Friday, August 25, 2017

MCV - Season's Greetings

Greetings!

Just having fun playing cards with Muse: ChristmasVisions 83. Actually, this is the second card I made (but didn't post before today) ... it's an extra for fun. My inspiration came from the small houses on one of Cornelia's cards.  I thought of them as gingerbread houses. I stamped the houses and sentiment in brown ink. To give the gingerbread look I used a white Gelly Roll pen to add frosting/icing to the roof lines. Strips in red and green foil DP were adhered below the houses.

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Card Stock - Recollections
DP - DCWV
Die - MFT
Stamps - Hero Arts; MFT
Ink - MFT
Marker - Gelly Roll

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

MFT - You are Awesome

Greetings!

Another fun day at MFT - Camp Create  This episode is Awesome Ombre. I created a free-form ombre look using MFT Distress Patterns and Abstract Art Stamps and Ranger Distressed Inks (Mermaid Lagoon, Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers, Mowed Lawn, Cracked Pistaccio). The sentiments are from the MFT Simply Fabulous Sayings stamp set. To finish a few stars from the MFT Hand Lettered Holiday stamps set were randomly stamped.

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Card Stock - Recollections
Dies - MFT
Stamps - MFT
Inks - MFT - Hybrid - Black; Ranger - Distress

Tuesday, August 22, 2017

MFT - birthday ...

Hi Everyone,

Another fun acitivity at MFT - Camp Create ... Delightful Die-cutting.

My card is very CAS. The die-cut was created from an ink blended panel. It was layered with three cuts of black card stock for dimension and interest. For shimmer a few coats of clear WOS were applied. Clear sequins add sparkle.

Card Stock - Recollections
Dies - MFT
Stamp - Stampendous
Inks - MFT - Hybrid - Black; Ranger - Distress
Other - WOS; sequins

Sunday, August 20, 2017

MFT - thinking of you

Hi Everyone!

Another fun activity at MFT - Camp Create - Monochromatic Magic. I chose to use Kraft, light browns and cream colors. The floral image and butterfly were stamped on DP. A light coating of clear WOS was applied to the flowers and butterfly. The sentiment was stamped using a Chocolate colored pigment ink and heat embossed with clear EP. For interest score lines were made between the image and sentiment.

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Card Stock - MFT; Recollections
DP - MME
Dies - MFT
Stamps - Inkadinkadoo; unknown
Ink - Hampton Arts - pigment
EP - Hampton Arts - clear

Saturday, August 19, 2017

MFT - Magnificent Masking

Hi Everyone,

Another session at MFT Camp Create - Magnificent Masking. 

I chose to use the Doodle Blooms stamp set to stamp, mask, stamp, etc. various blooms. The large ones were chosen to color in shades of red with Copic markers. Clear WOS and gold sequins add shimmer and sparkle. To separate the flower panel from the sentiment panel strips of foil paper in gold and red were adhered. The sentiment was stamped/heat embossed in white on the black panel.

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Card Stock - Recollections
DP - DCWV; Recollections
Die - MFT
Stamps - MFT; unknown from stash
Ink - MFT - Pigment
EP - Stampendous

Friday, August 18, 2017

MCV - Wishing you ...

Hi Everyone!


This has been a fun time at Muse: ChristmasVisions 83 to create four cards from Cornelia's impressive array of inspirational cards. The wreath was created by very lightly drawing a couple of circles then filling in the space with red and green snowflakes, yellow stars and a few green sprigs. A bow in a light green shade painted with a coat of clear WOS and small clear gems add interest to the wreath. The sentiment is stamped in a darker shade of green.


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Card Stock - Recollections; MFT
DP - from stash
Dies - MFT; Penny Black
Stamps - MFT; Hero Arts
Ink - MFT - Dye
Other - WOS; gemstones


Thursday, August 17, 2017

MFT - hello ...

Hi All!

Another fun day at MFT Camp Create - Background Bonanza.

The background was created by using three cuts from MFT - Sno-Drifts Coverup and staggering them to create a 'stencil'. The Distress Ink colors used ... Crab Apple, Spiced Marmalade, Abandoned Coral. The 'hello' sentiment was die-cut from black card stock and attached to a thin black strip with the remainder of the sentiment stamped/heat embossed in white. The 'hello' was painted with a few coats of clear WOS for shimmer. A few clear sequins add sparkle.

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Card Stock - Recollections
Dies - MFT
Stamp - MFT
Inks - MFT - Pigment; Ranger - Distress
EP - Stampendous
Other - WOS; sequins




Wednesday, August 16, 2017

MCV - MFT - 'Tis the Season



Greetings!

A couple of fun challenges ...

Muse: ChristmasVisions (MCV) 83 and MFT - Camp Create - Inlaid Made Easy

For MCV 83 Cornelia provided four cards for our inspirations.  Her card with the penguins inspired my rendition that is suited for the southwest Arizona, USA, environment.  (For those unfamiliar with Yuma, Arizona, it is a winter destination for visitors from the cold climates and very hot in the summer.) Part of the design includes inlaid circle and date palm tree that is our assignment for MFT Day 1 Camp Create.

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Card Stock - MFT; Recollections
DP - Martha Stewart
Dies - MFT
Stamps - MFT
Ink - MFT - Pigment
EP - Stampendous
Markers - Copics
Other - WOS; gold-colored gems





Tuesday, August 15, 2017

MCV - Celebrate the Season

Greetings!

Today, I'm presenting my second card for the current Muse: ChristmasVisions 83 challenge. Cornelia provided four cards for our inspirations ... come play ... there are prizes!!

My card is mostly black and white themed with hints of colors on the ornaments, a colored gemstone on the nose of the reindeer and a thin red strip abutting the striped panel strip. Clear WOS painted on the ornaments adds shimmer.

Hope you're having a wonderful day.
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Card Stock - Recollections
Dies - MFT
Stamps - MFT; Hero Arts
Ink - MFT
Markers - Prismacolor Pencils
Other - WOS; gemstone

Monday, August 14, 2017

Merry Everything - MCV

Hi All!

A fun challenge at Muse: ChristmasVisions 83 where Cornelia provided four cards for our inspirations ... and, there are prizes!!

My first card's design is similar to the layout of the cookies on the cookie sheet ... I used small Christmas images, colored in festive holiday colors with Prismacolor pencils, and added a couple paintings of clear WOS on each image.

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Card Stock - Recollections
Dies - MFT
Stamps - MFT; Unknown
Ink - MFT
Markers - Prismacolor Pencils
Other - WOS

Tuesday, August 8, 2017

Muse - Happy Birthday

Hi All!

Time to play cards:

Muse Challenge #228 - Anita provided an ink blended floral beauty for our inspiration. For my card I chose blended Distress Inks (Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Candied Apple, Picked Raspberry, Seedless Preserves, Salty Ocean, Evergreen Bough), flower, script sentiment, black background. A few clear sequins add sparkle.


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Card Stock - Recollections
Die - MFT
Stamp - Stampendous
Stencil - ArtC
Ink - Ranger - Distress; MFT - Hybrid
Other - clear sequins





Monday, August 7, 2017

Hello - MFT - Colors and Blueprints

Greetings!

Today, a card for two challenges:

MFT - Color Challenge 74

MFT - Creative Construction with Blueprints 

For the color challenge I used Distress Inks - Seedless Preserves, Weathered Wood, Old Paper and Evergreen Bough - to align with the challenge colors of Grout Grey, Factory Green, Green-Eyed Monster, Purple Rain. The inks were smooshed for a water-color effect.  Also, card stock in Factory Green, Grout Grey, Egg Plant was used.

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Card Stock - MFT - Factory Green, Grout Grey, Egg Plant
Dies - MFT - Blueprints 1 (3 of the dies were used); Happy Hello; Stitched Rectangle STAX
Ink - Ranger Distress (Seedless Preserves, Weathered Wood, Old Paper, Evergreen Bough)
Other - clear WOS; clear sequins


Thursday, August 3, 2017

MFT - WSC - Make a Wish or Two

Greetings!

Hope you're having a pleasant day.

The MFT - Wednesday Sketch Challenge 344 was inspiration to play cards. I stamped, die cut and Copic colored Doodle Blooms and mounted them on the Pretty Pocket die cut (retired). The sentiment was stamped following the curve of stamped dashed lines. For shimmer the flowers were painted with a couple coats of clear WOS. Sparkle was added with clear sequins. For interest a couple of small flowers peak from the top of the pocket. All stamps, dies and ink are MFT.

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Card Stock - Recollections
Dies - MFT - Blueprints 20; Doodle Blooms; Pretty Pocket (retired)
Stamps - MFT - Doodle Blooms; More Essential Sentiments; Pretty Pocket (retired)
Ink - MFT - Hybrid - Black
Markers - Copics
Other - clear WOS; clear sequins


Wednesday, August 2, 2017

LIM - Happy Birthday

Hello Everyone,

A fun challenge at Less is More #339 - Pierce Your Project ... so I'm playing cards.  My creation includes two piercings:

-- stitched rectangle panel
--staple that attaches the striped tab

The flower was colored using Copic markers, shimmered with clear WOS and die cut.

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Card Stock - Recollections
Dies - MFT
Stamps - MFT
Ink - MFT - Hybrid; Pigment
EP - Stampendous
Other - clear WOS; staple