Hoping to SEA you soon–MFTWSC #175

 

Hey, there! It’s Wednesday noon so it must be time for this week’s MFTWSC! Are you ready? Here’s this week’s sketch. All of the details about the sketch challenge are available on the MFT blog as well as in the weekly newsletter. The Design Team will be on hand to provide plenty of inspiration to get you started.


 
This card started with a Kraft card stock base. Using Waves Stencil, I sponged some Berrylicious ink onto Sno Cone card stock, then cut it out with the background die from May’s Blueprints 15 Die-namics—love the stitching lines on this die! I popped that up on foam, then added a strip of Sweet Tooth card stock stamped with Striped backgrounds and a piece of Kraft card stock stamped with the soon-to-be-released Linen Background. Ohmyword! I love Linen Background! You will be seeing lots of that from me, I am sure.

Next I made a “port hole” of sorts using Oval STAX Die-namics and some clear acetate card stock. The back of the scene was made with Berrylicious card stock. The sentiment, from LJD Sea Life, was stamped with Black Licorice ink and the bubbles with Grout Gray ink. The fish and plants, from LJD Sea Life and LJD Sea Life Die-namics, were stamped with Orange Fizz Hybrid ink, Sour Apple Hybrid ink, and Gumdrop Green Hybrid ink. I popped the whole thing up on foam, added the screw head brads, and it was done!

On the inside of the card I stamped a sentiment from Bold Statements.

And there you have it! Thanks so much for stopping by—hope to see you playing along this week! AND, hope to see you back tomorrow for Day Six of MFT’s May Release Countdown!

LJD Sea Life	BG Linen Background	Bold Statements	Striped Backgrounds
Black Licorice Ink	Ink Pad Berrylicious	Hybrid Ink Pad Sour Apple	Hybrid Ink Pad Orange Fizz
Hybrid Ink Pad Gumdrop Green	Hybrid Ink Pad Kraft	Kraft Card Stock	Sweet Tooth Card Stock
Berrylicious Card Stock	Sno Cone Cardstock	Die-namics Oval STAX Set 2 Die-namics Oval STAX Set 2	Die-namics Sea Life
Die-namics Blueprints 15	Stencil Waves

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~Supplies~
Stamps: LJD Sea Life, Linen Background, Bold Statements, Striped Backgrounds (MFT)
Ink: Berrylicious ink, Black Licorice ink, Kraft Hybrid ink, Gumdrop Green Hybrid ink, Orange Fizz Hybrid ink, Sour Apple Hybrid ink (MFT) 
Paper: Kraft card stock, Sno Cone card stock, Sweet Tooth card stock, Berrylicious card stock (MFT); clear acetate card stock
Accessories/tools: Vagabond: Oval STAX Die-namics, Blueprints 15 Die-namics, LJD Sea Life Die-namics, Waves Stencil (MFT); foam tape, brads

MFT May Release Countdown–Day Seven

It’s my favorite time of the month again! MFT Release Countdown! This is when the Design Team get to show you samples of that month’s release and, as usual, this month is full of awesome products that you can purchase on May 13th at 10pm. In the meantime, don’t forget to stop by the MFT Blog for all the details and to see what the other designers have to show you today.

Today we’re previewing LJD Sea Life, LJD Sea Life Die-namics, Blueprints 15 Die-namics, and Linen Background. I’m using LJD Sea Life and LJD Sea Life Die-namics for my cards today, along with another product that you’ll be seeing more of later, Sequins Die-namics.

My card started with a Sweet Tooth card stock base, then I worked on a layer of Blu Raspberry card stock before popping it up on foam. I made my sea floor from Kraft card stock, cut with Snow Drifts Die-namics, Then I cut the fish, shells, coral, and plant shapes from Sweet Tooth card stock with LJD Sea Life Die-namics. I stamped with the coordinating images from LJD Sea Life with the following inks: fish—Orange Fizz Hybrid ink (stamped off a bit to give the look of fish scales) and Lemon Drop Hybrid ink; coral and starfish—Insulation Pink ink with a touch of Orange Fizz ink on the starfish points; sand dollar—Grout Gray ink; conch shell—Orange Fizz Hybrid ink; plants: Sour Apple Hybrid ink. I stamped the fish bubbles with Grout Gray ink and went over them with a glitter pen for some shimmer. I added some “sea glass” to the sea floor in the form of aqua metallic paper cut with Sequins Die-namics. 

The inside was stamped with a sentiment from a previously released set, Sending Thanks.


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My second card is a little simpler. This card also starts with a Sweet Tooth card stock base and a Blu Raspberry card stock working layer.




I wanted the look of rays of light shining down from the surface, so, using my Sun Ray Stencil, I sponged on some Sweet Tooth pigment ink and blended off to nothing. Then I stamped the “sand” of the sea floor with Kraft Hybrid ink and the sentiment with Nightshift Blue ink. The fish and plant were cut from Sweet Tooth card stock with LJD Sea Life Die-namics; the fish was stamped with Nightshift Blue ink and the plant with Sour apple Hybrid ink. They were popped up on foam and the bubble stamped with Grout Gray ink, again with a little glitter pen for shimmer.

The sentiment on the inside of the card is also from LJD Sea Life and was stamped with Nightshift Blue ink and Blu Raspberry Hybrid ink.




This card is also for this week’s Color Throwdown Challenge. Get all the details on the Color Throwdown blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! See you later for this week’s MFTWSC and tomorrow for another Release Countdown!

LJD Sea Life	Hybrid Ink Pad Sour Apple	Hybrid Ink Pad Lemon Drop	Hybrid Ink Pad Orange Fizz
Premium Dye Ink Pad Insulation Pink	Premium Dye Ink Pad Grout Gray	Premium Dye Ink Pad Nightshift Blue	Kraft Card Stock
Sweet Tooth Card Stock	Blue Raspberry Card Stock	Die-namics Sequins	Die-namics Sea Life
Die-namics Snow Drifts

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LJD Sea Life	Pigment Ink Pad Sweet Tooth	Premium Dye Ink Pad Nightshift Blue	Premium Dye Ink Pad Grout Gray
Hybrid Ink Pad Sour Apple	Hybrid Ink Pad Kraft	Sweet Tooth Card Stock	Blue Raspberry Card Stock
Die-namics Sea Life	Stencil Sun Ray

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~Supplies~
Thanks Card:
Stamps: LJD Sea Life (MFT)
Ink: Nightshift Blue ink, Grout Gray ink, Insulation Pink ink, Orange Fizz Hybrid ink, Lemon Drop Hybrid ink, Sour Apple Hybrid ink (MFT)
Paper: Sweet Tooth card stock, Kraft card stock, Blu Raspberry card stock (MFT); aqua metallic card stock
Accessories/tools: Vagabond; LJD Sea Life Die-namics, Sequins Die-namics, Snow Drift Die-namics (MFT); foam tape, glitter pen

Hello Card:
Stamps: LJD Sea Life (MFT)
Ink: Sour Apple Hybrid ink, Kraft Hybrid ink, Nightshift Blue ink, Grout Gray ink, Sweet Tooth pigment ink (MFT)
Paper: Sweet Tooth card stock, Blu Raspberry card stock (MFT)
Accessories/tools: Vagabond; LJD Sea Life Die-namics, Sun Ray Stencil (MFT); foam tape, glitter pen