Smile

Hello!

I'm back again, with a card I made just for fun and because it made me smile (see what I did there?).

I thought it would be fun to colour my little sheep in a lilacy pink colour, because.....well why not?

These are fun cards, they don't always have to be realistic. Sometimes I colour my stuff up following nature's rules, and sometimes I like to shake things up a bit.

Anyway, I hope my card makes you smile. If you are interested in what I used I've listed those items at the end of this post. I don't have the matching dies for this set so I just fussy cut them.

Items Used

Smooth White Cardstock

MFT Ewe are the best Stamp Set

Versafine Ink Onyx Black

Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens

MFT Words for Friends Die-namics

MFT Blueprints 20

MFT Stitched Mini Scallop Rectangle STAX

MFT Double Stitched Rectangle STAX

MFT Sweet Celebration Paper Pack

Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear Sequins

Adhesive Tape

Foam Tape

Ranger Multi Medium Matte

That's all from me today, but I'll be back with more to share tomorrow.

You Are So Special

Hello!

I have another shaker card to share with you today, using MFT Stamps Beautiful Butterflies stamp set.

I have to admit that I found this set a little tricky to use, lining them up was tricky even with a MISTI.

I've never used layering stamps before, so perhaps that's something,(like most things), that comes with practice.

Anyhooo......I had this idea to combine one of the dies from Blueprints 20 with the English Brick Wall Stencil to create a window effect as a backdrop for my butterfly. 

I really like the way this idea turned out in practice, (they don't always work believe me!), and I thought it would work really well as a shaker card.

I added some paper from the Farm Fresh Gingham paper pack, cut with the largest die from the Blueprints 20 set and used another die from the set to cut the banner from some Razzle Berry Cardstock on which I stamped a sentiment from the You Give me Butterflies Stamp Set.

I put the card together using adhesive and foam tape, filling my shaker aperture with Princess Sequins from The Ribbon Girl and finishing with a few clear sequins on the front.

I've listed all the items used below:

Smooth White Cardstock

Strathmore Bristol Smooth Paper

MFT Beautiful Butterflies Stamp Set

MFT Beautiful Butterflies Die-namics

MFT Farm Fresh Gingham Paper Pack

MFT English Brick Wall Stencil

MFT Blueprints 20

Princess Sparkly Shaker Selection

Adhesive Tape

Foam Tape

Crystal Sparkly Shaker Selection

Ranger Multi Medium Matte

Versafine Onyx Black Ink

MFT Razzle Berry Premium Dye Ink

MFT Cement Gray Premium Dye Ink

MFT Grout Gray Premium Dye Ink

MFT You Give me Butterflies Stamp Set

That's all from me for now, but in an effort to clear some of my draft folder, I will try and post another card or two later today.

Thanks for visiting!

MFT Funky Flowers Split Yellow/Grey

Hello!

Something a little different today. I don't often make cards with stamped flowers, but I must admit that this Funky Flowers set from MFT Stamps has had quite the outing. I've already shared 2 cards that I made with it (the Kraft and White ones) and I actually have several more in my draft folder. I just found that they piqued my mojo in various ways and the versatility is what draws me to them.

For my cards today I kept things fairly simple and they were super quick to make once I'd decided what I was going to do.

For both cards I used a combination of white cardstock and patterened paper and then heat embossed the stamps in white, colouring them just by sponging them with Distress Inks. 

I kept to a yellow/grey/white colour scheme, just reversing the yellow/grey for the 2nd card.

If you didn't have Distress Inks (or other dye inks), you could use coloured cardstock if you have it, you would just lose the simple shading, but I think it would be just as effective.

On my first card I used a small word die to make my sentiment, using the negative space, and for my second I used a stamped sentiment on a stitched sentiment strip. I've included the items used below.

Smooth White Cardstock
MFT Calm and Cozy Chevron Paper Pack
MFT Fresh Gingham Paper Pack
MFT Funky Flowers Stamp Set
MFT Funky Flowers Die-namics
MFT Words for Friends Die-namics
MFT Essential Sentiments Stamp Set
MFT Stitched Sentiment Strips
MFT Stitched Scallop Basic Edges Die-namics
MFT Double Stitched Rectangle STAX
Versafine Onyx Black
Distress Inks in Pumice Stone and Mustard Seed

That's all from me today, thank you so much for dropping by!