MFT Stamps | March Release Countdown - Day 4

Hi friends! Are you ready for the new MFT March Release? There are 4 days left until you can shop it! It will go live on March 8th at 10am EST and I just cannot wait to show you what I've been working on!

So, let's jump into today's project that features the newest Blooming Friendship stamp set!

How lovely are those critters?

I've made a rainy card, I am not ready for a sunny spring yet LOL. It is a one layer scene, but I only needed to mask the bottom part, in order to color only the scene above.

I firstly colored the four main protagonists and then the background. To create the rainy effect, I added some color strokes in front of the protagonists too: I started with a light color and then I moved into darker ones. I also suggest you to use different types of colors to get a more realistic look: here I mixed light blues, blue-violets and greys.

I then added some details with the white gel pen, as you can see in the photo.

For the sentiment, I've used the newest Thinking of You die-namics but I only added the "thinking" word. I've layered three die cuts in order to get some dimension. The rest of the sentiment is white heat embossed on a piece of Coral Cardstock and comes fron the same stamp set.

To complete the card, I added a touch of yellow with the Tiny Check Patterned Pad.

Thanks for stopping by, I really hope you will like it. Be sure to check out the MFT blog to see all the other product previews and for even more ideas and inspiration, please visit the My Favorite Things YouTube channel.

Hugs from Italy,

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Products used

MFT - Blooming Friendship (new)

MFT - Thinking of You Die-namics (new)

MFT - Fire Coral Cardstock

MFT - Tiny Check Paper Pad

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Copic Color Combos

Red: R59 - R46 - R24 - R14

Yellow: YR23 - Y35 - Y32 - Y11

Bunny: E44 - E43 - E42 - E41

Background: BV23 - BV20 - N4 - N2 - B00 - B000

MFT Stamps | March Release Countdown - Day 5

Are you ready for a new MFT Release Countdown?

It's that time of the month again and today it is the first day of previews. The release will be live on March 8th at 10am EST.

There are tons of new products and I cannot wait to share with you all the projects I've been working on!

So, let's dive in into my first project, that features the newest YUZU Island Shell-ebration stamp set. You may have noticed there is a new "abbreviation" before the stamp name, and this means there is a new designer!! And...this designer is the DT member Yan! That's what we need to SHELL-ELBRATE!

This was a quite simple card to made, but I love how happy and colorful it turned out!

I firstly stamped the island at the centre of a 4,5"x4,5" Neenah Solar White cardstock, masking the bottom part since I wanted to draw a wave. I then took one of the A2 Circle STAX Die and I created a custom masking "hole" using Judikins Masking Roll. I also stamped the same island on the masking paper, because I needed to do some ink blending with Distress. I used blending brushes with Squeezed Lemon and Kitsch Flamingo, firstly with a light hand and then applying the same colors with the Ray of Light Stencil.

I then removed all the masking and started coloring the island and the wave. I also stamped all the smaller critters and the objects for my scene, which I die cut using coordinating dies.

To complete the card, I white heat embossed the sentiment and I matted the panel using a 5"x5" piece of one of the newest Pretty in Plaid Paper patterns.

Thanks for stopping by, I really hope you will like it. Be sure to check out the MFT blog to see all the other product previews and for even more ideas and inspiration, please visit the My Favorite Things YouTube channel.

Hugs from Italy,

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Products used

MFT - YUZU Island Shell-ebration (new)

MFT - YUZU Island Shell-ebration Die-namics (new)

MFT - MSTN Pretty in Plaid Paper Pad (new)

MFT - A2 Circle Stax Die-namics

MFT - Ray of Light Stencil

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Copic Color Combos

Crab: R56 - R46 - R24 - R14 - R12

Shell: BG11 - RV00 - E42 - E50

Surf's table: RV09 - RV14 - RV13 | YG25 - YG03 - YG01

Drink: E59 - E57 - E25 | E42 - E41

Palm: G99 - G07 - YG17 - YG25 - YG03

Sand: E44 - E43 - E42 - E41

Wave: BG07 - BG57 - BG53 - BG23 - BG11

Sunny Studio Stamps | Guest Design

Hi crafty friends! Today I am totally thrilled because today I am guesting again for Sunny Studio Stamps. I really love cute critters and if you are here, I’m sure you will too!

I made three cards, using two of the recently released stamps and a background die too.

So, let’s dive into the first one!

As soon as I saw this “Bursting Hearts Die” I loved it!! Look how gorgeous it is! And I have seen a lot of inspirations from the Design Team that I couldn’t wait to play more. I firstly took a piece of 4,25”x5,5” white cardstock and I ink blended the Distress Inks in Spun Sugar and Worn Lipstick. When I liked the blending, I splattered some Festive Berries ink and some Gansai Tambi Starry Watercolor (pearl) to create some texture and I let aside to dry.

I now moved to the two protagonists from “Passionate Penguins Stamp”, which I stamped on a piece of Neenah Solar White and I colored with copics. I went for a totally new combo for me: blue, white, red and pink. It works really great! I also die cut everything with coordinating dies.

Here’s my first trick: since I didn’t like the white between all the balloon strings, I fussy cut them all and I stamped them directly on the background panel before adhering the balloons.

I then took the background panel and I die cut it using the “Bursting Hearts Die”. I didn’t throw away all the smaller hearts, I took a little plastic bag and I put them there. My idea was to layer a white sheet of paper behind, but I didn’t like the look so much…and while looking in my stash I found some holographic paper and I couldn’t resist! I cut a 4”x5,25” piece of that (I also cut the heart panel, since I wanted to matt everything with some white) and I layered behind…it is really difficult to catch in the photos all the shine and light that it gives. I completed the card adding the sentiment strips and an A2 white panel behind.

My second inspiration uses the same “Passionate Penguins Stamp” but in a night-time scene.

The idea came from the sentiment, which belongs to “Lovey Dovey Stamp”: the sentiment is in a circular shape and it was perfect to fit into a moon! I firstly started from the background: I masked a circular shape with a Post-it note and I ink blended the sky using Distress Inks in Shaded Liliac, Blueprint Sketch and Black Soot. I then removed the post it and silver heat embossed the sentiment. And here’s another trick: if you use a stamping tool, you can heat emboss twice, to get a smoother look (after my first layer, the sentiment didn’t look soo bold). I also added some white stars in the sky.

I then stamped the penguins on the card and I colored with copics too. Look how lovely they are! To complete the scene, I added some hearts (the ones that I saved from the previous background LOL) and I matted three times, using in order silver glitter, pink and white paper.

And here’s my third and last inspiration, using the same “Passionate Penguins Stamp” set.

I must say I was inspired by another super talented crafty friend for the background, Amy Young.

When I saw her card, I knew I wanted to case (copy and selectively edit) her, using this couple under the umbrella. I stamped the penguins on a piece of Neenah Solar White paper and I colored my one-layer scene using copics. I masked the bottom part in order to get a horizontal white stripe. To create the rain effect, I created some blue lines over my scene, and I used a white gel pen to add some shining details.

I also wanted to complete the scene with a giant SUNSHINE word, made of a rainbow colors. I used the “Chloe Alphabet Dies”, I really love this bold font and it is perfect to customize sentiments. I die cut them from some colored cardstock but when I layered them the word was “too heavy” for my card and I didn’t like the final look. So, I came up with another idea! (I never give up!). I cut white letters and I used the colored pieces behind, with a small offset, in order to create a colored shadow. And I loved the look!

I then matted the scene with a slightly larder black panel and a rainbow patterned paper. The one I used comes from another brand, but Sunny Studio has in stock the “Rainbow Bright 6x6 Paper” with a really similar pattern.

And here’s my third and last trick: when you are choosing a color palette or – like here – the colors for the letters, choose your patterned paper and take inspiration from it! The project will seem more “organic”.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you have found my project inspiring!

Hugs from Italy,

Sara