mft january vault release

Do you hear that click? It's MFT opening the vault to bring back some of their most sought-after designs! I know you can't wait to check it out but before you run off to shop, I've got a card to share with you...

This Sketched Blooms set is one that I've been hoping would come out of the vault! It's so gorgeous!!! And I just love the mix of solid and line stamps!

For this card I used one of my favorite techniques for solid stamps, faux watercolor!

I started by stamping the stems in waterproof black ink. Then I applied Distress Ink Picked Raspberry & Carved Pumpkin to the solid flower stamps and misted them with clean water before stamping. After letting the solid layer dry, I stamped the line layer on top. (BTW if you want to see the technique in action, I'm sharing a quick reel on my IG today.)

The sentiment is from the Geometric Greenery and I couldn't resist adding a little faux black splatter with a pen.

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

Thanks for stopping by!

Carly

mft roller skate

I used to LOVE roller skating but I haven't been in decades, lol! And while I'm sadly not going again any time soon, at least I can make roller skating cards!

The Roller Skate die set comes with all the pieces to create a retro skate complete with rainbow design. Exactly the kind I had growing up BTW. And the pieces have beautiful stitched details too!

I die cut everything from white cardstock and added color with Distress Oxide inks and blending brushes.

I created a circle shaker window and shaped a sentiment from the Let the Good Time Roll around it. And the background is pink ink and glitter paste.

Head over to the MFT blog to see more projects with the latest MFT sets! And thanks for stopping by!

Hugs!

Carly

mft micest friends

MFT Stamps says the Micest Friend set is cheesy in the best way possible and I think this card is too, LOL!

After stamping, die cutting and coloring a couple of cute mice, I paired them with one of my favorite phrase dies, Bold Happy Birthday. 

I used the negative die cut, saving the letters for another project. And I colored behind "happy birthday" bright yellow with some darker dots (drawn with colored pencil) to mimic the cheese.

For "gouda friend", I masked part of the sentiment stamp with low-tack tape before inking and then removed the tape to stamp.

Head over to the MFT blog to see more projects with the latest MFT sets! And thanks for stopping by!

Hugs!

Carly

mft soda pop

The MFT Soda Pop stamps and dies are soda-lightful! LOL! I've already used the set to make a shaker card (ICYMI you can see it here) and I thought it would make a cute Valentine too!

I die cut the soda bottle and colored the top with pale blue Copic markers for glass. Then I used a little piece of low-tack tape to mask the "glass" and added Distress Oxide Picked Raspberry ink with a blending tool.

I stamped the sentiment in black and foam mounted the soda bottle below.

Finally I stamped a few hearts with Cool Christmas Greetings with the Picked Raspberry ink and used a white pen to add a highlight so that hopefully they looked like bubbles.

Head over to the MFT blog to see more projects with the latest MFT sets! And thanks for stopping by!

Hugs!

Carly

one of my favorite cardmaking design tricks

In case you missed it, I shared a quick cardmaking tutorial over on the MFT Stamps YouTube channel yesterday with one of my favorite cardmaking design tricks. It would make me so happy if you stopped by to watch it!

Hugs!

Carly

mft squish friends

Have you seen the adorable MFT Squish Friends stamp set? Not only is it the cutest but my kids have recently become obsessed with Squishmallows so this set feels extra perfect!

For this card I started by stamping, die cutting and coloring the cute puppy with the kitty Squishmallow.

I used the Essential Alphabet to die cut "hugs" for a shaker window. And then I stamped part of a sentiment above it. 

TIP: to mask part of a sentiment stamp, just cover it with a piece of low-tack tape before inking and then remove tape before stamping.

Head over to the MFT blog to see more projects with the latest MFT sets! And thanks for stopping by!

Hugs!

Carly

mft december 2023 release

The MFT Stamps December release is available right now and it's so ADORABLE!!! I'm excited for you to see it but before you go, I have a card to share!

I always say that I've never seen a die that I didn't want to turn into a shaker window and this Soda Pop set is certainly no exception!

For the background I colored a little blue Copic for the glass. I ink blended Distress Oxide Carved Pumpkin next, leaving some "glass" at the top. Next I added a little glitter paste on top of the orange.

After making and filling the shaker, I topped it with a panel with the negative soda pop die cut, a stamped sentiment and a straw.

Pop over to the MFT blog to see more of this fabulous release!

Hugs!

Carly