mft stamps sweet july 2023 release

This month MFT Stamps is celebrating seventeen sweet years in business with a sweet new collection of adorable stamps & dies! There's puppies, kitties, cotton candy, unicorns and even donuts! And before you pop over to the MFT shop to check it out, I've got card to share!

I adore big words dies and A Very Big Hi is one of my all-time favorites and I love using it as a window to fill with fun bits. I couldn't resist donuts with the Time To Make The Donuts set. Seriously could they be any cuter?!! 

I die cut the donuts from white cardstock and colored the base layer with a Copic marker E43. Then I used Distress Oxide Kitsch Flamingo, Dried Marigold and Shaded Lilac to ink blend the icing layer. I love how fun & summery they turned out!

I stamped a sentiment from A Dozen Reasons To Smile under the "hi" window.

I adhered the donuts behind the "hi" window and then foam mounted it to a folded card colored with Distress Oxide Salvaged Patina.

Next I think I should make donut shaker bits!

Thanks for stopping by!

Carly

coming soon from mft stamps...

Something fun is happening tomorrow, a new release over in the MFT Stamps shop!!! Want a little sneak peek?

I am not-so-secretly obsessed with word and phrase dies so you can imagine that I am crazy for the this "Wish Big Today"! And of course the first way I had to use it was as a shaker window...IYKYK.

I'm sharing a bit more of the cardmaking process on my Instagram today so swing on by. And don't forget to pop over to the MFT blog to see more previews of tomorrow's release!

Hugs!

Carly

my favorite ways to use sentiment strips

I'm sharing three of my favorite ways to use sentiment strips on cards today over on the Ellen Hutson blog! I would be so happy if you had time to stop by and check it out!

Hugs!

Carly

mft sketch challenge 653

I have not done an MFT sketch challenge in forever so I'm thrilled to be joining in on the fun this week! I love these sketch challenges and I think they are such a good way to jumpstart creativity!

Here's this week's sketch...

And here's the card I made...

I have been more than a little obsessed with the Bold Blooms set and have been trying to use it every chance I get! I was planning to use my favorite flower from the set as the circles in the grid from the sketch but they were a little too big. And since I had my heart set on that flower (even though there are smaller ones), I mixed the flowers with circles.

I die cut the flowers from white cardstock and ink blended them for color.

The sentiment is from the Happy Occasions set.

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

stretch your dies - embossing with mft stamps bold blooms

Do you ever emboss with you dies? I don't remember to very often but I'm obsessed with the MFT Bold Blooms set and I've been dusting off some forgotten techniques while playing with it!

I'm sharing more about this card on the MFT Stamps YT channel and I would love it if you stopped by!

Hugs!

Carly

mft happy occasions card kit

The MFT Stamps Happy Occasions card kit just hit the MFT shop and it's fantastic! I'm obsessed with the Bold Blooms die set and I've been making floral cards non-stop! Wanna see my latest before you pop over to MFT to shop? ;)

I started by ink blending a background because I just love to blend! These Distress Oxide colors - Dried Marigold, Saltwater Taffy & Kitsch Flamingo - are going to be appearing on a lot of my summer cards.

I die cut the All The Happy word from the blended panel after it was dry. Then added a stamped sentiment with the Happy Occasions set. Always make sure to let ink blending dry before stamping to get the clearest impression!

Then I added a few of my favorite flowers from the Bold Blooms set, die cut from white cardstock.

You can see the process in action over on my Instagram today.

And I highly recommend heading over to the MFT blog to see more of the happy cards my teammates have made!

Thanks for stopping by!

Carly

bold birthday card with mft happy occasions card kit

Can you ever have too many birthday cards on hand? I don't think so and I have one to share with you today using the MFT Happy Occasions Card Kit (that hits the MFT shop tomorrow)!

I started by inking some cardstock strips with Distress Oxide inks because I never have the colors of cardstock I want, lol!

I adhered the strips to a piece of printer paper to create the striped background. I probably could have just adhered them to my card front but I wasn't exactly sure what my plan was at first.

Then I added white cardstock flowers, cut with the Bold Blooms set and the "happy" with All The Happy die set. I can already see that I am going to be using these sets a TON! 

I finished the card with a few black touches...the sentiment stamped with the Happy Occasions set, black flower middles and a little faux black splatter made with a pen.

You can see the process in action over on my Instagram today.

Pop over to the MFT blog to learn more about the Happy Occasions card kit and stay tuned for more ideas this week!

Thanks for stopping by!

Carly