Prairie Paper & Ink

Coffee Wrap Inspired Holiday Card Video

I'm back again! With ANOTHER holiday card and video! This crazy roll I'm on is still going strong so I'll keep posting and uploading for as long as it lasts (who knows maybe I'll just be able to continue but at a not-quite-so-crazy-frequent-pace instead of dropping off the internet for long spurts of time like I've done this year......I guess we'll just have to wait and see!). My life tends to be a tad bit crazy with 4 kids and all the ensuing drama but we're figuring it out and making it work! That plus the fact that we all know crafting is therapy and it IS - it feels sooooo good to be able to take a few minutes here and there to make something with paper and stamps - I feel more accomplished doing that than when I get all the dishes done and laundry folded.......

Normally I just recycle the cups/wraps from my Starbucks drinks - but last time I was there I took a look at the wrap this time and inspiration struck. So I brought it home with me to remind me and it sat on my desk for the last couple of weeks. I finally got a chance to make the card that was percolating in my head (get it?) and filmed a video to go with it.

I added some red to my card and used some ribbon for the first time in forever LOL! I still get asked a lot when I'll go back to "my old style" of card making and using ribbon/patterned paper/etc etc. Honestly the creative process is always evolving and changing - at least for me it is. I tend to cycle around things and my style changes with my mood and whatnot, but I pulled out the ribbon for this card and who knows I might start using it again here and there! wink

Of course the card needed some gold too - I'm somewhat obsessed with all things gold lately (which I still find funny because up until the last couple of years I always tended to prefer silver - whether it be jewelry or embellishments LOL - and now it's gold all the way!), so gold embossing powder, gold glitter card stock and gold glitter enamel dots FTW (for the win!).

I finished off the inside with a stamped sentiment and some stars from the same set (if you don't own the Delicata Golden Glitz ink pad yet you should - it's SO pretty in real life).

  

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

Hand Lettered Holiday	Die-namics Blueprints 1	Die-namics Blueprints 2	Die-namics Radial Stitched Circle STAX	Field Day Premium Dye Ink Pad
Sweet Tooth Pigment Ink Pad	Field Day Prestige Card Stock	MFT Heavyweight Card Stock Red Hot	MFT Heavyweight Card Stock Kraft	MFT Heavyweight Card Stock Smooth White
Tsukineko GOLDEN GLITZ Delicata Pigment Ink Pad	DCWV Cardstock 12 x 12 GLITZY GLITTER Paper Stack	Doodlebug Sprinkles Enamel Dots Gold	May Arts 3/8" Gingham - 10 yard Bundle	Tombow MONO MULTI Liquid Glu
Ranger Embossing Powder GOLD	Fiskars PREMIUM CUT LINE Paper Trimmer 12 Inches	Acrylic Block Round with Finger Grip 2.5"	Powder Tool Applicator	ROCKLINE BASKET COFFEE FILTERS (8-12 Cup Basket) 700 Filters
3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent	Scotch Advanced Tape Glider & Tape	Scor-Pal Scor-Buddy Mini Scoring Board, 9 by 7.5-Inch	Simon Says Stamp SMALL TEFLON BONE FOLDER Tool	Dahle Self-Healing Cutting 18x12
Ampad Quadrille Pad, 11 x 17, White, 1, 50-Sheet Pad	Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE	Sizzix Magnetic Platform for Wafer Thin Dies	Sizzix Vagabond Machine Only - inspired by Tim Holtz (US Version) by Ellison

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Neon Christmas Cards

OK folks here's the card(s) and video I mentioned in my earlier post that I FINALLY got done/edited/uploaded. I've been working on them on and off all week among all the other things I have going on - crafting time just wasn't happening for more than 5-minute intervals here and there that's for sure. I finally got them done though along with the video and here it is:

I went SUPER-bright and pulled out these neon ink pads I've had for a long time now and haven't used. My camera had a harder time getting pics of these as they were so bright LOL!

I mention in the video that I got an assorted pack of card stock at Michaels for my kids, and in the pack there were some neon colors - which just so happened to match the ink pads I had. So of course I had to swipe a few sheets out of the pack to use with these inks. I also say in the video that Michaels card stock (their own Recollections brand) is a lighter weight than what I normally use. I prefer 110lb weight for my card making (MFT, SSS, SU, and some other companies all have great heavy card stock - I only list those 3 as they're all ones I've used personally and can attest to their quality), and Recollections color card stock is only 65lb. It's flimsy - but it will work fine for die cutting and layering! I wouldn't use it for a card base though. 

Anywho - I used several die cuts for this card, and added glitter enamel dots and iridescent cord and vellum while I was at it. I was getting to the point of adding the kitchen sink too and decided to call it a day LOL!

This sentiment was BEYOND perfect for these cards - and I patted myself on the back after deciding to ink it up with all the different colors of neon inks - one of those moments you want to do a happy dance when you pull the stamp up off the card stock LOL!

(note - I include links to several "combos" and whatnot on the SSS site for these stamps and dies as that's how I originally bought mine, but they're also available individually which I've linked to as well.)

As a final touch I stamped the envelopes with the snowflakes and neon inks for each card - it was quick and easy and just adds a little "somethin' somethin'" to the envelope and finishes it all off.

To check out how these came together watch the video below:

  

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

Simon Says Clear Stamps LOTS OF SNOWFLAKES	Simon Says Clear Stamps PEACE ON EARTH	Simon Says Stamp CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS Craft Dies	Simon Says Stamp RYLYNN SNOWFLAKE Craft Die
Simon Says Stamp ALEXIS SNOWFLAKE Craft Die	Simon Says Stamp MARYANNE SNOWFLAKE Craft DIE	Simon Says Clear Stamps Set SEASON'S SENTIMENTS SetS	Simon Says Dies and Stamps Set SNOWFALL ASSORTMENT Set
Simon Says Stamp Dies Set MORE FUN FLAKES SetMFF129 Stamptember	Die-namics Blueprints 1	Simon Says Stamp WHITE CARDSTOCK 120 LB Base Weight 12 Pack	Tsukineko ELECTRIC GREEN Radiant Neon Ink Pad
Tsukineko ELECTRIC CORAL Radiant Neon Ink Pad	Tsukineko ELECTRIC PINK Radiant Neon Ink Pad	Tsukineko ELECTRIC PURPLE Radiant Neon Ink Pad	Tsukineko ELECTRIC YELLOW Radiant Neon Ink Pad
May Arts IRRIDESCENT WHITE Metallic String	EK Success CRAFT TWEEZERS Precision Tip	Doodlebug SPRING ASSORTMENT Sprinkles	MFT Translucent Vellum
MFT Heavyweight Card Stock Black Licorice	Ranger .5 Oz. MINI MULTI MEDIUM MATTE	Quilled Creations PRECISION TIP Empty Applicator Bottle	Dahle Self-Healing Cutting 18x12
Scor-Pal Scor-Buddy Mini Scoring Board, 9 by 7.5-Inch	Simon Says Stamp SMALL TEFLON BONE FOLDER Tool	Scotch Advanced Tape Glider & Tape	Kirkland Signature Baby Wipes 900 Count
Ampad Quadrille Pad, 11 x 17, White, 1, 50-Sheet Pad	Sizzix Vagabond Machine Only - inspired by Tim Holtz (US Version) by Ellison	Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE	Sizzix Magnetic Platform for Wafer Thin Dies

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Barrel of Monkeys

Hey everyone!

I'm currently working on another card video - it takes me a LOT longer to get those done than it ever did - but I still enjoy the process so I'll keep finding ways to get them done in and amongst these 4 monkeys of mine LOL!

In the meantime I have a card for y'all that I didn't do a video for. Sometimes it's nice to just be able to sit down and make something without having to worry about filming and whatnot. I had the idea for this card pop in my head almost immediately when I looked at MFT's new Sweet Safari stamp set.

Anyone remember the Barrel of Monkey's game?

That was the first thing I thought of and what inspired this card:

I die cut the monkey image several times from different colors of card stock, then stamped the coordinating image onto each one with Versamark ink and embossed them with detail white embossing powder.

I wasn't planning on stamping a background but I couldn't resist using one of the smaller splatter stamps from the Distressed Patterns stamp set and the matching ink colors.

I then arranged all the monkeys to be "hanging" from each other from the top of the card and adhered them with dimensional adhesive. 

I decided to finish off the inside of the card by stamping the monkeys in the same manner with the matching ink colors then adding a sentiment from the same set and that was it!

 

Sweet Safari	Die-namics Sweet Safari	Distressed Patterns	Blueprints 2 Die-namics	Smooth White Card Stock
Hybrid Ink Pad Black Licorice	Versamark Ink Pad	White Detail Embossing Powder	Lush Lagoon Premium Dye Ink Pad	Green Room Premium Dye Ink Pad
Daffodil Premium Dye Ink Pad	Wild Cherry Premium Dye Ink	Lavender Fields Premium Dye Ink Pad	Lush Lagoon Prestige Card Stock	Green Room Prestige Card Stock
Daffodil Prestige Card Stock	Wild Cherry Card Stock	Lavender Fields Prestige Card Stock

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MFT December Countdown Day 1: Amazing Take 2

Well here it is folks! The last countdown post before the December MFT release goes LIVE at 10pm EST Tuesday December 8!

Make sure you check out MFT's blog post for all the videos/info/links.

This is a 4-Bar Sized Card

I used the new Tropical Flowers stamp set for this card. I stamped the large lined flower onto watercolour card stock with Black Licorice Hybrid ink, and stamped the leaves with Sour Apple hybrid ink (hybrid ink is permanent and not affected by water - if I'd stamped the leaves with a dye ink they'd become blurry/and or run when I watercolored over them). I then used several different Distress Inks to watercolour in the background and then the flowers.

Once it was all dry I stamped the centres with VersaMark ink and embossed them with gold embossing powder.

I die cut the sentiment from gold foil card stock (soooo shiny - my camera kind of went nuts trying to get a picture of it) and adhered it to the panel (without stacking it - I know some of you are shocked right now LOL - trust me I almost did it). I also flicked some Ranger Tarnished Brass Spray Stain over it, and rubbed my Delicata Golden Glitz ink pad along the edges before adhering the panel to the card base with foam tape.

I finished off the inside with a stamped sentiment from the Amazing stamp set and that was it!

**some links will not work until the products are released in the MFT Store on December 8, 2015 at 10pm EST**

Die-namics Doubly Amazing	Tropical Flowers	Amazing	Gold Foil Card Stock	Smooth White Card Stock
Ranger Watercolor Paper	Hybrid Ink Pad Black Licorice	Delicata Gold Ink Pad	Hybrid Ink Pad Sour Apple	Versamark Ink Pad
Gold Detail Embossing Powder

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MFT December Countdown Day 2: Amazing

Soon close! Only another day to go until all the new products are available at the MFT store! Make sure you check out their blog post today for all the info and videos and links!

This is an Amazing release this month - no pun intended LOL! But I can totally admit that I'm obsessed with the Doubly Amazing Die-namics and want to put them on everything:

I had some fun with this card. To create the leaves I dampened some watercolour paper with clean water then added some MFT dye inks to it. Once it was dry I stamped the splatter stamp from the new Distressed Patterns stamp set with Black Licorice ink - this is THE set to get if you're like me and you like the splatter look but want more control LOL!

I "stacked" the sentiment as usual (3 die cuts adhered together), and popped the "A" up with dimensionals. I had to re-do the dot on the "i" more than once b/c I kept knocking it off my desk onto the floor and losing it (drawback to having dark flooring with black lines! Either that or my eyesight really is starting to fail....). Finally got enough cut and stacked and adhered to the card LOL!

I had a little space left on the watercolored card stock so I used the smaller die from the Leafy Greenery set to die cut the pieces and adhered them to the inside of the card. I decided not to stamp any sentiments and just leave as-is to give more options and that was it!

**some links will not work until the products are released in the MFT Store on December 8, 2015 at 10pm EST**

Die-namics Leafy Greenery	Die-namics Stitched Mini Scallop Rectangle STAX	Die-namics Doubly Amazing	BG Watercolor Stripes Background	Distressed Patterns
Label Maker Sentiments	Tropical Teal Premium Dye Ink Pad	Lemon Drop Premium Dye Ink	Summer Splash Premium Dye Ink Pad	Razzle Berry Premium Dye Ink
Hybrid Ink Pad Black Licorice	Black Licorice Prestige Card Stock	Smooth White Card Stock	Ranger Watercolor Paper

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MFT December Countdown Day 4: Amazing

Well I think we're off to a good start with the MFT December countdown - yesterday's post featured an adorable elephant and today's features a new word die cut and have I told y'all how much I LOOOVVVEEE word dies? I can never have enough of them...

Anywho - make sure to pop on over to MFT's blog post for all the links and videos and info for today.

I used several of the new products on this card - starting with the Mini Modern Blooms stamp set. I sponged Tumbled Glass Distress ink onto the panel first, then stamped the splatter stamp from the Distressed Patterns (LOVE this set - I want to stamp it on everything LOL!) in the same ink. I then stamped several of the flowers and leaves from the Mini Modern Blooms set over that with various MFT dye inks.

I used the new Doubly Amazing Die-namics and die cut it 3 times before stacking them together (another favourite thing of mine - stacking word die cuts). Before I adhered it I stamped just the "You are" from one of the sentiments in the new Amazing stamp set.

**some links will not work until the products are released in the MFT Store on December 8, 2015 at 10pm EST**

Mini Modern Blooms	Amazing	Distressed Patterns	BG Primitive Chevron Background	Die-namics Doubly Amazing
Die-namics Blueprints 15	Hybrid Ink Pad Black Licorice	Sour Apple Premium Dye Ink Pad	Orange Zest Premium Dye Ink Pad	Premium Dye Ink Pad Chocolate Brown
Ripe Raspberry Premium Dye Ink Pad	Field Day Premium Dye Ink Pad	Daffodil Premium Dye Ink Pad	Paver Red Premium Dye Ink Pad	Premium Dye Ink Pad Grout Gray
Smooth White Card Stock	Heavyweight Card Stock Grout Gray

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SSS December Release - Happy Birthday Card

Hey everyone! SimonSaysStamp's DieCember release went live today - lots of really cute dies are now available! It's a "non-typical" blog-hop for this release - basically SSS has links to all those that were able to play along in their blog post HERE <---click! You should go check it out and see what everyone else made with the new dies!

They sent me one and it arrived in the mail this afternoon - so I carved out a little time after supper tonight and made this card (while mulling over the ideas as I ate said supper and chatted with the kids LOL multitasking at it's finest). I did film the process but editing and uploading the video will have to come later - I literally don't have any time left now.

Anywho here's the card:

I used the new Happy Birthday die and had some fun with my Distress Inks and blended and spritzed away.

I die cut the balloons from white card stock and adhered them onto a white card stock panel that I then popped onto the card base with foam tape. As I was doing the balloons I thought it would be cute to add a bunch of sequins in similar colors so I did - LOVE! ;)

I finished off the inside with a sentiment from the SSS set linked below, and a die cut balloon that I hand drew the string onto just to "anchor" it to the inside of the card and that was it!

And here's the video - I was up late with Gavin last night so I used some of the time to finish editing the video - you can hear him in some of it along with some random thunks as he kept making a grab for the keyboard. He sat in my lap the whole time I was doing the voiceover so sorry if it's a little ramble and full of "um's" LOL! Keeping a 7 1/2 month old entertained while editing a video is an interesting process *wink*:

 

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

Simon Says Stamp HAPPY BIRTHDAY Wafer Die SSSD111559	Simon Says Stamp BALLOONS Craft Dies	Simon Says Clear Stamps BIRTHDAY BALLOONS	Simon Says Stamp WHITE CARDSTOCK 120 LB Base Weight 12 Pack	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad SQUEEZED LEMONADE
Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad PICKED RASPBERRY Ranger	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad MINI KIT 14	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad PEACOCK FEATHERS	Hero Arts DYE Ink Pad BLACK	Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS
C-Thru T SQUARE RULER Westcott JR12	Tim Holtz DISTRESS SPRAYER Ranger 4 Ounces	Ranger .5 Oz. MINI MULTI MEDIUM MATTE	Quilled Creations PRECISION TIP Empty Applicator Bottle	3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent
Copic Multiliner SP 0.03 BLACK Ink Marker	Simon Says Stamp SMALL TEFLON BONE FOLDER Tool	Scor-Pal Scor-Buddy Mini Scoring Board, 9 by 7.5-Inch	Cartwright's Sequins	Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE
Sizzix Magnetic Platform for Wafer Thin Dies	Craftmates 2XL Lockables 14 Compartment	Craft Mates Lockables Double Organizer 14 Compartments-9.25

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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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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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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:

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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.

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

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

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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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