Paper Cuts

My last “official” MFTeaser.   Awwwww…. 

Tonight My Favorite Things releases three new sets–one mini (Friends Furever) and two full-sized sets (Gone to the Dogs and Goin’ Places).  Today I have a couple samples using Goin’ Places.   For both cards I used Making Memories “Travel Embellishment” for the patterned paper.  It was perfect!  (Kind of vintage-ish.)

Bon Voyage

I had fun making this one.   Pretty much everything is paper-pieced.  I stamped the luggage, the girl’s dress and the map onto patterned paper then added some shading with Copic markers.  The arms and legs were colored on vanilla cardstock and cut out.  I popped up the arms (after cutting them as one piece for easier placement) and then slipped the cut out map into her hands.  I sponged the edges of just about everything.  (I didn’t sponge her legs or arms…if I had, she’d be hairy and, well, that would not be attractive.)

Cardstock:  SU Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla   Patterned Paper:  Making Memories “Travel Embellishment” paper pad   Stamps:  My Favorite Things “Goin’ Places”   Ink:  Brilliance Graphite Black, Ranger Walnut Stain and Frayed Burlap Distress inks   Accessories:  Copper brads (Accent Depot), Copic markers, sponge.  Card size 5” x 5”.

Going Somewhere?

This one is much simpler.  I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to align the buildings along the bottom then placed a strip of sponged patterned paper for the ground.  The sentiment was stamped on patterned paper as was the plane.  The top wing is raised on pop dots.  Once the front panel was assembled, I adhered the whole thing to a Natural Ivory card base.

(Pretty much same supplies as above. Card size 5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″.)

Also, Setting the Stage is on sale this month (regularly $17.95, now $13.95).  You can check it out here.  Don’t forget about the new release party tonight in the MFT Member Forum at Splitcoast from 9-11 p.m. (est)!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great day!

My Favorite Things is releasing three fun new sets on Wednesday, May 7th.  The two sets I’ve used here are all about the pups!  I do not have any pets (other than a fish…if you want to call that a pet), but I do like dogs and I’ve always been drawn to dog stamp sets.  I don’t know why.  Just another odd thing about me. 

Friends Furever

I think this image from May’s MFT mini set is just so darn cute!  I colored the pup with Copic markers and paper-pieced the little boy’s shirt.   I made the “collar” from brown twill, adding We R Memory Keepers eyelets and buckle.  The pup’s nose is nice and shiny by coloring in with a black glaze pen.  All edges were heavily sponged with Ranger Walnut Stain Distress ink.

Cardstock:  SU Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla   Patterned Paper: Basic Grey Archaic paper pad   Stamps:  My Favorite Things “Friends Furever”   Ink:  Brilliance Graphite Black, Ranger Walnut Stain Distress   Accessories:  Copic markers, twill, WRMK hardware, Karen Foster thumbtack brad, Sakura black glaze pen,  piercing template/needle, Chocolate Chip marker, pop dots, sponge.  Card size 5 ½” x 4 ¼”.

For a Fabulous Friend

I think this set, Gone to the Dogs, is my favorite of the MFT May releases.  The set comes with the girl, the leash and twelve different breeds of dogs!   Since I’ve always loved Labradors and my kids are crazy for Chihuahuas, I had to use both. 

I first stamped the girl and masked her. I stamped the Lab then added the leash and paper-pieced the clothes.  I stamped the tiny dog on a separate piece of cardstock, colored him, made the little carrier and adhered him behind the girl.  The arm holding the dog is actually paper-pieced too as I thought that to be the easiest way to get everything where I wanted it.

The sentiment is from MFT’s “Let’s Go for a Walk” set.

Cardstock:  SU Chocolate Chip, Papertrey Ink (white)   Patterned Paper: Basic Grey Sugared paper pad   Stamps:  My Favorite Things “Gone to the Dogs” and “Let’s Go for a Walk”   Ink:  Brilliance Graphite Black   Accessories:  Copic markers,  Creative Impressions dog bone clip, Making Memories brads, 5/8” chocolate grosgrain, Stamp-a-ma-jig.  Card size 5 ½” x 4 ¼”.

Be sure to check out the release party Wednesday night in MFT’s Member Forum at Splitcoast!  Thanks for visiting!  Have a great day!

Hello!  Since Mother’s Day is just around the corner, I thought I’d play a bit with this set from My Favorite Things.  My mother-in-law lives in Arizona, so I did a little switch-a-roo on the pot contents.

Happy Mother’s Day-Arizona Style

Before stamping this image from MFT’s Happy Mother’s Day set, I masked off the part of the image with the irises.  I had to draw back in parts of the girl’s body as the irises overlapped parts.  I had this cactus image left over from another card that used the Ride Em’ Cowgirl set, so  using my craft knife, I cut a small incision at the top of the pot and tucked the bottom of the cactus inside.

I picked up the tiny flower punch from the Target Dollar Spot a while back.  For each flower, I punched two images,  layered them onto the card and attached with a tiny brad.   Then I folded in the petals of each top image just a bit.  I really like the effect.

To give the card just a bit more of a southwestern look, I added the slanted stitches around the striped block and on the sentiment panel.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a great day!

Cardstock:  SU Confetti White (base), Papertrey Ink (white)   Patterned Paper:  Crate Paper Sweet Branch Collection “Hope” and “Blossom”   Stamps:  My Favorite Things “Happy Mother’s Day” and “Ride Em’ Cowgirl”  Ink:  Brilliance Graphite Black   Accessories:  Copic markers, SU black and Close to Cocoa markers, small flower punch, piercing template/needle, Queen & Co. white sprinkle brads, pop dots.  Card size 4 ¼” x 5 ½”.

Hi!  Julia’s challenge today at Splitcoast is to use acrylics.  It can be any kind of acrylics.  So I used clear stamps on acrylic blocks (not sure if the stamps are actually “acrylics”), Dew Drops and a clear button that I am claiming to be acrylic.  :)

I’ll Be Your Umbrella

I used one of my favorite sets by My Favorite Things, Rain or Shine.  I stamped the image onto what started out as white cardstock.  I paper-pieced both the girl’s coat and the dog’s sweater.  The boots are paper-pieced as well.  Once the image was assembled, I covered the coat, sweater and boots with paper glaze so they look like they really are waterproof.  And since one group of those raindrops is coming in at a strange angle, I’d say another one of those wacky storms is coming.  (I’ll get it right one of these days!)

Here’s a tip for evenly spacing Dew Drops…  I use the largest holes on my SU mat pack to determine the positions of the drops then I add a dot of paper glaze to each spot.  I carefully remove the template, put the drops in place and then lay the template back over the drops, allowing them to slide a tiny bit in whichever direction before the glaze dries.   The Drops don’t actually fit through the holes, but the holes are just the right size for getting those things perfectly aligned.  Try it!

I punched a circle from the coat pattern to place under the button but it’s hard to see in the photo.  I used the paper glaze to attach the button to the card front.

And did you notice that cute little bubble bath watermark? I love it!  Kim had one made for each of the DT members.  (Thanks, Kim!)

A couple of notes…don’t forget that all MFT stamps are 10% off through Friday, April 18th.  Be sure to use the code “Tish” during checkout to get your discount.  Details here.

Also, if you’d like to help Kim design MFT’s August mini set, leave a comment here with your suggestions.  Kim will pick a winner on May 1st!

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great day!

Cardstock:  SU Chocolate Chip, Papertrey Ink white   Patterned Paper:  Basic Grey Sugared   Stamps:  My Favorite Things “Rain or Shine”   Ink:  Brilliance Graphite Black, Adirondack Latte   Accessories:  Copic markers, Aleene’s Paper Glaze, Dew Drops “Men’s”, button, ¾” circle punch, ribbon, scalloped scissors, sewing machine/thread, pop dots.  Card size 4 ¼” x 5 1/2”.

A few months ago, Kim posted on her blog about her friend, Tish, who’d been diagnosed with a rare form of ovarian cancer.  Sadly, Tish lost her battle last week, leaving behind a husband and two young sons.

There are more details on Kim’s blog, but here is the sale info:

• Kim is offering a 10% discount on ALL stamps on the My Favorite Things site.
• Use the coupon code Tish at checkout to receive 10% off all the stamps in your shopping cart. (It won’t discount your other merchandise, just stamps.)
• The coupon code will run from Tuesday, April 15th-Friday, April 18th. 
• Kim will donate 10% of ALL proceeds (including money spent on other items on the site) to the family at their April 26th benefit. 

Let’s help Kim reach her goal.  Thanks!

Happy Wednesday!!  I have a couple samples today using My Favorite Things‘ second new release, Can Ya Dig It.

Planting Veggies

I didn’t pull this off as well as I had hoped (you know…vision in the head doesn’t always translate as well to paper), but I tried!  I used one of the background stamps from MFT’s Behind the Scenes for the garden rows.  Yes, I cut out all those little plants.   I question my own sanity all the time so it’s totally ok to shake your head.  After adhering the little plants, I used a brown marker to add a little mound of dirt at the base of each stem.  Then I outlined a bit with two different gray Copics to add some shadow and depth.

Cardstock:  SU Garden Green, Very Vanilla   Patterned Paper:  American Traditional Designs Recipe Time “Veggies”   Stamps: My Favorite Things “Can Ya Dig It” and “Behind the Scenes”  Ink:  Ranger Walnut Distress, SU Garden Green, Stazon Jet Black   Accessories: Twill, Karen Foster Gardening charms, SU markers, Copic gray markers, sponge, sewing machine/thread, pop dots.  Card size 5 ½”x 4 ¼”.
Love Grows

There isn’t really a lot to say about this one.  I paper-pieced.  (Shocking, I know. )  The hat is raised on  pop dots and…I think that’s about it.

Don’t forget about the release party tonight from 9-11 est in MFT’s Member Company forum at Splitcoast!

Thanks for stopping!  Have a great day!

Cardstock:  Bazzill Carob Cream Smoothies, Papertrey Ink (white)   Patterned Paper:  Memory Box Sprouts   Stamps: My Favorite Things “Can Ya Dig It”   Ink:  Brilliance Graphite Black   Accessories: Ribbon piercing template/needle, Chocolate Chip marker, Copic markers, American Crafts eyelet, Crop-a-dile, pop dots, sponge.  Card size 5 ½”x 4 ¼”.

On April 2nd (10:30 p.m. est), My Favorite Things will release two new sets, Can Ya Dig It and Happy Mother’s Day.  Today I have two samples using Happy Mother’s Day.

Happy Mother’s Day -1

This first card follows this week’s MFT sketch challenge (MFTSC24).  If you’d like to play along, you can find the details here.

After stamping the focal image onto white cardstock, I made a mask from a Post It note, then used MFT’s Behind the Scenes to stamp the dotted background.  (There’s a great assortment of backgrounds in that set.)  I stamped the dots on the flowers also.  Perfect match!

Cardstock:  SU Orchid Opulence, Papertrey Ink (white)   Patterned Paper:  Memory Box “Sprout”   Stamps:  My Favorite Things “Happy Mother’s Day” and “Behind the Scenes”   Ink:  Brilliance Graphite Black, Versamagic Dew Drop “Spring Pansy”   Accessories: Copic markers, SU Pretties kit (flowers and brad), corner rounder.  Card size: 4 ¼” x 5 ½.

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Happy Mother’s Day -2

Unfortunately, I could not get all the details on this card to show in the picture.  The pot and flowers are cut out and raised on pop dots, and the flowers and leaves are covered with a clear gel pen so they’re nice and glossy.  When I popped up the flowers, I added a dot of glue to the stem end and held the point down with the tip of my scissors until it dried.  That way only the outer edges of the flowers are raised and they look like they’re connected to the stems.

Cardstock:  SU Rose Red, Almost Amethyst, Papertrey Ink (white)   Patterned Paper:  Me & My Big Ideas   Stamps:  My Favorite Things “Happy Mother’s Day”   Ink:  Brilliance Graphite Black   Accessories: Copic markers, Sakura clear gel pen, ribbon, pop dots.  Card size: 5 ½” x 4 ¼”.

There are two other stamps in this set that I didn’t use on these cards…a little “photo corner” of flowers and the sentiment “Have a wonderful Mother’s Day” which would work well on the outside of the card or as an inside sentiment.

My Favorite Things is having a New Release Cocktail Party on Wednesday, April 2 from 9-11 p.m. est. Lots of fun is planned!  Find out how YOU can be the next MFT Guest Designer. Head over to the MFT forum  at Splitcoast to find out all the details!

And today’s the last day for 15% off your order at Jacksonbelle Embellishments! (Use code Opening02 at checkout!)

I have to run!  We have an exciting day (not really) of doctor appointments.  I’ll be back soon with a sample or two of MFT’s other new release, Can Ya Dig It.  Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Monday, monday, nah nah, nah nah nah….  I have that song stuck in my head.  (Sorry…now you probably do, too.)  Just be glad you can’t hear me singing it.

Hey Chick!

Today, I used the My Favorite Things Monday sketch and the new MFT set, Eggstra Special Easter. 

I have a *lot* of fairly old patterned paper so I decided this week I’m going to use it (or at least some of it).  The saffron-ish solid on the back of the print made it easy to choose a coordinating color.  I paper-pieced the tulips as well as the leaves.  I just colored over the leaves with a very light gray marker to give them a bit of a darker tint without too green.  The grass I just scribbled in with a marker and the bigger chick is raised on pop dots.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great day! 

Cardstock:  SU Very Vanilla   Patterned Paper:  My Mind’s Eye Tres Jolie “Bright Floral/Jaune Papier   Stamps:  My Favorite Things “Eggstra Special Easter”   Ink:  Brilliance Graphite Black   Accessories:  Copic markers, black SU marker, WeR Memory Keepers Pewter hardware, pop dots.  Card size 5 ½” x 4 ¼”.

Good morning!  My Favorite Things has two fun new releases this week, Punch a Bunch and Ride Em’ Cowgirl available Wednesday, March 5.  Check out the MFT forum for details!

Bloomin’ Wonderful

This card uses the new Punch a Bunch set which is actually designed to be used with the Marvy oval punches.  There are oval frames, words to fit inside the frames and several sets of flowers and stems. 

I chose to use one of the word strips, bending it a bit into the shape of a flower petal.  (It reads “Hope your day is bloomin’ wonderful.”)  I then stamped one of the flower bunches in the center and added the tiny white brads as accents.  The flower itself is raised on foam squares, as is the panel beneath it. 

Cardstock:  SU Soft Sky, Papertrey Ink white   Patterned Paper:  SU Afternoon Tea DSP  Stamps:  My Favorite Things “Punch a Bunch”    Ink:  SU Soft Sky   Accessories:  Queen & Co. white sprinkle brads  white taffeta, foam squares.  Card size 4 ¼” x 4 ¼”.
Happy Trails

And here’s Ride Em’ Cowgirl!  How fun!  I stamped the girl onto Naturals Ivory cardstock twice… once for the base and once for the arm and rope.  I stamped the dress portion on the blue paper, the boots on brown and the ground on green.  I cut the arm and rope as one, only adhering the arm and top of the rope, then I lightly bent the ends of the rope so they’re slightly lifted from the card.

ETA:  If you decide to sponge AFTER you put the card together, you might want to mask the arm… otherwise you’ll have a girl with a hairy arm.  Don’t look too closely.  lol.)

Cardstock:  SU Chocolate Chip, Naturals Ivory   Patterned Paper: We R Memory Keepers Boho Chic Luscious Lace and Funky Fix  Stamps:  My Favorite Things “Ride Em’ Cowgirl”    Ink:  Brilliance Graphite Black, Ranger Walnut Distress   Accessories:  Copic markers, SU Chocolate Chip marker, mat pack/needle, hemp, Karen Foster Cowboy charm, pop dots.  Card size5 ½” x 4 ¼”.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a great day!

Happy (wacky) Wednesday!  I thought it would be fun to once in a while have a day of being wacky…using stamps in a way that maybe they weren’t intended.  I’ve had a couple of goofy ideas using stamps from My Favorite Things.  (I know that comes as a shock to some of you. lol.)  They’re just so much fun!  

Three Peeps

This first card uses the new sets Eggstra Special Easter and Twisted Sentiments.   I thought it would be cute to have the egg tipping just a bit too far with the little peep looking up awaiting his fate.  Hopefully the balancer is more talented than it appears and all will be well.  

Along the bottom I used two of the tiny running chicks from Hoppy Easter.  I colored the image with Copic markers and added the white dots with a gel pen.

 Cardstock:  Papertrey Ink (white), SU Apricot Appeal   Patterned Paper:  Imaginisce “For Peep’s Sake”   Stamps:  MFT Eggstra Special Easter, Twisted Sentiments, Hoppy Easter   Ink:  Brilliance Graphite Black, SU Groovy Guava   Accessories:  Copic markers, white taffeta, mat pack/needle, white gel pen, pop dots.  Card size 5” x 5”.

I often look at things and see something other than it’s intended purpose…you knew that, right?  Well…

The Expected…A Chick

I didn’t spend much time on this card, but I wanted to show what the original image looks like (in case you didn’t already know).  The stamps are part of the Serenity Now set by My Favorite Things.   The first time I used this image I paper-pieced, as I did here.  

Cardstock:  Papertrey Ink (white), SU Chocolate Chip   Patterned Paper:  Basic Grey Pheobe Paper Pad   Stamps:  Serenity Now by My Favorite Things   Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black   Accessories:  Copic markers, ribbon, American Crafts Chestnut mini brads, pop dots.  Card size 4 ¼” x 4 ¼”. 

The UNexpected…A Crack

But somehow, amid all of my cutting and putting back together, I saw a butt.  It’s the same image as above, but instead of cleavage, there’s a crack.  I simply drew in a couple leg lines and there it was.  Go figure!

I thought it would be funny to make a “belt” on the card (since it is obviously missing from the pants) and in doing so, I actually  learned something new.  I didn’t know how to put eyelets on ribbon without the ribbon pulling in on each side, but I figured it out.  I marked the spot where I wanted the eyelet, then I folded the ribbon in half one way, cut a small incision with my scissors, opened the ribbon and folded it the other way, cutting another small incision across the first one (like a little x).  By doing this, a small hole is created, just big enough for the eyelet to fit and there are no loose threads pulling across the back to pull in the sides of the ribbon.  (I’m certain I’m not the first to discover this, but it was kind of a “happy duh” moment for me.)

Cardstock:  Papertrey Ink (white), SU Chocolate Chip   Patterned Paper:  Basic Grey Pheobe Paper Pad   Stamps:  Serenity Now by My Favorite Things, A Good Egg by Stampin’ Up!   Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black   Accessories:  Copic markers, ribbon, WeR Memory Keepers Copper hardware, glue dots.  Card size 3 ½” x 2 1/4”.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I have a similar post for tomorrow (but not rude).  :)   Have a great day!