Showing posts with label MFT. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MFT. Show all posts

Friday, September 14, 2012

{MFT Guest Designer Sketch} & {CQC154}


Hey Crafty Peeps!!! Are you totally surprised? It's Friday and I've got a treat for you - a card I made JUST FOR FUN!!!  Can you believe that?  I seem to be so busy lately that I can't find those extra few minutes to sit and craft for fun.  So, yesterday morning (a blessed day off from work), I got the kids off to school, laundry in the machine, candles lit and I sat down at the computer to check out some of the blogs I {heart} but haven't read in awhile...my first stop was Splitcoast Stampers.  WOW!  I have obviously been living under a rock because I think this was the first time I realized they have a new look...it's wonderful!

I popped into the My Favorite Things forum to check out their weekly sketch challenge but got sidetracked and discovered that I missed out on the chance to become a Guest Designer (which my fabulous friend, Jenny Peterson won...)  The sketch for this challenge was a fun one so I thought I'd give it a go anyways.  I must admit those tilty-panels are NOT on my list of favorite sketch elements but I figured what would a challenge be without a "challenge?"

I haven't really bought many of the new MFT stamps but did have a fair few sets that I could definitely use.  When I came across this colour combo over at the Colour Q Challenge, I knew exactly which set I was going to use:


These colours make me think of fall and warm, homey fabrics - you know, like a big, old quilt - and remembered this little girl with her fun, patchwork-y hat and coat:


I used some felt for the hearts just to give it a big of texture and dimension and added a button and some old embroidery thread I had hanging around.  I've had this Sassafras Lass paper pad FOREVER and have never used it but was thrilled to see how it was for this card - the colours matched exactly AND it has little hearts all over it.  Kismet, I tell ya... I stamped the image with Versafine Onyx Black, heat embossed it, and then coloured it with my Copics (R11, R22, R43, R59, R89, Y17, Y32, YR23, YR31, E51, W00, W1, E27).

So, there you have it - my Friday For-Fun Card.  :)  Thanks for stopping by - I hope you have a fantastic weekend.  Enjoy the beautiful fall weather.... :)


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Thursday, March 31, 2011

Getting Sketchy with My Favorite Things


Hello again and welcome back!  It's been awhile since I've had two posts in one day so if you are looking for my 4 Crafty Chicks post, please scroll down a bit but please feel free to check this one out on your way down!

I got home from work a little earlier than usual this morning so, after I did the dishes and loaded the dishwasher and put a load of laundry in (gotta get that work done first, right?), I sat down to make a card.  I've really been enjoying Arielle's Colour Q challenge and this week's combo is no exception...soft and feminine:


When I saw the colors I immediately thought of my Pure Innocence girls.  I don't use them as often as I should so I pulled one and got to work.  I popped over to the MFT Forum at Splitcoast to find this week's MFT Wednesday Sketch:


I found a fun tutorial on how to draw grass with your Copics here and thought I'd give it a try...it turned out not-so-bad, methinks.  :)  I sponged the sky with Soft Sky ink but you can't really see it in this picture.  I love the twine for a balloon string... I got it stay put using a toothpick to apply a few dabs of Crystal Effects under the twine - a trick I got from from Verve owner and  Diva Extraordinaire, Julee.  Thanks Julee!

Thanks for stopping by - have a great Thursday!

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Stamps: My Balloon (MFT)   
Ink: Soft Sky, Early Espresso, Versafine Onyx Black   
Paper: Whisper White, Certainly Celery, Kraft, Early Espresso, SU! DSP   
Accessories: Sewing machine, Crumb Cake seam binding, Copics, button, filigree brad, twine