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 2015 Retirement Sale

Now's your chance to grab selected stamps, stencils, and dies at 50% off during
My Favorite Things Retirement Sale. There are limited quantities so you
have to act fast because once they're gone, they're GONE!

Here's a Birdie Brown cutie that's on the retirement list--Sunflower Sweetheart.

The matching set of Die-namics (sold separately) is also being retired, but I chose
to create a one layered panel card.

(Edited to add: She is officially retired and out of stock. Check the MFT store 
for other great deals that are moving fast!) 

She and her two feathered friends were stamped on kraft card stock and colored
with Prismacolor pencils. I added some grass with Copic markers to ground her,
and the details on her dress and flowers with a white pigment pen.

And here are a couple more cards using soon-to-be-retired products.


Die-namics Hexagons                                            Die-namics Washi Tape

                             

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Visit the Sale section in the MFT Store to see the complete list of retired products
and get a head start on some early Christmas shopping for yourself or as gifts!
Thanks for stopping by, and happy shopping!

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CAS(E) this Sketch 149

Here's CAS(E) this Sketch 149, compliments of Chrissy.

And here's my take on it.

I white embossed snowflakes on watercolor paper, then brushed over them
with a mixture of Distress inks and water. After it was dried, I stamped
the sentiment and die cut the panel with the rectangle element from
Blueprints 24 which was then mounted to a white card base.

Visit CAS(E) this Sketch to see how my teammates interpreted the sketch
and join us if you can. Link up your card(s) by Thursday, November 19th.
Hope to see you in the gallery!

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Crazy Quilt

I love quilts and admire those who can put them together,
whether it's fabric or on paper. MFT teammates Yoonsun, Kay, and Julia
created the prettiest quilted cards here, here, and here, respectively.
Me? I just went a little crazy.

 My grandmother's quilted blankets were my inspiration. I remember her pulling
different colored scraps from her stash and sewing them down in haphazard fashion.
Her quilts were always so colorful and you could feel the love that she put into them.

For my crazy quilt card, I started off by painting stripes of Peerless Watercolors
 on watercolor card stock. After it was dried, I die cut the piece with the
Diagonal Quilt Square Cover Up Die-namics.

I also die cut some new Cement Gray cardstock and prepared a 4.25" x 4.25"
card base. I adhered the frame of the quilt die onto the card base, then simply
popped in the watercolored pieces. Easy peasy!

I added the label sentiments and finished off the card with black enamel dots.
Now that's my kind of quilt. Thanks so much for visiting!

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CAS(E) this Sketch 148

Here's CAS(E) this Sketch 148 brought to you by Leigh.

And here's my take on it.

I stamped a smaller than A2 sized card with the Pinstripe Background
in Versamark ink. A stitched banner was die cut from kraft card stock and
I adhered two leaves and a label sentiment that were in my stash of die cuts.
The banner was then adhered to the card.

Visit CAS(E) this Sketch to see how my teammates interpreted the sketch
and join us if you can. Link up your card(s) by Thursday, November 12th.

Also, please welcome our newest design team member--Jen Mitchell! 
Jen has always rocked the sketches and we're so excited to have her on board.
Welcome, Jen!

Hope to see you in the gallery!

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