Olympic Bitty Bears

MFT Olympics Challenge
Event # 4 Speed Card Making

So this was speed card making! I am a fun person and I just want to know I love playing along! Try hard not show anything really bad..(even though I may think its good!). So I had everything laid out and a plan ..(thanks Stephanie..watched the video) and good thing! Idea here was to use paper products and only die cut and quick as wink color the bears All went until I (due to speed) miss cut the bear with red balloon. Due to my genius plan I did stamp out six ...just in case ..I colored him in die cut, on it went. My phone timer goes off...done. I was down to wire.All the paper thing went on easy peasy..die cut fine (I have an electric die cutter)... there was no way to do anything else! Yeah like having a plan not fan of speed timing! So I posted a before  and after I am sure you can figure out which is which! Since I used my time my phone just goes back to start.This has been a fun challenge series..always giving us a way to stretch our skills and hopefully win a extra MFT stuff...Thank You MFT!
MFT
Bitty Bears Stamps and Dies
Pet Perches Die
Party Banners Dies
Celebrate Word Die (retired)
Watercolor Wash Brights 6x6 Paper Pack
Birthday Blowout 6x6 Paper Pack
Cardstock MFT/ Blu Raspberry; Grout Gray
Other
Memento ink / Tuxedo Black
Copic markers
Neenah Solar White Cardstock
Happy Crafting
Barbara

Party Time Birthday

Papertrey Ink
11th Anniversary Challenges
Color Challenges
The idea here was to pick one of designer color scripts...well then create! My first thought was easy peasy.. I somehow just got into big tail spin .. I tried another color script and well it was insanely over the top bright! At last here is where I landed. I had the most trouble with Vintage Jadeite...since the only thing I own this that , which is a cake plate birthday it was! I used the Invitation Basics Stamps and Dies. I stamped out the 'party time ' balloon in four different colors then die cut out the frame from that cardstock. The background is inked in Tropical Teal. My cake is inked Versa-marked on  Pale Peony,  the Bow on Aqua Mist card stock.
PTI
Invitation Basics Stamps and Dies
Hooray Stamps
Inks/ Tropical Teal, Pale Peony, Harvest Gold, Aqua Mist
Cardstock/ Vintage Jadeite, Pale Peony, Aqua Mist
Other
Versamark Ink
 Doodle Bug/ Enamel Dots
May Arts Twine/ Pink
Neenah Solar White Cardstock
MFT/ Square Stitched Frame

Happy Crafting
Barbara

USA

My Favorite Things
Creative Olympics Challenge Event # 3
Crafty Biathlon
From the chosen list I picked the  emboss resist and the shaker card. I continued with the Olympic theme...go USA..are we singing  the national anthem yet?!
 MFT
Musical Notes Background Stamp
Bottom Line Alphabet Dies
Blueprint Tag Builders #6 (Star)
Other
Memento Ink/ Nautical Blue, Love Letter
Versamark Ink
Judikins Embossing Powder/ Opaque White
Sequins (from Stash)
Copic ( To color star bits)
Wink of Stella/ Clear

Happy Crafting
Barbara

Green Parakeet Butterfly

Papertrey Ink 11th Anniversary Card Challenge
Stripes Challenge
I went with the CAS card. I used the butterfly and the sentiment from the PTI Life is Beautiful Set. My butterfly is cut out of green parakeet cardstock and boosted up on foam.The cover plate is the PTI Stripe Horizontal Cover  Plate. My sticker jewels are from starform. I also used PTI green parakeet ink on my sentiment. The black portion is done in Memento Tuxedo Black.
Happy Crafting
Barbara

Ski You Soon

MFT Olympic Card Challenge
Event #2
Winter Theme
For my card I created an inky background then sprayed with with glitter mist for that winter chill feel. Then I stamped some snowy flakes. I cut little bear showing off his skiing skills all placed on a snow drifts cover up. The little loops from the Tag Builder #5 were inked in Paris Dusk Ink.
MFT
Snow Drifts Cover Up
Ski Son Greetings and Dies
Polar Pals Stamps and Dies
Blueprints Tag Builder #5
Other
Copic Markers
Memento Inks/Paris Dusk; Nautical Blue;Tuxedo Black
Avery Elle/ Pure White
PTI/ Amethyst Allure Ink
Neenah Cardstock/ Solar White
Wink of Stella / Clear
Sheer Shimmer Spritz/ Clear
Happy Crafting
Barbara

Birthday Soda

MFT Color Challenge

Playing along with the color challenge ...used
MFT/
Soda Pop Dies
Blueprints #31 / Sentiment Strip
Birthday Make A Wish/ Hearts
Soda Pop Stamps/ Sentiment
Stay Cool Stamps/ Sentiment
PTI/
Cover Plate/ Stripes Horizontal
Cardstock/Raspberry Fizz, Pale Peony, Soft Stone
Other
Neenah Black Card Stock
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Happy Crafting
Barbara

Thanks Mum

Papertrey Ink Anniversary Challenge
Make A Floral Card
This years anniversary set is all about the florals..oh yes I am so in! I will have to wait get it , my reward points will need to grow a bit before I can purchase them (only method of payment) . They(points) grow fast so I know I have no real worries...LOL!! The challenge at hand was create a  floral card from one of your sets...I picked some lovely Pale Peony colored Mums from my PTI garden. Oh so fresh! I used the larger flower for my design. For the stem I used the one from the Tulip Time set while keeping the leaves from the Mum set. I did a double color sentiment die cut out.
PTI Stamp Sets
Mum's the Word
Tulip Time
PTI Dies; Cardstock and Inks
Big Basics Thanks
Pale Peony
Green Parakeet
MFT Dies
A-2 Stitched Rectangle Stax Small and Large
Other
Sequins
Happy Crafting
Barbara

Yellow Garden

 New

Previous

Papertrey Ink
11th  Anniversary Challenges
From A Previous Card ... Transform It!

So I took this one layer card and transformed it with backgrounds layered flowers, embossed sentiments. I used the same colors but switched the flower sets from 'Rosie Posie' to 'Grans Garden'. The colors I used where Harvest  Gold and Summer Sunrise.My gray ink is London Fog from Memento.My Background die is the 'Diagonal Stripe' cover plate. On the cover plate I replace some of the strips to add a texture and a diagonal on the left side. My sentiment strip is from the die set 'Get A Handle On It.' I added some clear Wink of Stella to the centers and edges, My gray pearls are from Want to 2 Scrap.
Happy Crafting
Barbara

With Love

Papertrey Ink
11th Anniversary Challenge
Make  A Card Just Dies Only
For my card today I used the Cover Plate Scroll Frame Die and Grand Curvy Greetings. I cut the frame twice; the 2nd time in Bazzill Lt Pink Foil which reads more lush Rose color. A really beautiful pink. I also cut the sentiment out in the same paper. The small heart is a punch from McGill.
Happy Crafting
Barbara

BrrrrFect Friends

My Favorite Things

Olympics Challenges

MFT is hosting a creative challenge for everyone to play in. How fun is this! Well as all games you got the rules so you need to check it out. For my card I did background inking with my MFT Stitched Cloud Dies with Paris Dusk Memento Ink using a Clarity brush then to add a snowy effect sprinkled with Tim Holtz White Picket Fence Distress Paint.My bottom curves where die cut from Blueprints # 11 twice, and one piece from the Snow Drifts Cover Cover Up. Then inked them in some Unicorn White Ink by Hero Arts then for a snowy glitz sprayed with Sheer Shimmer Sparkle Spritz, so was lake after coloring. I put my Animal Friends in some Olympic colors colored in Copics..all busy having a great time! 

MFT Stamps Used:

Ski Sons Greetings

Polar Pals

Polar Bear Pals

MFT Dies Used:

Ski Sons

Polar Bear Pals

Stitched Cloud Edges

Blueprints #11

Snow Drifts Cover Up

Castle Dies (Flags)

Sentiment Strip (retired)

Inks

Memento/ Paris Dusk, Tuxedo Black

Hero Arts/ Unicorn White

Other

Imagine Crafts/Sheer Shimmer Spritz 

Copic Markers

Tim Holtz /White Picket Fence  Distress Paint

Happy Crafting

Barbara

Red Bike Ride

PaperteryInk 11th Anniversary Challenge
Make A Card From A Retiring  Set
Here is my card for this challenge. The set I used is PTI  Everyday Button Bits a long time favorite. I honestly believe that set was an inspiration to build on many separate sets that we saw in the PTI line up. Like Pedal Pusher..anyway for today's card I hand stencilled in the clouds using Unicorn white ink from Hero Arts on Aqua Mist from PTI, Stamped a Sun from the Hello Sunshine stamp set from PTI set in Harvest Gold. My bike is stamped in Poppy Red Ink / PTI, "Buttons"are  die cut in Pure Poppy from Button Stacks II Die / PTI. My twine is from May Arts. Sentiment is stamped in Pure Poppy ink from the stamp set. My butterfly flies are die cut out in a polka dot vellum using a Memory Box Butterfly border die.
Happy Crafting
Barbara

Salt and Pepper

My Favorite Things 
Sketch Challenge

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge 
It Must Be Love

Love month tons of card about love and togetherness,,well one must be ready! Any way just had to use this little guy ..more to life than flowers. Pulled together a some fun MFT dies to make come all together.
MFT/Hugs and Kisses Cover Up
Stitchable Dot Heart
Tag Builder # 5
A-2 Stitched Rectangles
Sentiment Banners
Recipe Foe Happiness Stamp Set
Copic Makers
Carta Bella patterned paper/ Hello Sweetheart
Happy Crafting
Barbara

Birthday Tulips

Papertrey Ink
11th Anniversary Week /Meet our Design Team Sketch Challenge
My inspiration was the sketch from Lizzie Jones.CAS an All white on white cover on the base with strip of cardstock for the sentiment. Then flower placed at the side. So on my take I used the cover plate Butterfly Hope and the stamp and die set Tulip Time. My inks included Raspberry Fizz, Hibiscus Burst, Pale Peony, Simply Chartreuse. Memento Tuxedo Black.

Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes
Wednesday Challenge

Sweet Ice Cream

My Favorite Things Color Challenge

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
Anything Goes

MFT color challenge . Obviously I have ice cream on the mind. My DIL took the grandchildren to the Museum of Ice Cream in San Francisco! She was so lucky to score the tickets!They took picture of course so I am making a mini album for Valentine's Day. So here is the card that will go along with it! I used the MFT Sweet Treat Dies, and Candy Jar Companion Sentiments. I used colored cardstock from PTI and ink. . I also used those new brushes by Clarity very nice, made the ink go on so smoothly!The pink sequins from Darice. The "ice cream" is sprayed with Sheer Shimmer Sparkle Spritz /Clear ( love that stuff) too bad it is hard to photograph.
Happy Crafting
Barbara

You and Me

My Favorite Things
Sketch Challenge 370
Well getting those Valentines cards ready!It's coming up so fast!Followed the sketch and just loved that. Used all MFT stamps and dies: My heart outline was from the Stitchable Dot Heart. My ruffled edge is Blueprints #20; I love this die so much. Someday I hope they get one to fit 4 by by 5 1/4 piece of paper my mini set is just starts smaller than that from MFT. Tag is from Blueprints Tag #4. Stamps in the center are from the set So Much Love; sentiment is from a free set with no name. Patterned Paper is from Carta Bella / Hello Sweetheart Collection. Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Rhubarb Stalk; Delicata Gold.
Happy Crafting
Barbara