MFT November Creative Construction with Blueprints--Holiday Tags

Adding a handmade touch is a wonderful way to personalize your thoughtful gifts. 

 Join us this month as we look at holiday tags featuring Blueprints.

For my project, I created lip balm tags with an element from Blueprints 13.
I found a Holiday collection of lip balms and thankfully, the lip balm die fit
perfectly on the tag.

After die cutting the tag shape from watercolor card stock, I white embossed
small snowflakes on the tag, then ink distressed them two thirds of the way up
and spattered water on them. I used the slit die from Blueprints 30 and cut
slits on the top of the tag.

The lip balm pouches were assembled, the tags were finished off with a ribbon
 and a smaller tag that was stamped with a sentiment and tied to the tag.

Visit the Card Challenges blog for all the details on how you could win a

$50 MFT gift voucher with your holiday tag creations using Blueprints!

MFT Blueprints 13

MFT Blueprints 30
MFT Lip Balm Window and Frame Die-namics
MFT Lip Balm Pouches
MFT Sending Smooches (sentiment)
MFT You Make My Heart Melt (snowflakes)

MFT June Creative Construction with Blueprints--Make it Masculine

Fathers, husbands, sons, and brothers--the men in your life appreciate your 

handcrafted creations too! This month, we’re celebrating them with masculine 

cards featuring Blueprints elements.

For my masculine card, I used several elements from Blueprints 25.

A stitched panel was cut from Natural card stock and adhered to a card base.
A bicycle was cut from Blu Raspberry card stock and ink distressed for
dimension. The curved piece was cut from Sour Apple card stock and ink
distressed, then adhered to the panel.

The bicycle was adhered to the card and the sentiment was white embossed
on the banner, then adhered to the card with dimensional adhesive.
The card was finished off with enamel dots.

Visit today's post at My Favorite Things to see how the rest of the team
took on the masculine challenge!

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MFT May Creative Construction with Blueprints--Flowers & Foliage

Flowers and leaves add elegance and an organic feel to your projects. Whether
you build a bouquet of blooms or feature a single blossom, your recipient will be
touched by your efforts. Some of our Blueprints feature floral accents and this month,
 the Creative Team has crafted a bevy of looks to inspire your next project.

For my project, I chose to work with Blueprints 14.

Instead of the five petal flower die in the set, I opted to use the middle of the flower
which reminds me of baby mums. Several "mums" and leaves were cut from watercolor
card stock and ink distressed with Distress inks.

I created a square card, using the rounded corner element which was cut from
patterned paper. I ink distressed around the edges for more definition. I loosely followed
a Blueprints sketch found here and finished off the card with the hybrid sentiment.

Visit today's post at My Favorite Things for more inspiration from participating
team members and see how they took on the challenge. Thanks for stopping by!

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MFT April Creative Construction with Blueprints--Come As You Are

Mixing and matching Blueprints elements is such an appealing way of creating 

something new and exciting. Every new Blueprints release includes a quartet of 

sketches featuring the elements. Join our team this month as they interpret 

Blueprints sketches and make them their own.

 For my project, I chose to work with Blueprints 26.

My card is loosely based on a combination of the first and fourth sketches.

The grassy hill was formed with the largest balloon element. After ink distressing

the balloon, I covered up the "neck" portion with the koalas and adhered the
smaller balloon that was ink distressed with Distress Oxide inks. 

Three little birds were adhered to the card, and the sentiment was white 

embossed on the hill. I finished off the card by rounding off the bottom corners.

Visit today's post at My Favorite Things to see how the rest of the Creative

 Team took on the Blueprints challenge!

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