MFT All Smiles Card Kit--Day 2

It's Day 2 of previews of MFT's newest Card Kit--All Smiles.

Today I'm sharing a card with a faux watercoloring technique that I learned from
former MFT teammate Amy Lee.

I white embossed several flowers and leaves onto watercolor card stock
and ink distressed around them. I used a waterbrush and moved the color
around, then spattered on some clean water and let it dry.

After cutting the panel with the rectangle element from Blueprints 25,
I stamped the sentiment and added a few sequins.

Visit today's Card Kit post for more inspiration, and don't forget to
leave a comment there for a chance to win a $25 prize! Hope to see you
tomorrow for the Card Kit release!

MFT All Smiles Card Kit--Day 1

Get ready to SMILE big when you meet this month's Card Kit from My Favorite Things!

Here's a peek at the All Smiles Card Kit. Visit today's Card Kit post at My Favorite Things
for a detailed description of all the supplies that come with the kit.

I love a good sentiment set and today I'll be sharing a card using the All Smiles
Stamp Set and Double the Smiles Die-namics. Note that all products in bold are
not part of the kit but can be found in the MFT Store.

A stitched tag was ink distressed with Picked Raspberry and Spiced Marmalade
Distress inks and spattered with water. The upper case SMILE was cut from the
tag and the second part of the sentiment was stamped above it.

Patterned paper was cut from the rectangle element from Blueprints 24 and
adhered to a white card base. The tag was adhered with dimensional adhesive
and ribbon was tied through it. I finished off the card with a small tiger.

Visit today's Card Kit post at My Favorite Things for more inspiration from
participating members and get ready to purchase the kit on
Tuesday, July 25th at 3PM.

CAS(E) this Sketch #231

N@Ali brings us this week's CAS(E) this Sketch #231.

And here's my take on it. 

Yep, I managed to sneak a(nother) butterfly on my card. A wonky stitched square,
an ink distressed butterfly, and a sentiment on a strip. Sequins finished off the card.

Visit CAS(E) this Sketch to see how the rest of the team interpreted the sketch and
join us if you can. Link up your card(s) by Thursday, July 27th!
Hope to see you in the gallery!

SUPPLIES:
 

MFT Wonky Stitched Square STAX

MFT Flutter of Butterflies Solid

MFT Essential Sentiments 

MFT Essential Fishtail Sentiment Strips 

MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge #342

It's Wednesday, and that means it's time for a new Wednesday Sketch

 Challenge! Here's Sketch #342.

And here's my take on it.

Going through my dies, I noticed that there was a stitched cloud that resembled
the top piece on the sketch. I cut out the cloud and inked the edges lightly with
Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink for more definition.

The hot air balloon, kitty, and birds were colored with Copics and cut with the
matching dies. I adhered the cloud on the top of the card, a strip of patterned paper
on the bottom, per the sketch, then stamped a sentiment on top of it. The balloon,
kitty and birds were popped up on the card and finished off with enamel dots.

Visit the Card Challenges blog for all the details on how you can win a
$50 MFT gift voucher and join us if you can!

MFT July Release Replay

It's time for My Favorite Things July Release Replay Challenge, when the

Creative Team shares more ideas and inspiration with the latest release.

Earlier on Instagram I shared a pic of some critters from the July release--
hippos and tigers and cats. I decided to use a Smitten Kitten on my project.

A watercolor panel was ink distressed with Distress Oxide inks  and spattered
with water. A circle was cut from the card and the panel was adhered to a
Natural card base. The circular piece was rotated and placed in the opening.

The Happy Birthday Circle Frame was cut from Sour Apple card stock and
adhered around the circle. The kitty was colored with Copics and cut with
the matching Die-namics, then adhered inside the clrcle.

I fashioned a little party hat from patterned paper, stamped the sentiment
and finished off the card with a few enamel dots.

Visit today's Release Replay post at My Favorite Things for more inspiration
from the design team using products from the July Release.
Thanks for stopping by!

CAS(E) this Sketch #230

This week's CAS(E) this Sketch #230 is from yours truly
and it looks like this.

Here's my take on it.

I'll admit that my own sketch stumped me. Thankfully, I was saved by an inked
piece that I found in my stash. This was an ink distressed panel that was
"stamped" with a stencil that was sprayed with water.

I trimmed the pieces, following the sketch, and adhered them to a card base.
I stamped the sentiment and finished off the card with sequins.

Visit CAS(E) this Sketch to see how the rest of the team interpreted the sketch
and join us if you can. Link up your card(s) by Thursday, July 20th and as a
winner, you'll be invited to guest with us on a future sketch!

 SUPPLIES:

Stencil Funky Florals

Lucky Clear Stamps

Primitive Cream Card Stock

Penny Black's Christmas in July--PEACE•LOVE•JOY

On my last day of guesting on the Penny Black blog, I pulled out my Copics

and colored pencils to color this little cutie.

After coloring the image, I masked her and inked in the sky with Distress Oxide inks.

Visit the Penny Black blog for instructions and details on how I created this card.

Thanks so much for dropping by during Christmas in July and I hope that you

found inspiration to get a head start on your Christmas cards!

Huge thanks to Jill and Penny Black for the invitation to share my ideas
with you using their awesome line of products! Happy Holidays!