Cardmaker Flower Soft Animals Hop

Hello! I am very excited today because the Cardmaker blog team is paring up with the Flower Soft team for our blog hop today. The theme is Flower Soft animals---create any type of animal-themed card incorporating Flower Soft into the design.

If following the hop, you should have come from the amazing Jen's blog.  If not, head on over to the Cardmaker blog to start at the beginning.

For my card today, I used a Silhouette image of a penguin (by Lori Whitlock) and I ran the base of the penguin through my Xyron Creative Station to make it sticky before adding the Ultra Fine Black Flower Soft to add texture to him.  It worked like a dream.  I also added some Bright Orange Flower Soft to his feet and beak to add some more fun texture.  (You can see in the photo that the ultra fine is not as textured as the regular flower soft.)

I added the image to my card to make a whimsical holiday greeting:

The next stop on the hop is Cibele's wonderful blog.
Thanks to Flower Soft for sponsoring today's blog hop! You can find lots of ways to use this product on the Flower Soft blog!  Enjoy!

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Fly away Tag

My time on the Splitcoaststampers Dirty Dozen ended in June (shortly before I left for vacation). I am still shocked and honored to have been asked to be on that team. Thank you, Jenn, for the wonderful experience! You rock! Remember to check out the AMAZING DD Gallery this month. (You have to be a fan club member to see it!) The designers all did a fantastic job!

Here is one of the first Dirty Dozen projects I ever created....

Materials-Stamps: Bird-Inkadinkado; Birds in Vines-Flourishes; Weathered bg-SU! ; Paper: Tag (Paper Reflections); cs- white, riding hood red, choc chip ; Ink: Memento tuxedo black; Ranger- Fired Brick, Tea Dye; SU!- banana, more mustard ; Accessories: Flower Soft, Sponge, Copic markers, Embossing powder-black, clear; Versamark, heat tool, May Arts ribbon; hemp, oval punch (SU!), Round tab punch (SU!), Gelly Gems (Gel-a-tins), Jumbo eyelet (SU!), Cropadile (We R Memory Keepers); dimensionals (SU!).

To create this I took a plain white tag (Creative Tags by Paper Reflections) and sponged the entire thing with banana ink (SU!). Then I sponged the outer edges with more mustard ink (SU!). I took my SU! Weathered background and inked it in Ranger Tea Dye ink and stamped over the tag. I used Flourishes, LLC set Bird in Vines for the background flowers. I embossed them in Ranger black embossing powder and then colored the leaves with Copic markers.I used some white Flower Soft on the petals to give them some texture. I stamped the bird on some white cardstock with Memento ink and colored it in with Copic markers. I cut it out, embossed it with clear embossing powder and popped it up on the vine with a dimensional. I stamped the sentiment in Ranger Fired Brick ink. Next, I sponged Ranger Tea Dye ink all over the edges of the tag to create more depth around the edges.The top detail is created by punching the round tab punch (SU!) and layering a red oval punch on top of it and then attaching the jumbo eyelet. I added some Gel-a-tins Gelly gems along the edge of the tab punch. Finally, I added a piece of hemp and some May Arts Ribbon and done!

You can still participate in the Twilight challenge HERE.

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MFT Blog Hop

Hello! Welcome to the My Favorite Things blog hop! If you didn't start at the beginning and want to see all the awesome new MFTeasers, head over to Kim's blog!

For my MFTeaser, I created a little journal with the Nite Nite Ellie set. I love this set, not only because of the adorable images, but also because $2 from every set sold for the first six months will be donated to St. Jude's Hospital for Children! Too cool!

I used my Bind-it-All to create this chipboard book. I cut inside pages the same size as the covers and added some dividers created with the label punch.

I paper pieced the little girl's pajamas and colored the rest of her with Copic markers. The felt pieces are by Martha Stewart and I had some pink star ribbon that I just cut apart to layer on top of some of the felt stars.

As a final touch, I added some white Flower Soft to the bunny slippers and the collar of her pajamas to make them fuzzy!

Materials used: Nite Nite Ellie (My Favorite Things); Memento black ink; Copic markers; Flower Soft (white); adhesive pearls (K & Company); designer paper-Cosmo Cricket and Stampin' Up! ; cardstock-white (Gina K Pure Luxury); Bind-It-All and black binding wire (Zutter); chipboard (Zutter); label punch (SU!); Martha Stewart felt shapes; star ribbon; ribbons (SU! and MFT); slit punch (SU!); paper piecing tool and mat pack (SU!); dimensionals (SU!).

******Now head on over to Susie's fantabulous blog to continue the journey....

My Favorite Things is having a New Release Cocktail Party on Wednesday, March 4th from 9-10 PM EASTERN. This month there are 5 new sets being released including a Who's that Girl who is hanging with her peeps! Head over to the MFT forum on Splitcoaststampers to find out all the details and to find out how YOU can be the next MFT Guest Designer. We hope to see you there on Wednesday night.

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MFTeaser #2-Making QUICK cards with scene stamps

Here is another new set that My Favorite Things will be releasing on Wednesday night. It is called Maid for You!
I wanted to show you another way to use these scene stamps from MFT. I know some of you don't feel like coloring a whole scene or don't like coloring at all.... so these scene stamps might not be ones you feel like you would use often......

So, for this card I used the image but only colored in the maid (and added a bit of white Flower Soft fringe to her dress!) This card was so simple and QUICK to make.

Materials used: Stamps-Maid for You (My Favorite Things); Memento tuxedo black, red (SU!); cardstock-white (Gina K Pure Luxury), red, black (SU!); ribbon (Offray); Threading Water Punch (Fiskars); black rhinestones (Mark Richards); heart die cut (Sizzix); Cuttlebug (Provocraft); corner punch (EK Success); corner rounder punch (Creative Memories); Flower Soft-white.

Tip: To create QUICK cards with more elaborate scene stamps----You can crop out portions of the scene or merely spotlight the parts that you want to focus on and still create an adorable QUICK card. Gotta love that!

Stay tuned: the official MFT blog hop will kick off Wednesday morning (11 p.m. tonight for those on Central time!) There are tons of fabulous creations designed by the team that you won't want to miss!

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Flopsey Valentine

Boy was I tired last night..after chaperoning a dance at my dd's school Friday night and then having 8 kids at our house for my son's 6th birthday party yesterday---yipes! My husband thought it would be a good idea to unwind with a nice movie--so he purchased DARK KNIGHT. Well, for those of you who have seen it, you know that it is not a relaxing movie at all. After the moview was over--my hands were clammy from being so anxious! Oh well--at least he let me sleep in today!

Here is a little card I squeezed in during my daughter's nap. Seems like crafting time is very limited these days but -- 'tis the season!

This card features the new Snow Bunny Flopsey image from My Favorite Things--CUTENESS!

I stamped the image and then cut it out and colored the bunny part. I then cut out a section where the hot chocolate mug was so that I could turn this into a cute Valentine. I punched a heart and slid it right into his arms. I popped the top half of his body up over his legs to make it a bit more realistic.

My favorite part of this card is the Flower Soft that I used on his hat, scarf and gloves. At first, I was hesitant to use it on this image because I didn't know if I could get it to adhere to such a small area. But it worked and it was simple. I love the texture it adds.

The sentiment is from the MFT set called Hearts Galore.

Materials used: Stamps- Snow Bunny Flopsey, Hearts Galore (My Favorite Things); cardstock- Pure Luxury white (Gina K Designs); riding hood red, bordering blue (SU!); Memento tuxedo black ink; real red stamp pad (SU!); Copic markers; heart punch (SU!); Sizzix heart die; Flower soft (blue); Spellbinders oval and scalloped oval nestabilities; Cuttlebug (Provocraft); Snowflake embossing folder (Provocraft); lace ribbon; button (Making Memories); liquid applique (Marvy); dimensionals (SU!)

OTHER NEWS:
Did you know that TOMORROW is the 15th of the month??? You know what that means---a new dirty dozen gallery on Splitcoaststampers. Woohoo! This month Splitcoaststampers is giving everyone a holiday gift---the dirty dozen gallery will be open to EVERYONE! If you've ever wanted to know what the big, fantastic, creative deal was with the dirty dozen, don't forget to check it out. It's a great way to support this site and get some top notch inspiration too!

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