MFT Sketch Challenge 258

I haven't participated in an MFT sketch challenge in the last few months and I really missed it. It's been a very busy time between a death , work, surgery that I'm recuperating from and the general extra things that are thrown in there I just haven't had time. So with the fact that I'm recuperating I'm trying my best to be able to create cards and had some time to participate in the latest challenge.

On with my card! Prior to my surgery I had colored some images not knowing if I would be able to color afterwards for a while. One of the sets that I colored was MFT Santa's elves by Birdie Brown. I had also recently purchased some Bazzill Basic Paper called Holiday Style Classic Christmas and decided that I wanted to use the striped paper in that selection. I didn't have the Die-namic that cuts the stitch rectangle with the one rounded corner. So my solution was to use the stitch rectangle from Blueprints 25 and after cutting that laying the rounded corner rectangle from Blueprints 26 over top of it and only cutting the one corner. Next I used my pinked edge circle and cut a piece of Wild Cherry MFT cardstock. The top layer was a piece of Gumdrop Green MFT cardstock cut using the MFT stitched Circle frame. As I looked at this I decided instead of cutting a rectangle to go below these pieces I wanted to make a rectangular shaker card area so I used the rounded rectangle from blueprints 6 and cut the striped basil paper and I also cut two pieces of fun foam to create my shaker area. Then I got a piece of acetate that was a little larger than the opening and stamped my sentiment and Versa Mark then heat embossed it in black detail embossing powder by Stamp N Stuff. I had a hard time deciding what I wanted to back my shaker with and ended up going with a piece of MFT Blue Raspberry which picks up the blue stripe in the paper. I put my shaker together and used Design Creative Bling's sequin mix called O'Tannenbaum. Which is available at Laura's Loft!

 After assembling my shaker high attached all my elements to the front and added some glossy accents to the ornaments and the bells on the elves hats. My finish card front was mounted to a piece of Neenah solar white 110 lbs card stock as my base.

                        

I had just created my own stamp, which I tried out on this card, to stamp the back of my cards with using my Silhouette Mint and I really like how it works you can create what you want to personalize your stamp and it's so easy.

I hoping everybody is having a good time getting ready for the holidays. Hope to participate in the color challenge and the upcoming sketch challenges. Until next time....

MFT Sketch Challenge 241

For this sketch challenge I first chose to use MFTs' Upsy Daisey Die-namic. From there I chose my colors ( lemon chiffon, limeade, coral crush, and persimmon) and cut my flowers using the various colors. I used the dye inks in these colors and MFTs' stamp set Desert Bouquet to create my background on a piece of white card stock. Blueprints 13 and a spellbinders circle was used to cut the finished piece. i then cut a piece of limeade using MFTs' Stitched Circle Frame Stax to frame my shaker circle. My shaker was made using We R Memory Keepers Fuse Tool which I ran around the circle frame die for a pattern. After adhering my flowers in place I stamped my sentiment, which came from MFTs' Encouraging words, in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. The background piece is popped up with fun foam. Apiece of Lemon Chiffon was used to back the shaker window and my base was Persimmon. oh and one last detail I added dots of sakura silver shimmer jelli roll pen to the center of the flowers. Thank you so much for dropping by hope you enjoyed the card as much as I did making it.

MFT Sketch Challenge 239

I knew when I saw the sketch for this challenge I wanted to do a shaker card. I first chose my back ground paper which was this plaid piece from DCWV  premium stack the dots, stripes, and plaids. I just love their stacks. I also used Bazzill sour apple and evening sky cardstock.

Next I chose the MFT Tweet On You stamp set. I stamped the images in Memento Tuxedo Black and then cut them out with my silhouette.

I used Copics to color them.

MFT cross stitched circle was used the cut all the circles except the frame and that was cut using MFT stitched circle frame. I recently purchased the fuse tool and thought this would be an excellent time to try it out. I took the next to largest circle from the cross stitched circles and used it as a guide for my pocket. Then I added my sequins. Popping up the background with fun foam then all that was left was assembly.