It's Your Day-Celebrate

Hi all,

I made a couple of cards yesterday afternoon, but didn't get around to taking pictures until this afternoon. My brother's birthday is coming up at the end of the month and one of my goals was to get a card made for him.

The other day while I was at Paper Source to get some wrapping paper, I saw some cute fox stickers and had to buy them. Yesterday, I managed to actually use one. They are made with multi-layered papers and have accompanying tiny enamel acorns. Using the current MFT Wednesday Sketch, here's my brother's birthday card.

All of the dies are Die-namics and the sentiments and leaves are from various MFT sets. The cute patterned papers are from an older Doodlebug Fall 6 x 6" pad.

Here is the inside. More stamps from MFT.

I was also going to link up to the As You See It blog challenge which is shades of Orange this week, but when I went back to the blog to read the challenge, it's also a 10 minute card. This one didn't qualify. Next time.

Thanks for stopping in. Have a great week.
Colleen

Supplies
Stamps: Big Birthday Greetings (front sentiments), Harvest Mouse (leaves on front), Fall Friends (inside) sets all by My Favorite Things
Paper: X-Press It Blending card stock and Doodlebug patterned papers
Ink: SU Pumpkin Pie and Early Expresso, Memento tuxedo black, Copics
Other: Little B Stickers (Paper Source), Die-namics Stitched Rounded Corner Rectangle, Inside and Out Stitched Circle, and an older single Banner dies, Harvest Mouse dies, enamel dots, dimensionals

Graduation Season and Three Sketch Challenges

Hello,

I hope you all have had a great weekend.

I usually don't include multiple cards in a single post, but since these are all the same theme, graduation, I'm making an exception.

The first card uses the current Mojo Monday sketch. (Wow, no. 400! Congrats to Julee).

Card two uses the CAS(E) Sketch #126.

Card three uses the MFTWSC #231.

The first card is for my nephew, Ian. He graduates next Sunday from the Northwest Academy in Portland, OR and is off to Macalester College in St. Paul, MN in the fall. The second card is for our friend Kyle. He graduated yesterday from Franklin High in Franklin, MA and is off to UCON in the fall, and the third card is for Kyle's twin sister Kaylee. She is off to the University of Rhode Island in the fall. I'm so very, very proud of these three young adults and know they will do very well at their respective universities.

Supplies for card 1
Stamps: Bravo set by Stampin' Up
Paper: SU black, Cucumber Crush and Watermelon Wonder card stocks and SU Cherry On Top DSP
Ink: VersaMark and SU White craft ink
Other: SU white EP, heat tool, TE Grad Cap die, Die-namics pinking circle dies, TE sequins, Ranger multi medium, the Big Shot, dimensionals

Supplies for card 2
Stamps: Dream Big set by Taylored Expressions
Paper: SU Night of Navy, Bordering Blue and cream card stock
Ink: SU Night of Navy, Bordering Blue, memento tuxedo black, Copics
Other: SU stars sequins, SU label die, the Big Shot, dimensionals, Ranger multi medium

Supplies for card 3
Stamps: Pure Innocence Graduation Girl by My Favorite Things
Paper: SU Bordering Blue, Night of Navy, Lovely Lilac card stock, XPress-It Blending card stock, Tim Holtz water color paper
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Copics, Tim Holtz Distress ink
Other: SU Arrows EF, Die-namics pierced fishtail flags dies, Fiskers corner punch, sequins, the Big Shot, dimensionals

Have a great work week and thanks for looking in,
Colleen

One Of My Favorite Peeps and I'm All Ears - MFT Card Challenges

Hello,

It's been awhile since I've played along with MFT card challenges. On Sunday night, I used the MFTWSC and the MFT Color Challenge to make a couple more Easter cards. Time is running out to get them in the mail!

First up is my card using the colors from the  My Favorite Things color challenge #18.

I used some SU DSP that matches the MFT colors pretty well. The colors are yellow, brown, orange and blue.

The PI image is stamped with Memento tuxedo black and colored with Copics. Her dress is paper pieced with the blue DSP. I like how the background paper, the Die-namics die and the top paper border have the scalloped theme going. I just added some sequins for a little more interest.

My second card uses the My Favorite Things Wednesday sketch #221.

Again, the PI image is stamped with Memento tuxedo black and colored with Copics. A few layers of glitter is applied over the egg with Wink of Stella glitter pen.

Supplies
Card 1:
Stamps: One Of My Favorite Peeps Pure Innocence set by My Favorite Things
Paper: SU Soft Sky and Very Vanilla card stock and SU Retro Fresh DSP
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, SU Soft Suede and Copics
Other: Die-namics Stitched Speech Bubble edges, Martha Stewart paper scalloped ribbon, sequins, the Big Shot, fun foam

Card 2:
Stamps: I'm All Ears Pure Innocence set by My Favorite Things
Paper: SU Lucky Limeade and Very Vanilla card stock, XPress-It Blending card stock, SU Tea For Two DSP
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black,  Copics and SU Calypso Coral
Other: Fiskars Corner rounder punch, Die-namics Fishtail Flags STAX banner die and Stitched rounded rectangle die, Say It In Crystals jewels, Wink of Stella glitter pen, white gel pen, the Big Shot, dimensionals

Thanks for looking,
Colleen

Easter Blessings

Hi again all,

My second post today. Since my "mojo" is running high this morning I made a card using the MFTWSC214 sketch. I thought it was time to get started on Easter cards (even though I still have a few more Valentine's to make). I went really "girly" with this one, LOL.

I started with sponging one of the doilies with SU Ballet Blue ink using a large sponge dauber. After trimming it to fit the edge of the card, I layered another white doily on top of the blue one. For the center of the doilies, I used a Die-namics pierced circle die to cut the same paper as the background paper.

I colored the PI image with Copics and fussy cut it out. It's popped up on the doilies with dimensionals.

The sentiment banner is cut with Die-namics pierced Fishtail Flags die. The flowers under it are from Maya Road.

Supplies
Stamps: Pure Innocence "My Basket of Eggs" set by My Favorite Things
Paper: SU Daffodil Delight and XPress-It Blending card stocks and "kitch" by Girls Papery patterned papers
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Copics, SU Ballet Blue and Strawberry Slush inks
Other: Die-namics pierced circle and pierced Fishtail flags dies, SU paper doilies, Maya Road flowers, enamel heart, Wink of Stella glitter pen (shoes),  the Big Shot, diemnsionals

Thanks for looking in,
Colleen

Howdy, Country Girl

Hello, or should I say Howdy,

I have a birthday card for my cousin Cindy today. She  celebrates "the big one," as it's known in my house, this month. I'm a few months behind her, but it's coming up fast.

Cindy likes all things "country" and is an avid horse person. I figured this super cute Pure Innocence set was perfect to make her a birthday card.

 The layout comes from the My Favorite Things Wednesday sketch challenge #212.

I stamped the PI Cowgirl in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored her with Copics. Her vest is paper pieced. I used clear rhinestones for her hat band and a red rhinestone for her belt buckle. The fence is a Die-namics die as are the horseshoes. I used some thick jute twine to shape a lariat to hang over the fence. Another Die-namics die was used for the bottom scallops.


Supplies
Stamps: My Favorite Things set, Pure Innocence Cowgirl
Paper: Giddy Up 6 x 6" pad by Carta Bella patterned papers, XPress-It Blending card stock, Simon Says Stamp heavy weight craft card stock for the fence, SU silver card stock for the horse shoes
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Copics, SU real red, white gel pen
Other: Die-namics fence, horseshoe, scalloped border dies, jute twine, clear and red rhinestones, glue dots, the Big Shot, diemnsionals

Thanks for looking,
Colleen

Thank You

Hello,

I don't know about you, but I'm super happy that tomorrow is Friday. I'm really ready for a weekend!

I have a card today that I made for Stacey's Cozy Quilt Curtain Call Challenge. I've been wanting to use this tree patterned paper from KaiserKraft. They remind me of the quilting technique called appliqué. So, when I saw the new CC challenge when Stacey posted it, I thought this paper would be perfect to use.

The layout is from the MFTWSC163. For the center element, I cut 1/2" pieces of coordinating papers from the pad and glued them down on diagonal to a piece of white cs, then used the MFT die to cut it out. I also cut the die from Rose Red card stock to use as a shadow to help the patterned paper one stand out better. To keep with the quilt/fabric theme, I used felt and a button for the flower element, as well as the tape measure ribbon. I hope you enjoy!

                                

                                  

Supplies
Stamps: Big Greetings set by My Favorite Things
Paper: SU Very Vanilla and Rose Red card stock and Suga Pop by KaiserKraft pattern papers
Ink: SU Rose Red
Other: Die-namics label die, Fishtail Flag die, and flower die, MFT pink felts, SU button, baker's twine, TE tape measure ribbon, Kaiser pink rhinestones, the Big Shot, mini glue dots and dimensionals

Thanks all and TGIF!
Colleen

Serenity Now

Hi all and happy Sunday evening.

I'm typing this post while watching the Super Bowl. It's a bit one sided so far! I'm looking forward to the half-time show with Bruno Mars.

As I mentioned in yesterday's post, I had a great day of stamping and made several cards. This is one of them and it uses the  MFTWSC161 sketch. I also planned my papers around the CMCC#5 challenge. This week we are to use five colors of our choice. My colors are light blue, bright blue, coral, yellow and green. (although technically, blue is the color and light and bright are shades)

I colored my PI with Copics and paper pieced her tank top then cut her out with the Wonky Rectangle Nestie. The other elements are Die-namics dies.

The inside:

Supplies
Stamps: Pure Innocence Serenity set by My Favorite Things
Paper: SU Bording Blue, Daffodil Delight card stock, X-Press It blending card stock, Lawn Fawn patterned papers
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Copics, SU Bordering Blue and Old Olive
Other: Wonky Rectangle Nesties, classic circle and scalloped circle Nesties, Die-namics Fishtail Flags STAX die, Die-namics Hibiscus die, Kaiser rhinestones, sewing machine, the Big Shot and diemnsionals

Have a wonderful week all and thanks,
Colleen

For the Birthday Boy

Happy New Year!

I'm having a relaxing day, stamping and watching TV. I started off with the Rose Parade this morning, now I'm watching the Rose Bowl Game. Rooting for Stanford as my little sis is an alumni.

I saw that Kim posted the new MFTWSC157 sketch this morning, so I started my stamping with it. My colors come from a new color challenge blog called Colour Me!. Today is their first challenge which is to use a single color, Island Indigo, along with a neutral. I chose to use Crumb Cake as my neutral and make a masculine birthday card.

In the photo, the Island Indigo looks more dark blue than IRL, but I really did use Island Indigo CS and ink. The dies and stamps are from My Favorite Things.

Here is a look at the inside:

Supplies
Stamps: Birthday Sentiments by My Favorite Things
Paper: SU Island Indigo, Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla card stock and My Minds Eye patterned paper
Ink: SU Island Indigo and Crumb Cake
Other: Die-namics Triangle Screen die, Die-namics Star STAX dies, SU Crumb Cake candy dot, the Big Shot and dimensionals

Have a super week and thanks for stopping in,
Colleen

Deck The Halls

Hello,

Here is a card for the current MFTWSC150 challenge.  I love the graphic lines of this sketch and thought that these polka dot and striped papers would suit it well. I used some newish MFT stamps to make another Christmas card.

Supplies
Stamps: Ornament Border Builder and Holiday Subway Art sets by My Favorite Things
Paper: SU Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White card stock and SU Season Of Style DSP
Ink: SU Cherry Cobbler
Other: Die-namics Notebook Edge border die and Fishtail Flags STAX die, classic circle Nesties, SU corner punch, SU paper piercer, Kaiser red rhinestones, the Big Shot and dimensionals

Thanks for looking in,
Colleen

Just Wanted To Say. . .

Hi and happy Sunday evening,

I sure hope you had a fabulous, fall weekend. For me, I had lots and lots of stamping time. I made several cards, mostly Halloween cards, that I will be mailing tomorrow.

The card that I'm posting today, however, isn't for Halloween. It's for a good friend's birthday which is tomorrow. Happy Birthday, Cindy.

I used the uber cute Pure Innocence set "It's A Sign" combined with this weeks MFTWSC147 sketch. Lovin' the way it turned out!

This  cutie is colored with Copics. The chalkboard was paper pieced with black card stock and stamped with the HB2U stamp that comes in the set using Versamark ink and white EP. I smeared some white craft ink across the paper to mimic a chalkboard. The banner is also black card stock stamped with Versamark ink and embossed with white EP as well.

Here is the inside:

Supplies
Stamps: "It's A Sign" Pure Innocence set by My Favorite Things
Paper: SU Island Indigo and Old Olive card stock, X-Press It Blending card stock, My Mind's Eye "Life Of the Party" patterned papers
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Copics, SU craft white and Versamark
Other: Die-namics Dizzy Doily die, classic circle Nestie, Die-namics Fishtail Flags STAX die, SU buttons, SU white EP, Twinery Baker's twine, the Big Shot and dimensionals

Here are the Copics used:

Have a great work week and thanks for stopping by,
Colleen

Be Awesome

Hello and welcome to another work week. Yes, it's Monday and time for many of us to go back to work. I'd much rather stamp!

I made this card over the weekend using the MFTWSC119 layout. Lots of layers! I love layers! I also decided to give coloring on kraft card stock with Prismacolor colored pencils a try. After seeing Inge's  tutorial on the MFT Academy and the cards that some of the MFT DT posted like this fabulous creation by Karen Motz how could I not. Clearly, I have some practicing to do, but I think for my first try, not too bad.

  

The colors that I used for the skin were pretty much what Inge suggested except I don't have the sand colored pencil. The hair I did in 2 grays and black and the leotard in aquas. Some sewing and some Die-namics dies and rhinestones finish off the look.

Here is the inside. I kept it fairly simple.

Supplies
Stamps: PI Gymnast Girl set by My Favorite Things
Paper: SU Pool Party, Taken With Teal and Kraft card stock and Walk In the Park by Echo Park patterned paper
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, SU Taken With Teal and Crumb Cake
Prismacolors Colored Pencils
Other: Die-namics dies, scalloped and classic rectangle Nesties, classic oval Nestie, Kaiser rhinestones,  pink Stickles, sewing machine, the Big Shot, and dimensionals

I hope you have a great week and thanks for looking in,
Colleen

Happy Birthday

Hi Stampers,

Here is a card for two challenges, the MFTWSC117 and the Paper Players 139 Tic-Tac-Toe challenge. I chose to use the vertical elements down the right side of the square; Pearls, Birthday, Green and Pink.

As you can see, I paper pieced the birthday girl's dress with the same paper as my background. The rest of her is colored with Copics - E50, E11, E01, E93, Y23, Y26, Y28, R20, R21, RV13, RV17.

Here is a look at the inside:

Supplies
Stamps: Pure Innocence Birthday Girl set by My Favorite Things
Paper: SU Old Olive, Pretty In Pink and X-Press It Blending card stocks and SoHo Garden by American Crafts patterned papers
Ink: SU Primrose Petals, Memento tuxedo black and Copics
Other: Die-Namics Fishtail Flags STAX and large scalloped border dies, SU BoHo Blossom punch, SU Fans EF, Big Scalloped Circle and Classic Circle Nesties, Kaiser green and pink pearls, sewing machine, the Big Shot and dimensionals

Thanks for looking in today,
Colleen

Hoppy Easter

Ah, Friday afternoon. I finished my office work early and now I get to do some stamping. But first, I wanted to blog this card that I made last night. I didn't even start it until after 10 pm, but it went together pretty fast. (I'm usually a fairly slow stamper).

While on a lunch break this week, I went by a local paper crafting store and found some new patterned papers by Kaiser Craft. They are very "springy" and they are perfect for this Easter card.

The image is colored with Copics. As I was coloring away, my marker leaked a blob of ink right under her face. I tried to push it back with colorless blender, but I never seem to get good results. I decided to leave well enough alone. I don't think that whoever gets this card will mind. The egg is paper pieced with the background paper. FYI-I love this week's MFTWSC113 sketch!

Supplies
Stamps: Pure Innocence Bunny Ears set by My Favorite Things
Paper: SU card stock, X-Press It Blending card stock and KaiserCraft Suga Pop patterned papers
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, SU pink and Copics, E50, E01, E11, E93, E000, R01, R11, R12, YG03, YG93, YG95
Other: Die-namics Hexagon STAX and Traditional Tags STAX dies, Crystal Stickles, TE Impressions Plate, Michaels ribbon, heart brad, the Big Shot, and dimensionals

Have a wonderful weekend all and thanks for looking in,
Colleen

Thinking Of You

Hi and happy Wednesday all,

I haven't played with the MFTWSC in quite awhile and since I liked the look of last week's sketch, I used it to make one of my cards last weekend. I pulled out an older PI stamp set to work with and I really like the way it turned out. I think it's the bling, LOL.

The papers are from the TE January KI kit. I colored the image with Copis, lots of Copics. (I didn't keep track of them for the post though.) After doing the layering, I fussy cut the image and popped it up with dimensionals. I added some light pink Taylor's Tiny Twinkles to the center of the flowers and used some pink TE flower rhinestones to embellish the oval under the sentiment.

Supplies
Stamps: Because You're Special set by My Favorite Things
Paper: Taylored Expressions Pink and Red card stock, X Press It blending card stock and For the Record 2 by My Minds Eye patterned papers
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Copics and SU Real Red
Other: classic Oval Nesties, Die-namics Fishtail Flags STAX dies, sewing machine, Taylor's Tiny Twinkles and flower rhinestones, SU tiny pearl, the Big Shot, and dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by,
Colleen

Hello all,

Here is a couple of cards that I made using the MFTWSC101 layout. It seems that I'm always late with posting cards for the challenges these days.

I really liked this layout, and since I'm still working on more Christmas cards, I decided to use it twice.

Supplies - Card One
Stamps: Pure Innocence Holly Girl by My Favorite Things
Paper: SU Cherry Cobbler and Crumb Cake card stock, X-Press It blending card stock and Simple Stories patterned paper
Ink: Memento tuxedo black and Copics
Other: Taylored Expressions Holly die, Die-namics die, SU round punch, Want-2-Scrap green pearls, the Big Shot, and dimensionals

Supplies - Card Two

Stamps: Claire Keay Frosty Fun by My Favorite Things
Paper: SU Melon Mambo and Wisper White card stock, X-Press It blending card stock and Cosmo Cricket patterned paper
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Copics, SU Melon Mambo
Other: Die-namics dies, pink felt, Fiskars corner rounder punch, the Big Shot and dimensionals

Thanks for looking in,
Colleen

Thinking Of You Warms My Heart

Happy Monday,

I'm off to Las Vegas this morning for a week long work function. My company's North American yearly national meeting. It's exciting to get to see co-workers whom I see once each year at this meeting. That's the best part really. The week will be filled with meeting after meeting from 8 am to 6 pm each day and then scheduled dinners in the evenings. They don't allow much free time at these things, but we usually manage to find some.

I thought I'd schedule some automatic posts this week for the cards that I made over the weekend. The first is my card for the MFTWSC97.

I thought I'd be a bit different and not use the sentiment as my focal point on the banner element. Instead, I used this cute Claire Keay image.

I stamped her in Memento tuxedo black, colored her with Copics and popped her up with dimensionals on the Fishtail Flags STAX dies. I added some snowflake buttons and sewing to complete the look.

Supplies
Stamps: Heartfelt by My Favorite Things
Paper: SU Bravo Burgundy and Blushing Bride card stock, X-Press It blending card stock, and Basic Grey patterned papers
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Copics and SU Bravo Burgundy classic ink pad
Other: Die-namics dies, snowflake buttons, pink floss, sewing machine, the Big Shot, and dimensionals.

Have a great Monday and thanks for looking in,
Colleen

Frosty and Fabulous

A very good Monday morning to you and Happy 1st day of October,

I'm Getting Sketchy with MFTWSC91 today. Technically, I guess I did that on Saturday evening when I made this card. I was in a Christmas card making mood and got two more completed on Saturday.

The image is watercolored with Tim Holtz Distress markers and my aqua painter on some TE watercolor paper. After it dried, I applied some Crystal Stickles to the darker part of the hat and the scarf. (I can't seem to make a card these days without using some Stickles on it). The patterned papers are a new 6 x 6 pad that I just bought a few weeks ago from MME called Winter Wonderland.


Supplies
Stamps: Frosty and Fabulous Snowman by My Favorite Things
Paper: SU Not Quite Navy, Ridding Hood Red card stock,  TE watercolor paper and My Mind's Eye Winter Wonderland patterned papers
Ink: Memento tuxedo black and Tim Holtz Distress Markers
Other: Die-namics dies, aqua painter, candy dots, crystal candy dots, Stickles, the Big Shot and dimensionals

Have a great week all, and thanks,
Colleen