MFT Teaser Time!

 One of the best days of an MFT teaser week is Pure Innocence Day! Today I am showing you "Sweet Greetings". I loved her cute little striped pants so I decided to paper piece them with the Lily Bee paper I have on my desk. I colored the rest of her using my copic markers and boy did I have fun with her cotton candy!

 Here is a really close look at that cotton candy! I used lavender distress stickles underneath to act as my glue but also for a bit of extra color....then while wet I covered it with lavender fun flock. It is so cute and puffy....good enough to eat!

Here is a peek at the inside.....don't you love the new ticket border Die-namic being released! I love it! I imagine it is her wad of tickets she is holding at the fair....
Here are the details about the upcoming release on July 5 at 10 PM EST:

• The MFT release is on July 5 at 10 PM EST. You can attend the release party from 8-10 PM EST here in the forum for fun, games, and prizes! All the new sets and dies will be available July 5 at 10 PM EST.
• The guest designer contest is ON! Check out the forum for details on how YOU can win over $100 in stamp sets and play along with the DT for a month.
• If you'd like to see all the teasers for today, please click on over to Kim's blog NOW! Be sure to leave comments as you go for a chance to win one of 2 $10 vouchers being given away daily, just for leaving a comment. :) Check Kim's blog every day for the winners.

MFT Teaser Time!

How about a VERY clean and simple card for the peek at the set "Sew Nifty"! There is a Die-namics set that is being released with this stamp set....and I fell in love with this dress form!
I debossed it on my card front (photos of this being done can be found in the tutorial in this post).
I then stamped my dress form image in memento ink and colored it with my R81,83 copic markers.
I drew in the black border with my copic multiliner size 0.3, stamped the sentiment and added the button!

A quick look at the inside shows you some more sentiments in the set as well as a cute thread image. 

Here are the details about the upcoming release on July 5 at 10 PM EST:

• The MFT release is on July 5 at 10 PM EST. You can attend the release party from 8-10 PM EST here in the forum for fun, games, and prizes! All the new sets and dies will be available July 5 at 10 PM EST.
• The guest designer contest is ON! Check out the forum for details on how YOU can win over $100 in stamp sets and play along with the DT for a month.
• If you'd like to see all the teasers for today, please click on over to Kim's blog NOW! Be sure to leave comments as you go for a chance to win one of 2 $10 vouchers being given away daily, just for leaving a comment. :) Check Kim's blog every day for the winners.

Sketch Challenge

Welcome to a Wednesday sketch challenge by My Favorite Things. I could finally play along this week as my travel schedule is quiet for the summer. I pulled out one of my favorite characters. This is Fred Bear Oopsie Daisies.
I colored him up with my copic markers (the E 40's family). Look at all those fun cast shadows on his fur, must be a sunny day!
I mounted him on my open scallop doily die-namic. The little sentiment was stamped on one of the ribbons from the First Place Award Ribbon Die-namic.
You can check out and see all the designers who made samples for today on Kim's blog.
If you are uploading to SCS don't forget the keyword MFTWSC26 for this week!

Monday, Monday

 It's Monday....last day of exams for my daughter in high school! Yeah, no more school running around, instead it will be replaced with summer running around.

Today's card is one that was inspired by the flowers around my yard. There are some really pretty ones beginning to bloom.

I stamped these long stem flowers from Hero Arts on X-press it card stock and colored them with my copic markers. I airbrushed the edges to give more of a vintage look.

I treated my focal image to some Melissa Frances Paper.... The treasured attic collection. I sewed around the edges and used Melissa Frances rub-ons for the sentiment and little resin frame to finish it off.

Below is a close up of the card.

Enjoy your Monday!

Time to Garden....

School is out and it is time for summer! I thought it would never come this year...I can actually "sleep in" tomorrow and not have to do any morning "running around".
I can also spend some time nursing my husband's garden.....hence, the inspiration for this card....

Isn't it fun to do a shaped card? I cut this card base on my Cricut Expression using the "Freshly Picked" cartridge. I have finally learned about all the little buttons on my machine so I was able to do the same shape (one in mirror image) so that they could glue together at the handle.
I used the stamp set "Mud Buddies" from My Favorite Things. I did some paper piecing of her outfit and colored her hair/skin with my copics.

Skin: E50,21,33 and yes, some BV20 and R20 for the cheeks. Hair E13,17,18. Watering cup and spade W1,5

*****Take a close look at her watering cup, those of you who have taken the intermediate certification class will identify the shading of a basic cylinder*****

All the paper is from the Kitschy Kitchen collection of Melissa Frances.
Tied up with some twill tape for fun and a rolled daisy die for some dimension on the bow.

Here is a shot of the inside. Notice that I lined my watering can with complimentary paper. I was able to do this quickly and precisely using my cricut.
The card is held together by the handle. The backside of the card is that cute polkadot paper that is on the front....it is sooooo sweet!

Wishing you a warm and relaxing weekend filled with the things you love! I am looking forward to puttering in the garden and starting a good book. Yeah for summer!!!!

A la Modes Teaser

It is teaser time for the A la Modes line this month for My Favorite Things!

This is "I've met my match"....isn't she great! She will be released at 7pm PST on June 21st along with the VIP for this month. I know a girl who would love this set....hey Bek!
I colored her up with my copics:
Hair E11,13,17 Skin E50,21,33 and R20 Racket W1,5,7,9 and YG93,95 Shoes RV00,55,66 Airbrushed background E42 Grass YG01,03,93,95,97
I paired her up with some funky Upcycle patterned paper by Cosmo Cricket!


Check out what the rest of the MFT designers created. The full list is on Kim's blog!

Baby Congrats

 I was playing with these darling canvas clothes by Maya road the other day. I was helping my sister with a layout for a baby shower. Still on my desk and within reach....caused me to make this cute little card today.
Melissa Frances 5th avenue collection made the perfect backdrop for this card. I used the little banner swag as my faux clothesline.

Here is a little close detail shot. The sentiment is from My Favorite Things "Clearly Sentimental About Babies". I stamped it directly to my satin ribbon with versacraft ink. Adding some decorative brads and little resin frame (also from Melissa Frances).

Just in case you thought I abandoned my copics today.....think again! That ribbon WAS white.....colored up with RV00!

MFT Teaser Time!

Welcome to the Pure Innocence teaser day for My Favorite Things! Typically you would see a sweet little PI girl colored up on a card....but today I am showing you just a portion of the "ROSE" image. I had this little 1" square pendant that I thought would make a cute little addition to a key chain or purse.
Stamped on X-press it blending card with Memento ink and colored up with my copics. I coated it with glossy accents and then I was SUPPOSED to wait for it to dry.....oops, I dragged my little chain through the almost dry glossy accents and made a bit of an impression....oh well. It is cute and you only notice it super close up.....like the next photo!

I wanted to show you a bit close up shot so that you can see that I went in with my lipstick and mint spica pens to add a little shimmer.
Below is the photo of the markers I used to color this rose and the background.

Here are the details about the upcoming release on June 7 at 10 PM EST:

• The MFT release is on June 7 at 10 PM EST. You can attend the release party from 8-10 PM EST here in the forum for fun, games, and prizes! All the new sets and dies will be available on June 7 at 10 PM EST.
• The guest designer contest is ON! Check out the forum for details on how YOU can win over $100 in stamp sets and play along with the DT for a month.
• If you'd like to see all the teasers for today, please click on over to Kim's blog NOW! Be sure to leave comments as you go for a chance to win one of 2 $10 vouchers being given away daily, just for leaving a comment. :) Check Kim's blog every day for the winners.

MFT Teaser Time!

I almost couldn't wait to show you my teaser for today's post....this is the newest Jolinne (I love you this much) that is coming out in the June release at MFT (details at the bottom of this post).
I paired up this sweet image with Lily Bee papers (the picket fence collection) and then I mimicked what was in the image to the top border of my card. I used the MFT dienamic "Hearts a Plenty" to cut with my red felt.

I wanted to show you a really close look at the copic coloring. Lots of cast shadows on the draped stool she is sitting on.
Can you notice the extra shading done on the skin tones. I wanted to give her a nose and some knees.
I also used my multiliner pens to stroke in some hair strands and to do a little doodle design on her dress. Just a few details that I wanted to point out.

Here is a quick shot of the inside and a look at more of the sentiments offered in this set!
Here are the details about the upcoming release on June 7 at 10 PM EST:

• The MFT release is on June 7 at 10 PM EST. You can attend the release party from 8-10 PM EST here in the forum for fun, games, and prizes! All the new sets and dies will be available on June 7 at 10 PM EST.
• The guest designer contest is ON! Check out the forum for details on how YOU can win over $100 in stamp sets and play along with the DT for a month.
• If you'd like to see all the teasers for today, please click on over to Kim's blog NOW! Be sure to leave comments as you go for a chance to win one of 2 $10 vouchers being given away daily, just for leaving a comment. :) Check Kim's blog every day for the winners.

MFT Teaser Time!

Welcome to day 1 of the My Favorite Things teasers! Our furry friend Fred is back with "Well Done"! He is always so much fun to color. I used my copics to color this image and then used papers from the Kitschy Kitchen Collection by Melissa Frances to finish the card. 

Here is a close shot of my coloring....now...confession time....
Can you spot my shadowing error?
It is the shadow from the bbq, since my sun is up in the left hand part of the sky my shadow for the bbq should actually be the mirror of what I colored. I realized it too late and didn't want to start all over. I did want to point it out however as I am always learning too....

Here are the details about the upcoming release on June 7 at 10 PM EST:

• The MFT release is on June 7 at 10 PM EST. You can attend the release party from 8-10 PM EST here in the forum for fun, games, and prizes! All the new sets and dies will be available on June 7 at 10 PM EST.
• The guest designer contest is ON! Check out the forum for details on how YOU can win over $100 in stamp sets and play along with the DT for a month.
• If you'd like to see all the teasers for today, please click on over to Kim's blog NOW! Be sure to leave comments as you go for a chance to win one of 2 $10 vouchers being given away daily, just for leaving a comment. :) Check Kim's blog every day for the winners.

Shopping List

Happy Monday! I am home from my fantastic weekend in Toronto....boy was it full and fun!
Thank you to all the ladies who made my weekend so enjoyable.

Back to home life realities and one of them is grocery shopping....today's project is a cute little item I made for my kitchen for grocery lists. It is being featured today on the Melissa Frances Blog!
This is made from Melissa Frances goodies in their Kitschy Kitchen Collection. I love this collection, it has the retro, cheeky, vintage and beautiful all wrapped up in one.
I used one of Melissa Frances' backdrops as my heavy chipboard base and covered it with patterned paper and built it up from there.

A few details that I want to point out. I did do some stamping and copic work on this project. The cute silhouette images of pots and pans and spoons is from the background stamp of Hero Arts called "Kitchen Silhouette". I embossed this image in white directly to my patterned paper.
I also used my copic airbrush system to add some color to the die cut apples (cut from Melissa Frances crepe paper) and also to color the crepe flower I created in the corner.

Here is a close up of my crepe rolled flower. I used the rolled rose die from My Favorite Things to cut out my crepe flower and then rolled it up and a few shots with my airbrush gun. I colored a pearl with my copic marker to match as well.

Wishing you a creative and colorful day!

Thanks a loot!

Hey ya mateys! It has been a bit since I have posted.....life has been streaming along lately! We have had birthdays and are in the midst of some serious house renos....you know how that goes.

One fun thing we did this past holiday weekend was go and see the newest PIRATES movie in 3D! First off we went to this awesome new theatre....it has reclining seats, we could reserve our seat and has a brand new sound system. It was a fantastic theatre experience! This brings me to the inspiration for today's card!

This is one of the new a la modes that is available at My Favorite Things called "I Treasure Our Friendship".
I colored her up using my copics...I wanted to make her "Penelope Cruz" like, so I gave her a deeper skin tone using my E11,13 and 15.
She is paired up with some Upcycle patterned paper by Cosmo Cricket as well as some tiny type letters that I joined with the sentiment.

Just a quick post today. I have a lot created that I can't show you just yet....but it is coming!

In the meantime....a little copic certification news:

I am off to TORONTO this weekend....to a very full certification class and some great copic card classes at Forever Scrapbooks! 

If you live in the West of Canada (like me) then you may want to take the opportunity to sign up for the KELOWNA standard certification class that is happening JUNE 4th! That class is open to the public and if you want to get into an intermediate class that I will be running in the fall here in the west then you need to take this standard class first. You can find an application form HERE.


All the other classes are listed on copic's website HERE. There is a lot going on so don't miss out!

Have a great day!

Happy Birthday Lori!

 How fun to celebrate a birthday of one of the sweetest girls I know! My only wish is that she lived closer!
We are ambushing Lori Craig today with birthday wishes!!!!
Lori is one of those women that I feel I have known forever. She is wise way beyond her years and is a very great friend.
She has INCREDIBLE blue eyes that twinkle when you talk to her, I am so blessed to be able to see her in my copic travels and at trade shows.
Hope you have a fabulous birthday Lori.......LOVE ya babe!

 Here is my little bee hive card for Lori. The chipboard bee hive is from Maya road that I covered with aptly named "Sweetness" patterned paper from Pink Paisley.
I couldn't resist stamping this "Just Bee Yourself" image from My Favorite Things. I added some sentiments as well. The white embossed BEE-UTIFUL sentiment is in the stamp set. The sentiment on top with the frame are from the set "Polka dot greeting".

Here is a little close shot. Colored up with nothing but my copics!!!! Just for Lori :)

Wishing you a sweet day my friend!

A la Modes Teaser

It is teaser time for the A la Modes line this month for My Favorite Things!

This a la mode is called "I need some face time" and will be released May 17th 7pm PST. I was so excited to receive her in the mail as we are a mac family here. I bought my hubby an ipad at Christmas so I can see doing some of these cards for him. I was inspired by the very clean simple lines of mac so went with their emblem as my only real detail on the card. I popped up the top layer of white so I could lay my patterned paper under the apple and rounded the corners (just like our ipad).
Colored her up with my copics and stamped the "hi" sentiment found in this set on the screen.

Here is a shot of the inside....using the cut out of the apple that I created for the front and a scrap of patterned paper and the DARLING sentiment for the inside!

In the past, we've released our à la modes images in cling rubber, however, this month, we're releasing both of our à la modes in clear photopolymer, just like the rest of our stamps.  This means that we can bring them to you a slightly lower price point than usual - $9.00 each!  How fabulous is that?!  Since our clear stamps are made in the USA, they are of the highest quality, so you'll have the same great image quality that you're accustomed to with any of our other clear stamps!  Sweet deal right?


Check out what the rest of the MFT designers created. The full list is on Kim's blog!

A Single Rose

 Today I have a sweet image and sentiments to share with you from My Favorite Things. I colored this Jolinne image "Once Upon a Time" while demoing at a scrapbooking event. I took it home and then paired it up with some patterned papers. Usually I do this process the other way around. I pick my patterned paper first then color. Thankfully the bulk of the image is a neutral (gray) so finding papers wasn't too hard.
I didn't have to look to far on my desk as my Lily Bee picket fence papers were still laying on top!
The sentiment came from this month's triple scoop set called Clearly Sentimental about Friendship.

I like how the elephant is extending his trunk so I thought he could hold a rose to tie in the sentiment. I cut a rolled rose out of felt with my MFT die and then placed a stick pin through the center. I colored the metal green with my copic marker to mimic a stem.

 Here is a close up of the coloring with my copic markers. After coloring the elephant with a series of cool gray markers I went in after and added some age spots.

Here is a peek at the inside...finished off with leftover scraps of the patterned paper and another sentiment that comes with this "Once Upon a Time" set.

Finally enjoying some sunshine here today!

Love U!

I am still playing with this month's new releases from My Favorite Things....I love to mix and match sets so today I combined "Fresh from the Oven" with the "Notched Tag" stamp set.
I colored her up with my copics and airbrushed the background using a crafter's workshop template. Mmmm the yummy smells she must be creating!
I used a few dies from MFT as well. I used the Jumbo scallop die to cut into a piece of denim. My image is framed with the Open Scallop Doily die.
The colors for my image were inspired from the Lily Bee patterned paper.

On the home front, I spent the day at my son's track and field meet...here is a shot of him in the triple jump...."Put your hands in the air Eeeesma" (Direct quote from Emperor's New Groove)....
Enjoy your day!

Above the Fog

Have you all had a chance to see the newest MFT release? There were so many fun sets this month that I didn't get a chance to post a card with this set yet. It is from the Inspired by line called "Up, up and away"!
I decided to stamp directly on this Pink Paisley patterned paper and then add a little bit of color highlights with my copic markers (RV32,RV34).  I also added color with my copics to the clear flower.

Below are a couple of glimpses of spring.....today we are in the fog but....above that fog is the sunshine! I am hoping to see that again soon, so is my husband's garden:)

Our tree next to the deck that is budding out.

A little hummingbird sitting on our deck. A rare moment when he wasn't flying drinking up the sugar water out of our feeder. I love watching the hummers!

Enjoy your day!

MFT Teaser Time!

Time for a little peek at the new Pure Innocence stamps coming this month! I am showing you "Lily of the Valley". These are just coming up in my yard so I was inspired to use her this month.
This is a very simple layout so that the focus really is the sweet image. I colored her with my copics and then embossed her and cut her out using a spellbinder die.
The loops in the die lend themselves nicely to ribbon accent.
I paper pieced her dress but didn't forget to add the shading to the dress with my cool gray markers. See how adding a bit of shading to the skirt makes the pleating look a little more life like?
I used the toner grays for her hair and shoes and then used my cool grays for the shadow cast on the ground.

Here are the details about the upcoming release on May 3 at 10 PM EST:

• The MFT release is on May 3 at 10 PM EST. You can attend the release party from 8-10 PM EST here in the forum for fun, games, and prizes! All the new sets and dies will be available on May 3 at 10 PM EST.
• The guest designer contest is ON! Check out the forum for details on how YOU can win over $100 in stamp sets and play along with the DT for a month.
• If you'd like to see all the teasers for today, please click on over to Kim's blog NOW! Be sure to leave comments as you go for a chance to win one of 2 $10 vouchers being given away daily, just for leaving a comment. :) Check Kim's blog every day for the winners.

MFT Teaser Time!

Welcome to teaser time for My Favorite Things. Today's set that I am previewing is called "Well-Worn Greetings".

I love it that MFT is getting so creative with its' sentiment sets! I paired up this set with some pink paisley paper you can find here.
I stamped the large background stamp from this set directly to my patterned paper in a latte color and then stamped the pretty cherry blossoms from the Inspired by Spring set.
The sentiment and frame I stamped and embossed in white, then I took my copic markers and colored the inside of the frame to draw attention to this sentiment.
Tore up the edges a little and mounted it to a white card base.
For that little something extra I added a cheeky clip with a ribbon and a felt rolled rose attached.

Here are the details about the upcoming release on May 3 at 10 PM EST:

• The MFT release is on May 3 at 10 PM EST. You can attend the release party from 8-10 PM EST here in the forum for fun, games, and prizes! All the new sets and dies will be available on May 3 at 10 PM EST.
• The guest designer contest is ON! Check out the forum for details on how YOU can win over $100 in stamp sets and play along with the DT for a month.
• If you'd like to see all the teasers for today, please click on over to Kim's blog NOW! Be sure to leave comments as you go for a chance to win one of 2 $10 vouchers being given away daily, just for leaving a comment. :) Check Kim's blog every day for the winners.

My Sunshine

*****You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happyyyy when skies are gray.....You'll never know dear, how much I love you. Please don't take my sunshine away.******
The little tune I had playing in my head while I made this card. Having a little love today for My Favorite Things products. I combined a few sets:
Crazy for Daisies (Pure Innocence Image)
Polka Dot Greetings Die and Stamp set
Sentiment from the Framed Greetings Set

I love how the bottom came out....this was done by simply running my white card base through my die cut machine with the "Perfect Bracket Edge" dienamic. Love how it gives it just a little something extra.
Colored up with my Copic Markers and she is ready to give away....quick and easy little thank you card!

This week is the beginning of MFT teasers so be sure to watch as plenty of cards will be hitting my blog this week:)