MFT Summer School, Session Two

MFT Summer School Session Two is in session and I have a class up on the MFT Blog today. Check it out and submit a card for a chance to win a prize!

MFT Summer School Session Three (It’s Your Turn to Learn)

Hi, everyone, welcome to another lesson in Session Three of MFT’s Summer School series! This time we’re focusing on design and color. Be sure to check it all out at the MFT Blog.




The theory we’re exploring today is Color Saturation – The intensity of color. The more white or gray that’s added, the less saturated the color becomes. Cards tend to work best when the saturation of the colors are on a similar scale.  

I decided to work with the recently released LJD Scribble Roses, colored with Copic markers using intense values of orange, red, and dark red to illustrate the theory. I started with a Sweet Tooth card stock base, then added a strip of Dots & Stripes Neutral Paper Pack in Steel Gray to balance out the bold colors in the roses. Next I added a trimmed down piece of Sweet Tooth card stock, popped up on foam, then cut LJD Scribble Roses Die-namics from Neenah Classic Crest Cover, Solar White Smooth, 110lb, stamped the images from LJD Scribble Roses with Black Licorice hybrid ink, colored them, and popped them up on foam. The sentiment is from BB Polynesian Paradise and was stamped with Black Licorice hybrid ink before finishing off with enamel dots to match the roses.




And there you have it—I think these intense colors play nicely on the white background with the gray and white striped border. Be sure to check out the MFT Blog to see which other designers are participating in this lesson. Thanks so much for stopping by! See you soon!

LJD Scribble Roses	Encouraging Words	BB Polynesian Paradise	Hybrid Ink Pad Black Licorice
Sweet Tooth Card Stock	Dots & Stripes Neutral Paper Pack	Die-namics LJD Scribble Roses	Foam Mounting Tape 1/2%u201D

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~Supplies~
Stamps: LJD Scribble Roses, Encouraging Words, BB Polynesian Paradise (MFT)
Ink: Black Licorice hybrid ink (MFT)
Paper: Sweet Tooth card stock, Dots & Stripes Neutral Paper Pack (MFT); Neenah Classic Crest Cover, Solar White Smooth, 110lb
Accessories/tools: Vagabond; LJD Scribble Roses Die-namics, foam mounting tape (MFT); Copic markers, enamel dots

MFT Summer School Session Three (It’s Your Turn to Learn)

Hi, everyone, welcome to Session Three of MFT’s Summer School series! This time we’re focusing on design and color. Be sure to check it all out at the MFT Blog.

The theory we’re exploring today is Repetition – Repeating visual elements such as line, color, shape, texture, value, or image tends to unify the total effect of a card’s design as well as create rhythm.

I chose to work with some products from the latest release for my project today: BB Polynesian Paradise, BB Polynesian Paradise Die-namics, Pineapple Background, and an older product, MPD Scallops Stencil. The first two are obvious, but the stencil caught my eye when I saw it upside down—it resembles the design on the rind of a pineapple, I think.

I started with a Sweet Tooth card stock base on which a stamped a strip of Pineapple Background by quickly coloring the small images with three colors of my Zig Clean Color Brush Markers, then I huffed and stamped. I was pretty amazed at how well the images transferred and was really happy with the results. Next I trimmed down another piece of Sweet Tooth card stock and dry embossed it with MPD Scallops Stencil, then popped it up on foam mounting tape. The sentiment is from BB Polynesian Paradise and was stamped on Black Licorice card stock with Versamark, heat embossed with white detail embossing powder, and also popped up on foam.




Next I stamped the pineapple from BB Polynesian Paradise on a BB Polynesian Paradise Die-namics, cut from Neenah Classic Crest Cover, Solar White Smooth, 110lb, and stamped with Black Licorice hybrid ink using my MISTI for super-accurate stamping. I colored it with my Zig markers and popped it on foam, as well, then I finished off with enamel dots.




As you can see, not only was the “theme” of the pineapple repeated several times, but repetition is also apparent in the colors and in the texture—both in the colored dimension of the images and in the dry embossing.

I hope you’ve gained a little something from my post today—be sure to check out what the other designers have to show you, too, at the MFT Blog. Thanks for stopping by—see you soon!

BB Polynesian Paradise	BG Pineapple Background	Hybrid Ink Pad Black Licorice	Versamark Ink Pad
Sweet Tooth Card Stock	Black Licorice Card Stock	Die-namics BB Polynesian Paradise	Die-namics Blueprints 12
Stencil MPD Scallops	Foam Mounting Tape 1/2%u201D	White Detail Embossing Powder	Waterbrush Small
Die-namics Embossing Pad Combo	MISTI Deluxe Pack

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~Supplies~
Stamps: BB Polynesian Paradise, Pineapple Background  (MFT)
Ink: Black Licorice hybrid ink, Versamark (MFT)
Paper: Sweet Tooth card stock, Black Licorice card stock (MFT); Neenah Classic Crest Cover, Solar White Smooth, 110lb
Accessories/tools: Vagabond; BB Polynesian Paradise Die-namics, Blueprints 12 Die-namics, MPD Scallops Stencil, foam mounting tape, white detail embossing powder, Die-namics Embossing pad combo, small water brush, MISTI (MFT); heat tool, Zig Clean Color Brush Markers, enamel dots