Countdown Kickoff!! Five Days until MFT's May Release!

 

Hello and welcome to the first day of MFT’s May Release Countdown!! I hope everyone is well and coping with the quarantine. Release is on May 5 at 10am Eastern so mark your calendars—it’s something to look forward to, amiright? And be sure to stop by the MFT Blog for all the details. Today we’re previewing BB Hanging with My Gnomies Stamp Set, BB Hanging with My Gnomies Die-namics, BB Gnome Place like Home Die-namics, Good Luck Greetings Stamp Set, Good Luck Greeting Die-namics, Rainbow Whimsy Die-namics (Free with $60), and Woodgrain Whimsy Paper Pad.





It’s been a pretty good while since I did a box card and I thought this adorable BB Gnome Place like Gnome Die-namics would work a treat for it. So I started by creating my box with its shelves and decorated the outside using Mini Cloud Edges Stencil and Grassy Fields Die-namics.

Then I cut the gnome house from card stock (see colors below) and assembled it. I colored the mushrooms with Copic markers and a white gel pen, added grass on the shelves and lots of mushrooms.

The sentiment and ladybugs are from BB Hanging with my Gnomies Stamp Set and Die-namics. The sentiment was heat embossed on Milk Chocolate card stock and popped up on foam as were the ladybugs.

And that’s it from me today! Thanks so much for stopping by! See you back tomorrow for Day Four of MFT’s May Release Countdown!

All products from My Favorite Things unless otherwise noted.

Stamps: BB Hanging with my Gnomies
Die-namics: BB Hanging with my Gnomies, BB Gnome Place like Home, Grassy Fields
Stencils: Mini Cloud Edges
Dye Ink: Blue Breeze, Kraft
Hybrid Ink: Extreme Black
MFT Card Stock/Specialty Papers: Sweet Tooth, No Line Coloring, Milk Chocolate, Natural, Gravel Gray, Razzle Berry, Gumdrop Green, Sour Apple, Cement Gray, Pineapple, Orange Zest
Supplies/Tools: foam mounting tape, Smart Grid Paper Pad

Other: Die-cutting machine, paper cutter, Mini MISTI, Mini MISTI Grid Paper Pad, MISTI Bar Magnets, Copic markers, tape runner, white detail embossing powder, Embossing Magic, Multi Medium Matte Glue, Precision Tip Glue Applicator Bottle, QuickStik Pick-up Tool, sponge daubers, plastic eraser, Mini Ink Blending Tool, Mini Ink Blending Foam Pads, Scor-Buddy, heat tool, Sakura Gelly Roll white pen

You are Mermazing–MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge #487

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 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 treat the two round elements as windows on an undersea scene for this card. I started by cutting the windows in a panel of Sweet Tooth card stock using Inside & Out Stitched Circle STAX Die-namics then dry embossed light rays using Ray of Light Stencil.

Next I sponged the underwater background using Broken China and Mermaid Lagoon Distress Inks on Strathmore Bristol Smooth paper, also using Ray of Light Stencil, lining it up with the card front embossing. I splattered some clean water and white craft paint for some interest then adhered that panel to a Sweet Tooth card stock base and popped the card front up on that with foam tape.

The images were stamped on No Line Coloring card stock with Extreme Black hybrid ink, cut out with the coordinating Die-namics, colored with Copic markers, then popped up on foam or adhered directly, finishing off with a heat embossed sentiment, stamped on Black Licorice card stock

And there you have it! Remember, you can get all the details by visiting the MFT Blog. You have the chance to win a $50 in MFT voucher. Winners are chosen at random, so everyone has a chance!

Thanks for stopping by! See you soon!

 

All products from My Favorite Things unless otherwise noted.

Stamps:  BB Mermazing
Die-namics: BB Mermazing, Inside & Out Stitched Circle STAX, Stitched Sentiment Strips
Stencils: Ray of Light
Hybrid Ink: Extreme Black
MFT Card Stock/Specialty Papers: Sweet Tooth, Black Licorice, No Line Coloring
Supplies/Tools: foam mounting tape, Smart Grid Paper Pad

Other: Die-cutting machine, paper cutter, Mini MISTI, Mini MISTI Grid Paper Pad, MISTI Bar Magnets, Copic markers, Strathmore Bristol Smooth paper, tape runner, white detail embossing powder, Embossing Magic, QuickStik Pick-up Tool, Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen, Mini Mister, plastic eraser, Mini Ink Blending Tool, Mini Ink Blending Foam Pads, Scor-Buddy, heat tool, Broken China and Mermaid Lagoon Distress Inks  

Hello There, Beautiful–Color Throwdown Challenge #591

Hello and welcome to a new Color Throwdown Challenge!! This week Amy Rysavy is our hostess and she’s chosen a monochromatic color palette for us to work with.






I rarely do monochromatic designs so a challenge every now and then is good for me, right? I already had a design in mind as I’d decided to seriously CASE this card by my amazing MFT teammate Laura Dovalo the first chance I had—I didn’t know it would be this soon, but I love how it turned out with these colors! Thanks for the idea, Laura!!

I started with a Sweet Tooth card stock base, on which I adhered paper from Birthday Brights paper pad, then worked on another panel of Sweet Tooth card stock for the card front. I cut Bold Beautiful Die-namics from Boysenberry, Razzle Berry, and Cotton Candy card stocks and piece the letters until I was happy. Once that was done I popped that up on the card base with foam tape.

The sentiment is from More Essential Sentiments, heat embossed on Boysenberry card stock that were cut with Stitched Sentiment Strips Die-namics and popped up on foam. Enamel dots in the challenge colors finished it off.

And that’s it from me! Remember, you do not have to have the exact colors to play the Color Throwdown challenge. If you don't, just use the closest you have. So, c'mon over to the Color Throwdown blog and play along with us this week. Please use the link service to post your card and please link directly to your card so we can find it easily. And please include a link in your post to the Color Throwdown. If you upload your card to a public forum, please use the keyword CTD591 so we can see your beauty all in one place, and use #ctd591 and #colorthrowdown on social media. Hope to see you there! Be sure to check out what the other team members have come up with this week along with our April Guest Designer, Judy Rozema!

Amy Rohl
Amy Rysavy
Barbara Anders (<—You are here!)
Broni Holcombe
Jodi Collins
Lisa Henke
Lori Tecler
Lynn Put
Vickie Zimmer
Wanda Cullen
Judy Rozema – April Guest Designer

Thanks so much for stopping by today! See you soon!

All products from My Favorite Things unless otherwise noted.

Stamps: More Essential Sentiments
Die-namics: Bold Beautiful, Stitched Sentiment Strips
Patterned Paper: Birthday Brights
MFT Card Stock/Specialty Papers: Boysenberry, Razzle Berry, Cotton Candy, Sweet Tooth
Supplies/Tools: foam mounting tape, Smart Grid Paper Pad

Other: Die-cutting machine, paper cutter, Mini MISTI, Mini MISTI Grid Paper Pad, MISTI Bar Magnets, tape runner, white detail embossing powder, Embossing Magic, Multi Medium Matte Glue, Precision Tip Glue Applicator Bottle, QuickStik Pick-up Tool, plastic eraser, Scor-Buddy, heat tool, enamel dots

You’re One of a Kind–MFT April Hits & Highlights

The purrfect pets in the Caticorn collection are already pretty magical. Beyond your typical coloring however, their horns, tails, and cute little bodies present an excellent opportunity for you to play with other techniques as well. Up the fairy-tale factor by choosing a whimsical palette of colors (our pick is rainbow, obviously!), adding glitter or sparkles, or even imparting a dainty pattern! Our designers are up to the task and we can’t wait to share what they’ve created this month.





As soon as I saw this challenge I knew I was going to paper piece one of the kitties! I chose Spring Whimsy paper pack for this thinking to make a play on words with this “calico” kitty! So, that’s the first thing I did, coloring the horn—and the rainbow--with Copic markers and covering the both images with clear Wink of Stella for some light shimmer. To present them, I sponged a background on Strathmore Bristol Smooth paper with Broken China Distress Ink, added grounding grass cut from more Spring Whimsy paper with Grassy Fields Die-namics. I created a little scene, surrounding it with Gold Sparkle card stock cut with A2 Rectangle Frames Die-namics using foam tape for dimension.

To finish off I added the sentiment, heat embossed on Translucent Vellum card stock cut with Skinny Strip Die-namics, adhered with clear foam tape.

And there you have it from me—thanks so much for stopping by today! See you soon!

All products from My Favorite Things unless otherwise noted.

Stamps: Caticorn
Die-namics: Caticorn, A2 Rectangle Frames, Grassy Fields, Skinny Strips
Patterned Paper: Spring Whimsy
Hybrid Ink: Extreme Black
MFT Card Stock/Specialty Papers: Sweet Tooth, No Line Coloring, Gold Sparkle, Translucent Vellum
Supplies/Tools: foam mounting tape, Smart Grid Paper Pad

Other: Die-cutting machine, paper cutter, Mini MISTI, Mini MISTI Grid Paper Pad, MISTI Bar Magnets, Copic markers, Strathmore Bristol Smooth paper, tape runner, white detail embossing powder, Embossing Magic, QuickStik Pick-up Tool, plastic eraser, Mini Ink Blending Tool, Mini Ink Blending Foam Pads, Scor-Buddy, heat tool, vellum tape runner, clear Wink of Stella, Broken China Distress Ink