Know What Rhymes With Birthday? MFT's Cheers to Your Birthday

 

Hello, and welcome to my blog, where I get to share my latest hand crafted cards

and projects. Sometimes you'll see a chicken or their 'handiwork', my sweet dog,

or a peek at my garden.

Today I'm celebrating with MFT's Cheers To Your Birthday Card sets.

Within the set are various bar glasses, and these martini, or as I used them, margarita

glasses. You can even see the salt on the rim!

One with a lime wedge, and the other with cherried umbrella.  This photo gives a detailed

look at the vellum glasses, inked on the edges, the sponge inked margaritas, and a few other 

fun design elements.

With the exception of the Halvsies die by The Greetery, all product is MFT. 

I've listed what I used below. 

Hope you got a chuckle from the sentiment! I know just who's getting this

happy birthday card, and she loves margaritas! (Who doesn't?)

Have a great week!

My Favorite Things:

Raise a Glass (stamp set)

Drink Decor

Garnish

Long Stem Barware

Barware Basics

12 Kits of Occasions: September Lighthouses

Hi and welcome to 12 Kits of Occasions, September post. Between us, I 

couldn't be happier to see September pass on. Living with fires and smoke

has been the worst. Hoping for a cooler wet October!

Our hostess this month is Kim Higgings, from Cupcakes, Cards and Kim. She

has titled her kit, 'Lighthouses', and with a sea theme, many of the cutest cut

outs I've ever seen. Plenty of designer papers too! Want to see?

Above is a cute sentiment I couldn't pass up adding to my gull card.

The darling pirate in a barrel came in the kit. I set him a-sailing on SSS's Scallop Borders,

which I used on 3 of my 5 cards.

These 2 little critters are sailing on PTI's Coverplate: Waves.

Yoho! pirate is in front of MFT's porthole and next to Poppystamps' Whittle Palm.

I turned the porthole into a shaker. The waves inside are more of SSS Scallops.

And last is one of the lighthouses included in the kit. Copic colored, with some

Stickles on the rocks. 

Hope you enjoyed the post today, and don't forget to check out all

the designers for their version of the kit.

12 Kits of Occasions: November All is Calm All is Bright

The Holidays are upon us, and at 12 Kits our very special hostess, LindseyLarsen  from 

Occasional Crafting has given us the perfect kit for the season. 

Thanks to Lindsey, we always have the most gorgeous image photo. 

She showcases each image, every paper, and captures perfectly the very

essence of each kit. This month was her turn, and she gave a kit full of Christmas. 

So thankful for her thoughtful and carefully planned Christmas kit!

Here's what I did with 'All is Calm All is Bright.

I love the earthy colors and flora and fauna she provided. Honestly one of the easiest

kits to create with. Lindsey gave us everything we needed!

Really love the wow factor this jumbo ornament gave this card.

Lindsey gave us elements to create cards with the reason for the season.

So happy to have PTI's Petite Places Bethlehem so I could do a few cards with these

precious dies and sweet messages.

Concord and 9th bold black plaid bg, and copper script 'merry' on C&9's mirror green

card stock circle.

And finally this trio celebrating under the mistletoe!

Loved this kit, and love Lindsey for helping speed along my Christmas cards!

I'm working on a few more with my leftovers. I'll post them when done.

Merry Christmas Blessings!

Sympathy Cards

The Flower Challenge is being sponsored by My Favorite Things this month.

Hello! I love playing along with any challenge that has 'flower' in their theme!

And the monthly Flower Challenge has become a favorite.

This month it's Anything Goes. 

My card features MFT's Floral Focus stamp set, an all over stamp that was selectively 

stamped on the corners, and colored with Faber Castell Polychromos pencils.

The lines from the tone on tone stamping almost disappear with the coloring.

And the pencils on Kraft give the the image are almost an 'old world' feel.

First stamped with Altenew's Sand Dunes ink, then colored with pencils, and

finally masked before adding the droplets.

One last step. I added perfect pearls to some white acrylic paint and gave the leaves and 

petals some sheen. Much shinier irl. 

The Flower Challenge #36 'Anything Goes'

MFT Color Challenge 125

Enjoy your week! Hope it's a crafty one!

12 Kits of Occasions: April

Let's Hear It For the Grad!

Welcome to April's 12 Kits of Occasions post!!!

We have a special kit from a special person, Kara Pogreba

I met Kara at a craft retreat last year and fell in love with her

talents and sweet personality!

Here's what I made with her kit

Leading off with a spinner. An AI Chair Spinner! 

Well, people our age have reasons to celebrate too!

Here's the back

So fun to color.

Next up, a couple of W+9 Going Places balloons

This one will go to a grandson graduating from pre-school this year.

Hard to see but touched up with a bit of Nuvo Moonstone Glimmer.

Those are Lawn Fawn cookies, and couldn't resist capping the elephant.

Kara gave us the tassel, and the great gold embossed sentiment. Easy to add the flat 

sequins and create a shaker.

The silhouettes were included. Every bit of this card was included. What a fun 

grad card!

This one says it all. Congrats!

Thanks to Kara for helping me get ready for graduation time. 6 cards and 

plenty left over. Hope you got some inspiration for the grads in your life.

All products are listed on our post page. Be sure and make the rounds and

give some love to my teammies. 

Have a great week! And thanks for the visit!

For the Graduate - April 2019

HLS October Watercolor Challenge: Optional Gold!

Hi everyone! It's October 1st and time for another HLS Watercolor Challenge!

This time, with an optional twist... Gold.

Watercolor + Gold = yes please!

My die cut grand leaf is from PapertreyInk, and is called Enclosed: Leaf.

From watercolor paper I cut the leaf, and wet painted with my pan watercolors. Then gold embossed the 2nd or top rim and sentiment with gold embossing powder.

The panel is Wonky Stitched from My Favorite Things.

The leaf veins were first stamped and then spritzed with water.

Sequins from Buttons Galore and More.

Play along all month for a $20. gc at Happy Little Stampers!

See you in the lineup!

12 Kits of Occasions July '17

Hi, and welcome to July's post for 12 Kits of Occasions.

This month's hostess is Kim Heggings, from Cupcakes, Cards and Kim
and she's titled this month's kit:

Christmas in July.
Kim has chosen Ardyth as her guest this month. Ardyth's blog is MASKerade,
and you don't want to miss her creations.

Darling Images and die cuts, wonderful holiday paper, and even some twine and

bling for our cards!

Starting off with the reason for the season!

This Bethlehem Boarder was ready for it's desert night setting.

Hills & Banner: PTI

How cute is this kitty? And it's sentiment!

Gave my 'naughty' kitty glittered poms on her cap.

Sizzix Tim Holtz EF.

This trio screamed for the Ho3 sentiment!

I gave the capped pup some puff paint on his trim.

Candy Canes: PTI

Tags: Poppy Stamps

Neat & Tangled 'Merry & Bright

Thanks to Kim, I've put a dent in my Christmas card stash!

Don't miss the other designers' Christmas in July posts!

12 Kits of Occasions April '17

Hello! And welcome to 12 Kits of Occasions: April post.

Our hostess this month is Sharron Gregory from On Papillon Wings,

and her kit is titled: Hello Friends.

I couldn't wait to dig into this kit, filled with sweet critters, 

darling dressed for rain kids, and papers and sentiments to match! 

Loved the theme, and love you, Sharron.

You hit my sweet spot with your joyous kit!

On to the cards!

I lead with a favorite, 2 Mama Elephant rain slicker tots sharing an umbrella.

This closeup shows some glossy accents on the umbrella

and the rain wear.

What would you do with a kitty just begging for color? 

I might have gone a bit overboard with the eye makeup, but she didn't complain...

Sharron was very generous with the PTI: Super Succulant pattern paper,

paired perfectly with the Spellbinders pots and succulents.

Honey Bunny just seemed to go with this sentiment!

Background was a PTI Ocean Tides card stock that I put through my emboss

machine with a Spellbinders folder, rolled with ink.

Memory Box Scribble Flower Circle.

Sharron sent along this cloud filled card stock.

 I couldn't resist putting it with this 

sweet pair I colored with pencils. can you see their fuzzy tails?

And finally, another favorite, was this birdhouse duo included in our kit, 

I left white,

and added it to a PTI scallop circle sponge inked, with 3 popped up 

Succulant Garden flowers, I just happened to have.

Otherwise Sharron's kit supplied me with more than 

enough wonders I hadn't seen before or had!

Plenty of cards on hand to send to friends is just what I needed.

Don't forget to check out the other 12 Kits Designers for more

card ideas. And so happy to see Marcia Hill as our Guest Designer this month!

Please go by and give her some love at Marcia Hill's time for Paper.