MFT AUGUST RELEASE COUNTDOWN DAY 1

Not long to wait now, the new release will be available tonight at 9:00 EDT (2:00am UK)

I thought I'd have a little bit of fun with this one, tee hee, I was certainly chuckling away whilst I was making it!

As you will see when you read the supplies list, I got a tad carried away with this project - but having fun is what crafting is all about, isn't it!

I don't know about you but I'm not sure if I'd want to go knocking on this particular door at Halloween..........I dread to think what is lurking at the letter box!
BOO!!!

Would you like to know how I went about creating this card?

I started with an A2 card cut from a piece of MFT After Midnight cardstock.
The door panels were cut by fitting one stitched square die inside another, adhering them temporarily with tape and cutting them out of MFT After Midnight card.  I then backed the top two squares with tracing paper to give the impression of glass panels.
At this point I cut out squares in the top of the A2 card for the windows and also the letterbox.
The cheeky little monsters were stamped in various shades MFT Hybrid ink on Copic suitable card.  As with the Flamingo earlier in the week I coloured over the top with Copic markers.........I intend to go into more detail regarding this technique in my Artistic Expression Feature on the MFT Blog later this month.
Once coloured, I cut them out carefully and adhered them to the back of the window panels.

I used the new Mail Delivery die to create the letter box and added a pair of green arms and the number thirteen from the Confetti Numbers die.
In order that the peeking monsters showed up I mounted a piece of white card to the back of the front panel, with a piece of black paper behind the letter box opening.
The door knocker and handle were created using small dies from Stitched Tiny Tags and Surf and Turf.

Whilst you're counting down the hours why not hop on over to the MFT Blog and see what my fellow Design Team members created today.

As I said earlier the release will be available to purchase from the My Favorite Things store at 9:00pm EDT

Back later, with another project.

SUPPLIES:

(please be aware some links will not come live until later tonight)

Dies: Mail Delivery, Stitched Tiny Tags, Surf and Turf, Confetti Numbers, Stitched Square Stax

MFT Card: After Midnight, Cement Gray

Stamp: More Monsters

Inks: MFT Hybrid - Blue Breeze, Spearmint, Cotton Candy

Copics:

Red Monster: R21, R22, R24, R27, R39, YR16, YR18, Y13, W8

Blue Monster: B01, B02, B04, B06, YG25, C1, C3, C5, W8

Green Monster: YG23, FYG02, G07

MFT AUGUST RELEASE COUNTDOWN DAY 4

Yesterday I showcased a realistic Flamingo........today, something completely different.....cute little Halloween characters from Birdie Brown!

There are quite a few funny little characters in this set.  I've just chosen four.  Oops nearly forgot the goofy looking spider!

For todays card I thought I'd have a bit of fun with some of our Die-Namics dies.........creating new shapes that fitted my composition - I used the largest Stitched Hexagon, then chopped off the bottom with one of the Stitched Basic Edges 2.
I also opted to have some of my characters hanging over the edge of the die cut shape - you have to partially fussy cut these parts and make sure they sit above the die so they don't get chopped off when you run it through your die cutting machine.

And those lovely thin lines of cardstock are courtesy of one of the dies from Bundle of Baby Clothes.

I'll be back again soon with another countdown post.

SUPPLIES

(please note some links will not work until release day)

Stamp: Fab-BOO-lous Friends

Dies: Stitched Hexagon Stax, Bundle of Baby Clothes, Stitched Basic Edges 2

Card: MFT Wild Wisteria, Cement Gray

Paper: Itsy Bitsy Polka Dots Pastels

COPICS:

Background: W00, W0, W1, W3, W5, YR0000, YR000, YR00, BV0000, BV000

Bat: BV02, C4, C6, C8

Frankenstein: YG21, YG23, YG17, YG67, C2, C4, C6, C8

Pumpkin: YR12, YR14, YR21, YR24, YR27, YG63, YG67, C8

Witch: BV0000, BV000, BV00, BV01, BV04, W4, C8, C4, C6, YR23, E23, E27, E29

White Gel Pen

Mini Misti

MFT AUGUST RELEASE COUNTDOWN - DAY 5

Any idea why I am tickled pink?

Well, in less than a week you will be able to get your crafty little paws on some awesome new My Favorite Things goodies!

Today I am showcasing the new Flamazing Stamp set.

The stamp set itself enables you to stamp solid Flamingo images, but you know me by now, I like to think outside the box and used the stamp and some research via Google to give my example a more "realistic" look!

What do you think?

Curious as to how I did it?

Well, I initially stamped out the sections of the Flamingo in MFT Cement Grey Hybrid ink and then with several images of real life Flamingos for reference I started mapping in the various shades of pinks and greys with Copic marker over the top of the stamped image.  If you wish to try this yourself, please make sure you select a Copic suitable ink pad in a pale colour - I learnt the hard way that I should have chosen a pink hybrid ink........ho hum, next time! Once I felt I had gone as far as I could with the pens, I swapped over to pencils to add in the finer details and highlights, constantly referring back to the photographs.

 I stamped the sentiment on a curve to follow the shape of my circular card using my Misti, again with MFT Cement Grey Hybrid ink so that I could colour over the top of it with Copic marker without fear of it bleeding.

For more inspiration and crafting goodness from my fellow Design Team members
why not hop on over to the MFT blog to see what they created today:

I'll be back soon with more Countdown fun!

SUPPLIES

(Please remember some of the links will not go live until launch day)

Flamazing Stamp

Copic Markers

Flamingo - E01, R11, R12, R20, R21, R22, W1, W2, W6

Water - B0000, BG0000, BG000, BG70, C00, C0, C1, C2, W1, W2

White Gel Pen

Caran D'Ache Luminance and Pablo coloured pencils

MFT Hybrid Ink - Cement Gray

MFT Cement Gray Card

Circle Stax 2

Stitched Mini Scallop Circle Stax

Inside & Out Stitched Circle

Mini Misti