easy sliding card with mft stamps

I'm sharing my latest interactive card over on the MFT Stamps YouTube channel today and I would be so happy if you stopped by to watch!

Big Hugs!

Carly

rainbow birthday cards + ppp blog hop day 1

Pretty Pink Posh is celebrating their 10th birthday with an adorable collection of new stamps, dies, stencils & more! And we are having an amazing 5 day blog hop that's just bursting with cardmaking ideas and inspiration!!!

Before I show you what I made, there's more fun! There are five $30 gift certificates to Pretty Pink Posh up for grabs! Enter to win by leaving comments along the hop by 11:59pm PST of February 16th, 2024. The winners will be announced on the PPP blog.

And one more thing...Pretty Pink Posh has a gift for YOU!

Now let me show you some of the rainbow birthday cards I've created...

When I see a cover plate die, I have to turn it into a shaker card! I think it's a rule, LOL! And this Star Cover Plate was no exception!

For this card I ink blended my favorite rainbow of Distress Oxide inks (Carved Pumpkin, Picked Raspberry, Shaded Lilac, Salvaged Patina & Twisted Citron) on the front of my folded card. I spread some Glossy Accents over the ink and sprinkled on some chunky glitter. After it was dry, I used foam tape to build a shaker container on top. I filled it with Iridescent Circle Confetti, sealed it with acetate and topped it with a panel cut with the Star Cover Plate. Simple but bright & happy!

Next I made a easy one layer card with ink blending and stenciling...

I used low-tack tape to mask a section on my card front. Then I blended a rainbow with Distress Oxide inks. I placed the Birthday Words Stencil over the top and applied the same colors in the same places. Then I removed the tape and added a little sentiment from the Sentiment Strips: Birthday set and some faux splatter (done with a pen).

If you started at the beginning then I am your last stop on the hop but here's the whole hop list in case you missed anyone...

Pretty Pink Posh blog 
Jennifer McGuire
Nichol Spohr
Leanne West
Kristie Marcotte
Marine Simon
Carly Minner

Thanks so much for hopping with us! Hugs!!!

Carly

mft friendship & flowers card kit

The MFT Friendship & Flowers Card Kit just hit the shop and it's perfection! I can't get enough of these floral stencils!!!

Yesterday I used the stencils to create a background for one of my favorite big word dies (see it here) and today I've got a clean & simple swatch style card!

Before stenciling, I masked the bottom of the card front with a little low-tack tape. Then I stenciled with this bright palette of inks:

• Lemon Drop
• Candied Yam
• Moroccan Spice
• Limelight

After stenciling all the layers, I removed the tape and stamped a sweet sentiment from the Essential Friendship Messages.

I highly recommend heading over to the MFT blog to see more and maybe shop too ;)

Thanks for stopping by!

Carly

flowering fun at mft stamps

Something fun is flowering in the MFT Stamps shop this week!

Have you seen the gorgeous MFT Flower Fusion stencils? I love them so much and I'm THRILLED that they are releasing a second set of layering stencils tomorrow with the Friendship & Flowers card kit! Wanna little peek?

For this card I used the stencils on Sno Cone cardstock with a palette of blues, purple & green...

• Sno Cone
• Summer Splash
• Cornflower
• Grapesicle
• Limelight

Then I used the stenciled panel as a background, pairing it with my long-time fav A Very Big Hi. And I added a little stamped sentiment with the Geometric Greenery set.

Please pop over to the MFT blog when you have a chance for more info about the Friendship Flowers card kit and to see more inspiration!

Thanks for stopping by!

Carly

mft sending squeezes

There is a new collection of adorable Jenoblade stamp designs hitting the MFT shop today and they are CUUUUTE!

The Sending Squeezes set is not only adorable but it is so sweet! And I'm so looking forward to coloring all these cuties but I needed a quick card so here's what I did...

-I stamped the group of critters in black on white cardstock, going slightly off the edge.

-Then I used a pink colored pencil to give them all pink cheeks.

-To create matching pick cardstock, I swiped Distress Oxide Kitsch Flamingo on a scrap of cardstock and then when it dried, I die cut "hugs" with my beloved Modern Serif Alphabet.

-I adhered "hugs" to the card, overlapping the letters slightly. And to complete the sentiment I used part of a stamp by placing tape over the part I didn't want to stamp before inking. After inking, I removed the tape and stamped.

Definitely pop over to the MFT blog to see more projects with the adorable Jenoblade sets!

Hugs!

Carly

more adorable new mft stamps coming soon!

MFT Stamps has some seriously A-DOR-ABLE new stamps sets coming out tomorrow! Do you want a little sneak peek? Of course you do!!!

Jenoblade, one of my favorite illustrators, has five new sets coming! This Sweet Little Peanut is one of those sets and it is so cute!

For this card I went super simple because I thought I might need lots of time to practice my coloring! And I was right! This is actually my fourth attempt, LOL!

Don't forget to pop over to the MFT blog to see more previews of tomorrow's release!

Hugs!

Carly

pinkfresh studio january 2024 release

Are you looking for a little inspiration to jumpstart a crafty weekend? I think I can help because I've got a first look at some of the Pinkfresh Studio January 2024 release!

This is Wildflower Bouquet! Isn't it a stunner?!! Wanna see what I made? 

The set is really well designed because the four flowers are one stamp and there is a coordinating stencil to add color quickly. Then you can use the coordinating dies to cut them into individual flowers. So for this card I stamped the four flower stamp only twice to make all these flowers!

The die set also has a really fun slot die (you can see it by the pen in the above picture). I used it on my card front to thread ribbon through and tie a real bow around my paper flowers.

So what do you think? Wanna see more? Well head over to Pinkfresh Studio to shop and make sure to stop by my Instagram tomorrow for a inspiration hop. Not only will there be lots of eye candy but there will be prizes too!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs!!!

Carly