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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
mft wings & wishes
Monday, March 25, 2024
mft you bring sunshine
Just one more day until the MFT Stamps March 2024 release hits the shop and I have another sneak peek to share with you!
This is the You Bring Sunshine set. Isn't that bunny adorable?!
I stamped, die cut and colored the bunny. I also borrowed a few clouds from the You Make Moo So Happy set.
The background is just a simple ink blended circle (with Distress Oxide Salvaged Patina and Cracked Pistachio).
There's more to see on the MFT blog today so stop by when you have a minute!
Sunday, March 24, 2024
mft ear for you
Saturday, March 23, 2024
mft bundle of love
The Pure Innocence line at MFT Stamps is so sweet & charming and I'm excited that there are brand new PI sets coming next week! I've got a little sneak peek...
This is the Pure Innocence Bundle of Love! Isn't she so cute?!
I stamped, die cut and colored her. And I love to color but it takes me forever so I only had time for a super simple card. I just masked off a stripe and ink blended with Distress Oxide Seedless Preserves.
Then I stamped the sentiment and added a little faux splatter with a pen.
Wanna see more of the new Pure Innocence sets? Head over to the MFT blog!
Friday, March 22, 2024
mft you rescued me + countdown to mft march 2024 release
MFT Stamps has done it again! They have a new release filled with absolute cuteness hitting the shop on March 26th! Would you like a little sneak peek? (I'm assuming you said yes very enthusiastically, LOL!)
This is the adorable new Jenoblade set, You Rescued Me! For some reason when I have a cute cat stamp, I have to wrap it in "yarn"...haha!
I stamped, die cut and colored the little cat in the box. Then I created the ball of yarn by wrapping a small circle of cardstock with embroidery floss. I wrapped a little more floss around the cat and used foam tape to adhere it to my card.
The finishing touches were a stamped sentiment and a little faux splatter with a pen.
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
simon says stamp be bold
A bold & beautiful new collection of stamps, dies, stencils and more just hit the Simon Says Stamp shop...the Be Bold collection!!!
There are so many fab sets but I am currently a little obsessed with two new stencils, Groovy Blooms and Retro Arcs!
The Groovy Blooms is a really cute layering stencil set but for this card I just couldn't get enough of the large bold bloom so I used low-tack tape to isolate one flower on the stencil. Then I ink blended that bloom with Distress Oxide Carved Pumpkin & Picked Raspberry repeatedly over my card front.
I repeated the same process with the second stencil, isolating just one flower middle and using Black Soot ink.
I finished the card with one of my favorite phrase dies, Simply Thank You and a little faux splatter with a pen.
For this card I used the Retro Arcs stencil with my favorite rainbow of Distress Oxide ink (Carved Pumpkin, Picked Raspberry, Shaded Lilac, Salvaged Patina and Twisted Citron).
Now I'm usually a little lazy with stencils, like just hold them in place and hope for the best, LOL! But with this stencil I highly recommend using Pixie Spray or a similar adhesive because the stencil is just so delicate.
I added a die cut sentiment with the Love You die and a little faux splatter with a pen to finish the card.
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
mft all-star high top
Did you hear that MFT Stamps opened their vault today and brought back some of their most requested Laina Lamb Designs sets?
One of the sets I was most excited to get my hands on is the All-Star High Top!
This die set is so cute!!! And the coordinating High Top Sentiments stamps is so darn cute too!!!
For this card I die cut the sneaker from smooth watercolor cardstock (because I love it for ink blending dye inks) and ink blended it with Poppin' Pink or Candied Yam.
I added all the cute bits like the sole, the logo, etc.
Then I die cut 4 more sneakers from black cardstock to layer underneath to give dimension and a little "shadow" so it would stand out on the white card.
There's more about the vault release over on the MFT blog so pop over and take a peek!