What’s The Buzz?

Hi everyone,
It’s that time again when the MFT Stamps designs team begins showing our MFTeasers in preparation of the new stamps which will be released by MFT Stamps.  The new products will be available on April 9th at 10 PM in the MFT Boutique.

Be sure to head on over to the MFT Stamps Blog so you can find all the release details, prize information, and inspiration about this release.

For my card today I used the new Doodle Garden – Sweet as Can Bee stamp set, isn’t she adorable. I have used this with the Die-namics Blueprints 2 set …. I am loving how easy it is to create a card using these Blueprints die-namics sets.

Also being released this month is Laina Lamb Design – Border It – Mod Borders ….. I love love this set and you will notice over the release I have used it on a number of my cards. This time round I stamped it onto Smooth White card using Licorice Black Ink & Lemon Drop Ink. Hint: When stamping the same border stamp using different color inks, start in the middle of the card that way you can stamp on either side of the last color you stamped and this way you won’t have to clean your stamp as many times as if you started at the top or bottom of your card.

I have also used Black Licorice card for the base of my card and the large oval piece and Lemon Drop card for the other pieces.

Here is the inside of my card. I have again created my background on my card using the Laina Lamb Design – Border It – Mod Borders stamp set. The oval pieces are from the Die-namics Blueprints 2 set.

The sentiment is from the Doodle Garden – Sweet as Can Bee stamp set.

Here are the MFT products I used on my card today. Please note the links to the new products won’t work until  they are released.

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Don’t forget to head on over to the MFT Stamps Blog so you can find all the release details, prize information, and inspiration about this release.

Stamps: Doodle Garden – Sweet As Can Bee – MFT Stamps

Paper: White; Lemon Drop; Licorice Black – MFT Stamps

Die-namics: Blueprints 2 – MFT Stamps

Other: Licorice Black Ink (MFT); Lemon Drop Ink (MFT); Foam Tape; Copics

Things with Wings!

Hi everyone,

It’s challenge time with my friends over on the CCEE Stampers challenge blog. This week being a brand new month we have a new challenge hostess which is Kathy Bradley.

This week Kathy has challenge us to Make a card with the theme - “things with wings “(real or imaginary).

I am still playing with my new Spellbinders M-Bossabilities Framed Labels 18 embossing folder. This time round I only used the top portion of the folder so I could create a square card. I have again used the letter press technique when I used this embossing folder.

For my thing with wings I decided to use my Cottage Cutz Butterfly die. I die cut the butterfly twice from pink card and then layered them over each other to get a 3D look.

Here is the inside of my card, I used a sentiment that I have had for a while … it works perfectly with this die.

Don’t forget to check out the CCEE Stampers blog (goes live 12 AM EST) to see the rest of the creations the CCEE Stampers created this week. You can also see more details of their creations on their individual blogs:

Charlene Merrick	Cindy Haffner	Joanne Grzelak	Shirley Quarry	Anne Harmon	Brenda O'Rear
Lois Bok	Vicky Gould	Sabrina Friel	Kathy Bradley

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Stamps – Butterfly Sentiment – Me & Carrie Lou

Paper: White; Pink

Other: Black Ink; Pink Ink; Cottage Cutz Butterfly Die; Spellbinders M-Bossabilities Framed Labels 18; Button; Twine; Pearls

 

Happy Birthday 2 You

Hi everyone,
It’s Wednesday which means it’s time for this week’s Wednesday Stamp Club sketch over on the MFT Stamps Member Forum of SCS. This week it is my turn to host the sketch.

For my card this week I have used the MFT Stamps Birthday Sentiments stamp set which is this month’s Triple Scoop set. I stamped the sentiment onto Smooth White card using Black Licorice Ink and used the Die-namics Circle Stax 1 & 2 to create all my circles. The base and layers of my card use Black Licorice card and Electric Red card.

For the sentiment “It’s Your Day” I used the Die-namics Mini Tabs Foursome to create the tab.

Here is the inside of my card, the BBQ on the bottom right is part of the designer paper I used on this card. I added a sentiment from the Birthday Sentiments stamp set and also added the Squiggle between my designer papers which was created using the Die-namics Squiggle Border .

Here are the MFT Supplies I used to create my card today:

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We encourage you all to play along, and to enter your card in the weekly draw for a $15 gift voucher to the MFT Boutique. Simply follow the sketch and create a card or other paper creation. You may use any stamps and supplies that you wish. Each week, a keyword is assigned to the sketch. All you need to do to enter, is upload your card to the gallery at SCS, and enter the given keyword in the keyword box, during the upload process. After the deadline, we randomly choose a winner from that week's entries and the winner will receive a $15 gift voucher. If the winning card uses MFT stamps, the participant will earn a $5 bonus, for a total of a $20 gift voucher! That is up to $100 per month in prizes, JUST for playing along. We hope you'll join us in 2013.

Check out the FAQ - Wednesday Stamp Club thread if you need any further info on this challenge or help on how to upload your card to the SCS gallery.

Be sure to check out Kim's Blog, she will have a full list of all the designers participating in today's challenge!

 

Stamps: Birthday Sentiments – MFT Stamps

Paper: Smooth White(MFT); Licorice Black (MFT); Electric Red (MFT); Barbeque DP – Best Creations Inc.

Die-namics: Circle Stax 1 & 2; Mini Tab Foursome; Squiggle Border – MFT Stamps

Other: Black Licorice Ink (MFT); Black Brads; Foam Tape

 

Just for Mother’s Day

Hi everyone,

I have been playing with Spellbinders new M=Bossabilities Framed Labels 18 embossing folder to create this card. This is a large die, larger than I was expecting so it makes a large card.

I used the Letter Press technique to get the pink color on my card. This embossing folder also co ordinates with the Spellbinders Labels 18 dies which is what I used for the sentiment. I added some pearls to the centre of the flowers on the card and also added some ribbon.

Stamps: Just for Mother’s Day – Print Blocks

Paper: White; Pink

Other: Pink Pink; Spellbinders M-Bossabilities Framed Labels 18; Labels 18 Dies; Ribbon; Buttons; Pearls; Foam Tape

It’s a Double Challenge!

Hi everyone,

It’s challenge time again over on the Riley and Company blog. This week our challenge hostess is Mwah!

Today is International Children's Book Day and also Hans Christian Anderson's Birthday. So get your inspiration from a Children's Book for the challenge this week.

This month I am also a Guest Designer for The Color Throwdown Challenge Blog …. how exciting and a little scary too as color challenges are probably the hardest for me LOL!

Here are the colors we have to work with this week ….

For my card  I used Riley and Company’s Flower Bonnet , isn’t she adorable she reminds me of the Nursery Rhyme Mary Mary Quite Contrary with all the flowers in her basket

Here is the inside of my card …. I must confess I got one of the colors confused with another color with a similar name which I use a lot when I first made my card so Riley/Sophie is stamped in the wrong color. I was able to pull my card apart so I could use the correct color everywhere but here. I also used the sentiment Make Your Life a Fairy Tale on the right hand side of my card.

Want to play along????

If you would like to play along with us of course we would love to have you! AND - if you do, you could be in the running to win free rubber ... One lucky person per challenge will win our Logo Riley image which isn't available for purchase. You will also get the chance to display a winner's button on your blog. So get stamping Riley fans :).

To play create a card using Riley and Company images. Once you have created your card/project come back here and place a comment with a link to your card/project to this post so that we can see what you created. If you upload your card/project to SCS don't forget to include the keyword RILEY0713. We can't wait to see what you create!

Don’t forget to check out the rest of the Design Teams blogs today so see what they created for this challenge.

Cindy Haffner

Jovita Torres

Joy Stagg

Kelly Santi

Laurie Clout

Michele L

Silke Kittmann

Don’t forget to also check out the Color Throwdown Blog to see how everyone else used these colors.

Stamps: Flower Bonnet; Make Your Life a Fairy Tale Sentiment – Riley and Company

Paper: White; Always Artichoke; Purple; Rich Razzleberry; DP

Other: Black Ink; Ribbon; Button; Twine; MFT Die-namics Leafy Flourish; MFT Die-namics Circle Stax 1 & 2; Foam Tape; Copics

 

Thomas Kinkade

Hi everyone,

It’s the first CHF non challenge week of the month which means that this week is Thomas Kinkade week where each of the CHF Design Team will be featuring one of the Thomas Kinkade stamps on their blogs. You will need to keep an eye on the CHF DT’s blogs during this week as we won’t all be posting on the same day, but rather on a day that suits us depending on what other stuff we have to blog that week.

Each month I am attempting to use a different technique for my Thomas Kinkade card and this time round I have used the Photo Negative Technique to create my card.

If you love Thomas Kinkade stamps but don’t like coloring them in, this is a technique you may want to try and it is soooooooooooooo easy to do.

All I have done to achieve this look is to stamp my image using white ink, you can use silver ink instead if you prefer, but I decided to go with white ink for my card.

For my card this week I used Cornish Heritage Farms Thomas Kinkade stamp The Light of Peace. I decided to turn this into a sympathy card by using one of the sentiments from the Script Essential Expressions stamp set.

Here is the inside of my card. I used another of the sentiments from the Script Essential Expressions stamp set.

By the way … did you know that Cornish Heritage Farms have released 12 new Thomas Kinkade stamps … you can find them all here.

 

Stamps: Thomas Kinkade The Light of Peace – Cornish Heritage Farms

Paper: White; Black; DP

Other: White Brilliance Ink; White Embossing Powder; Foam Tape