Let It Snow

Hello, everyone! I finally had some time to give a Simon Says Stamp Challenge a try. This card is for the Wednesday Winter Inspiration Challenge.

My card started with a Sweet Tooth card stock base. Next, from more Sweet Tooth card stock, I cut a Polaroid Cover-Up Die-namics and stamped the sentiment, from LJD Snowflake Splendor with Wild Cherry ink. I tied around some baker’s twine and set it aside. On a background of Grout Gray cardstock, I built my woody snow scene using the tree from Spooky Scene Die-namics and Natural card stock, Kraft card stock, and Chocolate Brown card stock. To give them a little more realism I swiped them all with a white paint dauber and adhered them to the gray background. To created the snow, I mixed some Sweet Tooth pigment ink with Sheer Shimmer Mist MIX-ables and splattered it on. I also added some more pronounced “snow flakes” with a white pen. I adhered that to my card base, then popped the Polaroid frame up on foam. I added a couple of red birds using Framed Lovebirds Centerpieces Die-namics and Wild Cherry card stock and finished off with some clear sequins.

Here’s a close up of my scene:




I stamped another sentiment from LJD Snowflake Splendor on the inside with Wild Cherry dye ink.

 

And that’s it! Thanks so much for stopping by today—see you back soon!

LJD Snowflake Splendor	Wild Cherry Ink	Sweet Tooth Pigment Ink Pad	Natural Card Stock
Kraft Card Stock	Wild Cherry Card Stock	Sweet Tooth Card Stock	Heavyweight Card Stock Grout Gray
Heavyweight Card Stock Chocolate Brown	Die-namics Spooky Scene	Die-namics Polaroid Cover-Up	Die-namics Centerpieces Framed Lovebirds
MIX-ables Sheer Shimmer Mist

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~Supplies~
Stamps: LJD Snowflake Splendor (MFT)
Ink: Wild Cherry dye ink, Sweet Tooth pigment ink (MFT)
Paper: Sweet Tooth card stock, Kraft card stock, Chocolate Brown card stock, Natural card stock, Wild Cherry card stock, Grout Gray card stock (MFT)
Accessories/tools: Vagabond; Polaroid Cover-Up Die-namics, Spooky Scene Die-namics, Framed Lovebirds Centerpieces Die-namics, Sheer Shimmer Mist MIX-ables (MFT); baker’s twine, clear sequins, foam tape, paint dauber

Hello Friend–C4C #266

Hi, everyone, this is the last Crazy 4 Challenges of 2014. We’re taking the rest of the year off and will be back to challenge you again starting on January 3rd! Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and very Happy New Year!

For the last challenge of the year, Heather asks us to make a winter birthday card and I am shamelessly CASEing a Debbie Hughes design. For my card, I started with a Sweet Tooth card stock base, then stamped up some Nightshift Blue card stock with Sweet Tooth pigment ink and Snowfall Background. Next I cut LLD Insert It – Instaframe Die-namics from Sweet Tooth card stock, popped it up on foam, added some silver thread, Let It Snowflake Die-namics, and silver sequins. The sentiment, from LJD Snowflake Splendor, was stamped on a Stitched Fishtail Flags STAX Die-namics with Nightshift Blue dye ink and also popped up on foam.

The winter birthday sentiment was stamped on the inside with Nightshift Blue dye ink.




And that's it! Be sure to check out what the rest of the design team has for you, including our December Guest Designer, Holly Flores!

• Anja de Regt
• Barbara Anders (<-- that's me!)
• Danielle Lounds
• Donna Wright
• Frances Byrne
• Heather Pulvirenti
• Jessie Rone
• Joanne Grzelak
• Karen Aicken
• Kelli Hull
• Kristine Reynolds
• Peggy McCurry
• Holly Flores – November Guest Designer

THEN, you know what to do--we'd love to have you come along and play with us. Just do your thing with the challenge and link it to Mr. Linky on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog. Please link directly to your project. And, if you upload to a public gallery, please use the key word C4C266.

Thanks so much for stopping by today—see you soon!

LJD Snowflake Splendor	Snowfall Background	Sweet Tooth Pigment Ink Pad	Premium Dye Ink Pad Nightshift Blue
Sweet Tooth Card Stock	Nightshift Blue Card Stock	Die-namics LLD Insert It - InstaFrame	Die-namics Stitched Fishtail Flag STAX
Die-namics Let It Snowflake

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~Supplies~
Stamps: Snowfall Background, LJD Snowflake Splendor (MFT)
Ink: Nightshift Blue dye ink, Sweet Tooth pigment ink (MFT)
Paper: Sweet Tooth card stock, Nightshift Blue card stock (MFT)
Accessories/tools: Vagabond; Stitched Fishtail Flags STAX Die-namics, Let It Snowflake Die-namics, LLD Insert It - Instaframe Die-namics (MFT); foam tape, sequins, silver thread

MFT November Release Countdown, Day Seven

It’s time! Time to start MFT’s November Release Countdown! We have some amazing products again for you this month, along with a surprise :) Today we’re previewing Blueprints 20 Die-namics, LJD Cozy Mittens, LJD Nordic Knits, and LJD Cozy Mittens Die-namics. Release is on November 11, at 10pm, so mark your calendars now—and get all the details at the MFT Blog. 

And here’s the surprise: In addition to stamps, Die-namics and stencils, this month MFT is releasing the first 14 colors of their new line of pigment inks! YES, I said PIGMENT INK!! I’m using a bunch on my Countdown cards this month, and be sure to check out the MFT Blog for all of those details, too :)

Before I tell you about my cards, let me tell you a little about my experience with these pigment inks: coverage is excellent, just excellent, as in I’m blown AWAY excellent! Pigment inks have a bit of a chalky look so the colors are a little more muted than their dye and hybrid ink cousins but all the more gorgeous, IMO. I just LOVE how they look on paper! As you would expect, they do take longer to dry, but totally worth the wait—or, if you’re like me and CAN’T wait, a little help from your heat tool will take care of that. Stamps clean up in a jiffy with water and I noticed very minimal staining—I *am* pretty good about cleaning up stamps immediately. I am in LOVE with these inks, can you tell!?!?

This release might be my favorite one ever, y’all, so hang on to your hats!

I have a couple of cards for you, using all of the products being previewed today. My first card starts with a Sweet Tooth card stock base, the edge of which I stamped with Blu Raspberry pigment ink and an image from LJD Nordic Knits. You won’t believe how long I’ve wanted a set like this! I added a strip of Kraft card stock to a Sweet Tooth card stock panel, then I stamped another image from LJD Nordic Knits with Kraft pigment ink, then a strip of Kraft card stock stamped with Kraft pigment ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. With more Blu Raspberry pigment ink and Kraft pigment ink, I stamped up some mittens created with LJD Cozy Mittens and LJD Cozy Mittens Die-namics, popped them up on foam and stamped the sentiment, also from LJD Cozy Mittens.

On the inside, I stamped a sentiment from another set being released this month, Cozy Greetings.


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My second card features Blueprints 20 Die-namics at center stage. It’s a darling little quilt set! How cute is that!? Just think of all the color combos you can come up with for this!



I started with a Sweet Tooth card stock base, then cut another piece of Sweet Tooth card stock with the large scallop die from the set. Next, I stamped up some patterned paper on Sweet Tooth card stock with a previously released set, Plaid Builder Background, and Black Licorice dye ink, Grape Jelly dye ink, and Blu Raspberry dye ink and cut it out with another element from Blueprints 20 Die-namics. Then I created my quilt, using Black Licorice card stock and Sweet Tooth card stock. The little stars inside the blocks were stamped with LLD Mod Borders, another previously released set, and adhered to the card. The sentiment, from Cozy Greetings, was stamped on a double fishtail cut from Layered Treat Tag Die-namics with Sweet Tooth pigment ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder, then popped up on foam. This card is also for this week’s Color Throwdown challenge.

Another sentiment from Cozy Greetings was stamped on the inside of the card with Black Licorice dye ink.

 

And that’s it for Day Seven of MFT’s November Release Countdown! Thanks so much for stopping by—see you back later for this week’s MFTWSC and tomorrow for another Countdown!

LJD Cozy Mittens	LJD Nordic Knits	CS Cozy Greetings	Blu Raspberry Pigment Ink Pad
Kraft Pigment Ink Pad	Kraft Card Stock	Sweet Tooth Card Stock	Die-namics LJD Cozy Mittens

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CS Cozy Greetings	DC Plaid Background Builder	LLD Border It - Mod Borders	Sweet Tooth Pigment Ink Pad
Black Licorice Ink	Premium Dye Ink Pad Grape Jelly	Blu Raspberry Ink Pad	Sweet Tooth Card Stock
Black Licorice Card Stock	Die-namics Blueprints 20	Die-namics Layered Treat Tag

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~Supplies~
Mitten Card:
Stamps: LJD Nordic Knits, LJD Cozy Mittens, Cozy Greetings (MFT)
Ink: Blu Raspberry pigment ink, Kraft pigment ink (MFT)
Paper: Sweet Tooth card stock, Kraft card stock (MFT)
Accessories/tools: Vagabond; LJD Cozy Mittens Die-namics (MFT); foam tape, clear embossing powder, heat tool

Quilt Card: 
Stamps: Plaid Builder Background, Cozy Greetings, LLD Mod Borders (MFT)
Ink: Black Licorice dye ink, Grape Jelly dye ink, Blu Raspberry dye ink, Sweet Tooth pigment ink (MFT)
Paper: Sweet Tooth card stock, Black Licorice card stock (MFT)
Accessories/tools: Vagabond; Blueprints 20 Die-namics, Layered Treat Tag Die-namics (MFT); foam tape