Hello, it’s time! MFT’s January Card Kit, Message in a Bottle, is now available for purchase in the MFT Online Boutique! Be sure to stop by the MFT Blog for all the details. I have one more card for you using this adorable kit and I had a ton of fun making it.
My other two cards had the bottle bobbing along on the waves but I wanted this one to be washed up on the beach. So to begin, I created a watercolor background using Ken Oliver Color Bursts: Flower Fresh, Brights, and Rich Moroccan Shades and added a little foam at the shoreline with white craft paint. Once that dried I cut it with Message in a Bottle Die-namics and added the shaker pouch. Before I adhered it in, though, I cut a slit at the top to allow me to actually insert the cork sheet die cut INTO the bottle. Yay! Love how that turned out! I had to add a little foam shim under the cork but that keeps it level as well as adhered. Win-win!
Then I added the sentiments from Little Love Notes Stamp Set, cut with Little Notes Die-namics and sponged with Old Paper Distress Ink along with some seed beads to simulate sand. I closed it up and adhered it to a Sweet Tooth card stock base and finished the scene with elements from Beach Scene Builder Die-namics. I love this card!
Thanks so much for stopping by! See you soon! Now go shop!
Stamps: Little Love Notes
Die-namics: Message in a Bottle, Little Notes Sentiment Strips, Beach Scene Builder
Hybrid Ink: Extreme Black
MFT Card Stock/Specialty Papers: Sweet Tooth, Pineapple, Gumdrop Green, Sour Apple, Kraft, Primitive Cream, Milk Chocolate
Supplies/Tools: foam mounting tape, Smart Grid Paper Pad, Mini MISTI, Mini MISTI Grid Paper Pad, MISTI Bar Magnets, Square Bone Folder, Scor-Buddy, craft tweezers, Ken Oliver Color Bursts: Flower Fresh, Brights, and Rich Moroccan Shades, Message in a Bottle Shaker Pouches
Other: Die-cutting machine, paper cutter, Copic markers,
Ranger Watercolor paper, tape runner, Multi Medium Matte Glue, Precision Tip Glue Applicator Bottle,
QuickStik Pick-up Tool, Mini Mister, water brush,
plastic eraser, Old Paper Distress Ink, cork sheet, seed beads, white craft paint
Oh my to be on that island! Love your creation, on my way to purchase kit!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous scene you have made for your message in a bottle. Love the sandy beach and palm tree and the distant island. So creative.
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What a clever way to create this card. Love your ingenuity!!
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome!! That bottle is just sitting there waiting to be found.
ReplyDeleteThis is stunning!
ReplyDeleteI love how you created this tropical beach scene.
ReplyDeleteWow, your water with the foam is great!
ReplyDeleteMultiple messages in the bottle, GREAT! If I was going to get a message in a bottle I would like it to say all sorts of wonderful things to me :)
ReplyDeleteLove your tropical scene. Such a treat for the person receiving your card.
ReplyDeleteLove this beach scene!!! Lovely use of the kit. Thanks for the inspiration
ReplyDeleteLove the bottle on the beach - very nice! Thank you!
ReplyDeletelove the watercolor ocean scene, perfect setting for this bottle new kit. Thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteBeach scene builder is one of my favorite die sets! This is the perfect deserted island for your bottle
ReplyDeleteDarling beach scene! I LOVE the palm tree and sand!
ReplyDeleteGreat card. I love that your bottle washed up on shore.
ReplyDeleteSweet messages in the bottle and love the beach scene.
ReplyDeleteLove this beach scene.
ReplyDeleteI love your card and anything to do with the beach.
ReplyDeleteThis is such an awesome scene card!! Love the beach and everything! <3
ReplyDeleteAwesome creation! I am loving this message in a bottle more each example that I see! I love your scene and how you slipped the cork into a slit!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful background scene. Like how you did the cork.
ReplyDeleteFabulous scene building, love this beach scene and the seed beads make it look so realistic.
ReplyDeleteawesome beach scene - love how you have used the little beads in the bottle - thanks for the inspiration
ReplyDeleteFantastic card - wonderful beach scene! I love the cork stopper!
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful! I love all of the texture in your card.
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