Smile, You’re Picture Perfect

It is finally time for the My Favorite Things August release!  All the new products are now available in the MFT Boutique, but first I hope you’ll take our New Product Tour.  You never know…you might see something you just can’t live without.  😉

I have two cards to share tonight, both using one of my favorites of the new Pure Innocence sets, Picture Perfect.

Is this not one of the cutest concepts ever?  She’s adorable!

I colored with Copics, then pieced her dress.  I used W00 and W1 markers to add the “pleats” to her dress.

One of the Mini Tabs Foursome Die-namics was used for the “smile” tab.

I used a second sentiment on the inside.  This was not the sentiment I *wanted* to use, however.  One of my hardfast rules of using acrylic stamps is to N-E-V-E-R remove a stamp from the plastic sheet without immediately adhering it to a clear block.  (Do you know where this is going?)  I pulled the sentiment I wanted to use, set it on my paper, did …something…I don’t know what.  And when I came back to stamp my sentiment, it was gone.  Nowhere to be found.  It’s stuck to something…somewhere.  I was so mad at myself.  I wanted to use “You’re picture perfect” but now can’t…until I order a second set.  Grrr…  (Still cute though.)

On my second card, I used the same set, the smallest of Traditional Tags and our new Layered Rose Die-namics.

Again, I used Copics to color, then paper-pieced the dress, adding pleats with the same gray markers.

To “hang” the tag, I poked a hole on each side of the frame, inserted string and tied.

Here’s a close-up of our pretty Layered Rose.  I placed a red die-cut on the bottom of the stack, slightly off center, to help the flower stand out from the same pattern behind.  (It’s a nifty little trick I often use.)

On the inside, I stamped the little head, minus the frame, along with a sentiment from Pure Innocence All Occasion Sentiments.

Don’t forget to head on over to the MFT blog for direct links to more samples using this month’s stamp and Die-namics sets!

Thanks for visiting! 🙂

Smile 1:  MFT “Picture Perfect” (Pure Innocence)    Ink:  Memento Tuxedo and Desert Sand   Paper:  MFT Hot Fudge cardstock, X Press It Blending Card, My Mind’s Eye Six by Six “Gnome Sweet Gnome” (6×6)   Accessories: Copic markers (E00, E11, BV000, R20, Y21, E31, E33, E35, BG53, W1, W00, BG70), Prismacolor pencils, MFT Mini Tabs Foursome Die-namics, Melissa Frances trim, ribbon.  Finished size 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″.

Smile 2:  MFT “Picture Perfect” and “All Occasion Sentiments” (Pure Innocence)    Ink:  Memento Tuxedo    Paper:  MFT Red Hot cardstock, X Press It Blending Card, My Mind’s Eye The Sweetest Things “Lavender” (6×6)   Accessories: Copic markers (E00, E11, BV000, R20, Y21, YR14, E35, E40, E41, E50, E51, E31, E33, G21), MFT Traditional Tags STAX and Layered Rose Die-namics, mini pom-pom trim, string, button.  Finished size 5″ x 5″.