For Samantha

I made this cute little door hanger for a male friend of mine's daughter. I thought it was perfect as he calls her "Princess" all the time. I used my new "Night Night Ellie" from MFT. The printed paper is from Basic Grey's Porcelain paper pad. I adhered a piece of paper from the pad to a chipboard coaster, trimmed it and sanded the edges. Next, I stamped Ellie on a piece of plain white cardstock from GKD and paper pieced her pajamas and slippers. I masked Ellie and used the star stamp from the set and added little stars all around her. I mounted the white cardstock onto another piece of printed paper and the stuck it on the coaster. I lined up the three words on a clear mount and stamped them with memento tuxexo black ink. The moon was stamped directly on the printed paper and cover with a thick layer of yellow stickles. Her hair and skin were colored with copics prior to the paper piecing. I found I had a big empty spot so I added some MFT glitter flowers colored with copics, and added a glitter brad in the centre. I then added four blue swarovski crystals around Ellie, for a little more bling. To finish I punched a hole in each top corner, fed throught some ribbon, from MFT of course :) secured it with a couple of brads. I took it to her father who will give to her when she comes for the weekend. Hope she likes it. Susan

Toteally Fantastic

Today, I finished up my swaps for the Gina K. January swap. I can't post it until the swap is complete and everyone has their swaps back. I can tell you it took me many mock ups, three days and a lot of work to complete them and I'm happy with what I've created. :) For my card today, I used my previously uninked stamp set Toteally Fantastic. I combined the sketch and Who's that girl challenges for it. The theme for the challenge was to use patriotic colors, red white and blue. Being from Canada, ours would leave out the blue and only have red and white. However, in support of my US sistahs I left in the blue and added some pink for me. LOL I lined up the three totes on a clear mount and stamped them on Gina K pure luxury white cardstock. It was my first time using it and it is sooooo smooth. The purses were atamped with Brilliance graphite black ink and colored with copics. Next, I layered them on night of navy and pretty in pink cardstock. The DP was printed using my printer and the red kiss digi paper from MFT. The sentiment was stamped using night of navy ink, the edges were drug across a read red ink pad, then mounted in night of navy. I assembled the whole think on a pretty in pink card base and added the flowers, which were originally light blue and pink but I colored them with copics. The flowers were attached together using a silver heart brad, and secured to the card with foam mounting tape. Have a Wonderful Wednesday, Susan

Valentine Wishes

I made this card for this weeks Bella Sketch challenge #63. I used Balloonabella, real red and pretty in pink cardstock, along with some digi paper from MFT. For bling I added a red ribbon, and some oyster bella baubles. It just screams valentines Day!! Hope your Wednesday was wonderful. Cheers, Susan

Who's That Girl?

This weeks Who's That Girl featured set is Serenity Now! The challenge is to use stripes in your design. I took the stamp set, striped digital paper, downloaded from the MFT store and combined it with this weeks sketch challenge from Paper Craft Planet. This is what I came up with. What do you think?? I wanted something unique to attach the two paper pieces, so I used paper clips. To add a little sparkle I colored her top with Spica Glitter Pens, added some Shimmer flowers and a glitter brad. Thanks for coming by, Susan

MFTSC63

This weeks sketch can be found here. I used Cupcake Flopsey, and the pink heart paper is from the new digital paper from Stephanie Fizer, spring collection, available here at MFT. I printed it on glossy cardstock and it is fabulous, and an endless supply. The regular cardstock chocolate chip was embossed using the Bloom Dots embossing folder and my cuttlebug. The card base and layers are pretty in pink.

January MFT New Release Party Tonight

Tonight is MFT's new release party, and the sneak peaks are amazing. There are two Ambassador Challenges posted over in the forum at SCS. The first Challenge was to use bling, and that I did. I used Hey Chica!, colored her with Copic Markers and Spica Glitter Pens to make her sparkle. For embellishments I added a piece of wide real red grosgrain ribbon secured with two rhinestone brads. At the top I added two red glitter donuts with clear baubles in the centre. I used the sentiment to add a ray above her. On the glitter DP, I added a large glitter flower combo that I colored with copics, to get the color I wanted.

Babies...Babies...Babies...

I have been working on some baby cards for the girls at work having babies this spring, there are lots of upcoming showers, and births, so I decided to start the cards now. I need lots because the other girls at work will want to buy some. Here's two of my newest ones

Distressed Window Shopping

This weeks MFT Who's that Girl challenge was to use distressing on your card, so I distressed this card using Tim Holtz Distress Ink on all of the card and the flowers. Thanks for looking Susan

Celebrating MFT day

Today is Celebrate MFT Day on SCS. Luckily I got my first order from them today. To celebrate MFT day you have to make a card using MFT stamps and post it an your blog/SCS. I plan on making more for my co-workers as were going through a lot of change at work and everyone is stressed.