My OCD almost kicked in and removed it.   I have seen many people do this on cards and it looks great.   My first few attempts to "wad" it up, really did not look the way I thought it should.  Still not to sure about it.   But need to try new things!   Definitely a new thing for me.  Anyway, hope you enjoy the card share! 

Love that sentiment!!!   

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge - SSSC223

I was able to play this week in the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge.   Yea!!    I discovered that she posts her sketches on Saturday evening on Facebook, so I got a head start with the sketch.    I started with MFT Birdie Brown You're Super.   I went thru Pintrest to look for color combos -- I ended up with some pinks, grays and black and loved how they turned out on the card.   The pink is Strawberry Slush from Stampin UP.  I tend to hoard this card stock cause I just love the color.  

When I started this card, I knew that I wanted a sunburst behind the Supergirl and used my MFT Sunray Stencil and my distress inks to make a vibrant sun burst.  

The stamped image was colored with Copic Markers and used the corrdinating die to cut out the image.   You cannot really see it in the photo but I covered her with some Wink of Stella Clear glitter to make her sparkle.    I just love her mask - it makes her look a little like Cat Women.   

All card stock and stamps were used to make the background for the sketch.    

Stamps:  MFT Birdie Brown You're Super, Linen Background, On the Diagonal Background

Ink: MFT Hybrid Black Licorice, Distress Mustard Seed and Spiced Marmalade, SU Strawberry Slush, SSS Fog Ink, Versamark

Paper: MFT Grout Grey, Steel Blue, Steel Grey, Smooth White, Copic Xpress it, SU Strawberry Slush, SU Basic Black

Tools:  MFT Pierced Circle Stax, Rectangle Frames, You're Super dies, MFT Skyline, Wink of Stella Clear, White Embossing Powder

I really loved how it turned out.   Love the color combo and will need to use this again!

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Thanks for stopping by for looking!

My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club - You're Super

Here is my entry this week for the My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club.   I used my new MFT Hybrid ink to stamp my image and colored with Copic Markers.    Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps:  MFT Birdie Brown You're Super, Patterned Triangles Background

Ink: MFT Grape Jelly, SU Daffodil delight, MFT Hybrid Black Licorice

Paper: MFT Grape Jelly, Grapesicle, Lemon Drop, Smooth White, Copic

Tools: MFT Pierced Oval Stax, MFT Fishtail Flag Stax, SU brads, Wink of Stella Clear

Thanks for looking!

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Roughing it --- Love these new camp related stamps!

When I saw this stamp set and die, I could not wait to get it!   I was not a big camper until a few years ago.  Camping is so much better with a camper than a tent!   I love being outdoors and being around a campfire.      Here are two cards that I created with the new MFT Roughing it stamp set and Happy Camper die.    

My first card, uses the Happy Camper die and Campy Tree lines from MFT.   This card was all dies but I loved building my camper.       On the inside I stamped the sentiment from the Roughing it stamp set -- You make me a Happy Camper!    This could easily be a thank you card for someone. 

Paper:   MFT Jelly Bean Green, Whip Cream, Wild Cherry, Steel Grey,  Sweet Tooth, SU Soft Sky, Soft Suede, PI Kraft

Tools:  MFT Happy Camper Die, Flat Bottomed clouds and Campy Tree Lines

For my next card, I decided to create a night sky with some Mister Huey's Color Mist in Opaque White.  Instead of misting the paper, unscrew the cap and use the spray to tap some stars out on the Nightshift blue paper.    Set aside to dry, I zapped it with my heat gun but you can see that it may still be a little wet underneath, I got a small smear on the right side when I was applying some adhesive.  

Stamps:  MFT Roughing It

Paper:  PI Kraft, MFT Whip Cream, Nightshift Blue, Jellybean green, Copic 

Tools:  Copic Markers, ME Creative Cuts Landscape trio

Thanks for looking!

Deconstructed Sketch 138 - You make the Grade

I am having trouble with my mojo this weekend.   To make a card has been challenging.   I pulled out several stamps and colored up a couple of images, but nothing was making me happy.    This is supposed to be fun and relaxing!    So I walked away and then decided to come back and try again the next day and I am glad that I did.    I colored up this little cutie, MFT Pure Innocence You Make the Grade.    Again I pulled a flower from my stash of made up felt flowers to add to the card.     Thanks for looking!  Hope my mojo comes back next week - I have a box of new MFT items that I will get this week!  

Stamps:  MFT PI You make the Grade, Typewriter Text Background

Paper:  PI Kraft, MFT Sweet tooth, MFT Red hot, SU Midnight Muse

Ink: SU Midnight Muse, Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark

Tools:  MFT pretty posies, Fudge Button, Hemp twine, Banner Flag stax, Rectangle Pierced Stax, White Embossing powder, Copics, Blueprints 2, Glossy Accents 

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Thanks for looking!

A Sweet Sunday Sketch and Curtain Call Challenge

Hey everyone!   I have one card to share in two challenges today.   My cards is for both the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge and the Curtain Call Challenge.    I have not done the Curtain Call challenge before but my favorite MFT is sponsoring the challenge this week, so I had to join along.    I started off with the sweet MFT A la Mode You're My Cup of Tea.   I looked thru my stamps for an image with a cup or cocoa in it.  I spotted my A la Mode image and it was perfect.   The  Curtain Call Challenge is an inspirational challenge.  

I was inspired by the blues, chocolates, cocoa and marshmallows in this photo.   Although the sentiments in the set are for tea, I am pretending it is a cup of cocoa.   She was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copics.    I used Copic Xpress it card stock.   I find this is the best card stock for me to blend colors together.  

The sketch is from the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge.  I turned the sketch on the side and added the sentiment strip.   The card was aged with Distress Inks in Tea Dye and Vintage Photo.    The papers are from an older paper pad from My Mind's Eye Indie Chic collection, it is called Nutmeg.   Perfect for this challenge!  

I added some pearls to mimic the steam coming up from the hot cup of cocoa (tea).      

Skin: E00, E11, R20 

Hair: YR21, YR23

Dress/Headband:  B95, B93, B91, E41

Cup: E34, E33, E31, E29, E59

Shoes/Tag/Shading: W5, W3, W1, W00

Other items used: 

Stamps:  MFT A la Mode You're My Cup of Tea

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Distress ink Tea Dye and Vintage Photo

Papers:  SU Baja Breeze, MFT Nightshift Blue, MME Indie Chic Nutmeg

Cool tools:  MFT: Pierced Rectangle Stax, Rectangle Stax 1, Blueprints 1, 2 & 4,  SU Pearls, Blending tool, White Uniball Signo Broad Gel Pen, Silver Wink of Stella pen

On the inside, I layered an additional layer of Baja Breeze card stock along with a light paper from MME pack.   I stamped the A la mode image again in SU Baja Breeze and added a greeting of Thank You from the MFT LJD Pretty Poppies set.    (Sorry I did not take a photo of the inside.   I will have to remember in the future! :-) 

Thanks for stopping by!   Hope you have a warm and fantastic week!