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Hi, all, I'm back with the latest MFT Color Challenge! Are you ready? Here’s this week’s color combo: Tropical Teal, Cement Gray, Lavender Fields, and Limelight. All of the details about the color challenge are available on the MFT Blog as well as in the weekly newsletter. The MFT Design Team will be on hand to provide plenty of inspiration to get you started. I went pretty CAS with this card because the colors are all bold and saturated so I didn’t want them to overwhelm the design. I started by stamping Distressed Patterns Stamp Set in three colors on Sweet Tooth card stock, “piped” it with Cement Gray card stock, and adhered on a Sweet Tooth card stock base with a strip of Summertime Polka Dots down the left side. The sentiment is from All About You Stamp Set and was heat embossed on Tropical Teal card stock cut with Stitched Sentiment Strips Die-namics and popped up on foam tape. All About You Die-namics was cut from Cement Gray card stock and also adhered with foam tape and I finished off with some matching enamel dots. And there you have it! Remember, you can get all the details by visiting the MFT Blog. You have the chance to win a $50 in MFT voucher. Winners are chosen at random, so everyone has a chance! Thanks for stopping by! See you soon! All products from My Favorite Things unless otherwise noted. Stamps: Distressed Patterns, All About You Die-namics: All About You, Stitched Sentiment Strips Patterned Paper: Summertime Polka Dots Dye Ink: Tropical Teal, Limelight, Lavender Fields MFT Card Stock/Specialty Papers: Sweet Tooth, Cement Gray. Tropical Teal Supplies/Tools: foam mounting tape, Smart Grid Paper Pad Other: Die-cutting machine, paper cutter, Mini MISTI, Mini MISTI Grid Paper Pad, MISTI Bar Magnets, tape runner, white detail embossing powder, Embossing Magic, plastic eraser, Scor-Buddy, heat tool, enamel dots
Are you trying to choose the best ink pad for your stamping & papercrafting projects? We can help! We will give you an overview on the types of inks available for stamping (dye, pigment, hybrid…
About a month ago I came across a couple of bags of circulated vintage postage stamps from all around the world. I originally was going to use these in my own scrapbooking and paper figure projects, however, there were THOUSANDS of stamps in these bags, I had no idea! They were from all over: Russia, England, Austraila, France, Germany, Italy, India and more. Some of the stamps are still adhered to envelopes and some are loose. We are always looking for smaller priced items to sell in our booth at the shows we do, so I decided to divide these up into smaller amounts and sell them for a couple of bucks at our upcoming shows. In an effort to get some help in sorting these I told my girls I had a fun and educational project for them to do, but my enthusiasm for how beautiful every other stamp was wore thin in about 15 minutes. So sorting solo, three days later, I had bagged up almost 100 little baggies of stamps. There's at least 75 stamps in each bag from various countries. I thought what else, besides a lot of the popular uses of these in mixed media projects, scrapbooking and jewelry making, could you do with them? So I challenged myself. I selected a bag and asked myself -What are some quick and easy ideas I can do with this bag of stamps. For me these are like miniature works of art, and what better way to showcase art than to frame it. I found an old frame of Denise's, cut a piece of scrapbooking paper to fit the frame and arranged stamps from my bag onto the paper. The total time for this project was about 10 minutes, it took me 5 min. just to decide on what frame to use. It's an eclectic look and I think it looks great as an accent piece on her bookshelf. So in continuing on with the framing idea, I framed a 1975 stamp from Cuba in a small white frame from the dollar store. My favorite framed piece turned out to be with three French stamps I found in my baggie. I had remembered a vintage French military postcard I had and simply added the stamps along one side of the postcard. Ok, so in these three projects I've used a total of 25 stamps - only 50 more from my baggie to go! This post may go on forever, so I decided just one more project for these world travelers and I need look no farther than Denise's garage for inspiration. Of course - a birdsnest with a vintage egg! This project took me a little longer than the framing. I have not decoupaged in years, and there may even be a neater, easier way to do this type of project nowadays, but I just pulled out the old jar of modge podge. From my remaining stamps I just quickly layed out some on a paper plate that I thought might go well together. I didn't choose any large stamps, nor ones attached to envelopes, they would be too thick to glue. The egg was a foam egg that I quickly gave a blue coat of acrylic paint to because I knew some of the egg would show through in between stamps. This was trial and error - the stamps from India were very thin, so you couldn't go over them with the glue too much and the stamps from Italy were on thick paper and those took some extra smoothing down. This was a fun challenge ( I still have half of my bag of stamps left!) and I think I'll keep my little framed French military guy next to my bed. I learned a lot from my vintage bag of stamps - who knew Cuba made such large, beautiful stamps and that the Queen Mother of England looks good in just about every color?!
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It was another great year of daily carving and printing! Here are all the stamps I carved in December: Wow! The thing about #CarveDecember that shocks me every year is that it actually happens. I know that sounds silly, but December is a crazy month and I can never believe how totally productive I am during such a crazy month. It always sends me into the new year with great creative energy. Now that I've had a few weeks to process everything, here are a few thoughts about this year's #CarveDecember: I learned so much from the guest teachers during...
Occasionally, I throw out a card making challenge, to my girls, as I did last weekend. The challenge was to use shapes in the making of a card. Well one of my girls, Carole truly loves a good challenge and these were her fabulous interpretations of last weekends shape challenge: Isn't this fabulous! Thanks to Carole for allowing me to share this beauty with you. And....to sweeten this post even more....last week I sent out a Monthly Creative Challenge Calendar. Each day of September is a different creative challenge! How fun is that! I thought this might spark a bit of creativity for someone who was not feeling particularly creative. Here is that calendar: So...Tuesday September 1 challenge was to make a female birthday card....Carole is the only one so far to respond to that challenge....here is her Gorgeous card: Wednesday, September 2 challenge was to make a card and send it to someone for no particular occasion....just to brighten their day.....again Carole rose to the challenge....here is her card for a friend going through chemo right now: And finally....today is Thursday, September 3.....today's challenge was to try a new technique that you have never done before....Carole chose the Retiform Technique for her card: Carole...again thanks so much for sharing your gorgeous work. You are a rock star for these challenges so far. And hopefully, your work inspires others to stamp and share! Now my challenge to the rest of my girls and blog readers.....try one or more or all of my challenges on the September Challenge Calendar. Each time you send me a photo of your completed challenge you get your name in a draw.....the more you complete the more chances you get to win a prize at the end of September!
MY CRUSH BLUEBIRD BOOK Pictured above is the Bluebird book. I really like that all you have to do is add pictures! This album has 60 – 10" × 7" printed cardstock-weight designed pages, it is hardcover with resist pattern and wire-bound. 12 of the 60 pages are pictured above, although this picture does not do the book justice. The above picture is also of the Bluebird Book. It has other elements added to the pages besides photos. There are two assortment packs (pictured below) that match this album. You can choose one or both to add more pazzaz to your album. I chose both! MY CRUSH FAVORITES ASSORTMENT.... The Favorites Assortment includes: 16 – Journal Spots 4 – 4" × 4" My Stickease® Sheets 2 – 4" × 4" Alphabet Stickers Sheets 4 – 2" × 2" Envelopes MY CRUSH MEMORIES ASSORTMENT.... The My Crush Memories Assortment includes: 16 – Journal Spots 4 – 4" × 4" My Stickease® Sheets 2 – 4" × 4" Alphabet Stickers Sheets 4 – 2" × 2" Envelopes MY CRUSH MODVILLE BOOK Pictured above is the Modville book. All you have to do is add your pictures! This album also has 60 – 10" × 7" printed cardstock-weight designed pages, it is hardcover with resist pattern and wire-bound. The above picture is also of the Modville Book. It has other elements added to the pages besides photos too. There are two assortment packs (pictured below) that match this album. You can choose one or both to add more pazzaz to this album as well! MY CRUSH BEST DAY EVER ASSORTMENT.... The My Crush Best Day Ever Assortment includes: 16 – Journal Spots 4 – 4" × 4" My Stickease® Sheets 2 – 4" × 4" Alphabet Stickers Sheets 4 – 2" × 2" Envelopes MY CRUSH BESTIES ASSORTMENT.... The My Crush Besties Assortment includes: 16 – Journal Spots 4 – 4" × 4" My Stickease® Sheets 2 – 4" × 4" Alphabet Stickers Sheets 4 – 2" × 2" Envelopes COORDINATING ITEMS I got to go with my books.... Reel Life Stamp Set (pictured above). This is a set of 5 stamps that coordinates with the Modville Book. Love This Stamp Set (pictured above). This is a set of 6 stamps that coordinates with the Bluebird Book. Memory Protectors® Flip Flaps™ Small Assortment (pictured above) Use these to add extra photos to your pages by sliding photos or other artwork into the pocket and attach the Flip Flap with its adhesive strip to the pages. You can stack them on top of one another so that you can add a lot of extra photos. "Like" me on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/FabulouslyCreativeScrapbookingAndStamping Be sure to Subscribe to my YouTube Channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/FabulouslyCreative
Everyone loves crayons at one time or another. This is a chronological history of crayola crayons.
You need the best inks for stamping, card making, or any paper craft, and you need to know which ink to use when. Here’s your complete guide.
Hi, all! I got an email requesting my recipe for stamp cleaner and for the life of me can't find it here! So here's the low-down: I started making my own cleaner when I discovered that it cost me about 30¢ to make the same amount of name-brand cleaner that cost $7.00 at the store. You can purchase each ingredient (including the spritzer bottle) in the pharmaceutical and/or personal grooming aisles of your local chain stores for less than a dollar apiece. I purchased all of my ingredients approximately five years ago, and I am nowhere near running out, so I'm very pleased with the frugality and effectiveness of my cleaner! This recipe is safe and gentle for clear and rubber stamps and even protects rubber stamps from drying out. It works on every stamping ink I've used except StazOn (which requires a special kind of cleaner). I N G...
By popular demand from fellow crafters and customers, we are offering the 2nd segment of the All About Layering class! This class offers useful tips on how you can layer the images together for easy stamping experience. If you ever needed help with using Altenew's layering stamps, this is a great class for you! Instructor: Nicole Picadura Class Level: Beginner Class Supplies can be found HERE. Class Features: 10 Video tutorials going over some old and new layering stamps in details This is an independent class: sign up for the class and enjoy the lesson at your convenience! Inspiration filled high-quality project photos Enjoy exclusive class contents whenever, wherever, and how many times you'd like!
Your complete guide on Stamps for stamping! From rubber stamps, to clear stamps & more; understand the difference and how to use each of these craft stamps.
Stamps, often considered miniature works of art, have been issued by world postal services since 1840. October is National Stamp Collecting month. It began in 1981 as a joint venture between the United States Postal Service and the Council of Philatelic Organizations. The Postal Service continues to promote National Stamp Collecting Month and stamp collecting
Occasionally, I throw out a card making challenge, to my girls, as I did last weekend. The challenge was to use shapes in the making of a card. Well one of my girls, Carole truly loves a good challenge and these were her fabulous interpretations of last weekends shape challenge: Isn't this fabulous! Thanks to Carole for allowing me to share this beauty with you. And....to sweeten this post even more....last week I sent out a Monthly Creative Challenge Calendar. Each day of September is a different creative challenge! How fun is that! I thought this might spark a bit of creativity for someone who was not feeling particularly creative. Here is that calendar: So...Tuesday September 1 challenge was to make a female birthday card....Carole is the only one so far to respond to that challenge....here is her Gorgeous card: Wednesday, September 2 challenge was to make a card and send it to someone for no particular occasion....just to brighten their day.....again Carole rose to the challenge....here is her card for a friend going through chemo right now: And finally....today is Thursday, September 3.....today's challenge was to try a new technique that you have never done before....Carole chose the Retiform Technique for her card: Carole...again thanks so much for sharing your gorgeous work. You are a rock star for these challenges so far. And hopefully, your work inspires others to stamp and share! Now my challenge to the rest of my girls and blog readers.....try one or more or all of my challenges on the September Challenge Calendar. Each time you send me a photo of your completed challenge you get your name in a draw.....the more you complete the more chances you get to win a prize at the end of September!
Ink basics for paper crafters
Digital stamps are a great way to save time, money and space! Resize and duplicate the designs you love, print them out, color them, and make beautiful cards!
Every crafter needs ink in their arsenal. Ink unlocks a whole new world of crafting possibilities, such as stamping and embossing, that even novice crafters can incorporate into their paper crafts. Crafting ink is easy to use, but it helps to know a little bit about the ink you’re using.…
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wow bloggers what an amazing response from you all about the new distress paints. trust me, i’m just as excited to be…
Welcome to our November Inspire, Create, Share blog hop! We are all excited to craft for Christmas; join us for tonight's theme "All about Christmas." I am loving the Christmas Classics stamp set #161970, which is my sentiment stamp. A Walk in the Forest Designer Series Paper #162377 is the card front on a Pecan Pie cardstock card base. See my supply list at the end of this post. A Walk in the Forest Designer Series Paper is special, it is part of our product giveback program, we look to support organizations in our communities that strive to make a positive difference for those in need. This year we’re supporting Marine Toys for Tots in the United States. Stampin' Up! will contribute $3 for every package of paper purchased. Join me to hop over to see Cheryl's creation, click on the arrow below: We have a new release of products this week, check out these options: Click here to see the Online Exclusives online store. The online store is open 24 hours. If your order is $150+ then you will earn your own Stampin' Rewards and do not use the host code. Please use the November 2023 online order host code, HYEE36GC, shop here. Anyone that orders $35+ of products online, you will receive the November 2023 IDEAS tutorial bundle to show my gratitude! Customers are also welcome to order the IDEAS tutorial bundle without a product order or to send as a gift (see the side bar for the ordering link). Subscribe now to never miss a blog post: Click Here. tams# 84590 Product List Christmas Classics Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [161970] Modern Oval Punch [162234] Festive Pearls [159963] White 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Iridescent Ribbon [161955] Pecan Pie Classic Stampin' Pad [161665] Pecan Pie 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [161717] A Walk In The Forest 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [162377] Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101856] Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] 2 3/8" (6 Cm) Circle Punch [161354]
Curious about digital stamps? Check out this complete guide to learn How to Use Digital Stamps. Enjoy digis with your current supplies, without any anxiety.
When I first started stamping I could never get a clear image with brand new stamps. I used quality paper and quality ink. What was the problem? I was informed by a stamping friend “You need to condition your stamps before using them.” Huh? Brand spanking new photopolymer stamps and red rubber stamps have super clean stamping surfaces. Ink doesn’t want to stick to the surface of the stamp. There are several ways to condition your stamps to make sure you get the best image possible.
Rubber Stamp Lot All Stamps Are Included In The $30 Price Please Ask Any Questions Before Purchasing. Craft Stamps (Around 80 Stamps) I Did Not Count How Many Stamps There Are, I’m Just Selling As A “Lot” Around 80-85 Stamps. A Bunch Never Used
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Understanding how to cut layers for card making can be challenging, so let's discuss how to measure your cardstock for layering.
Not sure how to stamp solid images with multiple ink colors? Sometimes we just want a little more variation in colors when stamping our images. I have a method of applying multiple ink colors to...
While Benjamin Franklin might be best known for flying a kite in a thunderstorm, he never actually flew a kite. Founding Father and scientist Benjamin Franklin was actually afraid of thunderstorms, so he took shelter in a little shed in his yard as his son, William Franklin, flew a kite.…
I have had a few questions about how using food stamps work with coupons. While I'm not an expert in this area, I know that coupons should work great with food stamps. I have friends that have left over food stamps at the end of the month because they have stretched their savings with coupons. Sadly though, things don't always work so well. A recent e-mail I got asked a question about eCoupons and Catalina Deals: 'If you have any E-coupons or a store/manufacturer promotion that gives an amount off when you purchase a certain amount of items. For example,
When I first started stamping, I thought there was only one way to clean my stamps. I used a spray cleaner and scrubber. I was told this was pretty much my only option unless I wanted to harm my stamps. Now, there are several inexpensive cleaning products to clean your rubber stamps on the market that are totally safe. Cleaning products to clean your rubber stamps shouldn't take forever, take away from the fun of stamping, or cost a small fortune.
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