MFT Sketch Challenge 486 - 'Tis the Season to be Jolly

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

Once again, I've made a card to donate later this fall to Christina Hor's winter theme Cards for Little Hearts drive.  You can read about Christina's card drives here.

I found this sketch really hard, but I guess that's the point of a challenge!  I got hung-up on the three sided frame in the sketch and just couldn't come up with anything that I liked.  After a few attempts, my final version is below, and as you can see, I made my frame four sided.

A note about the sentiment.  I cut apart the sentiment stamp a while back, and in the process damaged the n.  So I typed "tis the season to be" on the computer and then stamped jolly next to it so it would match the fa la la la la font.

The "fa la la la la" was repeat stamped with MFT Cherry Crisp ink, super easy with my MISTI.  The cute PI Perfect Harmony girl is colored with Copic markers.  Since it's winter, of course, I added long sleeves and striped tights to her outfit.

The card is pretty busy with patterns, so I used a thin strip of green card stock die cut with a pattern instead of a scalloped edge to separate the top and bottom panels.  The tail of the left side "f" hanging below the green strip bothers me a bit, but I didn't have time to go back and redo the card again.  I doubt the young heart patient that receives the card will mind.

All of the MFT supplies are listed below.  Have a jolly day!

MFT Supplies:

Perfect Harmony stamp and die

Trim the Tree sentiment stamp

Elegant Rectangles STAX dies

Stars in the Sky Vertical die

Homespun Stitched Lines die

Slanted Sentiment Strips die

Cherry Crisp ink

Black & White Stripes 6x6 paper pack

Cherry Crisp, Field Green and Silver Shine card stock

First Anniversary Slimline Card

Today I have an anniversary card that I made for my godson and his wife's first wedding anniversary.

The Alexandra Renke Butterfly Paper made a pretty background for the card.  The two small butterflies were die cut out of the same Butterfly Paper. 

I used Altenew's Bold Alphabet dies for the "happy" and added "first" with MFT Stitched Banner Letters dies.  I do this often, especially on graduation cards.  It's an easy way to personalize each card with the graduate's school name or initials, and the year too.

The "anniversary" was typed on my computer as I didn't have a stamp with the font or size I wanted.

All the panels were cut with Trinity Stamps Stitched Slimline dies.  The card stock is by MFT Stamps. 

Thanks very much for stopping by, and have a great day.

Supplies:

Alexandra Renke Butterfly Paper

Trinity Stamps Stitched Slimline dies and Rock Candy Confetti

Altenew Bold Alphabet dies

MFT Stitched Banner Letters dies

MFT Whip Cream and Gravel Gray card stock

MFT Slanted Sentiment Labels die

Hero Arts Nested Butterfly die

 

MFT Sketch Challenge 485 - Happy Holidays

Hello.  I'm back with another MFT Sketch Challenge card for Christina Hor's Cards for Little Hearts winter card drive.  You can read about Christina's card collection efforts here.

For the back panel I cut a 3 1/2" wide piece of card stock and used a die from the MFT Stitched Basic Edges set to make a fish tail edge at the bottom of it.  Dusty Concord and Chipped Sapphire Distress inks were blended on the panel with a brush, splattered with water, and blotted off.  

MFT Hit the Slopes dies were used to make the curved piece of "snow" that the deer is standing on.  I thought the side edges of the fishtail panel looked unfinished without a matching stitched edge detail, so I added MFT Solid Birch Trees to the sides for some added interest.

A die cut deer from the MFT Deer Love set provides a simple focal piece.  The moon was made by die cutting a circle, shifting the die to the right and die cutting it again for a simple crescent shape.  The moon has a light coat of Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide ink splattered with water.

Christina collects winter theme cards for young children to young adult heart patients.  I think this card will be nice for a young adult male.

Thanks again for stopping by, and have a great day.

MFT Supplies:

Deer Love dies

Solid Birch Trees die

Stitched Basic Edges die

Hit the Slopes die

Beach Scene Builder die (sun)

Snow Globe Sentiments stamp

Chocolate Brown and Black Licorice card stock

MFT Sketch Challenge 484 - Happiest of Holidays

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

I'm still working on cards for Christina Hor's winter theme Cards for Little Hearts drive.  You can read about it here.  For the rest of April, I'll make cards for Christina that have more of a Christmas theme with elves and Santa's.

I used one of the first MFT Christmas stamp sets that I bought a few years ago, Santa's Elves.  The elf is colored with Copic markers.  I added a few details that are hard to see in the photo. The bell and buttons are coated with Glossy Accents, the white fur and stars are coated with clear Wink of Stella, and the ribbon on the little gift is lined with a clear glitter Gel pen.  Instead of a heart as shown in the sketch, I used a triangle.  I made a second elf card similar to the sketch layout as shown below.

Thanks again for stopping by, and have a great day.

 

MFT Supplies:

Santa's Elves stamps and die

Triangle STAX die

Slanted Sentiment Strips die

Black Licorice card stock

Black & White Stripes 6x6 paper pack

And a second card to donate

 

Peony Baby Box Card

Hello, and thanks for stopping by to take a closer look at the pop-up box card that I made to celebrate the birth of our great-niece, Kaia.

I love making these little box card, especially for new babies.   I saw on the parent's gift registry that the nursery would have wall decor of pink paper flowers and white butterflies, so I used those as a jumping point for my design.

Stamping Bella's cute Peony Baby was stamped, colored with Copic markers and die cut for the focal point, and the little floating butterflies were die cut with Hero Arts dies and attached with strips of clear acetate.   I thought the MFT Heart Tree die was perfect for the back panel with the three hearts representing the new family of three.   All of the supplies are listed below.

Have a great day!

Supplies:

Neenah Classic Crest Solar White card stock

Stamping Bella Peony Baby stamp and die

Hero Arts Butterflies - Nested Frame Cuts

MFT Stamps:

Heart Tree die

Stitched Banner Letters dies

Bundle of Baby Clothes bow die

Ripe Raspberry and Spearmint card stock

Lawn Fawn:

Box Card Pop-Up dies

Grassy Boarder die

Dew Drops Polka Dots 12"x12" paper 

Copic Markers:

flowers  RV11, R81, R83

pot C00, C1

face E0000, E000, E51, RV00

leaves YG41, YG11

PrismaColor Pencils:

PC994 Process Red

PC910 True Green

MFT Sketch 483 - Warm Winter Wishes

Hello, and thanks for stopping by.  Today I have four more cards for Christina Hor's Cards for Little Hearts winter theme card drive.  I'll send them to Christina later this fall.  You can read all about Christina's drives here.

This week's sketch features a tall dome shaped tag.  I don't have the tall tag die that was used by most of the design team, so I used the partial die cut method with the Snow Globe die to make mine.

The MFT Holiday Hugs Snowman stamp fit my die cut dome perfectly.  I stamped four snowmen and used Copic markers to color them.  Since I like each donated card to be at least slightly different, the layouts were varied as well.

All of the MFT supplies for the first card are listed below.  Have a great day!

 

MFT Supplies:

Holiday Hugs Snowman stamps

Snow Globe dies

Filled with Joy snowflake die

Proper Pinstripes Pastels and Black & White  6x6 Paper Packs

Summer Splash and Black Licorice card stock

Three more cards ready to donate

 

Stay Crafty With Hero Arts - thanks for all that you do

Hello.  I'm back with a card for the second Stay Crafty With Hero Arts challenge.  This week we are using stamps that have never seen ink.

I made a thank you card using the largest flower in the Happy Mother's Day set.  The pretty flower is colored with Copic markers, and I used a PrismaColor pencil to add depth to the bases of the petals.

Black and white partial die cut clouds using the Hero Arts Cloud Nested Frame Cuts add some interest to the base of my card.  The sentiment is popped up with foam tape.

This was a great challenge.  It's always good to use a stamp or die that's been sitting unused a little too long, and I'll definitely be using this stamp again.

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

Supplies:
Hero Arts Happy Mother's Day (CL980) stamps
Hero Arts Nested Frame Cuts Clouds die
Neenah Clasic Crest Solar White 80lb card stock
MFT Stamps Black Licorice card stock
MFT Stamps Slanted Sentiment Strip die
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
VersaMark watermark ink
WOW! Opaque Bright White Super Fine embossing powder
Copic markers Y23, YR23, YR24
PrismaColor pencil PC943
Gelly Roll pen 08 white