Melonheadz Friends, Off to the Beach

Hello and welcome to a new week, and a new challenge. This week's theme is "off to the beach". I love love love the beach, but in the desert it is hard to find! LOL So any chance to use beachy themed products is a little vacay in my mind. LOL I sure miss being able to walk to the beach any time I want to. But I digress.......

For this card I used this toes in the sand image from the Melonheadz digi set, Beach Vacation. The sand and water images are also included in this set.

The beach is truly my happy place. :)

Join us for this fun challenge at Melonheadz Friends and you could win a digi set by the fabulous Nikki C!

Products list:
Melonheadz Illustrating, Beach Vacation, toes, sand, water
Paper Smooches, Get Outta Town stamps and dies (drink, sunglasses, sentiment)
My Favorite Things, Things with Wings (sun stamp)
Copic markers, glossy accents, foam tape

My Favorite Things, Sketch 285

This one is sketch challenge 285 on the Card Challenges blog. I used the Cheeky Monkey stamp set for this 'miss you' card. The bananas make an adorable background. 

 Sad monkey misses Grace. *sniff*

Inside message:

New sketches every 2nd and 4th Thursday.

Product List:
My Favorite Things, Cheeky Monkey
My Favorite Things, Blueprints 1
My Creative Time, doily circle die
copics, foam tape, colored cardstock scraps

MFT Camp Create, Day 5 Spectacular Shakers

Shakers are so much fun to make. I used the MFT Tiki Party stamp set for my last day of camp creation. Yes, that is real sand paper! I love using it on beachy theme projects. Cuts like a dream with dies. Neat effect.

 I might have filled the shaker too full. But you can still see the volcano peaking up a little, right?

You can see the volcano and lava a little better in this picture. I used stickles for the lava.

Day 5, Spectacular Shakers Badge

It has been a super fun week at Camp Create!! Thanks so much My Favorite Things for this fun event. I hope it will become an annual thing! :)

Product List:
My Favorite Things, Tiki Party
My Favorite Things, Magical Unicorns (clouds)
My Favorite Things, Surf & Turf edge dies (sand)
Paper Smooches, Get Outta Town stamp set (palm trees, seagulls)
My Creative Time, vintage banner die
My Creative Time, stitched circle dies
Stickles, sequins, clear acetate, foam tape, copic markers, sandpaper

MFT Camp Create, Day 4 Delightful Diecutting

Happy Friday Eve! :) And welcome to day 4 of Camp Create with My Favorite Things. Today's focus is on dies. I love dies. I think you all know that by now! For my card today I used The Whole Herd stamps and dies from MFT.

Here you can see the partial die-cutting technique. Note only the tops of the cow and chicken are cut out, then layered over the hay stacks behind.

I also cut several of the cow and chicken and layered them as well. The front panel is adhered with foam tape for even more dimension.

Inside sentiment is from the MFT Somebunny set.

Day 4, Delightful Die cutting Badge

Product List:
My Favorite Things, The Whole Herd stamp set
My Favorite Things, The Whole Herd dies set
My Favorite Things, Magical Unicorns (clouds)
My Favorite Things, Ewe Are The Best (grass)
My Favorite Things, Somebunny (inside sentiment)
Copic markers, foam tape

MFT Camp Create, Day 3 Wonderful Watercolor

Today we are featuring watercolor at Camp Create. I used an older set by My Favorite Things that I just love, Pretty Poppies. It's one of my favorite sets to use with watercolor.

A little bit of liner marker to make it really pop.

Day 3 badge Wonderful Watercolor

Product List:
My Favorite Things, Pretty Poppies stamp set
My Favorite Things, Distressed Patterns stamp set
My Favorite Things, Harvest Mouse stamp set (sentiment)
My Favorite Things, Blueprints 1 dienamics
Distress Inks, peeled paint, barn door, fired brick
Distress Markers, walnut stain, forest moss, barn door

MFT Camp Create, Day 2 Sensational Sliders

Super fun interactive card for today's camp craft! I matched the adorable BB Hog Heaven flying piggy with the Surf & Turf slider set for today's Sensational Slider card. This piggy is too sweet!

For the sentiment, I combined the Hog Heaven set with the Sweet Succulents set. The clouds and sun are from the Magical Unicorns set.

Day 2 badge, Sensational Sliders

Product List:
My Favorite Things, Hog Heaven stamps
My Favorite Things, Hog Heaven dies
My Favorite Things, Magical Unicorns stamps and dies
My Favorite Things, Sweet Succulents stamps
My Favorite Things, Surf and Turf slider set
My Favorite Things, Plaid Patterns 6x6 paper pad
Copic markers, foam tape

MFT Camp Create, Day 1 Glitzy Glitter

It's Camp Create week with My Favorite Things! Day 1 is Glitzy Glitter. I chose to use microbeads instead of "real" glitter, and made a shaker card using the Recipe for Happiness stamps and dies. I love how it turned out and I think my dad will like it too. ;)

Isn't this chubby little chef the cutest?!

Inside message:

Day 1 badge, Glitzy Glitter

Product list:
My Favorite Things, Recipe for Happiness stamp set
My Favorite Things, Recipe for Happiness dies set
My Creative Time, Greatest Handyman stamp set
Quickutz hexagon dies
Martha Stewart microbeads
Copic markers, clear acetate, foam tape

My Favorite Things, Color Challenge #47

This week's color challenge at My Favorite Things - love the combo. I used the new extremely adorable piggies for my card. Seriously, aren't these the cutest pigs ever!

My Favorite Things Card Challenges



Product List:
My Favorite Things, Hog Heaven stamp set
My Favorite Things, Hog Heaven dies
My Favorite Things, Blueprints #1 - scallop frame
My Favorite Things, Blueprints #9 - ticket die
My Favorite Things, pink lemonade cardstock
My Creative Time, Pop Up Surprise die
Copic markers, glue dots, ribbon, button, jute twine

Melonheadz Friends Masculine theme challenge

Happy Monday and welcome to the new challenge with Melonheadz Friends. This week's challenge is 'masculine'. I had to use this adorable barbecuing guy for the idea I had in my head. And it turned out perfectly!!! :)

Disclaimer: Hubs insisted I tell you this is NOT based on a true story (for real, it isn't.)

Inside message:

BBQ season is officially upon us, but so is fire season, so be sure to have your fire extinguisher handy for any emergencies. In the meantime, enjoy your summer and try to stay cool. Join us for this fun challenge at Melonheadz Friends and you could win a digi set by the fabulous Nikki C.

Product list:
Melonheadz Illustrating, bbq guy freebie image
Melonheadz Illustrating, Summer Camp set (campfire image)
Melonheadz Illustrating, KG Melonheadz font
My Creative Time, popcorn background stamp w/ coordinating dies (smoke poofs)
Copic markers, foam tape