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MFT August Kit Release!

My Favorite Things' August kit is ready and waiting for you!!! It's called Gifty Girl and it's awesome! Here it is:

















And here's what you get:

6 Shopping Tote Die Cuts

1 Package Perfect Paper Panels (24 panels)

2 yards Red/White Polka Dot Ribbon in 3/8”

2 yards Black/White Polka Dot Ribbon in 3/8”

50 Silver MINI Round Brads

50 Red MINI Round Brads

(brads are packaged in an adornments case)

Exclusive, UNRELEASED Gifty Girl MINI stamp set

An EXCLUSIVE offer good only for those who order the August kit! Details will be included with your kit!

All for $25! Get your kit HERE!

MFT Deals for the week:

• Save 10% on Pearlescent watercolors!
• Purchase a set of 36 Copic Ciao markers for $125!

Sales good from 8/12-8/14


HTDT

Check out Jody's tutorial on Pearlescent Watercolors HERE!

Color Throwdown #55

Here we are with another Color Throwdown Challenge and this is another sponsor week. Tammy has chosen our colors and she's breaking out some of the new In Colors. This week's colors are: Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry, Kraft, Black, and White. Our sponsor this week is Simon Says Stamps. You can find out all about them on the Throwdown blog.


Look at this sweet little puppy and kitty! Aren't they the cutest!? This was a difficult color combination for me--I'm not at all sure I like this card, but the image is just too cute! The sentiment is from the same set, and there are several other images and sentiments in this set.

My DP is from the new Razzleberry Lemonade DSP and my card stock is in all of the challenge colors. I added some paper piercing and black brads as accents and did a little corner punching. I stamped the doggie bone and the little mouse on Kraft, cut them out, and glued them on.

Now, c'mon over to the Color Throwdown blog and play along with us this week. Please use Mr. Linky to post your card and please link directly to your card so we can find it easily. If you upload your card to a public forum, please use the keyword CTD55 so we can see your beauty all in one place. Hope to see you there! And don't forget--this week there's a chance to win a $20 gift certificate with free shipping from Simon Says Stamps, and we'll be picking a featured stamper too!!!

Be sure to check out what the other team members have come up with this week:
Broni Holcombe--Splashes of Watercolor
Cathy Indelicato--Crafty Thoughts
Danielle Kennedy--Wild Dragonfly Designs
LeAnne Pugliese--Wee Inklings
Tammy Hershberger--Stamp Happy
Sylvia Nelson /August Guest Designer--Sylvia's Stamp Corner

I'm so glad you stopped by today!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Best of Friends (Simon Says Stamps)
Paper: Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry, Kraft, Basic Black, and Whisper White, Razzleberry Lemonade DSP (SU!); Pure Luxury 80lb paper (Gina K. Designs)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Cuttlebug/Circle Nestabilities dies; 3M foam squares, brads, plastic canvas circle template (craft store); Copic markers; Ticket Corner punch (SU!); corner rounder (EK Success); Tim Holtz ruler, Ornare paper piercing tool

Grow Love--Plant a Tree

I love this new My Favorite Things set--Grow Love. LOVE those trees!!! And, I can't wait for Fall to get here. So when I saw the OCC challenge for this week, this set immediately came to mind. The challenge is an inspiration challenge and you can see it here. I pulled out last year's fall paper pad from K & Co. (which I love so much I bought several pads) and went to work. I was inspired by the colors and the roll of the landscape--here's what I came up with.

My base card is So Saffron with a layer of Chocolate Chip, then strips of DP. The trees were stamped on DP with Memento Rich Cocoa and cut out, and I used Chocolate Chip for the trunks. I wrapped some hemp around--kinda looks like a fence, don't you think? I added brads to the corners and buttons (Vintage collection from PTI) to the tree, tied on with linen thread from SU! I guess that's about it. Actually pretty simple but I really, really like how it turned out! Oh, the sentiment and the far left tree are popped up on 3M foam squares.

Thanks for dropping by today!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Grow Love (MFT)
Paper: So Saffron, Chocolate Chip (SU!); Fall Harvest (K & Co.)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: 3M foam squares, hemp, brads (craft store); Vintage Buttons (PTI); linen thread (SU!)

A Basket Of Apples

I've had this set called Vintage Picnic by Papertrey Ink for a while but this is the first time I've inked it up. So many stamps, so little time ;-) So, when I saw that my friend Tammy was hosting the sketch challenge at Paper Craft Planet I knew it was time to break it out.

I stamped the image on Gina K Pure Luxury Ivory card stock with Memento Rich Cocoa ink, colored it with Copic markers, cut/embossed it with a circle Nestabilities die, and sponged a little Distress Ink in Tea Stain around the edges. My patterned paper is from Cosmo Cricket's Mr. Campy collection and my card stock is Always Artichoke and More Mustard. The off white ribbon has a twill-like texture and the dark green is also twill. Buttons are all from PTI's Vintage Buttons collection and are all tied on with linen thread from SU!

I'm totally CASEing Debbie Olson's style, which I admire so much, for this card.

I'm so glad you dropped in today!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Vintage Picnic (PTI)
Paper: Very Vanilla, Always Artichoke, More Mustard (SU!); Mr. Campy (Cosmo Cricket); Pure Luxury Ivory (Gina K.)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa; Tea Stain Distress Ink (Ranger)
Accessories: Cuttlebug/Nestabilities dies; ribbon, twill, 3M foam squares (craft store); Vintage Buttons (PTI); Copic markers