MFT Summer School 2018: Primary Colors

This is going to be a fun week - extra long weekend with the holiday and some time to create. I'm kicking it off with MFT's Primary Colors challenge. I stuck primarily with yellow, blue, and red... and a little brown, black and white for contrast.

Here's mine:

I don't know if the photo really does the card's sparkle justice... in retrospect, I bet if I added some gold shimmer spray, as well as the clear, it might have looked a bit like a starry night sky. I created the background by using a cloud stencil and white ink over top of a navy base.

Materials:
Paper: Neenah solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock, kraft cardstock
Stamps/Inks: MFT - BB Bitty Bears
Cutting/Embossing: MFT - Birds of a Feather kit
Misc.: Dimensional adhesive, black nuvo drops, clear shimmer mist, MFT - mini cloud stencil edges

Memory Box Rainbow Challenge

I decided to try a U-fold card for Father's Day and Memory Box's Rainbow Challenge. I would normally try to stick to mainly MB, Poppy Stamps, and/or Birch Press stamps/dies, but this card kind of turned into a pretty large mix of a variety of companies. A rainbow seemed appropriate for a Father's Day card, as the grandkids were really enjoying drawing rainbows when we were all together yesteray.

Materials:
Paper: Neenah Solar white and misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Versafine - Onyx Black, Lawn Fawn: Happy Everything
Cutting/Embossing: Lil' Inker Designs - Rainbows & Clouds Die set, Memory Box - Puffy Clouds
Lawn Fawn - Birch Trees, MFT - Picket fence, Bicycle, Grassy Hills, Poppy Stamps - Squirrel Trio
Misc: Nuvo Crystal Glaze, Copic markers, Ranger superfine gold embossing powder

Poppy Stamps - Patterned Paper, Please!

I'm going to squeak in another one tonight - it's been a busy day for me! This challenge is over at Poppy Stamps, and the theme is Patterned Paper.

Here's mine:

The patterned paper I used was for the wallpaper and the cloud sky.

I really enjoyed using the Sapling Collage to fill in the window scene - a little white on the birches, and it was good to go - but a bit of gluing.

I left this one without a sentiment, so I could stamp something on the inside for whatever occasion I might need it for.

Materials:
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Neenah - Solar white, Basic Grey - Kneehighs, BoBunny Lemonade stand
Stamps/Inks: Stampin' Up - Whisper White
Cutting/Embossing: Poppy Stamps - Squirrel Trio and Grand Madison Window die, Penny Black - Wood Floors, Memory Box - Sapling Collage, MFT - Grassy Hills

Memory Box

This month's challenge at Memory Box was Insects/Dragonflies/Butterflies. I don't have any bug dies, but I definitely have butterflies!

Here's what I came up with:

I tried out some new to me embossing powders by Brutus Monroe - fantastic! Look at how sparkly it made the butterflies! I cut the butterflies out of paper that I had inked up with distress oxides, let dry, covered in versamark, dipped in embossing powder, heated - voila! Sparkle without all the glittery mess!

Materials:
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Neenah - Solar white
Stamps/Inks: Versamark, Distress Oxides - Broken China, Twisted Citron, Squeezed Lemonade, Carved Pumpkin, Wilted Violet and Picked Raspberry, Distress Inks: Lucy Clover and Mowed Lawn; Pretty Pink Posh - Everyday Greetings
Cutting/Embossing: MB - Potenza Butterfly Trio and Adorable Posies, Echo Park - Nature Edges, Brutus Monroe embossing powder - Pink Champagne and Rainbow Sparkle
Misc.: Sparkle sheer shimmer mist, MFT mini cloud edges

Heffy Doodle

I think it's finally safe to say that summer has arrived at our house. In that spirit, I made a card for Heffy Doodle's challenge, "Summer Loving." The deadline is May 31st - can use Heffy Doodle, as well as other company products.

Here's mine:

Look at that fabulous embossing powder - sandcastle by Brutus Monroe!

And a close up of the dimension in the sky...

Materials;
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Neenah - solar white
Stamps/Inks: Heffy Doodle - Happy Snappy Crocs, MFT - Penguins in Paradise
Cutting/embossing: MFT - Wonky Stitched Rectangles and Snow drift dies, Brutus Monroe - Sandcastle Embossing powder, Lil' Inker Designs - Small Sunshine and Rainbow & Clouds die set, Heffy Doodle - Happy Snappy Crocs die
Misc: Twinkle stickles, dimensional adhesive, Copic markers, nuvo crystal glaze, and ranger alcohol inks

Happy Mother's Day!

Since it's Mother's Day, it's safe to post my Mother's day card to my Mom...

I have seen so many beautiful cards with this stamp from Unity, which is also a MN based stamp company, so I not only ordered one for myself, but also decided to give a couple of them as gifts. Stunning stamp - easy to color. I've seen many done with Zigs, but I had my copics readily available, so I used them.

The floral patterned paper is from a Doodlebug 6x6 pad - it was a good find!

Thank you for stopping by!

Supplies:
Paper: Bazzill cardstock, Neenah - Solar white, Doodlebug - Hello, Gold Foil paper
Stamps/Ink: MFT - Extreme Black ink, Unity Stamp Co - You are forever beautiful
Cutting/Embossing: Hero Arts Luggage Tag Alphabet set, SSS - Wavy Scallop Stitches border die
Misc: Copic markers, stickles

Lawn Fanatics Challenge #27

I decided to play along with the Lawn Fanatics today. I've been putting together a lot of 3D cards since I took a class with Jenn Shurkus at Crafters Haven (and putting together kits for a couple of cards inspired by that class for an upcoming office event that I'm hosting). So, the theme of 3D cards was appropriate and inspiring...

Here it is- 

Here's the pop up inside:

The windows of the campers, yellow on the glowbugs, and the "glows" glow in the dark!

Thanks for stopping by!

Materials
Paper: Neenah - Solarwhite, misc. Bazzill cardstock, Ella & Viv - Galaxy
Stamps/Inks: Lawn Fawn - Happy Trails, Little Fireflies, Summertime Charm, Upon a Star, and Lights Out; Distress inks - spiced marmalade, MFT - Extreme Black
Cutting/Embossing: Lawn Fawn coordinating die set - Happy Trails and Little Fireflies, LF - Pivot Pop-up and Thanks line border, Spellbinders- standard circles, Echo Park - Nature Edges
Misc: Nuvo glow drops -banana split, Twinkle stickles, copic markers