MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge #493

A last minute entry for this week's My Favorite Things Wednesday Sketch Challenge #493!

I am really trying to get going on my Christmas cards this year so that I don't get caught without enough when the busiest time of the year comes.

I purchased the the Merry Moments stamp set last Christmas and I didn't have a chance to ink it up, so it was kind of fun to pull it out for the sketch. I ended up making two cards because I got lost in the process and where I had set out to use this month's colours along with the sketch...then well you know how it goes! The snow was made with the Snow Drifts Cover die which I think is retired now. The sky on both cards was made with Distress Oxide Inks and splattered with watered down Perfect Pearls and white acrylic paint to mimic a snowy sky!

This first card uses both the sketch and the colors! The sky reminds my of the Northern Lights and the polar and santa are enjoying the view!

This card is the same, just a different sky and just based on the sketch.

Thanks for popping in today and I hope that it is anything but wintertime where you are!

colourQ #357 and MFTWSC #295

Happy Tuesday!

It's time for this week's new colour palette at the colourQ.

I love these colours together and the perfect opportunity to pull out MFT Stamps Flashy Florals. I can't tell you how much I love this set. I used MFT Stamps Wednesday Sketch Challenge #295 for my card.

 Head over to the colourQ to see what the rest of the team made with this week's colours!

MFT Stamps Wednesday Sketch Challenge #281 - take two

Another card for this week's MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge #281!

I was so inspired by the projects made by the Design Team and was especially taken with the colours and tropical theme that Kay Miller used for her card. The perfect opportunity to bring out Tiki Party o play. That set has seen far too little ink. I sponged my background using two different Distress Inks--Salty Ocean and Twisted Citron. I flicked some water onto in after I was finished sponging. I die cut a Blue Raspberry Die-namics Stitched Circle Frame and then stamped and Copic coloured several images from Tiki Party.

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MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge #281

A card for this week's MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge #281!
This is another project that I started last weekend when the girls came here to play. I love this sweet poodle from Lucky Dog. I use some pink chevron paper for my background  and popped her up on some foam tape and adhered her over the black white heat embossed sentiment strip.  I added a few sequins on the white Wonky Stitched Circle to add some interest.

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MFT Sketch #277 and Color Challenge #43

Happy Monday!

We had a successful weekend, getting both of the kids moved. A long day and a lot of teamwork. We got Ben into his new apartment for next fall. Mom and Dad are happy because it is a much nicer place and in a much nicer part of town than he has spent the last two years in. We got everything out of Brooklyn's dorm room and brought her home for the summer, she starts training for her summer job in two weeks.  Ben stayed for the weekend to get himself settled in and he is coming home today for the week and then he heads down into Toronto for the summer for his internship. So there will be a lot of coming and going all summer but also a lot more time spent together as a family than we have had in the past few years.  Thought I would share some of the photos I took during the packup:

On Sunday I had a chance to create a card for the My Favorite Things Wednesday Sketch Challenge #277 and the Color Challenge #43. I finally broke out my new March Warm & Fuzzy Friends Kit. The images and sentiments are so fun!

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day!

Merry Monday #191 and MFT Stamps Sketch Challenge #267

Back on the wagon with Christmas Cards again!
I was going to colour this Santa for the Merry Monday Challenge, but the week escaped me and I decided to colour it and use it for this week's Merry Monday Chalkboard Challenge #191!

I went old school with my chalkboard and did it on some Papertrey Ink Pinfeather cardstock because the chalkboard I remember from school were green. Do you remember that? I started by white embossing my sentiment and then I stamped the stars, snowflakes and sponged the edges with white ink. I used the sketch from this week's MFT Stamps Wednesday Sketch Challenge #267.

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