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January 2015 MFT Release Countdown-Day 1

Welcome back to the My Favorite Things January Release Countdown -- The new products will be available on Tuesday night, January 6! Be sure to head over to the MFT Blog to see today’s full product reveals AND enter for your chance to win a $75 gift voucher on each of the 5 countdown day blog posts there! My card uses these products being featured/revealed today: Smitten with You stamp set, Damask Background stamp, and the new Free with $60 Love Die-namics (bold products are linked below in supply section): The gorgeous new Damask Background was stamped with Red Hot Pigment Ink on Cotton Candy cardstock (swoon!), then die cut with the scalloped rectangle from Blueprints 20 and adhered to Smooth White card base. The Red Hot stitched rectangle panel (from Blueprints 20) was die cut with the fabulous new Free with $60 Love Die-namics and white heat embossed with the sweet sentiment from the Smitten with You stamp set. The panel was accented with little hearts from the All My Love Die-namics, then popped up on Copic X-Press It Foam Tape over the damask background. All the new products will be available for purchase on January 6 at 10pm... Read more →

January 2015 MFT Release Countdown-Day 3

Welcome back to the My Favorite Things January Release Countdown -- The new products will be available on Tuesday night, January 6! Be sure to head over to the MFT Blog to see today’s full product reveals AND enter for your chance to win a $75 gift voucher on each of the 5 countdown day blog posts there! My card uses these products being featured/revealed today: the adorable new Pure Innocence Heart Banner: The background is the pretty new Ripe Raspberry cardstock, die cut with the large stitched rectangle from Blueprints 20, then dry embossed with the fantastic new card-sized Background Hearts Stencil. The PI girl was stamped with Black Licorice Hybrid ink onto Copic X-Press It Blending Card, then die cut with the scalloped rectangle from Tag Builder Blueprints 3 and colored with these Copic Sketch markers: After coloring, the background was airbrushed with Y11 and popped up on Copic Foam Tape. The sweet sentiment is also from the Heart Banner stamp set. All the new products will be available for purchase on January 6 at 10pm Eastern in the MFT Boutique. During this countdown you can enter to win some HUGE prizes over on the MFT blog .... Read more →

January 2015 MFT Release Countdown-Day 4

Welcome back to the My Favorite Things January Release Countdown -- The new products will be available on Tuesday night, January 6! Be sure to head over to the MFT Blog to see today’s full product reveals AND enter for your chance to win a $75 gift voucher on each of the 5 countdown day blog posts there! My card uses these products being featured/revealed today: Birdie Brown's adorable new You Have My Heart stamp set: Sweet Birdie and her puppy were stamped with Black Licorice Hybrid Ink onto Copic X-Press It Blending Card and colored with these Copic Markers (see details below at the end of the supply section): Next, Birdie was die cut with the stitched curved panel from the new Tag Builder Blueprints 3 and the sweet row of five hearts (also from Tag Builder Blueprints 3) peek-a-boo die cut from the panel. Another curved panel of the beautiful new Cherry Crisp Prestige Cardstock was placed behind the colored panel: Finally, the colored piece was popped up on Copic X-Press It Foam Tape over the Natural background, die cut with the scalloped panel from Blueprints 20. A little die cut heart accent (from LJD All My Love... Read more →

January 2015 MFT Release Countdown-Day 5

Hello -- I hope you enjoyed your New Year's holiday! Welcome to the first My Favorite Things new product release for 2015! All the new January products will be available on Tuesday night, January 6! Be sure to head over to the MFT Blog to see today’s full product reveals AND enter for your chance to win a $75 gift voucher on each of the 5 countdown day blog posts there! Love is in the air this month at MFT! My card uses these products being featured/revealed today: Lisa Johnson's All My Love stamp set and coordinating Die-namics, Fluttering Hearts Cover-Up, and Stitchable Heart STAX Die-namics: Isn't that Fluttering Hearts Cover-Up fantastic?!! I love that you have the choice whether you'd like to leave the cut-out hearts flat or bend the edges up, for TONS of dimension and possibilities! After die cutting it from Sweet Tooth cardstock, I adhered it to a Black Licorice card base. Some of the cut-outs were lifted up and others were kept flat and given a colored All My Love Die-namics heart. I die cut the hearts from Cotton Candy and Red Hot cardstock: I used the second to largest fabulous new Stitchable Heart STAX... Read more →

MFT December Release Countdown-Day 3

Welcome back to the My Favorite Things December Release Countdown -- The new products will be available on Tuesday night, December 2nd! Be sure to head over to the MFT Blog to see today’s full product reveals AND enter for your chance to win a $75 gift voucher on each of the 7 countdown day blog posts there! My card uses these products being featured/revealed today: Wild Things stamp set and coordinating Wild Things Die-namics, Candy Train Die-namics, Zebra Background: Aren't these animals the sweetest?!! I stamped them all with Black Licorice Hybrid Ink onto Copic X-Press It Blending Card and colored them with Copic markers (colors listed below in supply section). The tree was stamped with Kraft Hybrid Ink onto Natural cardstock and also colored with Copics. The Candy Train Die-namics was die cut from Red Hot cardstock, using only the main train (not the dimensional bottom or side). It was stamped with parts of two different sentiments from the Wild Things stamp set. The card base is Grout Gray, stamped in Grout Gray Premium Dye Ink with the new Zebra Background: Inside, I used the fun new Emmitt Alphabet (being featured tomorrow) to create a custom sentiment, die... Read more →

MFT December Release Countdown-Day 4

Welcome back to the My Favorite Things December Release Countdown -- The new products will be available on Tuesday night, December 2nd! Be sure to head over to the MFT Blog to see today’s full product reveals AND enter for your chance to win a $75 gift voucher on each of the 7 countdown day blog posts there! My card uses these products being featured/revealed today: Miss Tiina Go With It stamp set and coordinating Die-namics: I love the funky sentiments in this set! I stamped this one with Black Licorice Premium Dye Ink to make a bold statement on the Primitive White cardfront, which was die cut with the new Blueprints 21 pierced large rectangle A2 panel die. This was mounted to my Wild Cherry card base. The large heart was cut from a Hugs & Kisses die cut Wild Cherry background, using the large heart from the TRANSFORM-ables Heart Full of Love die. It was backed with a Smooth White heart to give a little variance from the background, and popped up on foam tape. Finally, that fantastic arrow from the Go With It Die-namics set was cut from gold glitter paper and popped up with foam tape.... Read more →

Valentine Treats

Today over in Ellen Hutson's the CLASSroom I have some sweet treats for you! I hope you'll join me there, to find out how to make them. Warning: Some candy may have been harmed in the making of this project but your viewing should be calorie-free!! :) xoxo, Read more →

Cupid Love Tag

Today over in Ellen Hutson's CLASSroom I'm sharing all the details on how to create this tag, with sweet glittery Cupid and a faux-embossed background. I hope you'll join me there for all the details on how to create this Love tag! Happy Saturday! Read more →

You're The Cherry On Top!

I needed a little watercolor therapy tonight, so I thought I'd make a Valentine for my youngest triple-scoop chocolate lover: Doesn't it look good enough to eat?!! (I think I might be just a little bit carb and sweet deprived!). I stamped Karen Lockhart's Doodles Ice Cream Cone with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto Copic X-Press It Blending Card. I like using this cardstock to watercolor with my Copics because it's so smooth and the colors push around and blend easily. Next, I filled a water brush with Copic Blending Solution. You'll see in a few photos below that I used a plastic palette with wells in it to squeeze some Copic Various Ink Refills in and then used the water brush to pick up the color and watercolor with. I started by giving the ice cream a base coat of E23-Hazelnut: I left a few highlight spots white. Then I used a little bit darker E25-Caribe Cocoa to shade the bottoms of the scoops: Next, I used E30-Bisque to cover the cone (here's that palette I'm using to hold the Various Ink Refills): Then I used my E31 marker to trace over the cone lines. The cherry was colored... Read more →

Gina K January 2013 Release Inspiration Hop-Day 1

The Design Team for Gina K Designs welcomes you to another fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop … Gina and the Design Team will inspire you with many beautiful ideas! And as you hop through the blogs listed below, make sure to leave a comment on each of them because we will choose a few random comments and those stampers will each win a grab bag of Gina K Designs products! To see the full list of winners check the Big News forum at Stamp TV a few days after the hops. Today's first featured stamp set is Stately Flowers 6 by Melanie Muenchinger: I'm always giddy when Melanie releases another in her Stately Flowers series, since flowers are my very favorite thing to color! I made this Valentine card, using the beautiful rose: The card base uses these cut files from the Silhouette online store: Card-Heart Square Invite by Samantha Walker, cut from Gina K Kraft cardstock, and 4 Scalloped Shapes by Lori Whitlock (scalloped rectangle the rose was stamped on), cut from Gina’s Ivory Layering Weight Cardstock. I stamped the sentiment and rose with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored the rose with these Copic markers: R20, R24, R29, G21,... Read more →

JustRite December 2012 Release

Good morning! Today marks the start of JustRite's December release inspiration blog hops. We're starting the week off with some sweet Valentines and I made this cute little 4.50" shaped card for you: It was made with part of this pretty new Cling Cupid Background stamp: I inked the stamp with Memento Rhubarb Stalk ink and stamped it onto Neenah Natural White cardstock, then colored it with Copic R22 (stripes) and R83 (flowers): I die cut the background with Spellbinders (retired) largest Nested Heart die -- I love the little "stem" at the top! Then I cut apart a white heart paper doily and adhered it to the back of the die cut heart. Next, I just lightly traced around the doily shape onto doubled red cardstock and cut around the shape, leaving the folded top uncut. The sentiments are from another new JustRite Clear stamp set, Antique Valentine Tags One (you'll see more with this new set on Thursday's inspiration hop). I stamped the sentiments with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto Neenah Natural White cardstock and then die cut them with JustRite's Custom Dies - Vintage Label & Banner Dies (banner) and Antique Tags One Dies (Be Mine). The... Read more →

JustRite Stampers November Release #2: Winter Words

JustRite Stampers' final day of November release stamp sets brings you this wonderful Winter Words clear stamp set: Fabulous set of full of great words you'll use for the winter months ahead! So I thought ahead to Valentine's Day and came up with this heart shaped box of chocolates card: I used Cricut's Everyday Pop-Up Cards cartridge to create the card -- the chocolates are frosted with coarse crystal glitter (hopefully you can see that by clicking on the photos for a larger view). I stamped the "Happy Valentines Day" sentiment from JustRite's stamp set with Memento Rhubarb Stalk ink and hand cut the banner shape. I used several other words from this set on the inside of the card: These are my kind of chocolates . . . pretty, easy to make, and no calories! Happy early Valentine's Day! Here are the other JustRite designers that have projects to share today: JustRite Inspiration Blog Michele Kovack Angela Barkhouse Sharon Harnist < == You are here! Kellie Fortin Eva Dobilas Heidi Blankenship Kathy Jones Barb Schram Products used: Read more →

JustRite Valentine & Tuesday Trigger

Today's new JustRite Friday Challenge #048 is to follow this sketch I created: Here's my sample I created: These fun papers are from Basic Grey's new Hopscotch 6x6 pad -- love them! I used a sentiment from JustRite's Friendship Nested Frames that I thought would work well as a Valentine for a dear friend! I stamped it with Ranger Espresso Adirondack dye ink onto dotted Hopscotch paper and then used Spellbinders Labels Fourteen to die cut a frame to pop up over the sentiment. JustRite just made the announcement that they are now carrying a selection of Spellbinders dies that coordinate with many of their stamps! You can find them here and more shapes will be added to their web store as they arrive in their warehouse. The heart border is Martha Stewart's Doily Hearts Edger punched from chocolate cardstock and topped with more Hopscotch paper. Some pink seam binding and a Maya Road chipboard heart (covered with Hopscotch paper) finish it off. I also used Moxie Fab's Tuesday Trigger (photo below) as inspiration, mimicking the swirly paper with the swirls in the sentiment, the scalloped box with my scalloped heart border, and the pink & brown colors, and of... Read more →

Valentine Chandelier!

Just a quick note to let you know that today over in the CLASSroom, I have this Valentine Chandelier project to share! I hope you'll join me there to find out all the details on how to create one for yourself, I had tons of fun creating it! I'll be back a little later today with the winner of my 4th Blogoversary grand prize giveaway! Read more →

Lockhart Valentines

I couldn't let the holiday get by without making some Valentines for my best sweethearts (my girls)! Karen Lockhart's newest stamp additions were absolutely the perfect choice, I thought! My 10-year old will love trying to figure out the hidden message in the top left "Please Be Mine" images -- I think she'll get a kick out of it! I colored the image with these Copic markers and Red & Clear Spica Glitter Pens: The image was mounted with foam tape to an Inchie Arts Inchie Notecard (peach/pink variety pack) which is 3.50" square -- makes for a cute, quick & easy Valentine! The bottom of the notecard was accented with Martha Stewart's Valentine paper, cut with Fiskar's Apron Lace border punch. The other card is for my youngest daughter, who loves to get any kind of mail! The Mailbox of Love was colored with these Copic markers and Red Spica Glitter Pen: The mailbox was cut out and mounted with foam tape to a sweet heart shaped doily I found last year at the Target Dollar Spot. It's backed with more Martha Stewart Valentine paper and adhered to a Memory Box Cranberry notecard, cut down to 4.25" square. Papertrey... Read more →