Mission Control...

So this card is the first time I have tried my hand at a slimline card.  I am not sure I really care for the format, but will probably give it another try.  This card was made for MFT stamps slimline challenge, using MFT Space Explorer stamps and dies, colored in copic markers.  I used a base of Stampin Up Night of Navy with layers of Basic Gray and Whisper White.  I wanted it to look like the inside of a spaceship, looking through a porthole.  The sentiment is stamped on MFT Electric Red and embossed with white heat embossing powder.  Inside the sentiment is stamped on Whisper White and the large sentiment is from Hero Arts.  Thanks for looking!  April

Snarky Birthday Wishes

My best friend's husband and I have always had a teasing relationship so I decided to give him a birthday card with some snark.  The base of the card is MFT Grape Jelly with layers of SU Whisper White, Basic Black and MFT birthday patterned paper.  I used the MFT Big Birthday Wishes die and Hero Arts stamps for the small sentiment, as well as the inside of the card.  The small sentiment is stamped in Momento Tuxedo Black on Sour Apple and the inside is stamped in Coastal Cabana.  It was quick to assemble but fun.  Thanks for looking!  April

Cider and cocoa mugs

I am prepping and living on the hope that we will be able to have a fall/winter craft fair this year as COVID begins to slowly wind down.  I know we live in a different world but hope we can have back some fun holiday events.  Last year was really difficult to get into the spirit because everything was canceled. 

I buy the DCWV paper stacks when they go on sale, then cut the mugs on my Cricut in between projects, leaving them stacked in a box until I get around to assembly.  Often, I will fold them, then take them to the living room to glue while watching a show.  Then they go back to the box until I decide on the embellishments.  Since the fall craft fair was canceled, I was less than inspired, until they announced the vaccine had rolled out.  

This year, I used the MFT Hug in a Mug

stamps and coordinating dies.  The oval is from my Spellbinders basic ovals and stamped in Momento Tuxedo Black.  The mugs were cut in MFT Electric Red and Sour Apple.  The cider color is Stampin Up Cajun Craze and the cocoa is SU Early Espresso.  The whipped cream and marshmallows are SU Whisper White.  The leaves were cut from scraps of yellow and orange on my Cricut.  Thanks for looking!  April

Sour cream money gifts

My older two wanted money to put towards various needs so I told the grandparents I would package it up.  Here is what I came up with...sour cream containers!  They are stupid-easy to make too.  Just cut a strip of paper, using your gift as a guide.  Add a strip of tape to the short end, joining the two ends.  Now you have a tube.  Close one hole flat and seal with some double stick tape.  I also used a crimper to seal.  Drop in the gift, then seal the other end.  Be sure to turn the opposite direction so the are perpendicular.  I went the extra step and put a zipper in mine so the kids could pull a strip and open it without tearing it apart.  I used a doily cut from the Cricut and some scrap red paper to stamp the sentiment with white heat embossing.  Thanks for looking!  April 

Wish Big card

I love my Queen and Co Magical shaker dies but so rarely get to use them.  My sis in law loves Disney too so I knew this was the perfect card for her.  I used a base of Whisper White and layered a piece of the QandCo coordinating paper.  I cut the BIG from matching paper using the MFT Big Birthday Wishes die.  The Wish is cut from MFT Starry Night in Blueberry Bushel and white heat embossed.  The hat is also Blueberry Bushel and filled with Moon and Stars confetti I found at JoAnn in their value bin.  Last, I added some sequins and confetti Mickey heads from a mix found at Tuesday Morning.  Thanks for looking!  April

Amazing Birthday

This birthday card was for my best friend.  I used a base of Whisper White and layers of MFT Blue Raspberry and holographic.  The image is from SU and stamped in Coastal Cabana and Night of Navy inks.  The balloons were extras I had from the MFT mini balloon dies I cut in Pumpkin Pie, Razzleberry, Lemon, Sour Apple, and Grape Jelly.  Thanks for looking!  April

All Star Birthday

 

My teen son and his best friend are fans of Converse or Chucks so the MFT die is a must.  I used a base of Whisper White, with layers of Basic Black and Whisper White stamped with the All Star in Smokey Slate and Blueberry Bushel stars.  I used a stamp positioner to help make the pattern.  The sentiment is also stamped in Blueberry Bushel.  The shoe is cut from Real Red, Whisper White and Basic Black.  Those eyelets are a pain!  I used black and white bakers twine to lace the shoe and mounted it with foam tape.  There is so much gorgeous detail in the sneaker but so worth the wow factor.  Thanks for looking!  April

MFT Design Superstar 2020: Innovaton Master

This one was a challenge for me but I think it turned out well in the end.  I doubt I would try to mass produce this but for a solo card, it was fun.  I chose to try a window slider card for this challenge.  Jennifer McGuire has a great tutorial on YouTube.  The base is MFT Electric Red, heat embossed in white using the MFT Candy Stripe stencil. 

The center panel is made by masking the snow by using the MFT snow hills dies.  The sky is inked in Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Tumbled Glass, Blueprint Sketch, and Chipped Sapphire.  The images are MFT Sweet Holiday Penguins colored with copic markers.  I also used the MFT Interactive Labels stamps on the pull tab.

Thanks for looking!  April

MFT Superstar 2020: Clean & Simple Genius

This is my entry for the My Favorite Things Superstar 2020 Clean and Simple Genius category.  I trimmed a top folding piece of copic-friendly Neenah Solar White 80 lb cardstock 1/4 in smaller than a standard A2 piece.  

I centered the stamp (MFT Polar Bear Pals) a little high of the center and stamped in Black Tuxedo Momento ink using a stamp positioning tool (mine is a Stampin Up Stamparatus).  I opened the card and stamped the bear in the exact same spot inside the card.  I also stamped the inside and outside sentiments at this time.  

I used the matching bear die and a circle die to
partially die cut the opening on the front.  Inside, I added the bucket of fish, then used post-its to mask the bear and fish.  Next, I made a mask for ground by cutting a scrap piece of paper with the MFT snowy hill die-namics.  I taped the hill mask in place then inked the background with Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks in Fossilized Amber, Carved Pumpkin, and Picked Raspberry.  I peeled off the masks, then colored the images in copic markers. 

Last, I used a white gel pen to add snow to the sky and a black glaze pen to highlight the eyes and nose on the bears, before mounting the card on piece of MFT Cotton Candy cardstock that is 4 1/4x5 1/2.  Thanks for looking!  April

MFT Superstar 2020: Coloring Virtuoso

This is my entry for My Favorite Things Superstar 2020 challenge Coloring Virtuoso category.  The images are MFT Space Explorer, colored in copic markers.  The base is Whisper White, with Night of Navy.  The navy layer is inked with Tim Holtz Distress Oxide in Twisted Citron, Peacock Feathers, Chipped Sapphire, and Black Soot.  Next, I used the MFT Radiating Rays stencil with Versamark ink and iridescent glitter embossing powder.  The astronauts are popped up on foam tape.  The sentiment is white heat embossed on MFT Blue Raspberry cardstock.  Thanks for looking!  April

MFT Sweet Holiday Penguins Christmas cards

My idea for the MFT Summer School Challenge number 5 (White Space) ended up being the template for my family Christmas cards.  I finished 50 cards and the extras will end up being sold at the craft fair at my son's school.  The base is kraft pre-made cards from Hobby Lobby, layered with Neenah Solar White #80 for copic markers, and strips of red glitter 12x12 paper.  I cut the strips at 1/4" x 5.5" and had enough to use on all 50 plus enough left over for a few more cards.  The images are from MFT Sweet Holiday Penguins.  I popped the white up on foam tape and the glitter paper is glued to the base.  I wanted to keep these very minimal, clean and simple for easy mailing.  Thanks for looking!  April

MFT Summer School Challenge #5

I couldn't have asked for a better challenge to get me motivated to get the Christmas cards started.  This will take a while as I have to color each card individually.  Luckily, the challenge calls for a lot of white space to allow the image to become the focal point.  

This card starts with a base of kraft and layered with copic-friendly Neenah Solar White.  I cut 1/4" strips of red glitter paper that is slipped under the edge of white strip after being popped up on foam tape.  The image is MFT Sweet Holiday Penguins.  I am debating about adding some clear stickles under the penguin to look a bit like snow.  

Come back to see the others three cards I plan for this year's Christmas cards.  I will use my leftover cards to sell at my craft fair booth.  Thanks for looking!  April

MFT Summer School Challenge #4

I am so running behind on these so my posts are getting stacked up a bit.  The fourth challenge for MFT Summer School is ombre!  The card base is SU Whisper White.  The white panel is stamped with MFT Well, Hello in Versamark ink and embossed with white powder.  Next, I inked the panel with Tim Holtz distress inks in Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, Mermaid Lagoon, and Blueprint Sketch.  I flicked a bit of water for contrast.  I inked a scrap piece of white with Mermaid Lagoon, Blueprint Sketch, and Chipped Sapphire, before die cutting the hello three times.  I glued the three layers together then glued it to the outline in Whisper White, before using foam tape to put it on the card.  The sentiment is stamped on SU Night of Navy and embossed with white powder.  The last touch is adding some Studio Katia bubbles.  Thanks for looking!  April

MFT Summer School Challenge #3

The third MFT Summer School assignment is Symmetry.  I rarely do these type of cards so this was a tough one for me.  I used some MFT grape jelly cardstock and the Number Jumble background stamp with some versamark ink and white embossing powder to create a fun background for my MFT Space Explorer (He was a leftover from another project!).  The grape layer is popped up on foam tape.  I used holographic paper for the planet and trim .  Last, I stamped the sentiment on white cardstock and embossed with black embossing powder, before placing the banner across the top.  I learned this fun trick on banners from Jennifer McGuire on her YouTube channel.  Thanks for looking!  April

MFT Summer School Challenge #2

For today's MFT Summer School challenge #2 we were challenged to use a rainbow theme, so I broke out the MFT Straight-Up Rainbow die-namics.  I used scraps from yesterday's challenge to make my rainbow.  I always make extras and put them in a bag to store with the die for later use.  I also used the Hello die-namics, cutting it three times and stacking it for added dimension.  The card is mounted on a top folded piece of Blue Raspberry.  The bubbles are Studio Katia.  Thanks for looking!  April

MFT Summer School Challenge #1

My Favorite Things is hosting a Summer School.  The first day is the Rule of Three.  I decided to break out one of the die-namics I have not had the chance to use.  I have these mini balloons and decided to make three small groups of three balloons on the card front.  I used colors from the MFT variety pack of cardstock including Razzleberry, Lemon Drop, Sour Apple, Blue Raspberry, and Grape Jelly.  The orange is SU Pumpkin Pie.  The sentiment is also Stampin Up.  I will be honest and say I would not have done it in black so it wouldn't disappear into the balloon strings.  I popped only one balloon in each grouping up on a foam square and used a white gel pen to add a highlight.  Thanks for looking!  April

MFT Weekly Sketch Challenge #500

This birthday card is for MFT Weekly Sketch challenge.  The base is Whisper White cardstock.  I used a piece of Whisper White and inked with Carved Pumpkin, Picked Raspberry, Seedless Preserves, Blueprint Sketch and Chipped Sapphire  Tim Holtz Distress Inks, layered with Whisper White cardstock cut with MFT stitched snow dies then popped up with foam tape.  The image is MFT Sweet Holiday Penguin colored with copic markers.  The sentiment is from MFT Gift Card Greetings.  Thanks for looking!  April

MFT color challenge 145 and sketch challenge 497

I have been having a blast working on the Daily Marker 30 Day Challenge.  This is MFT Doctor's Orders colored in copic markers.  The image was a free printable to make cards for our medical workers but I had a couple of images left and decided to make a card for my person who lives in another state.  We are Grey's Anatomy fans and thought it would be a fun card.

The colors are inspired from this week's MFT color challenge.  I was excited to see I had the colors in the sampler pack I bought.  The base is Kraft, then a layer of teal scrap paper, then the background of the photo is Berrylicious and the frame is Natural.  

The card design is for MFT weekly sketch challenge.  I cut the frame as a rectangle then used a square die to pop out the inside.  I also moved the sentiment inside the frame, rather than make a flag up in the corner.  Thanks for looking!  April

Thanks, Doc

This is for MFT weekly sketch challenge #495.  I used a base of MFT Electric Red cardstock, with layers of Snow Cone and SN@P 24/7 pattern paper.  The image is from MFT BB Bedside Manner and colored in copic markers.  Thanks for looking!  April

Gnome gift card holders

I have been slowly working on inventory for the fall craft fair.  (Here's hoping they will continue to have craft fairs after COVID-19!)  These are simple to make and a huge seller last year when I used snowmen.  You get THREE holders from one sheet of cardstock so
they are very economical.
Along the 11 inch side, cut at 3.5 inches.  You will have a small strip left after you cut all three.  Along the long side of each strip, score at 2 on one end, the rotate and score at 2.5 at the opposite end.  I used a corner rounder on the edges to keep them tidy.  The matted pieces are a quarter inch smaller.  I used 1/8 inch adhesive tape to seal the edges of the larger flap to form a pocket.  The gnome is attached to the top flap and I used a mini velcro dot to seal the holder. The cardstock is MFT and the patterned paper is from DCWV. 
The gnomes were created on Cricut Design space.  I used a large oval for the body and sliced the bottom off with a square to create a flat bottom.  You can also create this with a punch and cut a flat bottom with scissors.  His beard is created from a leaf.  I used the small oval nose to slice out a place for the oval to rest.  Looking back now, I would have popped the nose up on a piece of foam tape.  The hat was from another cut file, but you can easily use a triangle.  I have also seen small circles for hands and small ovals for feet, but chose to keep these pretty minimal.  I made my gnomes around 2.5 inches tall and could fit close to 43 on a sheet of 12x12 paper on my Circut.  I used dark green for the body, cherry for the hats, white for the beards, and flesh for the noses.  I assembled them while watching a movie with my hubby in just about an hour.
In total, I made 45 holders in under 3 hours, with cutting papers, folding and assembly.  Thanks for looking!  April