To The Core - MFTWSC360 & CTD#470

Welcome my friends, although I currently have a cold and don't feel very ambitious, hence no Christmas decorating yet, I did want to complete this card.

I combined the Sketch Challenge from MFT Card Challenges with the Color Challenge from Color Throwdown.  I quite like how the finished card turned out.

 


I really loved the colour combination and thought the cute Pure Innocence - Love You To The Core stamp set from MFT Stamps would be a perfect match. I popped her off the background using foam tape.

I created the apple tree using a portion of the Leafy Backdrop Landscape die from Lawn Fawn.  Although when an apple tree has apples the leaves should be green I used creative license so it would go with the colour scheme.

Here are a couple of pictures of my card.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Pure Innocence-Love You To The Core
Dies: MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13 & 20, Stitched Basic Edges and Slanted Sentiment Strips, Lawn Fawn - Leafy Backdrop Landscape
Inks: Simon Says Stamp - Intense Black,  MFT Stamps - Kraft Dye Ink
Copic Markers:  Skin - E11, E33, V15, R21  Hair & Bench - E21, E25, E27  Sweater - YR12, YR15, YR16, YR18  Dress - YR20, YR21, YR23, Y26  Basket - E31, E34, E37  Shoes - E25, E27, E29  Apples - R24, R27, R24
Other: Recollections - 110lb White card stocking 65lb Brown, Yellow and orange card stock,  Spectrum Noir - 100lb Ultra Smooth Premium White card stock,  Foam Tape

Thank you so much for dropping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! Kathy

Santa's Elves

Today I have a card that I created by combining the Nice Elves and Winter Time Fun stamp sets and matching dies from Hero Arts.

I am so happy with how it turned out and I think it's my favourite card that I created using the elves.

I used some Tumbled Glass Distress Ink with the Drifts & Hills stencil from MFT Stamps to create the hills of snow.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: Hero Arts - Nice Elves, Winter Time Fun and Color Layering Christmas Tree
Dies: Hero Arts - Nice Elves and Winter Time Fun
Inks: Simon Says Stamp - Intense Black,  Versafine - Onyx Black,  Distress Inks - Tumbled Glass
Copic Markers: Trees - YG03, G05, B000  Sled - C00, C1, C3, E25, E27   Elves - E11, E33, R21, E34, E37, C5, C9, R24, R27, R39, YG03, G09
Other: Recollections - 110lb White card stock,  MFT Stamps - Drifts & Hills Stencil, Spectrum Noir -  Clear Sparkle Pen,  Clear Thick Lacquer, Foam Tape

Thanks again for dropping by.  I hope you have a great day! Kathy

Merry Christmas Globe

Good morning my friends, it's another ugly rainy and windy day here, so a perfect day to stay inside and craft.

I have a card to share with you that I created using last year's October My Monthly Hero kit from Hero Arts.  I also used a couple of the Nesting Rectangle dies to create a bit of embossed detail to the white background.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: Hero Arts - October 2016 My Monthly Hero kit
Dies: Hero Arts - coordinating October 2016 My Monthly Hero kit and Nesting Rectangle Infinity Dies
Inks: Simon Says Stamp - Intense Black,  Versafine - Onyx Black,  Distress Ink - Salty Ocean,  Hero Arts - Cup O'Joe and Ombre Green
Copic Markers: E25, E27, E29
Other: Recollections - 110lb White card stock, Tattered Angels - Iridescent Gold Glimmer Mist, Foam Tape

Thank you so much for taking the time to drop by.  I hope you have a wonderful day! Kathy

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

Welcome and happy Friday!  Today I have two very similar cards to share with you.  I used the Winter Time Fun stamp set and matching dies from Hero Arts to create these cards.

The sky in both cards was created using the Broken China Distress Oxide ink and the snow, using the stitched hillside borders dies rom Lawn fawn.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: Hero Arts - Winter Time Fun, Color Layering Christmas Tree & October 2017 My Monthly Hero

Dies: Hero Arts - Winter Time Fun and Nesting Rectangles Infinity Dies,  MFT Stamps - Blueprints 20,  Lawn Fawn - Stitched Hillside Borders

Inks: Simon Says Stamp - Intense Black,  Versafine - Onyx Black,  Distress Oxide - Broken China

Copic Markers

Other: Recollections - 110lb White card stock and 65lb Red card stock,  Sakura - Black Glaze Pen

Thank you so much for dropping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! Kathy

Santa's Sleigh

Hello my friends and welcome back.  Today I have a card to share that I created using a bunch of products from Lawn Fawn, including the Toboggan Together stamp set and matching dies.

This was the first time I used the Forest Border die and well as the Little Town Border.  I first cut them both out of white card stock and then for the trees, I used some distress oxide inks to colour them.  For the cute little house, I used the border die to cut out several different colours of card stock and then cut off the individual houses and glued them to the front of the white border. I used yellow card stock behind the houses to create "lights" for the houses.

For the sky I cut out a piece of blue card stock and then used unicorn ink from Hero Arts and the Snowfall stencil from MFT Stamps to create snow in the sky.  I wasn't totally happy with how that turned out so I then also sprayed the sky with Iridescent Gold Glimmer Mist from Tattered Angels. (It doesn't really show in the picture but it real life it has a lovely shimmer.)

Here is a picture of my finished card.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: Lawn Fawn - Toboggan Together
Dies: Lawn Fawn - Toboggan Together, Stitched Hillside Borders, Forest Border and Little Town Border,  Hero Arts - Nesting Rectangle Infinity Dies
Inks: Simon Says Stamp - Intense Black,  Distress Oxide - Cracked Pistachio and Peeled Paint, Hero Arts - Unicorn Pigment Ink
Copic Markers: Reindeer - E50, E51, E53, E55, E57, E59  Sleigh - E31, E34, E37  Presents - G05, G09, B23, B26, R24, R27, R39
Other: Recollections - 110lb White card stock, 65lb Yellow, Blue, Brown, Red & Rust card stock,  Sakura - Black Glaze Pen,  Tattered Angels - Iridescent Gold Glimmer Mist

Thank you so much for taking the time to drop by.  I hope you have a wonderful day! Kathy

The World-MFTWSC358

Today I have a card to share with you that I created for the current sketch challenge at MFT Card Challenges.

Originally I was going to make a Christmas card but at the last minute I changed my mind and made a space themed card.

I used the Birdie Brown - Space Explorer stamp set and the Starry Circle die-namic for the sky behind the astronaut.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Birdie Brown-Space Explorer

Dies: MFT Stamps - Starry Circle

Inks: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink,  Versafine - Onyx Black,  Distress Ink - Chipped Sapphire and Salty Ocean

Copic Markers: Skin - E00, E11, R20  Hair - E23, E25, E27  White - C00, C1, C3  Aqua - BG11, BG13, BG32

Other: Recollections - 110lb White card stock and 65lb Teal card stock,  MFT Stamps - Plaid Patterns 6x6 paper pad,  Foam Tape,  Sakura - White Gel Pen

Thank you so much for dropping by and have a wonderful day! Kathy

Happy Holidays

Welcome to the first full week of November.  Today I have a card to share with you that I created with a couple of different stamp set from Hero Arts.

I can't believe that I only just bought the Colour Layering Christmas Trees stamp set and this card is the first time I ever used it.  I loved that you can create trees in the woods or an actual decorated Christmas tree.

I stamped the three with three different shades of green and then for the final layer I used white pigment ink.  I was trying to add the look of snow.  I think it would work better if I stamped the final layer with veramark and then used whit embossing powder instead.  I'm still pretty happy with how it turned out.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: Hero Arts - Color Layering Christmas Tree and the October 2017 My Monthly Hero kit
Dies: Hero Arts - October 2017 My Monthly Hero Coordinating Frame Cuts,  MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13
Inks: Simon Says Stamp - Intense Black,  Versafine - Onyx Black,  Distress Ink - Tumbled Glass,  Hero Arts - Lime Green, Field Greens, Forever Green, Cornflower Shadow Ink and Unicorn Pigment Ink
Copic Markers: E11, E31, E33, E34, R24, R27, W00, W1
Other: Recollections - 110lb White card stock,  MFT Stamps - Drifts & Hills Stencil

Thank you for dropping by.  I hope you have a lovely day! Kathy

Dashing Deer

Hello again, I am back today with two more cards that I created using the Dashing Deer stamp set and the Drifts and Hills stencil from MFT Stamps.

I created two slightly different cards by changing the colour of the distress inks to create the fills and sky and the colours of Copic markers for the deers.  I used the trunks only from the Trees In The Forest die-namics, to create some bare trees in the woods.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Dashing Deer
Dies: MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13 and Trees In The Forest
Inks: Simon Says Stamp - Intense Black,  Versafine - Onyx Black,  Distress Inks - Tumbled Glass and Stormy Sky
Copic Markers: Deers - E40, E41, E43, E44, R00, R20, E11, E33, E34, E35, E37  Red - R24, R27, R39  Green - YG03, G09  Blue - B21, B24, B26  Aqua - BG11, BG13  Bunny - W00, W1, W3, R20
Other: Recollections - 110lb White card stock and 65lb Brown card stock,  MFT Stamps - Drifts & Hills Stencil, Sakura - White Gel Pen and Black Glaze Pen,  Tattered Angels - Marshmallow Glimmer Mist, Foam Tape

Thank you for dropping by and have a great day! Kathy

Nice List - MFTWSC357

Can you believe it's November already?  It's crazy sometimes how the year can go so fast and how the weather can also change so fast.  On Halloween night it was so lovely and actually quite mild and by Thursday night, we had our first snow.  Crazy!

Now that I have grumbled about the weather, I can share with you a new card.  This card was created for the current sketch challenge at MFT Card Challenges.

I used the brand new Pure Innocence - Nice List stamp set from MFT Stamps as the main image for this card.  I think I may have gone a little overboard with the details but I still love how the little girl turned out.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Pure Innocence - Nice List
Dies: MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13 , Blueprints 20 and Let It Snowflake
Inks: Simon Says Stamp - Intense Black,  Versafine - Onyx Black
Copic Markers: Skin - E11, E33, V15, R21  Hair - E21, E25, E27  Shoes & Collar - R24, R27, R39  List and Shadow on Dress - W00, W1
Design Paper: My Mind's Eye - Be Merry 6x6 paper pad
Other: Recollections - 110lb White card stock,  MFT Stamps - 100lb Wild Cherry card stock, Sizzix/Tim Holtz - Snow Flurries Embossing Folder,  Nuvo - Morning Dew Crystal Drops, Silver Sparkle card stock, Foam Tape

Thank you so much for taking the time to drop by and I hope you have a lovely day! Kathy