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Hugging You with my Heart: Sketchy Flowers Countdown

Welcome! It's time for the My Favorite Things Stamps May Kit Countdown, and I'm happy to be  sharing a card using the Sketchy Flowers Kit today! This kit also includes a fabulous word set, All About You. I used it on my next two countdown cards, but not on this one. For this one, I chose a sentiment from the Lots of Hugs set.

Shown above are the Copic markers that I used to color my Sketchy Flowers. (Each flower has solid stamp shapes with which to fill in the colored part, so you wouldn't have to color them if you didn't want to.)

I used dies from a couple of my Blueprints sets (15 and 29), as well as a Square Peek-a-Boo Window die to frame my Sketchy Flowers. Again, my Tuesday cards use both kit stamps sets, as well as kit colors--this card is my most out-of-the-box one. Be sure to visit the MFT Stamps Blog for a full list of people participating in the Sketchy Flowers Kit Countdown today! Thank you so much for visiting,

http://www.mftstamps.com/sketchy-flowers-card-kit	Lots of Hugs	Die-namics Blueprints 15	Die-namics Blueprints 29	Hybrid Ink Pad Black Licorice
Die-namics Square Peek-a-Boo Window	Foam Mounting Tape 1/2"	Wink of Stella Brush - Clear	Glossy Accents	4mm Clear Droplets

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Hey Sunshine: MFT Stamps May Release Replay

Welcome! It's Release Replay time for My Favorite Things Stamps, and I have a beach-y keen card to share today. 

Shown above are the Copic markers that I used to color the Beach Day images and to airbrush the background pieces from the Beach Scene Builder Die-namics, also cut with the Stitched Dome Stax. I also really liked the nautical feel that the new Bold Stripes Cover-Up gave!

I hope you get a chance to visit the MFT Stamps blog, where you will find links to all of the other Release Replay posts for May! Thank you for visiting today,

Pure Innocence Beach Day	Die-namics PI Beach Day	Die-namics Bold Stripes Cover-Up	Die-namics Stitched Dome STAX	Die-namics Beach Scene Builder
Smooth White Card Stock	Sno Cone Card Stock	Foam Mounting Tape 1/2"	Hybrid Ink Pad Black Licorice	Mini Multi Medium Matte Glue
Quickie Glue Pen	4 mm Summer Mix

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Hey, Gullfriend: MFT May Product Launch

Welcome! The My Favorite Things Stamps May release is now available! I saved my Seaside Seagulls card to share tonight because I had so much fun making this one. 

Shown above are the Copic markers that I used to color the Seaside Seagulls images; I paper pieced the sky and water with papers from the Watercolor Wash paper pack and dotted the shoreline with white gloss and Glitter White Blizzard Nuvo Drops. 

All of the new May products are now available, and the links below should all work. Each of the MFT Design Team members will have projects to share tonight, so please check out the MFT Stamps Blog for many more cool projects and products, as well as a chance to win fabulous prizes. Good luck, and thanks for visiting!

Seaside Seagulls	Die-namics Seaside Seagulls	Die-namics Inside & Out Stitched Rounded Rectangle STAX	Die-namics Blueprints 25	Die-namics Stitched Sentiments Strips
Die-namics Beach Scene Builder	Smooth White Card Stock	Blending Card by X-Press It	Natural Heavyweight Card Stock	Hybrid Ink Pad Black Licorice
Berrylicious Premium Dye Ink Pad	Cornflower Premium Dye Ink Pad	Thick & Thin Paper Pack	Watercolor Wash Paper Pack	Nuvo Crystal Drops - Gloss White
Nuvo Glitter Drops - White Blizzard	Foam Mounting Tape 1/4"

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"Sea" You Soon: MFT Release Day 4

Welcome! It's Day Four of the My Favorite Things Stamps May Release Countdown, and today I have a "mermazing" card to share! 

Shown above are the Copic markers that I used to color the outline images. (The rest of the images are also in the stamp set, but are solid images.)

I used my Stitched Dome Die-namics and Frame to create a window for my little mermaid to peep through, while the background is the new Mermaid Tail background.

The new items shown will be available on release evening, Tuesday April 2 at 9pm, Eastern. Links for new supplies at the bottom of the page will work then; all other links should work now. Thank you for stopping by tonight, and I hope you get a chance to visit the MFT Stamps Blog for a complete list of participants in today's release blog hop, as well as for information on how to enter the prize drawing on the MFT Stamps Blog!

BB Mermazing	Die-namics BB Mermazing	BG Mermaid Tail Background	Die-namics Stitched Dome STAX
Die-namics Stitched Dome Frames	Die-namics Blueprints 27	Die-namics Blueprints 15	Smooth White Card Stock
Sno Cone Card Stock	Summer Splash Prestige Card Stock	Hybrid Ink Pad Black Licorice	Tropical Teal Premium Dye Ink Pad
Blu Raspberry Premium Dye Ink Pad	Spearmint Premium Dye Ink Pad	Limeade Premium Dye Ink Pad	Limelight Premium Dye Ink Pad
Orange Fizz Premium Dye Ink	Persimmon Premium Dye Ink Pad	Cool Diamond Microfine Glitter	Foam Mounting Tape 1/4"
Quickie Glue Pen

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Peace: Power Poppy Sunset Sway

Welcome! It's time for April's Power Poppy Instant Garden Release, a seasonally inspired digital confection called Sunset Sway. Marcy tells us that Sunset Sway contains naturalized Clusiana Tulips and Wild Anemones. (And I'm always glad that she tells us exactly what flowers are in an image so that I can look up color schemes online!)

Sunset Sway comes with two large images--one featuring a butterfly, and the other only the flowers. The included sentiment says, “May every sunrise hold more promise and every sunset hold more peace.” (I pulled just the word peace from the sentiment for a little sentiment banner on the outside of my card.)

I took pictures as I colored, though I often go back at the end and darken areas that aren't dark enough once everything is colored. Shown above are my Copic greenery colors.

Shown above are the Copic markers that I used to color the anemones. Anemone petals are delicate and thin--they remind me of oriental poppies with that same near  translucency.

And here are the Copic markers that I used for the tulips and the background. I wasn't really planning to color the background, but leaving the edges of the tulips white meant that I needed background so that the tulips wouldn't simply look unfinished. 

When I was trying to find a die in my collection that would work with the size image that I had printed, I chose the MFT Stamps Inside & Outside stitched Oval. I could have rotated it a bit more an gotten all of the petals inside the window, but I wasn't fond of where the stems ended up when I tore that. So I fussy cut just a tiny bit around one of the anemone petals so that it could extend out and past my stitched oval mat. Cardstock is X-Press It Blending Card and MFT's Wild Wisteria. I used MFT Blueprints 25 Die-namics for the outer stitched edge on my card front mat.

Again, HERE is a link to the Power Poppy Instant Garden (digital) stamp set, Sunset Sway. I hope you get a chance to visit both then Power Poppy Blog as well as the blogs below for more Sunset Sway inspiration! Thanks for rising today,

Power Poppy Blog
Barb Walker
Cheryl Scrivens
Jenn Dove
Jessie Banks

Looking Up to You: MFT New Product Launch

Welcome! It's Release Night for My Favorite Things Stamps, and I have a Tweet Wishes card to share. Aren't these little guys sweet? I also used the new Stitched Dome Stax and the Stitched Dome Frames with my owls--loved them too. :-) 

Shown above are the Copic markers that I used to color the Tweet Wishes images; I airbrushed the background with BG01 and YG05, using a torn paper towel as a mask for the clouds.

The grass strip, glued to the inside of the Stitched Dome Frame, is from the Spring Scene Builder. I wanted a limb for my "looked up to" owl to sit on, so I stamped an extra tree and hand-trimmed the trunk closely before gluing it onto my colored tree--easy!

All of the new April products are now available, and the links below should all work. Each of the MFT Design Team members will have projects to share tonight, so please check out the MFT Stamps Blog for many more cool projects and products, as well as a chance to win fabulous prizes. Good luck, and thanks for visiting!

Tweet Wishes	Die-namics Tweet Wishes	Die-namics Blueprints 15	Die-namics Stitched Dome Frames	Die-namics Stitched Dome STAX
Die-namics Blueprints 28	Die-namics Spring Scene Builder	Blending Card by X-Press It	Sweet Tooth Card Stock	Limelight Prestige Card Stock
Gumdrop Green Card Stock	Hybrid Ink Pad Black Licorice	Foam Mounting Tape 1/2"	4mm Clear Droplets	Mini Multi Medium Matte Glue

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A Four-Legged Word: MFT Release Day 2

Welcome! It's Day Two of the My Favorite Things Stamps April Release--we're almost there! Are you a dog person? I am definitely a dog person, even though we don't currently have one. (My husband says that dogs and hardwood floors don't mix. :-/) 

Shown above are the Copic markers that I used to color my four-legged friends. 

The biggest problem that I had with this set was deciding which dog to use on my card! Clearly I couldn't decide, so ended up using three of them. (Sometimes variety is the name of the game!)

While I linked all MFT products below, the links to the NEW release product links will not work until Release Night, Tuesday at 9pm Eastern, on April 4 . (All other links should work now.) Be sure to to visit the MFT Stamps blog to enter for today's prize, and to see a full list of links for the DT members showcasing today's release sets! Thanks for stopping by today,

Four-Legged Friends	Die-namics Four-Legged Friends	Die-namics Blueprints 25	Die-namics Single Stitch Line Rounded Rectangle Frames
Blending Card by X-Press It	Sweet Tooth Card Stock	Natural Heavyweight Card Stock	Cement Gray Prestige Card Stock
Foam Mounting Tape 1/2"	Mini Multi Medium Matte Glue	Hybrid Ink Pad Black Licorice

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The Sugar in My Lemonade: MFT Release Day 3

Welcome! We're down to Day Three of the My Favorite Things Stamps April Release Countdown. Could I tempt you with even more cuteness? This little Fresh Squeezed girl is just plain sweet!  I colored her hair, skin, and accessories, but then added some paper piecing combined with coloring for her party dress. 

Shown above are the Copic markers that I used to color her dress (paper pieced from the lightest pink paper in the Roses All Over paper pack, and then shaded with Copics). I added a strip of glitter to her belt line and even a little random heart-shaped piece of glitter for a belt buckle. (You can see it best in the top picture; it is iridescent, so the light makes it look pink but shift to green.) The little butterfly is from another April release, Springtime Critters, and the background is lightly airbrushed, using the Stitched Dome Die-namics as my mask for the edges.

I know that I have a LOT of Die-namics sets listed below, but I used usually only one piece from each set, so you might be able to substitute on some of them Here's what I used: the sentiment banner from Blueprints 12, the front panel from Blueprints 15, the butterfly from Springtime Critters, the Vertical strip from Stitched Vertical Strips, and the D-shaped panel from Stitched Dome STAX. 

Keep in mind that while I linked all MFT products below, the links to the NEW release products will not work until Release Night, 9pm EST on Tuesday, April 4. (All other links should work now.) 

I hope you have time to check out the MFT Stamps Blog for a complete list of participants in today's countdown and to enter for prizes there! Thanks for stopping by today,

Pure Innocence Fresh Squeezed	Die-namics PI Fresh Squeezed	Springtime Critters	Die-namics Springtime Critters	Die-namics Blueprints 15
Die-namics Stitched Dome STAX	Die-namics Blueprints 12	Die-namics Vertical Stitched Strips	Roses All Over Paper Pack	Sweet Tooth Card Stock
Blending Card by X-Press It	Pink Lemonade Card Stock	Hybrid Ink Pad Black Licorice	Gravel Gray Premium Dye Ink Pad	Foam Mounting Tape 1/2"
4mm Clear Droplets	Mini Multi Medium Matte Glue	Nuvo Glitter Drops - White Blizzard	Quickie Glue Pen	Cool Diamond Microfine Glitter

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You Lift Me Up: MFT Release Day 4

Welcome! It's Day 4 of the My Favorite Things Stamps Countdown week. Today I'd like to share a card using the Up in the Air set--it is just darling, and you have to see all of the animals that can ride in the balloon basket! All new products show here will be available on Tuesday, April 4, at 9pm Eastern time.

Shown above are the Copic markers that I used on the Up in the Air images.

I used patterned paper from the Tiny Hearts Pastels pack for my background. I added some texture to the large balloon with some Copic Colorless Blender and a scrap of denim. Finally, I used the 3mm sequins to decorate the pennants on the balloon. I loved playing with this little jewel of a stamp set!

Again, the new items shown will be available on release evening, Tuesday at 9pm, Eastern, on April 4. Links for new supplies at the bottom of the page will work then; all other links should work now. Thank you for stopping by tonight, and I hope you get a chance to visit the MFT Stamps Blog for a complete list of participants in today's release blog hop, as well as for information on how to enter the prize drawing on the MFT Stamps Blog!

BB Up in the Air	Die-namics BB Up in the Air	Die-namics Blueprints 31	Die-namics Inside & Out Stitched Rounded Rectangle STAX
Sweet Tooth Card Stock	Hybrid Ink Pad Black Licorice	Blueberry Premium Dye Ink Pad	Foam Mounting Tape 1/2"
Mini Multi Medium Matte Glue	3 mm Sparkling Clear Sequins

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Toad-ally Awesome: MFT Release Day 5

Welcome! It's that time of month--My Favorite Things Stamps release time, that it! Today I have a Springtime Critters card to share with you, for someone who's "toad-ally awesome!" Keep in mind that all March release items that I use over the next few days will be available on release night, Tuesday, April 4, at 9pm Eastern time. All of the links at the bottom of my  post will work at that time.

Shown above are the Copic markers that I used to color my little toad-pal.

Again, while I linked all MFT products below, the links to the NEW release products will not work until Release Night, Tuesday at 9pm, Eastern, on April 4. (All other links should work now.) Be sure to to visit the MFT Stamps blog to enter for today's prize, and to see a full list of links for the DT members showcasing today's release sets! Thanks for stopping by today,

 

Springtime Critters	Die-namics Springtime Critters	Springtime Blooms	Die-namics Blueprints 15	Die-namics Blueprints 30
Die-namics Blueprints 32	Die-namics Spring Scene Builder	Smooth White Card Stock	Sour Apple Card Stock	Limelight Prestige Card Stock
Razzle Berry Card Stock	Hybrid Ink Pad Black Licorice	Nuvo Glitter Drops - White Blizzard	Foam Mounting Tape 1/2"

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More than Coffee: Copic Skintones Set

Welcome! I was experimenting with the Copic Six-piece Ciao Skin Set earlier this week and thought I would share my findings. While I am fairly frequently asked about  Copic skin tone colors, I'm not fond of limiting myself to just a FEW markers. There are so many great colors, and so much variety in skin tones, that sharing three or six or even twelve marker colors seems a bit underwhelming. However, we all need to start SOMEWHERE, right? And if you need to start somewhere, then the Copic Six-Piece Ciao Skin set is a great place to start! Even if you have all of the Copic colors, perhaps one of the kids in your life is just starting to show interest in manga or anime, or art in general. A six-pack of Copic Ciao's might just earn you favorite Auntie status. . . ;-}

On the card at the top of my post, I limited my skin tones to those in the set shown above.

Listed above are all of the Copic markers that I used to color the Mo Manning Coffee image.

After I finished the first image, however, I also wanted to see how the set would work for darker skin tones. I knew that the Copic E-teens family tends to lean reddish brown, so I would normally add more neutral browns into the skin mix as I get darker in value. In the spirit of staying true to the six-piece set, however, I used only the four darker colors in the Copic Six-piece Ciao Skin Set in the image above. What do you think? It is on the reddish brown side for sure, but it worked pretty well. The E-teens are easy to blend, and the E11, E13, and E15 really are staples in my skin tone collection anyway (even when I combine them with other color families to tone down the reds.) The E93 in the kit makes a great blush tone, especially on light to medium skin.

The patterned papers that I used are from an oldie-but-goodie collection, Echo Park's Summer Bliss 6 x 6 pad. All dies are by MFT Stamps (Blueprints 15 for the main panel perimeter, Blueprints 31 for the small banner, and Inside & Out Stitched Rectangle Stax for the focal image). I used X-Press It Blending card for the focal image.

I will be back later tonight with the first of the My Favorite Things Stamps April Release posts. Thank you for stopping by!

A Wish or Two: MFT Doodled Blooms Card Kit

Welcome! How about another Doodled Blooms card today? The Doodled Blooms Card Kit will be available at My Favorite Things Stamps on Tuesday evening at 9pm, Eastern time. I kept this one a little more traditional than yesterday's kraft versions, and I stamped a colored kit envelope to coordinate with the card front. 

Shown above are the Copic markers that I used to color the Doodled Blooms images, as well as to airbrush the sky and ground. (I used a torn paper town to mask for airbrushed cloud shapes in the sky.)

The More Essential Sentiments stamp set in the Doodled Blooms kit has a TON of possibilities if you're looking for a sentiment for almost any reason. 

I hope you get a chance to visit the MFT Stamps blog for a complete list of participants in the Doodled Blooms Card Kit Countdown--I know that you'll see some great ideas! Thank you for visiting today,

Doodled Blooms Card Kit	Die-namics Blueprints 15	Die-namics Blueprints 28	Hybrid Ink Pad Black Licorice	Smooth White Card Stock
Nuvo Glitter Drops - White Blizzard	Black & White Basics Paper Pack	Black Licorice Prestige Card Stock	Versamark Ink Pad	White Detail Embossing Powder

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