Prairie Paper & Ink

MFT Challenge - Creative Construction: Blueprints Basics

Hey everyone! I'm back with another card - this time for MFT's monthly Creative Construction with Blueprints Challenge for the Design Team. This month's one was to focus on one of the MANY downloadable layouts MFT provides in their resources section. With all the Blueprints Die-namics and all the layouts they provide for all of them there are a LOT to choose from.

Check out MFT's blog post here for all the links to the other DT member's blog posts as well as links to their layouts and whatnot!

I immediately decided to use Blueprints 14 - it's still one of my all-time favorites. And since I had a watercolour panel sitting here from the card I posted earlier I had to use it and do another Christmas theme card:

This is a 5" square card.

I love how you can use some of the same supplies but with a little tweaking can create a completely different card.

I die cut the flower from some red tissue paper I had in my stash - and created the button with the die from the Blueprints set and some Gold Shine (of course) card stock. An embossed sentiment on the vellum die cut and some black enamel dots from my stash finished it off and that was it!

Die-namics Blueprints 14	Joyous Christmas Sentiments	BG Distressed Stripes Background	Field Day Prestige Card Stock	Gold Shine Card Stock
Smooth White Card Stock	Black Licorice Prestige Card Stock	Translucent Vellum	Versamark Ink Pad

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Merry Joyous Christmas Card

Well I had a small amount of "mindless" time tonight - I say mindless because I wanted to make a card but had no plan and no idea what I was doing LOL! It's been a REALLY long day.

So I pulled out a background stamp, and my Gansai Tambi watercolours, and then just applied the watercolours to the stamp. I've done a video on this already - last time it was rainbow colors, this time I wanted to do Christmas colors - specifically red and green.

This was the end result:

This was the first impression of the card stock to the watercolored stamp - I did get 2 more (each one gets lighter and lighter) and plan on turning them into cards as well - but as usual time got away from me before I could get to it!

I didn't want to cover up the background much - so I stamped a sentiment onto vellum with Versamark and embossed it with black embossing powder (so far the ONLY time I like using black EP is on vellum - otherwise it's just a nope).

I die cut some stars from Gold Shine card stock (still loving this stuff and want to use it on all the cards!) and added a few sequins and that finished it off.

I kept the inside simple and just added a few more die cut stars - there was enough of the "scrap" shine card stock left to cut these three and of course you can't let it go to waste! *wink* 

BG Distressed Stripes Background	Die-namics Stitched Star STAX	Joyous Christmas Sentiments	Blueprints 1 Die-namics	Blueprints 2 Die-namics
Ranger Watercolor Paper	Gold Shine Card Stock	Smooth White Card Stock	Black Licorice Prestige Card Stock	Translucent Vellum
Versamark Ink Pad	Black and White Classic Sequin Kit

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Experimenting...

Are y'all shocked that I have yet another post with yet another card? I'm finally getting back to being able to create here and there on a more regular basis and posting on here as often as I can! :)

I had some time this morning to "play" - and decided to pull out my Zig Clean Color markers and try them out for the first time. I Periscoped my attempts - LOL it took a few tries as my little Gman still isn't feeling well and didn't appreciate not having my full attention *wink*. I had to halt the attempts a few times so that he could be held, and cuddled, and allowed to play with the packaging of things in reach LOL.

I had a bit of difficulty with the markers - but I'm chalking that up to the paper I used (Ranger watercolour card stock - I love that stuff for other things but it doesn't work well with these markers!). Now that I know that I'm going to try something else (it's been mentioned that Bristol Smooth White card stock by Strathmore is the BEST to use with the Clean Color markers - and I just happened to have some in my stash so I'll be testing that next).

Anywho - even with my difficulties and needing to toss the first attempt I finished the second one and made it into a card:

This is a 4-bar size card.

I used Liquid Frisket and my Molotow marker to mask off the images (see my previous post for all the info on that) then watercolored the background. After it was dry I rubbed off the frisket and watercolored the images with the Clean Color markers and a water brush.

I had a bit of bleeding and a bit of trouble moving the color - but that's where I chalk it up to the card stock I used. Since I put in the time and effort I thought I'd finish the card and share it with y'all anyway (b/c in my world right now time is a premium commodity - ESPECIALLY crafting time).

I finished off the inside of the card with a stamped sentiment from the set and stamped the hearts with Wild Cherry dye ink - the last one being stamped multiple times without reinking it so it faded off towards the top, and that was it!

Top Dog	Die-namics Top Dog	Fishtail Flags Layers STAX Die-namics	Hybrid Ink Pad Black Licorice	Ranger Watercolor Paper
Smooth White Card Stock	Wild Cherry Card Stock	Versamark Ink Pad	Wild Cherry Premium Dye Ink	Small Teflon Bone Folder
Waterbrush Small	White Detail Embossing Powder

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You're a Purrfect Friend

Hello everyone! Happy Thanksgiving to all my American readers, and for the rest of you (me included - us Canadians had Thanksgiving last month) Happy Thursday!

I had a little (stress *little* LOL - my littlest munchkins and myself are still battling colds and it's been a rough few days) time today and have been wanting to use this MFT Cat-itude stamp set and dies for a while now. They've been sitting on my desk for the last few days so when I finally got a chance I made this card!

Since this was more on the "simple" side I popped up the die cut circle and sentiment strip with dimensionals and then adhered the cat with dimensionals as well - it's a great way to add a little extra dimension to an otherwise "simple" card.

And of course I had to add some enamel dots and bakers twine to finish it off.

I finished off the inside with another sentiment from the set then stamped another of the cats with Safety Orange ink and called it a day.

Cat-itude	Die-namics Cat-itude	Die-namics Radial Stitched Circle STAX	Hybrid Ink Pad Black Licorice	Blueberry Premium Dye Ink Pad
Premium Dye Ink Pad Safety Orange	Smooth White Card Stock	Blueberry Prestige Card Stock	Heavyweight Card Stock Safety Orange	Heavyweight Card Stock Grout Gray

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Molotow Marker with Liquid Frisket: First Impressions Video

Well what do you know, I'm actually getting around to using some of the new-to-me things I got recently in a decent amount of time! Let's not mention some of the products that have been sitting here for MONTHS that I've started to forget I even own.....

Anywho *wink* - I showed this Molotow Empty Marker in a recent haul video - and today seemed like a good day to fill it up and try it out.

I've used Liquid Frisket before, not this Pebeo brand, but one from an art supply store. This one I'd heard good things about, and then had people tell me how great this marker was - so I thought I'd try them out. The one thing I really don't like about liquid frisket is picking it up with an old (or at least one you don't mind getting wrecked) paint brush and painting it over the images I want to mask. I find it tedious and just don't enjoy the process.

This marker is supposed to make it easier - I honestly wasn't sure how well it was going to work but I have to say after trying it out here I am looking forward to using it again!

  

To watch directly on YouTube click HERE <-----click!

I finished the card I started in the video. I didn't add the last footage of all the watercoloring b/c the video was getting long as it was and it takes FOREVER for me to get videos like this uploaded. I still have the footage and I guess if any y'all really want to see it I can edit it and upload it to YouTube.

It's hard to pick up on camera but I coated all the hearts with my Shimmer Pico Embellisher so they're glossy and have just a hint of sparkle. Other than that all I did was die cut the watercolour panel with the largest die from the Blueprints 2 Die-namics set and adhered it to my card base and that was it!

Molotow EMPTY MARKER 2MM FINE TIP Fillable	Pebeo DRAWING GUM Liquid Frisquet	Plastic Transfer Pipettes 3ml	Simon Says Stamp SUZY'S WATERCOLOR DOODLES Water Color Paintable Prints	Claudine Hellmuth Studio Paint ARTIST BRUSHES
Faber-Castell COLLAPSIBLE WATER CUP	Die-namics Blueprints 2	Simon Says Stamp WHITE CARDSTOCK 120 LB Base Weight 12 Pack	Tim Holtz DISTRESS SPRAYER Ranger 4 Ounces	Tsukineko Irresistibles SHIMMER PICO EMBELLISHER
Scotch Advanced Tape Glider & Tape	Simon Says Stamp SMALL TEFLON BONE FOLDER Tool	Scor-Pal Scor-Buddy Mini Scoring Board, 9 by 7.5-Inch	Acrylic Block Round with Finger Grip 3.5"	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad TUMBLED GLASS
Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad BROKEN CHINA	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad MINI KIT 13	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad PICKED RASPBERRY Ranger	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad FESTIVE BERRIES	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad SQUEEZED LEMONADE
Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad MUSTARD SEED	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad MINI KIT 14	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad CRUSHED OLIVE	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad GATHERED TWIGS	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad MILLED LAVENDER
Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad SHADED LILAC	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad DUSTY CONCORD	Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE	Sizzix Magnetic Platform for Wafer Thin Dies

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Happy Mail Haul Video November 2015

Well to be honest with y'all I wasn't expecting to get any mail at all when I posted my mailing address a couple of weeks ago (or at least not get anything so quickly!). It is SO rare that I get cards in the mail I just never expect it! But 3 have shown up so far (and one more just showed up today so I'll save that for the next video) and I wanted to show them off and share them with y'all because each one totally made my day :).

  

You can watch directly on YouTube HERE <-----click!

If you'd like to participate in this fun Happy Mail Haul I've got going on feel free to send your cards here:

Amy Rysavy

Box 906

Rosetown, SK

S0L 2V0

Canada

Make sure to include your username/social media handles if you'd like a shout-out when I show your card - I'm all for it! ;)

And here are the links I promised in the video:

Jennifer McGuire Ink <-----click!

Hero Arts Clear stamps ACTS OF KINDNESS

Hero Arts Rubber Stamp A BIT OF KINDNESS

Bossy Joscie Personalized Stamps

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MFT November Die-namics Design Challenge - Tis the Season for Tags

Hello again everyone! It's been quite some time since I've had a chance to play along with MFT's Design Team challenges - but I was able to participate in this one and it's a fun one!

Here's MFT's blurb on the challenge:

Brown paper packages tied up with strings…these are a few of My Favorite Things. Tag, you’re it! Time to embellish those pretty packages with tags accented by our extensive collection of holiday-appropriate Die-namics. MFT has the tools and our team is bringing the imagination so dive into those last minute details - Christmas is just around the corner. 

Make sure to check out MFT's blog post for all the links to the other DT members playing along!

I created a set of 3 tags with specific gifts in mind - I have some gold wrapping paper in my Christmas stash and think these tags will look PERFECT with the finished gifts (which I don't have wrapped or anything b/c I never do that 'till the last minute as always) - so you'll just have to imagine them on the gifts *wink*:

I pulled out the first Tag Builder Blueprints Die-namics set to make the base for these tags, and to cut the sentiment strip as well.

I then stamped the bases with snowflakes using my Delicata Golden Glitz ink (LOVE!) and Black Licorice ink.

I used a sentiment from the Joyous Christmas Sentiments set and embossed it with gold embossing powder, then popped the sentiment strip up on the tag with dimensionals.

I had to die cut and emboss some snowflakes of course b/c I am STILL obsessed with them - it's hard not to add them to everything I make lately LOL! Then to finish them all off I adhered some sequins and tied on some black cord and that was it!

Die-namics Tag Builder Blueprints 1	Snowflake Flurry	Die-namics Snowflake Flurry	Joyous Christmas Sentiments	Hybrid Ink Pad Black Licorice
Delicata Gold Ink Pad	Black Licorice Prestige Card Stock	Smooth White Card Stock	Gold Shine Card Stock	Translucent Vellum
Gold Detail Embossing Powder	White Detail Embossing Powder

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Chunky Chevron Thank You Cards

Hey everyone :). I had some random and disjointed times here and there today that I used to get a couple of cards made. I had the backgrounds for them made previously and then decided to turn them into a couple of thank you cards (because one can never have enough thank you cards on hand!).

I've been struggling with card ideas lately and on top of it all I caught the cold that's been going around (yay - sarcasm), but once I started fiddling and die-cutting the ideas started flowing (a bit anyway!).

I used MFT's Chunky Chevron Cover-Up Die-namics and die cut some Summer Splash card stock and a piece of patterned paper from their Fresh Squeezed Chevron Paper Pack, and then alternated the pieces to create 2 different backgrounds.

For the first card I made I die cut the word "thanks" 4 times from white card stock then adhered them all together with Ranger's Multi Medium Matte adhesive. I then die cut some flourishes from darker card stock and vellum and adhered those with the same adhesive before adhering the sentiment.

To finish this one off I grabbed some sequins from my stash that coordinated with the colors and adhered those with the same adhesive (if you don't own it already you should! Best stuff ever).

For my second card I pulled out several die-namics sets as well as a sentiment set, and just had fun with it all.

I die cut the butterflies from white card stock then used my Mini Ink Blending Tool along with Summer Splash and Tropical Teal dye inks to create the gradient on them.

I adhered the stamped "thank" sentiment with dimensionals and stacked the "you" die cut (this time using only 3 die cuts) and added some more sequins because I can't resist the bling and that was it!

 

Die-namics Chunky Chevron Cover-Up	Die-namics Flutter of Butterflies - Solid	Die-namics Flutter of Butterflies - Lace	Die-namics Stitched Arch STAX	Die-namics Many Thanks
Die-namics Words of Gratitude	Die-namics Fancy Flourish	Die-namics Pierced Fancy Flourish	Label Maker Sentiments	Fresh Squeezed Chevron Paper Pack
MFT Translucent Vellum	MFT Heavyweight Card Stock Smooth White	Tropical Teal Prestige Card Stock	Summer Splash Prestige Card Stock	MFT Heavyweight Card Stock Black Licorice
Summer Splash Premium Dye Ink Pad	Tropical Teal Premium Dye Ink Pad	MFT Hybrid Ink Pad Black Licorice	American Crafts - Hemp Basics	Doodlebug Designs Lily White Sequins
Doodlebug Designs Swimming Pool Sequins	Ranger .5 Oz. MINI MULTI MEDIUM MATTE	Tombow MONO MULTI Liquid Glu	Sticky Stuff Store	Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS
Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE	Sizzix Magnetic Platform for Wafer Thin Dies	Simon Says Stamp SMALL TEFLON BONE FOLDER Tool

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Simon Says Stamp Haul #17 Video

Well it's Sunday and I'm looking forward to starting this week off on a positive and happy note! I mentioned a few times on Periscope recently that I've been selling off a lot of my old clothes lately - one of the perks to losing 50lbs is selling off the clothes I had that are too big for me now. I then turned around and splurged on some things as a belated birthday/early Christmas (whatever works to justify it LOL) present to me *wink*.

A few items in particular I had taken to a second hand store that specializes in brand name clothing - and was so NOT impressed with how little $ they offered me for the clothes. I took it all back and ended up selling it all myself for 4 or 5 times what they had offered! I told myself if I could sell it all then I'd finally take the plunge and get the Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers that everyone has been raving about and I've been eyeing up for months now.

I filmed the haul with both Katelyn and Gavin this time - it was a little chaotic but we had fun LOL. He's more in to pulling everything off my desk and onto the floor, and she's getting way more comfortable voicing her opinion (and saying bye!) on camera - it gets interesting some days LOL!

  

You can watch directly on YouTube HERE <----click! 

ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Markers	Wplus9 HOLIDAY HUGS Clear Stamps	Wplus9 HOLIDAY BOUGHS Clear Stamps	Lawn Fawn KRAFT ENVELOPES Fawndamentals	Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps 2015 BIRD CRAZY
Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps 2015 CRAZY TALK	Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps 2015 CRAZY THINGS	Molotow EMPTY MARKER 2MM FINE TIP Fillable	Pebeo DRAWING GUM Liquid Frisquet	Ranger Distress Watercolor Cardstock 20/Pkg (CCD)

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Stars and Watercolor

Hey everyone! It's Saturday, and for me the end to what turned out to be a very rough week. Rather than sit and whine about it on here (who wants to hear that LOL?!), I made a card, got the pics of it and am posting it on here before I mail it out to a friend on Monday (late - but hey it's a start LOL!).

I mulled over what to create with this watercolour background (if you remember my previous post with the snowman card - I made that background at the same time while playing around with my Gansai Tambi set the one night), and for some reason stars stuck in my head. So I pulled out 2 different sets of star Die-namics dies and got to die cutting.

I die cut the stitched stars from vellum, and used tiny dots of Ranger Multi Medium Matte to adhere them, and then disguised the adhesive by adhering the card stock stars and gems on top ;).

I finished off the inside with a stamped sentiment and stamped the stars by "painting" the stamps with the same colors of watercolours from the Gansai Tambi palette - you won't get "crisp" images doing that but the colors matched the background on the front of the card plus it just kind of ties it all together (and honestly I was too lazy to pull out my ink pads as everything was sitting at my fingertips LOL!).

Totally Happy	Die-namics LLD Lucky Stars	Die-namics Stitched Star STAX	Die-namics Blueprints 8	MFT Heavyweight Card Stock Black Licorice
MFT Translucent Vellum	Daffodil Prestige Card Stock	Orange Zest Prestige Card Stock	MFT Heavyweight Card Stock Razzle Berry	MFT Hybrid Ink Pad Black Licorice
Versamark WATERMARK Rubber Stamp Emboss Chalk Resist INK PAD	Zig Kuretake Gansai Tambi 36 COLOR SET	Claudine Hellmuth Studio Paint ARTIST BRUSHES	3M Scotch SAFE RELEASE MASKING PAINTER'S TAPE Blue	Ranger Distress Watercolor Cardstock 20/Pkg (CCD)
Powder Tool Applicator	Stampendous DETAIL WHITE Fine Opaque Embossing Powder	ROCKLINE BASKET COFFEE FILTERS (8-12 Cup Basket) 700 Filters	Precision Heat Embossing Emboss Tool Gun Hero Arts	3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent
Ranger .5 Oz. MINI MULTI MEDIUM MATTE	Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE	Simon Says Stamp SMALL TEFLON BONE FOLDER Tool	Tombow MONO MULTI Liquid Glu

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Toasty Greetings

Hey everyone! Between last night and today I had brief times where I was actually able to sit down and be crafty (LOL), and ended up making this card:

I started with the watercolour background - which was just me playing around in all honesty! I taped down a couple pieces of watercolour card stock, got them wet with water then dropped on some color from my Gansai Tambi watercolour palette and left it to dry (THE hardest part for me. I have so little patience when it comes to watercolour so leaving it alone drives me bonkers LOL!). I posted just the backgrounds on my Instagram account, and then needed to decide what to do with them!

So with this one I made the card you see now. I thought the blue/green background would look nice with MFT's Toasty Greetings set, so I pulled that out and it's coordinating Die-namics dies.

I watercolored in the images with the same watercolour palette, and once they were dry I popped them onto the background with dimensionals.

The sentiment was stamped and embossed with detail white embossing powder, and the die cut was also popped up with dimensionals.

I used a Sno Cone card stock (one of my go-to favourite colors of MFT's color line) base for my card instead of white (which lately I seem to always be using white) which made the watercolour "scene" pop a little more I think.

I finished off the inside by stamping another sentiment from the same set and that was it!

BB Toasty Greetings	Die-namics BB Toasty Greetings	Die-namics Stitched Fishtail Flag STAX	Die-namics Blueprints 1	MFT Hybrid Ink Pad Black Licorice
Heavyweight Card Stock Sno Cone	MFT Heavyweight Card Stock Black Licorice	Zig Kuretake Gansai Tambi 36 COLOR SET	Ranger WATERCOLOR PAPER	Ranger Watercolor Paper
Ranger Distress Watercolor Cardstock 20/Pkg (CCD)	Versamark WATERMARK Rubber Stamp Emboss Chalk Resist INK PAD	Faber-Castell COLLAPSIBLE WATER CUP	Claudine Hellmuth Studio Paint ARTIST BRUSHES	Grumbacher WATERCOLOR ARTIST BRUSH SET
3M Scotch SAFE RELEASE MASKING PAINTER'S TAPE Blue	Sticky Stuff Store	Powder Tool Applicator	Precision Heat Embossing Emboss Tool Gun Hero Arts	Stampendous DETAIL WHITE Fine Opaque Embossing Powder
ROCKLINE BASKET COFFEE FILTERS (8-12 Cup Basket) 700 Filters	Ranger .5 Oz. MINI MULTI MEDIUM MATTE	Simon Says Stamp Sequins ASSORTED MOONSHINE	EK Success CRAFT TWEEZERS Precision Tip	Simon Says Stamp SMALL TEFLON BONE FOLDER Tool
Dahle Self-Healing Cutting 18x12	Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE

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MFT Retirement SALE!

Hey everyone! Just a heads up that My Favorite Things is having a HUGE retirement sale starting now! I can't even being to list what all is being retired - and while I am sad to see some of my favourite and most-loved products going away, I'm pretty excited to see what's coming!

If you want to get your hands on any of these goodies make sure to do so before it's too late! I'll post a couple of my favourite projects using some of my favourite products - trust me there were too many to put in this post. There are links to the original blog posts below each pic if you missed them the first time around:

Original Blog Post

Ahhh the Cloud Cover-Up Die-namics! I LOVE this die and so sad to see it go - this was one of my favourite cards using it.

Original Blog Post

Rose with Overlay Die-namics - what else is there to say?

Original Blog post

Hybrid Camellia Flower Die-namics - always a wow with this one, and when made out of vellum everyone just LOVED it!

Original Blog Post

Birdie Brown's Sunflower Sweetheart stamp set and Die-namics. SO cute - and looking at this card I'm itching to pull out my Copics and start colouring - this was a fun one to color!

Die-namics Cloud Cover-Up	Die-namics Rose with Overlay	Hybrid Camellia Flower Die-namics	LJD Love's the Ticket	Die-namics Ticket Note
BB Sunflower Sweetheart	Die-namics BB Sunflower Sweetheart

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My Mailing Address

Hello everyone :).

I hope y'all are having a good week so far! I'll hopefully have some cards and maybe a video or two up this week - I've been super busy (as usual) and downright exhausted but there are some creative ideas brewing *wink*.

Anywho - I've had a lot of you ask for my mailing address. Some ideas have been tossed around from y'all about wanting to send cards and whatnot - whether just to me personally, or for me to show on YouTube etc. I thought I may as well post my mailing address and we'll see where it goes LOL! 

If I do get enough cards I can post a "Happy Mail Haul Video" (to whomever gave me that idea make sure to leave a comment so I can credit you LOL! It was perfect) maybe once a month or every other month - we'll see! *Note - if you do send a card make sure to include your "handle" - AKA your username on (if you have one) for YouTube/Instagram/whatever - if you want! You don't HAVE to do that but if you'd like me to mention it I totally will - that plus there are several of you that I've been getting to know more and more lately and I recognize a lot of those usernames (I'm horrible with names - always have been - but I try and I tend to recognize usernames after a while).

Amy Rysavy

Box 906

Rosetown, SK

S0L 2V0

Canada

I'm off to finish my morning coffee - I'm at the point now where I can hardly function without it first thing in the morning *wink*. Have a fabulous day!! :) :) :)

Rainbow Stripe Watercolor Card Video

Hello everyone - I'm a couple days later than I'd promised posting this video - life happened as usual LOL.

For the original card for the video if you haven't seen it already you can find it HERE <---click!

I did make the second card that I talked about doing in the video - I kept it simple:

I stamped the sentiment (from MFT's True Friends set) over the stripes with Black Licorice ink, and then left it at that. I didn't want to add any embellishments or anything and just let the sentiment "pop" on the striped background.

On the inside of the card I stamped another sentiment from the same set, and then "inked" up the hearts in the same way I did the stripes - by painting them with the watercolours. I kind of like how it tied it all together!

To see the process of how the striped background was created and how I made the first card watch the video below:

  

You can watch the video on YouTube HERE <-----click!

BG Bold Diagonal Stripes Background	MSTN I Love You More	True Friends	Die-namics Stitched Fishtail Flag STAX	Die-namics Blueprints 2
MFT Heavyweight Card Stock Smooth White	MFT Heavyweight Card Stock Black Licorice	MFT Hybrid Ink Pad Black Licorice	3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent	Dahle Self-Healing Cutting 18x12
Precision Heat Embossing Emboss Tool Gun Hero Arts	ROCKLINE BASKET COFFEE FILTERS (8-12 Cup Basket) 700 Filters	Stampendous DETAIL WHITE Fine Opaque Embossing Powder	EK Success CRAFT TWEEZERS Precision Tip	Powder Tool Applicator
Versamark WATERMARK Rubber Stamp Emboss Chalk Resist INK PAD	Grumbacher WATERCOLOR ARTIST BRUSH SET	Faber-Castell COLLAPSIBLE WATER CUP	Tim Holtz DISTRESS WATERCOLOR CARDSTOCK Ranger Ink (SSS)	Loew Cornell WATERCOLOR CAKES 24 Paints
Loew Cornell WATERCOLOR CAKES Simply Art 36 Paint	Simple Stories THE STORY OF US Enamel Dots	Simon Says Stamp SMALL TEFLON BONE FOLDER Tool	Scotch Advanced Tape Glider & Tape	Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE
Sizzix Magnetic Platform for Wafer Thin Dies	Acrylic Block Round with Finger Grip 3.5"	Acrylic Block Round with Finger Grip 2.5"	Scor-Pal Scor-Buddy Mini Scoring Board, 9 by 7.5-Inch	Swiffer Sweeper Dry Sweeping Cloth Refills, 48 Count

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MFT November New Product Launch: Bold Diagonal Stripes BG

If you're reading this it means the new November MFT products are available NOW at the MFT boutique!

Make sure you check out MFT's blog post HERE <----click! for all the links to the other DT member's blog posts because the more posts you comment on the more chances you have to win! (more info on that at the end of the post).

I made 2 cards for the launch featuring the new Bold Diagonal Stripes Background:

I had FUN with this one - one of those rare times that a random idea in my head actually WORKED lol!

I did film how I made this but ran out of time so I'll edit and upload the video tomorrow hopefully!

I used my Artist Loft watercolours and painted different colors onto the background stamping before pressing a piece of watercolour card stock onto it - I got this fun rainbow effect that looks hand painted. SO happy with how it turned out!
I stamped and embossed the sentiment in white and added some black enamel dots (b/c I'm obsessed with all things enamel dot lately).

I finished off the inside by stamping another sentiment with Black Licorice hybrid ink and coloured in the 2 hearts with a bit of the same watercolours.

For my second card I stamped the background with Versamark onto Grout Grey card stock and embossed it with clear embossing powder.

Of course I had to use the new Hot Cocoa Cups Die-namics and Hug in a Mug stamp set because hot chocolate. ;)

I finished off the inside of this one with more sentiments from the same set along with a stamped heart (I'm kinda into adding those lately to the insides of cards - it just adds a little something don't you think?) and that was it!

BG Bold Diagonal Stripes Background	LLD Hug in a Mug	Die-namics LLD Hot Cocoa Cups	MSTN I Love You More	Die-namics Stitched Fishtail Flag STAX
Blueprints 2 Die-namics	Smooth White Card Stock	Heavyweight Card Stock Grout Gray	Sno Cone Card Stock	Black Licorice Prestige Card Stock
Wild Cherry Card Stock	Chocolate Brown Card Stock	Wild Cherry Premium Dye Ink	Chocolate Brown Hybrid Ink Pad	Versamark Ink Pad
White Detail Embossing Powder	Clear Detail Embossing Powder	Hemp Cord

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GIVEAWAY info!! Visit each of the MFT Designers' November New Product Launch posts linked on the MFT Blog and leave a comment by the end of the day on Thursday November 5, 2015 for your chance to WIN one of two, $100 Gift Vouchers. The winners will be chosen at random from the comments on all the designer's blog posts. Good luck! :)