Simple By Design

Hello

Hump day here today and that also means that it is Wednesday, at MFT we all know what that means, a knew Sketch Challenge is up to play along with, make sure to swing past HERE to see loads of inspiration to get you started and for a chance to win..

I kept my card really simple this week and let the images and sentiment speak..

I chose to use Harvest Buddies, stamping out all the images I wish to use and colouring with Copics, die cutting out and setting aside..

To work in with the sketch, I wanted a soft area behind where my images would be sitting, so I took the Mini Cloud Stencil and some Blue Yonder ink, applying just a small area..

I added my little images and finished the card with a sentiment stamped from the Anything But Basic Friendship and a scattering of Birthday Girl Glitter Sprinkles..

I look forward to seeing what you all create..

Have a fantastic day!

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Hi there

Into another month of creating at MFT and we are up to another MFT and Friends creation, this is such a fun time to not only create using the latest products once again for inspiration for you but we also get to see who will be joining in the fun..to see who is joining and to see the wonderful creations from the team, just click HERE..

I chose to work with Birdie Brown’s new set called Gill Friends adding my sweet little fish that I coloured with Copics to water scene..

To complete the water scene I took a small piece of white card stock and using the Make Waves Stencil I added some waves using some Cornflower ink, on the base of this card stock I stamped some seaweed in Black Licorice ink…

I needed an additional something for the fish, so I took some After Midnight card stock and the Ocean View Porthole, die cutting 4 of these portholes and adhering together adding Gold Confetti…

I adhered my porthole to the centre of the inked panel and added my little fish inside..

I completed this card by stamping 2 sentiments, one above the porthole and one below..

I hope you are all having fun with the new release, I will be back tomorrow with another fun share..

Have a fabulous day!

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Morning to you all, well at least it is here in Australia :)

This morning I get to share with you all my process of Just Add Color for June using the Beclaws stamp set..

This was just the cutest set to work with during the release and I know I will gravitate to it throughout the year…I just adore those sweet crabs and yes I know that generally speaking crabs aren’t exactly this red until they are cooked, but well we can make them any colour right?

So to start out I stamped out all the images from the stamp set and starting out with the crabs, I started to add my Copic colouring using R05 as my lightest and working to mark out the shadows, then applying E08 as my darkest colour, this earthy tone gives the red a much deeper shadow, applying R27, then R17 then back to R05, I generally will repeat at least 2-3 times until I am happy with the depth of colour, of course with red, they have a tendency to run, so I am careful to let it dry slightly in between colouring..

I finished the crabs eyes with a little N1 and N3..

Next was the Umbrella, using just 2 tones for this Blue Greens and Yellow…the colours for this were Bg32, Bg34 and BG49 in the aqua tones and with the Yellow, Y06, Y08 and Y19..

The heart and the star in this set were coloured with the same red  and yellow tones…

The seagull, I kept pretty plain, trying to achieve a more white, so in order to do this, I only added N1 and N3 for shadows, giving it the appearance of more white, with his little beak I added YR04..

The last was the ice creams and shell to which I used E41, E42, E44, V04, V15, V17, R20 and R22..

By stamping out several images at once and just sitting to colour, you will end up with quite a few images ready for your next project like I have here, it is not only handy but also very relaxing..

Head on over to the blog to see what everyone else got up to this month for Just Add Color…

Have a fabulous day!

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Hello again everyone

I hope you have enjoyed the full June Release and that you have been ordering away or at least adding to your wish list, so many great things this month..

Speaking of great things, it is time for a new Sketch Challenge, current sketch is 388, sure hope to see you all play along this week, to view more inspiration and check out the details on how you can enter to win, just click HERE..

I kept my card really simple this week, by colouring in the little girl and puppy from New Best Friends, die cutting her out and setting aside..

Over to the die cutting station, I die cut a white panel out of Full of Heart Cover-up die, adding this to a white card base..

Next, was to die cut a tag to match the sketch, so taking one of the tags from Tag Builder Blueprints 5, I die cut a white tag, I added this to the heart background panel and then die cut a banner from the Hearts in a Row Vertical, out of Peach Bellini card stock..

To this I stamped a sentiment from the From the Heart stamp set, embossing with White Embossing Powder, adding this at the base of the tag..

I completed the card by adding my little girl and puppy along with a scattering of Peach Bellini hearts that were die cut from the Tag Builder Blueprints 5..

Be back here again tomorrow for more fun!

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Hello

Gosh this Release Countdown from MFT seemed to go fast this month, but then again so is the year, once again..

So today is the day you can all start shopping, to check out all the new product just click HERE and to see more inspiration from the DT just click HERE…

I have one last card share with you all and I used the Pure Innocence, Beach Cutie, along with Beclaws and the Geometric Star Stencil..

Of course I stamped out all the images I wished to use, with the little Beach Cutie, I coloured her hair, face and shoes and the rest I paper pieced using pattern papers from the Party Patterns, Sweet Celebrations and Watercolor Wash, I also stamped out the umbrella from the Beclaws set and paper pieced it also…

Once all the images were coloured and paper pieced, I took a trimmed piece of white card stock and applied Lemon Drop ink over the centre of the card using the Geometric Stencil..

I added my images and stamped a sentiment from the Beach Cutie onto another piece of white card stock, trimming it to be a banner adding this to the card and it was complete…

Have fun shopping!!

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