Farewell to MFT WSC

 Though MFT Card Challenges are going away again, I wanted to make one last card!  With nowhere to post the card (MFT WSC #13), it would obviously be posted here.  I fell it love with the card made by Deborah and I decided to straight out CASE it!  That being said, I still love hers WAY more!

 Since I had no MFT Christmas papers, this green stripey paper was from their Sweet Celebrations pack, and the closest I could come up with.  A borrowed background pp was used from a "freebie" pack, but all other things are MFT.  Here's her card ~

The colors, the sweet images, the pretty papers -- oh my!

Supplies:

   MFT - Winter Songbird & dies, Elegant Rectangle Stax, Blueprints 27, Tasty Greetings sentiment

   Other - HB Christmas freebie papers

That's it for this sweet card, and one more for the stash!  Yay!

Hugs,

TK

A Sketch - with Cream & Gold

 Hello!

Well, I'll get right to it because I already missed Freshly Made Sketches ~

Yep, you may recognize the sketch even though I scooted mine over to the left to line up with the left side.  A bit of heat embossing, two "frames" cut and then a foiled sentiment brought this one all together.  Next time Freshly Made Sketches!  However, you can see that I used the Color Hues colors, as well.

Sorry my cardstock looks white, it is in fact cream (the exact same as above)!  I blame the photographer - ha!  I loved the colors at Color Hues, so I had to make another card.  This card was heat embossed on cream, frame cut out of Ivory glitter, then the sentiment gold foiled and layered.  This will also go to MFT #11 Sketch Challenge.

For a little something extra, the gold bow and gold pearls were added.  Again, my card looks white but it is not...

Had enough of this color mix?  Not me... I'll have another one soon.  This challenge allowed me to get several cards out that I was going to be needing, all next month!  Check - done - whew.

 

Supplies:

   Card #1 - MFT Roses All Over bg stamp, Elegant Rectangle Stax and Splb Essential Glimmer Sentiments hfp

   Card #2 - MFT Roses All Over bg stamp, PFS Dotted Fancy Frame die and Splb You Are Everything pp/die

That's everything for today!  See you soon.

Hugs,

TK

A Christmas Wreath and a challenge (or two!)

 Good day, Fine Friends!

I've had a busy weekend, with a few cards made but I thought I'd pop this one in first because it works for MFT Sketch #670 and MFT Christmas, though I am sad so say that I didn't use any wonderful MFT products today ~

A stamped wreath with a few extra images, colored with my Copics, then cut and popped up a bit.  My "dome" is upside down (you do see it, right?) and the sentiment placed below, just like the sketch.  The sentiment was a foiled sentiment from last year so there's one bit used - yay!  I placed it on an embossed background and ta-da!

 

Supplies:

   MB - Christmas Botanicals

   Alt. - Nesting Slim Dies 

   Splb - Forever Green e/f, Poinsettia Spray (sentiment)

I'm off to get this posted, but I'll see you around soon!

Hugs,

TK

   

   

Jinglin', Swingin' Snowman

Hello, Dear Friends!  Welcome!

I've returned today with fun little diddy, he's kinda tickled my fancy today -- I guess I need to smile a bit more lately.  I picked up this die last year just after Christmas and he's been sitting on my desk ever since.  I really need to get back into my Christmas card-making, so here's my first go in quite awhile ~

Excuse the photos --- they're not great...

I foiled the background with confetti, hoping it'd look a bit like snow.  He sure thinks it's snow!  After foiling the bg and sentiment while the Glimmer was hot, I die cut all the pieces, and layered them twice, then added WoS to his face, belly, arms and legs before adding in the colored pieces.

I actually was thinking ahead to cut everything on top of a dryer sheet, so when I removed the larger pieces, the small bits stayed in place which allowed me to color them with Copics.  I think cut all the outerwear out of glittery cs, blue and silver then glued everything together.  To hold the bits in place, I put small pieces of washi behind the body and head plus added dots of glue.  To finish him off, I colored his skates with a silver gel pen.

See those legs have moved?  Yep, they're the swingers!  The arms and legs come with little circles to put a small foam dot in the center, which allows the movement since one side of the dot sticks to the bg and the other sticks to the body.  The body was popped up with double foam strips to allow lots of swing - haha!  He makes me giggle.

This guy will head over to MFT Sketch Challenge (sorry, no MFT products today but your sketch was just perfect), Peace On Earth #44 (in the lower right, they're having fun checking out the tree and presents!), plus NBUS #52 for this fun guy's first appearance.

 

Supplies:

   Splb:  Dancin Snowman (NBUS), Glimmer Holiday Sentiments 2, Glimmer Slimline Confetti bg

   PB:  Simple Stackers die

Thank you for the visit, and I hope to be back soon with another card or two that I was able to make this weekend.

Hugs,

TK

Happy Birthday, Viking!

 Hello!

I'm here today with a quick post to finish out a Birthday celebration for our son-in-law.  He's an amazing individual, a heart for helping, kind and gentle, smart and so many other attributes.  We celebrated his Birthday with my daughter and his family and a wonderful meal, and now to share his card.

I saw this stamp set awhile ago, and then again recently over at Michele's blog.  I knew I had to have it!  While intending to use it for my grandson, my daughter informed me that right after my son-in-law's birth, someone mentioned he looked like a viking.  Thus, my card for him ~

Isn't he handsome?  Gotta love that plaid paper too -- wow, I knew I had to have that too when I saw it.

You'll notice that the gorgeous paper also has foiling in it's stripes... a little hard to see but the gold is foiling too!  And a close-up of Mr Vike ~

You'll see this handsome dude again soon!

I used the MFT Wednesday Sketch #641 and my new Viking set, so we'll send this over to NBUS #49!

 

Supplies:

   MFT - Viking, BP #27, Wonky Stitched Rectangles

   SB - Confetti (Birthday sentiment)

Thank you for the visit, and my hopes are that you have an amazing week!

Hugs,

TK

Sincerest Sympathies

 Hello, Friends

A quick post today, with a few more cards -- another family loss, more bereavement.  I will be sending these cards, similar yet with subtle differences, over to MFT Sketch challenge #633 and Color Throwdown #730.

ETA:  Cream cardstock was used for the image notebook page, just in case it isn't obvious...

A close-up to show detail ~

And individually ~

 

 

Background embossed, image stamped onto panels cut with the notebook top and then colored with Copics.  Each panel attached at a different angle but still using the inspiration, especially the notebook edge at the top.

Supplies:

    MFT - Notebook edge die, Deepest Sympathy sentiments

    Sizzix - Bricked embossing folder

    CB - Beautiful Friend

Thank you for visiting.

Hugs,

TK

Celebrate - It's Your Day!

 Hello again!
I hope I'm not annoying you with my rapid-fire cards!  I usually don't participate in weekly challenges, just because I just don't have enough time to make them on a weekend and then get them posted before the challenge is done.  However, today I'm pushing the limits and stretching my abilities - haha!

 

For today's card, I used a cutie from MFT, a couple of NBUS products but decided to leave the sentiment off the front of the card!  I'm not sure why, but I just felt it had enough going on with the texture.  The inside sentiment reveals it's a Birthday card.

I dry embossed the card front using a new folder, cut a tag using a new die set and then cut it down again to use the layout inspiration.  The little girl was stamped, colored and placed onto a large accentuating circle.  I used the sketch at MFT Sketch #632 challenge, and Just Us Girls #666 - Sparkle.

So where's the sparkle, you ask?

I used a Gelly Roll to add a bit of sparkle to her swimsuit trim, her headband and the flower center.  

My Copic colors ~

  

Supplies:

   MFT - Sweet Celebrations pp, Drink Up the Sunshine stamp

   Alt. - Organic Linen folder (NBUS), Nesting Slim dies (NBUS)

Thank you for the visit and your incredible kindness!  You guys keep me inspired, and push me to learn and grow.

Hugs,

TK

Happy Valentine's Day

 Hello!

I was able to steal away to the craft room this past weekend, and I made a couple of cards.  This card was sparked by the MFT Sketch and their MFT Color challenge which worked together well for me this time around.  Here's my inspiration ~

 

And the card...

I saw Michele use this image here, and I knew I had to have it!  How cute are these guys?!?!  New to me, these guys are having their first outing so this'll also head over to NBUS #47 too.

Copic colors ~

Supplies:

   LF - Perfect Plaid dp

   SB - Wonky Stitched Rectangle die

   MFT - Old Friends (NBUS)

   MCS - Be Mine (nlib)

That's it for me today, Folks!  Hope your weekend was a crafty one, with lots of relaxation!

Have a great week!

Hugs,

TK

Chemistry

 Hello and welcome!

I can't believe I'm actually making a few cards again, not many but I'm making cards!  Yay!  It just doesn't feel like I'm in a groove and I struggle once I do get to the craft room, inconsistency is not my friend.  But I was able to make this card, and a fun little diddy to make too.

I used the colors from CTD #725 - Red, Green and Brown, except that I made them a bit cooler in tone.  I think using cooler tones made it a bit more masculine.  I stamped the girl, colored her with Copics then fussy cut her out (after botching the background), so I could attach and ground her to a really great matching paper (I truly was able to match the paper to the copics I'd already used).  The frame and sentiment were then added using the sketch at MFT WSC628.   This card will go to both challenges, which are about to close, so I better work fast!

 

Supplies:

   MFT:  Cute Chemists, Blueprints #27

   PF - Diagonal Stitched Rectangle

Well, I'm off to get this posted.  Thank you for the visit!

Hugs,

TK

Masculine Birthday Stars

 Good Morning!

Today I come bearing a card that'll fit a couple of challenges.  It started first with the MFT Sketch #610, then came the JUGs #649 - Repetition challenge, which seemed to fit quite well together so I ran with it.  I took a cue off GD Julie Beech at JUGs, but with two "repeats" so it incorporated both challenges ~ 

Now that's a QACAS Masculine card!  It'll go to a friend soon, so it won't sit in the stash long.

 

Supplies:

   MFT o- Stars Above & dies --

   Alt - Birthday Greetings

That's it for me today, thanks so much for the visit -- you guys are truly a blessing to me!

Hugs,

TK

Many Thanks -- Dustin' off the cobwebs

Well, hello, Friends!

I've returned, though I'm not sure it's with a vengeance - lol.  I have made a couple cards through this weekend, but boy did I struggle!  Wow!  My motivation was there but I struggled at every turn, and a couple of the cards will not get posted!  Finally, I was able to pull from a couple of challenges that spurred me on to a "postable" card, and for that I'm thankful.

I used the MFT Wednesday Sketch #596, but I wanted to really do the monthly MFT Slimline Challenge - Thank you, so this card will be entered there.  I used the sketch pretty (ok absolutely) literal, and that was what got the cobwebs starting to fall.  Here's the challenges ~

 

And my card ~

It's kinda funny, but the colors on the dark green almost look velour-ish in this photo to me.  The cardstock is all white, then I used my Copics to color the leaves, then the border and banners.  The border is actually the snippet from the center cut, removed and colored, then replaced.  EZ peasy, but it got me over the hump!

Supplies:metric Greenery, Blueprints #27

  

Well that's it for me today, I'll probably be back tomorrow with another one, I know it has a deadline coming up soon!  I do hope all you are doing well and I hope to visit soon too!

Hugs,

TK