MFT Sketch 535 Guest Designer + a tutorial!

Hello to you! It's my last day guesting for the MFT March Sketch Challenge. Besides my take on the sketch, you'll get a tutorial on how to color number balloons to make them look like foil number balloons. I got asked a lot about them on previous cards, so here it is. But first comes Sketch 535:

And this is what I made inspired by it:

Here I started with a white card base and stamped the Pumped-Up Numbers with grey ink. After I had added highlights with a white gel pen, I added a strip of grey cardstock, a rectangle of white cardstock and covered the front with vellum to tone it down. Now I stamped the images, colored them, fussy-cut the pieces and adhered them to the card. Finally, I stamped the sentiment onto a strip of pink cardstock, heat-embossed it with white embossing powder, trimmed it and adhered it to the card.

This cute little bear always makes me happy! But now to the promised tutorial. I hope you like it!

Will you try this? Let me know what you think. And don't forget to join the MFT Sketch Challenge this week for your chance to win $50 to the MFT shop! Thanks for visiting today!

Vanessa

Supplies:

Pumped-Up Numbers

Partners in Adventure

BB Adorable Elephants

MFT Sketch 534 Guest Designer

 Hello to you! Welcome back to another week guesting for MFT. Today the new Sketch 534 is up and this time it is a slimline card design:

Here comes my take, are you ready for take-off?

The adorable new High-flying Adventure stamp set fit perfectly for this sketch. I love this little bunny holding on to the string. On the background, I created light pink clouds with Spun Sugar Distress Oxide ink, using the Cloud Stencil. I colored the images with Copic markers and the sentiment is heat-embossed using white embossing powder.

Be sure to head to the MFT Blog to find all the details on how to win a $50 gift card to the MFT Shop! I hope you'll join us! Thanks for visiting and see you next week!

Vanessa

MFT Supplies:

High-flying Adventure stamps + Die-namics

Cloud Stencil

MFT Sketch 533 Guest Designer

Hello again! I am back with my card guesting for this week's MFT Sketch 533.  This is the wonderful sketch:

And here comes my monochromatic, girly take:

I first stamped the gnomie and the eggs, masked them and inked the background to create the hills, using Spun Sugar and Victorian Velvet Distress Oxide Inks. Then I stamped the greenery and flowers, removed the masks and colored the images with Copic markers. After I had adhered the panel to my card base, I stamped the sentiment onto a strip of cardstock, heat-embossed it with white embossing powder, trimmed it and adhered it.

These gnomes make me smile. So lovely! Now it is your turn, I hope you will join us this week for the Sketch Challenge. Thank you so much for visiting!

Hugs,

Vanessa

MFT Supplies:

BB Spring Gnomes

Dandelion Greenery

Drifts and Hills Stencil

MFT & Friends March 2021 Release

Welcome to the MFT & Friends March 2021 Release! I am thankful to be guesting this month, and have created samples using the new release for your inspiration. It feels like an early birthday present, March being my birthday month! So grab a cup of whatever you prefer and enjoy the cards. I hope you like what you see!

The new BB Spring Gnomes set is the cutest, don't you agree? Here I colored them with Copic markers, the background is inked with Cracked Pistachio, Squeezed Lemonade, Spun Sugar and Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide inks. 

To make the die-cut letters stand out better, I added a rectangle of vellum behind them.

The new Stacey Yacula set is next:

I wonder what these little bears whisper into each others ear? I wish I had their heart-shaped flowers in my garden! This background was ink blended using Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry and Festive Berries Distress Oxides. The images are colored with Copics. This garden gate is a new favorite of mine!

Ready for take-off? Good, because here comes the Amazing Airplane Die-namics:

This die is such fun! I wanted to put all the cute critters from my stash into the planes. Here I chose to add the bears from Partners In Adventure. The background and the planes are inked with Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers, Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberries, Milled Lavender and Wilted Violet Oxides.

 And finally a card using a lovely new Rachelle Anne Miller set:

This little girl is from the RAM Rainy Day Friends. I gave her a rainbow that I created with Distress Oxide inks. The images are colored with Copics again. This is a one-layer card made with masking paper.

You made it through all the cards! I hope you enjoyed them and that you were inspired! Now be sure to stop by the MFT Blog to see all the fabulous creations everybody came up with for today and to find the details on how to win $100 to the MFT shop! Thanks for stopping by my blog and for leaving me love.

Hugs,

Vanessa

Supplies:

Good Egg Card:

BB Spring Gnomes stamps + Die-namics

Birch Trees Die-namics

Gift Card Window + Frame Die-namics

Grassy Hills Die-namics

LLD Stitched Alphabet Die-namics

Love Bears Card:

SY Being With You stamps + Die-namics

Garden Gate Die-namics

Bears in Planes Card:

Partners in Adventure stamps + Die-namics

Banner Day Sentiments

Amazing Airplanes Die-namics

Banner Flags Die-namics (free with $60 gift option)

Mini Cloud Edges Stencil

Rainbow Umbrella card:

RAM Rainy Day Friends stamps

MFT Sketch 532 Guest Designer

 Hello to you! It's Wednesday, time for the new MFT Sketch Challenge 532. I am pleased to be back for my second week guesting for My Favorite Things. This week's sketch is such fun:

Don't you agree? I was wondering how to replace the star shape and just arranged my images to achieve this:

Yes, I couldn't resist to use the BB Mice Day to Celebrate again! I am in love with this stamp set. First, I stamped my images onto the panel of white cardstock, building up the scene by masking the stamped images before stamping the next image. Then I used tape to mask off the background and applied Cracked Pistachio and Pine Needles Distress Oxide Inks. Now I stamped the Happy Birthday Background and removed all the masks from the panel. 

After I had colored the images with Copic markers and added details with a white gel pen, I adhered the panel to a pink card base. I stamped the sentiment from BB Bitty Bears onto a strip of black cardstock, heat-embossed it with white embossing powder, trimmed it and adhered it to the card. Finally, I added tiny star confetti, resuming the star shape again.

I hope you like my take on this week's sketch. I would love to join this cute party! Now it is your turn. Join the fun on the MFT blog for your chance to win 50$ MFT cash! Thank you for visiting today, I'll be back soon with more. Can't wait!

Vanessa

MFT Supplies:

BB Mice Day to Celebrate

Happy Birthday Background

BB Bitty Bears

MFT Sketch 531 Guest Designer

 Hello to you from a thrilled girl! I am allowed to guest for My Favorite Things again this month, joining the wonderful Design Team for the weekly Sketch Challenges. So without further ado, here comes sketch 531:

I immediately thought of photographs displayed on a wall and this is the result:

I first trimmed a panel of Tropical Teal cardstock slightly smaller than my card base and adhered it. Now I trimmed a strip of white cardstock, inked it with Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink and adhered it to the middle. Then I cut two rectangles from white cardstock, inked the background with Squeezed Lemonade, Cracked Pistachio and Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide Inks and drew around the edges with a black marker.

Now I stamped the adorable images from BB Picture Perfect onto white cardstock, colored them with Copic markers, added details with a white gel pen, fussy-cut the cuties and adhered them to the rectangles before adhering these to the card.

Finally, I stamped the sentiment onto black cardstock, heat-embossed it with white embossing powder, trimmed it and adhered it to the card.

This makes me smile and I hope it does the same to you! I hope you'll join us for the challenge for your chance to win $50 MFT cash! Thank you for stopping by today and thank you, MFT!!

Vanessa

MFT Supplies:

BB Picture Perfect

Tropical Teal cs

Black Licorice cs

MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge Guest Designer

 Hello to you, my lovely friends! It's been a wonderful whirlwind of a crafty month, I've been having a blast creating with My Favorite Things! Unfortunately, this is the last week of it, so here I am with my take on this week's sketch from the MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge.

For my version, I decided to turn the sketch 90 degrees:

The weather changed here and I was in the mood for a fall themed card. I started with a white card base and inked the front with Dried Marigold and Carved Pumpkin Distress Oxide Inks. Then I stamped the Dandelion Greenery with the same inks to create a subtle background. I trimmed a panel of white cardstock to fit the card, inked it with the Distress Oxide inks, die-cut a circle from it and adhered the panel to the card. Now I stamped the images from BB Fall Friends and BB Hanging with My Gnomies onto white cardstock, colored them with Copic markers, fussy-cut the elements and adhered everything to the card, popping up some parts with foam tape.

Finally, I trimmed strips from orange and blue cardstock, stamped and heat-embossed the sentiment onto the blue one and adhered the pieces to the card.

That's it, I had such fun! Hopefully, you'll be joining us for this challenge for your chance to win a 50$ gift code to the MFT Shop. I'd love to see your take! Thanks you so much for stopping by and thanks again to MFT for having me as their guest!

Vanessa

MFT Supplies:

BB Fall Friends

BB Hanging with My Gnomies

Dandelion Greenery

A2 Circle Stax Die-namics

MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge Guest Designer

 Hello to you! It's Wednesday again, so there's another new Sketch Challenge up on the MFT Blog today. It's such been such fun to create a new card every week, I will miss this when it's over! 

This week, I ended up with a cute winter birthday card, using this lovely sketch:

I just had to use the adorable fox from SY Christmas Cheer for this:

First, I trimmed a small panel from white cardstock and inked it with Seedless Preserves and Dried Marigold Distress Oxide Inks. Now I stamped the landscape, colored it with Copics, die-cut it, adhered the image to the panel, trimmed the panel and adhered everything to my white card base. I die-cut a circle from vellum, added snow dots with a white gel pen and adhered the circle. Then I stamped and heat-embossed the sentiment onto a strip of plum cardstock, trimmed it and added it to the card. I stamped the cute fox onto white cardstock, colored it with Copic markers, die-cut it with the matching dies and adhered it to the card with foam tape. Finally, I added tiny star sequins to the vellum circle.

This fox is just the sweetest little thing, love it. Now it is your turn, hopefully you will join us this week, show us your take on this sketch! Thank you for stopping by, have a wonderful day!

Vanessa

MFT Supplies:

SY Christmas Cheer stamps

SY Christmas Cheer Die-namics

A2 Circle Stax Die-namics

MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge Guest Designer

 Hello to you! It's another wonderful Wednesday and the new MFT Wednesday Sketch is up on the MFT Blog! Here is this week's sketch:

For my card, I chose to use a slimline format, because I wanted to add many images to it. This is my take:

I first stamped all images onto white cardstock, colored them with Copic markers and die-cut the elements with the matching dies. Now I lightly inked the front of the white card base with Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide Ink and adhered the trees and the reindeer. I trimmed a strip from cardstock, inked it, notched the end and adhered it. After I had added the Santa and his pile to the card, I stamped the sentiment.

I think this year, we've all been REALLY good and would deserve such a big pile of presents, don't you agree? 

I hope you'll join the challenge this week, I'd love to see your take :)

Thanks for stopping by, have a happy day!

Vanessa

MFT Supplies:

Joyous Holidays

Joyous Holidays Die-namics

Christmas Cardinals

Christmas Cardinals Die-namics

MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge Guest Designer

 It's Wednesday, so it means that it's time for a new Sketch Challenge from My Favorite Things! I am excited to share another card using the new September release. This week's sketch is pretty simple, so it's perfect for CAS cards:

Here comes my take:

I started with a panel of white cardstock that I had trimmed slightly smaller than my card base. I inked the panel with Seedless Preserves and Spun Sugar Distress Oxide Inks and added tiny white paint droplets before adhering the piece to the card. Now I stamped the adorable images from SY Christmas Cheer onto white cardstock, colored them with Copics, die-cut the elements with the matching dies and adhered everything to the card with foam tape.

Then I trimmed two strips from dark red and pink cardstock, stamped and heat-embossed the sentiment onto the pink strip, notched the ends, assembled the strips and adhered them to the card. To finish the card off, I added tiny star sequins.

This cute set makes me smile big, I just love these adorable SY critters. Now it's your turn! I hope you'll join us for this challenge, time to use your favorite stamps. Thank you so much for stopping by, have a wonderful day everyone!

Vanessa

MFT Supplies:

SY Christmas Cheer stamps

SY Christmas Cheer Die-namics

MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge Guest Designer

 Hello to you, my lovely friends! I am so thrilled that I was asked by My Favorite Things to be their Guest Designer for the Wednesday Sketch Challenge again! I LOVE designing for them! I'll be sharing my take on the weekly sketches this month and believe me,  you don't want to miss the wonderful new September Release coming later this week! But first the current sketch: 

Isn't this sketch fun? It made me think of the cute BB Selfie stamp sets immediately. For my card, I used the stamp sets differently:

I started with a white square of cardstock and inked the background with Peacock Feathers and Dried Marigold Distress Oxide Inks. Then I used the fun Wonky Dots Stencil to add dots with white Pigment Ink. Now I stamped the adorable images from BB Picture Perfect Party Animals onto white cardstock, colored them with Copics, fussy-cut both and adhered them to the inked square. I trimmed another square from blue cardstock, arranged the pieces and adhered them to the card. Using Versamark Ink, I stamped the sentiment onto a strip of blue cardstock, heat-embossed it with white embossing powder, notched one end, layered it with a strip of orange cardstock and adhered it to the card. Finally, I added tiny star sequins.

These two faces are the cutest, don't you agree? I hope you'll join us this week for your chance to win a $50 gift voucher to the MFT Shop. Thank you so much for stopping by, have a wonderful day!

Vanessa

MFT Supplies:

BB Picture Perfect Party Animals

Wonky Dots Stencil

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

Hello to you! Unfortunately, it is my last week guesting on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog. It's been wonderful, thank you again for this opportunity! So let's get to my last challenge.

This week's challenge is

ANYTHING GOES

The wonderful Design Team is featuring Impression Obsession this time, but I didn't have any products from them and you don't have to use them to join.

I chose to create a happy, cute spring scene:

I first covered the front of my card with pink checked patterned paper. Now I trimmed a panel of white cardstock slightly smaller than my card base, inked it with blue ink and adhered it to the card. I stamped the images onto white cardstock, colored them with Copics, die-cut the elements with the matching dies and adhered everything to the card. Finally, I stamped the sentiment onto white cardstock, trimmed it and adhered it, adding the small butterfly to the edge.

Yes, I could take some squishy hugs! How about you?

 Now I hope you'll join us for this fun challenge for your chance to win this:

Thank you very much for visiting today, have a wonderful day!

Vanessa

Supplies:
Hello Bluebird Spring Gatherings
Hello Bluebird Spring Gatherings Die Set
MFT Tiny Check 6x6 Paper Pack

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad

Uni-Ball Pen Signo Gel White
Hero Arts Shadow Ink Pad Pool
Ranger Mini Round Ink Blending Tools

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Use 2 or More Patterned Papers

Hello to you! I am back with a new card for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog!

This week's challenge is

USE 2 OR MORE PATTERNED PAPERS

We are showcasing Doodlebug products this time, but you don't have to use them to join.

Here comes my take on the new challenge, using 4 different patterned papers:

First, I trimmed the pink polka dot patterned paper slightly smaller than my white card base and adhered it. Now I trimmed a panel from Kraft cardstock, stamped the sentiment, heat-embossed it with white embossing powder, drew a white line with a gel pen and adhered the panel.
Then I stamped the images onto white cardstock, paper-pieced parts of them, colored the elements with Copics, fussy-cut the pieces and adhered them to the card, popping-up the middle image with foam tape. The cute cup is not a stamp, but another part of a patterned paper that I just fussy-cut and traced with a black marker.

I stamped and heat-embossed the second sentiment onto aqua cardstock, die-cut the label and adhered it to the card. Finally, I added tiny clay hearts.

A card with these cute images will surely make a sick friend feel better, don't you think? Now I hope you'll join us for this fun challenge for your chance to win this:

Thank you so much for visiting today, have a wonderful day!

Vanessa

Supplies:
Doodlebug Pill Better Clear Doodle Stamps

Doodlebug Cream and Sugar 6x6 Paper Pad
MFT Blueprints 29 Die-namics

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad

Tsukineko Versamark Emboss Ink Pad

WOW Embossing Powder Opaque Bright White Super Fine

Uni-Ball Pen Signo Gel White