Happy Birthday and Hello Sunshine!

Happy Monday!  I had a chance to get crafty and decided to play along with a few blog challenges, so I am popping in with two cards to share today. 

Thank You, Congratulations, and Sweet of You!

Happy Saturday!  I am popping in with  few cards to share.  I finally had some time to get crafty.  For my first card, I am playing along with this week's MFT Weekly Sketch Challenge and MFT Color Challenge. 
 

I am using MFT Stamps.  I started with MFT smooth white, fuse green, kraft, ripe raspberry, tickled pink, and black licorice card stocks.  My card base is smooth white.  I die cut the fuse green with Blueprints 13.  I edged the bottom with Stiched Basic Edgers die namics.  I stamped the houndstooth background using versamark for a subtle stamped background.  I die cut the stitchable circle stax.  I die cut the smooth white panel with Vertical Stitched Strips. 

 I die cut the flamingo with smooth white, ripe raspberry, tickled pink, black licorice, and kraft.  I constructed the pink flamingo and added it to the card.  I used some foam mounting tape on the body of the flamingo for some added dimension.  I inked distressed the edges with versamark to add some depth to the flamingo.

Graduation Card!

For my second card, I am playing along with Fusion Card Challenge, The Friday Mashup, and Fab Friday. 

I started with MFT Stamps smooth white, lemon chiffon, and steel gray card stocks.  I die cut the steel gray with Blueprints 13.  I stamped Outline Sentiments in sweet tooth pigment ink.  I layered a smooth white panel die cut with Vertical Stitched Strips.  I layered a Stitched Jumbo Flag Stax.  I inked up sentiments from Watt's Up and Beautiful Baby stamp sets.  I white embossed the "Bright."  I sponged on some daffodil at the bottom then some lemon chiffon to give an ombre "light" effect.  I die cut the chandelier die namics in steel gray three times and glued together for some added dimension and stability.

Sweet Treats card!

My last card is just fun!  The only thing better than a scoop of ice cream are three scoops of ice cream!  I am playing along with Retro Sketch and Just Add Ink color challenge.

I started with MFT smooth white, kraft, and sno cone card stocks.  I die cut the triple scoop cone from Sweet Treats in kraft and stamped with coordinating image from You're the Sweetest stamp set.  I die cut the scoops in smooth white and stamped with coral crush, snow cone, and sour apple inks.  I layered with some foam mounting tape.  I die cut the kraft background with Blueprints 13.  I stamped with Simply Circles background with sweet tooth ink.  I added a sentiment in bottom corner from You're the Sweetest stamp set in hybrid black licorice ink.  I finished with a few sequins and some loose thread.

As always thanks so much for stopping by!

Betty

A Three-Fer Friday with NEW STAMPS!

 
Happy Friday!  I got some new MFT Stamps and die namics in the mail today! Always blown away by MFT quick shipping!   In between household chores, I was able to get crafty at various times throughout the day.  I made three cards!  I am so loving these new MFT stamps and dies! 

For the first card I am playing along with Always Playing With Paper sketch challenge, The Card Concept color challenge, and The Friday Mashup.  





I started with MFT card stock in smooth white, coral crush, blu raspberry, and gumdrop green.  The card base is smooth white.  I die cut a coral crush panel with Blueprints 13.  I stamped using MFT Pigment sweet tooth ink Simply Circles background.  I die cut a smooth white panel using Vertical Stitched Strips. 

I stamped this panel with Spotlight Sentiments using Coral Crush ink.  I die cut the focal panel with Rounded Stitched Rectangle stax in blu raspberry.  I die cut a gumdrop piece as well as used the Stitched Basic Edges die namics to create a grassy landscape.  I used Cloudy Day stencil and sponged on some clouds with Pigment sweet tooth ink.  Next, I die cut the You Gnome Me die namics and stamped with coordinating images from You Gnome Me stamp set using hybrid black licorice ink.  Oh, my!  I just think these gnomes are the cutest ever!  I colored with copics.  I die cut the tree from Tweet on You die namics and stamped with coordinating tree image from Tweet on You stamp set in hybrid black licorice ink.   I die cut the sentiment strip from Blueprints 20.  For the sentiment,  I selectively inked portions of a sentiment from You Have My Heart stamp set in hybrid black licorice ink.  I finished the card with a few clear sequins.   

For my second card, I am playing along with MFT Weekly Sketch Challenge and MFT Color Challenge.

 

 

I started with MFT smooth white card stock, sour apple, and nightshift blue card stocks. I used Blueprints 20 to die cut the scalloped frame background and Blueprints 13  for the nightshift blue panel.  I stamped this panel with nightshift blue ink using Simply Circles background stamp. I used Blueprints 12 for the inside outside circle die cut. I also cut the circle in sour apple card stock.  I stamped the sour apple circle with Sheet Music background using sour apple ink.    Next, I die cut a vellum heart using All My Love die namics.  I used Horizontal Stitched Strips die namics for the sentiment.  I stamped the sentiment from Tweet On You in hybrid black licorice ink.  I die cut a birdie from this same set and stamped the coordinating image with hybrid black licorice ink.  I love these birdies, too!  They are so C-U-T-E!  I colored with copics.  I finished the card with some clear sequins.

 
For my final card, I must say if you have not purchased this Modern Blooms stamp and die namics set....order it now!  It is amazing!  I can see this quickly becoming my go to flower set!  Oh my!  The possibilities!    I am playing along with The Color Throwdown and CAS(E) this Sketch.

I started with MFT kraft, smooth white, and orange fizz card stocks.  I die cut the orange fizz panel with Blueprints 13.  I stamped this panel with Houndstooth background in orange fizz ink.  I die cut a large pierced circle stax.  I stamped the sentiment from True Friend in hybrid black licorice ink.  I die cut the flowers from Modern Blooms and played around with several color combinations.  I ended up layering two of the flowers.  I love this look.  I used blue breeze, after midnight, and nightshift blue inks. For the leaves I used Limelight and sour apple inks.  I added a few touches of flower dotted centers as accents to the card using blue breeze and orange fizz inks.  I love the versatility of this set.  I finished with a few sequins.  

As always thanks so much for stopping by!

Betty

Sense of Wonder and Thinking of You!

 Happy Sunday!  Wherever you are today, I hope you are inside and warm!  It is really cold here.  The winds were so strong last night we lost power twice.  Power was restored fairly quickly, but a few hours is still a lot when you have no heat.     I had some time this weekend to get crafty.  I have a couple of cards to share today.  


The first card I made using some of my new MFT Stamps goodies.  I am playing along with Just Add Ink.  I got my inspiration from the cup cut away on the edge and the embossed cookies.  Instead of hearts I chose flowers.  I started with MFT card stock in smooth white, the fabulous new Pure Plum and Summer Splash.  I started with a smooth white card stock base.  I layered a smooth white panel that I die cut with the stitched panel from   
Blueprints 15.  I layered the new Blueprints 22 stitched round edge panel die cut in pure plum.  I stamped this panel with Harlequin Background in pure plum ink (HAPPY DANCING!  LOVE THIS COLOR!)  Instead of stamping the harlequins vertical, I chose to stamped them horizontal to create some interest and movement toward the circle element.  I die cut the pure plum panel with Stitchable Dot Circle Stax.  I layered a summer splash Pierced Circle Stax inside.  I stamped the summer splash panel with Romantic Script Background using Sweet Tooth Pigment ink.  I heat embossed with white embossing powder and sponged versamark around the edges for a richer patina.  I trimmed it to fit along the side of the card.  I die the sentiment panel with Stitched Jumbo Fishtail Banner Stax   in smooth white and stamped with a sentiment from Whimsical Wishes stamp set.   I decided to have a little bit of the fishtail hanging off the edge.  I die cut several of the leafy sprigs from Fall Foliage die namics and stamped with the coordinating images from Fall Foliage stamp set.  I used  pure plum, jellybean, and daffodil premium inks.  I layered these flowers and stems along the edges.  I finished my card with a few hemp cord threaded buttons.

 
For my second card I am playing along with this week's MFT Weekly Sketch Challenge and MFT Color Challenge.  I decided to go completely CAS with this card.  

 

I started with MFT kraft, smooth white, sno cone, nightshift blue, and cherry crisp card stocks.  I have a kraft base.  I die cut the nightshift blue panel with Blueprints 13 stitched frame.  I stamped it using Diagonal Striped Background.  I die cut the outside stitched frame using Blueprints 18.  I layered behind the circle cut out sno cone glued to the back of the dotted cutout panel from Blueprints 22.  I die cut the word "hi" from Happy Hellos die namics.  I added a cherry crisp tag using Blueprints 15.   I stamped this panel using a sentiment from Pretty Poppies stamp set.   I finished with a few sequins.

As always thanks so much for stopping by!

Betty

Happy Birthday and MORE!

Happy Saturday!  I am popping in with a few cards to share.  For this first card I am playing along with MFT Weekly Sketch Challenge, MFT Color Challenge, Just Us Girls (sentiment as focal point), and Seize the Birthday (Anything Goes).

I started with MFT Blueberry, Wild Wisteria, Limelight, ans Smooth White card stock.   I LOVE the NEW COLORS!  I stamped the blueberry panel with fine check background using Premium blueberry ink.   I die cut the pierced square stax with blueberry.  I die cut the wild wisteria with a smaller pierced square stax to layer according to sketch.  This wild wisteria

panel I stamped with pinstripe background stamp using premium wild wisteria ink.  Next, I used Tag Builders #3 Blueprints to die cut the pierced scalloped frame using smooth white card stock.   I stamped this panel with MFT Birthday Greetings stamp set using blueberry ink.  I stamped it again at the bottom using MFT Happy Everything stamp set using wild wisteria ink.  I die cut a pierced star stax using silver foil card stock.  I then die cut limelight card stock with Happy die namics.
I stamped the word with Happy Birthday background stamp using Premium limelight ink.   I finished my card with a few silver sequins. 

For this card I am playing along with Retro Sketch, Fusion Card Challenge(inspiration), Colour Q, and Simon Wednesday Challenge (Anything Goes).

I just love the inspiration photo with all the different sizes and colors of hearts.  The embossed frame heart caught my eye, too!  I started with MFT card stock in smooth white, ripe raspberry, electric red, and peach bellini. The card base is electric red.  I die cut the stitch panel using Blueprints 15 in smooth white.  I stamped this panel with diagonal stripe background stamp using grout gray ink.   I cut the grout gray panel from Blueprints 10 and used Blueprints 9  to die cut the hole and the hole enforcer. For the outline stitched heart I used Tag Builders 3 Blueprints.  I used all of these components to create my tag and heart elements in the colors listed.  I finished with a hemp cord bow.

For card 3, I am playing along with CASe this Sketch, Always Playing with Paper Color Challenge, ShowCASe Your Style, and Simon Monday Challenge (clouds).



                       This card is  very CAS for me!  I started with MFT smooth white card stock.  I stamped the background with Striped background stamp using Lemon Chiffon ink.  I die cut the  pierced rectangle stax with blu raspberry.  I stamped this panel with  MFT Blue Skies Ahead stamp set in Hybrid Black Licorice ink.   Instead of hot air balloons, I used Layered Umbrella die namics.  I layered three together for extra stability.  I added some clouds from Cloud Cover Up and finished with a few sequins.


As always thanks so much for stopping by!

Betty