Freshly Made Sketches #687

 

Freshly Made Sketches newest team member, Verena, introduces her first 

sketch design this week. So many possibilities using that crescent shape.

 

Here's how I was inspired by her sketch.

 

I knew that I was going to use Altenew's Zero Waste Chocolate Flowers Dies and 

let the foliage to create the crescent shape. The beauty of the Zero Waste Die 

is you can cut out a ton of blooms from white card stock and use inks to

color them as you wish.

I decided to use the embossing folder which resembles a chocolate candy bar 

and can also stand on its own. I finished off the card with a sentiment from

My Favorite Things.

I'm feeling so organized this week, linking up way earlier than usual. Yay, me!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

    P.S. If you're interested in the Zero Waste Chocolate Flowers Kit, it is now back 

in stock after being OOS for months. Out of all their Zero Waste dies, this one 

is my fave and you'll need to purchase the entire kit, but it's worth every penny!

 

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Honored that my card was chosen as a Princess for the challenge.

Thanks so much, Kim!  

 

Inspired by Challenge #271 -- MITTENS

 

The theme for this month's Inspired by Challenge is MITTENS. 

 

Here's how I was inspired.

Meet a 5-year old stamp and die set from Simon Says Stamp. I remember buying it and 

it never touched ink until recently when I watched some of Kristina Werner's Christmas

Card series on You Tube. I spotted Critter Sweaters from 2018 and dug through my

SSS Christmas stamps and found it! 

They appear to be snuggled in mittens, or is that just me? The stamp set is unique

because it's simply stamped on each die cut critter to resemble cozy sweaters.

The background uses MFT's Knitted Sweater Background, stamped on kraft with

Versamark for a tone on tone look. The stamped sentiment finished off the card.

Ok, I'm off to link up my card. Thanks for stopping by!

The Flower Challenge #68 -- Use a Number

This month's challenge theme at The Flower Challenge #68 is to Use a Number.

 

 

 

Here's my card using the new Lovely Layers Peony Honey Cuts for the bloom, and

one of my favorite number dies--Penny Black's By the Numbers.

 

The numbers die was debossed into a white card stock top folding card and set

aside. The peony and leaves were diecut from white card stock then colored 

with inks. The flower was assembled and spattered with gold ink.

The bloom and leaves were adhered to the debossed panel and finished off with

the white embossed sentiment.

This was probably a lazy way of adding a number so I may redeem myself and

enter another card. Stay tuned, and thanks for stopping by!

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Edited to add: So honored that my card was chosen as the Challenge winner! 

Huge thanks to the Flower Challenge design team and congrats to the Top Picks

and Honorable Mention.

MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge #461

Here's this week's MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge #461.

And here's how I interpreted the sketch.

Two mugs of cocoa were substituted for the circle elements then finished
off with the white embossed sentiment.

Visit the MFT blog for all the details on how you can be the random winner of
a $50 MFT gift voucher when you enter the challenge. We hope to see you
in the gallery!

MFT Wed Sketch Challlenge #460

Here's this week's MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge #460--a clean and simple one.

And here's my take on it.

The little snowman was grounded with a strip of patterned paper. I added
the speech bubble and heart and the card was done. Love a simple sketch!

Visit the MFT blog for all the details on how you can be chosen as the random

winner of a $50 MFT gift voucher when you join us for the challenge!

More Snow Globe Greetings Inspiration

Are you ready for more Snow Globe Greetings Card Kit inspiration? 

For today's project, I'm using products that were recently released together 

with the kit.

I thought the bear in the Merry Moments set would be a perfect fit inside the
Tall Snow Globe for a quick shaker card.

The polar bear was stamped, colored with Copics, then cut with the matching
Die-namics. A background was inked in sunset colors and spattered with white
paint and set aside to dry. A snowy ground was torn from white card stock
and inked on the edges with a pale blue Copic marker.

I adhered a few snowflake sequins on the sky, and added some inside together
with some sequins before assembling the shaker. Oh, and I did stamp the sentiment
before assembling the shaker--so glad I remembered to do that!

Visit today's Card Kit post for more ideas and inspiration and leave a comment
there for a chance to win a $25 prize! Get ready to buy the Snow Globe Greetings
Card Kit tomorrow, Oct 22nd at 10AM EST in the MFT Store!

Meet MFT's October Card Kit--Snow Globe Greetings

MFT's October Card Kit is Snow Globe Greetings. This fun and festive kit will go on sale
 Tuesday, October 22nd at 10AM EST in the MFT Store. Here's a quick peek at the kit.

For a more detailed description of the kit's contents, visit today's Card Kit post
at My Favorite Things. You'll be able to purchase contents of the kit separately,
but there's value and savings when you purchase the entire kit.

For today's project, I used the Tall Snow Globe Die-namics as a portal for the
hanging mistletoe. The mistletoe was cut from green card stock and inked
for a bit of dimension. I added the berries and the little bow and adhered it to
a Grout Gray card base. The sentiment was platinum embossed and the panel
was popped up over the mistletoe.

Head over to today's countdown post for more Card Kit inspiration and leave a

comment there for a chance to win a $25 prize. Thanks for stopping by today!

MFT October Birthday Project Challenge--Feeling Sentimental

This month, you're challenged to think outside the box by using only birthday

sentiments on your project. Grab your favorite birthday sentiment stamps and dies, 

text backgrounds and alphabets and craft a birthday card without any images.

Here's my "sentiments only" card for the challenge using Impact Alphabet

Die-namics that help make a statement on your card.

I diecut YOLO three times from white card stock and adhered them together to
form thick letters. The top layer was cut from watercolor card stock and ink
distressed, then adhered to the respective letters.

A stitched rectangle panel was cut from white card stock, then adhered to a
Cement Gray card base. After determining where the YOLO would fall on the card,
the top and bottom sentiments were stamped. YOLO was adhered to the card,
then finished off with some sparkling sequins.

Visit the MFT blog for all the details on how you can be the random winner of
a $50 MFT gift voucher when you enter the challenge. Remember to use
ONLY sentiments on your entry. We hope to see you in the gallery!

MFT Wed Sketch Challenge #459

Here's this week's MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge #459.

And here's how I interpreted the sketch

 

I changed up the layering order of the elements with a nighttime sky created with 

the Brush Spatter Background white embossed on dark gray card stock. The building

Die-namics was inked in rainbow colors and popped up on the card. The white

embossed sentiment finished off the card.

Visit today's post at MFT for all the details on how you can be the random winner
of a $50 MFT gift voucher when you join us for the challenge!
We hope to see you in the gallery!

MFT's October 2019 Release and MFT & Friends

Yes, it's time! The MFT Store is now open and you may shop for the awesome
October Release! All new goodies can be found here.

It's also time for MFT & Friends when the Creative Team--and friends--share
more ideas and inspiration using the new Release!

I just love Birdie Brown's Christmas sELFies and colored up the handsome
polar bear in the set.

After cutting out the image with the square selfie Die-namics, I adhered it behind
a Polaroid frame and stamped the sentiment on top. A strip of patterned paper
was adhered to a Grout Gray card base, then I popped up the Polaroid and
the card was done.

All right, off you go! And today's the day to comment on all team members' blogs
for a chance to win one of two $100 MFT gift vouchers!
Good luck and happy shopping!

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Edited to add: The winners have been chosen. Go here to see if you're one of them!

Final Countdown Day Until MFT's October Release!

Yay! It's the final countdown day until MFT's October Release! All new goodies
will go on sale tomorrow October 8th at 10AM EST!

Today  I'm sharing two projects because there's  just so much holiday goodness
this month! The first uses Merry Christmas Blend together with 'Tis the Season  
 on the background.

  

The Merry Christmas Blend is a follow up to the popular Happy Birthday Blend

which makes for quick cards if you use the Misti or any type of stamp positioner.

I stamped the "Merry" in pinks and reds, and the "Christmas" in two shades of

green, directly onto a panel. 

The snowman and smaller images from 'Tis the Season were stamped on the panel

in Grout Gray ink. The second part of the sentiment was stamped in dark brown ink

and the panel was adhered to a kraft card base and finished off with sequins,

My second card pairs the Classic Snow Globe and an image from Merry Moments.

When I first saw the image, I could picture them snuggled inside the
snow globe. Brush Spatter Background was white embossed on watercolor
card stock then ink distressed in several shades of blue ink. The base of the
snow globe was stamped in wood grain and the globe was assembled
on a Primitive Cream card base.

The image was stamped, colored, and die cut to fit the inside the globe.
I stamped the sentiment beneath the globe and finished off the card with
a few mini stars cut from white and silver glitter card stock.

Visit today's Countdown post for more peeks at the October Release and leave
a comment there for a chance to win a $75 prize! Thanks for stopping by
and hope you'll visit tomorrow for the New Product Launch!

Second card