Creative Chat–Storing Coloring Mediums/Tools

Hi everyone,

It’s time for the MFT Creative Chat. The My Favorite Things Design Team Creative Chat is a monthly feature, where we are challenged to explore our creative spaces and share valuable organizational methods, tools, and shopping strategies with you. You’ll be able to peek into our creative spaces, ask questions, and share your own ideas in the MFT Forum. This month, we were asked the following questions.

Show us how you organize and store your different coloring mediums (colored pencils, watercolors, paint, markers, chalks, etc).

What is your favorite coloring medium?

Any coloring tips you'd like to share?

Ever since I discovered alcohol markets a number of years ago, I have to say that my very favorite coloring medium is Copic Markers, I would use these on approx 99.9% of my creations.

However over the years I collected various other products that can also be used for coloring and can also be used for a number of techniques too. Although I don’t use them very often, it is nice to know that if and when I do want to use these other products I have them on hand to play with.

I have created another video to share with you how I store a variety of my Coloring Mediums other then copics. Hope you enjoy.

 

Storing Coloring Mediums/Tools

Visit Kim's Blog for a full list of designers that have taken up the challenge and get ready to delve into the minds of our creative team, I know I am looking forward to seeing what the other Design Team members do for this topic.

Creative Chat - Project Photography and Editing

Hi everyone,

It’s time for the MFT Creative Chat. The My Favorite Things Design Team Creative Chat is a monthly feature, where we are challenged to explore our creative spaces and share valuable organizational methods, tools, and shopping strategies with you. You’ll be able to peek into our creative spaces, ask questions, and share your own ideas in the MFT Forum. This month, we were asked the following questions.

Show us your project photography setup.

What type of camera do you use, and what settings do you prefer?

How do you edit your photographs?  Walk us through your standard editing procedure.

I am no expert when it comes to photography or editing, but I am happy to share what works for me. I have again put together a video explaining what I do, which I hope you enjoy.

One thing I didn’t mention on my video was that I did once have one of those photo tent things which I purchased from eBay. I have to admit that it was a tedious process having to set it  up every time I wanted to take a photo. It wasn’t something that I could keep out permanently as I didn’t have the space for it. I would have to move things off a table, set up the tent, set up and plug in the lights with cords going over the floor, take my photos and then put it all away. Also the bulbs ended up blowing, and I couldn’t get replacements for them down here in Australia. So I went to plan B which is the way I share with you in my video, I haven’t notice any difference in how my photos look after taking them so I will keep with this system for now.

My editing process may change however as I am taking a class with Jessica Sprague, called Good To Great Workflow. I have only had time to do day 1 so far but I liked what I see and have done other classes with her in the past. I would highly recommend doing any of her classes and once a year she offers free classes a good way to learn something new. For more details on her classes you can visit her website.

Check out my video to see my project photography and editing process.

Visit Kim's Blog for a full list of designers that have taken up the challenge and get ready to delve into the minds of our creative team, I know I am looking forward to seeing what the other Design Team members do for this topic.

Creative Chat–Ink Pad Storage!

Hi everyone,

It’s time for the MFT Creative Chat. The My Favorite Things Design Team Creative Chat is a monthly feature, where we are challenged to explore our creative spaces and share valuable organizational methods, tools, and shopping strategies with you. You’ll be able to peek into our creative spaces, ask questions, and share your own ideas in the MFT Forum. This month, we were asked the following questions.

Show us how you store your ink pads.

Any tips on organization?

I have been stamping for well over 25 years, and in that time I have seen various different types of ink pads introduced. When I first began stamping you didn’t have much choice it was either dye, pigment or fabric inks …. now we have so many exciting inkpads out there … chalk inks, rainbow inks that don’t all blend together, permanent and archival ink pads, pearlscent inkpads, metalics to name some of them.

Of course as you will see in my video I had to have many of these and I love them all for many different reasons. Of course having so many ink pads I needed to find storage solutions that worked for me. It took many years to get what I really liked and thanks to some friends at a stamp club I have been going to for years I finally found the one right for me some years back.

Check out my video to see how I store all my ink pads

 

May Creative Chat–Ink Pad Storage

 

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Creative Chat–Copic Storage!

Hi everyone,

It’s time for the MFT Creative Chat. The My Favorite Things Design Team Creative Chat is a monthly feature, where we are challenged to explore our creative spaces and share valuable organizational methods, tools, and shopping strategies with you. You’ll be able to peek into our creative spaces, ask questions, and share your own ideas in the MFT Forum. This month, we were asked the following questions.

Show us how you store your Copic Markers.

Any tips on special techniques you use with Copic Markers?

Any tips on color-matching your Copic markers to card stock or patterned paper?

Any favorite color combinations you use: skin, hair, shading etc?

My copics would have to be one of the most used tools that I have and definitely my preferred option for coloring. As in previous months I have created a video to show you how I store my copic markers.

 

As promised in my video I am including a close up of skin and hair colors that I had in my book I keep for coloring ideas so you can see them better.

Skin Colors:

Hair Colors:

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Creative Chat–Stamp Storage!

Hi everyone,

It’s time for the MFT Creative Chat. The My Favorite Things Design Team Creative Chat is a monthly feature, where we are challenged to explore our creative spaces and share valuable organizational methods, tools, and shopping strategies with you. You’ll be able to peek into our creative spaces, ask questions, and share your own ideas in the MFT Forum. This month, we were asked the following questions.

Show us how you store your MFT Stamps.

Any tips or tricks on organization?

I started buying MFT Stamps way back when Kim first opened her company. I have all the stamp sets except for two sets, so as you can imagine I have a lot of stamp sets to store.

I have again created a video to show you how I store my MFT Stamps … I hope you enjoy.

 

How I store my MFT Stamps

In case anyone is interested the boxes I show in my video are the KVARNVIK box with lid, white from IKEA. I wasn’t about to try and pronounce that on my video LOL!

Visit Kim's Blog for a full list of designers that have taken up the challenge and get ready to delve into the minds of our creative team.

Creative Chat–Ribbon!

Hi everyone!

It’s time for the MFT Creative Chat. The My Favorite Things Design Team Creative Chat is a monthly feature, where we are challenged to explore our creative spaces and share valuable organizational methods, tools, and shopping strategies with you. You’ll be able to peek into our creative spaces, ask questions, and share your own ideas in the MFT Forum. This month, we were asked the following questions.

Show us how you store your ribbon.

What are your favorite types of ribbon?

Any tips or tricks on how to use ribbon on stamped creations?

There was a time, many years ago when I didn’t like ribbon on cards … well that sure has changed. Now I use ribbon a lot! Maybe not on every card I make but a big percentage of them have ribbon.

As with previous Creative Chats, I have again created a video to share my ribbon storage etc with you.

Visit Kim's Blog for a full list of designers that have taken up the challenge and get ready to delve into the minds of our creative team.

MFT Stamps Creative Chat

Hi everyone,

It's time for the MFT Creative Chat. The My Favorite Things Design Team Creative Chat is a monthly feature, where we are challenged to explore our creative spaces and share valuable organizational methods, tools, and shopping strategies with you. You'll be able to peek into our creative spaces, ask questions, and share your own ideas in the MFT forum.  This month, we were challenged with the following:  

• Show us your creative mind at work.  Take us on a journey through a card-making session, start to finish.
• How do you select colors, layout, embellishments, and overall design?
• Share your creative process with us.

Visit Kim's Blog for a full list of designers that have taken up the challenge and get ready to delve into the minds of our creative team.

I have to admit when I first read this month’s topic I was scared!!!! However I am not one to shirk a challenge so I have created another video showing my creative process. Now I must warn you all my video is LONG, I tried to keep it as short as possible but how do you condense what normally takes hours. Fortunately my video won’t take you hours to watch

My Creative Process!

The card you see at the top of this post is the final product from this challenge. I used MFT Stamps Pure Innocence Jump for Joy stamp set. The skipping rope was created using Caribbean Teal Twine. I used three MFT  Die-namics on this card which are:

• Die-namics OVAL Decorative Doily
• Die-namics Faux Crochet Border
• Die-namics First Place Award Ribbon

I also mentioned in my video about the MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenges sketches, if you are new to these you can find them each Wednesday on the MFT Stamps Blog and also on the MFT Stamps Member Forum on Splitcoast Stampers.

Here is the inside of my card, I stamped the PI girl again and also added a sentiment from the Pure Innocence Jump for Joy stamp set.

Visit Kim's Blog for a full list of designers that have taken up the challenge and get ready to delve into the minds of our creative team.

Stamps: Pure Innocence Jump For Joy – MFT Stamps

Paper: White; Black; Orange; Head over Heels DP – Lily Bee Designs

Die-namics: Oval Decorative Doily; Faux Crochet Border; First Place Award Ribbon – MFT Stamps

Other: Black Ink; Antique Linen Distress Ink; Caribbean Teal Twine;  Janome Sewing Machine; Foam Tape; Copics

Domo Arigato!

Hi everyone,

Today the MFT Stamps Design Team are participating in a blog hop with the Scor-Pal Design Team. You can find a full list of Designers participating in this hop over on the MFT Stamps blog.

For my card today I have created a Diamond Fold card using MFT Stamps Pure Innocence Good Fortune stamp set.  I have paper pieced the girls kimono using oriental papers. This was layered using the MFT Die-namics Open Scallop Doily DUO. The sentiment is stamped onto the ribbon of the Die-namics First Place Award Ribbon.

These cards are so easy to create by using a Scor-pal, I have made a video on how to create one of these which you can see below.

How to create a Diamond Fold Card

Here is the other side of my diamond fold card which I have also decorated. The sentiment is also from the Pure Innocence Good Fortune stamp set.

Stamps: Pure Innocence Good Fortune – MFT Stamps

Paper: White; Pink; Purple; Oriental Paper

Die-namics: Open  Scallop Doily Duo; First Place Award Ribbon – MFT Stamps

Other: Black Ink; Purple Ink; Scor-pal; Pearls; Foam Tape; Copics

 

You Fill My Heart With Joy!

Hi everyone,

Recently I made a video to show how to create a heart shaped box using the MFT Die-namics Layered Heart die which I posted for my  Bunch of Hearts Flopsey … MFT New Product Tour post which you can find here.

As I had run out of the card I used for my other box I used the the card and papers you can see in the box above. Seeing I had made it I figured I might as well decorate it so it could also be used. This time round I decided to use MFT Stamps Pure Innocence Fill My Heart with Joy, I just love this adorable little lamb! I paper pieced the lambs shirt and the heart it is holding. The sentiment was stamped and layered using the ribbon from the MFT Die-namics First Place Award Ribbon die.

I also used Maraschino Red Twine to sew around the smaller of the hearts on the top of my box.

Here is a view of my box open. The box section part of is created using two pieces of card … 3 7/8 inches square for the lid and 3 3/4 inches square for the base.

If you missed my video the first time around you can view it here.

How to create a Heart Box using MFT Die-namics Layered Heart Die

 

Stamps: PI You Fill My Heart With Joy – MFT Stamps

Paper: White; Red; DP – Bo Bunny

Die-namics: Layered Heart; First Place Award Ribbon – MFT Stamps

Other: Black Ink; Scor-pal; Foam Tape; Copics

MFT Stamps Creative Chat

Hi everyone,

It’s time for the MFT Creative Chat. The My Favorite Things Design Team Creative Chat is a monthly feature, where we are challenged to explore our creative spaces and share valuable organizational methods, tools, and shopping strategies with you. You’ll be able to peek into our creative spaces, ask questions and share your own ideas in the  MFT forum. This month, we were asked the following questions:

Show us how you store your embellishments.

What are your absolute favorite embellishments?

Any tips or tricks on how to use embellishments on stamped creations?

I love embellishments and over the years I have collected quiet a few … my favorites would be brads, flowers, buttons, rhinestones and those flourishy embellishments which have become popular recently.

This month I have again created a video so you can tour my embellishments with me … I hope you enjoy! I forgot to include all my prima flowers in my video, but you will see all my other flowers.

Come on a tour of my embellishments with me.

Visit Kim's Blog for a full list of designers that have taken up the challenge and get ready to delve into the minds of our creative team.

Creative Chat -

Hi everyone, 

It's time for our November MFT Creative Chat. The My Favorite Things Design Team Creative Chat is a monthly feature, where we are challenged to explore our creative spaces and share valuable organizational methods, tools, and shopping strategies with you. You'll be able to peek into our creative spaces, ask questions, and share your own ideas in the MFT forum.  This month, we were asked the following questions:  

Show us your desk.  How do you have things set up, and why?  

What are your "go-to" tools?  Tell us what you can't live without.

I always look forward to our creative chat's each month. For one thing, it gives me the chance to look at that area we are discussing in my own stamping area and see if there is anyway to improve things. What worked for someone 6 months, a year or whatever ago doesn't always work now ... especially when we are continually purchasing new tools and supplies LOL. I also love see what my MFT Design Team mates use in their work spaces. Some times these ideas can solve a problem I might be having with storage issues.

 I hope you enjoy exploring my desk with me, I have created a video so you can see how everything is set up on my desk.

A look at my stamping desk.

Visit Kim's Blog for a full list of designers that have taken up the challenge and get ready to delve into the minds of our creative team.