One Hot Dog!

Greetings Oddies!!  Today is SUCH a fun day as it starts our new clear stamp release for August!!  There are four crazy adorable sets releasing this week and I know you're going to love them all!  Today we're showing off the set called Preppie Pups.  I mean, really...do they get any cuter?  Before I get to my project, I am going to show you the entire set:

Sooooooo cute.  I went pretty CAS today using my favorite Distress Ink water coloring technique for this sweet Dachshund.  I used an older MFT sketch as my jumping off point and kept my card relatively masculine in nature. 

My papers are from MME - Darling Dear.  One of my favorite little tricks when using acrylic sentiments is to be able to curve them to suit your panels!  In this case my 'hey hot dog' sentiment is curved to follow the line of the ovals which were cut using my MFT Oval STAX Die-namics. 

I created some rolled flowers using kraft and black cardstock and my rolled rose Die-namic. 

The possibilities with this set are totally endless!  Thanks for popping by today!  See you tomorrow with another fabulous Odd Girl set!!

Crafty Hugs!
Meredith

Birds Of A Feather...

Greetings Paper and Such Friends!!  Today at Paper and Such we are showcasing a true classic set called A Song In My Heart.  It is such a sweet set and super versatile.  I've used my Distress Inks to watercolor the birds who were inked onto watercolor paper with Brilliance Coffee Bean Ink and heat set using clear embossing powder.

I used chocolate felt and two different rolled rose Die-namics to create the flowery grouping in the top right. 

 I used a combination of chocolate grosgrain ribbon, gold baker's twine and a tiny little charm that is a pair of binoculars.  I thought it would go perfectly for a anyone who is a bird enthusiast!!  I added a few silver brads and finished it all off with a wonderful sentiment from the newly released Melvin and Susie set.  

I hope you've enjoyed and been inspired to create something fabulous!!  

Crafty Hugs!
Meredith

Snuggle Bug...

Good Morning Paper and Such Friends!!  Welcome to another fantastic New Release Blog hop featuring a new and super cute set Melvin & Susie along with a re-release of one of Paper and Such's classic sets A Song In My Heart.

You should be arriving here from my friend Kendra's blog!  If you've just popped by to say hi...then "hi!"  and thanks for coming by but I know you'll want to see all the fun creations today so please start here for this fun hop!!

My creation today included two of the super sweet sentiments included in today's set:

I am stamping on heavy watercolor paper and have inked my sentiments in Versamark ink and coated in white embossing powder.  I then used an ink blending tool to mix Scattered Straw and Wild Honey Distress Inks over the entire panel and then spritzed with pearlized water.  I used my Spellbinders to cut out and make the sentiments the focal point of my card.  I am using new papers from Bazzill (swoon) punching it up with lots of color, pearls, rolled Die-namics flowers and stitching.

I had so much fun with this set as it has seven adorable sentiments and two fabulous images!!  Thanks so much for coming by today and leaving love!  Remember - comment along the way to be entered to win both of the wonderful sets featured today!!

Now off you go to my friend Mindy's blog!!  Enjoy!!

Crafty Hugs!
Meredith

Growing up...

Happy Friday everyone!!  Here with you today bringing another fun creation using stamps from the awesome Loves Rubberstamps store.

Today's creation is sentiment features using Gourmet Rubber Stamps - Vintage Verses.  I was totally taken with this fantastic sentiment.  It's a great one that I have always adopted in my life! 

I pulled some papers from Cosmo Cricut - Upcycle 6x6 paper pack using lots of greens, pinks and ivorys.  I stamped my sentiment in SU! Basic Black and cut it out using my Fishtail Flag STAX. 

I did a bit of stitching and have added some resin and rolled flowers using my Rolled Rose Die-namics.  I used just a little bit of Distress Ink on the edge of my sentiment banner to really make it pop.

Thanks for popping in today!!

Crafty Hugs!
Meredith

Fabulous Birthday Girl

Greetings All and Happy Long Weekend!!  YAY!!  We are hanging around this weekend as I vowed to never travel on these busy holiday weekends.  The traffic simply makes me insane!  So we're sticking close to home, enjoying the pool club opening, lacrosse championship games at Gilette Stadium, and visiting family.   We will be celebrating my darling sister-in-law's birthday as well!  I took the opportunity to bust out this week's MFT sketch to get me started.

Her favorite color is purple so I started there adding grey and yellow as my accents.  I've been dying to ink my new ALM - I've Got Your Back.  It has been inked with Momento and she is colored with my Copics.  I paper pieced her shirt and the letters U and R using papers from MME.

I used the sketch pretty literally and simply shifted my main panel making it slightly askew to accommodate the large flowers I created.  I added ittiy bitty micro pearls to the corners of my main panel and used lots of Hero Hues Latte Chalk Ink to distress all of my edges. 

I used the Photo Corner and Chevron Stripes Die-namics to compliment the background.  I used an embossing folder to give a bit of richness to the middle layer (white) behind the flowers.  It really added just the right amount of texture that I was looking for.

I used both the Royal Rose and Rolled Mum Flower Die-namics layered together to create the fun and fluffy flower cluster.  I added a resin flower in the center of each one for some added depth and color.

I kept my interior simple and crisp, using my favorite Finishing Flourishes, for my greeting.  

Thanks so much for popping in today!!  Don't forget to come join the MFT fun at the sketch gallery here!

Have a fun, safe and creative long weekend!!

Crafty Hugs!
Meredith

My Favorite Things - Wednesday Stamp Club

Greetings Friends!!  Posting today bringing you my interpretation of this week's MFT sketch challenge.  I know I've said it before but over the years of enjoying, learning and sharing this amazingly fun craft I've found that time and time again sketches are just such a fantastic point at which to jump from when you are feeling low on mojo and/or time.  The sketches and samples that the designers at MFT post weekly are classic, imaginative and always easy to follow.  Every week there is a sweet prize to win as well as lots of fun inspiration to oooh and aahh over!

Without further ado, here is this week's sketch:

And here is my interpretation using Pure Innocence - Cowgirl.

I inked her with Momento and colored her with my Copics.  I paper pieced her hat, dress, vest, shoes and arms. 

I dug deep into my scrap bins to pull out some fun purple designer papers to pair them with some of my favorite Bazzil colors in Bling (yellow), Mermaid (turquoise) and Classic Purple.  I layered and stitched and went a little rogue by adding a few extra Rolled Rose Die-namics Flowers with designer paper and felt.  I anchored two of the Country Charms Die-namics tied to the felt flower with rustic twine. 

 I recently acquired an awesome selection of resin flowers in all colors and sizes and they just needed to adorn the center of my flowers.  I use hot glue to hold them all together and to attach them to the card to make sure they simply don't move.

I finished everything off adding a Photo Corner Die-namics to my main image to trim down the expanse of white space that was showing and I used my Oval Tab Die-namics to house my sentiment.  I chose to round my sentiment to mimic the shape of the oval tab so that left me with a bit of extra space showing directly under the sentiment.  To add a bit "more" to this area, I trimmed out a second Oval Tab using the yellow designer paper from Recollections, and I simply trimmed off the oval part leaving a simple strip that I adhered and then stitched to the sentiment tab.  I love how it came out, simple and bold. 

My daughter has recently started riding lessons and is totally enamored of the entire world of Equestrians.  I am going to be tucking this into her lunch box tomorrow!  Thanks for popping in today!! 

Crafty Hugs!
Meredith

Some Odd Girl Fun Day Challenge!!

Greetings Oddies!!  I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!!  I know I did spending the weekend away with my darling hubby and kids!  Today is a fabulously fun day over at the Some Odd Girl Challenge Blog as Kristy is changing it up a bit with a Bright Color Fun Challenge!  As you can see, I've inked up Cupcake Mae and colored her super brightly with my Copics.  (psst...I TOTALLY want a dress like that!!)

I used white gel pen to create the illusion of shine on the cherry in her hair and the reflective dots on her eyes. 

Here are the marker colors I used to color Mae.

You'll notice a few Pantone and Prismacolor markers strewn about in there.  It's ok...they're all friends ;)  I LOVE the Pantone markers because they have three nibs.  One large chisel tip, one sort of small pointy tip - similar to the Copic Original markers and then they have a teeny, tiny micro-fine point that allows you to access the tiniest of areas which is helpful when you are trying to get color in one small space but not bleed out onto the areas around it. 

I used my Rolled Rose Die-namic from MFT to create this bright and happy felt flower cluster.  The pearls were originally white but I colored them with my Copics to match my felt perfectly.  I added a bit of bling and a few sewing stickpins to complete this arrangement. 

The blue doily in the background was also originally white but I used my spongy ink blending tool to coat it with Peacock Blue Distress Ink.  My papers are from MME and Bazzill.

I hope you have enjoyed and been inspired today!!  You'll definitely want to check out all of the gorgeousness at the SOG challenge blog!

Crafty Hugs!
Meredith