Muse Challenge #172 Greetings Everyone! Today, I'm playing cards with Jenni who provided us a beautiful CAS card for our inspirations. I focused on butterfly, colors, sparkle, one-line sentiment. I created the butterfly with yellow and white flower patterned Washi tape applied to light blue cardstock and die cut. For some additional color a thin strip of the light blue card stock was applied to the bottom of the panel. A couple of light blue rhinestones preceding and following the sentiment complete the card.
Wish you a fun day! Marilyn Thank you for visiting and commenting ... always appreciate your comments. Cardstock - Recollections; MFT Dies - MFT - Die-namics Stamp - Precious Remembrance Ink - MFT - Hybrid Embellishments - Recollections - Washi Tape and Rhinestones
Inspired by All the Little Things #21 Greetings Everyone! A fun challenge for a number of reasons ... gorgeous photo inspiration, Ardyth as the guest designer, etc. I made a square-shaped card (I learned about this from Ardyth) focusing on the colors, polka dot table cloth, pillows. Wish you an enjoyable day! Marilyn Thank you for visiting and commenting ... always appreciate your comments. Cardstock - MFT; Recollections DP - Pebbles Dies - MFT - Die-namics Stamps - MFT; Hero Arts Ink - MFT - Hybrid Embellishments - rhinestones from stash
Greetings Everyone! CASology 203 Cue word at CASologyis 'Congratulations'. My card is very CAS ... had in mind a card for a man who purchased a (first) house so no embellishments. Wish you a good day! Marilyn Thank you for looking and commenting ... always appreciate your feedback. Cardstock - MFT; Recollections Die - MFT - Die-namics Stamps - Hero Arts; MFT Ink - MFT - Hybrid and Dye Marker - Copics
Muse: ChristmasVisions 50 This week Elizabeth Stewart is the muse, and what a stunning, sparkly card she provided for our creativity. For my card, I chose sparkle, circles, snowflake, blue tones. I used rich blue glitter paper for the background panel. For some interest the inlaid white circle was created using the MFT Snow Drifts Cover Up cutting plate. To show off the snowflake, a circle cut from the glitter paper was placed behind it. A 'merry christmas' sentiment and a few rhinestones complete the card. Hope your day sparkles! Marilyn Thank you for visiting and commenting ... always appreciate your feedback. Cardstock - Recollections; MFT DP - Recollections (glitter cardstock) Dies - MFT - Die-namics Stamp - Hero Arts Ink - MFT - Hybrid Embellishments - Recollections (rhinestones); stash (snowflake)
Muse Challenge #171 Tracey provided us another one of her beauties for our inspiration For my card, I took a 'what if' approach ... what if the flowers/leaves were outlined in color and white stamped/heat embossed ... so I tried it. In doing so, I used similar hues along with the general layout, stitched frame panel, black sentiment. I cut the flowers/leaves using colored card stock, then white stamped/heat embossed which left the colored outline. Since my splattering needs more practice, I decided to use a MFT Scattered Dots background stamp inked with green and blue distress inks lightly applied to the card stock. Wish you a creative day! Marilyn Thank you for visiting and commenting ... always appreciate your feedback. Cardstock - Recollections; MFT Dies - MFT - Die-namics Stamps - MFT; unlabeled from stash Inks - MFT - Pigment and Hybrid; Ranger - Distress; Versamark
MFT - Camp Create - Delightful Die Cutting The Paper Players - PP300 - Clean and Simple For the die-cut panel and butterfly I blended various shades of yellow, orange, red/coral, pink distress and die inks to achieve the coral-hued colors. For the panel the colors were blended over white stamped and embossed birthday greetings. A couple coats of clear WOS add sparkle to the butterfly. A cloud die was used to achieve the irregular-shaped scallop border. A fishtail strip includes the sentiment. For the MFT challenge a number of dies were used. For The Paper Players Challenge the 'Cheers' sentiment fits perfectly for their 300th challenge celebration (a cas celebration from Jaydee) ... fantastic milestone! Wish you a cheerful day! Marilyn Thank you for visiting and commenting ... your feedback is always appreciated. Cardstock - Recollections; MFT (Black Licorice) Dies - MFT - Die-namics - Rectangle STAX Set 1, Pierced Rectangle STAX, Pierced Fishtail Flags STAX, Stitched Cloud Edge; My Art C - butterfly Stamps - MFT - Gift Tag Greetings, Happy Birthday BG; My Art C - butterfly Ink - MFT - Hybrid - Black Licorice; Dye - Worn Lipstick, Orange Zest; Pigment - White; Ranger - Distress - various yellows and oranges Embossing Powder - Stampendous - White Embellishments - black rhinestones; WOS - clear
MFT - Summer Camp - Spectacular Shakers Still having fun at camp! This day is a shaker card. The 'see-through' product is re-purposed cellophane packaging (from MFT cardstock). The shaker components are the pieces from the Hugs and Kisses CU. Wish you a fun day of card making. Marilyn Thank you for visiting and commenting ... always appreciate your feedback. Cardstock - MFT (Black Licorice, Electric Red); Recollections Dies - MFT - Die-namics - Pierced Square Frames; Pierced Heart STAX; Hugs and Kisses CU; Go With It; Stamp - unknown from stash Ink - MFT - Pigment (White) Embossing Powder - Stampendous (White) Embellishment - Gelly Roll Glaze Pen
MFT - Summer Camp - Wonderful Watercolor Camp is fun ... time to try something new! That's what I did ... many firsts on this card ... I white stamped and heat embossed the flower and leaf. The I water colored the flower using Distress Inks (pink, red, yellow). Next, I water colored the stem and leaves using Distress Inks (gray and green). I splatted some of the same colors, stamped sentiments and over sprayed with a gold color shine. I learned ... -- it's fun -- water color paper would probably work better, although coloring on non-water color paper created some interesting texture and color blending -- practice more on all the techniques
Wish you a coloring kind of day! Marilyn Thank you for visiting and commenting ... always appreciate your feedback. Cardstock - Recollections Dies - MFT - Die-namics - Pierced Rectangle STAX Stamps - Precious Rembrance - Blossom; MFT - Diagonal Stripe Background Inks - Ranger - Distress (Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Wild Honey, Weathered Wood, Mowed Lawn); MFT - Hybrid - Black Licorice; Pigment - White EP - Stampendous - White
MFT - Summer Camp - Sensational Sliders It's the second day of summer camp at MFT. My card uses a pull-out tag to create movement. This was achieved by using a pierced rectangle die and a traditional tag die. The space for the tag to slide was made using foam tape. Hope you're having fun at camp! Marilyn
Thank you for visiting and commenting ... your feedback is always appreciated. Cardstock - Recollections; MFT (Red Hot) Dies - MFT - Die-namics - Pierced Rectangle STAX; Pierced Square STAX; Pierced Traditional Tags STAX; Blueprints 2; Go With It; Pierced Heart STAX Stamps - Go With It; Diagonal Stripes Background Ink - MFT - Hybrid (black); Dye (Red Hot) Embellishments - rhinestones (colored with a red Copic) Marker - Copic
MFT -Summer Camp - Glitzy Glitter Summer camp - how fun! My card uses a royal blue glitter paper for the 'u' and gold glitter mixed with the gold embossing powder for the 'sparkle' part of the sentiment. Wish you a sparkly kind of day! Marilyn Thank you for visiting and commenting ... always appreciate your feedback. Cardstock - Recollections DP - Recollections (glitter paper) Dies - MFT - Die-namics - Pierced Square STAX; By the Numbers Stamps - MFT - Seasonal Sentiments (part of the sentiment masked out) Ink - Versamark EP - Ranger Super Fine - Gold Glitter - Stampendous - Gold Ultra Fine Embellishments - rhinestones from stash Marker - Copic (to color rhinestones)
The inspiration photo is gorgeous with the brightly colored flower bouquet. For my card I used most of the colors. For some sparkle a couple coats of clear WOS were added to flower centers. Wish you a good day! Marilyn Thank you for visiting and commenting ... always appreciate your feedback. Cardstock - MFT; Recollections Dies - MFT Stamps - MFT Ink - MFT EP - Stampendous Embellishment - WOS
Less is More #279 - Colour/Color - Purple Greetings! The challenge this week is the Color Purple. For the purple rectangle I blended four colors of purple hued inks (2 distress and 2 dye). The balloons were colored with a violet colored Copic marker and topped with a couple coats of clear WOS for some sparkle. Wish you a splendid day! Marilyn Thank you for visiting and commenting ... always appreciate your feedback. Cardstock - Recollections Dies - MFT Stamps - Hero Arts; MFT Inks - Ranger - Distress; MFT - Dye; Hybrid
Tag! You're It! Challenge #48 Greetings! Time to play in the TYIC. This is a fun challenge to create tags that are like mini-cards. This week Karren is the guest designer, and Bobby is the hostess who provided a very festive and patriotic tag. (Update - I omitted the part about Bobby when I initially posted ... my bad.) Wish you a fun day! Marilyn Thank you for visiting and commenting ... always appreciate your feedback. Cardstock - MFT; Recollections DP - DCWV Dies - MFT Stamp - Stampendous Ink - MFT Embellishments - rhinestones; clothespin
Muse: ChristmasVisions 47 Greetings! This week Kimberly provided a card with a vibrant red cardinal. I decided to take an inspiration approach and used a panda. Features from Kimberly's card are the red trimmed sides, general layout, same word sentiment. For a festive touch I added red buttons to the panda and red trimmed berries to the bamboo. A couple coats of WOS make the buttons and berries sparkle. Wish you a splendid day! Marilyn Thank you for visiting and commenting ... always appreciate your feedback.
Cardstock - MFT; Recollections Dies - MFT Stamp - MFT Ink - MFT - hybrid and dye EP - Hampton Arts Embellishment - WOS
CASology #200 - CAS Greetings! Playing in the 200th episode of CASology ... fantastic milestone! The cue word is CAS. For my card I chose to use four color hues - blue, yellow, white, black. The balloon is white stamped/heat embossed with a birthday background stamp then ink blended with three colors of yellow Distress Ink (Scattered Straw, Mustard Seed, Wild Honey). The blue panel was inked in Distress Ink (Salty Ocean) then over sprayed with a gold color shine to give it some shimmer. Wish you a sunshiny day!
Thank you for visiting and commenting ... always appreciate your feedback. Cardstock - Recollections Dies - MFT Stamps - MFT; Hampton Arts Inks - Ranger - Distress; MFT - Hybrid Embellishments - blue rhinestones; gold color shine - Heidi Swapp
Muse Challenge #168 Greetings! Playing cards with Leigh Penner who is the guest at Muse this week. She provided a very fun "hamburger" Father's Day card for our inspirations. My rendition includes Kraft/neutral background, frame, general layout, various-width striped DP, big-/small-words sentiment, a topping in the form of a star. Wish you brightness in your day! Marilyn Thank you for visiting and commenting ... always appreciate your feedback. Cardstock - MFT DP - DCWV Dies - MFT Stamp - MFT; unknown from stash Ink - MFT - Hybrid
Muse Challenge #172
