Creative Construction with Blueprints - Frame It In February

I love My Favorite Things Blueprints Die-namics because they take the guesswork out of crafting beautiful cards in quick fashion when I'm short on time or inspiration. I also love them for their versatility and ability to be mixed and matched when I have the time and inspiration to create something truly unique. MFT's Creative Construction Challenge focuses on these attributes each month, challenging the design team to both assemble a card based on one of the provided Blueprints sketches (all of the Blueprint sketches are now conveniently located on the Printable Resources page of the MFT Blog!), as well as design an original card combining elements from the featured Blueprints.

 

This month, we’re framing it in with Blueprints featuring framing elements of all shapes and sizes. The featured Blueprints this month are 2, 16, 17, & 19. 

My first card uses Blueprints 19 and one of its provided sketches, turned 90-degrees (all bold products are linked below in the supply section):

The sweet Love You With All My Heart Pure Innocence girl was stamped with Black Licorice Hybrid ink onto Copic X-Press It Blending Card, then die cut with the scalloped rectangle frame from Blueprints 19. She was colored with Copic markers (colors listed below in supply section) and popped up on Copic X-Press It Foam Tape over the pretty Blueprints 19 frame.

The Primitive White background was embossed with the Staggered Hearts Stencil. The frame was die cut again from Pink Lemonade cardstock and mounted onto a 5-inch square Red Hot card base:

 

To finish the card, I die cut a button out of gold metallic cardstock and tied it with Hemp Cord I colored with my Copic R24 marker. The sentiment flag was die cut from X-Press It Blending Card and colored to match the heart.

My next card also primarily utilizes Blueprints 19, along with the large circle frame from Blueprints 16, and my own layout/sketch:

The circle frame perfectly accents the You Mean The World To Me Centerpieces Die-namics, which I die cut from a Blu Raspberry Blueprints 19 frame. The world sentiment was die cut again from Red Hot cardstock and glued to the Pink Lemonade circle frame. 

The Primitive White Blueprints 19 frame is the leftover frame from my first card above, embossed with the Staggered Hearts Stencil. The stencil was also used to sponge Delicata Golden Glitz pigment ink accents on the circle frame, which was popped up on Copic X-Press It Foam Tape over the world.

I hope you enjoyed this installment of Creative Construction with Blueprints and will try mixing and matching your Blueprints frames!  To easily find these blog posts in the future, you can either click on this same <== icon over in my right blog sidebar (scroll down a bit) or click on the MFT Creative Construction with Blueprints under Categories in the right sidebar.

 Be sure to check the MFT Blog for a list of all the designers participating in today's hop -- I know they have a ton of beautiful ideas for you! 

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Other Supplies: gold metallic cardstock (button), Copic markers: E00, E11, R11 (skin); Y23, YR24, E25 (hair); R22, R24, R29 (heart & shoes); R30, RV00, R32 (dress); C0, C1, C3 (shadows)

Comments

[Rebekka K]

1.

What a sweet card,,

[Adam]

2.

gorgeous card :)