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Wednesday, July 24, 2019

MFT Camp Create Day 5 - Glitzy Glitter

Well, the last day of camp has come and gone and I managed to complete all of the challenges!

I tell you, I wasn't sure I was going to pull it off, I am pretty happy that I did. Sometimes camp can kick a girls behind!

The final challenge for MFT's Camp Create Session One was to create something with glitter.

Did you say glitter? No problem....me likey the glitter!

Being that I am a CRAZY dog lady, I just love these little pups!

I have earned this badge for my efforts!

Hope to see you soon!

Tuesday, July 23, 2019

MFT Camp Create Day 4 - Spectacular Sliders

Today I am sharing my card for MFT's Camp Create Day 4-Spectacular Sliders. I can't believe the first session of camp challenges is just about over.

I love this slider die and used it to create this neutral card with a pop of color.

Here is the badge I earned for today's creation:

See you all tomorrow for the last day of camp!

Monday, July 22, 2019

MFT Camp Create Day 3-Spectacular Shakers

Camp Create Day 3!

I have been a card making fiend lately and loving the MFT Camp Create Session One so much!

The challenge for Day 3 is Spectacular Shakers.

Here is my card for today and I sure wish I had a pool to lounge in like this little cutie!

See you back here tomorrow for Day 4!

Sunday, July 21, 2019

MFT Camp Create Day 2- Remarkable Resist

Wow! I am back two days in a row! Don't fall out of your chairs with excitement! LOL

Today, I had fun taking on the challenge for MFT's Camp Create Day 2. I had created a card yesterday with this challenge in mind and it just wasn't clicking in my head. I left it overnight and came back to it this morning and it still wasn't working! Argh! In the bin it went.

I started over and came up with this bright and cheery birthday card. I used the MFT Flower Silhouettes Set and the Happy Birthday Script die.

Today, I earned this badge in camp!

See you again tomorrow if the bears don't break into my cabin at camp tonight! :)

Saturday, July 20, 2019

MFT Camp Create 2019 Day 1--Wonderful Watercolor

Hi ya'll! Yep, it has been awhile since I have visited this ol' blog of mine. What brought me out of the woodwork you asked. MFT (My Favorite Things) has started the first session of Camp Create 2019 and I thought I would play along. If I am playing, I guess I should be sharing too!

The first camp challenge is called Wonderful Watercolor. You are challenged to create a card/project using watercolor somewhere in your project. I created a card using the adorable Puppy Love die I used some watercolor paints on watercolor cardstock to create the sky and grass. The grass was cut with the Grassy Hills dies and the clouds are from the Stitched Clouds die set.

I admit I had quite a bit of warping going on with my watercolor cardstock, but went with it anyway. Since it is camp, I might as well enjoy the adventure and earn a Camp Create badge or two along the way!

Thanks for coming along to Day 1 of camp with me. :)

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

You Are My Anchor

Hello friends!

In case you haven't noticed, nautical is in everywhere and I decided to join in with the rest of the crafting community and play with an adorable MFT PI image called You Are My Anchor. Isn't she cute?

I started with a top fold white card base and then added a red layer using Tombow Xtreme Adhesive (have I told you how much I love this new adhesive?) and then adding a layer of this beautiful anchor paper from the Graphic 45 By the Sea collection using a little more Xtreme Adhesive. I stamped the sentiment in black ink onto a scrap of white cardstock and added a smaller scrap of red directly behind the sentiment. I "fish-tailed" both ends of the red and white panels. I adhered these to the card with a bit more Xtreme. I stamped the sweet Pure Innocence image in black ink and colored her with the following Tombow Dual Brush pens: #850, #946, #947, #515, #565, #N60 and #N45. I die cut and added the image panel to a red oval panel using Xtreme and then popped it up onto the card with Foam Tabs. I added a die cut anchor and twine for a finishing touch.

I hope you all have a fabulous weekend!

Friday, September 28, 2012

Poppy Tumbler

Hi there, this is ABC (anything but a card) week on the Tombow Blog so I decided to share this tumbler that I made with you.

When you get the tumbler, it comes with a template that you use to design your own insert.

I traced the template onto the back of some Memory Box Gingham Check cardstock and cut it out. Now this is where the fun begins. I die cut several of the Memory Box Poppies from some orange dotted cardstock and then shaded each flower with the Tombow Dual Brush pen in Light Orange (#025). The flowers were attached using Tombow Mono Aqua. On the stems of the flowers, I just dabbed tiny dots of the Mono Aqua and it worked like a charm.

I added some die cut clouds that were adhered with a little more Tombow Mono Aqua and the grass die cuts were attached using Tombow Mono Dots Adhesive.

This is a quick and easy project and would be great fun to do with kids. Just think how much fun they would have making the tumbler in their favorite colors/themes.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

katie & grace

Good Morning, it has been a long, long time since I created a scraptastic card and while I was surfing through my sketch folder I saw this great layout from the Mojo Monday 251 and thought it would be perfect to use some scraps that were left over from a recent class I taught.

The image is the Puddle Jumpers Katie and Grace Digi from By LORi Designs. The image is printed on Neenah Solar White cardstock and colored with Copic markers. The two print papers are from Darcie's and some Gina K. Designs Pure Luxury Jelly Bean Green and was embossed with the CB Seeing Spots EF. Each panel was layered onto some GKD PL Kraft. The pumpkin layer is from American Crafts. The diecut flower is the new Layered Rose Die-namics from My Favorite Things.

Wishing you the best day ever!

Friday, June 8, 2012

Flag, you're it!

Today I am sharing three cards I created using the popular flag/banner/fish tail cut that is being used by stampers/crafters all around in blogland and the internet.

There are several ways to create the flag cut but the method I prefer is below:

1. Cut paper to the width/length of flag that you want.

2. Cut a slit in the center of the end that you want the flag on. The depth of your cut will determine the angle/depth of your flag.

3. Cut from the right and left corners to the top of the slit that you created in step 2. Remove this piece and you will be left with a nice flag.

On this card, I started by cutting each of the flags from the Lifestyle Crafts Sweet and Spicy paper collection using the method above. I adhered the flags to the white panel with Tombow Mono Dots Tape Roller, wrapped the twine around the white panel and then adhered it to the light blue panel with Tombow Foam Tabs. The light blue panel was adhered to the tangerine card using the Mono Dots Tape Roller. The flower was cut from the MFT Prima Donna Petals die. I used Tombow Mono Aqua adhesive to hold the petals together and a Tombow Power Tab to attach the flower to the front of the card.

For my next card, I created a layered flag by cutting the layering piece of cardstock just a tad bigger than the top piece and using the above method to create the points. All of the papers used for this card are from the Authentique Loyal collection and were adhered together using the Tombow Mono Dots Roller and the button was attached using a Power Tab.

The flags for my final card were created in the same manner as the previous two cards. One thing to note about this card is all of the different looks you can create for your flag tails depending on the width/length of your cardstock and the depth of your center cut. The cardstocks used on this card are from Authentique's Glory collection. All elements for this card were adhered with Tombow Mono Dots Tape Roller and the button was secured with a Tombow Power Tab to hold it firmly in place. I used this layout on THIS card and love how different it looks just by changing the colors and embellishments.

Friday, April 20, 2012

Pet Love

This week my Tombow teammates and I are sharing with you how we like to use Tombow Foam Tabs. I am a big fan of lots of layers on my cards and therefore, I use alot of Foam Tabs.

I created this card with a cute little image from Stampavie. The image was colored with Irojiten Colored Pencils and Gamsol. I layered the image to the peach panel with Tombow Mono Dots Roller and then attached it to the print panel with Foam Tabs. The print panel was also popped up onto the light blue card with Foam Tabs. See, I told you I like them! Alot! I used Tombow Mono Multi on the back of the flourishes and peach colored flowers, this is the perfect adhesive for these intricate die cuts and embellishments. I used a Power Tab behind the yellow flower as I wanted it to sit up on top of the die cut greenery and the power tab does the trick!

Here is a view of the card lying flat on the table. Can you see the height and dimension you get with the Foam Tabs?

Another view of the tab placement on the back of the peach panel. I did go ahead and add another tab to the middle of this panel as well as I didn't want it the panel to sag in the middle with the weight of layers on top. KWIM?

Have a safe and happy weekend! See you soon!

Friday, March 30, 2012

Bliss

Hello and happy Friday to each and every one of you. Today I am sharing a door hanger that I made for my studio door.

I started with a blank Basswood door hanger from my not so local craft store and then slathered it with a nice coating of Tombow Mono Aqua Adhesive and then started adding pieces of paper from the Prima Songbird collection. The nice thing about this adhesive is that it gives you a little of time to play and move things around if you want, it does not buckle the paper and it dries clear and quick. Next I added the crochet trims using Tombow Mono Multi Adhesive. I like this adhesive for things that are a little heavier like ribbons and trims and embellishments. The flowers were cut from the MFT Prima Donna Petals Die-namics Die set. The flowers and the chipboard heart button were attached with Tombow Power Tabs.

The chipboard letters were white and glittery and I wanted them to coordinate with the rest of the papers and trimmings so I colored them with Tombow Dual Brush Pens.

Wishing you a happy, crafty weekend!

Friday, February 3, 2012

Thank You Favor Boxes

Hello there! All week on the Tombow blog my fellow DT members have been sharing our creations using the Pantone's 2008 color called Blue Iris. I decided to make some little Thank You boxes (filled with something sweet, of course) to have on hand.

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Tombow's Dual Brush Pen #555 (Ultramarine) is the perfect match, so that was my starting point. I used the Lifestyle Crafts Rectangle Box Die to create this adorable little 2 x 3 x 1 favor box. I then cut out several white flowers using the MFT Mini Rolled Roses Die and the Memory Box Small Pinwheel Posie Die. Before I rolled the flowers, I used the Tombow Dual Brush Pen #555 to tip the topside of each of the flowers. I then rolled them and secured each one on the bottom using Tombow Mono Multi adhesive. Just a little drop on the bottom of each flower held them nicely. I then inked up a Memory Box Thank You stamp with the same Dual Brush Marker (for a perfect color match) onto some white cardstock and cut it out with a circle die and adhered it to a blue scallop circle using Tombow's Mono Adhesive Permanent Dots Roller and adhered that to the top of the box with Tombow's Foam Tabs. I used a little more of the Mono Multi to adhere the flowers to the thank you panel and then I used some of the Tombow Mono Aqua around the top of each flower and sprinkled them with Elizabeth Craft Designs Warm Highlight Glitter. A little ribbon and some bling and these boxes are ready to go.

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Sweet on You

Hi there, today I have joined up with the rest of the Outlawz Twisted Thursday team to bring you Valentine cards.

I went a little "die" crazy on this one as I used the new heart dies from Lifestyle Crafts and the TClassic/Scallop Rectangle Nesties. The design was inpired from the FTL172 layout. The sentiment is from the new MFT Pure Innocence Berry Sweet set

Be sure to pop over to the Outlawz Twisted Thursday challenge and check out what the rest of the team has created. We would love to have you play along as well. You could win some nice prizes too!

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Snow Princess

Happy Saturday! Today is going to be a beautiful day in the Central Valley with temps in the low 80's. I have a fun day planned as I am going to be taking a class this afternoon from the oh so talented Linda Duke. Linda will be at The Cat's Meow teaching us to make her beautiful vintage style Christmas tags that she is so famous for. I am taking her afternoon class, so that will give me time to meet some of my stamping pals for lunch before we head to class. I can't wait!

The card I am sharing with you today is a sweet little Pure Innocence girl from the My Favorite Things Flurry of Love set. I have wanted some of these PI stamps for a long time and finally scored a few. Hooray! When I saw that the Outlawz Friday Copic/Promarker challenge was to use pink, I new she would be perfect. I colored her with a variety of Copic markers. I cut the image panel and pink panel with the new Nesties Labels 23. I really love the edge on this set. The base card is white with a layer of aqua and kiwi double dot cardstocks. The pretty stripe is a varnished paper from the Pebbles Happy Go Lucky line. The snowflake is a combo of the new Nesties Create a Flake Three and a MS snowflake punch. The snowflake is topped off with a giant gem from Hero Arts. I have added Diamond glitter glue to the snowflakes that are falling around the little pink Snow Princess.

This will be one of three cards that we will be creating in my Winter Kids class on Oct 29. If you are in the Yosemite area and want to take a class e-mail us at: catsmeow (at) sti (dot) net

See you soon,

Saturday, November 22, 2008

Coffee Anyone?

While editing some pics, I found this one in my file that I had not shared yet. This set of cards was done for a Verve OSW challenge back in September. For all of the cards, I used Brown and Pink Bazzill cs, Divine Swirl CB EF, Polka Dot paper from My Minds Eye and the stamps were from sets from My Favorite Things and Impression Obsession. I paper pieced some of the coffee cups and Who's that Girls dress. The brown ink I used was Adirondack Ginger. If you would like to see the cards up close, you can check them out in my gallery at SCS.

Well, I am off to color my roots!

hugs,