Flamingo Christmas

Hello.  Here to share a card I made for my aunt, she likes Flamingos and when I saw this stamp set I knew I wanted it to make her a card.  The My Favorite Things products I used to make this card are; Basic Stitch Lines Die, Merry Christmas Die and Festive Flamingos Stamp set.  I was inspired by the two challenges being currently put on by My Favorite Things.

The Color Challenge

And the Sketch Challenge.

A close up angled photo to show some of the detail the Stitch Lines die made on the black card stock.

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Warm Hugs

Hello!  Gloomy day here.  Perfect for turning on the Christmas tree lights and having a hot drink.  I'm sharing this card at the Fall and Winter Coffee Lover's Blog Hop.  

And joining the Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday Challenge.

I diecut the coffee cup (My Favorite Things) from white cardstock, running it through 5 times to make 5 coffee cups.  I colored the coffee cups with copic markers.  I used an embossing plate (from Papertrey Ink) to add texture to  the cardstock that I diccut the cups from.  I adhered everything onto a piece of cardstock than adhered that to a card front.  I placed the coffee cups back into the negative spaces in the embossed cardstock.  For finishing touches I added clear Nuvo drops to the coffee and some sequins and gems.  The sentiment was heat embossed and adhered to the card with fun foam for some dimension.

Ninjas For You

 A challenge for me with CAS card design is keeping it one layered and not adding a bunch of embellishments.  A CAS card to me is not that simple to design, it requires some thought.  For this card I wanted to create movement, to make the Ninja look like he is doing a powerful kick.  I stamped the Ninja on the cardstock and masking paper.  I masked the ninja off and used post it notes to mask of the area for the rays.  

  I used stencil brushes to add red, yellow, green and blue distress ink.  The sentiment is heat embossed in my favorite way for black (stamp in black pigment ink and emboss in clear).  I used Copic markers to quickly color the stamped images and added some clear Nuvo drops to the throwing star.  I worked on a piece of cardstock sized 4.25"x5.5", the same size as a card front.  I find this easier than working on a card front, when it is adhered to a card it still looks one layered.  I remembered to keep my fingers clean as I wasn't going to be easily able to camoflage any smudges on this card.  My red Copic marker is really juicy and a dot of ink did land in the white space, I used a white gel pen to cover it up.

stamps used:  Ninja-mazing

Stencil Used: Radiating Rays

I am sharing this card at the MFT 2018 Card Design Superstar Challenge.

In the Clean and Simple Genius Category.

Belated Birthday

For me no line watercoloring took some practice.  My eyes are middle aged so now I need to pull out some reading glasses to attempt to see the light colored ink I use to stamp the images.  My kids think seeing me in reading glasses is hilarious.  But once I get into the painting I could do it for hours.  I put on an audio book or some music and enjoy the time working on it, its stress relieving for me.  The My Favorite Things Superstar Challenge is happening.  I love seeing all the fantastic work shared at for this challenge.  I am entering this card in the Coloring Virtuoso category.

To start off my card I painted the Sloth image first.  I stamped on a piece of watercolor cardstock with a light colored ink intended for no line coloring.  As I said I struggle to see the light colored image so as well as using glasses and a bright desk light I refer to the image on the backing for the stamp.  While the sloth was drying I worked on the floral background.  I stamp the flower images in groups of three in triangle patterns until I'm happy with how they fill the space.

Once all the watercoloring was dry I assembled the card.  I used fun foam adhered to the back of the sloth to add dimension.  I also added a bit of sparkle with some Wink of Stella on the Clouds.  To frame the focal point I added a diecut square of patterned paper.  The sentiment was stamped in black and heat embossed in clear to help it pop.   And finally added some translucent yellow Nuvo drops to the centers of the flowers.

MFT Products used (all retired)

Stamps:  Sweet Sloths

Dies: In&Out Diagnol Stitched Square Stax

Patterned Paper:  Trail Mix

Stamping For Autism Awareness Blog Hop

Hello.  Today is World Autism Awareness day and I'm honored to be part of the "Stamping For Autism Awareness Blog Hop".  The Chibitronic team is lighting up our cards with blue in recognition of those living with Autism.  As well as Chibitronic products  I used My Favorite Things stamps, die and a stencil to create my card.

As you can see from the above photo of my circuit I used three blue Chibitronic LEDs to make the shaker star glow.  When the tab is pulled the circuit is completed and the Chibi lights turn on.

Please see the Chibitronics Blog for more details of the blog hop and to win a prize.  

Thank you for stopping by.

Chibitronics and My Favorite Things Blog Hop

Hello, welcome to my blog as part of the Chibitronics and My Favorite Things Blog Hop!

 I listed some of my supplies at the end of my post.  For my card I did some coloring with pencil crayons, my coloring was inspired by a Kit and Clowder Pencil Colouring class I took a few months ago.  to make my background I diecut smooth bristol cardstock with the MFT die.  I then blended two shades of Distress Ink.  I used a baby wipe and the MFT stencil to create the radiating rays.  I used the baby wipe to remove the ink through the stencil.  I then colored the super girl with my pencils.  I diecut the girl and diecut a piece of fun foam with the MFT die that coordinates with the stamp set.  I wanted to give the girl some dimension .  The sentiments are all embossed using white embossing powder.  Below is a picture of the circuit I made to light up my card with white Chibi lights.  When the slider is pulled the circuit is completed and the lights turn on.

My cards circuit behind the cardfront adherred with a double layer of foam tape.

My team mate, Eiko, has an excellent post here in which she shares a video on how to create a pull tab light up card.

Hop along and leave comments on all the stops for your chance to win.  MFT is giving away a $50 gift card to one commenter and Chibitronics is giving away a starter kit to one commenter.    Please click here to return to the start of the blog hop.  The very creative WeiWei Wang is your next stop on the hop.

Chibitronics Blog
Kelly Griglione
Lesley Oman
Kelly Szafron
WeiWei Wang
MFT Blog

Some of the products I used:

Stamps: BB You're Super

Dies: Die-namics Single Stitch Line Tag Corner Rectangle Frames, Die-namics BB You're Super

Stencil: Radiating Rays

Chibitronics: STEM Starter Kit (affiliate link used)

Thank you for stopping at my blog, please enjoy the hop.

Pink Christmas Tag

Hello time for a new challenge at Tag You're It!  The inspiration for challenge #78 is a lovely tag from Jessica Frost Ballas.  

I Love her golden deer.  I was inspired by the shape of her tag and the colours.  I used My Favorite Things dies and stamps for my tag.  I die-cut a tag from pink card-stock and blended pink distress ink on it.  The set of dies I used from My Favorite things are great for making shaker tags.  I embossed the snowflakes on the tag using a sparkle white embossing powder from Wow.  I used sequins from Lucy's Little Things for the shaker.  I watercoloured the deer and adhered it to the front.  The sentiment is die-cut from self adhesive gold paper.

Thank you for stopping by, I hope you are inspired to play along with Tag You're It!.

CAS Warm Hugs

My third and final entry for the My Favorite Things 2017 Card Design Superstar Contest.  

I am entering this card in the Clean and Simple Genius Category.  Jennifer McGuire shared a technique in a video in which she used daubers to do multi color stamping with solid stamps.  I used this technique with Distress Oxide Ink.  An important tool for this card is a stamp positioner. I stamped the hat, scarf and mittens with a white pigment ink.  Next I cleaned the stamps then used sponge daubers to add Distress Oxide Ink to the stamps.  I reapplied the ink and stamped the images multiple times until I liked the colours.  I stamped the stitch details in navy blue dye ink.  The sentiment is white heat embossed.  Finally I added some final details with a white gel pen.  

I used stamps from My Favorite Things sets "Winter Warmth" and "Merry Christmoose".  Very fun challenge, so many amazing entries!

Thanks for stopping by.

  

Watercolored Fancy Flowers

Hello!  I'm here today with a card I made inspired by the My Favorite Things 2017 Card Design Superstar challenge.  I'm entering this in the Coloring Virtuoso category.

I started out by embossing the flower images with rose gold embossing powder on watercolour cardstock. I struggled a bit to find a colour combo I liked with the rose gold and found googling rose gold colour combos helpful.  I then stamped and embossed the leaves.  Where the leaves overlapped the flowers I used a small paintbrush to remove the embossing powder before heating it.  I painted using Holbein and Daniel Smith watercolours.  Once the watercoloring was dry I splattered it with clean water and added embossing powder, the embossing powder sticks to water.  

I diecut the hugs die 4 times glued the layers together and embossed the bottoms of the letters.

Very fun challenge, so many amazing entries!  Thanks for stopping by.

Stamps: My Favorite Things "Fancy Flowers"

Die:  Dienamics "Words For Friends"

You Lift Me Up

Hello!  Sharing my card for the My Favorite Things 2017 Card Design Superstar Challenge.

 

I created this card for the Innovation Master category.

 I made a light up shaker card using My Favorite Things stamps and Dies and Chibitronics lights.  When the recipient pulls out the tab the card lights up.

I made a background by applying Distress ink and Distress Oxide Ink on Bristol paper.  I blended the sky to look like a sunrise.  For the stamped images I colored them with Copic markers and fussy cut them out.  I stamped the balloon on the background so the strings would be there and adhered the fussy cut pieces on top of the stamped image.  I added some Wink of Stella to the balloon.  I diecut the frame six times and adhered the layers together to build a shaker window.

  I built my Chibitronic circuit on a piece of card stock placing the light where I wanted the sun to be.I diecut a circle out of fun foam and adhered it around the Chibi light so that the light would only shine within the area of the circle.

Very fun card to make.  Thank you for stopping by.

Stamps: BB Up in the Air

Dies: Die-namics Jumbo Cloud Stax, Cross-Stichch Rectangle Stax, Blueprint #20

Festive Reindeer

Still a few months until Christmas, but I find that time flys by in the fall and all sudden I have a million things to do for Christams.  Jessica Frost-Ballas has an inspiring Christmas card challenge on her blog.  

It can be hard to get inspired to create Christmas and holiday cards when it is still summer outside so I turn to challenges to help get me motivated.  I was inspired by a card Jessica made for May, I CASED the layout and design for my card.  

Materials:

- My Favorite Things "Merry Everything" stamps

- sequins(retired) and patterned paper Lawn Fawn

- Nuvo Glimmer Drops

- black Glaze pen

- white gel pen

- Prismacolor Pencil Crayons

- Gamsol (odourless mineral spirits)

- white embossing powder

- heavy weight white card stock for card base

- navy card stock

Stamp and colour the deer.  I coloured with pencil crayons blended with Gamsol and a paper stump. Fussy cut or die cut the deer image. Embellish the deer with black glaze pen and white gel pen. Cut layers of patterned paper and navy card stock to fit front of card.  Emboss sentiment on bottom panel.  Adhere card together and embellish with sequins and Nuvo Drops.

 This was a fun and quick card to make.

Thank you for stopping by.

Surprise Tag

Hello!  For Tag You're It! Challenge #70 we are inspired by a adorable tag from Kim Heggins.

I was inspired by the bear stamp from My Favorite Things that Kim used .  I used another bear from My Favorite Things but went with a Birthday theme.  I made a one layered tag and colored the image with Copic Markers.  I sponged Pistachio Distress Oxide Ink on the bottom and used a white gel pen to add some details.  Thank you for stopping by, I hope you join challenge #70 at Tag You're It!

Floral Watercolour Smile

Hello, Happy Easter!  I made a card using My Favorite Things stamps and dies for the MFT Sketch Challenge.  I stamped and embossed the flowers then used Inktense pencils to watercolour the images and add colour to the die cut sentiment.  I am also sharing this card at the Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday Challenge, the theme is spring time.

Thank you for stopping by.

Bear Birthday Card

Hello!  Sharing a card made with the colors from the My Favorite Things Color Challenge.  I used Inktense Pencils and a water color crayon to add color to the stamped images.  I added glitter to the gifts with a spectrum noir glitter pen.  Shine was added to the balloons with glossy accents.

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Stinkin' Cute

Hello!  I made this card with inspiration from the Tag You're It! Challenge.  Karin Akesdotter provided us with adorable inspiration for the first Tag You're It! challenge of 2017.  

I wanted to make a Valentine card for one of my kids and thought the colors would be great for one of my sons.  I used a little stamp set from Lawn Fawn and Dies from My Favorite Things for my card.  For the background I sponged distress ink on Bristol card stock than applied embossing paste through a stencil.  I water colored the little skunk using Zig Real Brush Pens.  

I hope you join us at Tag You're It! Challenge #63, and when you do please explain how your work was inspired by the challenge.

Thank you for stopping by.

Slider Galaxy Card

Hello!  My son's Birthday is coming up and I wanted to make the galaxy background technique recently shared on the My Favorite Things blog by Stephanie Klauck for his card.  I used the sketch for the My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge to help me design this card.  My son hasn't gone tobogganing since he was a baby and we lived in Canada.  We still have our sleds out in our garage and he used to ask when we could use them.  I don't miss the long cold winters but I do miss some of the fun out door winter activities.   I used the November card kit from My Favorite things to make this slider card.

I am also linking this card up to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge "Ice Inspiration" where they are featuring My Favorite Things products.

Thanks for stopping by for a look.