MFT MAY 2018 - HITS & HIGHLIGHTS

Well, hello there, welcome to my blog, thank you for dropping by.

The theme this month for our Hits and Highlights feature is:

"Magical May"

I opted for a literal take on the theme, choosing images from our catalogue and adding a couple of my own that conjured up Magic to me!

A background cut from the Watercolour Wash paper pad with a die from the A2 Stitched Rectangle Stax 2 was adhered to an A2 Smooth White top folding card base.

The photographs were cut from more Smooth White card using the Precious Polaroids die set.  As I was using Copics (available HERE), the centres were cut from Copic suitable card.  Both the dragon and cat were stamped using Hybrid Cement Grey ink, whilst the magic wand and bubbling cauldron were drawn by hand.

As for the wording - The M and D are from Birdie Brown Alphabet and Numbers stamp set whereas the S came from Which Way is the Candy as the other S was too big.  I was able to do this with the aid of Post It tape to mask some of the sentiment whilst inking, a technique I used to stamp Magic instead of Magical from Magical Dragons.

COPIC COLOURS:

Dragon: G00, YG41, YG45, B41, B45, C2, C3, C5, E81, E84, YG21

Eyes: E11, E17, W8

Background: B0000, R0000

Wand: W0, W2, W3, W5, W7

Background: BG0000, B0000, B000, B00

Cat: C3, C5, C7, W8, B91, B93, RV93, YG41, YG45

Background: B0000, YG0000

Spell: YG41, YG45, C2, C3, C5

Background: B0000, YG0000

For M Magic and S Spell I added extra detail with various colours of Nuvo drops which I also used to decorate the background paper.  I also stamped ABC on to the "Spell" photo with Versamark ink and then heat embossed it with White Embossing Powder.

Once the coloured images were glued into the Polaroid frames I adhered them to the card.  Both the Dragon and Cat were fixed with a Tape Runner, whilst the other two images were adhered with Foam Tape for added dimension.

I hope you liked my take on Magic May.

Until next time,

Happy Colouring.

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MFT - HITS AND HIGHLIGHTS APRIL 2018

Well hello there, thanks for visiting my blog today.

I'm sharing a project that saw me get rather inky fingers, but oh boy I had fun!

"Flip for the Flops"

Yes, today the Design Team are sharing their Flop cards with you and here is mine:

I chose to use the Flop Card Rectangle die, teaming it up with a beautiful mermaid from Birdie Brown's Mermazing stamp set.

The A2 card base made from MFT Smooth White cardstock was inked with a combination of Broken China, Peacock Feathers and Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink (hence the blue fingers).  The front fold and inside are inked, the back of the card remained white.

The front stitched panel which comes with the Flop Card Rectangle die was cut from Copic suitable card.  The image was as always stamped with Hybrid Cement Grey ink.

Hint/Tip: my eyesight is not great and I find that for me Grout Grey dries too light and Gravel Grey is still far too visible after colouring to be suitable for most no-lines colouring projects.

COPIC COLOURS (available HERE)
Skin: E30, E41, E42, E43, E44
Hair: YR23, YR27, E37, E97
Tail: B02, B04, B06, BG34, BG45, YG03
Top: BV00, BV02, BV04
Eyes: B12, B16, W8
Background: BG10, BG11, B00, 0

The inner sentiment panel was cut using the same stitched rectangle as above from Watercolor Wash Brights with a sentiment from Mermazing stamped with Blue Yonder Hybrid ink.

As my fingers resembled those of a smurf by this stage.........it attracted the attention of a cute little guy who I suspect has a bit of a crush on the mermaid LOL

I hope this has inspired you to give this type of card a try.

Thanks for dropping by, until next time

Happy Colouring

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