Picture Perfect Photo Cards

Hello, Tallie here today with a set of cards featuring the MFT Picture Perfect set. Combined with the Lawn Fawn Say Cheese, Again die, these cards are a great way to practice your alcohol marker colouring and put a smile on the recipient's face!

I started off by stamping out four of the images in the MFT Picture Perfect set onto some blending cardstock with MFT Extreme Black Ink.

I coloured these in with my alcohol markers, sticking to bright, bold colours. I cut these out with the Lawn Fawn Say Cheese, Again die, keeping both parts.

I stamped out the 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY' sentiment from the MFT Sweet Birthday Wishes set on the bottom of the photo frames in some Nocturne Versafine Clair Ink Pad, which is a fabulous ink for stamping crisp sentiments!

To create the background panels, I used two different backgrounds - MFT All Lined Up and MFT Happy Birthday - stamped in Versamark Ink, along with some different coloured Lawn Fawn cardstock.

The final step was to add them to some A6 top-folding card bases.

Which one is your favourite? Mine has got to be Slomo (bonus points to you if you get that reference!) the sloth! Just look at that cute face. :)

Thanks for reading, catch you next week!

Tallie

 

 

Out of this World Spaceship Scene

Hello all, Tallie here. For today's card I needed something more masculine, spaced themed with a birthday greeting. I've never done a galaxy background with my alcohol markers before so I thought it was time to give it a try!

I started out by stamping the spaceman and a bunch of the planets from the Lawn Fawn Out of this World set in some alcohol marker friendly MFT Extreme Black Ink onto some blending cardstock. I coloured these in with my alcohol markers and cut them out with the coordinating dies.

The foreground spaceship wall scene was easy - just scribble some cool grey markers over and over until a smooth blend is achieved. The galaxy background was a little more work - starting with some deep, dark blues and violets, followed by a light pink and blue-green. A little white, gold and silver gel pen finished off that starry look.

I cut the silver panel with an MFT Inside & Out Stitched Circle die, using two more of the circle dies to create a frame from some bluejay cardstock. I adhered some acetate to the back of the grey panel and popped it up over the galaxy background with some foam tape to make it seem like a porthole looking out into space.

I stamped the sentiment from the Lawn Fawn Out of this World set onto some cream cardstock and adhered it towards the bottom of the main panel.

Thanks for reading, catch you next week.

Tallie

 

Hey Honey - Happy Bee-day!

Hello, Tallie here. I love the Hey Honey set from Sugar Pea Designs so I made a handful of different Bee-Day cards. These simple but bright cards are sure to put a smile on a few beekeeper faces!

I started out by stamping the bear, hive and bees the Hey Honey set in some MFT Extreme Black Ink onto some blending cardstock. I coloured the bear and hives in with my alcohol markers. For the bees, the stamp set has two separate pieces - the body and the stripe detail. I stamped the body in some Lawn Fawn Carrot and Sunshine ink, and then stamped the body detail in black over the top. I cut all the pieces out with the coordinating dies.

For the background, I blended on some Faded Jeans, Mermaid Lagoon and Broken China Distress Oxide Ink to contrast with the die cut pieces. I die cut a piece of kraft cardstock with a Lawn Fawn Stitched Simple Wavy Border die and white heat embossed several different sentiments from the MFT Meant to Bee set.

I used some foam tape to pop up the kraft panel and then adhered the bear, hives and bees in a scene behind. A few dot details with a white gel pen finishes off this set!

Thanks for reading, catch you next week.

Tallie

A Herd of Birthday Bunnies

Hello, crafters! Tallie here today with a cute little bunny birthday celebration! This uses three different sets - Starry Scene, We Herd and Essential Sentiments - from three different companies - Avery Elle, Waffle Flower and My Favorite Things. It's such a great and simple design that you can customise both colour-wise and scene-wise to your tastes.

I started out by stamping the Starry Scene background onto an A6 card panel with some Distress Oxide inks in Broken China, Mermaid Lagoon and Faded Jeans. Here's a tip: to get a smooth transition between the colours, after inking up the portion of the stamp use an ink blending foam to blur the lines. This worked wonderfully on the Distress Oxides! I set these aside to dry to work on the foreground.

I stamped out the group of bunnies and balloons from the We Herd set in some MFT Extreme Black ink. I coloured these with my alcohol markers, sticking to cool greys and contrasting reds and oranges. I cut these out with the coordinating dies.

I white heat embossed the 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY' sentiment from the Essential Sentiments set onto some black card stock and die cut it with a Lawn Fawn Everyday Sentiment Banner die.

Using some foam tape, I popped up the pieces over the background panel. I added some of the balloon strings with a black pen and a little bit of Wink of Stella to to add some sparkle to the balloons.

A cute little birthday card scene!

Thanks for reading, catch you next week.

Tallie

  

Oh Deer! I've Missed Your Birthday!

Hello, Tallie here.

I'm back again today with a couple of my favourite Neat & Tangled sets. I was saddened to see the Oh Deer set is being retired, so be quick if you want it! I used this and the Lumberjack Love set to create these set of cards for belated birthday greetings.

I started out with some Distress Oxides inks, blending three sets of panels: (1) the sky in Faded Jeans, Mermaid Lagoon and Salty Ocean; (2) the grass in Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn; and (3) the muddy hills in Vintage Photo and Gathered Twigs. I die cut these with a Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Border Die.

To create the scene, using some MFT Extreme Black Ink I stamped out the deer, hearts and large sentiment from the Oh Deer stamp set, along with the trees and stump from the Lumberjack Love set. I coloured these with my alcohol markers, using one of my favourite red/brown colour combos for the deer (E15/E19/E27/E29, E55/E53/E51) and die cut them with the coordinating dies.

I arranged the scenes, using foam tape to give some dimension to the sentiment pieces. Add a humorous message inside and these make the ideal 'oops, I forgot your birthday' cards!

Don't forget to take a look through the Neat & Tangled

Thanks for reading, catch you next week!

Tallie

 

Tropical Birthday Pals

Hello, Tallie here. I have a bright birthday card today featuring the Avery Elle Peek-a-Boo Summer Pals set. Perfect for our recent summery weather!

I started by stamping out the toucan, frog and flamingo (and their coordinating arms/legs/wings!) from the set with some MFT Extreme Black ink onto some blending cardstock. I coloured them in with my alcohol markers, sticking to realistic but bright colours. I cut these out with the coordinating dies.

On a white A6 top-folding card base I inked on some Cracked Pistachio Distress Ink using the Hero Arts Tile Pattern stencil for a subtle background. On three other panels, I used Cracked Pistachio, Mermaid Lagoon, Blueprint Sketch, Scattered Straw and Gathered Twigs, cutting these out with n MFT Inside & Out Stitched Circle dienamic and a Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Border die. This I arranged in a scene over the stenciled background.

The sentiment is comprised of two parts. The first is a white heat embossed sentiment from the MFT Essential Sentiments set - this is a good staple for all sorts of greetings. The bigger 'birthday' sentiment I made by stacking several of the MFT Cause for Celebration dies, with the top layer inked with the blue Distress Inks I used on the background.

Thanks for reading, catch you next week!

Tallie

  

It's a Wild Roar of a Party!

Hello, Tallie here!

Today I'm featuring the Mama Elephant Wild Roar stamp set. You all know I love these sets for practicing my alcohol marker colouring and, whilst they make take a while to finish, you have a feature piece to put straight on the centre of a card. It's a good way to get in some colouring therapy and make a card at the end!

I started by blending on some Distress Oxide inks in Mermaid Lagoon and Cracked Pistachio onto a white top-folding A6 card base.

Whilst that was drying, I stamped out the main stamp scene from the Mama Elephant Wild Roar stamp set, a couple of birds and a tonne of leaves in some MFT Extreme Black ink. I coloured these in with my alcohol markers, trying to stick to the 'rule of threes' for choosing fur colour and placement in the bunch. Once finished, I cut out with the coordinating dies.

I popped up the animals with some foam tape and adhered it to the inked card panel. I arranged the leaves around the scene to make it look as though they are all in the jungle (though some of these guys may not necessarily come near a jungle in real life!).

Thanks for reading, catch you next week.

Tallie

Monster Hugs and Kisses

Hello, Tallie here. Hope you're enjoying the sunny weather!

I had three requirements for today's card: 1) bright colours, 2) can be sent to a boy or a girl, and 3) it had to use the Concord & 9th Monster Love set. This one's been sitting in my stash for a little while and it's too cute to stay there!

I started out by stamping the little furry guy and two balloons onto some blending cardstock with some MFT Extreme black ink. I then coloured him in with my alcohol markers, using lots of tiny strokes to give the fur effect. I stuck to bright colours and cut them out with the coordinating dies when finished.

I chose a simple background of green cardstock and used a strip of my pre-stamped background paper I mentioned a couple of weeks ago to ground the little guy. A sentiment strip from the Mama Elephant Birthday Messages set and a marker for to add some balloon strings finishes off the card nicely.

The design is simple and flexible so I made a bunch of different designs to bulk up my birthday card stash!

Thanks for reading, catch you next week.

Tallie

Birthday Balloon Birds

Hello, Tallie here.

Today I have a project that extends the use of your stamps. The Avery Elle Love Is In the Air stamp set is very love/Valentines themed, so I challenged myself to make a birthday card. Paired with the Concord & 9th Simple Serif Alphabet Dies, I think I achieved a card that could even be masculine!

I started out by blending on some Broken China Distress Oxide Ink over the Echo Park Pirate Tales Sail Away stencil onto a white card base.

For the sentiment, I die cut the 'HAPPY' letters using the Concord & 9th Simple Serif Alphabet Dies. I adhered these towards the bottom of the card base, stamping out the 'BIRTHDAY' sentiment from the MFT Essential Sentiments set.

Thanks for reading, catch you next week!

Tallie