MFT Color Challenge #20 and MFT's 2015 Design Team Reveal!

Hello, there!! Today I have a card for MFT’s Color Challenge #20 and to let you know today’s the day! Over at the MFT Blog
there’s a big announcement about the 2015 Design Team. That’s all I can say except I’m thrilled to be a part of this amazingly talented team!! Yippee!! Check it out!!

Also check out the latest MFT Color Challenge! Are you ready? Here’s the color combo: Lavender Fields, Wild Wisteria, Lemon Chiffon, and Daffodil. All of the details about the color challenge are available on the MFT Challenge & Inspiration blog as well as in the weekly newsletter. The MFT Challenge & Inspiration Team will be on hand to provide plenty of inspiration to get you started





And now, onto my card! I started with a Grout Gray card stock base, the edge of which I stamped with Grout Gray dye ink and Simply Circles Background, on the wonky. Next I added a piece of Sweet Tooth card stock, trimmed, and a piping edges of Daffodil card stock. using Stitched Square Frames Die-namics, I created a shaker element with a Heat Resistant Acetate card stock window and a sentiment from lJD Whimsical Wishes stamped on the inside with Steel Gray dye ink.

I brought in color with Prima Donna Petals Die-namics and Gerbera Daisy Die-namics and accented the flowers with Simple Leaf Flourishes Die-namics cut from both Sweet Tooth card stock and Translucent Vellum.

Another sentiment from LJD Whimsical Wishes was stamped on the inside.



And that’s all from me today! Thanks so much for stopping by—see you soon!

BG Simply Circles Background	LJD Whimsical Wishes	Premium Dye Ink Pad Steel Grey	Grout Gray Premium Dye Ink Pad
Sweet Tooth Card Stock	Heavyweight Card Stock Grout Gray	Wild Wisteria Prestige Card Stock	Lavender Fields Prestige Card Stock
Lemon Chiffon Prestige Card Stock	Daffodil Prestige Card Stock	Translucent Vellum	Heat Resistant Acetate
Die-namics Gerbera Daisy	Die-namics Prima Donna Petals	Die-namics Simple Leaf Flourishes	Die-namics Stitched Square Frames
Foam Mounting Tape 1/2%u201D

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~Supplies~
Stamps:Simply Circles Background, LJD Whimsical Wishes (MFT)
Ink: Grout Gray dye ink, Steel Gray dye ink (MFT)
Paper: Sweet Tooth card stock,
Grout Gray card stock, Daffodil card stock, Lemon Chiffon card stock, Wild Wisteria card stock, Lavender Fields card stock, Translucent vellum, Heat Resistant Acetate card stock (MFT)
Accessories/tools: Vagabond; Gerbera Daisy Die-namics, Prima Donna Petals Die-namics, Simple Leaf Flourishes Die-namics, Stitched Square Frames Die-namics, foam mounting tape (MFT); sequins, seed beads, hot glue/gun

Week In Review–April 20–26, 2015

Here’s a recap of what I posted this past week…you know, in case there was something you missed ;-) 

Introducing Décor and More Alphabets


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My Favorite Things Meets Page Maps


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MFT April Creative Challenge–Fantastic Florals


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Always Believe in Yourself – CTD #339


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Each New Day Brings Hope – MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge #225


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MFT April Die-namics Design Challenge - ABC 123


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Just a Note - C4C #283


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Celebrate - SSSC #266




And that’s it for the past week at Paper Pursuits—remember, it’s all about the art! Thanks so much for stopping by today! See you soon!

Celebrate - SSSC #266

Hi, everyone, welcome to this week’s Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge! I love this sketch so much!! That big ol’ circle said “shaker card” to me and the accents became balloons—I had such FUN making this card!!




I started with a Sweet Tooth card stock base, then on another piece of Sweet Tooth card stock, I cut the circle out with Blueprints 12 Die-namics. I used Heat Resistant Acetate card stock for my window and popped it up on foam mounting tape after inserting my sequins and seed beads. I stamped the balloon from BB Somebunny three times and extended the strings because I knew I was going to need them longer, then fussy cut them out after coloring with Copic markers. I popped them up on foam, stamped the sentiment, from LLD Delicious Birthday (the sentiment is curved but I just straightened it out on my block), with Versamark, heat embossed with white detail embossing powder, and popped it up on foam as well. A few matching enamel dots finished it off!

Another sentiment from LLD Delicious Birthday was stamped on the inside.




And there you have it! Thanks so much for stopping by—hope to see you playing along over at the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge! See you soon!

BB Somebunny	LLD Delicious Birthday	Hybrid Ink Pad Black Licorice	Versamark Ink Pad
Sweet Tooth Card Stock	Black Licorice Card Stock	Heat Resistant Acetate	Die-namics Blueprints 12
Die-namics BB Somebunny	White Detail Embossing Powder	Foam Mounting Tape 1/2%u201D

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~Supplies~
Stamps: LLD Delicious Birthday, BB Somebunny (MFT)    
Ink: Black Licorice hybrid ink, Versamark (MFT)
Paper: Sweet Tooth card stock, Black Licorice card stock, Heat resistance Acetate card stock (MFT); Neenah Classic Crest Cover, Solar White Smooth, 110lb
Accessories/tools: Vagabond; Blueprints 12 Die-namics, BB Somebunny Die-namics, foam mounting tape, white detail embossing powder (MFT); Copic markers, heat tool, enamel dots, sequins, seed beads

Just a Note - C4C #283

Happy Saturday, everyone! Hope you’ve got a fun weekend planned and I’m here to kick it off with this card using this set from MFT’s April release, MSTN Tweet On You. Lynn has challenged us to use a bird on our card or project today and what better than this darling little blue bird?

I started with a piece of Neenah Classic Crest Cover, Solar White Smooth, 110lb card stock and lightly stenciled Berrylicious dye ink through MPD Scallops Stencil. I figured the tree coloring would cover it up and I was right. I then stamped my tree, bird, and sentiment, which is from You’ve Got Mail, with Black Licorice Hybrid ink and colored the images with Copic markers. I popped that up on a Grout Gray card stock base with foam mounting tape and completed my scene as follows: the sun was cut from Daffodil card stock with Blueprints 21 Die-namics, the clouds from Sweet Tooth card stock with Cloud Trio Die-namics, the grass from Sour Apple card stock with Grassy Edges Die-namics, and the fence from Sweet Tooth card stock with Garden Fence Die-namics. I finished off with a few music notes from MSTN Tweet On You.

Another sentiment from the set was stamped on the inside.




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

• Anja de Regt
• Barbara Anders (<-- that's me!)
• Danielle Lounds
• Frances Byrne
• Jessie Rone
• Joanne Grzelak
• Karen Aicken
• Kelli Hull
• Lynn Put
• Peggy McCurry
• Raquel Mason
• Vicki Burdick – April 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 C4C283.

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

MSTN Tweet on You	DC You've Got Mail	Hybrid Ink Pad Black Licorice	Ink Pad Berrylicious
Sweet Tooth Card Stock	Sour Apple Card Stock	Heavyweight Card Stock Grout Gray	Daffodil Prestige Card Stock
Die-namics Blueprints 21	Die-namics Garden Fence	Die-namics Cloud Trio Die	Die-namics Grassy Edges
Stencil MPD Scallops	Foam Mounting Tape 1/2%u201D

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~Supplies~
Stamps: MSTN Tweet On You, You’ve Got Mail (MFT)
Ink: Black Licorice hybrid ink, Berrylicious dye ink (MFT)
Paper: Grout Gray card stock, Sweet Tooth card stock, Daffodil card stock, Sour Apple card stock (MFT); Neenah Classic Crest Cover, Solar White Smooth, 110lb
Accessories/tools: Vagabond; Blueprints 21 Die-namics, Cloud Trio Die-namics, Garden Fence Die-namics, Grassy Edges Die-namics, MPD Scallops Stencil, foam mounting tape (MFT); Copic markers