Beautiful Day

| Lisa K

Day 4 at Camp Create is all about making the background. The assignment is to use stamps, stencils, dies, any way you choose to create a background.

https://www.mftstamps.com/blogs/news/camp-create-august-3-2021

I looked at a die and drew my own design on MFT Summer Dots Patterned Paper. I used the stamp and matching dies Spread Your Wings, embossing with Taylored Expressions Diamond EP. It is basically sparkly glitter in a clear powder. I added sequins to complete the card.

I chose to use this card for the Crafters of Faith challenge with Splitcoast Stampers. The verse if Psalm 118:24 This is the day that the Lord has made. Let us Rejoice and be glad in it. I think the sentiment fits this verse as it is all about a beautiful day.

Emboss Resist with Fruit

| Lisa K

Day 3 of MFT Camp Create is Emboss Resist. Mindy Eggen was the camp counselor and she showed how to use emboss resist with small images as usually she uses it with a background. I gave her idea a try.

https://www.mftstamps.com/blogs/news/camp-create-august-2-2021

I used the MFT stamp set Bunch of Happiness and the Scripty Birthday die for this card. I followed Mindy’s idea with stamping each image and embossing with white embossing powder. Then I used dye inks as opposed to Distress Oxide inks like Mindy used. I fussy cut each image and glued them to my background. I am not sure if I will ever ink blend small images like this, but it was nice to learn and give her idea a try.

Watercolor Blooms

| Lisa K

Day 2 of MFT Camp Create mixed with Just Add Ink is what I have been working on with this card.

https://www.mftstamps.com/blogs/news/camp-create-august-1-2021
http://just-add-ink.blogspot.com/2021/07/just-add-ink-565colour.html

I used the MFT Flower in Bloom stamp and matching die for this card. I stamped in Versamark and Gina K Designs Black ink and embossed in clear. I like to emboss in clear when watercoloring to keep the water where I want it. I used Ranger WC paper. The colors used are Pale Payaya and Polished Pink from SU 2021 – 2023 in colors. I like Pale Payaya as it is a light peach color and lovely to color. The Polished Pink is a bright pink.

Smile Shaker Card

| Lisa K

Today is Day 1 of My Favorite Things Camp Create 2021. Each day there will be a new technique or card idea shown with a video and participants can win a shopping spree.

https://www.mftstamps.com/blogs/news/camp-create-july-31-2021

I used MFT Smile Maker stamp set and the Big Smile die for this card. I used Altenew watercolor paints on the card front trying to go in a rainbow of colors. I saw this idea on Pinterest from a Smile Kit from MFT. I added shaker bits using sequins and gems. The background paper is MFT. The foam used is SU foam strips made for shakers. I will see what tomorrow brings and hopefully continue with the card ideas.

Nautical Hello

| Gayle Chrvala
Just Us Girls Challenge #594 Photo Week

Hello!! I decided to join in the Just Us Girls’ Challenge for this week hosted by Nancy and her inspiration photo

which is very nautical. I decided to focus on the striped and the colors to create my card today. My stripes were created using the Pretty Pink Posh wide stripe stencil and some Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ink. The SimonSaysStamp Painted Friend die was cut 3 times from a navy cardstock which was also used as a layering piece. And my Concord & 9th Hello is from their Triple-Step Blooming Heart stamp set was stamped in Gina K ink.

Thanks for stopping for a peek. Hope everyone is enjoying their day. Stay safe out there!

Watercolor Slimline

| Lisa K

I am sharing my card for the Challenge Your Stash group at Splitcoast Stampers. I will also enter this card in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge.

https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-anything-goes-86/

The background is watercolor with pigment powders from Stampin Up. I used Bristol Smooth paper for all of the watercolor pieces. The gold die cuts are using MFT Floral Focus Card kit dies. I found the best way to cut these dies is with the die face up and add waxed paper between the die and paper. The theme for the Challenge Your Stash is watercolor, so I used watercolor pieces from my stash.

Sympathy

| Lisa K

Everybody needs a sympathy card on hand and they can be difficult to create when needed. I made one for the Mod Squad Challenge to keep on hand.

https://modsquadchallenge.com/with-sympathy/

I found this idea on Pinterest. I added more water than the one I found and use different inks and a different sentiment, but the rest is the same. The stamp sets used are High Tide by Stampin Up and sign4words by The Stamps of Life. I used Lawn Fawn inks for the water, birds and greeting, and Memento ink for the sky. The gems are from Hobby Lobby.

Callie 2021

| Gayle Chrvala
ModSquad Challenge: Sympathy

The challenge at the ModSquad Challenge group is to create a sympathy card. For the past six years, I’ve been sending a card to a dear friend in remembrance of her granddaughter who was born asleep. I guess you can still call this a sympathy card for their loss.

On my card, I used the following stamps from Gina K Designs: Dreams Take Flight, Hugs and Prayers illustrated by Nina Brackett and Hello Sunshine. My clouds were a combination of a SimonSaysStamp and Bonnie stencil inked in GKD’s soft stone ink.

Thanks for stopping in for a peek. Take care and be safe!

Butterfly Sympathy

| Judy Inukai

Sadly I’m often in need of sympathy cards and struggle with making them right when they’re needed. The sentiment is from Extra Grand Sentiments by JustRite, stamped in Stormy Sky ink. The butterfly is from the Beautiful Butterflies Kit by Simon Says Stamp and is stamped in Soft Stone ink. I like using a butterfly on a sympathy card because it is a symbol of immortality.  The card base is Stormy Sky with a white sentiment panel attached on the inside. Quick and easy to duplicate. I’m entering this in the Mod Squad With Sympathy Challenge.