Thinking Inking

Happy Birth-yay: WSC270

Welcome! Today I'm playing along with the My Favorite Things Stamps WSC370 Sketch Challenge. I had really intended to make a shaker card with this sketch, but I couldn't pry the flower stamps out of my fingers. ;-) I also used the Yay die from the January Yay for You card kit, which was still in stock at the moment of this post's publication! 

I airbrushed a hint of pale green (Copic G40) in the background to make my floral-stamped words stand out a bit more than they would have on a white background. Everything else is probably self-explanatory--clean and simple. I hope you get a chance to go see the other WSC370 Sketch Challenge pieces and play along with us--remember that there is a chance win awesome MFT products, but only if you play along! Thanks for stopping by,

 

Love on Your Birthday

Welcome! I needed a quick birthday card earlier this week and grabbed my MFT Stamps Painted Flowers stamp set to make a bright birthday bouquet.

A little bit of layered stamping paired with coordinating dies made the birthday bouquet pretty quick and easy! Thanks for stopping by today,

You Are Loved: MFT January Release Replay

Welcome! It's time for the January My Favorite Things Stamps Release Replay, and I have a Brushstroke Blooms card to share today. I hadn't had a chance to play with this one during release week, and you know how much I love flower sets! 

I kept it simple--pink and peach tones with soft greenery, and two colors for inking my sentiment stamp to give it some pizazz. Have you gotten some new My Favorite Things Stamps this month? If so, you'll want to see what the team has come up with since the January release.

Thanks for visiting, and be sure to visit the MFT Stamps blog for complete list of the participants in the January Release Replay!

GRREETINGS: MFT January Release

Welcome! It's that time--January My Favorite Things Stamps Release time, that is! I saved my Monster Sized card for tonight because I loved making this one and liked how it turned out too. I could see this set making really cute Valentines cards, even if your little kids colored them. I wanted to use red/pink/orange hues on this little guys.

Shown above are the Copic markers that I used. (I know that this format is different from what I usually use for Copic Color Maps, but I needed to show which monster had which colors, and two of them were red families.)

Seriously, who could NOT have fun coloring these little monsters?

All of the new January 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!

Holding You: MFT Stamps Release Countdown Day 1

Release Day for My Favorite Things Stamps is almost here! Tuesday evening at 9pm Eastern time, all of the January products will be available. I chose the Stitched Heart Peek-a-Boo Window Die-namics to feature tonight because I wanted to make a shaker card as an encouragement card for a friend.

Stamps sets that I used were Deepest Sympathy and Painted Flowers--both from previous releases. 

In addition to the products that I've shared here, there are several fabulous new products being showcased today; I hope you get a chance to visit the MFT Stamps Blog for a complete list of designers playing along with today's new products AND to enter for prizes! Remember that while all MFT products that I used are linked below, the NEW product links won't be live until Release time--that's Tuesday, January 9, at 9pm Eastern time. All other links should work now. Thank you for stopping by today,

Valentine Wishes: MFT Stamps Release Countdown Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of the My Favorite Things Stamps January Release Countdown!  At 9pm Eastern time on Tuesday, January 9, the January release will be live and all of the new products shown in the past few days will be available. I chose to use the new Marble Background and Valentine Wishes Stamps. The background stamp made getting a marbleized look virtually mess-free! For inks, I used some Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks including Spiced Marmalade, Worn Lipstick, and Picked Raspberry. (This was my first stamp impression. I sprayed the stamp with water and got a second much looser background from the same inking.)

In addition to the ones that I've shared here, there are several fabulous new products being showcased today; I hope you get a chance to visit the MFT Stamps Blog for a complete list of designers playing along with today's new products AND to enter for prizes! Remember that while all MFT products that I used are linked below, the NEW product links (marked with an asterisk) won't be live until Release time--that's late tomorrow night (Tuesday, November 7) at 9pm Eastern time. All other links should work now. Thank you for stopping by today,

Blowing a Kiss: MFT Stamps Release Countdown Day 3

Welcome to Day 3 of the My Favorite Things Stamps January Release Countdown! I chose to use the Pure Innocence Blowing Kisses stamp set since I like coloring sweet little girls. :-) 

Shown above are the Copic Sketch markers that I used to color the Blowing Kisses image. I airbrushed the background lightly with Copic G02 and W3 Sketch markers. The W3 was used to ground her, and the the G02 to to provide some pale contrasting color with the Reds and Red-Violets in her dress. 

I used two different colors from the Bundles of Blossoms Brights paper pad on my card, and I shaded the edges of the paper-pieced skirt with warm grays to give it a rounded shape.

In addition to the ones that I've shared here, there are several fabulous new products being showcased today; I hope you get a chance to visit the MFT Stamps Blog for a complete list of designers playing along with today's new products AND to enter for prizes! Remember that while all MFT products that I used are linked below, the NEW product links won't be live until Release time--that's late Tuesday evening (January 9) at 9pm Eastern time. All other links should work now. Thank you for stopping by today,

A Norse Day: MFT Stamps Release Countdown Day 4

Welcome to day four of the My Favorite Things Stamps January Release Countdown! I chose the Viking stamp set to work with today because I think he's awesome! (And I have a friend for whom I need to color one in purple and gold one of these days too--yes, for a Vikings fan!) 

Shown above are the Copic Sketch markers that I used to color the Viking image. I airbrushed a simple background using the Mini Cloud Edges Stencil and my Copic markers and airbrush system. For the water and beach, I used just a post it note--easy!

Seriously, how cool is he? Unghhh, UNGHHH! 

While I have linked all products that I used below, the links to the NEW product links will not be live links until release night, 9pm Eastern Time, Tuesday, January 9. All of the other links should work now. Be sure to check the MFT Stamps blog for more January Release inspiration AND for a chance to win some great prizes! Thank you for visiting,