MFT Sketch 482 - Warmest Wishes

Hello, and thanks for stopping by.

Today I have another winter theme card for the current MFT Sketch Challenge.  This is the 16th card I've made since January for Christina Hor's Cards for Little Hearts winter theme card drive.  It's great to get a jump on the cards that I'll donate in the fall.  You can read about Christina's card drives here.

It took me quite awhile to come up with a winter theme card, using MFT supplies, that followed the sketch.  I got hung-up on the vertical candles on the sketch.  Once I moved to thinking in terms of three images, my simple card design was done. 

The snowflakes are embellished with Pretty Pink Posh aquamarine gems.  All of the MFT supplies are listed below.  

Have a great day!

MFT Supplies:

Filled With Joy snowflake die

Snow Globe Sentiment stamp

Slanted Sentiment Strips die

Basic Shapes Circles stencil

Blue Raspberry hybrid ink

Silver Sparkle and Black Licorice card stock

Stay Crafty with Hero Arts Challenge - We'll Weather This Together

Hero Arts has started a weekly challenge, Stay Crafty With Hero.  The theme of the first challenge is encouragement.  That's the perfect theme as people all over the world face the challenges of the COVID-19 virus.  We can all use a little encouragement during this difficult time.

I made a slimline card that is 3.5 inches x 8.5 inches.  The cute Hero Arts Fun in the Rain critters are colored with Copic markers and popped-up with foam tape for some dimension.  I used glossy accents on the boots, beaks and noses.   Distress Oxide inks were blended for the simple background, and I added a few sequins for a bit of sparkle.

We will weather this global crisis together.  I wish all of you good health, and thank you very much for stopping by to take a closer look at my card. 

Supplies:

Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80 lb card stock

Hero Arts Fun in the Rain stamps and dies

Hero Arts Nested Frame Cuts   Clouds

Trinity Stamps Slimline Series  Stitched dies

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Versafine Onyx Black ink

Ranger Distress Oxide inks - Tumbled Glass and Cracked Pistachio

Copic markers

Trinity Stamps sequins

Glossy Accents

Silver Glitter Gel Pen

Mermaid Box Card

Hello, and thanks for stopping by to take a look at my Mermaid box card.  I made it for a couple who recently had their first baby.  The sweet little redhead baby's nursery has a mermaid theme, perfect for the cute MFT Mermazing and Beach Buds stamp and die sets.  The supplies are listed below.

Box cards are so fun to make, especially when they celebrate the birth of a baby.  Thanks again for stopping by.  I hope you have a mermazing day!

Oops!  After I posted here and on Instagram, I noticed I forgot to include Sienna's birth date, a very important bit of information!  Thank goodness I caught it and corrected it before getting the card in the mail. 

Supplies:

Lawn Fawn Scalloped Box Card Pop-Up dies

Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80lb card stock

MFT Drifts and Hills stencil

Waves:  Oxide Tumbled Glass and Distress Salty Ocean ink

Sand:  Oxide Frayed Burlap and Distress Antique Linen, and black and white pens

MFT Mini Clouds Stencil

Oxide Tumbled Glass and Oxide Shaded Lilac ink

Mini Fish, Seaweed and Coral

MFT Mermazing stamps
MFT Peach Bellini ink

MFT Wild Wisteria ink

Memento Pear Tart ink

Die Cut images colored with Copic markers

MFT Mermazing

Mermaid:  Skin  E0000, E000, E51.  Hair  R01, R02, R05, R11.   All other B60, BV00, R02, R11

Turtle:  G14, G20, YG13, Glossy Accents (shell)

Seashell:  B60, W0, W1

MFT Beach Buds

Clam:  B60, B63, W0, W1, W3

Fish: Y11, Y13, B60, R11

Pelican: C1, C3, R01, R02, R11, YR04, YR15, BV000, BV00, BV01

Crab:  R05, R11, R20, RV02, RV04, C5, C7, Glossy Accents (glasses)

Shark:  C1, C3

MFT Beach Scene Builder

Palm Trees:  E42, E55, YG03, YG13, G14, G20, E23, E57

MFT Stitched Banner Alphabet dies

MFT Wild Wisteria card stock

MFT Bundle of Baby Clothes bow die

Pelican's wood stump (freehand cut)

Darice Woodgrain embossing folder 

Copic markers E42, E33 

Other

Hero Arts Acetate Sheet

White Gelly Roll 08 pen

Black Sakura Micron 03 pen

Clear Glitter Gelly Roll pen (mermaid)

MFT Sketch 481 - BRRRING on the Joy!

I'm back with another MFT Sketch Challenge card that I'll donate to Christina Hor's Cards for Little Hearts winter theme card drive later this fall.   You can read about all of  Christina's card drives here.

I followed the sketch closely with the exception of replacing the square with a circle.  I used the same MFT set as last week, Toasty Greetings.  The snowman and penguin are colored with Copic markers, and clear Wink of Stella was applied to snowflakes and the white fur of the snowman's hat and jacket. 

All of the MFT supplies are listed below.  Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day.

 

MFT Supplies:

Toasty Greetings stamps and dies

Pierced Circle Frames die

Snowflake die

In & Out Diagonal Stitched Rectangle STAX die

Smooth White and Red Hot card stock

Black & White Stripes 6x6 paper pack

MFT Sketch 480 - Toasty Greetings

Hello, and thanks for stopping by.

Today I have a card for the current MFT sketch challenge.  I'm still working on winter theme cards for Christina Hor's Cards for Little Hearts drive later this fall.  I'm making at least one card a week using the MFT sketch challenges for a jumping point.  You can read about Christina's card drives here.

When I saw the sketch, I knew right away that the MFT Toasty Greetings set would be perfect for the challenge layout.  The images are colored with Copic markers, and the snowman has a light layer of clear Wink of Stella for a bit of glimmer.  As with most of my donated cards, I used patterned paper for a quick and simple background.  All of the MFT supplies are listed below.

Have a great day!

MFT Supplies:

Toasty Greetings stamps and dies

Black & White Stripes 6x6 patterned paper

Cactus and Black Licorice card stock

Transformation Birthday Card

Today I have a pop-out gatefold birthday card for our niece featuring the Transformation set by The Ton.

I knew that I wanted to make a gatefold card to highlight the butterfly's transformation from striped to floral wings with the left side gate initially under the left wing.  The addition  of the pop-out component was inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest by Sam of Mixed Up Craft.  Her card video is shown here.

The base of the card is 11" x 5.5"  scored at 2.75" and 8.25".  The base was flipped over and scored at 5" and 6" for the pop-out.  The card fits in a 5.75" square envelope.

For the gatefold flaps,  two pieces of black card stock were cut 2.5" x 5.25".  Two pieces of patterned paper were cut and 2.25" x 5". 

 

The strip of black card stock on the front of the pop-out is .75" x 5.25". 

I used just black card stock on the back of the card (not shown),  two pieces cut 2" x 5.25" and one for the pop-out, cut .75" x 5.25".  I wanted to keep the inside of the card clean looking, so I wrote a message to our niece vertically on the solid black pop-out piece on the back of the card.

An 11" x 1.25" wide belly band was made out of black card stock.  The ends of the belly band were attached to a die cut flower so there would be extra wrap around length allowing for the thickness of the card.

The messages on the inside of the card were typed on my computer and mounted on black card stock with a 1/8" boarder.

The butterfly and flowers were stamped with black ink and colored with Copic markers.  The birthstone for March is aquamarine, so I used similar colors.

Mounting the butterfly on the pop-out was a bit tricky.  I wanted to be able to tuck the left gatefold under the left wing so I had to attach the butterfly with adhesive on just half of the thin thorax and abdomen portion and a bit of the flower portion.  I used foam tape to pop the butterfly up a bit so the flap had more room to tuck under the left wing and added glue to both sides of the adhesive foam tape to secure it more tightly.   Next time I make a similar card, I'll adjust the measurements just a tiny bit so there's more room to tuck the left wing under the left gatefold.  It's a bit too tight and difficult to open without getting mini indentation marks on the edge of the card stock from resting up against the foam tape under the floating butterfly.  

I hope my instructions have been helpful.  Please let me know if you give a card like this a try, and  share your lessons learned with me.

I think the Transformation butterfly is perfect for this type of card.  I really enjoyed making it for our beautiful niece.  Happy Birthday, Amy, may your 40's transform and bloom in to wonderful surprises!  

 Supplies:
The Ton Transformation stamps and dies
MFT  Black Licorice card stock
Recollections Black & White Spots paper
Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80lb card stock
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Copic markers:  BG10, BG11, BG23, C1, C3, C5
Prismacolor pencil PC905
Uniball 1.0mm silver gel pen
 Paper Souce 5.75" square envelope lined with the black and white patterned paper

MFT Sketch 478 - Season's Greetings

Hello, and thanks for stopping by to take a closer look at my card for the current MFT Sketch Challenge.

I'm working on cards to donate to Christina Hor's Cards for Little Hearts winter theme card drive later this fall.  I've made 12 cards since the end of January, a good start.  You can read all about Christina's year-round card drives here.

I made eight vertical score lines on the base of my card and used Copic markers to color the images from the Dashing Deer set.  The deer's nose, bird's beak and the berries are all topped with a tiny bit of Glossy Accents.   All of the MFT supplies are listed below. 

 

MFT Supplies:

Dashing Deer stamps and dies

Tag Builder Blueprints 4 sentiment strip die

A2 Rectangle STAX Set 1 die

Smooth White and Black Licorice card stock

Another card using the cute Dashing Deer stamps and dies