Paper Cuts

Today four new releases are available from My Favorite Things:  Back to School, Home for the Holidays, Let’s Hear it for the Boys and It’s Elemental.  Also, MFT is offering FREE SHIPPING to US customers (with reduced shipping internationally) today and tomorrow (8/1-8/2)!!!!  Can’t beat that! 

My first sample is from It’s Elemental.  I love this set because it has four sizes of “ric rac”, a few different “stitch” borders, corners, swirls, buttons, a leaf, a couple flowers…lots of possibilities.

Here, I used the row of x’s to  make a border of cross-stitches around the distressed edge of the background.  For the little tree with birds, I used my markers to color directly onto the stamp.  The ink was pooling on the stamp (check out the birds), but I liked this effect with this card.  The sentiment is pieced from Home for the Holidays.

Cardstock:  Very Vanilla     Patterned Paper:  MME Signature Life “Love” Heart Imprints/Tickled Pink Paper     Stamps: My Favorite Things It’s Elemental, Home for the Holidays     Ink:  Chocolate Chip, Really Rust     Accessories:  Really Rust, Chocolate Chip, Not Quite Navy Stampin’ Write Markers, large oval punch, ribbon (Recollections), edge distresser, sponge, antique copper brads (Making Memories)

Home for the Holidays comes with 26 stamps in the set!  Wow!  Here, I used the stem of greenery to make the wreath.  Using a pencil, I lightly traced a circle onto my paper, then randomly stamped the stem.  The shiny red berries were made using a red Stardust Gelly Roll pen.  The patterned paper is a new holiday line from Cosmo Cricket, Be Good.  I’m sure you can’t tell in the photo, but the red (which is the reverse side of the print) has a shimmery sheen to it.  I LOVE this paper!!

Cardstock:  Always Artichoke, Very Vanilla     Patterned Paper:  Cosmo Cricket Be Good: Believe     Stamps: My Favorite Things Home for the Holidays     Ink:  Always Artichoke, Brilliance Graphite Black, Ranger Walnut Distress    Accessories:  Karen Foster thumbtack brads, red Stardust gelly roll pen, gold cord, edge distresser, sponge 

This card uses Let’s Hear it for the Boys.  I decided to keep this one simple.  I stamped the fish plaque, colored and cut out the fish and “hung” them on the string, tying them through the big eyelets.  I pieced together the sentiment from the many words that come with the set.  I have a couple more ideas for this one, so please check back later!  Thanks for stopping by, and don’t forget to check out this great new sets (here)!!!

Cardstock:  Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla     Patterned Paper:  My Mind’s Eye Wild Asparagus “Friends” Stripe and Dots     Stamps: My Favorite Things Let’s Hear it for the Boys     Ink:  Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery, Brilliance Graphite Black    Accessories:  Antique copper extra large eyelets (We R Memory Keepers), white string, mat pack/needle, Chocolate Chip Stampin’ Write marker, dimensional

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