coloring on distress oxide inks + 2 days until the mft february release

Have you tried coloring over a Distress Oxide background? I just tried it and I love how it came out! Check it out and get a peek at some more of the MFT February release...

I used the MFT Circle Extraordinaire stencil to ink blend the Distress Oxide Kitsch Flamingo circle.

I stamped the adorable little circus tent inside with MFT Extreme Black Hybrid ink. After letting it dry for a moment, I added a little coloring with Copic markers R14 and R22.

The little "hooray..." sentiment was easy to curve on my stamping tool to stamp along the curve of the pink circle.

I stamped, die cut and colored the little bear before foam mounting him to the card with a pom pom for his hat and a few star sequins.

Here's a quick recap of the MFT products I used...

• You're The Main Event stamps & dies
• Circle Extraordinaire stencil
• Extreme Black hybrid ink

To see more of what's coming from MFT this February, pop over to the MFT blog and YT.

Thanks for stopping by!

Carly

easy masking + halfway to the mft february release

We are halfway to the big MFT February release and I've got another little peek plus a tip on easy stamp masking!

I love the adorable Hip Hip Yay Day sentiments and Hip Hip Yay Numbers! I think the combinations of sentiments are boundless but I wanted to start with something that said "hip hip yay..." in honor of the stamp names.

I created a really clean & simple card by stamping the sentiments directly on a white folded card. But I needed the "th" so I did a little easy masking with the birthday stamp. (BTW, there is an adorable Hip Hip Yay Alphabet that I could have used for the "th" but the size is a little larger and I wanted the 8 to be the only thing that was a larger size.)

Before inking I used low-tack tape to cover everything but the "th". I removed the tape before stamping and voila, only the "th" stamped on the card.

The 8 is stamped, die cut and foam mounted. I added a little bit of color with Copic markers and finally I finished with a few rainbow rhinestones.

Here's a quick recap of the MFT products I used:

• Hip Hip Yay Day stamps
• Hip Hip Yay Numbers stamps & dies

To see more of what's coming from MFT this February, pop over to the MFT blog and YT.

Hugs!

Carly

how to send birthday cake without the calories + 4 days until the mft february release

Do you know someone with a birthday coming up? Would you like to send them some birthday cake? How about one that's calorie free and easy to mail? LOL!

I've got the cake for you and another little peek at the MFT Stamps February release!

How adorable is this cake die cut?! And think of all the ways it can be customized! I'm planning to make a rainbow cake next but for this card I went with pink on pink, glossy frosting with glitter & sprinkles!

After die cutting the cake, I applied Distress Oxide Tattered Rose on the cake layers and Kitsch Flamingo on the frosting (with ink blending tools).

I adhered the cake to a folded card and then I applied Glossy Accents to the "frosting". While the Glossy Accents was still wet, I added a little chunky glitter and paper sprinkles on top.

To finish the card I stamped the sentiment and added a little faux black splatter with a pen.

Here's a quick recap of the MFT products I used:

• Happy Cake Day die
• All-Occasion Scripted Greetings

To see more of what's coming from MFT this February, pop over to the MFT blog and YT.

Hugs!

Carly

adding a little stitching to stamped cards

Do you ever stitch on your stamped cards? I like to add just a few stitched details myself.

I'm sharing more over on the Ellen Hutson blog today and I would love for you to stop by!

Hugs!

Carly

a party animal card & the mft stamps february release countdown day 5

Do you need a birthday card for your favorite party animal? How about one with a little shaker window and pastel farm animals? Well then I have the card for you because the countdown to the MFT February 2022 release starts now!

How cute are these barnyard critters?! It was so fun to put this card together!

I stamped the party pig & cow in black ink and embossed with clear powder to make them easy to watercolor. Then I watercolored them very simply with Distress Oxides ink (I just swipe the ink pads on my non-stick craft mat and use a wet paintbrush to pick up the color).

They are foam mounted to a card with a shaker window made with the Arched Happy Birthday. Behind the window there's a little ink blending with the same Distress Oxide colors. The shaker window is filled with little star sequins.

Here's a quick recap of the MFT products I used...

Barnyard Birthday stamps & dies

Arched Birthday die

To see more, make sure you pop over to the MFT blog!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope to see you again tomorrow for another sneak peek!

Hugs!

Carly

mft's sketch challenge 579

Raise your hand if your week needs a little creative kickstart? I've got just the thing, the MFT sketch challenge!!!

Here's this week's sketch...

And here's my take on it...

You can see I couldn't resist trading the circles in the sketch for hearts (and I added a couple extra too).

I used Distress Oxide inks Salvaged Patina and Twisted Citron to ink blend the background strip. I stamped a few tufts of grass on top with Twisted Citron.

I foam mounted my simply colored cat & mailbox on top. Here are the Copic colors I used:

• kitty - E41, E43 & RV02
• mailbox - C1

Lastly I added the embossed sentiment strip and hearts.

Here are the MFT products I used:

• Odd Couple stamps & dies
• Love To My Gnomies stamps & dies
• Itty Bitty Love stamps
• Itty Bitty Strips dies

I hope you are inspired to join this week's MFT sketch challenge! You can find all the info HERE on their blog.

Hugs!

Carly

how to use a perfect sentiment stamp

Have you ever thought a sentiment stamp was so perfect that it didn't need any images to go with it?

That's how I feel about the MFT You Are So Loved stamp! I love this stamp so much that I just wanted to make it the star! So to make it shine, I made a shaker card with lots of sparkles!

The shaker window is just a simple rectangle, the perfect size for the sentiment.

I used Stazon ink to stamp the sentiment on the acetate.

The background is MFT Poppin Pink with some Nuvo Glitter Drops and extra glitter sprinkled on top. And of course I added tons of sequins inside.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Carly

P.S. If you want to see another shaker with stamping on acetate & using Nuvo Drops like paste, check out THIS POST ;)