Just a Note–CTD #265

Hi, everyone! It’s Color Throwdown time! This week Vickie has an awesome color combo for us based on a striking inspiration piece.




I started with a Baked Brown Sugar card base and popped up a Sweet Tooth card stock panel. To add some texture to that white panel, I stenciled on some molding paste with MPD Scallops stencil. Then I cut out a LLD Insert It – InstaFrame Die-namics and stamped with with Baked Brown Sugar ink using LJD Spring Backgrounds. I popped that up on foam and added a Washi Tape Die-namics die cut from Not Quite Navy card stock and stamped with More Washi Patterns and Not Quite Navy ink. I added a Leaf-Filled Flourish Die-namics cut from Pistachio Pudding and a Royal Rose Die-namics cut from Crisp Cantaloupe. I stamped the sentiment, from More Essential Sentiments, with Black Licorice ink and added some matching enamel dots to finish it off.

Here’s the inside with another sentiment from More Essential Sentiments.




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 CTD265 so we can see your beauty all in one place. Hope to see you there! Be sure to check out what the other team members have come up with this week

Barbara Anders (<--- You are here!)   
Broni Holcombe
Joan Ervin
Lori Tecler
Melody Rupple
Tammy Hershberger
Vickie Zimmer
Wanda Cullen
Sankari Wegman – October Guest Designer

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

 

LJD Spring Backgrounds	More Essential Sentiments Stamp Set	DC More Washi Patterns	Sweet Tooth Card Stock
Black Licorice Ink	Die-namics Washi Tape	Die-namics Leaf-Filled Flourish	Die-namics Royal Rose
Die-namics LLD Insert It - InstaFrame	Stencil MPD Scallops

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~Supplies~
Stamps: More Essential Sentiments, More Washi Patterns, LJD Spring Backgrounds (MFT)
Paper: Sweet Tooth card stock (MFT); Baked Brown Sugar, Pistachio Pudding, Crisp Cantaloupe, Not Quite Navy (SU!)
Ink: Black Licorice ink (MFT); Not Quite Navy, Baked Brown Sugar (SU!)
Accessories/tools: Vagabond; LLD Insert It – InstaFrame Die-namics, Leaf-Filled Flourish Die-namics, Royal Rose Die-namics, Washi Tape Die-namics, MPD Scallops stencil (MFT); molding paste, enamel dots, foam tape

Countdown to Christmas–MFT October DT Creative Challenge

The MFT Design Team Creative Challenge is a monthly feature where we are challenged to explore our creative side using a specific theme, product, or technique. This month, Countdown to Christmas!  Look forward to an assortment of creations from today's participating designers as we explore creative ways to use out MFT products in a Christmas countdown project.  Be sure to check out the MFT Blog for a list of all the designers who have a project to share with you today.

This was SUCH a fun challenge! I’m always looking for new décor items, especially for Christmas, and this was perfect! I’d been toying with the idea of doing an advent calendar but with no little kiddos it seemed a little overkill for my house. I wanted something that would be interactive, though, so I came up with this idea—a chalkboard for the countdown! I love it! I especially love the retro look of what I ended up with. When I started I only had a general idea of what I was going to do and it evolved from there. Here’s how I went about it:

I started with this heavy chipboard picture frame and painted the whole thing a nice cobalt blue. Since this will hang in my dining room, I kept the colors I use in that room in mind along the way. After that, I used my MPD Stargaze stencil and stenciled on some molding paste. After I dried the molding paste, I sponged in some Sweet Tooth pigment ink to simulate far-away stars.




Then I used my Snow Drifts Die-namics and my Tree Lines Die-namics and created my snow layers. Since I was working with an area larger than a card base, I had to finagle these dies to cut across the whole thing. I did a lot of measuring and ended up using both Snow Drift Die-namics dies at the same time to go all across the paper. Same thing with my Tree Lines Die-namics. I cut them both bigger than I knew I’d need and then trimmed to fit the frame once I got them lined up together.




After I got my trees and snow adhered to the frame—the top layer is popped up on foam, I went about the sentiment. I cut my letters from By the Letters Die-namics and popped them up on foam, too. The apostrophe in front of the “‘til” is the top part of the “i” adhered at a slant.




And, finally, I used the darling snowman from Snow Globe Die-namics and popped him up on foam, too. He fits in perfectly with the overall retro look of this piece. The actual “chalkboard” is chalkboard card stock and actually works pretty well with real chalk. For long term use, I might buy a small chalkboard and have my DH cut it to fit the frame opening, but this works for now.



To finish it off, I hot glued some red jute cord to a piece of chalk and then hot glue the other end to the back of the frame. It’ll just hang around, waiting to be used every day.

And that’s it! Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you will get inspired to make your own Christmas countdown project!

 

Wild Cherry Card Stock	Kraft Card Stock	Jellybean Green Card Stock	Sweet Tooth Card Stock
Black Licorice Card Stock	Gumdrop Green Card Stock	Orange Fizz Card Stock	Pigment Ink Pad Sweet Tooth
Die-namics By the Letters Die-namics By the Letters	Die-namics Tree Lines	Die-namics Snow Drifts	Die-namics Snow Globe
Stencil MPD Stargaze

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~Supplies~
Stamps: None
Paper: Sweet Tooth card stock, Kraft card stock, Gumdrop Green card stock, Jellybean Green card stock, Wild Cherry card stock, Orange Fizz card stock, Black Licorice card stock (MFT)[ chalkboard card stock
Ink: Sweet Tooth pigment ink (MFT); Vintage Photo Distress Ink (Ranger)
Accessories/tools: Vagabond; Snow Drifts Die-namics, Tree Lines Die-namics, Snow Globe Die-namics, By the Letters Die-namics, MPD Stargaze stencil (MFT); embossing paste, hot glue/gun, ScorTape, foam tape, craft paint

Lifetime of Happiness–C4C #208

 


Hi, there, everyone! It’s time for Crazy 4 Challenges again! Today Silke Ledlow has a sketch challenge for us and she’s added the twist of a color AND theme challenge, so head on over to the Crazy 4 Challenges blog to get all the details. I thoroughly enjoyed working all the angles of this challenge—thanks for a great one, Silke!!

The theme is wedding card, with the colors gold, peach, and two greens for the palette. I started with a gold metallic card base and added the strips on the next layer which was stamped with an image from MFT’s Finishing Flourishes in Encore Gold ink on Sweet Tooth card stock. The next layer was embossed with Modern Moroccan Die-namics, then the sentiment, from Happy Thoughts, was stamped with Black Licorice ink on Sweet Tooth card stock cut with a Pierced Circle STAX Die-namics die. That was popped up on foam, then I added a First Place Award Ribbon Die-namics flag just to fill up some space cut from gold corrugated paper—love the little bit of dimension that provides. From Gumdrop Green card stock I cut a Leaf-Filled Flourish Die-namics and from Spearmint card stock I cut a Leafy Flourish Die-namics and adhered them. I then cut out several sizes of the Layered Rose Die-namics, shaped the petals and added it on the greenery. To finish it off, I adhered a large flat-backed pearl.

For the inside, I stamped a sentiment from Clearly Sentimental About Romance. 

And that's it! Be sure to check out what the rest of the design team has for you, including October’s guest designer, Lisa Elton!

• Andrea Murdock
• Anja de Regt
• Barbara Anders (<-- that's me!)
• Betty Wright
• Frances Byrne
• Jessie Rone
• Joanne Grzelak
• Kelli Hull
• Kristine Reynolds
• Peggy McCurry
• Sarah Gough
• Silke Kittmann
• Silke Ledlow
• Lisa Elton – October 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 C4C208.

Happy Thoughts	Clearly Sentimental about Romance	Finishing Flourishes Stamp Set	Bubblegum Card Stock
Sweet Tooth Card Stock	Gumdrop Green Card Stock	Spearmint Card Stock	Black Licorice Ink
Die-namics Leaf-Filled Flourish	Die-namics Leafy Flourish	Die-namics Layered Rose	Die-namics Pierced Circle STAX
Die-namics Modern Morocco	Die-namics First Place Award Ribbon DIE ONLY

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~Supplies~
Stamps: Finishing Flourishes, Happy Thoughts, Clearly Sentimental About Romance (MFT)
Paper: Sweet Tooth card stock, Gumdrop Green card stock, Spearmint card stock, Bubblegum card stock (MFT); gold metallic card stock (SU!); gold corrugated paper
Ink: Black Licorice ink (MFT); Encore Gold ink
Accessories/tools: Vagabond; Leaf-Filled Flourish Die-namics, Leafy Flourish Die-namics, Layered Rose Die-namics, Pierced Circle STAX Die-namics, Modern Moroccan Die-namics, First Place Award Ribbon Die-namics (MFT); flat back pearl, foam tape, hot glue/gun