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Tuesday, March 12, 2024

mft all-star high top

Did you hear that MFT Stamps opened their vault today and brought back some of their most requested Laina Lamb Designs sets?

One of the sets I was most excited to get my hands on is the All-Star High Top

This die set is so cute!!! And the coordinating High Top Sentiments stamps is so darn cute too!!!

For this card I die cut the sneaker from smooth watercolor cardstock (because I love it for ink blending dye inks) and ink blended it with Poppin' Pink or Candied Yam

I added all the cute bits like the sole, the logo, etc.

Then I die cut 4 more sneakers from black cardstock to layer underneath to give dimension and a little "shadow" so it would stand out on the white card.

There's more about the vault release over on the MFT blog so pop over and take a peek!

Thanks for stopping by!
Carly

Monday, March 11, 2024

mft march 2024 vault release

Have you heard the good news? MFT is opening their vault tomorrow to bring back some of their most sought-after designs and this vault release  is some highly requested Laina Lamb Design originals!!!

You can see so much more on the MFT blog today but do you want a little sneak peek before you go? Of course you do! Check out this graduation shaker card I made!

The lightbulb shaker window is made with LLD Lightbulb set. I die cut it from a white panel and used yellow glitter paper behind it for the background. The inside & bottom bits of the lightbulb are adhered on top of the shaker window.

I also added a grad hat on top of the shaker window with the LLD Graduation Accents set.

And I used a sentiment from the LLD Watt's Up set

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to stop by the MFT blog to see more!

Hugs!
Carly

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

easy spring card + ppp blog hop day 1

Pretty Pink Posh has an adorable new collection of stamps, dies and more, perfect for spring cardmaking! And I'm thrilled to be joining in the blog hop today to share it!

Before I show you what I made, there's more fun! There are 3 $30 gift certificates to Pretty Pink Posh up for grabs! Enter to win by leaving comments along the hop by 11:59pm PST of March 13th, 2024. The winners will be announced on the PPP blog.

Now let me show you what I made...


For this card I used some of the adorable little shapes from the Spring Mug Additions to create this grid design.

I die cut everything from white cardstock and used Distress Oxide inks with blending tools to color them. 

Then I drew a pencil line down the middle of my card front as a guide for the line of shapes. I erased the line as I glued things down.

For the lines on the left & right, I used the middle line as a guide but also just winged it a little. LOL!

I finished it with a little faux ink splatter with a black pen and a sentiment from the Sentiment Strips: Easter set.

Your next stop on the hop is Davina Cantrell and I know she is going to have something gorgeous to share!

And here's the whole hop list if you need it...

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

mft birthday vibes card kit

The MFT Birthday Vibes Card Kit just hit the shop and it's so FUN!!! 

Yesterday I shared a shaker card with the Birthday Vibes die because I can never resist a word shaker, LOL! And while I was making that card, I might have gone a little overboard making balloon animals so...

When I started I wasn't sure how I was going to add color so I die cut all the balloon animals from white cardstock. Then I decided to just do some simple ink blending with Poppin' Pink, Lemon Drop, Limelight and Summer Splash. After foam mounting the heads, tails and legs on the balloon bodies, all I added was a few white pen highlights and I thought they turned out so cute!

To assemble the card I started by stamping a sentiment from the Best Day Ever set on the card front. Then I adhered the balloon animals around the sentiment, trimming off any hanging over the edge.

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

Thanks for stopping by!
Carly

Monday, March 4, 2024

there's a party coming to mft stamps...

There's a party hitting the MFT Stamps shop tomorrow...a super cute new card kit! Do you want a little sneak peek?

For this card I ink blended Poppin' Pink and Lemon Drop inks on my card front and covered with glitter paste.

When the glitter paste was dry, I built a shaker container with foam tape, filled it with sequins and closed it with acetate.

For the shaker window I used the new Birthday Vibes die. Isn't it cool?! And then I added a cute Balloon Animal.

Head over to the MFT blog to see more and come by tomorrow to see another card with the Birthday Vibes card kit!

Thanks for stopping by!
Carly

Thursday, February 29, 2024

another shaker card with simon says stamp

You're probably thinking, "Another shaker card, Carly?" And yes, I just love them so much!

I've been having so much fun creating with the Bold Scandinavian Floral and Simple Flowers sets! And I LOVE the shaker card I made a few days ago so I decided to use the same technique.

I used the Simple Flowers to create some large shaker bits. I die cut the solid flower from black cardstock and then I used a wonky circle from the Bold Scandinavian Floral to make the flowers a little more groovy! They also look a little like turtles but I love them, LOL!

I ink blended a panel and wrapped it in leftover plastic packaging to create a shaker (see the method in this VIDEO).

Then I adhered the shaker panel to a folded card with the sentiment stamped on it.

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Carly

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

mft diamond frames

Have you checked out the latest MFT stamps & dies? There is so much cuteness! And there's a new die set that inspired me to do something a little different for me...

There's no ink blending, no glitter, no colored critters but I love how this card with the Diamond Frames turned out!

For this card I cut 3/4" off the front of a folded card and stamped a sentiment from the Essential Birthday Messages in Cornflower ink.

Then I die cut a bunch of medium & small diamond frames with colored cardstock (Cotton Candy, Sno Cone, Summer Splash & Cornflower). I adhered them to a white cardstock panel in this design. Once the pattern was complete, I trimmed 3/4" off and adhered it to the front of the folded card.

What do you think?
Definitely pop over to MFT to see more of the latest goodies!

Thanks for stopping by!
Carly