Showing posts with label MFT Happy Hedgehogs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MFT Happy Hedgehogs. Show all posts

Friday, April 14, 2017

Prom Shopping and CAS Colors and Sketches Challenge #218

It is Good Friday in the United States and it is the last day of my vacation. Today I went shopping for a prom dress with Charlotte. We fortunately found one in the first place we went to. It is a small place called Red Door Boutique that is about twenty minutes from my house.

I loved this shop because you made an appointment with a stylist and she was the one who went into the room with Charlotte to dress her. It made it much easier on me. I just sat on a couch waiting for her to come out and model it. The next best thing would have been a cocktail for the parents while waiting!!



Charlotte picked the green on the right for her dress. I do have photos of HER but will wait to post when she ACTUALLY goes to prom and is all dolled up. My daughter is more of a tom-boy in the way she dresses so getting her to wear a dress is a miracle in itself.

On another note, I have been attempting to get my craft room in order this week. It is slow going and part of me cleaning up is using up stamped/colored images I have on my desk. I don't want to start using new supplies until I use the old up that I worked so hard on-KWIM?

Today I am sharing a card I created for the CAS Colors and Sketches Challenge #218. I mixed images from My Favorite Things "Happy Hedgehog" set and a few other random sets to finish off my card.


Here is the sketch that I used to create the card:


I actually flipped the sketch a bit to make it how I wanted it to be. I am hoping that this it will be okay to still enter but I am going to try!! I also chose to emboss an area with my score board straight across the top in lieu of adding a piece of patterned paper.


I used Copic Markers in B0000 and B000 for the sky in the background. I just flicked across the panel many times, not worrying if it was perfect. I wanted a bit of white to show through like clouds. For the grass, I used a flicking motion with markers YG01, YG03 and YG05.


Instead of the square on the sketch I chose to include a speech balloon with the sentiment and the addition of a die cut heart.


I thank you for taking the time to stop by today. Have a fabulous day!!

Supplies:


Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Happy Valentine's Day with some Challenge Entries

Happy Valentine's Day!! I hope you are all having a lovely day!! It is cold still here and I am waiting for spring!!

Today I am here with a card I created for two challenges.


Cupcake Inspirations #394 and a sketch #105 from the Fab Friday blog were the inspiration for my card.

 

I used the Mama Elephant "Incoming Mail" stamp and die set for the panda and all the little letters.


I paired it with sentiments from Lawn Fawn's "Love Letters" set (Valentine's Day) and My Favorite Things "Happy Hedgehogs" set.


I used glossy accents on all the tiny hearts on the envelopes to give them a bit of gloss since they were some of the only color on this card.

I thank you for taking the time to stop by. Happy Valentine's Day!




Supplies:
Stamps-Lawn Fawn “Love Letters,” Mama Elephant “Incoming Mail,” MFT “Happy Hedgehogs”
Paper-Neenah Solar White, PTI “Pure Poppy,” Bo Bunny “Head Over Heels” Collection
Dies-MFT “In and Out Rectangle” and “Stitched Circle Frame,” Mama Elephant “Incoming Mail”
Other-Washi Tape, Sizzix Big shot, Memento “Tuxedo Black” ink, Glossy Accents, Scrapbook Adhesives Foam tape, Copic Markers

Friday, January 20, 2017

MFT Happy Hedgehogs and a Sketch Challenge

Hi everyone!! I hope you all had a FABULOUS week. Mine went by fast. Having a day off and then mid term exams will do that to time.

I had a bit of time in my craft room, something that I am "scheduling" into my days so that I MAKE time to do what I love. I have to do this with working out, reading and crafting these days or I won't do it. I have the working out routine down pat and the reading before I go to bed BUT my crafting is always set aside for other things. Making cards and scrapbooking is what makes me happy so if I don't have time, I get cranky!! If I am not crafting, I am coloring in stamped images in when I watch television with my family.

It is so hard to fit in everything you want, isn't it? I plan to add a refresher class in Illustrator soon too. There needs to be more hours in the day or I need to learn to live with limited sleep!

Today I am posting a card I created using My Favorite Things "Happy Hedgehog" stamps/dies. They have been sitting in my box of my stuff to use so I decided to play. Who wouldn't want a cute hedgehog card?


My inspiration for this card is sketch #316 from the MFT Card Challenge Blog. It came together so easily too, which almost never happens!!


I started off by stamping and die cutting the hedgehog, stump and mushroom from the MFT "Happy Hedgehog" set. I then colored the images in with Copic markers.


I attempted to do lines in different colors for a fur effect, as well as make bark on the tree. I think it looks kind of neat. I used a colorless blender for the the effect on top of the acorn. I added some Glossy Accents over certain areas and then set the critter aside to dry.


In the meantime, I covered a white, A2 top folding card with patterned paper from the MFT "Painted Prints Citrus" pad that I had die cut using the "Blueprints # 25" die. I added a white, stitched circle in between the two pattern papers that I had die cut using the MFT "Stitched Circle Frame."


The images were dry by then and I layered the them over my circle, along with the sentiment banner. I then made a HUGE mistake, which just kills me. I should have known better!! I went to darken up the eyes and nose on the hedgehog with a black gel pen and made a large smudge. I didn't want to throw the image away as I had spent a lot of time coloring it in. I added some google eyes to cover it up. Sometimes you have to do what you have to do, right?

My last step was to add a few Pretty Pink Posh sequins around the stamped images.

I am also entering this into Darnell's NBUS Challenge #8. The "Happy Hedgehogs" were new to me AND I used the new technique of doing the bark and the fur.


I thank you for taking the time to stop by today. I hope you have a great day!!

Supplies:
Stamps-MFT "Happy Hedgehogs"
Paper-Neenah Solar White, MFT "Painted Prints Citrus," and Bazzill "Daisy"
Ink-Memento "Tuxedo Black" and PaperTrey Ink "Smokey Shadow"
Other-Copic Markers, Glossy Accents, Pretty Pink Posh Sequins, Foam Adhesive, Ranger Multi-Matte