MFT Sketch 557 and Color palette 172

Today's card is a combination of two current challenges at My Favorite Things. I've used the color palette with the sketch challenge. Super simple color combination, no frills or fancy stuff, just soft and yummy.  I like the final result! 

TIP: Lay out all your cuts how you think you want them on your card before gluing anything. Take a pic with your phone when you have it the way you want it. Refer to the pic and glue the pieces together BEFORE you put them back on the card. This makes a great way to create a grouping and you can add foam tape to a few pieces or the whole cluster when adding it to the card front.

Copic colors

TIP 2: Here's a fun tip if you need enamel dots in a color you don't have in your stash. Using a marker (I use copics) make a dot on the paper where you want the enamel dot. Add a drop of adhesive (I use glossy accents) ....

 

then using a pick up tool, add a clear drop over the colored dot. This creates the illusion of a colored enamel dot!

Color Challenge #172

Sketch Challenge #557

Product List:
My Favorite Things, Autumn Blessings stamps and dies
My Favorite Things, Smooth White cardstock

Copic, Xpress it blending card

Copic, Sketch markers

Foam tape, Tanto pickup tool, glossy accents, Studio Katia Clear Drops Mix 2

Honey Bee Challenge #80 - CAS Masculine

Perfect! Hubby's birthday is coming up so this was the perfect time for a masculine card. I love clean and simple designs and, while this card may look complicated, it was really easy and took only a few minutes to complete. I know hubsy will like it, particularly when he reads the message inside. LOL!!!

I started with the Honey Bee Stamps Big Pickup stamps and dies. Making this large die into an A2 card is the easiest ever. Start with an A2 card base, folded, then place your die over the card with the folded edge of the card just inside the die so it won't cut through both pieces all the way around. Then stamp and cut one full image of the truck (this works for either front or back). Color/decorate the image, then slap it onto the front of the card base with some adhesive and add your inside sentiment. Easy peasy! 

Ok, so I did go a teensy bit past CAS and added glossy accents to the lights and cut a windshield from acetate but that's the only fancy sh!t I did. I couldn't help myself. You can barely see it in the pics.

Message I'm always sharing with him, even when it isn't his birthday! We tease each other all the time with the "old" thing. Truth is, he's only 9 months older than I am! Hahaha.

Copic colors I used.

Product List:
Honey Bee Stamps, Big Pickup Cab stamps and dies (card front)

Honey Bee Stamps, Big Pickup Tailgate stamps and dies (license plate, sentiments)

Honey Bee Stamps, Loads of Love stamps and dies (heart balloon inside)

Honey Bee Stamps, Snarky Birthday sentiment stamps (inside message)

My Favorite Things, Smooth White cardstock

Copic, Xpress it blending card (card front, balloon)

Copic, Sketch Markers

Foam tape, acetate, glossy accents

Seriously cute stuff

Head over heels with Gerda Steiner Designs. Her images are adorable, don't you agree?! This sweet little potato (see what I did there?) is from the newest release. And there will be more of this release coming soon so watch for them as well. But on to today's card. 

I used a mini slimline design for this one and an old chevron die set by My Favorite Things to create a cut out background. I used random pattern paper strips behind for interest and a little color. The yam is on a wobble too which I think makes him even cuter! 

He wiggles!

Inside message:

Copic colors: 

Product List:

Gerda Steiner Designs, Yams and Corn stamps and dies

My Favorite Things, Chevron dies *retired

My Favorite Things, Smooth White cardstock

Ellen Hutson, Nice of You sentiment stamps

Copic, Xpress it blending card

Copic, Sketch Markers

Foam tape, letter U die, pattern paper scraps, wobble spring

MFT Sketch 556

I have to admit, I wasn't at all jazzed by this week's sketch. It struck me as 'meh' and I couldn't come up with any ideas to even enter the challenge. This morning I was determined to make it work, because, well I hate missing the sketch challenges. LOL Still looking at the sketch, my mind went to my 'maybe later' box of images colored for previous projects that didn't make it onto the finished product. PURE INSPIRATION!

My idea came together in a matter of minutes and I'm happy with the final result! Hope you like it too. 

If you're like me, you have a box of goodies like this. If you don't have one, I highly recommend getting a pencil box (this time of year is prime pickings for usually 50¢ each during back to school) and keeping all the pieces you don't use right away. This is also a huge help when it comes to last minute birthday, party, or sympathy cards, not to mention Christmas cards. (TIP: You can make almost any image into a Christmas card by adding a santa hat, antlers, or a red nose.)

I have no copic color list for this one as all the images are from my 'maybe later' box. Sorry!

My Favorite Things, Sketch 556

Product List:

My Favorite Things, You Keep Me Afloat stamps and dies

My Favorite Things, Scallop Stripe stamp

My Favorite Things, Smooth White cardstock

My Creative Time, You word die

Ellen Hutson, Nice of You sentiments

Copic, Xpress it blending card

Copic, sketch markers

Circle dies, white embossing powder, xacto knife, Bazzill cardstock

Honey Bee Stamps, Challenge #79

Challenge #79 is a tic-tac-toe challenge. I haven't done one of these in a long time! My three in a row are stamps, die cuts, and colored inks. I used distress inks to watercolor my images for this one, and this cute stamp set from Honey Bee Stamps called Let's Get Crafty. 

The sentiment is Ellen Hutson. I combined two sets - All About You and Pure Magic, both designs by Julie Ebersole.

Distress colors used for my watercoloring

Challenge #79, Honey Bee Stamps ends Sep 1. Join their facebook group and play along!

 

Product List:

Honey Bee Stamps, Let's Get Crafty

Ellen Hutson, Pure Magic sentiments (color my world)

Ellen Hutson, All About You sentiment set (you)
My Favorite Things, Raindrops ST45 stencil *retired

My Favorite Things, Smooth white cardstock

Distress Ink cubes; Candied Apple, Carved Pumpkin, Squeezed Lemonade, Mowed Lawn, Blueprint Sketch, Dusty Concord, Wilted Violet, Hickory Smoke, Black Soot, Antique Linen

Canson watercolor paper, water brush, eye dropper, blending brushes, glossy accents