diy carrot piñatas with essentials by ellen

Are you looking for a fun way to give some treats this spring? I'm making some mini carrot piñatas!

Aren't they fun?! I am absolutely obsessed with making & giving little mini piñata-type boxes and the Essentials by Ellen Pyramid Box is the perfect base!

Here's a quick process video showing how these little boxes came together...

Thanks for stopping by!

Carly

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how to create diy stencils

Did you catch my latest cardmaking video over on the MFT Stamps YT channel? It's all about stretching your cardmaking supplies and creating DIY stencils with die cuts!

I would love it if you stopped by to let me know what you think!

Hugs!

Carly

mft at the movies card kit

Lights, camera, action! The MFT At the Movies card kit is HERE! It might be the most entertaining collection of products ever, LOL! 

Making movie-themed cards has definitely got my wishing for a movie date night. That's probably pretty obvious when you see this card...

I die cut the seats in the At The Movies set from white cardstock and ink blended with Distress Oxide Festive Berries and Lumberjack Plaid.

Then I added a cute little couple from the Heads Up set, also cut from white cardstock and colored with Copic markers.

I used the couple and the seats inside a circle window and backed them with black cardstock, embossed with a sentiment from the Picture Perfect set.

I thought about making it a shaker but I just loved the simplicity! Maybe I can give it to my husband and invite him to a movie!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you have time to pop over to the MFT blog to check out more cards made with the kit!

Hugs!

Carly

movie magic with mft stamps

Popcorn and a movie? I will always say yes to that, even if it's just paper popcorn like in the MFT At the Movies Card Kit (coming out on Tuesday)!

I masked a strip on the bottom of the card and ink blended Distress Oxide Squeezed Lemonade.

Then I cut two of the chairs from the Save Me A Seat set from white cardstock and colored them with Copic markers before assembling. Don't they look comfy?

I added popcorn & a soda from the Movie Munchies set and a sentiment from the Picture Perfect set.

Pop over to the MFT blog to learn more about the At The Movies Card Kit and stay tuned for more ideas this week!

Thanks for stopping by!

Carly

let's go to the movies with mft stamps

Movies and cardmaking might just be two of my favorite things so I'm thrilled to see them come together in the MFT Stamps At The Movies Card Kit (available Tuesday). Wanna little sneak peek?

I created a little drive-in movie shaker with the Movie Screen Die-namics set. I made the background silver and filled with with tiny stars. Star of the silver screen, get it? LOL!

Then I cut one of the cars from the Rear View Die-namics set out of white cardstock, added color with my Copic markers and assembled it with the addition of a cute couple from the Heads Up Die-namics set.

Lastly I added a sentiment from the Picture Perfect set and a little faux splatter with a pen.

Pop over to the MFT blog to learn more about the At The Movies Card Kit and stay tuned for more ideas this week!

Thanks for stopping by!

Carly

mft color challenge 208

Are you looking for a fun creative jumpstart on this little Friday (also known as Thursday)? Well I suggest joining in the latest MFT Color Challenge!

Check out this pretty pastel palette...

Here's the card I created...

I love these colors so much and I really wanted to focus on them so I used a brayer to apply each color of ink to a piece of white cardstock.

I love how artistic I feel when I make a background with a brayer! It's like an abstract painting!

I used the Bold Happy Birthday die to cut the panel, saving the letters for another project and using the negative die cut by adhering the panel to a white card. I love the white letters showing through.

I added a little sentiment from the Itty Bitty Celebrations set and little faux black splatter with a pen.

I hope you are inspired to join in this color challenge! Pop over to the MFT blog to learn more and thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs!

Carly

easy alcohol ink easter cards + cardmaking video

I'm excited to be sharing a new cardmaking video on the Ellen Hutson YT channel today and I would love it if you stopped by to watch!

Hugs!!!

Carly