Challenge 2340

 

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The prize will be a $10 Gift Certificate from

My Favorite Things

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week WE are sponsoring the challenge for a gift certificate to My Favorite Things.  For my card this week, I pulled out a retired set called Happy Waddle (I've had for some time) and a slimline card for a one-layer look. After stamping the images in memento tuxedo black ink, and coloring using my Castle Arts pencils, I stenciled the background clouds using a PFS slimline cloud coverage stencil and Tim Holtz stormy sky before stippling tumbled glass distress ink for the "ice".    The only embellishments added was diamond and waterfall ice stickles.

Challenges entered:

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #55 - Use Your NBUS (stamps)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash (stamps)

A Place To Start Oct 2023 - Anything Goes 

AAA Birthday #54 - Favourite Colors (mine is blue)

Aud Sentiments #306 - Ink Blending and/or Fall/Thanksgiving + Sentiment (did ink blending with sentiment) 

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great day and don't forget to join the challenge at Pammie's Inky Pinkies.

Stamps: MFT

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Stormy Sky

Card Stock: Neenah White

Accessories: Castle Arts Pencils, Ice Stickles, Stencil

Dare To Get Dirty 2023 Day 2

 

Hello everyone and welcome!  Today starts the annual Dare To Get Dirty (DTGD) challenges over at Splitcoaststampers.  The DTGD challenges are a special thank you to Splitcoaststampers Fan Club members.  For info on joining the fan club, see the details here.  My cards for today's challenges are below.

 

I'd like to also enter into the following challenges;

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #52 - Use Your NBUS (all stencils) 

Stencil Fun July 2023 - Anything Goes Stencils Optional Birthday (used 3 different stencils)

Corrosive Challenge #7 July 2023 - Anything Goes 

Beautiful Blossoms #7 - Anything Goes Floral Optional Mood Board (I went with flowers & colors)

 
 

 

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge Mood Board

 

 

Peonies Card:

Stamps: None

Ink: Tim Holtz Weathered Wood, Mowed Lawn, Tumbled Glass; Stampin Up Regal Rose

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: PFS Peonies and English Brick Wall Stencils; MFT Cue The Confetti Stencil, PFS Blending Brushes, Sequins, Glue, Brads, Pop Dots

 

 

 Challenges entered:

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #52 - Use Your NBUS (stamps/dies)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash (caramel ink)

Creative Fingers #259 - Anything Goes

My Time To Craft MTTC #512 - Summertime Waterplay (for me the beach)

Critter Crazy #76 - Anything Goes With A Critter (flamingos, seagulls, crab)

 

Seashore Card:

Stamps: Picket Fence Studios

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Chipped Sapphire, Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Walnut Stain; Adirondack Caramel

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Ice Stickles, 3D Glaze Pens, Pop Dots, Big Shot, PFS Blending Brushes, PFS Seashore Cover Plate

Challenges entered:

 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash (stamps)

Splitcoaststampers F4A696 - Summer Is Here 

Alphabet Challenge July 2023 - H Is For Humor 

We Love To Create #6 - Anything Goes Mixed Media 

Sisterhood Of Snarky Stampers #239 - L Is For Lindsey (inspired by Lindsey's humor, I loved her snarky cards best)

 

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers

 

 

Chunky Dunk Card:

Stamps: Art Impressions (Edna); Whipper Snapper Designs (saying)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Walnut Stain, Tumbled Glass, Broken China Distress Ink; Adirondack Caramel

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Gel Pens, PFS Blending Brushes, Stipple Brush, MS Punches, Glue, Ice Stickles, Brads, Mouse Pad, Stylus, Pop Dots

Challenges entered:

 

Gem of A Craft Challenge Wk 15 - Anything Goes 

Crafty Calendar Challenge July 2023 - Anything Goes 

Allsorts Challenge Wk 738 - Summer Blues 

 

 

Stamps: Stampin Up; Visible Image

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Fired Brick, Chipped Sapphire

Card Stock: MFP Corn Husk; PTI Enchanted Evening, Scarlett Jewel

Accessories: Brads, Glue Dots

PIP Challenge 2328

  Sponsored by

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The prize will be a $10 Gift Certificate from

My Favorite Things

Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies.  This week we our prize is a $10 gift certificate to My Favorite Things.  My card today is using a retired MFT stamp set I had bought last year and hadn't ink yet.  It's designed by Rachel Ann Miller called Away In A Manger.

 

I started out by stamping my manger scene in memento tuxedo black ink on some scrap Hammermill card stock before coloring using both prismacolor and copic markers, along with Lyra flesh tone pencils, before fussy cutting the scene and star out before setting aside.  I then pulled a 12x12 sheet of Recollections designer paper to use as the background of my scene before adhering it to a navy card base.  Once I added my manger I was able to stamp the saying onto scrap white card stock then layered.  The final touch was color spritzing some Stampin Up night of navy marker.

Challenges entered:

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #52 - Use Your NBUS (stamp set, designer paper)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash (stamp set/designer paper) 

Park Hopping My Happy Place July 2023 - Anything Goes Related To Theme Parks (I went with Christmas at Disneyland)

The Most Magical Time Of The Year July 2023 - Anything Goes Halloween or Christmas (I went with Christmas)

Happy Little Stampers July - Christmas 

The Holly And Ivy Christmas #143 - Anything Goes Christmas 

Word Art Wednesday Wks 603 to 604 - Anything Goes Uplifting 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to join us this week at Pammie's Inky Pinkies.

Stamps: MFT

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up; Recollections

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, SU Night of Navy Marker, Color Spritzer

MFT Brag Book

Hello and happy Monday.  Today I'm sharing with you my first attempt at a paper bag book made as an entry for this month's MFT Guest Designer contest.  Since my friend KelliJo threw down the gauntlet, I just had to pick it up and run with it.  So here's what I came up with.

Pulling out my Crate Paper School Spirit designer paper, and deciding which ones I wanted to use, I cut them down to the size needed to fit both inside and on the front cover of my brag book. Once that was done, I dusted off several of my MFT sets that hadn't seen ink in awhile, I stamped all of the images I wanted to use in memento tuxedo black ink onto white card stock and colored them with prismacolor markers making sure the image colors matched their corresponding pages.  As each page was colored, the images were cut out and adhered to the inside.

Here's a close up of the last page so you can see the bookworm a bit more closely.

After adding some MFT coffee ribbon to bind my book together, I was finished.  Although I didn't use any die-namics on my project, I'm really happy with the way my book turned out since I put it together while still battling another migraine.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps: MFT Alphadots, Who's That Geek Guy?, Stephanie Fizer I Heart Books, Pure Innocence Book In Hand, Flopsey What's The Story, Pure Innocence Cart Full Of Friends, Reading Flopsey, Who's That Girl Back To School
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Rich Cocoa
Card Stock: White, Crate Paper School Spirit Designer Paper
Accessories: Paperbags, Ribbon, Prismacolor Markers, Punches

Back To School!

Second post today.  If you're looking for my Wednesday Stamp Club post, please scroll down one posting.  Thanks.



Back to school.   It's the most....wonderful time.....of the year.......

Ahhhh, back to school.  A time for good cheer for parents since the kiddos are gone & occupied during the day again.  A time for kids to complain about having to get up early and go to bed early.  A time to sign papers similar to the papers you signed at the beginning of last school year. 

To celebrate the occasion, I dusted off retired MFT Back To School Who's That Girl set and Punny Farm sets and paired them with some Stephanie Fizer Digital School Designer Paper.    Once my images were stamped with memento tuxedo black onto MFT Cream Perfect Panels, I then colored the images with prismacolor markers before cutting out the ones I had planned to put onto a desk and also the teacher's hat.  Now, since there are no desks with any of the MFT school sets, I had to make my own by using the Just My Type Die-Namic, and then modify the "paper" coming out of the typewriter to create the desk and the legs.  Taking a white gel pen, I then wrote the days class assignments onto the "black board" before layering and adding the vintage brads.

For the final touches on the outside, I pulled out my Perfect Petal Trio Die-Namic, distressed the flowers before adding them, and then added some retired Sheltering Tree grossgrain ribbon before attacking the inside of the card. 

For that, I needed my trusting MS Word program and a sense of humor.  After typing my saying and printing it out on Stampin Up! so saffron card stock, I layered that onto the same Stephanie Fizer Digital School Designer Paper. 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps: MFT Back To School Who's That Girl, Punny Farm
Card Stock: MFT Cream Perfect Panel, Stephanie Fizer Digital School Designer Paper, Stampin Up! So Saffron, Close To Cocoa Scrap
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Creamy Caramel
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Brads, Big Shot, Die-Namics, Stipple Brush, MS Word, Computer, Printer, Ribbon, White Gel Pen, Glue Dots

A Vintage Message - Wednesday Stamp Club

Hello and welcome.  This last weekend I had a couple of hours where I felt pretty good from the migraines and was able to get some stamping done, so I dusted off some of my MFT sets and got to work using the sets and the Die-namics. 

For last week's Wednesday Stamp Club over on Splitcoaststampers, I decided to finally ink up the Just My Type Stamp & Die-Namic Set that's been collecting dust around here and paired it up with some vintage GinaK digital background paper I've had sitting around.  Once my image was die cut, stamped and stippled in brown inks, I die cut the center border Scallop Die-Namic and stamped the images over it and the remaining borders before stippling caramel ink over those.  For my final touch, I used the Perfect Petal Trio Die-Namic to cut some flowers, scrunched them up to "age" them, and then stippled caramel ink all over those as well before layering.  Presto!!!  Easy peasy!!

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps: MFT Just My Type Stamp & Die-Namic Set, Stampin Up! Petite Patterns
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Creamy Caramel, Close To Cocoa Scrap, Basic Grey Scrap, Creamy Caramel Scrap, GinaK Digital Designer Paper
Ink: PTI Dark Chocolate, Stampin Up! Creamy Caramel
Accessories: Stipple Brush, Pop Dots, MFT Die-Namics, Vintage Brads, Big Shot

Teapot Tuesday Meets MFT!

Hello all.  Question?  Is it June or December?  Right now in my small corner of California, we are having rain, possible thunderstorms, snow (yes snow) in the mountains near me and a 20degree drop in the temperatures.  Now I normally wouldn't complain about the temperature, however, it's creating havoc with my migraines.  Oh my aching head!!

Ok, this week's teapot Tuesday challenge is to make a card with numbers that will be sent to another participating tea potter, just like last month.  So for my card, I decided to "get two challenges with one card" done; even with a migraine.  Ugh!  I started out by stamping MFT's Pure Innocence Book In Hand twice onto MFT Cream Perfect Panels and coloring with prismacolor markers.  I then took some Stephanie Fizer digital School Collection designer paper pack.

Now, for the MFT Wednesday Stamp Club sketch challenge part, I took some scrap Stampin Up! riding hood red and die cut one of MFT's small Dainty Doily Duo Die-namics before adding a layer of stamped Stampin Up! pacific point and riding hood red scrap card stocks.  For that layer I used Stephanie Fizer's I Heart Books to give the layer an embossed look before adding a Tim Holtz ruler ribbon strip and some primas.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps: MFT Book In Hand, I Heart Books
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Pacific Pointe, Riding Hood Red
Card Stock: MFT Cream Perfect Panels, Stampin Up! Pacific Point, Vanilla, Riding Hood Red, Stephanie Fizer Back To School Digital Paper
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Pop Dots, Primas, Glue Dots, Making Memories Baby Brads, Die-namics, Tim Holtz Ruler Ribbon, Staples

Pretty Pink Daisies

Hello and Happy Sunday.  Today I'm sharing with you another card I assembled last week using MFT's Pure Innocence sets.  I had some left over My Time Made Easy digital paper from a project and wanted to pair it up with this cute little Crazy For Daisies set.  After stamping my image in memento tuxedo black on MFT Perfect Panels, I started coloring her with my prismacolor markers allowing the digital paper to control the colors I used.

Once my coloring was done, I pulled out MFT's Daisy Die-Namic and die cut three layered daisies with matching leaves using scrap card stock.  After tying a double ribbon along the side, I popped up my main image panel and added my daisies, with ice stickle centers, to finish it off.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great rest of the weekend.


Stamps: MFT Pure Innocence Crazy For Daisies
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Card Stock: MFT Perfect Panels, Stampin Up! Regal Rose, Pretty In Pink, Green Galore, Garden Green, MTME Tea Parlor Digital Paper
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Ribbon, MFT Daisy Die-Namic, Pop Dots, Glue Dots, Ice Stickles

Little Daffodil Girl

Hello.  Sorry for the delay in posting again, however, I'm dealing with another bout of migraines.  Ugh!

Today I'm sharing a card I put together over a week ago and just never had time to post thanks to the migraines.  The image uses MFT's Pure Innocence Daffodil stamp.  I love daffodils especially since they are the flower of the American Cancer Society.  They remind me of new beginnings and of hope.

I stamped my little PI in memento tuxedo black on MFT Perfect Panels before coloring with prismacolor markers.  Once my coloring was done, I sponged some Stampin Up! barely banana around the image to help highlight it a bit.  Then, taking my MFT Dainty Dots Die-Namic Border, and die cut three borders to place under the main image panel.  Once my borders were cut and adhered, I sponged some Stampin Up! summer sun around the edges of the card before adding some silk daffodils with baby brad centers.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps: MFT Pure Innocence Daffodil
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Barely Banana, Summer Sun
Card Stock: MFT Perfect Panels, Stampin Up! Summer Sun, Black, Garden Green
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Stampin Up! Summer Sun Marker, Silk Daffodils & Greens, MFT Dainty Dots Die-Namic, Sponge, Making Memories Black Baby Brads, Pop Up Glue Dots

Above The Fog - WSC20

Second post for me today.  If you're looking for my Stamp Something challenge, please scroll down one post.

I had these balloon images colored a couple of weeks ago and just had not assembled a card with them yet, so when this week's Wednesday Stamp Club sketch came out, I knew the time had come.  Pullin out some K&Company Brenda Walton designer paper to give the card a vintage look, I began assembling the images together.  Once I had my designer paper adhered to the card, I stippled some Stampin Up! creamy caramel ink around the edges and then did the same thing around the edges of the main image layer.  Oh why, oh why did Stampin Up! retire the caramel color??  It's my favorite to use for beach scenes, and making stuff vintage.  Argh!!

Once I had some scrap Stampin Up! sage shadow card stock die cut, using MFT's Jumbo Scallop Die-Namic, I also stippled caramel ink over those so the border would be aged a bit too.  Taking out some Tim Holtz antique linen, old paper, and tea stain distress inks, I began stippling the clouds to age them since I had die cut those on white card stock instead of vanilla.  Once the clouds were done, I stippled the same inks over the sun to age that before adding just a tad of distress inks to the popped up balloons.  For the final touch, I die cut a butterfly using MFT's Butterfly Die-Namic, stippled ink over that, and added some gem stickers to the body to make it stand out a bit.

I'm really happy with how this turned out since I put it together with a nasty migraine and meds.  Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.



Stamps: MFT Inspired By Balloons
Card Stock: Vanilla, Stampin Up! Lavender Lace, Sage Shadow, White, K&Company Brenda Walton Designer Paper
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Bashful Blue, Creamy Caramel, Tim Holts Antique Linen, Old Paper, Tea Stain Distress Inks
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, MFT Die-Namics, Pop Dots, Stipple Brushes, Gem Stickers, Glue Dots, Brads

You're Vintage! - WSC 19

I'm finally getting a chance to participate, and post, for the My Favorite Things weekly sketch challenge.  I decided to go with a vintage look and use MFT's Inspired By Spring set paired with the new Lily Bee Picket Fence designer paper.  I really chose to be a rebel this week, and totally took the sketch a different direction. 


After stamping my images in memento tuxedo black onto vanilla card stock, I pulled out my prismacolor markers and got to coloring before cutting one nest and bird out to pop up later. I stippled some Stampin Up! bashful blue ink around the edges, and lightly in the middle, before I popped up my bird at the top of the sketch instead of using a tag like the sketch.  Once the nest was popped up, and flowers added to the side, I decided to add some blue dew drops over the circles in the designer paper for a different look.  Here's a close up of the nest and bird dimensions.

Taking the new Just My Type stamp and die set, I die cut some vanilla card stock before stamping one of the sayings onto the "paper" portion of the die.  I then stippled some Stampin Up! close to cocoa ink around the edges before adding some scrap designer paper to the bottom, and then a prima to finish it off.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps: MFT Inspired By Spring, Just My Type
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, PTI Dark Chocolate, Stampin Up! Close To Cocoa
Card Stock: MFP Vanilla, Lily Bee Picket Fence Designer Paper, Stampin Up! Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, MFT Just My Type Die-namic, Silk Flower Stickers, Dew Drops, Mini Glue Dots, Stipple Brush, Pop Dots, Mini Pop Dots, Making Memories Baby Brads, Primas, Medium Glue Dots

Music Note Sketch - WSC 18

Second post tonight.  If you're looking for my Pretty Pattern challenge, please scroll down one post.

Hi all.  Two posts tonight after being nailed with a major, major migraine the last week.  In fact, the last couple of weeks have been horrible with my migraines.  I've been down more than up lately.

Here's my take on last week's My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club.  I'm a bit behind thanks to the migraine.  However, I finally inked up my Who's That Musical Girl set and combined it with some scrap Stephanie Fizer Easter Daisies Collection with some scrap Stampin Up! retired mauve mist and pale plum card stock. 

After coloring my image, and punching it out with a Marvy Mega Scallop Circle punch, I used my heart and musical note die-namics before sponging pale plum around the edges.  I then popped up the hearts and added some mauve colored prima flowers with bling centers to finish it off.

Here's a close up of the details.


Stamps: MFT Who's That Musical Girl
Card Stock: MFT Perfect Panels, Stampin Up! Pale Plum, Mauve Mist
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Pale Plum, Mauve Mist
Accessories: Die-Namics, Prismacolor Markers, Pop Dots, Glue Dots, Prima Flowers, Stampendous Class-A-Peels

Just Sitting By The Lake

Second post for me today.  If you're looking for my Taylored Expressions Sketch challenge, please scroll down one post.

It's been a while since I've participated in a MFT Wednesday Stamp Club Sketch Challenge and today I finally got one done.  I pulled out some Stephanie Fizer Sheltering Tree digital paper and picked my colors from there.  Pulling out my Fred Bear Goes Fishing and Inspired By Spring sets, I stamped them onto MFT white perfect panels twice in memento tuxedo black.  After coloring everything with prismacolor markers (and drawing a rock behind Fred), I cut out one of the Fred Bear images and popped them up on dimensionals and mini pop dots.  After I had cut out my waves using the Catch A Wave die-namic, I sponged Stampin Up! baja breeze ink around the wave edges to give them a little extra texture before pulling out some cloud dies that were already cut out, layered, then popped them up on regular pop dots.

Finally I pulled out some Making Memories white baby brads to add to the corners and then hand drew some birds behind Fred to finish everything off.  Here's a close up of the finished card.

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a great evening.



Stamps: MFT Inspired By Spring, Fred Bear Goes Fishing
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Bashful Blue, Baja Breeze
Card Stock: MFT Perfect Panels, Stampin Up! Garden Green, Baja Breeze, White
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Die-Namics, Stipple Brush, Mini Pop Dots, Pop Dots, Micro Pop Dots, Dimensionals, Black Marker, Stampin Up! Tempting Turquoise Marker, Always Artichoke Marker, Close To Cocoa Marker, Sponge

Butterfly Inspired Sketch Challenge

Hello again.  Second post for me today.  If you are looking for my Teapot Challenge card, please scroll down one post.

I finally got a chance to participate in a MFT sketch challenge again.  This week's sketch challenge was perfect for pulling out MFT's Inspired By Butterflies set.  After stamping my butterfly three times on MFT white Perfect Panels in memento tuxedo black ink, I pulled out my prismacolor markers to color my images using some Basic Gray Ambrosia designer paper as my color inspiration.  Once the images were colored, I cut two of them out for popping up later to add some extra dimension.

Once my first butterfly was layered, I then stippled Stampin Up! pumpkin pie dye ink around it, and then also around the card.  Before adding my main panel, I pulled out my Jumbo Scallop Die-Namic from MFT and cut two layers of scallops before adding my main image popped up on dimensionals. 

My second and third butterflies were then added with both of them being popped up on dimensionals and then the wings of the top one pinched up a bit.  I then pulled out my Butterfly Trio Die-Namic and cut the smallest butterfly out of pumpkin pie scrap cardstock.  I then stippled some pumpkin pie ink over it and stamped some dots using Stampin Up's retired Itty Bitty Backgrounds set.  The butterfly was then added next to the saying with it's wings pinched as well.

Thanks for stopping by.  I'm hoping this post made some sense to you since I'm typing it while dealing with a migraine again.  Below are pictures of the die-namics used.

Stamps: MFT Inspired By Butterflies
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Soft Sky, Pumpkin Pie
Card Stock: MFT Perfect Panels, White, Stampin Up! Pumpkin Pie, Close To Cocoa, Ruby Red, Basic Gray Ambrosia Designer Paper
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Dimensionals, Die-Namics, Primas, Glue Dots, Brads, Stipple Brush

Teapot Polkadot Cherries

Playing catch up with some of the teapot challenges I've missed.  I made this one for challenge 131 and we had to use cherries of some sort so I pulled out my MFT set called Feelin Fruity (which appears to be retired). 

After stamping my cherries on MFT's cream Perfect Panels, I then colored them with Prismacolor Markers before layering with Stampin Up! real red and glorious green card stocks.  After wrapping some silver cord around the middle, I popped the layered images up over the cord using Stampin Up! dimensionals.  The card front is finished off with some silver baby braddies, silver faux brads, and a red polka dotted prima.  I made sure the inside of the card matched the front as much as possible minus the silver cord.

Here's a look at the inside.


Stamps: MFT Stephanie Fizer Feelin Fruity
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Soft Sky
Card Stock: MFT Scalloped Chocolate Notecard, MFT Cream Perfect Panel, Cosmo Cricket Garden Variety Designer Paper, Stampin Up! Real Red, Glorious Green
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Silver Cord, Prima, Glue Dots, Colorbook Silver Faux Brad Stickers, Dimensionals, Stipple Brush

Bedtime Noel

Happy Friday!  We've made it through the week!  Today I'm sharing another card featuring MFT's popular Pure Innocence line using the Naptime image.  I had wanted to use some K & Company designer paper scraps I had found in my stash, so I turned this particular image into a holiday one.

After stamping my image twice on MFT's white Perfect Panels and coloring with prismacolor markers, I cut one of the images out to pop up later.  Pulling out some Queen & Company felt sticker ribbon and adding it to the main card, I then cut some of the smaller snowflakes off of the ribbon to help fill in some empty spaces.  Once my main image was layered, I then added the popped up one and MFT baby braddies to the layers. 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great weekend.


Stamps: MFT Pure Innocence Naptime, MFT Merry & Bright
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Card stock: MFT White Perfect Panels, Stampin Up! Real Red, K & Company Designer Scrap Pack
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Queen & Company Felt Snowflake Ribbon, Bling, Holiday Fibers, Pop Up Glue Dots, MFT Baby Brads, Mini Pop Dots

Holiday Bedtime Story

Hello and happy Monday - I think. *wink*  I'm still playing around with some pre-colored images and finally assembling cards out of them.  Today, I'm sharing an image from one of MFT's most recent releases from the Pure Innocence line called Bedtime Story (which MFT seems to be out of right now). 

I started out by stamping the image in memento tuxedo black ink onto MFT white Perfect Panels and then colored with prismacolor markers using some Debbie Mumm designer paper as my color inspiration.  Once both images were colored, I cut out one and added some pewter baby brads to the knobs on the nightstand before adding to the layered image panel.  I then added some holiday fibers to the top and two MFT Die-Namic flowers to the bottom right hand corner with pop up glue dots.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Tomorrow, you're in for a cute quote by a four year old.  Kids say the funniest things.  Have a great day!


Stamps: MFT Pure Innocence Bedtime Story
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Card stock: MFT White Perfect Panels, Debbie Mumm Holiday Designer Mat Stack, Stampin Up! Old Olive, Bravo Burgundy
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Fibers, Pop Up Glue Dots, MFT Flower Die-Namic, Baby Brads, Dimensionals

Time to.....Remember

Second post for me tonight.  If you're looking for my teapot challenge post, please scroll down.

This week's MFT Wednesday Stamp Club challenge is a sketch.  In fact, all of the Wednesday Stamp Club's are going to be sketches from here on out.  This way, newcomers can participate using whatever stamps they have, and if you use MFT stamps/products you have the chance to win a $20 gift voucher to the store.  Otherwise, the weekly prize is a $15 gift voucher.  Hey, either way it's free spending money thanks to Kim!  :)

I found this wonderful vintage clock paper at Michael's about a month ago and just had to get it since I knew it would go perfect with MFT's A La Mode Take Time (which Kim appears to be out of at the moment).  I stamped my a la mode in memento tuxedo black onto white card stock then colored with prismacolor markers.  Since I was going for a vintage look, I stippled Stampin Up! creamy caramel dye ink around the image and the layers.  Once I had added my Jumbo Scallop Die-namic and Texture Board Die-Namic layers, I had to figure out what to do for the saying on the sketch.  I finally remembered I had bought this itty bitty spool of ribbon at Michael's a couple of years ago and never used it that had a vintage look to it.  The only problem was finding that itty bitty spool.  Once I finally found it, I cut off just the "remember" part and added it onto the textured layers with some vintage brads.

Once my a la mode was in place, I added one of those K & Company page pebbles (remember those?) over the clock face and then stippled some more creamy caramel ink around the card.  The front still looked like it needed something, so I found some Michael's Recollections paper flowers, stippled creamy caramel on it lightly and added it with a glue dot.  The center is another page pebble.

The inside of my card was kept simple.  I only added one layer of the Jumbo Scallop Die-Namic and then another Recollections paper flower with a page pebble center.  Here's what the inside looks like. 

Yes, my Christmas tree is still up.  Between my migraines, my husband's stroke, and returning back to work, I haven't had time to take it down yet.  It does make an interesting backdrop though.  Don't you agree?  Thanks for stopping by today.



Stamps: MFT A La Mode Take Time
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Creamy Caramel
Card stock: White, Stampin Up! Creamy Caramel, Summer Sun, Brocade Blue, Designer Paper
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, MFT Die-Namics, Vintage Brads, Stipple Brush, Pop Dots, Glue Dots, Recollections Paper Flowers, K & Company Page Pebbles