Warmest Wishes ... Merry Christmas

Muse:  Christmas Visions 17

For this week's inspiration Kristie provided us with a very warm-feeling holiday card.  For my card those inspirations translated to use of her colors and black under the pierced panel, star (I "winked" the star in lieu of rhinestone gems), line embossed the card front (about 1/4 inch from the edge) and stamped and embossed a collage of Christmas sentiments as the main image (the MISTI worked wonders for aligning/stamping the sentiments).  The red star, green enamel dot and green and red fishtail flags added just a touch of seasonal color.  This time I used a 5-inch square card base that seemed to work better for the size of the main image instead of the A2 size. 

Thank you for looking and commenting ... your feedback is appreciated.

Products:
Cardstock - MFT - Sweet Tooth, Smooth White, Black Licorice, Red Hot, Gum Drop
Dies - MFT - Die-namics - Pierced Square STAX, Square STAX,  Pierced Fishtail Flags STAX, Blueprints 8
Stamps - Hero Arts
Ink - Colorbox - pigment - black
Embossing Powder - Hampton Art - clear
Embellishments - enamel dot from stash; Wink of Stella  - clear
Adhesives - Scotch - two-sided tape; Martha Stewart - glue pen
Other - Martha Stewart - scorer

DON'T FORGET///TAKE A BREAK

This card is for two challenges:

Muse Challenge #130
CASology 161:  Plaid

For the Muse Challenge Tracey provided us a CAS tropical themed card using a palm tree, flowers and tropical colors.  My inspiration from Tracey's card ... basic layout, tropical colors (although a little different), CAS.

For the CASology Challenge I used my new fantastic stamp set from Precious Remembrance Shop (received for my winning card a few weeks ago).  On the flower I chose to create my own plaid by using pink and orange markers with some help from a ruler.  Then, I applied Copic markers to blend and smudge to make the plaid muted.  Some of the process was an experiment with the outcome OK.  Note:  Although the flower was embossed and heat set, some bleeding from the ink occurred when the Copic markers were applied.  This little hiccup just added some character!

Thank you for looking and commenting ... your feedback is greatly appreciated.

Products used: 
Cardstock - MFT - Smooth White, Sweet Tooth, Black Licorice
Dies - MFT-Die-namics - Pierced Rectangle STAX, Rectangle STAX Set 1, Blueprints 20
Stamps - Precious Remembrance Shop - Blossom Stamp Set
Ink - Colorbox - Pigment - Black, Green
Markers - Copic and Bic
Embossing Powder - Hampton Art - Clear
Embellishments - MME - Enamel Dots

hello

Muse Challenge 129 - hello

My card entered for this challenge where Anita provided us a beautiful card for our inspirations.  I used the color theme, gold glitter paper in lieu of gold embossing, die-cut sentiment.  The rectangles are the negative pieces from using a die from MFT Blueprints 2.  The remaining part of the die-cut was used as a template to align the rectangles.

Thank you for looking and commenting ... greatly appreciate your feedback.

Products used:
Cardstock  - MFT - Sweet Tooth, Black Licorice
DP - Michaels - Gold Glitter
Dies - MFT Die-Namics - Blueprints 2, Fancy Flourish, Happy Hello
Inks - Ranger - Distress
Adhesives - Scotch - two-sided and foam tapes; Martha Stewart - glue pen; Glue Dots

Happy Anniversay

MFT - Summer School - Repetition

My card for the Repetition segment of MFT Summer School.  Inside the windows are love/amour paper and red hearts embellished with Wink of Stella. 

Thank you for looking and commenting ... your feedback is greatly appreciated.

Products used:

Cardstock - MFT - Black Licorice, Red Hot; Michaels
DP - MME
Dies - MFT - Die-namics - Blueprints 1, 2, 8; Stitched Interactive Window Trio
Ink - Hampton Arts - pigment - white
Embossing Powder - Stampendous - white pearl
Embellishments - Wink of Stella - clear; rhinestone gems from stash
Adhesive - Scotch - two-sided tape; Martha Stewart - glue pen

Thank You

MFT - Summer School - Color Temperature

This card falls within the cool-color temperatures.  I was playing with the new dies and wanted to go with the chevron underlay with some of the areas that had fallen out.  After applying the adhesive I quickly saw that some of it was exposed, so I covered up those spots with embossing powder and heat set.

Thank you for looking and commenting ... greatly appreciate your feedback.

Products used:
Cardstock - MFT - Midnight Blue, Blu Raspberry, Sno-Cone
Dies - MFT - Die-namics - Stripes Coverup, Chevron Coverup, Thank You
Embossing Powder - Stampendous - Blue Lapis
Adhesive - Scotch - two-sided tape, Martha Stewart - glue pen

Happy Birthday

MFT - Summer School - Symmetry/Asymmetry

I believe this card design falls within the Symmetry aspect, although the butterfly is placed more towards the upper left and the pink circle more toward the lower right.

Thank you for looking and commenting ... greatly appreciate your feedback.

Products used:
Cardstock - MFT - Black Licorice, Smooth White, Razzleberry
DP - MME
Dies - MFT - Pierced Square STAX, Pierced Circle STAX; Blueprints 1, Fancy Butterflies
Stamp - MFT - More Essential Sentiments
Ink - MFT - Hybrid - black
Embellishments - enamel dots and rhinestone gems from stash
Adhesives - Scotch - two-sided tape; Martha Stewart - glue pen

'Tis the Season

Muse:  Christmas Visions 16
MFT - Summer School - Hard vs. Soft

For MCV 16 Betty provided a gorgeous layered card with a number of elements to pique our inspirations.  I like making layered cards and included the following inspiring pieces in my card:  colors (some are different hues), gold and silver, stripes and polka dots, pierced and/or stitched panels.

For the MFT Summer School:

Hard elements include rectangle panels, gold, silver, gems, stripes

Soft elements include polka dots, scalloped panel, flourish, script sentiment, lacy circle

Thank you for looking and commenting ... your feedback is greatly appreciated.

Products used:
Cardstock - MFT - Kraft, Sweet Tooth
DP - DCWV and stash
Dies - MFT - Die-namics - Blueprints 8, Pierced Rectangle STAX, Circle STAX, Pierced Traditional Tags STAX, Fancy Flourish; Spelllbinders - Nestabilities - Lacy Circles
Stamp - MFT - Starry Christmas
Ink - Colorbox - pigment - green; VersaMark
Embossing Powder - Ranger - gold; Hampton Art - clear
Embellishments - rhinestones from stash; Wink of Stella - clear
Adhesives - Scotch - two-sided and foam tapes

Happy Birthday 2 You

CASology - Number

This card has lots of white space although it's in bright yellow. 

I'm thrilled to be the guest designer for the CASology challenge this week with the cue word "number".  For this challenge I chose to make a colorful card.  I played with some new distress inks in jewel colors and applied using a stencil, stamped and embossed the sentiment over the inking, and added three gems in three of the colors just for some subtle bling.  For a little interest, I chose to offset the stamped image.

Thank you for looking and commenting ... your feedback is greatly appreciated.


Products used:

Cardstock - MFT - Sweet Tooth; Licorice Black; Lemon Drop
Dies - MFT - Pierced Square STAX; Square STAX;
Stamp - MFT - Birthday Sentiments
Stencil - Tim Holtz
Ink - Ranger - Distress; Colorbox - Pigment - Black
Embossing Powder - Hampton Art - clear (tainted with a little silver glitter)
Embellishments - rhinestones from stash

Peace on Earth

This card is submitted for:
Muse:  Christmas Visions 15
MFT - Summer School - Color Saturation (Saturated)

For MCV 15 Chriss provided us with a festive card for our musing.  I was inspired by the
--color theme
--gold embossed sentiment
--use of black

I stamped and embossed a starry dove on black cardstock and added a touch of glitter paper under the white panel.  The glitter paper provides just the right amount of sparkle.  For a little Christmas green I added 3 rhinestone gems.  Although my card does not resemble the one Chriss made, I used inspiration from hers to make my own.

For MFT - I took the saturated approach.

Thank you for looking and commenting ... greatly appreciate your feedback.

Products used:
Cardstock - MFT - Electric Red, Sweet Tooth, Black Licorice
DP - Recollections - gold glitter paper
Dies - MFT - Die-namics - Pierced Square STAX, Square STAX
Stamps - MFT - Starry Christmas
Ink - VersaMark
Embossing Powder - Ranger - gold
Embellishments - from stash

come with me to the Sea of Love

CASology - Aquatic

My card for this challenge is presented.   The Sea of Love is a song (late '50s and '80s).  Also, a thriller movie by the same title made in the late '80s.  The sentiment contains a few words from the lyrics.

Products used:

Cardstock - MFT - Midnight Blue,  Blu Raspberry, Smooth White; Sno-Cone; Michaels
Dies - MFT - Die-namics - Pierced Rectangle STAX; Rectangle STAX Set 1; Proof Positive; Pierced Heart STAX
Sentiment - computer generated
Embellishments - blue rhinestones from stash
Adhesives - Scotch - two-sided tape; Martha Stewart - glue pen

Thank you for looking and making comments ... your feedback is greatly appreciated.

Merry Merry Merry

Muse:  Christmas Visions 14

MFTWSC 240

Meet my card for these two challenges.

For the MCV14 Kimberly provided us with a festive and colorful card.  My inspirations derived from her card are:
--dark background
--white embossing
--colors
--four separate elements with a Christmas theme in each

For the MFTWSC 240 I closely followed the sketch.

Products used:
Cardstock - MFT - Smooth White; Sweet Tooth; Michaels
Dies - MFT - Die-namics - Blueprints 1; Pierced Square STAX; Fishtail Flags STAX
Stamps - Hero Arts; Hampton Art
Ink - Ranger - Distress Inks; Versamark; stash
Embossing Powder - Stampendous - White Pearl
Embellishment - Wink of Stella - clear

Thank you for looking and commenting ... your feedback is greatly appreciated.

hello Friend

Muse Challenge #127

Joan's pretty CAS card was our inspiration for this challenge.  I focused on the general layout, sentiments and colors.  In place of the foliage, I edged the raised STAX panel with green diagonal-stripe paper and in lieu of the bow I used a fishtail flag. 

Products used:
Cardstock - MFT - Smooth White; Blu Raspberry; Jellybean Green
DP - MME
Dies - MFT - Die-namics - Blueprints 1; Fishtail Flags STAX; Happy Hello; STAX (retired)
Stamp - Unknown from stash
Ink - MFT - Hybrid - Black
Embellishments - Recollections - enamel hearts
Adhesives - Scotch - two-sided tape; Martha Stewart - glue pen

Thank you for looking and commenting ... greatly appreciate your feedback.

XOXO

CAS.ology 158 - Precious

Gold and diamonds are precious ... these are the main ingredients on my card depicting the theme.  Also, this card is for a precious friend and golfing pal who loves bling and will be undergoing breast cancer surgery and treatment.  The inside of the card will read:  "Hugs and hearts from your golfing pals.  We're thinking of you."

Products used:

Cardstock - MFT - Smooth White
DP - DCWV; Reflections - gold glitter
Dies - MFT - Die-namics - Pierced Rectangle STAX; Pierced Heart STAX; Circle STAX; Stitched Scallop Edges
Stamp - MFT - More Essential Sentiments
Ink - Colorbox - Pigment - Boysenberry
Embossing Powder - Hampton Art - Clear
Embellishment - Rhinestone (from stash)
Adhesives - Scotch - two-sided and foam tapes

Thank you for looking and commenting ... your feedback is most appreciated.

Happy

Muse:  Christmas Visions 13

Pam's beautifully elegant card provided many interesting details.  The ones I chose to focus on are:
--stars
--gold
--colors
--one-word sentiment
--dark background

For the stars and edging I used gold glitter paper.  The colors I chose are in a different hue.  The Midnight Blue background is embossed with stars (although it's not noticeable in the photo).

Products used:
Cardstock - MFT - Smooth White; Midnight Blue; Red Hot; Sweet Tooth
DP - DCWV; Recollections - gold glitter
Dies - MFT - Blueprints 20; Stars STAX; Pierced Tag STAX; Happy Birthday
Stencil - MFT - Graduated Stars
Adhesive - Scotch - two-sided tape; Martha Stewart - glue pen; Glue Dots

Thank you for looking and commenting ... your feedback is greatly appreciated.

You're Awesome

This card is my submittal for the MFTWSC #239.  To add a little interest I inlaid the circle panel and the tab with the sentiment.

Cardstock - MFT - Smooth White
Dies - MFT - Blueprints 1 and 20; Pierced Circle STAX
Stamp - MFT - More Essential Sentiments; Hero Arts
Markers - Copics
Embellishment - Ranger - Glossy Accents
Adhesive - Scotch - two-sided tape

Stamped with Love

I'm linking to the CAS.ology challenge where the cue word is "Wings".  I think the colored heart-shaped wings are a perfect fit for this challenge.

Cardstock - MFT - Smooth White; Black Licorice
Dies - MFT - Blueprints 1; Pierced Circle STAX
Stamp - MFT - More Essential Sentiments; unspecified (Bird stamp - the label, etc., has vanished.  Will give due credit when I find the manufacturer.)
Ink - MFT - Hybrid - Black
Markers - Copic
Embellishment - Wink of Stella - Clear
Adhesive - Scotch - two-sided tape

Thank you for looking and commenting ... your feedback is greatly appreciated.

Note - this card was selected as an Honorable Mention for the CAS.ology Challenge 157.