how to make an easy shaker card with simon says stamp

I adore making shaker cards and I couldn't wait to turn the Simon Says Stamp Bold Scandinavian Floral dies into one! What do you think?

I used the Bold Scandinavian Floral dies, Distress Oxide inks, some plastic packaging and a few other things to make this slim shaker. Do you want to see the process? Here's a quick video...

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Carly

supplies:

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SSS Bold Scandinavian Floral

SSS Simply Thank You

SSS Friendship Bingo

Distress Oxide Picked Raspberry

Distress Oxide Carved Pumpkin

Distress Oxide Black Soot

Soapy Bubbles Sequins

mft you make moo so happy

Just one more day until the MFT Stamps February 2024 release hits the shop! And I have one more peek to share with you!

This is the You Make Moo So Happy set! Isn't that cow adorable?!!

I stamped, die cut and colored him but then had too many ideas what to do with him!

So I settled on one of my signature Carly designs, a mini scene card! LOL!

I stamped the clouds & fence in clear embossing ink on Cotton Candy cardstock and embossed with clear powder. Then I ink blended Distress Oxide Blueprint Sketch over the embossing. I love how the embossed design resists the blue!

Then I cut that embossed scene into a strip and adhered it to a white card. I used a little foam tape to add the cow, stamped the sentiment and finished with a little faux splatter made with a pen.

There's more to see on the MFT blog today so stop by when you have a minute! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Carly

mft happiness comes in very small packages

The countdown to the MFT Stamps February release is on and I can't tell you everything yet but I can tell you it's all CUTE!!! And I can share another sneak peek...

This sweet little bunny & clouds are from the Happiness Comes In Very Small Packages set! It's a perfect set for baby cards and I think it pairs nicely with the Full of Hearts die ;)

For this card I ink blended the front of a folded card. Then I die cut another panel with the Full of Hearts, positioning the die off the top edge.

I adhered the die cut panel to the card front and added the stamped, die cut & colored images on top.

I stamped the sentiment on the bottom and of course added a little faux splatter with a pen.

Pop over to the MFT blog when you have a minute to see more of the February release!

Thanks for stopping by!

Carly

mft birthday bites

The MFT Stamps February 2024 release is coming up in a few short days and I've got another quick sneak peek for you!

Check out Birthday Bites, a really cute new Jenoblade set!

I always love Jenoblade's critters but I really love the large group of cakes in this set! It makes an easy background for a clean & simple critter card. I stamped it twice in pink (going off both edges) to make a background for this cute-cake-eating-bunny!

Pop over to the MFT blog when you have a minute to see more of the February release!

Thanks for stopping by!

Carly

mft big screen scenes + countdown to mft february 2024 release

MFT Stamps has some cuuuute stuff hitting the shop next week! Do you want a little sneak peek? Of course you do!

This is the adorable new Jenoblade Big Screen Scenes set, classic movie scenes with the cute critters!

There's also a fun new Classic TV die set that makes the perfect companion.

I colored the stamped image and the tv (cut from white cardstock) with Copics and put them together on a white card. It's definitely not my usual color palette but it was so fun to do!

Pop over to the MFT blog when you have a minute to see more sneaks of the February release!

Thanks for stopping by!

Carly

emboss resist spring cards with simon says stamp

Do you have a favorite stamping technique? I have a few (lol) but one of my most favorites is emboss resist! I especially love using solid stamps and Distress Oxide inks to make emboss resist cards like this...

Embossing the image lets you create beautiful layers of color because the embossed image will resist the ink you add on top. Emboss on light colored cardstock and then add darker inks over the top to make the images POP!

For this card I embossed the large shamrock from the SSS Lots of Luck set with clear ink & clear powder on white cardstock (white ink or powder would have worked too). Then I blended Distress Oxide inks (Shaded Lilac, Salvaged Patina, Cracked Pistachio & Twisted Citron) over the embossing. The excess ink easily wipes off the embossed areas.

I finished the card with the SSS Bestie die, a stamped sentiment and a little faux black splatter (done with a pen).

And I had so much fun with the first card, that I made another one with the SSS Bunny Kisses!

The Bunny Kisses set is so great because it has layers for the nose & cheek, the body, the ears, the tail! So first I stamped the nose & cheek in Kitsch Flamingo and embossed it with clear powder. Then I stamped the bunny body & ear in clear ink & embossed with clear powder.

I ink blended over the embossing again with Distress Oxides, added a sentiment and faux ink splatter. And while I was adding the ink splatter with a pen, I drew a little eye for the bunny. The final touch was a fluffy white pom-pom on the bunny bum!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Carly

supplies:

affiliate links may be used at no additional cost to you. thank you! 

SSS Lots of Luck stamps

SSS Bestie dies

SSS Bunny Kisses

Distress Oxide Kitsch Flamingo

Distress Oxide Shaded Lilac

Distress Oxide Salvaged Patina

Distress Oxide Cracked Pistachio

Distress Oxide Twisted Citron

mft stitched square scallop edge frames

Did you hear that MFT Stamps opened their vault this week and brought back some of their most sought-after retired sets? And this vault collection is the BEST basics for cardmaking!!!

One of the sets I love is the Stitched Square Scallop Edge Frames! The frames have the sweet little scallops and a stitched detail! I can't believe I haven't used them as a shaker window yet but I did use them to frame the front of this card!

I painted a square of watercolor cardstock blue and let it dry. Then I stamped the Sketched Blooms with Distress ink for a faux watercolor look (you can see the technique here).

After adhering the watercolor panel to a folded card, I die cut four of the Stitched Square Scallop Edge Frame. I adhere the frames together in a stack and adhered that to the 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