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It's been a while since I had time to work on a card or a challenge.  Thankfully, a few days ago I had some extra time to play in my craft room and was inspired by the current My Favorite Things sketch challenge #430 .  I ended up with the cute birthday card pictured here.   Here's the sketch for the challenge.  I decided to turn the design 90 degrees but kept the card layout in portrait.   I replaced the hearts with fish from the Gillfriends stamp set.  I didn't want all of the fish going in the same direction but I did want them to be roughly the same size.  I choose the angelfish, the blowfish, and the one I call a fighting fish.   Using Distress Oxide inks in Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Faded Jeans, and Chipped Sapphire, I blended the colors on white paper from light to dark to create an ocean depth.  To add movement, I placed a Wave stencil from Memory Box on the paper and blended Broken China over the Tumbled Glass, Faded Jeans over Broken China,

When I first saw the latest sketch for MFT's sketch challenge, I knew what stamp set I wanted to use and how I wanted the card to look.  It isn't often that an idea translates easily to reality, so I was pleased with how my card turned out.  Here's my finished card for the challenge. This is the original sketch, the one that everyone works from to create a card for the challenge. The MFT sketch challenge runs weekly and a new sketch (as well as the winner of the previous sketch challenge) is posted on Wednesdays.  Head on over there to see what others have created and join in on the fun! MFT Sketch Challenge #379 With the slope and the banner, I had the idea to use the Somebunny I Love stamp set which I recently purchased but had yet to use.  I wanted to create a night sky with clouds at the bottom of the card, so I flipped the sketch so the slope would be at the bottom.  This is just some of the versatility of sketch challenges.  Rotate them, flip them

Time for another MFT stamps sketch challenge!   As always, the challenge requires at least one MFT stamps product.  Since I recently purchased the Raving Raccoons stamp set from a Facebook de-stash group, I thought it would be the perfect time to use it.   Here's my finished card, which I managed to get done with just 12 hours to spare. Now on to the card sketch.  I knew I wanted to use the raccoons.  I also spotted  a piece of white polka dot on black paper  on my craft desk  that I thought would look great with the raccoon.  So I placed those to one side along with a pre-cut card base.  Lately I have been on a trend of using  light aqua, dark aqua and red together.  It's a great combo for winter cards too.  I had scraps on those colors waiting to be put away so I thought I'd use those as well for this card. MFT stamps card sketch #376 So using the elements in the design, I decided to 'bend' things a bit.  I used the broader curve in the stitched b

It's time for the next MFT Sketch Challenge.  Sketch #344 is shown below and since I'm working on my Christmas cards, I thought I'd use the sketch for another card using the MFT stamp set Beast Friends. So first I rotated the sketch 90 degrees.  I knew I wanted to use the Yeti wrapped in Christmas lights so I colored him first.  It may be hard to see in the photo but I colored his fur with Copic markers BG000 and BG0000.  His face is colored with E00 and E000.  The lights on the string are colored with R27, R24, YG67 and YG63. Next I picked out the plaid paper I thought would go with my Yeti.  It's a pretty plaid by Lawn Fawn with pale blue, pale Aqua, and grey stripes on white.  I decided to go with a grey card base to compliment the patterned paper.  I did keep the same stitched border used in the sketch as I thought it matched the plaid paper best.  For the two stripes in the sketch, I added two ribbons.  I wanted a little scene for my Yeti so I die cut

Ok, so this is my first time participating in My Favorite Things sketch challenge.  I first discovered this company earlier this year and I'm so glad I did!  They post weekly sketch challenges and it's easy to participate, you just need to use at least one MFT product.  That's great for me because I'm still starting to buy stamps and dies from them so my inventory is small. Here's the current sketch challenge. Here's my take on the sketch.  I'm currently working on Christmas cards that I will mail this year to friends and family.  Not everything is MFT.  The plaid paper is by The Paper Studio.  The main stamped image of Santa in his rain deer pulled sleigh and the sentiment are by Papertrey ink.  The stitched border, stitched banner tag, and present are by MFT.  (All products will be listed at the end.) As you can see in this photo, the front of the card actually ends at the red border.  This allows the piece of plaid paper I put inside t

Ok, so this is my first attempt at the Papertrey Ink Make It Monday Challenge.  Posted on Monday, June 22nd, the challenge was to dress up part of the inside of the card and bring it to the front through a die cut.   Here's my card... Inspired by a friend who is moving soon. A view of the card standing up... Harder to see the inside design this way. Thanks for taking a look! Supplies used: PTI tinsel & tags dies (house, small banner, three tree landscape, tree & house landscape, cloudy sky), PTI tinsel & tags stamps (house roof), PTI house additions stamps (home, house front, house door), PTI Boards & Beams stamps (home sweet home, congratulations on your new home), CTMH eclectic edges stamp, CTMH olive ink, CTMH cranberry ink, Colorbox black ink.

Every year for the past two years, I have made my own Christmas cards.  This year is no different except I'm posting the cards I make as I make them and starting early. The past two years I have started with purchasing the Christmas card kit from Close to My Heart in addition to making my own designs.  This year they are all my own.  Close to My Heart did make a card kit for this year but I just wasn't that happy with the look of it.  So this year I'm making all my own designs with some inspiration from Pinterest and Papertry Ink. This week I came up with two designs using Papertrey Ink's stamp set: Tremendous Treats: Christmas stamp set, matching Papertrey Ink dies, and various Mat stack dies. First is the Gingerbread man card. "Sweetest Holiday" card I had the perfect christmas paper to use as the background with the Gingerbread man stamp.  All of my cards are 4 by 5 1/2 inches unless I note otherwise. I cut the patterned paper down to 3 7/8 by 5