Life Is A Picnic - MFTWSC291

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

Today I made a card using the current sketch from MFT Card Challenges and an older stamp set from MFT Stamps called Everyday Is A Picnic.

I decided to do some watercoloring and used the Staedtler - Karat Aquarell Watercolor Crayons and some Strathmore - 300 Series 140 lb cold press Watercolor Paper

I watercolored the girl, sun, picnic basket and the grass. The cloud background is American Crafts - Dear Lizzy design paper cut with a Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle die. I also cut a frame for the sky out of card stock using the Stitched Rectangle Dies.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Birdie Brown-Everyday Is A Picnic
Dies: MFT Stamps -Birdie Brown-Everyday Is A Picnic and Grassy Fields,  Simon Says Stamp - Stitched Rectangles
Ink: Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black,  Versafine - Onyx Black
Staedtler-Karat Aquarell Watercolor Crayons - Skin-Peach, Burnt Sienna, Light Magenta  Hat & Sun-Yellow, Sand, Golden Ochre  Top & Shoes-Light Magenta, Dark Mauve  Shorts-Cobalt Blue  Hair-Yellow, Van Dyck Brown  Leaves & Grass-Willow Green, Green  Picnic Basket-Sand, Golden Orche, Van Dyck Brown
Other: Recollections - Card Stock,  American Crafts - Dear Lizzy 8 1/2" x 11" design paper,  Strathmore - 300 Series 140lb Cold Press Watercolor Paper

Thanks so much for dropping by and have a great evening, Kathy

Sunny Smiles

Good morning and happy Sunday!

I have been having fun the last few days combining different MFT Stamps sets to make a card.  This time I combined the Birdie Brown - Polynesian Paradise and Penguins In Paradise to make a little beach scene.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Birdie Brown-Polynesian Paradise and Penguins In Paradise
Dies: MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13
Ink: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink,  Versafine - Onyx Black
Copic Markers:  Girl -Skin-E11, E13, V15, R21  Hair-YR20, YR21, E35, E37  Top-RV21, RV55  Skirt-YG03, YG21, YG25 Drink-B000, B00, B01, B02  Penguin - C00, C1, C5, C7, C9, YR12, YR18  Drink-YR02, RV21, RV55  Sand - E31, E34, E55, E57  Palm Tree - E41, E43, E44, G24, G85 Sky-BG10, BG11
Other: Recollections - Card Stock,  Craft Medley - Dazzling Metallics Sequins,  Ranger - Glossy Accents

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

Sunny Smiles

Good morning and happy Sunday!

I have been having fun the last few days combining different MFT Stamps sets to make a card.  This time I combined the Birdie Brown - Polynesian Paradise and Penguins In Paradise to make a little beach scene.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Birdie Brown-Polynesian Paradise and Penguins In Paradise
Dies: MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13
Ink: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink,  Versafine - Onyx Black
Copic Markers:  Girl -Skin-E11, E13, V15, R21  Hair-YR20, YR21, E35, E37  Top-RV21, RV55  Skirt-YG03, YG21, YG25 Drink-B000, B00, B01, B02  Penguin - C00, C1, C5, C7, C9, YR12, YR18  Drink-YR02, RV21, RV55  Sand - E31, E34, E55, E57  Palm Tree - E41, E43, E44, G24, G85 Sky-BG10, BG11
Other: Recollections - Card Stock,  Craft Medley - Dazzling Metallics Sequins,  Ranger - Glossy Accents

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

Happy Birthday, Cupcake

Good morning, I hope you are having a good day so far.  It's gorgeous and sunny here and I'm so grateful for air conditioning.

After making my card yesterday I decided to pair the same Pure Innocence girl with an image from another stamp set, this time the Hog Heaven set from MFT Stamps.

Since both images are holding cupcakes I thought they would be cute together and it's why I used a cupcake sentiment as well.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Pure Innocence - Cupcake Day,  Birdie Brown - Hog Heaven
Dies: MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13
Ink: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink,  Memento Ink - Rich Cocoa
Copic Markers: Girl - Skin-E11, E13, BV00, R20  Dress - Y00, Y02, Y06  Hair - E23, E27, E29  Shoes - C5, C7, C9  Pig - R000, R00, R02  Chocolate Icing - E44, E49 Shadow - W00, W1
Other: Recollections - Card Stock

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

Happy Birthday

Hello friends and Happy Friday! It's another glorious sunny day and I managed to make another card.

This time I combined two different MFT Stamps' sets to make a card. T he Pure Innocence - Cupcake Day and Birdie Brown - Beary Special Birthday. I have been having so much fun with the bear stamp set.

For this card I stamped the bear first, masked it off then stamped the girl so they overlapped and the cupcake in her hand did not show.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Pure Innocence-Cupcake Day,  Birdie Brown-Beary Special Birthday
Dies: MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13
Ink: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink,  Versafine - Onyx Black
Copic Markers:  Skin - E00, E11, BV00, R20  Dress & Bear's Balloon - V12, V15, V17  Girl's Balloon - R02, R05, R08  Shoes - C5, C7, C9  Hair - E21, E23, E25  Bear - E21, E23, E25, E27, E29, R00, R02   Shadow - W00, W1
Other: Recollections - Card Stock,  Sakura - White and Black Gel Pens,  Wink of Stella - Clear Brush Marker

Thanks so much for dropping by and I hope you come back soon, Kathy

I Love You Because...

Hello friends, we are half way through the week and half way through The Dailey Marker 30 Challenge. I have done pretty well and only missed one day of colouring.

Today I did something different and watercolored with distress inks without embossing the image. I got the leaves the little too wet before I added colour so they bled a little but I'm still pretty happy with the final results.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: Wplus9 - Beautiful Bouquets Dahlia,  MFT Stamps - Because You
Dies: MFT Stamps - Because You
Ink: Versafine - Onyx Black,  Distress Ink - Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Squeezed Lemonade, Fossilized Amber, Shaded Lilac, Seedless Preserves, Wilted Violet, Tumbled Glass
Other: Recollections - Card Stock,  Tim Holtz - Distress Watercolor Card Stock,  Pretty Pink Posh - 4mm Sparkling Clear Sequins

Thank you so much for dropping by. I hope you come back soon, Kathy

Who's Got My Ball?

Hello friends, I hope your having a good day. Today I made a card using the Lucky Dogs stamp set that was inspired by a card made by Nichol Magourik a few days ago.

I do not have a small polaroid die so I made my own.  I cut three pieces of card stock into 2' x 2 1/2" Then I used a small square die from the Sizzix/Stephanie Bernard Square Flip-its #2 Framelits to cut out an opening in each piece of card stock and viola the polaroids were made.

I stamped out three of the dogs onto pieces of card stock that fit into the polaroids and coloured them with Copic markers.

I also used the largest die in the Mama Elephant's Peek A Frame die set to cut out another piece of white card stock.  I added a sentiment at the bottom of the panel with versa mark ink and heat embossed it with some Snow Detail embossing powder.  I then sponged on some Fossilized Amber distress ink onto the panel. Then I took a bit of white acrylic paint, added a few drops of water and then took a small paint brush and flicked some drops of paint onto the background.  Once the paint was dry I added the three completed polaroid pictures to the panel then attached the panel to an A2 size card base.

I really like how it turned out. Although I originally planned to add a totally different sentiment but for some reason did not notice until everything was attached together. Maybe I'll try and make another similar card.

Here is a picture of the completed card.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Lucky Dogs

Dies: Mama Elephant - Peek A Frames,  Sizzix - Square Flip-its #2 Framelits

Inks: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink,  Versamark,  Distress Ink - Fossilized Amber

Copic Markers: Corgi & Chihuahua - E13, E15, E19, E40, E41, R000, R00, R02  Bulldog - E31, E35, E37, E40, E41, C7, C9, R24, R29  Ball - YG000, Y13  Grass - G12, G24  Sky - BG11

Other: Recollections - Card Stock,  Acrylic White Paint

Thank you so much for dropping by and I hope you come back soon, Kathy

Birthday Bear

Hello friends I hope you're having a good start to your week.  I had some fun colouring some bears from the Beary Special Birthday stamp set from MFT Stamps.

I wanted to make a card with little frames/windows but don't really have die large enough so I made my own.  The first thing I did was use the largest die from the MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13 and cut a white panel that measures 4" x 5 1/4".  I found the centre of the panel and placed the second smallest die from the Simon Says Stamp - Stitched Rectangles in the centre of the panel and cut it out. I then cut out two more rectangles, one on either side of the centre one.

I stamped three of the different bears onto the centres of the small rectangles and coloured then with Copic markers. I used pretty much the same colours on all the images in order to unify the card.

I think these bears are so cute and the card turned out so well.

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

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Birdie Brown-Beary Special Birthday
Dies: MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13,  Simon Says Stamp - Stitched Rectangles
Ink: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink,  Versafine - Onyx Black
Copic Markers: Bears - E51, E53, E55, E41, E44  Cake - E25, E47, E49  Icing & Bow - R00, R02, R05  Present - B00, B02, B05  Background - BG11
Other: Recollections - Card Stock

Thank you so much for dropping by. All comments are appreciated. Have a great day and I hope you drop by soon, Kathy

Dog-Gone

Hello friends, it's Friday again, yeah!  I had fun today and made what I think is a super cute three sided card.

I took an A2 size card base and cut off 2 3/4" of the top of the front of the card. I then covered the remaining front of the card and the backside of the front with "wooden" design paper to make it look like a fence.

I then sponged the right inside of the card with distress ink to look like clouds.  I used the Grassy Fields die-namic to add grass to all three decorated sides of the card.

I Copic coloured two dogs and a ball from the Lucky Dogs stamp set and the dog house from the You Make My Tail Wag stamp set both from MFT Stamps. After colouring the images I fussy cut them out.  I then glued all of the coloured images onto the card and added a sentiment to finish off the card.

Here are a couple of pictures of the finished card.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Birdie Brown-Lucky Dog and You Make My Tail Wag
Dies: MFT Stamps - Grassy Fields,  Lawn Fawn - Puffy Cloud Borders (For Cloud Template)
Ink: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink,  Versafine - Onyx Black,  Distress Ink - Tumbled Glass
Design Paper: My Mind's Eye - On The Bright Side-Two 6x6 paper pad
Copic Markers: E40, E41, E42, E43, E44, E47, W00, W1, W3, W5, C00, C1, C5, C7, C9, R00, R27, R39, E25, E27, E59, BG10, BG53, BG57, Y00, YG23
Other: Recollections - Card Stock

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

Because You're Amazing

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

I did another distress  ink watercoloring using the same Beautiful Bouquet Ranunculus and different distress ink colours. This time I added a die cut word that I cut out and layered four times and a complimentary sentiment which I stamped with Versafine - Onyx Black ink.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: Wplus9 - Beautiful Bouquet Ranunculus
Dies: MFT Stamps - Because You (Die & Stamp Set),  Mama Elephant - Peek A Frame
Ink: Versamark,  Distress Ink - Squeezed Lemonade, Worn Lipstick, Picked Raspberry, Mowed Lawn, Evergreen Bough, Tumbled Glass,  Versafine - Onyx Black
Other: Tim Holtz - Distress Watercolor Cardstock,  Simon Says Stamp - Sequins Sunshine Mix,  Recollections - Card Stock & Sequins,  Snow Detail Embossing Powder

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

With Thanks

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

I watched a YouTube Video from Dawn Woleslagle of Wplus9 using distress inks to colour the Beautiful Bouquet Ranunculus stamp. I loved it so much I thought I would give it a try.

I stamped the Ranunculus Bouquet on the rough side of a distress watercolor cardstock  panel with Versafine ink and heat embossed it with white embossing powder.  I used my new Silver Black Velvet watercolor paint brushes in sizes 2, 4 and 8. (Love them by the way)

Here is the finished panel.

I then decided to cut the panel down with the largest die in the Blueprints 13 die-namics from MFT Stamps, added a thin card stock border and a sentiment and mounted on an A2 size card base with foam tape. I finished off the card with a sprinkling of Clear Pretty Pink Posh sequins.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: Wplus9 - Beautiful Bouquet Ranunculus
Dies: MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13
Inks: Versafine - Warermark,  Distress Ink -  Ripe Persimmon, Festive Berries, Spiced Marmalade, Mowed Lawn, Evergreen Bough, Iced Spruce and Tumbled Glass, Versafine - Onyx Black
Other: Distress Watercolor Cardstock,  Recollections - Flamingo Cardstock,  Pretty Pink Posh - 4mm Sparkling Clear sequins,  Foam Tape,  Snow Detailed Embossing Powder

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

Wishing You Green Pastures

Hello friends, I can't believe it's Sunday evening already.

I did lots of Copic colouring today and made a card making a whole farm yard of animals using The Whole Herd and Green Pastures stamp set from MFT Stamps.

I used a template made from card stock cut with the Puffy Cloud Borders from Lawn Fawn, a distress tool and distress ink to made the cloudy sky.

Below is a list of all of the supplies I used.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Birdie Brown-The Whole Herd and Green Pastures
Dies: MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13 and Rolling Hills
Ink: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink,  Versafine - Onyx Black,  Distress Ink - Tumbled Glass
Copic Markers: Girl - Skin-E51, E11, BV00, R20 Pants-B91, B95, B97 Top-R24, R27, R39 Boots-E25, E27, E29  Hair-E35, E37, YR21, YR24  Hat-YR20, YR23, Y26  Chicken - Y000, Y00, Y35, YR04, R05  Pigs - R000, R00, R02  Goat - W00, W1, W3, R20, E42, E43, Y23, Y35  Cow - R000, R00, R02, C00, C1, C5, C7, C9, E25, E29  Horse - E40, E41, E42, E43, E44, E47, E27, E37, R20
Other: Recollections - Card Stock,  Foam Tape,  Sakura - White & Black Gel Pens

Thanks so much for dropping by and have a good evening, Kathy

Perfect Pair

Hello friends and happy Saturday! I hope you are having a good weekend so far.

I used the Say Yes To Donuts and Big Bold Brew stamp sets which are both from Neat and Tangled.  The sentiment is from the Snuggle Bunnies stamp set from MFT Stamps, I thought it was perfect for the images.

I coloured the stamped images with Copic markers and then added details on the donut with a white gel pen and shine to the coffee with glossy accents.

I'm happy with how the finished card turned out.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: Neat and Tangled - Say Yes to Donuts and Big Bold Brew,  MFT Stamps - Snuggle Bunnies
Dies: MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13
Ink: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink
Copic Markers: Skin - E51, E11, BV00, R20  Donut - E51, E53, E55  Icing, Coffee & Boy's Hair - E25, E47, E49  Cup, Girl's Pants & Bow - BG11, BG13, BG75  Boy's Pants - B91, B93, B97  Shoes - C3, C5, C7  Gir's Hair - E40, E42, E44  Shadow - W00, W1
Other: Recollections - Card Stock

Thanks so much for dropping by. I hope that you drop back soon, Kathy

Fabulous!

Hello all, I hope you're having a good day so far. Happy Friday!

I made card using another stamp from Art Impressions, this time from a stamp set that I bought at Michaels.

Once I decided on the stamp I was going to use, I then went through my 6x6 design paper pads and picked out something I liked and that I could colour the image to match.

I settled on the My Mind's Eye - Be Amazing paper pad, which has some great colours.

This is the finished coloured image.

And this is the finished card.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: Art Impressions/Hamton Art - Got Style
Dies: Simon Says Stamp - Stitched Rectangles
Ink: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink
Copic Markers: Skin - E00, E11, BV00, R20  Hair - E57, E59  Aqua - BG10, BG11, BG13, BG32  Yellow - Y21, Y23, Y26  Green - YG03, YG25  Coral - R00, R02, R05  Shadow - C00, C1, C3
Design Paper: My Mind's Eye - Follow Your Heart-Be Amazing 6x6 paper pad
Other: Recollections - Card Stock,  Foam Tape

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

Comfy Couch

Hello, I hope you had a good day today. For Day 2 of #thedailymarker30day challenge, I did lots of Copic colouring using an Art Impressions stamp that I had never used.

The image is a large one which I stamped onto a piece of card stock I had cut out using the largest die in the Blueprints 13 die-namics from MFT Stamps.

I tired to colour different skin tones, so no two ladies have the same colour skin. The colouring of this image and background, took we me quite awhile so I took pictures along the way.

Here is the finished card.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: Art Impressions - Comfy On The Couch
Dies: MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13
Ink: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink
Other: Recollections - Card Stock
Copic Markers: There are so many I took a picture instead of writing them down.

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

Chill Out

Hello friends, today is the first day of the newest 30 Day Coloring Challenge hosted by Kathy Racoosin of The Daily Marker.  This 30 day challenge is running from July 5 to August 5, 2016 and encourages everyone to try to colour something every day, even if it's only for 10 minutes a day.  I hope that you can join along.

Here is a picture of the colouring I did for the first day.

I ended up finishing the image on the right by paper piecing the rest of the picture and then I made it into a card. The paper piecing on this was quite challenging because I had to cut around the body of the girl.

Here are a couple of pictures of the finished card.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Who's That Girl - Straight From The Carton

Dies: MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13,  Solid Bracket & Mini Tab Quartet

Inks: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink,  Versafine - Onyx Black

Copic Markers: Skin - E00, E53, BV00  Skirt - E41, E43, E44  Top & Carton - R02, R05  Chair Legs - E23, E27  Spoon - C00, C1

Design Paper: My Mind's Eye - Miss Caroline-Howdy Doody 6x6 paper pad

Other: Recollections - Card Stock,  Foam Tape

Thanks so much for dropping by and I hope to see you back tomorrow, Kathy

Be You

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

I was going through my stamp sets and decided to use a set that I have never used before. I decided to use the super cute Pure Innocence girl from the Just The Way You Are stamp set from MFT Stamps.

I coloured her super bright and found some matching card stock in order to make a fun and bright card.

Below is a list of supplies I used.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Pure Innocence - Just The Way You Are
Die: MFT Stamps - Blueprints 15
Inks: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink,  Versafine - Onyx Black
Copic Markers: Skin - E11, E13, BV11, R22  Hair & Shoes - C5, C7, C9  Clothes - RV55, RV09, B02, B05, YG21, YG23
Other: Recollections - Card Stock,  Foam Tape,  Wink Of Stella - Clear Brush Marker

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

My Anchor

Hello friends, I hope your having a great weekend.

I had so much fun making my 4th of July card the other day I decided to break out another Pure Innocence stamp set and the same Americana design paper to make a patriotic card.

I stamped out the Sailor Girl stamp, coloured her with Copic markers and then fussy cut her out. I think she is so sweet.

Here are a couple of pictures of the finished card.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Pure Innocence - Sailor Girl
Dies: MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13, Stitched Circle Stax and Fishtail Flag Stax,  Lawn Fawn - Float By Boat (Anchor Die)
Inks: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink,  Versafine - Onyx Black
Copic Markers: Skin - E51, E11, BV00, R20  Hair - E23, E257 E29  Shoes - C5, C7, C9  Dress & Hat - C00, C1, B34, B37, B39, R24, R29
Design Paper: Pebbles Inc. - Americana 6x6 paper pad
Other: Recollections - Card Stock,  Foam Tape,  Twine from stash

Thank you so much for dropping by and Happy 4th of July my American friends! Kathy

Fabulous 4th - MFTWSC287

Hello friends and happy long weekend if you're in Canada or the United States.

Yesterday was Canada Day and we had a bbq in our cul de sac to celebrate. Lots of little kids were running around and having lots of fun.

I also worked on a making a card for America's 4th of July, using the current sketch from MFT Card Challenges.

I used the Pure Innocence - My Little Firecracker stamp set from MFT Stamps, which I stamped, coloured, paper pieced and fussy cut out. I also used the Pebbles - Americana 6x6 paper pad that I just picked up the other day from Tuesday Morning.  The paper pad is perfect for patriotic cards. I used some of the paper for paper piecing  the little girl's dress.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Pure Innocence - My Little Firecrackers
Dies: MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13 & 20 and Stitched Circle Stax
Ink: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink,  Memento Ink - Paris Dusk
Copic Markers: Skin - E51, E11, BV00, R20  Hair - E23, E25, E29  Socks & Shoes - C00, C1, C5, C7, C9  Sparkler - Y00, Y06, Y35
Design Paper - Pebbles - Americana 6x6 paper pad
Other: Recollections - Card Stock,  Foam Tape, Adhesive Rhinestone

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

O Canada

Good morning friends, if your in Canada, Happy Canada Day!

Canada Day celebrates the anniversary of Canada's confederation.

I did not have any stamps to make a a card for Canada Day but when I thought about it, I decided I could use some of the super cute mice from the MFT Stamps' - Strike Up The Band stamp set to make a little band.

I thought if I coloured them in red and white and added our national anthem as the title/sentiment for the card it would work perfectly. I used the Lawn Fawn - Sally's ABC's stamp set to write out O Canada.

I very happy with how it turned out.

below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Birdie Brown - Strike Up The Band,  Lawn Fawn - Sally's ABC's
Dies: MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13
Inks: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink,  Versafine - Onyx Black
Copics: Mice - E40, E43, R00  Red - R24, R39  Yellow - YR21, YR23 Drumsticks - E23, E27  Grey/Shadow - C00, C1, C3
Other: Recollections - Card Stock

Thanks so much and I hope you have a great day! Kathy