Birthday boy pin

Hi all! Hope everyone enjoyed their weekend! I had some time to get crafty today and worked on my entry for this month's MFT guest DT challenge. My youngest will turn 8 (gasp!) in a couple of weeks, so he was my inspiration for this pin. I had a BLAST making this! The boy is from their Ahoy Matey set. He normally has an eye patch over his right eye and a scarf on his head, not to mention his entire lower body! I only inked up part of his face and upper body so that I could add his right "eye" and a birthday hat! Fun, right?! His hat (and the pointy "spikes" around the outside of the pin) were made using one of their banner dies ( I forget the name!). I also used two of the dizzy doily dienamics, the fishtail banner dienamics and the dienamic that comes with the You Move Me set. LOVE 'em all!!! The kraft colored piece I have the boy mounted on is actually a piece of corrugated paper I've had forever and finally used! OH! Almost forgot... the red strip is one of their border dienamics, too! Dimensionals and two embossing folders add LOTS of texture and, well, dimension! The glitter brad was "approved" by my soon-to-be 8 y.o. - as long as it was green! He thought the pin was pretty cool and proudly showed his brothers! Yay!!! :) Here's a pic of him wearing it:

Ain't he cute?!!!

Ok, well, wish me luck and have a great week!

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Scootin' by...

Hi again! I'm playing catch-up on the MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenges. This is for week 28. All of the stamps are from the newer You Move Me set. My poor scooter sure is
facing an uphill battle, huh?! Ha! I also used the scooter to make my own dp for the panel under the main one. The little strips of dp are from JilliBean Soup. The sentiment "scooting by to say hi" is all one stamp, but I broke it up so it would fit on the file tab dienamic. The two larger cloud puffs are dies included in the You Move Me set (how cute, right?!?!!). I cut the smallest one by hand. The sketch called for two little embellishments on the upper right, but when I started adding buttons, I decided to go with a stop light! Here's a pic of the inside:

Nothing fancy, just the rest of the sentiment, another stamped scooter and some matching dp. I'd much rather use those extra strips of dp, than have them laying around my craft room!

Catch ya later,

*knock, knock* - Is this thing on?!

Loooong time, no see! How y'all been? I'm thrilled to report that we are just about all settled into the new house and I just got my craft room about 95% set up!!!! Can I get a *WOOT* *WOOT*?!?!!! I'm truly blessed to be able to have a craft room, though it did mean that two of the boys have to share a room now. They're little and don't mind one bit - well, maybe the 10 y.o. does some, but not the 7 y.o.! :) On to the card...

I've had a nice stash of new goodies patiently waiting for me. This card uses the new Aim High PI by MFT. There are 4 different MFT dienamics on here! The little flourish next to the rolled rose doesn't actually look like that. Once I cut it out, I clipped it here and there to piece it together and make it work for that spot. All of the dp is from the new Authentique 6x6 pad. It's so yummy! They also have a pack that has blues in it and one with pinks - something just drew me to the yellow one. And who doesn't love a kite with a blingy string! Some faux stitching, a few panels up on pop dots and a brad in the center of the rolled rose finish it all up. I'm loving how her hair turned out. While blogging, I noticed a few people saying that they blend too much when using Copics, so I tried not to blend so much and definitely got the look I was hoping for.

Ok, I sure do hope to see y'all around here more often!

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Pink thinking of you

Hi! Here's a card I made for this week's color challenge on SCS and for the MFT WSC 22. The flowers are from the Inspired by Spring MFT set and the sentiment if from a PI set. I just love when I use up some old dp! The one I used here is a retired SU dp. I used the medium scallop MFT dienamic in two places, can you spot them?!?! One is obvious - the melon strip across the card. The other is on the bottom. I placed the die on the card base, flipped it over, then used a pencil to "emboss" the scallops. Had to add pearls to accentuate the scallops!'

Thanks for stopping by!

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Goodness, me!

HI ALL! Yep, long time no see... hopefully you'll be seeing more of me now that I'm done with work for a few months.
If you visit here, you know I love MFT (and Flourishes and... ok, I'll stop there) so I couldn't resist the MFT guest designer challenge. We had to "personalize" something, so why not go for a Father's Day card?! I tried to keep it as manly looking as possible, but did have to add some brads and twine. ;) The fishtail banner and pointy border die are both from MFT. The stamp is from one of their "Inspired by..." sets, can't remember the name but I love it! I decided to color the tree in with some copics. The tree and banner are all popped up.
Thanks for stopping by!

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An Easter card

Hi!!! Here's an Easter card I made using a new PI, who I think is sold out at the moment - just tried looking for her on the site and couldn't find her! Anywho, I paper pieced her dress and colored everything else with copics. Used some dp I've had a while (yay!) and ruffled some ribbon around the edges. Nesties, sponging and brads finish it up. I made this using a sketch from MFT and for Flourishes release challenge.

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Shabby MFT flower girl

Hi all! Here's my latest card for this months' MFT guest designer challenge - Shabby Chic! Whatcha think? Too much? I have to say that I had a BLAST making this card! It was one of those where you just keep thinking, "oooh, what else can I add??!". The card base is kraft and I used a combo of crate paper and MME designer papers. I pieced her cute little dress and jacket, the rest I colored with copics. The doily behind her is from a pack of Martha Stewart ones that I got a while back. I made the half rosette myself - *side note~I'm sure it's much easier with a die!* The little strip of scalloped kraft (next to the dp that's yellow with flowers) is from the MFT banner die. It's supposed to be the top part of the banner, but I thought it made a cute border. I added liquid pearls to it, though most of it is covered by everything else! ;) I cut out some kraft using the dizzy border dienamic from MFT and covered the middle with some lace trim. The main layer that she's on is up on dimensionals. I broke up the sentiment so that it fit in my Verve die. I poked a hole in one end, added some MFT twine, an antique button and a cute little key to dress it up even more. Lots of sponging on the sentiment die, the doily and the black-ish dp layer. I roughed up the edges of the main layer that she's on and the yellow flowery dp. Here's a close up of the sentiment detailing:


Oh, and don't forget the bling! I added some swirls to the left and two little ones on the upper right! Ok, too much description?!? Hehe, sorry! Hope you like it! I'd just be thrilled to PIECES if I won!!! ;) Oh, I almost forgot!!! I finishes the inside, too! Nothing too fancy, just another bit of dizzy border, matching dp and that sweet girl stamped off to the left.

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