MFT stamp Class Act

 

Hello and welcome to my blog. I really appreciate you dropping by. I was excited to finally made a card using the MFT stamp Class Act stamp set and Distress Oxides ink. 

For this card, I started with a pale purple card stock. The MFT Class Act stamp set has many sentiment and I clear heat embossed all the sentiment diagonally on the card stock. 

Then I blended in various shades of purple Distress Oxides just to add contrast. The sentiment was black heat embossed & the girl water colored and both glued on with foam tape. 

I hope you find some inspiration today for your next creation. Thank you again for dropping by. 

Paper Smooches Bear Frog Card

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Today I am sharing some shaped card. I saw this Paper Smooches Bear Frog die a while ago but only got to play with it not too long ago, and it was so much fun. The die lets you make bear and frog with a variety of faces/ expressions as you can see here. I made happy faces but you can make some moody ones if you want to. You can also add the bear onto a rectangular card as a die cut as in my 'Winnie the Pooh' failed example.

 I tried to make this card looked like Winnie the Pooh but missed the mark, I must have positioned something wrong. Think the nose should be up a bit. Oh well...

Isn't these cards just the cutest?!! And there are many more varieties you can do.

You can even make a frog, so much fun playing with this die. I’m planning to make more of these shaped cards. 
Thank you for dropping by my blog. I really appreciate it. 

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Love Cynthia Happy Girls cards

 

Hello everyone! I know I am not active checking my blog. I normally post and leave it at that. I recently found out I had comments from 2 and 4 years ago that I am just reading. OMG! I will try to check on my blog more. Today, I am sharing some cute cards that I made. I stamped and coloured these Love Cynthia images a while ago during The Daily Marker 30 day but only found time to make them into cards recently.

Since these Love Cynthia images are small, I decided to do a 4 inch x 4 inch size card. I cut 4' x 8' card stock to form the card base and fold that in half. I just can't get over how cute these happy girls are.

I ran 3½" x 3½" white card stock through a variety of Sizzix and We R Memory Keepers embossing mat to add some texture to the background.

The sentiments were heat embossed onto strips of scraps card stock from making the card base.

Wink of Stella and Glossy Accents were added to the images for shine and gloss. 

I contemplated for a long time if I wanted to add embellishment but decided against it though I added to 2 of the cards using Pretty Pink Posh Watermelon mix.

These cards were quite easy to pull together and oh so cute. 

Hope you enjoy the post and let me know if you want to know anything. 

Thank you for stopping by. I really appreciate it. Wishing you a great day ahead. 

Simon Says Stamp (SSS) Tumbling Leaves stencil, Distress Oxides and Nuvo glimmer paste

Hello and welcome to my blog. I have been crafting for a few years now and I can't believe it took me this long to crafting with a stencil. And this popular SSS Tumbling Leaves stencil is just perfect for a stencil first-timer like me. This blog is on my exploration with stencil and Distress Oxides ink.

I did a mix of black and white card stock with Distress Oxide ink on stencil. For some of the card stock, I actually used glimmer paste.

For the first card, I ink blend Peacock Feather and Broken China on white card stock. I white heat embossed the sentiment from Avery Elle Simple Sentiments on a black sentiment strip. Spectrum noir sparkle pen is added onto the blue leaves for the shine. Blue gems was added to the sentiment strip for interest.

Alert! Warning! You will need sunglasses for the next card.

The second card started with ink blending on white card stock using Wild Honey and Spiced Marmalade. Half way through I changed my mind and decided to use Nuvo Golden Crystal glimmer paste over the stencil. The sentiment was put together using the Essentials by Ellen Classic Block Alpha by Julie.

The rest of the cards was made on black card stock. This one was ink blended using Salty Ocean and Iced Spruce. The sentiment was from Penny Black Heartfelt Thanks. Some blue gems were added to the card.

This next card was ink blended using Wild Honey and Spiced Marmalade and the sentiment was from Mama Elephant with jewels from Pretty Pink Posh Watermelon Mix.

Next, we have this card blended with Distress Oxides Fossilised Amber and Peeled paint and sentiment is from Mama Elephant with jewels from Pretty Pink Posh Watermelon Mix..

The final card I am sharing today uses the Nuvo Garnet red and Pink Opal glimmer paste over the SSS Tumbling Leaves stencil.

I had a lot of fun using ink and paste I had over the stencil and I thought they turned out rather well. It's all about just trying things out, learn and if you don't like how it turn out, try it differently the next time. I find it normally turns out well. Even the ones that turn out bad, you can cut them up and use the good bit. I hope you will find time to try things out and play with your craft supplies.

MFT Mon Cherie black and white theme

Hello and welcome to my blog. Sharing this card I made using the My Favourite Things (MFT Stamps) Mon Cherie stamp set. I had this awning die-cut in my stash for a while and wanted to use it and I thought it would be perfect with the Mon Cherie stamp to create a chic black and white shopfront scene.

The frame is from the MFT Blueprint 27 die and a stacking die. I decorated the envelope with the lamp from the stamp set

I added tons of shine onto the card using Wink of Stella. I hope you enjoy today's card and will drop by again. Thank you.

MFT Stamps Adventure is Calling

Hello and welcome. I hope you have a good week. This card really tested my discipline. I really wanted to fill the top left part of the card or do more like made it an interactive card and so forth but I told myself it is nice as it is and stopped messing with it. This card used the beautiful images from My Favorite Things (MFT Stamps) Adventure is Calling stamp set.

The background was clear heat embossed with MFT Tiny Stars background stamp and colored with Distress Oxides - Spiced Marmalade, Spiced Honey and Fossilized Amber.

I watercolored the beautiful girl and added tons of shine using Wink of Stella. The sentiment was stamped on Lawn Fawn Pearlescent Vellum.

I wanted to keep the card simple as there is already a lot of details on the card. I hope you liked it and have more self-control than me when making cards.

I am linking this card to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge. It’s so hard to choose a favorite tool, I think my favorite tool is my sparkle pen, either Wink of Stella or Spectrum Noir. It always add a beautiful finishing touch. 

Thank you again for dropping by and have a good day ahead.

MFT Sailor Girl rainbow

Hello and welcome to my blog! Today I am sharing a shaker card made using some Distress Oxide ink and My Favourite Things (MFT stamps) Sailor Girl.

I blended various Distress Oxide ink - Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet, Faded Jeans, Peacock Feather and Cracked Pistachios on water color paper.

The sentiment was white heat embossed on black card strip. I actually did two sentiment strips - not glued on as I could not decide which one to use so I can glued on the sentiment when I decide who to send to and use the one that fit the occasion.

I also stamped on the envelope, both front and back to add interest for the recipient.

Thank you for dropping by, I hope you like today's card. I will be sharing more cards soon. Have a good week ahead!

Sunshiny scallop box card

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The weather is getting warm so it’s perfect to share this sunshiny scallop box card. I made use of my scrap pattern paper to line the scallop box and realized box card is a great way to use up your scrap pattern paper. 

I used quite a variety of stamps and dies. The scallop box card is die cut from Lawn Fawn die, the little cats are from Mama Elephant Cat Agenda and the happy girl is from Love Cynthia.

There’s a little box a the back of the card where you can write your personal message to the recipient. I also stamped the envelope to add some interest. 

Thank you for checking out my blog. I am truly grateful. 

MFT Every Day is a Picnic

Good day all! Today I am sharing a card made using My Favourite Things (MFT Stamps) Every Day is a Picnic stamp set. I created a scene using the various images from the stamp set as well as decorated the envelope.

Cloud is ink blend using Distress Oxide Tumble Glass and MFT cloud stencil. The grassy ground is ink blend using Distress Oxide on a die cut using HoneyBee grass die. 

I hope you enjoyed today's card and it inspires you to create. I am very grateful you came by and I hope you a great day ahead. Cherish that someone who makes it feels like every day is a picnic. 

Concord and 9th Dahlia Turnabout

Hello.  Thank you very much for dropping by my blog. Concord and 9th has quite a few turnabout stamps in the market. I finally got the Dahlia Turnabout stamp which will fit nicely with a Mini Misti (which is the only stamping tool I have) and made several cards using it. The cool thing with this is that you can use different colours and have totally different looks.

The ink combination with this card are: Altenew Ruby Red, Autumn Blaze, Lagoon and Moss on white card and pasted on red card stock base with a simple sentiment strip.

The ink combination with this card are: Altenew Lagoon, Dusk, Deep Iris and Mama Elephant Lollipop on white card and pasted on deep purple card base.  A simple sentiment strip is placed in the middle of the card.

The ink combination with this card are: My Favourite Things Cherry Crisp, Cornflower, Purple Plum and Daffodil on white card and purple card stock.  A simple sentiment on purple stitched circle.

The ink combination with this card are: Altenew Rubelllite, Orange Cream, Maple Yellow and Bamboo on white cardstock and orange card stock.  A simple sentiment on a yellow circle was placed in the middle of the card.

This card used My Favourite Things Sweet Tooth, and heat embossed with WoW Metallic Silver, Versamark and Delicata Gold on green card stock. The sentiment was black heat embossed on vellum with Sparkling Clear jewel from Pretty Pink Posh.

This card used My Favorite Things Sweet Tooth, and heat embossed with Wow Metallic Copper, Wow Metallic Gold and Hero Arts White

I hope you enjoyed the cards shared today. I really enjoyed playing with the Concord and 9th turnabout Dahlia stamp and will definitely made more cards using it. Really thankful to you for dropping by. XXX

Altenew Beautiful Day on vellum with gold trim sides

Hello and thank you for dropping by. I really appreciated it. Today I am sharing two cards using the Altenew Beautiful Day stamped on vellum. Although both cards were made using the same stamp but were made for two very different occasions. One of the card is a sympathy card for a dear friend who has passed. I wanted to send a card to her family. The other card is an uplifting card and I sent it to a very sweet lady on her birthday.

For both cards, the Altenew Beautiful Day outline stamp was gold heat embossed onto vellum. For the sympathy card, I coloured the backside of the flower with Versamark pen and white heat embossed, hence the opaque flower. For the uplifting card, I coloured the backside of the flower with alcohol based markers. 

The sentiments, from Simon Says Stamp Handwritten Floral Greetings, were black heat embossed.

I really appreciated your time for stopping by. I know my blog is really not much compared to other card designers and you coming over really means a lot to me so thank you very much.