Daisy Doodle Paper Arts

I created this card today for the MFT Creative Olympics Event 3, Crafty Biathlon.  I don't have a ton of MFT stamps so I'm having to get creative!  This took me a while to stamp & emboss, but this is such an adorable set of images, right?  I chose a gatefold card, but I off centered the fold, and for the technique I went with Emboss Resist.   The stamps are from "Friends in the Forest" by MFT. I embossed with red & white embossing powders and used several images from the set.  Next, I brayered Picked Rasberry Distress Oxide Ink to get a pink gradient, then I wiped away the ink from the white embossing.  I splashed that with some water (and added some morning dew Nuvo drops to look like water droplets).  Next, I used  MFT Tag Builder Blueprints 2 and basically used two of the tops to create holes for baker's twine.  I also added a red button and some 1/4" white grosgrain ribbon I found at Wal-mart for $1.  I hot glued...

I'll post the MFT information a little later.  This card took me a little while longer.  I'm learning to use colored pencils and I still don't have turpenoid or gamsol yet so I'm using an alcohol marker to blend the colors, and I did mess up, but I think its acceptable considering the cuteness of this bear!  Since this is not realistic imagery, I can use whatever colors I want and I went with a sunny yellow sky!  I was going to add some blue but I was sure to mess it all up, so that will be another project.  I used Dr PH Martins Pen White to add some snow.  I tried a gel pen, but it wasn't covering well so I switched to this.  I took a small round brush and splattered some pen white ink, its subtle.  I almost started the whole thing over, but it took me awhile to get the images stamped because I had to mask so I decided to keep trying on this one.  MFT has the cutest, most adorable images!

I put this together super quick!  I've been brainstorming on how to use this Hello Easter stamp set from Stampin' Up!  The rabbit is not so cute.  But its quirky and reminds me of Tim Holtz style,  so I may use that with some of his supplies.  This is what I came up with today.  I picked up the Limeade cardstock that I was working with earlier this week and stamped with Stampin' Up! Lemon Lime Twist.  The background stamp came from AliExpress and it is a basket weave pattern.  I stamped the background with my Tim Holtz Stamping Platform, then die cut it with a stitched rectangle then inked the edges.  I layered that on some Bazzill "Quicksand" cardstock which was also on clearance.  I stamped the rabbit in a row and then the flower and tiny dot.  I love the little stamps in this set!  I embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder and cut the banner so that it raises off the card (like in the catalog card sample)....

Well it turned out to be pretty dreary day,  so I decided to put this card together.  I watched a video this morning on the MFT Channel and learned they are doing an MFT Creative Olympics and I love expressing my creativity so I'm joining in!  I went ahead and went with the color palette for the MFT Color Challenge 87. This card is for Event 1, Stamping Slalom, and the challenge is to create a card using images from 3 different MFT Stamp Sets.  I used: MFT Pinstripe Background Stamp MFT Friends in the Forest MFT Wild Woodland I used the tiny stamp from Wild Woodland to stamp out the pink background and I think it is so cute!  I cut that panel using Wonky Stitched Rectangle dies.  I also added some dots to the background in addition to the little leaf.  The pink is Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide Ink and I brayered that onto white cardstock to get a gradient color effect.  The images are stamped using the same ink.  I la...

Bazzill cardstock is on clearance right now (locally) so I picked some up.  This one is "Limeade"  I used an outside stitched rectangle die set plus Lawn Fawn stitched trails to create the background.  I used my favorite MFT stamp set, which I just got, Friends in the Forest.  I colored the image with colored pencils and die cut it with a heart.

For this super cute card I am using the brand new, just released  Tim Holtz Mini Stencil Set of 3.   I got them from Simon Says Stamp and of course I love them!  They measure roughly 6 x 3.  You can purchase a larger version individually.  The Tattered Rose Distress Oxide Ink is also new.  I am entering this into a few challenges, including Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge and  Viva La Verve Monthly Challenge, February 2018. I will post a video shortly. I used outside stitched rectangle dies to create the frames.  For the outside frame I used white and used the "Dotted" stencil and Tattered Rose Distress Oxide Ink.  For the pink interior panel I blended a layer of ink first then used water over the "Dotted" stencil to create a very soft pattern.  I used a shimmery water to give it a little shimmer but you can't really see it.  I layered that on black and added a chevron stencil to the middle in black....

These are cards I have made this week for various challenges.  I'll be posting them to Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge. For the top "Sahara Sand" card, I used a die cut that was in my stash and followed the sketch to create the card.  I used some stitching stamps from BoBunny which I got from Amazon.  I tried sewing and so far this has not worked well for me.  So until it does, I'll be stamping my stitching.  The "happy birthday" sentiment is from Stampin' Up! Picture Perfect Birthday.  The "jagged" rectangles dies came from Aliexpress.