Butterfly Reflections Ink September Mood Board & Where Creativity Meets C9 Challenge #1 & MFT Card Design Superstar Contest -- do-over

Wow, how's that for a long title!

As you might have guessed, I have a couple of cards to share today....

The first one is for the Butterfly Reflections Ink September Mood Board: 

& Where Creativity Meets C9 Challenge #1: Celebration:

I decided to use my Concord & 9th Flourish stamp set to make my card.

I made a very simple, one layer card, using some Altenew inks (Desert Nights,

Arctic, Caribbean Sky, Persian Blue, Warm Sunshine) and PTI inks (Orange Zest, Terracotta Tile.)

I stamped my sentiment using PTI's Spring Woods.

My second one is "do-over" for one of the cards I made 

for the MFT Stamps Card Design Superstar Contest -- 2016.

I had created three cards for the challenge, which I shared on Sunday,

but the last one had a sentiment from a Papertrey Ink stamp set

and was therefore disqualified.

I'm so thankful they let me know, so I could still submit a third card for the challenge.

So, if this card looks familiar, it was a copy of the one I shared on Sunday

-- I just changed the sentiment!

Using leaf stamps from MFT's Flashy Florals and Modern Blooms, I stamped the leaves 

on two white cardstock panels -- one in Altenew Morning Frost

and Evening Grey & the other in MFT Orange Zest & Ripe Raspberry, PTI's Spring Moss

& Simply Chartreuse, Altenew's Midnight Violet -- using my MISTI.

I diecut the coloured panel using this gorgeous MFT die that's now retired.

I diecut the "hello" die that came with my Flashy Florals kit

from black cardstock and adhered it to my diecut shape.

Then, I adhered the shape to my card using dimensional adhesive.

I matted my card on Ripe Raspberry cardstock.

Thanks for looking!

MFT Card Design Superstar Contest -- 2016

Today, I have three cards to share for the MFT Stamps

Card Design Superstar Contest -- 2016.

For my first card, I combined several floral sets

(Flashy Florals, Fall Florals and Modern Blooms)

to make my card.

I layered my blooms (stamped in MFT Orange Zest & Ripe Raspberry, PTI's Spring Moss

& Simply Chartreuse, Altenew's Coral Berry & Midnight Violet) over 

a border of woodgrain patterned paper & my white cardstock,

which I splattered lightly with spring moss ink.

I stamped my "happy" sentiment (from Hand-Lettered Holiday)

in simply chartreuse and the "birthday" (from Soda Pop) in Ripe Raspberry.

For my next two cards, I featured the leaves from Modern Blooms and Flashy Florals.

I stamped the same sentiments as on my first card, this time heat embossing

the "birthday" in white on a strip of cardstock.

I added the "dot trios" from Hand Lettered Holiday.

And here's my third card, using the spotlight technique.

I stamped the leaves on two white cardstock panels -- one in Altenew Morning Frost

and Evening Grey & the other in MFT Orange Zest & Ripe Raspberry, PTI's Spring Moss

& Simply Chartreuse, Altenew's Midnight Violet -- using my MISTI.

I diecut the coloured panel using this gorgeous MFT die that's now retired.

As you might have figured out, I don't have a lot of sentiment stamps

in my collection, so for this card, I used a sentiment from PTI's Choose Joy.

*Note: I was very graciously contacted by MFT to let me know that

 my last card didn't qualify for the contest, because it doesn't use all MFT stamps.

Thankfully, this left me enough time to create a new entry, which I will be posting on Tuesday.

Thanks for looking!

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Five for Friday

1. Well, it's the first full week of school and everyone seems to be doing well.

While I miss the relaxed feeling of summer, I do enjoy getting back 

into a schedule in the fall.

2. Tomorrow is Sage's birthday. 

We've been getting ready for her party this week.... prepping the food

(cupcakes, butter crunch and cookies --- mmmm!)

and working on decorations, like our chalkboard over the piano:

3. I also made up little treat bags for the girls to take home --
 each one contains a couple of pieces of butter crunch.

I diecut them using Reverse Confetti's new Thanks Tag Confetti Cuts.

I stamped the butterflies (from the PTI Masterpiece MIM Kit) in summer sunrise, 

hawaiian shores and berry sorbet, 

spritzing them with water before stamping to give a watercolour effect.

The sentiment is from the same stamp set.

I scored the top of the tags and folded them over and stapled them in place.

4. So, Austin is gone for the weekend....

He auditioned to be a part of the CMYC (Central Manitoba Youth Choir) in spring

and made it, so he's attending their first retreat where he'll learn the songs they'll perform

when they tour next month.

I'm praying he has a great time and makes some new friends!

5. And lastly, I have one more card to enter in the

 My Favourite Things Card Design Superstar Contest.

To make my card, I started by colouring with my Zig Clean Colour Waterbrush Markers

on some watercolour paper and then pulling the colour with a water brush.

I diecut these using the Soda Pop dies and lined them up along the bottom of

my card base.

I stamped the "you are soda-lightful" onto white cardstock,

and cut it apart before adhering it with dimensional adhesive.

 

I stamped the "happy birthday" (also from Soda Pop) in versamark

on true black cardstock and heat embossed it in white.

It, too, is adhered using dimensional adhesive.

I'm also linking this card up to this week's

  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Die Crazy.

Thanks for looking!

CAS(E) This Sketch #141

Today, I have three cards to share that I made for

 CAS(E) This Sketch #141 designed by N@ Ali:



I made my first card two weeks ago, for the new children's pastor at our church --

just a little card to welcome her and let her know that I'm looking forward 

to serving with her in children's ministries.

I started by masking a square on my card from with post-it notes and inking

it with my Tim Holtz blending tool in aqua mist.

 I stamped my sentiment & banner (both Winnie & Walter)

and then added the "to & our" but had to selectively ink other words from 

that set to spell "church."

I masked off the banner and then stamped my flowers & leaves using

PTI's Twig Wreath stamp set.

The next two cards are ones that I made for the 

 My Favourite Things Card Design Superstar Contest.

This uses two new MFT sets: Fall Florals & Soda Pop.

I blended some Altenew Warm Sunshine ink onto my background

and then built by bouquet using Fall Florals stamps and dies

in PTI's Simply Chartreuse and Ripe Avocado and Altenew's Frosty Pink,

Coral Berry and Warm Sunshine.

I stamped the sentiment from Soda Pop onto some black cardstock

in Versamark and heat embossed it in white.

I cut it into a strip and adhered it with dimensional adhesive.

My last card uses MFT's Soda Pop.

I inked up some white cardstock with three different colours of ink:

PTI's limeade ice, orange zest & Memento's lilac posies --

and then diecut them using the Soda Pop dies.

I stamped the circle images/sentiment on white cardstock

and diecut it using the smallest circle die I own.

I stamped my sentiment (also from Soda Pop) in Versamark ink

and heat embossed it in white on true black cardstock.

To mat my card, I inked some white cardstock with the lilac posies ink.

I'm also linking these last two cards up to this week's

  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Die Crazy.

Visit CAS(E) this Sketch to see the rest of the DT's takes on the sketch 

and to play along, if you'd like.

You have until Thursday, September 24th to link up your card.

Thanks for looking!

MFT Card Design Superstar Contest -- take 2

Today, I have another card to share for the My Favourite Things

Card Design Superstar Contest.

I made it using some of my new MFT products: 

the Etched Flower Background stamp and a sentiment from Soda Pop.

I stamped the Etched Background stamp in versamark onto my background

and heat embossed it in gold.

I cut my panel on an angle and added a strip of black cardstock,

on white I heat embossed my sentiment in white. 

Thanks for looking!

MFT Card Design Superstar Contest

Today, I have a card to share for the My Favourite Things

Card Design Superstar Contest.

I made it using some of my new MFT products: 

the Fall Florals stamps and dies, the Etched Flower Background

 and the Written in Watercolour stamp set.

I stamped my Fall Florals on my background and on the coordinating diecuts.

I stamped the background stamp onto aqua mist cardstock and used it as my border.

I stamped the sentiment in versafine onyx black ink and trimmed

it out by hand before adhering it with dimensional adhesive onto my card.

Thanks for looking!