Essentials by Ellen September 2017 Pin Sights Challenge

The inspiration board for the Essentials by Ellen Pin Sights challenge this month is so beautiful with several rich, jewel tone images.  That little bird is so pretty!  My godson recently popped the question to his sweet girlfriend, so I made an engagement card for them.  

The EBE Mondo Hydrangea stamp set is one of my favorites.  It's so pretty, and I find it a quick image to color.

I  colored the image with ZIG Real Color Clean Brush markers.  After I cut it with the largest MFT Stamps Pierced Circle Frame die, I spun the frame around until I liked the opposing position of the colored boarder toward the bottom.  Some popped up single cut blooms add dimension.  I didn't want the card to be too feminine, so I used the graphic black and white paper and some paint splatters instead of sequins.  As usual, my card didn't turn out anything like what I had first intended, but I'm pleased with it in the end.

 

 Ellen Hutson Supplies:

Mondo Hydrangea stamps and dies 

Lovely sentiment stamp

Other Supplies:

Large Double Stitched Square die, The Ton

Pierced Circle Frame die, My Favorite Things

Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers: 

042 Turquoise Green, 021 Light Carmine Red, 022 Carmine Red and 024 Wine Red

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MFT Stamps Sketch Challenge 351 - Dashing By

When I saw this week's Sketch Challenge, I knew exactly what I was going to make.  I purchased the Hit the Slopes dies and Slider Elements quite some time ago and finally used them today to make my first slider card.    The cute little girl from the Dashing By stamp and die set sledding down a hill fit the sketch perfectly. 

I drew a pattern on her cap and used a clear glitter pen to add some sparkle.

Wink of Stella on the snow and trees finish off the card.



MFT Supplies:
Blueprints 27 die
Hit the Slopes dies and Slider Elements
Dashing By stamps and dies
Winter Trees dies
Sweet Celebrations 6x6 Paper Pack

Images colored with Copic Markers, clear glitter pen and Wink of Stella

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MFT Stamps 2017 Card Design Superstar Innovation Master

There are so many amazing and elaborate cards entered in the Innovation Master challenge!  I made a six-panel accordion fold birthday card.  It's about 4-inches square, and rather than an envelope, the slip-over band with the recipient's name on it keeps the card neatly folded-up accordion style.   My card is pretty simple, and it was my first attempt at making one like it.  I made it without a tutorial or inspiration piece, so for me it was innovative, but I'm sure many similar ones have been made before!  I'm pleased with the result and I'm sure little Emma will love it.

I used the Oval Sentiment Label Strip die to make the slip-over band.  I simply cut a strip of card stock to size, scored the ends to allow for a snug fit, and adhered the strip to each end of the die cut oval label piece.  A second Oval Sentiment Label Strip was die cut using the cute polka dot paper.  I trimmed it so the band would be all white from each side on the front and across the back.

Close-up of the first three panels.

The second three panels.

I left a small white space on the last panel for a place to sign the card.

MFT Supplies:

 Beary Special Birthday stamps and dies

Birthday Bears stamps and dies

Santa's Elves stamps and dies

Double Stitched Square Frames die

Pierced Circle Frames die

Oval Sentiment Label Strip die

Stitched Alphabet Banner dies  

Cotton Candy card stock

Sweet Celebrations 6x6 Paper Pack

Images colored with Copic markers, Wink of Stella and clear glitter pen.
Balloons are embellished with Glossy Accents.

 

Thanks for taking a look at my project!

IG Crafty Crew September 2017 Hard Challenge

Here's the card I posted on Instagram for the IG Crafty Crew September Hard Challenge hosted by Jan, @handcrafthobby.  Our challenge was to make an "interactive card" so I made a fold-up spin around card.  A tutorial on the Stampingbella website by Sandie was a huge help.  This was my first time making a card like this.  It was a fun project and I definitely finished with a few good lessons learned for the next time, the most notable one being that the base card stock should be 80 lb or less.  I used 100lb and I think it's a bit too bulky for this type of fold-up.

 

 

 

MFT Supplies:

Jingle All the Way stamps and dies

Santa's Elves stamps and dies

Double Stitched Square Frame dies

Pierced Circle Frame die

Tag Builder Blueprint 4 dies

Sour Apple Card Stock

Fresh Squeezed Chevron 6x6 Paper Pack

Graphic Grid 6x6 Paper Pack

Sweet Celebrations 6x6 Paper Pack

Michael's Supplies:

Recollections Bright Christmas Paper Pack (snowflake patterned paper)

Celebration's Shear White Ribbon

MFT Stamps 2017 Card Design Superstar Clean & Simple Genius

I made a holiday card for the Clean and Simple Genius category of the 2017 Card Design Superstar Challenge.  The background is stamped with the solid oval stamp from the Sketchy Flowers set.  I think of it as an irregular Bokeh dot! 

MFT supplies used:

Sketchy Flowers stamp

Birthday Bears stamp and die

Let It Snowflake die

Hand Lettered Holiday sentiment stamp

Black & White Basics 6x6 Paper Pack

Bear and snowflakes colored with Copic markers and Wink of Stella

 

MFT Stamps Color Challenge 77 - Cute Ballerina

For MFT's color challenge #77, this tutu cute little ballerina is on the stage and in the spotlight!  I made this card for a special little girl that I'm matched-up with over at the Little Warriors Happy Mail FB group.

MFT supplies:

Diagonal Stitched Rectangle die

Circle Shaker Window & Frame dies

Chevron Fringe die

Fresh Squeezed Chevron 6x6 Paper Pack

Tutu Cute stamps and die

Image colored with Copic markers and Wink of Stella

MFT Stamps Sketch Challenge 350 - Nice List

For this week's MFT Sketch Challenge I made another Christmas card to donate to Send A Smile 4 Kids, a volunteer organization that provides handmade cards to kids in several hospitals around the country.

MFT supplies:

Diagonal Stitched Rectangle die

Stitched Arch die

Jingle All the Way stamps and dies

Cherry Crisp card stock

Fresh Squeezed Chevron 6x6 Paper Pack

Images colored with Copic markers, Wink of Stella and clear glitter pen

Welcome to my blog

Hello friends,

Welcome to my blog.   I get a lot of joy out of creating handmade cards, especially for kids.  I belong to a few volunteer organizations that support kids with health challenges by sending them happy mail.  I also enjoy participating in some of the many challenges hosted by the card making community.  My crafting goal is to simply create paper trail of smiles, one handmade card at a time.

Thanks so much for stopping by.