MFT February Release

Hello there!  I'm thrilled to be joining the amazing MFT designers and guests for this month's MFT & Friends, celebrating the brand new February release from My Favorite Things.

Today is the day all of the awesome February products are available for purchase and let me tell you....I had so much fun playing with everything!  I've got three cards to share with you, so let's get started!

First up is a card using a bunch of new goodies - the Super Dog stamps & dies, the City Block die and the Tag Builder Blueprints 7.   I created a shaker with the Tag Builder and adhered some of the City Block buildings inside along with some star & moon sequins I had in my stash.   To carry on the theme of the shaker on my card base, I used Distress Oxides to blend some blue shades onto the black cardstock.  Next I flicked some gesso onto the top portion of the inked cardstock piece to represent stars.  I added more of the City Block buildings to this piece as well.    The final step was to heat emboss the sentiment and add that cute superhero pup to the tag!

Next up is a card featuring the Raccoon Cutie Die, the sentiment flag from Tag Builder Blueprints 7, and the Birthday Cake dies.

The Raccoon Cutie is soooo easy to put together!   And he definitely is a cutie!   I added some detail with Glossy Accents and white gel pen.    A birthday cake, complete with shiny chocolate frosting, was the perfect complement to my little woodland friend's birthday greeting!

And finally, I couldn't resist using the City Block die again.   When I first saw this die, I knew exactly what I wanted to do - create an awesome sky background.  I broke out some orange, yellow, pink & red alcohol inks and created a gradient effect.  

I adhered the City Block die in it's entirety, and then stamped the greeting (part of the new Spectacular Birthday stamp set) with Archival ink and added the gorgeous scripty Birthday Wishes die (this month's Free with $60 Die-namics).

I had a fabulous time creating with this month's new release - and there is SO much more to see!   Head over to the MFT shop to check it out!   Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today - see you again soon!

Sweet Strawberries!

Hello there!   I've been having fun using lots of new stamping goodies I received around/for Christmas.   Yesterday I spent some time playing with the Strawberry Layers stamp set from Strawberry Jude.    There are a ton of layers to create these awesome strawberries, and the results are so impressive!   They look good enough to eat!   Several of my "color experiments" were good enough that I decided to put them to use on some cards!  

First up is my favorite - this one uses a die cut sentiment from Li'l Inker, the stamped sentiment from Sunny Studio, a die from MFT and paper from Gina K.    Lots of my favorites here!    

The next card uses a sentiment from MFT, scallop border die from Simon Says Stamp and paper from Lawn Fawn.

Have a fantastic weekend!   See you next week! :)

CHALLENGE

SSS - SOMETHING NEW

The Coolest!

I'm over on the Butterfly Reflections, Ink. blog this morning with this cutie!   Stop by and check out how this card came together!   

A Tweet Bird-day Card!

Hey crafty peeps!   It's my turn on the Butterfly Reflections, Ink. blog today and I have this tweet birthday card to share with you using tons of goodies from MFT.   Pop over to the BRI blog and check it out!!  

Awesomeness - at BRI!

Hi guys!   Join me at the Butterfly Reflections blog to find out how I made this soft & sweet card!   Those gold flecks.....I'm in LOVE!   They're from the Gansai Tambi Starry Colors palette....you can get it HERE! 

A Rainbow of Smiles

Hi there, crafty friends!   Be sure to stop over to the Honey Bee Stamps blog today to find out how I made this colorful card!  

Honey Bee BEAUTIFUL LIFE Stamp Set HBST07	My Favorite Things ENGLISH BRICK WALL Mixables Stencil MFT ST82	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad FESTIVE BERRIES Ranger TDP39969	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad RIPE PERSIMMON Ranger TDP40118
Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad SQUEEZED LEMONADE Ranger TDP40200	RESERVE Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad TWISTED CITRON Ranger TDP47322	RESERVE Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad MERMAID LAGOON Ranger TDP46790	RESERVE Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad WILTED VIOLET Ranger TDP47360
Tsukineko VersaFine ONYX BLACK Ink Pad VF-82	Pretty Pink Posh 4MM SEA BREEZE CUPPED Sequins	Pretty Pink Posh 4MM RASPBERRY Cupped Sequins	Pretty Pink Posh 4MM TANGERINE Cupped Sequins
Pretty Pink Posh 4MM LEMON DROP Cupped Sequins	Pretty Pink Posh 4MM PANSY PURPLE Cupped Sequins	Pretty Pink Posh 4MM SHAMROCK Cupped Sequins

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Honey Bee Stamps - Throw Kindness Around Like it's Confetti!

I'm over at the Honey Bee Stamps blog today with my very first DT post!  My card uses the awesome Beautiful Life stamp set.   Be sure to head over and check it out!

MFT Card Design Superstar!

Hi guys!  I'm checking in before the weekend begins with a card I made for the MFT Card Design Superstar contest.   The contest ends at midnight, so I'm getting this one in by the skin of my teeth, lol!  

So this turned out to be a little more complicated than I would've liked....but you probably can't tell by looking at it, lol!   I used the Label Maker Sentiments set and repeatedly stamped the birthday label stacked and staggered so that there was no white space.   I then cut  the entire thing out by hand.   I temporarily mounted it onto a piece of patterned paper from the Dots & Stripes Sorbet patterned paper pad.  I ran the piece through my Vagabond with the Happy die centered (I had to be sure I saved all the negative space pieces!).   I cut another happy from Summer Splash cardstock and fit it into the main panel, reattaching the negative space pieces as well.   I removed the Birthday portion and re-adhered it using foam adhesive.   The dimension looks really cool!  I added a few Pretty Pink Posh sequins for a bit of sparkle!  

Hope you've enjoyed taking a look at this card...hope you have a fantastic weekend