MFT Hop and Shop!

This was yet another super fabulous release from MFT and now it's time for you to pick up everything on your wish list from the Brand Spankin' New section of the MFT Boutique.

But before you go, the design team wants to leave you with just a little more inspiration and a recap of all the stamp sets and dies. You'll want to start at Kim's blog so you don't miss a thing. Oh, and in true MFT fashion, there's a prize hidden along the hop so be sure to leave comments as you hop along. Have fun!!

My card uses à la mode - Talk Nerdy To Me...love that big pencil!!! I pulled the colours from my My Mind's Eye Blink of an Eye paper pack and coloured the image with copic markers. I couldn't resist using some of the new die-namics, and the sentiment fit perfectly on the new Ticket Tab die-namic.

I wanted to show off the gorgeous Prima Donna Petals die-namics too, so I created a flower using patterned paper and corrugated paper. When I ran the corrugated paper through the die it kinda flattened the bumps so there isnt' as much texture as I'd like, but the good news is it cut through the cardboard with one quick pass!

On the inside I used the Woodgrain Fence die-namic on some Fossil cardstock and inked it with a little frayed burlap ink to bring out the wood grain texture, then I topped it with a heart I cut out using the Homespun Birdhouse die-namics.

Now you're off to see what gorgeous creation Melody has to share!

Here are the die-namics I used today:

Thanks for stopping by!
Karen

MFTeaser - You're Amazing

Now that we've teased and tempted you all week long, it's almost time for you to grab all of your favorite Brand Spankin' New products from MFT.

But first…it's time for our Die-namics Feature and Pre-Release PEP Rally!  

Our Design Team has been busy creating jaw-dropping and inspiring projects for you, and we've saved the best for last.

Here is an in-depth look at this month's Die-namics, with an opportunity to revisit the amazing sets being released tonight at 10pm EST RIGHT HERE.

And while we are at it, how about we make your life even easier with a "cheat sheet" of all that's new?  Head over to the MFT Blog to print out a shopping list.  

Here are the details about the upcoming release on September 6 at 10 PM EST:

• The MFT release is on September 6 at 10 PM EST. You can attend the release party from 8-10 PM EST here in the forum for fun, games, and prizes! All the new sets and dies will be available September 6 at 10 PM EST.
• Be sure to check in on the guest designer contest to see who is crowned the winner.  The announcement is made in the release party thread, AND on the guest designer contest thread in the MFT forum on SCS.  The winner will receive over $100 in stamp sets and play along with the design team next month.
• If you'd like to see all the teasers for today, please click on over to Kim's blog NOW! Be sure to leave comments as you go for a chance to win one of 2 $10 vouchers being given away daily, just for leaving a comment. :)  The final 2 winners will be announced at the release party, and will also be contacted by e-mail.

I had visions of creating an astronaut postage stamp so that's what I did for my card today. I wanted to show you that the die-namics from First Class Friend are super versatile for all sorts of images. 

I added a couple of postage details too, like the cancellation stamp, and the dog tag die-namic was perfect for the sentiment! The patterned papers are from Bo Bunny's Blast Off! collection.

Here are the die-namics I used:

Thanks for stopping by!

Karen 

MFTeaser - Hello, My Pretty

Welcome to day 6 of MFT previews and it's Pure Innocence day, so you know the posts will be filled with cuteness!!!

I used the very seasonally appropriate Pure Innocence-Little Witch for my card today. When I look at this image it takes me back to grade 5, Mrs. Marson's class. It was fall and we had to learn a tongue twister, and there was a contest to see who could say it the fastest and repeat it the most without making a mistake. I think it was a lesson on homonyms or something...but that doesn't really matter...what does is that I won! Ha! Ha!! I never said I wasn't competitive! Let's see how you make out...

"Which witch is watching the witch watcher watch the wicked witch wind her wrist watch?"

Oh, the funny things we remember from school, eh?  :-)

Anywho...on to my card. I used the MFT Wednesday stamp club sketch #32 for the layout along with some fun burlap that I picked up at Archiver's when I had a little shopping trip with Lisa last week {waves}.

The witch is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black and then I paper pieced her hat and dress, but coloured the rest with copics. I gave her sparkly tights thanks to a couple of Spica glitter pens. The open zig zag border die-namic seemed like a perfect fit with this image and the papers are from Fancy Pants' October 31st pack. 

And the inside...super simple but effective.

Here are the details about the upcoming release on September 6 at 10 PM EST:

• The MFT release is on September 6 at 10 PM EST. You can attend the release party from 8-10 PM EST here in the forum for fun, games, and prizes! All the new sets and dies will be available September 6 at 10 PM EST.
• The guest designer contest is ON! Check out the forum for details on how YOU can win over $100 in stamp sets and play along with the DT for a month.
• If you'd like to see all the teasers for today, please click on over to Kim's blog NOW! We're offering you the chance at Teaser Time prizes every day during our new release preparations! Each day, two prize vouchers are held by members of our Design Team. Starting this month, you'll have all week to comment on each of the posts - all the winners will be posted on Tuesday, September 6th around 7:30pm. Be sure to check the MFT Blog to see if you were one of our lucky fourteen winners! Remember to leave a method of contact in your comment, because if you're selected as a prize winner  but we can't reach you, then we can't get you your prize.

Here's the die-namic I used:

Thanks for stopping by!

Karen

Sweet Sunday Cupcakes

It's time for this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge, SSSC133, and I'm very happy to be back in the weekly groove.

For my card I used the fabulous For the Love of Cupcakes from Taylored Expressions and created a birthday card to celebrate the TE Store's 3rd birthday! There's a big birthday bash going on until Monday, September 5th, so be sure to pop over to the TE Store and add a few things to your stamping repertoire.

I did plenty of paper piecing on the cupcakes with fun patterns from My Mind's Eye A Happy Heart pad. The rest of the image was coloured with a few copic markers.

Do you see the swirls on the background paper? I did that with the swirls impression plate, and used my medium scallop border die to cut out the scalloped border. A few pink Twinkles add just the right amount of bling in the corner.

I hope you'll play along with this week's sketch and link your creation on Karen's blog. Now let's go see what the rest of the Sweet Sunday Stampers created.
Dana White
Jen Tapler
Lynn Put
Sarah-Jane Kalé
Vicki Burdick
and Karen Giron

Thanks for stopping by!
Karen

MFTeaser - Blue Without You

It's day five of seven days of MFT previews and today is "à la mode day"! You'll see two fun new girls as you hop around the design team blogs. I've used à la mode - Blue Without You.

She's stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black and coloured with copics. I paper pieced her shirt and the star with patterns from the Splendid collection by Authentique. The layout is the current MFT Wednesday Stamp Club sketch 35. I used the new Ticket Tab die-namic for the sentiment and the cardstock is blue raspberry. The pink layer is cotton candy, which I ran through my paisley embossing folder.

Here are the details about the upcoming release on September 6 at 10 PM EST:

• The MFT release is on September 6 at 10 PM EST. You can attend the release party from 8-10 PM EST here in the forum for fun, games, and prizes! All the new sets and dies will be available September 6 at 10 PM EST.
• The guest designer contest is ON! Check out the forum for details on how YOU can win over $100 in stamp sets and play along with the DT for a month.
• If you'd like to see all the teasers for today, please click on over to Kim's blog NOW! We're offering you the chance at Teaser Time prizes every day during our new release preparations! Each day, two prize vouchers are held by members of our Design Team. Starting this month, you'll have all week to comment on each of the posts - all the winners will be posted on Tuesday, September 6th around 7:30pm. Be sure to check the MFT Blog to see if you were one of our lucky fourteen winners! Remember to leave a method of contact in your comment, because if you're selected as a prize winner  but we can't reach you, then we can't get you your prize.

Here's the die-namic I used.

Thanks for stopping by!
Karen

MFTeaser - Tweet Birthday

Welcome back for day four of seven days of fabulous MFT previews, culminating with the release on Tuesday, September 6th at 10pm.

Today I'm sharing a card created with the fabulous Homespun Birdhouse stamp and die-namics set. Can I just say...LOVE it!!! I'm a sucker for all things "bird" and this set just makes me smile, plus it has a wide range of the most wonderful sentiments in a chunky font!!!

This card is also playing double duty as my sample for the Guest Designer contest, on now!! Are you playing along? Well you should be...you could win a pile of great MFT sets and stamp along with the design team for next month's release!!! The theme is rip and roll, so I've ripped and rolled a piece of Hot Fudge cardstock to create the branch, then I rolled down the top corner of the patterned paper, which is from the Blissful collection by Authentique.

The bird was cut using one of the Homespun Birdhouse dies and I stamped the nest with Memento Rich Cocoa onto Whip Cream then shaded it with two copics. I couldn't resist using the amazing Fence die-namic, both on the front of the card and again on the inside. Can you see the embossed wood grain on the fence? It cuts and embosses in one single pass! And I paired it with the fresh cut grass die-namic on the inside to show how the scale of each die works so well together.

Here are the details about the upcoming release on September 6 at 10 PM EST:

• The MFT release is on September 6 at 10 PM EST. You can attend the release party from 8-10 PM EST here in the forum for fun, games, and prizes! All the new sets and dies will be available September 6 at 10 PM EST.
• The guest designer contest is ON! Check out the forum for details on how YOU can win over $100 in stamp sets and play along with the DT for a month.
• If you'd like to see all the teasers for today, please click on over to Kim's blog NOW! We're offering you the chance at Teaser Time prizes every day during our new release preparations! Each day, two prize vouchers are held by members of our Design Team. Starting this month, you'll have all week to comment on each of the posts - all the winners will be posted on Tuesday, September 6th around 7:30pm. Be sure to check the MFT Blog to see if you were one of our lucky fourteen winners! Remember to leave a method of contact in your comment, because if you're selected as a prize winner  but we can't reach you, then we can't get you your prize.

Here are the dies I used today:

Thanks for stopping by!
Karen

MFTeaser - Happy Day

It's quite a happy day for me to be back in the stamping groove again after our move and a month off of stamping and blogging. I have a few pictures of my stamp room at the end of this post, in case you're interested in the chaos I went through organizing it.

But you're here for the MFT teasers and this is day 3 of 7 days of fabulous teasers.

For my card today I used All Smiles, which was last month's Triple Scoop set. The layered labels die-namics were a perfect backdrop for this cheery sentiment and I used the new mini banners die-namics along with the word 'smile' from one of the other sentiments as an accent. I also used the scallop ribbon die-namic, but cut it down the center so only one edge is scalloped. Some maraschino twine wrapped up this card nicely. The patterned paper is Echo Park Happy Days.

Here are the details about the upcoming release on September 6 at 10 PM EST:

• The MFT release is on September 6 at 10 PM EST. You can attend the release party from 8-10 PM EST here in the forum for fun, games, and prizes! All the new sets and dies will be available September 6 at 10 PM EST.
• The guest designer contest is ON! Check out the forum for details on how YOU can win over $100 in stamp sets and play along with the DT for a month.
• If you'd like to see all the teasers for today, please click on over to Kim's blog NOW! We're offering you the chance at Teaser Time prizes every day during our new release preparations! Each day, two prize vouchers are held by members of our Design Team. Starting this month, you'll have all week to comment on each of the posts - all the winners will be posted on Tuesday, September 6th around 7:30pm. Be sure to check the MFT Blog to see if you were one of our lucky fourteen winners! Remember to leave a method of contact in your comment, because if you're selected as a prize winner  but we can't reach you, then we can't get you your prize.

Here are the dies I used:

And here are a few pictures of my stamp space...before (lots of boxes and cubes, two or three rows deep)

...during (everything is unpacked and waiting for a home)

...after (insert smile here!). And yes, that is a treadmill in my space. I haven't found a way to turn it into shelving yet, but I'll come up with something. ;-)

Thanks for stopping by!
Karen

MFT Shop Hop!

Hasn't this MFT release been fabulous!!! With our move I wasn't able to play along for the teasers, but I did find a few minutes to squeeze in a card for the shop hop. You'll find all the new products in the Brand Spankin' New section of the MFT boutique. Be sure to start hopping at Kim's blog so you don't miss a thing!

I used the darling Pure Innocence - Caramel Apple today. She looks like she's fresh from a fall fair or something!

She's stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black and coloured with copics. The patterned paper for her sweater is from the MME Stella Rose Mabel collection.

I used the ribbon die from the First Place Award Ribbon die-namics for the sentiment and tucked the small scallop border die-namic under the main panel. I used the new retro rolled flower die-namic with some cream felt to create the flower and added a green flourish that I cut using the new fancy flourish die-namic.

Now you're off to see what the super talented Jodi has created. I'd bet a hundred bucks that it'll be fabulous!!!  :-)

Thanks for stopping by!
Karen