Showing posts with label MFT Stitched Sentiment Strip Dienamics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MFT Stitched Sentiment Strip Dienamics. Show all posts

Tuesday, 27 November 2018

Starry Circle Christmas

Today I have a starry Christmas scene card to share, using some lovely products from MFT.


I thought the MFT Starry Circle would be perfect for creating a wintry sky, so began by die cutting the circle from a piece of white cardstock.

I blended distress oxide ink in Seedless Preserves and Faded Jeans on to the circle, flicked it with water for droplet details, then adhered both the panel and starry circle onto white a card base.

To add a snow bank, I found a circle die, from the Hero Arts Circle Infinity die set, that was the same size as the starry circle, and die cut it from white card. You could use the circle included in the Starry Circle die set, as they can be snipped apart, but I prefer to keep these connected.


I then used a die from the MFT Ocean Waves die set to cut the circle down to create my snow bank. Even though this is a die set for creating waves, there is a die included that I think works perfectly for snow. I added the snow on top of the starry circle.

Next, I die cut some MFT Winter Trees from green glitter paper, and adhered them just under the edge of the snow bank.


Finally, I white heat embossed a sentiment from the MFT Hand Lettered Holiday stamp set, before cutting out with a MFT Stitched Sentiment strip and adhering on to the card.

This card is another that could easily be mass produced, if you work on each stage at a time. I’ve also kept the dimension down so it’s easy to post.


Thanks for joining me today,
Gemma



MFT Winter Trees
MFT Starry Circle
MFT Handwritten Holiday



MFT Ocean Waves
MFT Stitched Sentiment Strips

Tuesday, 20 February 2018

Spring Bouquet

When I saw the new Spring Bouquet stamp set from Avery Elle, I couldn’t wait to colour the beautiful flowers.

 

One of my favourite ways to colour images at the moment is to use a mix of alcohol markers and coloured pencils, for a no line colouring look.

I began by stamping the large bouquet image with a very pale pink ink. I then used some light pink and green markers to add colour. I left some areas free of colour so they can be highlights on the image. 


By adding this layer of alcohol marker colour first, it covers a lot of the white card and adds a nice base layer on which to add the finer pencil details on top.
I used my coloured pencils to build layers of colour on top. I really love this process and find it relaxing. Though I am still learning, and every image is different, I recommend just having a go and seeing what you can do. 
To turn this into a card, I trimmed the panel down, added some gold sparkle twine, and used foam tape to add it to a kraft card base.

I then added some sequins and a banner sentiment, using a greeting from the same stamp set. 

Thanks for joining me today,
Gemma

Avery Elle Spring Bouquet
Lawn Fawn Gold Sparkle Twine
MFT Stitched Sentiment Strips

Tuesday, 21 February 2017

Ninjas in the City


Hello, Gemma here and I thought it would be fun to make a card featuring ninjas sneaking around a city at night.



I started with the background, blending ink on white card to make a sunset sky.

From black card, I cut the MFT Skyline, adding it over the top of the background. I cut a frame using MFT Blueprints 27 from dark blue card, then added them to an A2 white notecard. The Blueprints 27 die set is out of stock currently but I've found some great alternatives, which I've linked below.

I stamped two of the Mama Elephant Tiny Ninjas, adding colour with alcohol markers and wink of Stella glitter.

I cut a MFT Stitched Sentiment strip from the same dark blue cardstock, and white heat embossed a greeting from the ninja stamp set. I added the sentiment tag onto the card, then the ninjas with some foam adhesive.



I really enjoyed putting this card together and creating a scene for these Tiny Ninjas. Hope you like it.

Have a lovely day,
Gemma


ME Tiny Ninjas

MFT Blueprints 27


MFT Skyline
MFT Stitched Sentiment Strips

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