Let's Party

Hello friends and happy Sunday! It's a gorgeous day here in South Surrey, BC today. I did some gardening but after that I decided I wanted to make a card.

I was inspired by a card that Amy from Prairie Paper & Ink made a couple of days ago, using Polychromos coloured pencils on kraft paper. I would love to buy the Polychromos but in the mean time I used my Crayola coloured pencils and I think they did a pretty good job.

I started by stamping 5 of the cows from MFT Stamps - Birdie Brown-The Whole Herd stamp set on recollections kraft card stock with Versafine - Onyx Black ink. After I finished colouring the cows, I decided I wanted to add something else so I stamped the pile of hay and coloured it as well.  I then cute out all the coloured images using my Brothers' ScanNCut.

I cut a white card stock panel using the largest die from the Blueprints 13 die-namics. I also cut out a couple of scraps of white card stock with a couple of the Lawn Fawn - Puffy Cloud Borders. I used the cloud scraps as a template and sponged on Tumbled Glass Distress Ink on the top half of the white panel to make a cloudy sky.

I used MFT Stamps - Rolling Hills die to cut out some green card stock for the grass and kraft card stock for the fence. Once I glue the fence and grass together I used the same die from Blueprints 13 to add the stitching on the border and then glued it onto the white cloudy panel.

Once the background panel was complete I stamped the sentiment, and then glued on the cows and hay and backed the panel with kraft panel to give it a border.

I think the finished card turned out pretty cute.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Birdie Brown-The Whole Herd
Dies: MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13 & Rolling Hills
Ink: Versafine - Onyx Black,  Distress Ink - Tumbled Glass
Crayola: Cow - Black, White, Peach, Bubble Gum, Brown  Hay - Golden Yellow, Yellow Orange, Tan, Brown
Other: Recollections - Card Stock,  Sakura - Black Gel Pen

Thank you so much for dropping by. Have a great day, Kathy

Thank You

Hello again, I had so much fun colouring the pineapple panel on my last card I wanted to make a card where the whole background was pineapples.

Again I used the Polynesian Paradise stamp set from MFT Stamps and just a handful of Copic markers and I think the card turned out great!

I first cut out a panel using the largest die in the Blueprints 13 die-namics. Then I stamped all the pineapples using MFT Stamps' - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink and then coloured all of the pineapples with Copic markers.

I used a bright goldenrod coloured card stock and cut out a panel a quarter of an inch wide and longer in order to frame the main panel and glued them together.

I also cut out a banner from the golden card stock using a die from the Blueprints 20 die-namics and then stamped out the sentiment with Versafine - Onyx Black Ink. On a separate piece of paper I stamped out one more pineapple, coloured it and fussy cut it out. I then glued the banner to the pineapple panel.

I mounted the main panel onto a standard A2 card base with foam tape for dimension and then also popped up the single pineapple with more foam tape on the banner.

Here is the finished card.

Below is a list of the supplies I used for this card.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Birdie Brown-Polynesian Paradise
Dies: MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13 & 20
Inks: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink,  Versafine - Onyx Black
Copics:Y02, YR23, YR24, YG23, YG67
Other: Recollections - Card Stock,  Foam Tape

Thank you so much for dropping by and I hope to see you soon, Kathy

Hello Sunshine - MFTWSC286

Good morning and Happy Saturday!  I hope you're having a good day so far.

I decided to colour up the hula girl image from the MFT Stamps' Polynesian Paradise stamps. I have been trying to practice using different colour combinations of Copic markers for skin. I wanted to make the girl have tanned skin so I used E11, E33, V15 and I'm happy with how it turned out.

For my card layout, I used the current sketch from MFT Card Challenges.

I decided to use the pineapple image from the same stamp set to make patterned paper to go behind the main image.

Here are a couple of pictures of the finished card.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Birdie Brown-Polynesian Paradise
Ink: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink,  Versafine - Onyx Black
Copic Markers:  Girl - Skin-E11, E33, V15, R21  Hair - YR20, YR24, E35, E37  Top - BG13, BG57  Shirt - YG23, YG67  Flower - Y02, R02, R05  Pineapple - Y02, YR23, YR24, YG23, YG67
Other: Recollections - Card Stock,  Foam Tape

Thanks so much for dropping by and hope to see you soon, Kathy

From All Of Us

Hello friends, I hope you're having a good day.

In between a bit of house cleaning and looking after the dog, I had a chance to make a card using the super cute, Say Yes To Donuts stamp set from Neat and Tangled.  I definitely want to make another card using the stamp set and putting glossy accents on the "icing" to make it shine.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: Neat and Tangled - Say Yes To Donuts
Dies: MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13
Ink: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink,  Versafine - Onyx Black
Copic Markers: Skin - E51, E11, BV00, R20  Donut - E53, E55, E25, E47  Red - R24, R39  Blue - B23, B26  Aqua - BG32, BG13  Hair - E41, E44, E47, E49  Shoes - C5, C9  Shadow - W00, W1
Other: Recollections - Card Stock,  Copic - 0.3 Mutiliner

Thank you so much for dropping by and have a great night! Kathy

You Are My Favorite

Hello friends, I hope your having a good day.

I made one more card using the Neat and Tangled - Better Together stamp set. I tried to chose colours for the background that would make the coloured image pop. I originally chose a different colour on the bottom but did not blend it very well, so I started again.

Here is the card I ended up with.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: Neat and Tangled - Better Together
Ink: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Ink,  Versafine - Onyx Black,  Distress Ink - Twisted Citron, Squeezed Lemonade
Copic Markers: Skin - E51, E11, BV00, R20  Dress - V12, V15, V17  Hair - E23, E27, E29  Teddy Bear - E41, E42, E43  Shoes - C5, C7, C9

Thanks so much for dropping by and have a great day! Kathy

Little Hello

Hello friends, it's the beginning of the last week of school for kids around here and soon the cul-de-sac will be full of little ones.

I have been a bad girl lately and buying way too many goodies but their are so many great products coming out all the time, it's hard to resist.

I was lucky enough to finally get my hands on the Neat and Tangled - Better Together stamp set and I knew I wanted to make a card using it.

I was very much inspired by a card that Laura Bassen made for the March 2016 release at Neat and Tangled Blog. She does such awesome ink blending on her cards I thought I would give it a try and keep the blending very soft.

Here is my finished card.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: Neat and Tangled - Better Together
Ink: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink,  Versafine - Onyx Black,  Distress Ink - Twisted Citron and Tumbled Glass
Copic Markers: Skin - E51, E11, BV00, R20  Girl - R02, R05, R08, Y21, YR23, YR24, E33, E35 Owl - C00, C1, C3, C5 , R20,YR16  Boy - E44, E47, E49, G12, G14, G16, B95, B97, B99, E27, E29 Fox - E97, E99, E000
Other: Recollections - 110lb Cardstock,  Spectrum Noir - 100lb Ultra Smooth White Cardstock, Sakura - Black Gel Pen,  Foam Tape

Thanks so much for dropping by. I hope to be back with another card very soon.  Kathy

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Hello friends, I hope you had a good weekend!

Saturday was ugly and raining so the perfect day to do chores around the house. Sunday was a much better day and since most of the chores were done a perfect day to make a card.

I wanted to make a card using the current sketch from MFT Card Challenges and after looking at my stamps decided to use the Magical Unicorns stamp set from MFT Stamps.

Here is the card I came up with, I think it turned out pretty cute.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Birdie Brown-Magical Unicorns
Dies: MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13 and Stitched Scallop Edges,  Lawn Fawn - Puffy Cloud Borders
Ink: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink,  Versafine - Onyx Black
Copic Markers: C00, C1, C4, C5, RV10, RV21, V12, V15, V17, Y02
Other: Recollections - Card Stock, Wink Of Stella - Clear Brush Marker

Thanks so much for dropping by. Have a great day! Kathy

Fun In The Sun - Camp Create

Hello friends, happy Friday! I hope you are having a good day so far.

Over at  the MFT Stamps Blog, they are having a week of fun called Camp Create.

So far the only day I have participated in is June 14, 2016 which is to make a slider card.

This is the first slider card I made. I cased the card that Stephanie Klauck made for the challenge blog post. I used slightly different dies but I used the same stamp set.

Here is my card. I altered the one piece bathing suit into a bikini using a Copic multiliner.  I am so in love with this little girl.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Pure Innocence-Fun In The Sun
Dies: MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13 & 20,  Lawn Fawn - Stitched Hillside Borders & Slide On Over
Ink: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink,  Versafine - Onyx Black,  Distress Ink - Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, Squeezed Lemonade & Mustard Seed
Copic Markers: Skin - E00, E11, E13, R20  Bikini - RV13, RV25, RV09  Float Bed - BG10, BG11, BG32, Y000, Y00, Y02  Hair - E25, E27, E29
Other: Recollections - Card Stock,  Strathmore - 300 Series 140lb water-colour paper,  Foam Tape,  Copic - 0.3 Multiliner

Thanks so much for dropping by and have a great day! Kathy

It's A Country Thing

Hello friends, I had a chance today to make a card using several products from MFT Stamps. Some quite new and some a bit older.

I ended up make a little scene of which I thought would be good for just about anyone, but especially someone that loves horses.

To make the background, I used the Grassy Fields die-namic to cut some masking paper and then I sponged the background with distress inks.

The horse and girl, I stamped coloured with Copics and then fussy cut them both out.

I think the card turned out so cute.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - P.I. Woof You,  Birdie Brown-The Whole Herd
Dies: Simon Says Stamp - Stitched Rectangles,  MFT Stamps - Grassy Fields and Farm Fence
Ink: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink,  Versafine - Onyx Black,  Distress Ink - Tumbled Glass, Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn
Copic Markers:  Horse -  E31, E34, E35, E25, E27, E29, E47, E49  Skin - E000, E00, E11, R20   Hair - E25, E27, E29  Overalls - B95, B97, B99, Y25  Shirt - RV13, RV25, RV09  Shoes - C4, C5, C7, C9
Other: Recollections - Card Stock,  Sakura - Black Gel Pen,  Simon Says Stamp - Masking Paper

Thank you so much for dropping by. I hope you have a good night, Kathy

Magical

Hello again, I can't believe it's Sunday evening already. The weekends go so fast.

I had a chance today to make a card using the second unicorn that I coloured the other day. I also stamped the castle from the Magical Friends stamp set and coloured it to match the unicorn.

I made a similar background to yesterday's card but I only used pink and purple so keep the colour palette very small. I think any young girl would love to receive this card.

This second picture shows the Wink of Stella that I added to the unicorn and castle.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Magical Friends
Dies: MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13,  Lawn Fawn - Puffy Cloud Borders
Ink: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink,  Distress Ink - Spun Sugar, Shaded Lilac
Copic Markers: C00, C1, C3, C5, RV000, RV10, RV21, RV52, RV55, BV00, BV02, Y00, Y02
Other: Recollections - 110lb Card Stock,  Wink of Stella - Clear Brush Marker,  Craft Medley - B&W Classic Sequins,  Foam Tape


Thanks so much for dropping by and have a great day! Kathy

Wishing You Rainbows

Hello friends, I hope you are doing well.  It was a busy day today, running to Costco, doing laundry and vacuuming, so much fun.

I coloured a couple of the unicorns from the Magical Unicorns set from MFT Stamps last night and had a chance to use one of them on a card this afternoon.

The idea for the colours behind the cloud I got from Amy Rysavy of Prairie Paper & Ink.  I did mine slightly differently by sticking to one colour per cloud layer. Starting at the bottom, my first layer was Tumbled Glass, Spun Sugar, Shaded Lilac and then back to Tumbled Glass distress ink.

I also made a rainbow using MFT Stamps - Stitched Rainbow die, water-colour paper and distress inks. After all the different rainbow layers were inked, I sprayed then with the Distress Sprayer and then dabbed off some of the ink with a paper towel. I then topped off the rainbow with the Wink of Stella - Clear Brush Marker.

I think the card turned out great and want to make a few more.

Here are a couple of pictures of the finished card.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Birdie Brown-Magical Unicorns
Dies: MFT Stamps - Stitched Rainbow,  Lawn Fawn - Puffy Cloud Borders,  Mama Elephant - Peek A Frame
Ink: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink,  Versafine - Onyx Black, Distress Ink - Rainbow-Picked Raspberry, Carved Pumpkin, Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted Citron, Salty Ocean, Wilted Violet  Clouds-Tumbled Glass, Spun Sugar, Shaded Lilac
Copic Markers: Body-C00, C1, C3, C5, R20  Nose-RV000, RV10 , RV52  Mane and Tail-RV21, RV55, YR000, YR12, Y00, Y02, G40, YG03, B000, B02, BV00, BV02
Other: Recollections - 110lb card stock,  Strathmore - 300 Series- 140lb watercolor paper,  Wink of Stella - Clear Brush Marker,  Craft Medley - B & W Classic Sequins, Foam Tape

Thanks so much for dropping by and hope to see you soon, Kathy

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Hello friends, yeah, it's Friday!

I finally got to make a card using this week's sketch  at MFT Card Challenges.

Here is the picture of the sketch.

To start with I cut a circle using the Stitched Circle Stax, stamped the main image from the Pure Innocence - Spring Friends stamp set and coloured it with Copic markers.

I stamped, coloured and fussy cut out the animals from the set and added them to the above panel.

Below is the completed card.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Pure Innocence-Spring Friends
Dies: MFT Stamps - Sticthed Circle Stax
Ink: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink
Copic Markers: Skin - E000, E00, E11, E13, R20  Hair - E55, E25, E59  Top - R02, R05, R08  Pants - B93, B95, B97  Shoes - C3, C5, C7, C9  Sky - B000, B00  Grass - G40, G12, G14  Duck - Y00, Y15, YR04  Bunny - E41, E42, E43, R20  Butterfly - V12, V15, V17, R05
Design Paper: MFT Stamps - Plaid Patterns 6x6 paper pad
Other: Recollections - Card Stock,  Wink of Stella - Clear Brush Marker

Thanks so much for dropping by and have a great weekend! Kathy

O-Fish-Ally Awesome

Hello friends, I made a card using the new Dad & Me stamp set from Lawn Fawn to make a card.

I think this stamp set is perfect for making masculine cards, which I personally find challenging.

Here is a card I came up with.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: Lawn Fawn - Dad & Me
Dies: We R Memory Keepers - Nesting Ovals, MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13
Ink: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink,  Hero Arts - Cup O'Joe and Dusty Blue Shadow Ink, Versafine - Onyx Black
Copic Markers: BG10, BG11, G40, G12, E23, E25, E29, R24, R29, R39, Y00, Y35
Other: Recollections - Card Stock,  Sakura - Black Gel Pen

Thanks so much for dropping by and have a great day! Kathy

We Blend Well Together

Hello friends, I hope you are having a good weekend so far.

I had a chance to make a card using another new Lawn Fawn stamp set. This time I used the So Smooth stamp set and the Simon Says Stamp masking paper for the masking on this card. I must say I love the masking paper, it's so much better then using just a post it.

I must say there are so many images in the stamp set and I barely starched the surface.

I drew my own line at the top of the contents of the blender with a 0.3 Copic multiliner and the finishing touch to the blender and my card was to fill in the "glass" with glossy accents. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

Here are a couple of pictures of the finished card.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: Lawn Fawn - So Smooth
Dies: MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13
Ink: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink,  Versafine - Onyx Black
Copic Markers: C00, C1, C3, C4, C5, C7, BG10, BG11, BG32,  Strawberries - R24, R29, R39, G14, G16,   Smoothie - R21, R22, R14,  Banana - Y00, Y35, E13,  Blue - B21, B23, B24
Other: Ranger - Glossy Accents,  Recollections - Card Stock

Thanks so much for dropping by and have a great day! Kathy

Unbelievable Birthday

Hello friends, I hope your having a good day so far.

I wasn't quite finished with the Loveable Legends stamp set from Lawn Fawn and I made one more card.

This time I used the Loch Ness Monster image or as we in British Columbia know it as the Ogopogo.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: Lawn Fawn - Loveable Legends
Dies: Lawn Fawn - Loveable Legends, Puffy Cloud Borders,  MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13 & 3
Ink: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink,  Versafine - Onyx Black,  Memento Ink - Teal Zeal,  Hero Arts - Tide Pool Shadow Ink
Copic Markers:  G40, G21, G24, G28, R22
Other: American Crafts - Card Stock,  Recollections - Card Stock and Vellum

Thanks so much for dropping by and have a great day! Kathy