Beary Big Adventure on BRI blog....

Hello and Happy Sunday everyone!

I am so happy to be on the Butterfly Reflections, Ink blog today.

Here is a sneak peek of the project I created to share with you. 

I can tell you it was lots of fun to create and that I hope you will take 

a moment to visit me here. 

Wishing you a wonderful and Blessed day!! 

It's Your Birthday, Go Nuts ..........

Hello everyone! I am so happy to be guest designing once again

for the MFT blog.

It has been a blast creating with the super cute December 2017

MFT release. 

I created this CAS card using the new Friendly Forest stamp set. 

I die cut blue, orange, and white card bases using the Die-namics

Stitched Rectangle Dies set.  

I then stamped my images onto the bases using Versamark ink. 

Then I heat embossed the images. 

These were super fast, easy and fun to create. I hope you have enjoyed 

the cards I created as a guest designer. Big thank you to each of you and 

to MFT for inviting me! 

Wishing you a wonderful and Blessed day. 

'Tis The Season For Treats....

Hello and happy Sunday! 

I have a post for you today on the 

Butterfly Reflections, Ink blog I would 

love for you to stop by. 

I adore using mermaids with a Christmas theme. 

To see the full card please, visit the blog here. 

Thank you so much! 

Hoping you have a blessed and awesome weekend! 

My Favorite Things Guest Designer .....YAY !!!

Hello everyone! 

Happy Thursday!  I am super excited, honored, and thankful to be 

today's guest designer on the My Favorite Things blog!! 

I can not thank My Favorite Things 

enough for this amazing opportunity! 

It is a dream come true! 

I created this card to share with you using two products from the brand new

release. Town Bears stamp set and. It is such an adorable set. 

I began by die cutting the base of my card using Die-namics

Stitched Rectangle dies. I used the largest one. 

I then stamped the bear, trees, and houses using MFT Hybrid Ink 

in the color Black Licorice.  I created masks for the images 

in order to create a patterned background. 

After taking off all of the masking (favorite part when creating these types of cards)

I colored my images using Copic markers. 

For the greens in the trees, I used G99, 94, YG95, YG67, YG17, YG13,

YG03, YG21. For the trunk of the trees, I used E47, 44, and 41. 

For the navy areas I used, B99, B95,  B93, and B0000.

For my bear, I began with YR27, YR24, YR21, and YR20

(I used these colors for the rust toned areas as well). 

I then went over the bear using E47, E44, E55, E35, and E31.

I loved how the background came out. I wanted to make my little bear standout a bit more, I decided to die cut another piece of cardstock using the same pale

gray color with the Die-namics Stitched Tag-Corner Square STAX. 

I stamped the bear and the trees once again and colored them using

the same colors from the background. 

I glued the finished piece to the base of my card. 

My card was finished. 

I also have the treat box I created for my advent calendar to share with you. 

For today's box I used the same file from the online Silhouette store. 

It is the Favor Box by Lori Whitlock design ID# 187420

I used the adorable Town Bears stamp set again. 

I used the same color combinations of Copic as I did for yesterday's box,

you can find the ones I used here. 

For the 11 I used the Pop-Up Numbers Die-namics set. 

I truly loved creating with this set. 

I hope you enjoy and feel inspired to create.

Thank you so much for stopping by. 

Wishing you a wonderful and Blessed day

MFT 2017 Card Design Superstar ..............

OHHHHHHH .... I am sooo HAPPY and EXCITED 

Beyond GRATEFUL ( this is a post with lots of caps ...lol ) 

HONORED !!!! I am overwhelmingly full of joy !!! My card was 

picked as one of the winners from the  Coloring Virtuoso Contest from 

My Favorite Things !!! I can tell you that it must have been such 

a hard job deciding ...the entries , the creations were absolutely beyond 

amazing . I am humbled that my card was one of the ones picked among such 

truly magnificent talent !! 

SUPER BIG THANK YOU to each of you who encourage me with your 

amazing words , and to MFT for hosting this awesome contest and above all 

GOD who knows how much this meant to me !!! 

Congratulations to each and everyone 

that was picked , believe me your creations are inspiring !!! 

Thank you so much for stopping by !!! 

GOD bless each of you <3 

MFT Color Challenge #77 With Bitty Bears....

Happy Saturday everyone !! 

I am stopping by today to share this card I created 

for the MFT Color Challenge #77 

I loved the cards the design team created for 

inspiration !! The color combination is beautiful !! 

For my card today I used the Bitty Bears 

once again , love these ! 

I created this card after being inspired by 

the beautiful card Laura Bassen created . 

I wanted to link it but Pinterest was not cooperating !! 

I created the one without presents first , 

then I added the presents, lol !! 

I hope you enjoy this birthday card !! 

Thank you so much for stopping by ,

praying you have a wonderful and Blessed day !! 

Challenges 4 Fun ~ 

MFT Color Challenge #77 

MFT Card Design Superstar 2017 Coloring Virtuoso

I am back with the second entry for the 

My Favorite Things Card Design Superstar 

Contest . This card is for the Coloring Virtuoso Part <3. 

I really had to make up my mind on what I would be using 

to color the cute images from the  Space Explorer stamp set.
Yes... I did use this set for the Innovation Master category as well ,
I couldn't help myself these astronauts are super CUTE !! 

I was debating between  Copics and Zig Clean Color Brush 

Markers. I went with my Copics as they are the reason 

I enjoy coloring . 

I began by creating the galaxy background using 

various Distress Inks and Oxides . 

I then colored in my images and put my 

pop up card together . 

I hope you enjoy my entry for the Coloring Challenge . 

MFT Card Design Superstar : 

Coloring Virtuoso 

MFT Card Design Superstar Innovation Master Contest ......

Hello everyone !! 

I am so excited to be sharing these projects I created 

for the My Favorite Things Card Design Super Star Contest !!!! 

I am super happy to be participating , believe 

me the entries are absolutely AMAZING  !!! 

I started to think of ideas from the moment I saw 

MFT announce it . Nevermind, that here I am 

creating and editing my photos with a 45 minute time limit

to turn these in (insert shocked face here ,lol ) . 

I just added my photos with only a couple of minutes to spare !!
I knew I would be coming back to add all of the info on how I created these .
I am so happy I made it !!
Whew !!!

I began with an idea for an interactive card / book
the moment I came across the MFT Interactive Labels
stamp set .
I love all of the fun options this set has for creating
interactive cards .
I instantly thought of an Astronaut/Outer Space themed party
using the Space Explorer stamp set . 

From the idea for a interactive card/book ,
I thought of an outer space scene box card .

They are super cute and easy to create . 

You cut a strip of cardstock to 11 x 3.5 inches , 

The widest parts of the card are 3" wide and the smaller sides are a little under 2" . 

For the window opening you die cut using a square die about 2.5 x 2.5 " . 

The Die-namics Square Stax set 2 has lots of different sizes . 

For the moon shape I used the circle from the 

Stitched Circle Scalloped Edge Frame set . 

I am so sorry , I have not told you where the inspiration for the colors came from !!!
I was at Target (LOVE the dollar spot ) .
When I saw these glass drink bottles
with the different colored lids ,
I instantly knew I would be using them with the
super cute astronauts .

I have three boys , so as you can imagine 

planning birthday parties is always fun . 

My older boys are more into going places to celebrate their 

birthdays , but my five year old ...... 

As you can see I LOVE creating themed parties . 

For the treat sacs I used the 

MFT Die-namics Stax Stitched Rectangle Dies . 

I just die cut them to the size I was going for . 

For the scalloped trim I used the Stitched Scalloped Edged Frames. 

This card is what I had envisioned after lots of 

prayer . I sometimes have so many ideas but end 

up with a crafty mental block . 

This was not the time to have my crafty mojo pull a disappearing act !! 

I prayed and prayed and I can tell you with all honesty 

that these all came together TODAY !!! 

Yes .... Talk about last minute !! 

I can't begin to tell you how grateful I was as I finished each section <3 . 

Lots of MFT goodies were used to create the interactive 

areas of this card . 

I truly hope you enjoy the card and set I created to share with you today <3 .
I thank you so much for taking the time to stop by !
Wishing you a wonderful and Blessed day !

MFT Card Design Superstar : Innovation Master 

Happy Birthday With MFT Bitty Bears ...

Hello !!! Happy Tuesday everyone !! 

I am so excited to share this post today , 

I ADORE these cute little bears 

from the new My Favorite Things 

Bitty Bears set !! 

I could not wait to get these cuties !! 

I have lots of ideas !! 

For today, I created a set 

of birthday themed cards. 

My inspiration for the colors are 

from the MFT Color Challenge  :

I tried to keep these CAS for the design . 

I colored in my little bears using Copic markers. 

 I had lots of fun creating these .

 I used the die cut word celebrate from My Favorite Things as the focus of each card . 

I also die cut the same word using foam to add a bit of dimension to it . 

I hope you enjoy these cards and feel inspired to create !! 

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by !! 

Wishing you a Blessed day !!

Challenges 4 Fun~ 

MFT Color Challenge #76