Hello friends! I'm thrilled to be guesting with MFT over on their YouTube channel! I'm sharing this die cut scene card that shares ways to re-purpose dies that are something completely different (i.e. the inside ear die cut was used to make carrots) to create a scene card. The "hair bows" are actually kit bows, the greenery is a tree topper, etc. Watch the video below for all the details on how to look at your dies differently and create fun scenes like this!
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Watch the creation of this die cut scene card from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
For the background I inked a 4" x 5 1/4" panel of smooth white cardstock with Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink. Mustard Seed Distress Ink was applied through the Ray of Light Stencil for a tone-on-tone background.
The bunny was assembled as shown, Spun Sugar added to the cheeks with a sponge dauber, white pen detail added to the dies, and a fine tip black pen used to draw in eyelashes. Glossy Accents was added to the nose for a glossy finish. A Honey Bee Stamps Hug Me heart was adhered to the bunny's chest.
Sentiments from the Sweet Friends Stamp Set were stamped on Hero Hues Kiwi Cardstock with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder before being trimmed into thin strips and adhered to the card with foam adhesive.
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Happy Tuesday friends! I'm thrilled to be joining My Favorite Things for their MFT & Friends Feature for the March 2019 Release! I've created a trio of cards to share today featuring lots of new stamps and dies from the release. All of the cards showcase the spotlight inlay technique with the brand new A2 Rectangle Frames. This is such a fun and easy technique to instantly add a border to any design.
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Watch the creation of these spotlight inlay cards from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
My first two cards feature a stenciled background using the previously released Grassy Edges Stencil and the brand new Ray of Light Stencil. The Grassy Edges was applied to the bottom of each panel with Mowed Lawn Distress Ink and the Ray of Light was inked to the top of the design with Squeezed Lemonade and Mustard Seed Distress Inks using the Life Changing Brushes.
The new A2 Rectangle Frames were used to die cut a frame from the background. Two additional frames were die cut from smooth white cardstock. To put the background together, adhesive was applied to a card base and the outer frame, new white die cut frame, and inside rectangle were adhered to the card base first for an inlay die cut look.
Next, a white frame was added on top and finally the stenciled frame was adhered to finish. The entire stenciled panel is shown but the frame part is "popped up" drawing your eye in and emphasizing the frame!
Ducks and clouds from the brand new Just Ducky Stamp Set were stamped with the Ink on 3 fadeout ink onto Bristol Smooth Cardstock and colored with the no-line technique using Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. The images were die cut with the coordinating Just Ducky dies and adhered to the scene as shown.
A sentiment from the Just Ducky Stamp Set was stamped along the bottom of the frame with Lawn Fawn Jalapeno Ink and a scattering of Honey Bee Stamps Candy Hearts in Kiss Me were adhered to finish the design.
The bunny card was stenciled much the same, only a smaller frame was used to die cut the background. Two sentiments from the Easter Bunnies Stamp Set were stamped on the background with Lawn Fawn Sunflower and Jalapeno Inks.
Easter Bunnies images were stamped on Bristol Smooth Cardstock with Versafine Onyx Black Ink, colored in with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers, die cut with the coordinating Easter Bunnies dies, and adhered to the inlay frame design as shown. The card was finished with a scattering of Honey Bee Stamps Candy Hearts in Hug Me.
For my final card today I stamped the new Fresh-Cut Flowers Background cling stamp on a Bristol Smooth Cardstock card panel using clear embossing ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. The images and background were watercolored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and a water brush pen.
Once dry, the background was die cut with an A2 Rectangle Frame and assembled like the previous two cards.
A vellum banner was die cut using a Stitched Fishtail Sentiments Strip and stamped with a greeting from the Anything But Basic Encouragement Stamp Set using embossing ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. The strip was run through a Xyron Sticker Maker and adhered to the card. The design was finished with a scattering of Pretty Pink Posh Pansy Purple Jewels and a Honey Bee Stamps Crystal Clear Heart.
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Watch the creation of these bears love-themed cards and envelopes from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
Both of my cards today feature a pink color scheme, stenciled Mini Clouds and components from the Heart Art Card Kit and Joyful Heart Bears Stamp Set to create adorable love-themed designs that will for Valentines and beyond! I always love having a good stash of love-themed cards on hand!
Neenah Smooth White Cardstock was stenciled with the MFT Stamps Mini Clouds Stencils and Picked Raspberry Distress Ink. I love non-traditional colors for clouds! The pink color compliments the rest of these cards much better than a blue cloud would.
From the landscape stenciled cloud background the landscape Double The Love Die-namics die from the Heart Art Card Kit was die cut from the cloud background. The word "love" was also die cut 3 times from Gina K Passionate Pink Cardstock. The panel and the first layer of cardstock letters were inlaid into the design on a side fold card base. The cardstock letters were adhered one on top of another to give the greeting subtle dimension. The die cut sentiment was finished with the stenciled die cut letters adhered slightly offset.
A sentiment from the Joyful Heart Bears was stamped above the word "love" with Lawn Fawn Plastic Flamingo Ink.
The bear and butterfly images from the Joyful Heart Bears Stamp Set were stamped on Bristol Smooth Cardstock with Versafine Onyx Black Ink and colored in with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. The images were die cut with the coordinating dies and adhered with foam adhesive as shown.
Nuvo Crystal Drops in White Blizzard were applied to the wings on the butterflies and the design was finished with a scattering of Honey Bee Stamp Strawberry Ice hearts.
For my second card a greeting from the Joyful Heart Bears was stamped along the bottom edge of the portrait stenciled background with Lawn Fawn Plastic Flamingo Ink.
The Mini Heart Shaker Window and Frame Die-namics (FREE with $60 purchase from MFT Stamps) was die cut from the upper part of the design. I only used the window, not the frame today.
A Heart Art image was stamped on smooth white cardstock using Lawn Fawn Plastic Flamingo Ink and die cut with the same die. The heart was adhered directly to the card base and the panel was adhered with foam adhesive for dimension.
The bears and butterfly images from the Joyful Heart Bears Stamp Set were stamped on Bristol Smooth Cardstock with Versafine Onyx Black Ink and colored in with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. The images were die cut with the coordinating dies and adhered with foam adhesive.
Nuvo Crystal Drops in White Blizzard were applied to the wings on the butterflies, the hearts in the pail, and the heart the bear is hugging. The card was finished with a scattering of Honey Bee Stamp Strawberry Ice hearts.
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Hello friends! My Favorite Things released their brand new card kit, Festive Flamingos, yesterday! You can grab your kit before it's gone HERE. MFT also released the brand new Sweet Holiday Penguins stamps and dies. These awesome new products are flying off the shelves.
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Watch the creation of these sweet holiday scene cards from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
The MFT Drifts and Hills Stencil was used to mask off the bottom of an A2 panel and Lucky Clover and Cracked Pistachio were applied to the "sky" as shown. Picket Fence Distress Paint was splattered over the background to resemble "falling snow".
Images from the Sweet Holiday Penguins stamps were stamped on smooth white cardstock, colored in with Copic Markers, and die cut with the coordinating dies. Some of the images were adhered with foam adhesive for additional dimension. A greeting from the stamp set was stamped below the penguins with black ink.
The design was finished with a scattering of heart accents.
The Festive Flamingos Card Kit stamps were used for the second flamboyantly fun design. The MFT Drifts and Hills Stencil was used to mask off the bottom of an 4" x 5 1/4" panel and the background was inked with Tattered Rose and Abandoned Coral Distress Inks. This color combination was inspired by the colors for the flamingos to really showcase the cute designs.
A sentiment from the Festive Flamingos Stamp Set was stamped with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with Antique Gold Embossing Powder. Snowflakes from the You Make My Heart Melt Stamp Set were stamped with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder.
The flamingos from Festive Flamingos Stamp Set were stamped on smooth white cardstock with Intense Black Ink, colored in with Copic Markers, and die cut with the coordinating dies. The card was finished with Nuvo Crystal Drops in Autumn Red on the antlers and White Blizzard scattered around the "sky".
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I'm thrilled to be joining MFT today for the MFT & Friends July 2018 Release Blog Hop!
Today I'm sharing a create-your-own background card featuring several new stamps and dies from the July 2018 Release! One of my favorite things to do is to create my own background with inks and stamps. This custom background was inked with two colors of Distress Oxide Ink, stamped with stripes for a tone-on-tone look, text was stamped and embossed over the top in white to really pop, and stamped stars were added to finish the background! Cute critters, die cut balloons, and an additional greeting all finish off this one-of-a-kind birthday card!
On a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece of smooth white cardstock I blended Cracked Pistachio and Lucky Clover Distress Oxide Inks to create the minty green background. Over the top of the inking, I stamped the Happy Birthday To You Stripes with the same two ink colors for the tone-on-tone feel. I spritzed the background with water from a Distress Sprayer to add subtle distressing.
The turtle and lady bug from Love Bug were stamped on smooth white cardstock, colored in with Copic Markers, and die cut with the coordinating Love Bug Dies before being adhered with foam adhesive to the background as shown.
A sentiment from the Love Bug Stamp Set was stamped on dark gray cardstock with embossing ink, heat set with white embossing powder, and trimmed into a thin strip before being adhered underneath the critters with foam adhesive as shown.
Balloons and strings were die cut from several colors of cardstock with the I Heart Celebrating Dies and adhered to the card as shown. The balloons were finished with Nuvo Crystal Drops in White Blizzard or Glossy Accents.
Watch the creation of this create-your-own background card from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
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Hello! It's that time of year where I'm needing to finish up my graduation cards and today I'm using a combination of fun critters, including my all-time favorite Mama Elephant Page Huggers stamp set for these whimsical cards! Use your favorite critter images with a graduation cap and diploma (my favorite cap and diploma images are the Page Huggers ones as they work with so many different critters) and some congrats sentiments to make graduation cards of your own. Customize the sentiment greeting and caps to match the school colors of your graduate!
The backgrounds for each card were inked with Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide Ink and the MFT Clouds Stencil. Clouds are always one of my favorite backgrounds for graduation themed cards. I think the caps thrown in the air and the inspiring sentiments are encouraging for the graduate and that next stage in their life!
Dimensional die cut sentiments were die cut from smooth white cardstock adhered to Fun Foam with Stick It adhesive using the Winnie & Walter Congrats Die (available only on the W&W website) and the Mama Elephant Script Congrats Die. Each greeting was inked with Candied Apple Distress Oxide Ink in an ombre look and adhered to the backgrounds as shown. Glossy Accents gives the greetings a glossy, bright finish. It's much easier to apply Glossy Accents if you have a fine tip applicator like THIS one or THIS one for your bottle.
A cloud border was die cut from smooth white cardstock using a Mama Elephant Landscape Trio Die and adhered along the bottom edge of each background using foam adhesive.
V I D E O T U T O R I A L To watch the creation of fun critters graduation cards from start to finish, click HERE or watch below:
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Welcome to Day 1 of my last minute Handmade Holiday 2017 Series!
I'm back with my fourth year of last minute handmade ideas! Even with the craziness of the season I like to be able to add handmade touches to gifts for our friends and family. Over the next couple of weeks I'll be sharing mostly quick (an hour or less) Handmade Holiday ideas for cards, tags and gift wrapping sure to add that handmade touch we all love. Most ideas will include multiples (today I created six gift card holder cards)!
Each Handmade Holiday project blog post will feature a brand new, never before seen project(s) plus an incredible giveaway from a generous sponsor!
SNOWMAN HOLIDAY COFFEE CUP GIFT CARD HOLDER SHAPED CARDS
First, I have to say that the Honey Bee Stamps Coffee Card Gift Holder Dies is one of my favorite dies sets released this year! Not only does it make exceptional holiday gift card holders but you can create coffee cup gift card holders for any season or occasion just by changing up what you use to decorate the front and the switch up the greetings! I can't get enough of these! I did create some additional holiday-themed ones HERE and I will also be sharing more ideas going forward in the new year for other occasions!
To start, I die cut all the coffee card bases from Lawn Fawn Knit Picky Collection Pack using the Spellbinders Platinum 8.5" Platform Machine. You guys..... it cuts like butter! So amazing! And the larger platform size just makes it so easy! The coffee cup band was die cut from vellum and secured with 1/8" Scor Tape. The band is what holds the gift card inside the card without adhesive! Ingenious!
The lids of each cup were cut from Neenah Heavyweight Cardstock (I cut 12 total, 1 for the front, 1 for the back of each card). On the front of each I used the Tim Holtz Stamp Platform to perfectly stamp the greeting from the My Favorite Things Coffee Break Stamp Set on each cup lid with Versafine Onyx Black Ink.
On the inside of each card I stamped and embossed with white embossing powder or stamped with black ink (depending on the color of patterned paper inside) a greeting from the Essentials By Ellen Holly Jolly Stamp Set.
I assembled each snowman on the each coffee cup band, making sure no adhesive was on the backs of anything hanging over the edges of the band (that would stick to the card and make removing the band difficult).
Glossy Accents was added to the eyes and berries of the snowmen to complete the design!
You just pop a gift card into each, sign your name, and done!
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To watch the creation of these gift card holder cards from start to finish, click HERE or watch below:
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Happy Wednesday stamping friends! I have had the best time guest designing and playing along with the My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge this month! Today I have a card and instructional video over on the My Favorite Things Challenge Blog/YouTube Channel featuring this week's sketch and I created a bonus card and video for my blog and personal YouTube Channel! It's an awesome sketch, and I just can't get enough of all the incredible stamps and dies from this month's release!
Here's a peek at the card I created for the MFT YouTube Channel. Be sure to visit the challenge blog HERE to view the video featuring how I created the Spotlight Die Cut Greeting with the awesome Peace Die.
Both of my cards today are based on this sketch:
I created an extreme skiing birthday card for my second example. A simple inked background, sloped border and skiing bear from the Ski-sons Greetings Stamp Set make for a simple, yet extremely cute birthday bear card!
A background was stamped with snowflakes from the You Make My Heart Melt Stamp Set using Versamark Ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. Wilted Violet, Peacock Feathers, and Black Soot Distress Oxide Inks were applied to the background for embossed resist. The background was spritzed with water from a Distress Sprayer and blotted dry with a paper towel.
A ski slope was die cut from smooth white cardstock using a Stitched Mod Rectangle Stax die and adhered along the bottom edge of the background. I trimmed down the background scene to 4" x 5 1/4".
A greeting from the Ski-sons Greetings Stamp Set was stamped along the ski slope edge with Versamark Ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder.
The skiing bear was adhered to the ski slope as shown and the design was finished with a scattering of Nuvo Crystal Drops in Simply White.
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To watch the creation of this clean and simple inked background birthday scene card from start to finish, click HERE or watch below:
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Popping in here today to share this quick and easy simple stitched mod frame card using My Favorite Things stamps and dies for the MFT Sketch Challenge! The adorable bunnies and birds from the You Make My Heart Spin are just the cutest!
A Stitched Mod Rectangle Stax frame was die cut from a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece of Bristol Smooth Cardstock. Blueprint Sketch and Salty Ocean Distress Inks were applied to 3/4 of the stitched background using a Mini Ink Blending Tool. A Distress Sprayer was used to spritz the background with water before being blotted dry with a paper towel.
The inked background was adhered directly to a top fold card base. The frame was adhered with foam adhesive squares for a slightly dimensional frame.
The ice image and a greeting from the You Make My Heart Spin was stamped on vellum with Versamark Ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. A layer of Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Pen was applied over the "ice", the image was glued to the card base as shown, and finished with a layer of Glossy Accents. The glue will make the vellum buckle a bit but once completely dry, the image is completely flat!
The bunny, bird, and heart images from the You Make My Heart Spin were stamped on Bristol Smooth Cardstock with Versafine Onyx Black Ink, colored in with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers, and die cut with the coordinating dies.
To watch the creation of this simple mod frame scene card from start to finish, click HERE or watch below:
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