Hello There–MFT Color Challenge #84

Hi, all, I'm back with the latest MFT Color Challenge! Are you ready? Here’s this week’s color combo: Lemon Chiffon, Cornflower, Orange Fizz, and Nightshift Blue. All of the details about the color challenge are available on the MFT Challenge & Inspiration blog as well as in the weekly newsletter. The MFT Design Team will be on hand to provide plenty of inspiration to get you started.

I decided to create a “cool” scene using BB Polar Bear Pals Stamp Set and BB Polar Bear Pals Die-namics, along with BB Icebergs Die-namics and Stitched Snow Drifts. I used Lemon Chiffon and Orange Fizz dye inks to sponge my sky and assembled the die cuts to create the background.



The bear was stamped with Black Licorice hybrid ink and his scarf was colored in the challenge colors with Copic markers. The sentiment was stamped on the lower snow drift element and  foam tape was used for dimension.

And there you have it! Remember, you can get all the details by visiting the MFT Challenge Blog. You have the chance to win a $20 in MFT voucher. One winner is chosen at random each week!

Thanks for stopping by! See you soon!

All products from My Favorite Things unless otherwise noted.

Stamps: Polar Bear Pals
Die-namics: Polar Bear Pals, Icebergs, Stitched Snow Drifts
Dye Ink: Lemon Chiffon, Orange Fizz
Hybrid Ink: Black Licorice
MFT Card Stock: Sweet Tooth, Stone Gray, No-Line Coloring
Supplies: foam mounting tape
Tools: Smart Grid Paper Pad, MISTI, Square Bone Folder, Scor-Buddy, QuickStik Pick-up Tool, Copics, Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen, craft tweezers, Mini Ink Blending Tool
Other: craft sheet

Sorry I Was Crabby–MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge #365

Hi, everyone, I’m back with this week’s MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge! Are you ready? Here’s this week’s sketch. All of the details about the sketch challenge are available on the MFT Challenge & Inspiration blog as well as in the weekly newsletter. The MFT Design Team will be on hand to provide plenty of inspiration to get you started.

As you can see, I used a little creative license with this sketch ;-) I started by creating my background by heat embossing Whimsical Waves Background and applying a watercolor wash, then popped it up on foam on a Sweet Tooth card stock base.

Next I stamped and cut the crabs, from Ocean Pals Stamp Set and Ocean Pals Die-namics, colored them with Copics and popped them up on the background, also with foam.



The sentiment was heat embossed on a strip of Black Licorice card stock, adhered with foam, as well.

And there you have it! Remember, you can get all the details by visiting the MFT Challenge Blog. You have the chance to win a $20 in MFT voucher. One winner is chosen at random each week!

Thanks for stopping by! See you soon!

All products from My Favorite Things unless otherwise noted.

Stamps: Ocean Pals, Whimsical Waves Background
Die-namics: Ocean Pals
Hybrid Ink: Black Licorice
Specialty Inks: Versamark
MFT Card Stock: Sweet Tooth, Black Licorice, No-Line Coloring
Specialty Papers: Ranger Watercolor Paper
Supplies: foam mounting tape, Peerless Watercolors, white detail embossing powder, Multi Medium Matte Glue
Tools: Smart Grid Paper Pad, MISTI, Square Bone Folder, Scor-Buddy, QuickStik Pick-up Tool, Precision Tip Glue Applicator Bottle, Embossing Magic, Copics, Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen, Mini Mister, water brush, craft tweezers
Other: heat tool

Shine Like the Stars–MFT Creative Construction with Blueprints

Hi, everyone, I’m back with this month’s Creative Construction with Blueprints Challenge! Are you ready? Here’s this month’s challenge: Star Power. All of the details about the challenge are available on the MFT Challenge & Inspiration blog as well as in the weekly newsletter. The MFT Design Team will be on hand to provide plenty of inspiration to get you started.

This was such a fun and easy challenge! I love using stars from Blueprints! First I created a watercolor background with Peerless Watercolors on Ranger Watercolor Paper, splattered some watered down white craft paint for stars, and popped it up on a Sweet Tooth card stock base with foam tape. Then I cut Shining Stars Die-namics from Silver Sparkle card stock, layered it with white card stock for strength and set it aside.



The sentiment from Written in the Stars was heat embossed on Black Licorice card stock and adhered to the card front. Next the stars die cut was adhered and I finished off with stars from Blueprints 13 Die-namics and Tag Builder Blueprints 6 Die-namics.

And there you have it! Remember, you can get all the details by visiting the MFT Challenge Blog. You have the chance to win a $20 in MFT voucher. One winner is chosen at random each week!

Thanks for stopping by! See you soon!

All products from My Favorite Things unless otherwise noted.

Stamps: Written in the Stars
Die-namics: Shining Stars, Blueprints 27, Blueprints 13, Tag Builder Blueprints 6
Specialty Inks: Versamark
MFT Card Stock: Sweet Tooth, Black Licorice
Specialty Papers: Ranger Watercolor Paper, Silver Sparkler card stock
Supplies: foam mounting tape, Peerless Watercolors, white detail embossing powder, Multi Medium Matte Glue
Tools: Smart Grid Paper Pad, MISTI, Square Bone Folder, Scor-Buddy, QuickStik Pick-up Tool, Precision Tip Glue Applicator Bottle, Embossing Magic, Mini Mister, water brush
Other: white craft paint, heat tool

Sending Prayers–MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge #364

Hi, everyone, I’m back with this week’s MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge! Are you ready? Here’s this week’s sketch. All of the details about the sketch challenge are available on the MFT Challenge & Inspiration blog as well as in the weekly newsletter. The MFT Design Team will be on hand to provide plenty of inspiration to get you started.

I wanted to used that focal image as a window so I created a serene scene outside by sponging and stamping Modern Trees. I used Translucent Vellum for the curtains to look like sheers. Since the top background was pretty plain, I dry embossed Radiating Rays Stencil for some interest and texture.



I adhered some Black & White Basics patterned paper across the bottom, and a strip of Black Licorice card stock across the center with the sentiment, from Deepest Sympathy, heat embossed beside the window.

And there you have it! Remember, you can get all the details by visiting the MFT Challenge Blog. You have the chance to win a $20 in MFT voucher. One winner is chosen at random each week!

Thanks for stopping by! See you soon!

All products from My Favorite Things unless otherwise noted.

Stamps: Deepest Sympathy, Modern Trees
Die-namics: Classic Window
Stencils: Radiating Rays
Dye Ink: Banana Split, Coral Crush, Blue Breeze, Black Licorice
Specialty Inks: Versamark
Patterned Paper: Black & White Basics
MFT Card Stock: Sweet Tooth, Black Licorice
Specialty Papers: Translucent Vellum
Supplies: foam mounting tape, white detail embossing powder, Multi Medium Matte Glue
Tools: Smart Grid Paper Pad, MISTI, Square Bone Folder, Scor-Buddy, QuickStik Pick-up Tool, Precision Tip Glue Applicator Bottle, Embossing Magic, Mini Ink Blending Tool, Embossing Pad Combo
Other: heat tool

MFT December Card Kit–Furever Friends Release!

Hi, everyone, are you ready??!! Furever Friends Card Kit is now available for purchase in the MFT Boutique! You’ve seen some amazing samples over the last couple of days from the design team and that’s just the tip of the creative iceberg—so many things you can do with this kit. Be sure to check by the MFT Blog for more info and more samples, then go snag yours! Remember, we now have a new free with $60 die available for our customers with every kit release. It will be the free die (while supplies last) for the duration of the month until the next release. The mid-month Free with $60 die for December is Pet Perches Die-namics.




Don’t you just love it when you see doggies and kitties as best friends??? The image I used today shows just that :) It was stamped with the new and AWESOME Extreme Black Hybrid Ink and colored with Copic markers before being popped up on the card front with foam tape.



The background was done by sponging the bottom then stamping the sentiment, then creating “wallpaper” by using Triple Stripe Background. To accent the red bed, I added Itsy Bitsy Polka Dots patterned paper on the card base, then tied some sweet gingham ribbon (does everyone still have a stash of ribbon like I do?) around the card front and popped it up on the base with foam tape.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope I’ve given you some ideas for using YOUR Friends Furever Card Kit. See you soon!

All products from My Favorite Things unless otherwise noted.

Stamps: Furever Friends Card Kit, Triple Stripe Background
Die-namics: Furever Friends Card Kit
Dye Ink: Latte, Blue Breeze
Hybrid Ink: Extreme Black Hybrid Ink (card kit)
Patterned Paper: Itsy Bitsy Polka Dots
MFT Card Stock: Sweet Tooth, No-Line Coloring
Supplies: foam mounting tape, Multi Medium Matte Glue
Tools: Smart Grid Paper Pad, MISTI, Square Bone Folder, Scor-Buddy, QuickStik Pick-up Tool, Precision Tip Glue Applicator Bottle, Copics, Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen, Mini Ink Blending Tool
Other: ribbon

MFT December Card Kit–Furever Friends, Countdown Day Two

Hi, all! So, what do you think of this month’s kit? Adorable, amiright? The Design Team had some samples for you yesterday and there’s more to come today so be sure to check out the MFT Blog for all the details. Release is tonight at 9pm Eastern, so make a note!




I’m all about indoor only for kitties so I created a comfy rescued cat scene for today’s card :) If you have a cat, you know that besides food, a soft bed and being able to look out of a window are HIGH on their priority lists! Now, a soft bed could simply be a cardboard box with a towel but my kitty here has a plush cat bed and a carpet covered perch for her bird and squirrel sightings (she’s in her bed now since there doesn’t appear to be any wildlife to see at present ;-))



I sponged the background, added Classic Window Die-namics along with pretty curtains and stamped the sentiment across the bottom. The bed and perch are in the mid month Free With $60 Pet Perches Die-namics and the kitty and sentiment are from Furever Friends Stamp Set and Die-namics and were stamped with Extreme Black Hybrid Ink and the kitty was colored with Copic markers.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! See you back tonight for Release!

All products from My Favorite Things unless otherwise noted.

Stamps: Furever Friends Card Kit
Die-namics: Furever Friends Card Kit, Classic Window
Dye Ink: Latte, Coral Crush
Hybrid Ink: Extreme Black Hybrid Ink (card kit)
Patterned Paper: Plaid Patterns
MFT Card Stock: Sweet Tooth, Berrylicious, No-Line Coloring
Specialty Papers: Birch Wood Adhesive Backed Sheet, Ranger Watercolor Paper
Supplies: foam mounting tape, Peerless Watercolors, Multi Medium Matte Glue
Tools: Smart Grid Paper Pad, MISTI, Square Bone Folder, Scor-Buddy, QuickStik Pick-up Tool, Precision Tip Glue Applicator Bottle, Copics, Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen, Mini Mister, water brush, Mini Ink Blending Tool

MFT December Card Kit–Furever Friends, Countdown Day One!

Hey everyone! It’s time for MFT’s December Card Kit! Furever Friends Card Kit is SO adorable!!! It will be available for purchase tomorrow night, December 19th, at 9pm Eastern in the MFT Online Boutique. Be sure to stop by the MFT Blog for all the details and more samples from the MFT Design Team.

Included in this kit is Furever Friends Stamp Set and Die-namics, along with the new Extreme Black Hybrid ink cube, and an assortment of card stocks. The mid-month Free with $60 die is Pet Perches Die-namics.

For today’s card, I played off one of the sentiments: “A Friend Like You Comes Along Once in Nine Lives” to drive the design. On a Sweet Tooth card stock base, I stamped a kitty image nine times with the new and AWESOME Extreme Black Hybrid Ink, then stamped and die cut another one, colored it with Copics, and popped it up in the center to make that special kitty stand out.



The sentiment was stamped with Versamark on Black Licorice card stock and heat embossed, then also popped up on foam tape. I added some matching enamels dots as an accent.

And there you have it! Thanks so much for stopping by! See you back tomorrow for Day Two!





All products from My Favorite Things unless otherwise noted.

Stamps: Furever Friends Card Kit
Die-namics: Furever Friends Card Kit, Slanted Sentiment Strips
Hybrid Ink: Extreme Black Hybrid Ink (included in kit)
Specialty Inks: Versamark
MFT Card Stock: Furever Friends Card Kit, No-Line Coloring
Supplies: foam mounting tape, white detail embossing powder, Multi Medium Matte Glue
Tools: Smart Grid Paper Pad, MISTI, Square Bone Folder, Scor-Buddy, QuickStik Pick-up Tool, Precision Tip Glue Applicator Bottle, Embossing Magic, Copics, Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen
Other: heat tool, enamel dots

Celebrate the New Year–MFT Color Challenge #83

Hi, all, I'm back with the latest MFT Color Challenge! Are you ready? Here’s this week’s color combo: Tropical Teal, Latte, Pure Plum, and Safety Orange. All of the details about the color challenge are available on the MFT Challenge & Inspiration blog as well as in the weekly newsletter. The MFT Design Team will be on hand to provide plenty of inspiration to get you started.

This was a fun card to make! I decided to use the challenge colors for balloons and thought a New Year’s card would be a good way to use the balloons :) First I stamped the background using Snowfall Background and Delicata Gold Pigment Ink for confetti. I cut the balloons from the challenge colors and added Little Numbers Die-namics, cut from Black Licorice card stock for the year and the strings.



Before I adhered the balloon elements, I partially dry embossed Radiating Rays Stencil and added Celebrate Die-namics cut from Brushed Gold card stock. I popped the balloons up on foam tape and heat embossed the sentiment, from Hand Lettered Holiday Stamp Set.

And there you have it! Remember, you can get all the details by visiting the MFT Challenge Blog. You have the chance to win a $20 in MFT voucher. One winner is chosen at random each week!

Thanks for stopping by! See you soon!

All products from My Favorite Things unless otherwise noted.

Stamps: Hand Lettered Holiday, Snowfall Background
Die-namics: Big Birthday Balloons, Celebrate, Little Numbers
Stencils: Radiating Rays
Specialty Inks: Versamark, Delicata Gold Pigment Ink 
MFT Card Stock: Sweet Tooth, Latte, Tropical Teal, Pure Plum, Safety Orange, Black Licorice
Specialty Papers: Brushed Gold
Supplies: foam mounting tape, white detail embossing powder, Multi Medium Matte Glue
Tools: Smart Grid Paper Pad, MISTI, Square Bone Folder, Scor-Buddy, QuickStik Pick-up Tool, Precision Tip Glue Applicator Bottle, Embossing Magic, Embossing Pad Combo
Other: heat tool

Let It Snow!–MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge #363

Hi, everyone, I’m back with this week’s MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge! Are you ready? Here’s this week’s sketch. All of the details about the sketch challenge are available on the MFT Challenge & Inspiration blog as well as in the weekly newsletter. The MFT Design Team will be on hand to provide plenty of inspiration to get you started.



I needed ONE more Christmas card so I got out Scenic Snow Globe Die-namics to build a little scene. Before I did that, I stenciled Art Extravagance Snowflake Paste through Snowfall Stencil for a background. It’s hard to see but this is a texture paste with tiny sparkles built in—it’s gorgeous!!



I also added it toe the snow drifts and trees, then built my scene—see below for card stock colors used. The sentiment is from Snow Globe Sentiments and was heat embossed on Black Licorice card stock cut with Essential Fishtail Sentiment Strips. Foam tape was used for dimension between layers and to pop up elements.

And there you have it! Remember, you can get all the details by visiting the MFT Challenge Blog. You have the chance to win a $20 in MFT voucher. One winner is chosen at random each week!

Thanks for stopping by! See you soon!

All products from My Favorite Things unless otherwise noted.

Stamps: Snow Globe Sentiments
Die-namics: Scenic Snow Globe, Essential Fishtail Sentiment Strips
Stencils: Snowfall
Specialty Inks: Versamark
MFT Card Stock: Sweet Tooth, Black Licorice, Wild Cherry, Orange Zest, Elf Green, Jellybean Green, Chocolate Brown
Supplies: foam mounting tape, white detail embossing powder, Multi Medium Matte Glue
Tools: Smart Grid Paper Pad, MISTI, Square Bone Folder, Scor-Buddy, QuickStik Pick-up Tool, Precision Tip Glue Applicator Bottle, Embossing Magic, palette knife
Other: heat tool