Birthday Card with My Favorite Things

 I loved a background that francinevuilleme demonstrated on Insta and I used her technique to create the background for this card.  

I used some holographic cardstock and cut a die cut from My Favorite Things for a simple card.

Birthday Card with MFT and YNS

 Here is a clean and simple Birthday card using My Favorite Things "Happy Birthday Circle Frame" and Your Next Stamp "Happy Dance"

The circle was cut from some holographic card stock.  For the happy gecko, I used Brusho colors to create a colorful piece that I then stamped him and heat embossed in white.

Mother's Day Card with My Favorite Things

I wanted to do something different for my grandma for her Mother's Day card this year and I had this great sentiment from Technique Tuesday's Grandma Blessings set.  I decided that MFT's All the Cupcakes was the perfect set to compliment the sentiment.  I stamped each of the cupcakes and colored them in rainbows keeping the frosting white.  Here are the colors I used:

Brown: Y28, E57, E59

Violet: V01, V04, V06

Blue: B21, B24, B26

Red: R32, R35, R29

Green: YG03, YG17, YG67

White: C0, C2

Yellow: Y02, Y08, YR24

Orange: Y38, YR04, YR09

Fuschia:  YR14, YR09, YR29

Once done, I covered each with Wink of Stella for some shine and attached them to my 6x6 square card with foam tape.  Then I added a shadow to each and called the card done.

Thank you for visiting.  Any Happy Mother's Day!

Christmas Card with My Favorite Things

I always seem to only make 1 Christmas card each year.  Here was 2020's card that went out:

For this card, I created a background using watercolor markers then die cut it with MFT "Starry Circle".  I die cut it a second time from some silver glitter paper and paper pieced the stars.  The puppy is from MFT "Happy Pawlidays" which I colored with Copics.  And the sentiment is from "Happy Holidays" by Altenew.

 Copics E31, E35, E37, YG23, YG17, Y17, Y15, W8, W6, C0, C1, R29, R35

Thank you Card with MFT and Concord & 9th

 

Today's card was inspired by MFT's Color Challenge 156.

Here I used the Concord & 9th Snowflakes Turnabout with Gina K inks.  I then die cut the MFT Thank You from the panel and popped it up with a few more die cuts underneath.  Quick and easy peasy!  This card was to share my appreciation to a neighbor that came by to help me move furniture.

We've Moved Cards with MFT & Newton's Nook

I've been meaning to post this one for some time, but moving is a lot of work!  Moving almost 5,000 miles over sea and land with 3 pets was almost unsurmountable.  But we made it!

I made a few cards right before I packed away all of my craft supplies so that I could share my new address with parents and grandparents.

Here are the cards I made:

Stamp set used:  "Happy Hummingbirds" by My Favorite Things.

Copics used:
B24, B26, B28
G14, G07, G17
Y02, Y15
W5, W7
Outlined with EK Success pen and added Wink of Stella for shimmer

Stamp set used: "Newton Loves Boxes" by Newtons Nook

Copics used:
C0, C1, C5, C7, T3, T5, E57, Y28, R20

Anniversary Card Cross Stitch Card

This is my first card cross stitched on paper!  I used the Cross Stitch Rectangle die from My Favorite Things along with DMC Pearl Floss and a pattern that I found on Pinterest.

The You & Me die cut from Echo Park was perfect!  I cut it from some gold cardstock which I also used behind the panel.  I stamped the Happy and Day using matching gold ink. All in all I was very happy with how this card turned out.

Pivot Pop-Up Birthday Card with MFT - 2018

My first Pivot Pop-Up Card!

I had to use these cutie "Bitty Bears" from MFT!  And the Pivot Pop-Up is a die set from Lawn Fawn.

I paired the bears with some images from an older Hero Arts My Monthly Hero kit, all colored with Copics.  The inside also has a sentiment from "Birthday Wishes" by Mama Elephant and the "Sprinkles Turnabout" by Concord & 9th.

I should have used heavier cardstock since you can the inside clearly from the outside. Oh well, she still loved it!  And the right side is blank so that I could add in a gift card.

Thank You Card with Newton's Nook - 2018

I needed a thank you card for my boss so I pulled out my my brand new Altenew watercolors to give them a whirl.

First I die cut a panel of watercolor paper with a Kat Scrappiness Wonky Wavy Stitched Rectangle,  Then I stamped and heat embossed the palm tree from Newton's Nook "Paradise Palms" and the Mahalo sentiment from MFT's "Polynesian Paradise".  I did a wet on wet technique to add some background color then let it dry overnight.

Birthday Card with MFT - 2018

I wanted to make a card for my husband and this stamp set from MFT was perfect!

First I cut my cardstock using the Wonky Stitched Die from Kat Scrappiness.  Then I stamped the candles and sentiment from "Make A Wish" with Versamark and embossed them using Nuvo White Embossing Powder.  I blended on the Distress Inks and then sprinkled on a bit of water for interest.

Graduation Cards with MFT - 2018

I made a couple of cards for my nieces that were graduating from high school.  I didn't have a single graduation related stamp in my stash, so I improvised with the "Bundle of Balloons" by MFT.

I cut the balloons out of Simon Says Stamp glitter paper and white.  The background was created with some blue ink and my MFT cloud stencil.

For the inside of the card, I used the We R Memory Keepers Pop Up Gift Card Box so that I could send them each a gift card.

It's so cool how it pops up when you open the card!

Valentine's Day Card with Avery Elle - 2018

When I saw this stamp set "Lava You" by Avery Elle, I knew that I needed to make a card with it.  This is a Valentine's Day card I made for my husband which was perfect since we live in the shadow of an active volcano.

Supplies used:

Stamps: "Lava You" by Avery Elle; "Paradise Palms" by Newton's Nook

Dies: Zig Zag Rectangle by Lawn Fawn; Inside & Out Stitched Squares by MFT

Other: Zig Clean Color Real Brushes

Birthday Card - 2018

Here was a fun, colorful birthday card that I made for a little girl turning 8.

Supplies used:
Stamps: "Magical Ponies" by Your Next Stamp; "Make A Wish" by MFT; "Bring on the Cake" by Sugar Pea Designs
Dies:  "Fancy Scalloped Rectangle" by Lawn Fawn
Inks: Catherine Pooler; Delicata
Other: Copic markers and Wink of Stella

Birthday Card with My Favorite Things - 2017

I stamped the plumeria bunch from "Polynesian Paradise" repeatedly on a piece of white cardstock with some light colored ink and colored them with my Polychromos pencils.  The MFT die was cut from some black cardstock and glued to a strip of vellum.

Birthday Card with My Favorite Things - 2017

Here is a sweet birthday card I made for a friend a couple of years ago.  This is the card that really got me started with Copics.  I tried a couple of other coloring mediums on the bears and just wasn't happy.  Then I tried Copics and while the coloring isn't the best, I fell in love with those markers!

I blended some Distress Inks on my card base, then cut the "happy birthday" die by Simon Says three times from cardstock and stacked them to create some dimensions.  The Bitty Bears are adhered with foam dots.

Thank You Card with My Favorite Things - MFT Sketch Challenge

We had some friends come by and feed our critters while we were away.  It was the perfect opportunity to make them card with some new MFT goodies and enter the latest Sketch Challenge #441.

Here are the steps I used to create the card:

• Die cut a couple of squares using the In & Out Stitched Squares by My Favorite Things
• Use Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide and the Radiating Rays stencil by MFT on the larger square
• Use Use Tumbled Glass, Cracked Pistachio and Lucky Clover Distress Oxide on the smaller square to create the scene
• Stamp the images from "Purrfect Friends" by My Favorite Things using Hero Arts Intense Black on Gina K Artist Choice cardstock and die cut with matching dies
• Color using Copics.  Cats: W8, W6, W4, C5, C3, C1, R20, 0.  Butterflies: RV17, YR68.  Cloud C3, C0.  Grass G46
• Glue everthing on a white card base
• Add details to the cats using black and white gelly roll pens
• Stamp the sentiment from "Cool Cat" by My Favorite Things in black ink

Just Because Hello with The Ton - 2017

This was one of those cards that just came together perfectly and I love how it turned out!

I stamped the sunflower from The Ton's "Fresh Cut Sunflowers Coordinating Outlines" with VersaMark and then heat embossed with Gold embossing powder by Ranger.  I colored it with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers and then fussy cut it.  Next I stamped the layering leaves and stem from the "Fresh Cut Sunflowers" set and die cut the panel with a stitched rectangle.  The sentiment is from My Favorite Things "Polynesian Paradise" and was stamped and heat embossed the same as the sunflower.

Birthday Card with My Favorite Things - 2017

I had a lot of fun creating this card for my sister's birthday!

I stamped and colored the dragon from "Magical Dragons" by MFT then did partial die cutting to leave the bottom portion where I stamped the sentiment from "Rainbow of Happiness" by MFT.  For the background, I used a few images from "Bring on the Cake" by Sugar Pea Designs that were heat embossed using Sparkle embossing powder by Hero Arts and then ink blended a "galaxy" with Distress Inks.

Sympathy Card with My Favorite Things - 2017

This was a card that I made for a friend who lost her sister to cancer.

I used "Peaceful Wildflowers" by My Favorite Things stamped in VersaFine on a ink smooshed background that I made with a few Tombow Dual Brush Pens and water.  The sentiment is from the set "Sharon's Script" by Brutus Monroe.

Sympathy Card with Altenew - 2017

This was created using the "Fresh Freesia" by Altenew.  I white heat embossed it, then colored it with my Tombow Dual Brush Pens.  I used the matching die and them glued it to a background that I watercolored with Distress Ink that I cut using one of the In & Out Stitched Rectangles from MFT.

The sentiment is a blend of "Hello World" from Catherine Pooler Designs and "Brushwork Alphabet" from Stampin' Up.  I added a few sequins from Pretty Pink Posh to finish it off.