My Favorite Things Goes Scrap-Tastic!!!

Greetings Friends!!!

For those of you who follow along - you'll know why I haven't been blogging in forever and for those of you who don't - here's WHY!  =)  But I'm heading into that really good stage where my energy is pretty high as is my motivation.  I can feel the nesting coming on!!  I'm trying very hard to dive back into the scrapbooking world as I have so many projects that have been waiting so patiently for me for many MANY...(gulp)...years! 

And really - you all know how much I ADORE all things My Favorite Things related and couldn't contain myself when THIS was posted on the MFT blog. 

And I must be honest with you - I have THE hardest time photographing 12x12 pages.  I have a light box that works wonders with my cards and other small projects but when it comes to large scale projects I struggle so I hope that I did my page justice!

I so adore the simple and classic elements of this sketch.

 This page is, as you can see, of my darling daughter from this past summer.  I chose four of my very favorite pictures from a family trip to Vermont to capture the essence of her fun, sweet and wonderful nature.

I kept my colors light, summery and breezy using cardstock from Bazzill.  The majority of my patterned paper is from Amy Tangerine.

I've used some of my very favorite MFT products including Behind The Camera Die and Stamp set, Tag You're It Die and Stamp Set, Mini Pennants, and Botanical Beauty.

 

I love the earthy use of sticky back cork combined with the fun summery colors.  As you can see above, I took a light blue button, colored it with a turquoise hued Copic to create just the color I needed.  I then coated it in Matte Multi Medium and dunked it into crystal glitter so that it added a hint of sparkle.  I backwards tied my bow behind my button and anchored it down with a drop of hot glue.

I am hoping to have some time to create with the Project Life version that the crafty gals at MFT provided as well!  We'll see what the rest of the week brings my way!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Crafty Hugs!
Meredith

MFT - Wednesday Stamp Club - Strawberry Sweetie

Hi MFT fans!!  I'm playing along again this week (as I hope to every week!) in the My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club!  The sketch this week is INSANELY cute!!

I went a *little* rogue and flipped the sketch to suit my needs.  I was really wanting to ink up my sweet PI - Berry Sweet as I hadn't had a chance to during the last release...GASP!  (*wink!) 

Here is my interpretation.   As you can see, I flipped the sketch 90 degrees and added a tag in lieu of a layer.  I stamped my tag - from my Tag You're It Stamp Set with an old SU! strawberry, using Versamark Ink and clear embossing powder to heat set it.  All papers are from Fancy Pants Designs except a bit here and there of scrap that was on my desk.  I pieced her sweet little dress and collar separately .  Her shoes are coated in Glossy Accents for extra shimmer.

I used my Fringed Perennials Die-Namics to create my felt flowers in both red and blue.  The felt is from PTI and it's LUSCIOUS.    I layered and stitched and added three different colors of baker's twine to the top of the tag in a fun and fluffy bow.  

I kept the interior sweet and simple.  

I hope you come join us over at SCS!!  

Thanks for coming by today!

Crafty Hugs!
Meredith

My Favorite Things Teaser Time - CSS Romance and Pearls Of Wisdom

Hello my fellow MFT fans and friends!  So glad to be with you again today for what is sure to be another fierce and fabulous day of Teasers!  Today we are previewing two amazingly beautiful sentiment sets; Clearly Sentimental About Romance (you romantics out there...get ready to swoon!) and Pearls of Wisdom.  The Romance set is the Triple Scoop Set for this month and the Pearls of Wisdom, which was last month's Triple Scoop Set will now be available for purchase when everything is released on Tuesday night, January third.  If you are not familiar with the TSS here are the details:   The Triple Scoop reward is a full-sized stamp set offered to you absolutely FREE with a qualifying purchase of $60 or greater (before shipping and tax). 

All you have to do once you have achieved the minimum of $60 in product is click ADD TO CART (there is a message that pops up telling you that you are eligible) and you're good to go! 

For my creation today, I've used the Clearly Sentimental About Romance set.  I recently purchased a new 6x6 pack from 7gypsies - Lille and it's just so rustic, vintage and sweet!  I went through the entire pack pulling out lots of different styles.  Using the gorgeous new Layered Heart Die-namics, I started by stamping my sentiment onto the patterned paper.  (total swoon) I then threaded the perimeter with red baker's twine.  I matted it with navy cardstock and adhered them together with foam dots.  I layered the background and played a bit but thought it needed "something" in the back so I added a mini-string of banners using the Mini-Pennant Die-namics.  I threaded them with rustic twine and adhered them in place with teeny dots of Glossy Accents. 

I used my Wonky Scallop Border Die-namics (it's a MUST HAVE people...I use it CONSTANTLY!) to accent the bottom of my card front, stitched on with a zig zag stitch and paired with a bit of ivory lace trim.  As a final touch I added two floral stick pins into the foam between my two heart layers.  

My interior carries over the same color scheme and rustic style.  I snipped apart my sentiment so it would fit properly within the newly released last month's Oval Open Scallop Doily Die-namic.  In my travels recently, I picked up a set of the oval Spellbinder's Nestabilities.  The largest of which fits PERFECTLY just inside of the Oval Doily Die-namic.  Kim and her amazing team designs everything just "so" that they work nicely with lots of exterior products that you may happen to have.  It's lovely really!  (smile!)  

 

So as you can see, I stamped my snipped apart sentiment, first the word "heart" in red then the rest in black ink.  To accomplish this I simply used a basic red magic marker that I borrowed from my children's stash (if you must know it was a Mr. Sketch brand cherry scented marker =).  I did not use my Copics as they are permanent and will simply color your stamp and not transfer to your paper so you must used a water based marker in order for this to work.  I then nestled my sentiment oval into my Oval Die-namics and anchored the panel with two red brads.  A bit of stitching and voila! 

OK friends and MFT fans, that's all for me today!!  Be sure to stop by the MFT Blog today to see a full list of designers participating in teasers today!

And, as always, here are the important administrative bits and bobs!!  Thanks so much for popping by today!  I hope you were inspired, as I always am by the amazing MFT products!

Here are the details about the upcoming release on January 3rd at 10 PM EST:

• You can attend the New Release Party on January 3 from 8-10 PM EST HERE in the MFT forum, where you can enjoy fun, games, and PRIZES!
• The MFT release, including all new stamp sets and Die-namics, is on January 3 at 10 PM EST.  You'll find all the newest products HERE at release time.
• The guest designer contest is ON!  Check out the forum for details on how YOU can win $200 in stamp sets and Die-namics, and play along with the MFT Design Team for a month.
• If you'd like to see all the teasers for today, please click on over to the MFT Blog NOW.  Be sure to leave comments as you go for the chance to win one of 2, $10 gift certificates given away daily.  The winners will be posted on December 6 just before the release party, on the MFT blog.

Amazingly awesome MFT products used in today's creation:

Holiday Hugs!
Meredith

xoxo

My Favorite Things Teaser Time - Bunches Of Love

Greetings once again all and happy second day of MFT Teasers!!  Today we've got such a sweetie to show you - the ever adorable and brandy new Bunch Of Hearts Flopsey!!  I knowwwwwww isn't he grand?  Just the sweetest bunny I've ever seen.  I started by pulling out a gorgeous and bright new (to me) paper pack from Echo Park - Country Drive.

I stamped Flopsey onto some of the patterned paper, made his cheeks a bit pink with my Copics and lightly edges him with a bit of Distress Ink.  I then stamped him four more times and paper pieced his overflowing hearts that he's gathered in his sweet bunny arms (which I also pieced to ensure proper dimension).  I then just started to trim, cut and play.  With all of the different colors I was simply tickled at how it all came together!  I did a lot of layering and stitching using silver brads to anchor my corners, sparkly blue dimensional stickers on each of the brand new Jumbo Monarch Border points and some velvet heart stickers to float around the new and GORGEOUS Layered Heart Die-namic which I've cut using pink and red felt.  (swoon!)  I used one of my always "go-to" tabs - Bracket Tab Die-namic - to house my sentiment.  I finished off my exterior with a bit of decorative tape which you can see under all of those layers!

Using the same papers for my interior, I've cut another pair of hearts to keep the design flow going in continuity with the exterior.  I stamped one of the beautiful sentiments, right justified, onto the bright yellow heart.  I used the teeny heart to stamp just above my sentiment and added some bright red glitter to make it pop.  A bit of stitching and some pearls and my interior was happy.

OK friends and MFT fans, that's all for me today!!  Be sure to stop by the MFT Blog today to see a full list of designers participating in teasers today!

And, as always, here are the important administrative bits and bobs!!  Thanks so much for popping by today!  I hope you were inspired, as I always am by the amazing MFT products!

Here are the details about the upcoming release on January 3rd at 10 PM EST:

• You can attend the New Release Party on January 3 from 8-10 PM EST HERE in the MFT forum, where you can enjoy fun, games, and PRIZES!
• The MFT release, including all new stamp sets and Die-namics, is on January 3 at 10 PM EST.  You'll find all the newest products HERE at release time.
• The guest designer contest is ON!  Check out the forum for details on how YOU can win $200 in stamp sets and Die-namics, and play along with the MFT Design Team for a month.
• If you'd like to see all the teasers for today, please click on over to the MFT Blog NOW.  Be sure to leave comments as you go for the chance to win one of 2, $10 gift certificates given away daily.  The winners will be posted on December 6 just before the release party, on the MFT blog.
  
  

Marvelous MFT products used in today's creation:

Holiday Hugs!
Meredith

xoxo

My Favorite Things Teaser Time - WTG?

I hope that you all had a truly wonderful and magical holiday season.  It was wonderfully busy and fun for me and my family.  I am now looking forward to settling in for a nice wintery season filled with calm, zen and crafting!!  (wink!)

I'm super thrilled to be here with the amazingly talented MFT gals, once again, for another SPECTACULAR release.  You are going to be in awe with all of the gorgeous products that are being displayed this week and released on Tuesday!!

First up is this month's Who's That Parisian Girl?  Seriously...SERIOUSLY?!?  How tre-romantic!!  I love her.  I've stamped her onto Copic Express Blending paper and then colored her with my Copics.  I then paper pieced her entire outfit, shoes and scarf included!!  In order to piece her purse (say that three times fast!) and hand to ensure the proper dimension, I pieced each side of the purse and layered another hand on top.  I took a black, fine line Micron pen and hand drew her sassy, fishnet stockings.  I added tiny brads in the corner of her panel and set her aside to chill.

I then started to layer my background.  I have some vintage European postcard style prints that I keep in my delicious box of all things vintage.  And although you cannot see the majority of the image I liked the European vibe that it lends.  I layered it with some gorgeous Fancy Pants paper that I recently acquired.  I then decided to make my own background paper using all of the sentiments that are included in this set.  There are eleven (yes - eleven) small sentiments - that doesn't include the others!  It's a big set =)  I lined them all up on my Scor-mat moving them around until I had them all just where I liked them.  

I then took my stamp press and picked up all of the sentiments together at one time (that's the key).  I used my black Momento ink and stamped over and over again on a large piece of leger paper.  I LOVE how it came out!  Simple and elegant.  I matted this piece onto some corrugated cardboard and wrapped the entire panel in a piece of lush, velvet ribbon.  

I then set to work on my Eiffel Tower.  Oh it's just SOOOOOOOOOO awesome!!  I wanted my tower to be more like a chipboard embellishment so I cut it five times using scrap cardstock, once using my designer paper and once using very thin cardboard (from the back of one of my paper packs).  I adhered them together with Glossy Accents and then cut one last tower using black cardstock being careful not to lose any of the "windows" as I wanted the spaces to really show through. 

For my interior, I used another piece of ledger paper - which I love as it adds a sweet design element without too much fuss - to stamp a fabulous sentiment/quote by Audrey Hepburn (love) as well as a non-colored version of the Parisian lovely.  There is an Eiffel Tower stamp included in the set that I stamped in Versamark over the sentiment and heat set with clear embossing powder.  I know it's very faint but the intent was to make it look almost like a watermark.  I used my Solid Bracket Border Die-namic cut using corrugated cardboard in the center of my interior panel and the newly released By The Letters Die-namics to create chipboard letters to spell out "Te Oui" (translation - Yes You).  I used thin cardboard which I covered in my patterned paper.  I adhered the two together using my Xyron and I then coated each letter in Glossy Accents and let them dry overnight.  I adhered them to the interior of my card using more Glossy Accents to ensure that they would not eventually pop off which can happen over time depending on the type of adhesive.  I did some stitching around the edges to polish everything off. 

OK friends and MFT fans, that's all for me today!!  Be sure to stop by the MFT Blog today to see a full list of designers participating in teasers today!

And, as always, here are the important administrative bits and bobs!!  Thanks so much for popping by today!  I hope you were inspired, as I always am by the amazing MFT products!

Here are the details about the upcoming release on January 3rd at 10 PM EST:

• You can attend the New Release Party on January 3 from 8-10 PM EST HERE in the MFT forum, where you can enjoy fun, games, and PRIZES!
• The MFT release, including all new stamp sets and Die-namics, is on January 3 at 10 PM EST.  You'll find all the newest products HERE at release time.
• The guest designer contest is ON!  Check out the forum for details on how YOU can win $200 in stamp sets and Die-namics, and play along with the MFT Design Team for a month.
• If you'd like to see all the teasers for today, please click on over to the MFT Blog NOW.  Be sure to leave comments as you go for the chance to win one of 2, $10 gift certificates given away daily.  The winners will be posted on December 6 just before the release party, on the MFT blog.
  
  

Fantastically Fabulous MFT products used in today's creation:

Holiday Hugs!
Meredith

xoxo

My Favorite Things - December's New Prouduct Tour

It truly has been a fantastic week of stunning previews, beautiful creations and wonderful MFT tips and tricks!!  I hope you have enjoyed all of the teasers as much as I have and once again I'm over the moon honored to have been asked to participate in this amazing release. 

For tonight's New Product Tour I've chosen to ink up, once again, the new Pure Innocence - Good Fortune.  I've paired her with the newly released Oval Open Scallop Doily along with some sweet papers from my stash.  

I stamped her onto my old stash of MFT perfect panels (retired ... sorry!!) and colored her with my Copics.  I did stamp and color an extra set of hands and head to make the depth of my paper piecing seem more realistic.  The green cherry blossom paper (from SU! I *think*) was very thin so I added another piece of plain cardstock behind it for stability.  Because I did this step, my paper pieced dress was thicker than normal so the addition of the hands and head were absolutely necessary.  

I created a few rows of jumbo scallops and I've flip flopped them to add a bit more dimension and interest.  I used some thick grosgrain ribbon from Michael's and a couple of self-adhesive pearls as my accents. 

I kept my interior simple and sweet using my Sweet Stack Die-namics for which to house my sentiment.  A bit of stitching and I called it a day on this one!  I truly hope you've been as inspired this week as I have been!

Thank you, as always, for coming by to visit!  Now, off you go!!  Please be sure to check out the unbelievable new releases from My Favorite Things available right now!  And make sure you go look at all of the gorgeousness that is on display now via the New Product Tour on the MFT Blog!

Amazing MFT products used:

My Favorite Things - Pre-Release Pep Rally and Die-Namics Feature!

Greetings!!  Today I'm here with the My Favorite Things New Release Pep Rally. Over the last six days, you've seen all the new stamps and Die-namics releasing tomorrow night.  It's just so fun and exciting!  I hope you've been enjoying as much as I have!! 

My focus today is to share a sample, along with some tips and tricks I've done using one of the newest Die-namics dies - the Mix and Match Banner Set.   I used ALM - Ski Bunny as my sample stamp set but what I'd like to have you focus on is the vertical sentiment banner I've created on the right hand side of my creation.  

This is a super easy way to utilize your shorter and smaller dies in a whole new way, giving them a second available design option!  A great way to get more out of your dies!! 

Instead of a photo tutorial I decided to create a video for you!  I'm VERY new to creating video tutorials (this is only my second one EVER) and only have my iPhone as a camera but all in all I'm happy with the way it turned out!  If you have any questions please don't hesitate to pop them in the comments section and I'll be sure to answer them!  

Here is the sample card completed!!  When I ended the video I was unsure of how I was going to use my extended banner panel but I am thrilled with how it turned out!  I hope you enjoy!!  See you tomorrow at the Release Party!!! 

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Super fabulous MFT Products Used:

And, of course, last but not least...the administrative bits and bobs!

Now that we've teased and tempted you all week long, it's almost time for you to shop for 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. We've taken an in-depth look at this month's Die-namics, while re-visiting the amazing sets being released tonight at 10 PM EST RIGHT HERE in the MFT Boutique. 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 December 6 at 10 PM EST:

• You can attend the New Release Party on December 6th from 8-10 PM EST HERE in the MFT forum, where you can enjoy fun, games, and PRIZES!
• The MFT release, including all new stamp sets and Die-namics, is on December 6 at 10 PM EST.  You'll find all the newest products HERE at release time.
• You have just a few more hours to submit your entry for this month's guest designer contest.  Check out the forum for details on how YOU can win $200 in stamp sets and Die-namics, and play along with the MFT Design Team for a month.
• If you'd like to see all the designers' posts for today, please click on over to the MFT Blog NOW.  Be sure to leave comments as you go for the chance to win one of 2, $10 gift certificates given away daily.  The winners will be posted on December 6 just before the release party, on the MFT blog.