MFT November Creative Challenge

Red and green are beautiful and traditional colors but also, a bit predictable 

this time of year. This month, the design team was challenged to think outside 

the box by applying non-traditional color schemes to our Christmas crafting. 

For my card, I went in a contemporary direction and paired gold with brown.
 

Snowflakes and the sentiment were gold embossed on brown card stock
and a panel was die cut with the rectangle element from Blueprints 24.

 

The panel was adhered to a brown card base with dimensional foam and 

finished off with a sprinkling of shiny gold sequins.

Stop by the MFT blog for links to other designers who took on
this month's Creative Challenge. I hope that you're inspired to use
non traditional colors on your holiday cards and projects!

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MFT August Creative Challenge--Paper Paradise

Our team has been playing in a tropical crafting paradise for this month’s challenge.
Palm trees, fruity drinks, and cool blue waters are are just some of the delights
you’ll experience as we showcase stamps and Die-namics with a tropical theme.
Take a trip with us! 

My card is a nod to thatched huts and hula skirts that appear in this month's release.
I used the Die-namics Fringe and cut several rows from kraft card stock and
adhered them to a kraft card base.

I cut a strip of green diagonal patterned paper from the new Dots & Stripes 
Fresh Patterned Paper Pack and adhered it across the top row of fringe. The
toucan from Birds of Paradise, and florals from Blissful Blooms were white
embossed and ink distressed, diecut, then adhered to the card.

I used white pigment ink and sponged around the edge of the card, and the ends
of the fringed rows, and white embossed the sentiment. The final touch was to add
a googly eye from my stash of embellies. How sassy does that bird look?

For more tropical inspiration, visit the MFT blog to see projects from
the rest of the participating designers and Mahalo for stopping by!

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June Creative Challenge--Go Overboard

The theme for this month's Creative Challenge is Go Overboard, create projects

with a nautical theme using MFT's stamps and dies. Here's my card.

I've had the MFT sailboat die for a while and thought it was a good time to use it.
I was inspired by the sunset and silhouette on this card by fellow teammate Jody.

After masking off a rectangle with Post It tape, I ink distressed with Persimmon,
Orange Zest, and Daffodil dye inks, and spattered some water over it. The sailboat
was diecut from black cardstock, and I used only one sail to construct the boat.

I added the little flag and stars, and highlighted parts of the boat with white ink
to give it some dimension and finished off the card with the sentiment.

Stop by the MFT blog for links to other designers who took on the challenge.
Thanks for stopping by!

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MFT Design Team Creative Challenge--In the Background

It's time for My Favorite Things Design Team Creative Challenge, and this month,
 we're exploring the different ways to showcase background stamps. 

If you've been a follower of my blog, you know that thanks to Laura Bassen, I love to "smoosh"
and add color to background stamps with open spaces. MFT's Circle Background is the perfect stamp
just waiting to be smooshed! Check out Laurafadora's smooshing technique here.

After white embossing the background stamp on watercolor paper, I inked up
an acrylic block with ink, spritzed it with water and "smooshed" the paper.
The embossing resists the ink and it pools into the open spaces of the image.
Continue inking the block, spritzing it with water, and use whatever colors you like.

It's a very forgiving technique and no two results are ever the same.
 I added the sentiment and hearts, using a white gel pen to add some highlights.

Visit the MFT blog to see how some design team members got creative
with background stamps. Thanks for stopping by!

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