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Birthday Gift Card Tag

My Favorite Things just released this birthday set yesterday.  Sorry I'm a bit late getting this up for the preview . . . my whole week has been upset since Monday with a car accident.  Nothing major, no one hurt, but it still just upsets the apple cart!  And once again, I'm having computer issues . . . Santa has been put on notification that I need a new one, so let's hope he's listening!

This new set is Icing on the Cake and has some darling sentiments included with it . . . 2 cakes, a cupcake, a stack of presents, balloons . . . everything you need for a birthday party!

The red tag is a Petaloo . . . a card tag with a magnetic closure at the top, underneath my flower embellishment.  The tag is hinged at the bottom and opens at the half-circle that's under the flower.  It's perfect for holding a gift card or certificate.

The cake image was stamped with Brilliance Graphite Black on Curious Iridescent Cryogen White shimmer cardstock and watercolored with red dye ink.  The image was cut and embossed with Spellbinders Nestabilities Scalloped Oval and Copic Spica Glitter Pens accent the cake and dots around the scallops.  Tiny Doodlebug white Paper Frill flowers accent the corners of the black rectangle and zig-zag Paper Frills accent the back/inside of the tag.  Stardust Stickles were added to the white brad in the center of the flowers.

Baby, It's Cold Out!

This year, we put up a Christmas tree for our girls that's mostly pink and some bright "candy" colors, so when I discovered this new image from My Favorite Things', Baby It's Cold Out, would perfectly fit on my 2.5" square acrylic block, I decided to make the block into an ornament for them!

I stamped the image with Brilliance Graphite Black on Cryogen White shimmer cardstock and colored it with Copic markers.  Then I adhered the image to the acrylic block, using Crystal Effects around the edges and on the snowman's front.  Before adhering, some transparent glitter was added to the snowman to give him a sparkling personality!

The edges of this beveled acrylic block were lined with clear crystal stickers that I colored with my Copic markers to match the image (love those Copics)!  Then I made a hanger by gluing pink crushed velvet ribbon (Michael's) to the edges of the block, using Fabri-Tac:

I also stamped a sentiment that comes with this set "You Warm My Heart" on another piece of shimmer cardstock and added the custom "Alix & Alyssa" stamp I had made a while back (from Stampin' Up!) and signed my name.  I laminated the back piece, so it will be permanent & protected:

My Favorite Things will release three new stamp sets tomorrow and to celebrate, they are having a new release Cocktail Party on Wed, Dec 5 from 9-11pm EST on SplitcoastStampers.com.  There will be giveaways, coupon codes, a challenge & sneak peeks at the stamps.  You can also find out how you can become a MFT Guest Designer!

Another MFT Sneak Peek!

I really don't like letting go of summer, so I guess this card is my farewell to it!  I love tropical locations, so I this will just have to get me through the winter until we can make it to the beach again!

This card came together pretty easily since I already knew the set I needed to use (By the Seashore -- available for purchase on November 1) and for the layout, I used the My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge #2 over on SplitcoastStampers.com.  Since MFT is a member company over at SCS, we have our own forums and challenges going on over there.  So if you are a MFT fan, head on over to check it all out!  There will also be a release party going on tomorrow night, waiting for the stroke of midnight when you'll be able to order this set, the Build A Bouquet set I used yesterday and a fabulous new 28-word sentiment set, Essential Sentiments!

I stamped all images with Brilliance Graphite Black on Curious Cryogen White Iridescent cardstock and colored them with Copic markers (yes, these markers color beautifully on this wonderful shimmery cardstock)!  The sky was created by sponging with turquoise ink and sand with caramel ink.  Here's a little closer view, so you can see some of the details:

 

The bird & pylons were stamped and then the pylons extended with a black permanent marker.  The focal image was cut with Spellbinder's Square Classic Nestabilities and matted with red in the same way -- both layers have a subtle embossed edge, which I love!  It is adhered to the textured Saffron layer with dimensionals. 

The seashell strip was created with the four little shells you get in this set -- aren't they adorable?

The sentiment was also cut & embossed with the Oval Classic & Scalloped Nestabilities and popped up over the main images.  Turquoise brads and a turquoise card base finish off this card.

Remember, you'll be able to order these new sets this Thursday, November 1 and head on over to SplitcoastStampers for the release party tomorrow night!

MFT Sneak Peek-Build A Bouquet

You are going to love this new Build A Bouquet set from My Favorite Things -- it will be available for purchase this Thursday, November 1 at 12am, so don't miss it!

I used just one flower and one pot from this 23-piece set!  You'll get 3 different flower shapes in varying sizes, flower centers, leaves, stems, 2 flower pots, and some great shadowing circles, too!

Here, I stamped the largest flower I thought resembled a poinsettia in Versamark onto DaisyD's Paisley Sugarplum 6x6 designer paper and clear embossed.  They were cut out and then I wanted the thin outline within the flower petals to stand out more, so I used a marker to color over the embossing, depositing the color to the outline.  Then I wiped away the marker from the embossing and this aged the flower a bit.  Here's a photo to show you what I did:

It's subtle, but I liked it.  The flower pot was stamped with black pigment ink onto another design of the DaisyD paper pad, clear embossed and cut out.

The red scalloped panel is a pre-cut 4.25" x 5.50" flat card from The Paper Company (not sure if they have an online source, I got mine at Recollections).  It was embossed in the center with Spellbinders' Classic Rectangle Nestabilities and then a black panel cut to fit just inside the embossed area.  The flower stems were machine stitched with ivory thread and then the flowers and pot adhered with dimensionals to the card.

Black brads (SU's Vintage) were placed in the corners of the red panel and the sentiment from Home For The Holidays stamped in black in the lower right corner.  The red panel was then adhered to a card base of Curious Poison Ivory Iridescent cardstock.

I hope this sample and those of the other Design Team members will get your creativity going for all the possibilities this set has!