MFT OCTOBER RELEASE - COUNTDOWN DAY 2

Today I have a group of snowmen that appear to be from Wisconsin.

I may be English but my son Ben loves American sports and he's a huge Green Bay Packers fan - Go Cheeseheads!

I stamped the main image from Cool Christmas on Copic suitable card with MFT Cement Gray Hybrid ink and coloured it with Copics before cutting it out using the matching Die-Namics.

The background scene was created using the Christmas trees from the set along with additional doodling by yours truly, again with Copic markers.  The snow highlights were added later with the aid of a White Gel pen.

COPIC COLOURS:

Car: R22, R24, R27, R37, R39, N4, N6, W2, W4

Snowmen: BG0000, C0, C1, C2, Y12

Clothing: YR23, YR24, YR27, G24, G28, C5

Trees: BG90, W1, BG93, BG96, BG99

Snow: BG0000, C0, C1, R0000

Sky: B0000

The sentiment, again from the Cool Christmas set was stamped with Versamark ink and heat embossed with Wow Metallic First Frost Embossing Powder.

To give a little added dimension to the card, I adhered the die-cut snowmen in their car to the background image with foam tape, before mounting on to a plain white card base with a Cement Gray mount.

You don't have long to wait until you can put this adorable stamp set in your shopping cart!

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today.
Until next time, happy colouring.

MFT OCTOBER RELEASE - COUNTDOWN DAY 3

Die cuts today with a smidge of Copic colouring!

I couldn't help myself, I just had to shade the deer to give them a little definition, what do you think?

The card base is a top folding A2 card from After Midnight cardstock.  I created the background from layers of Blue Breeze and Sweet Tooth cut using an A2 Stitched Rectangle Stax 1 die.  With the latter white card then trimmed with the Snow Drifts Die Namics.  The top white layer was adhered with foam tape for added dimension.

Subtle clouds were added with the aid of Sweet Tooth Pigment ink and small natural sponge.

As for the Delightful Deer, one was cut from Natural Card whilst the other from Kraft card, along with both sets of antlers.  Shading was added using Copic markers.  The darker deer was glued to the card whereas the paler one was adhered using foam tape, again for added dimension.

COPIC COLOURS:
Snow: BG0000, C00
Deer: E41, E42, E44, W1, W2, W4

To finish I added a heat embossed sentiment from the Snow Globe Sentiments set with Versamark ink and Wow Metallic First Frost Embossing Powder on Sweet Tooth cardstock.  Once dry I cut it out using Slanted Sentiment Strips and mounted it on to the card with foam tape.

Only a few more days to go.
What are your favourites so far?

I will be back tomorrow with another project from the upcoming release.

MFT OCTOBER RELEASE - COUNTDOWN DAY 5

Hello there!

No, you are not hallucinating, I'm crafting again.

Being married to a farmer means the summer months are very busy for me and when combined with extremely painful orthodontics I decided to take a little break from Design Team work. 

Anyway, let's take a peek at what I've been working on for the October Release at My Favourite Things:

The cool thing about this little guy is that he's the "freebie" stamp for October at MFT - cute isn't he!
I stamped him on to a piece of Copic suitable card that had been pre-cut with a Stitched Square die and as always used Cement Gray Hybrid ink for my usual no-lines look!

Please note, the background was drawn and coloured by hand, it's not available as part of the stamp.

Everything was coloured with Copic markers:

Sky: B000
Snow: BG0000, BG000, C00, C0, C1, V0000, V20
Trees: N2, N3, N4, N6, YG63, YG67, YG91
Reindeer: E40, E41, E42, E43, E44, N2, N4, N6, YG91

The additional snowy touches were created using a white gel pen.  Just remember, as with coloured pencils, please ensure you have completed all of your Copic colouring before adding the gel pen.  That way you will avoid damaging your nibs.

I used Neenah 110lb white card for the top folding notecard, with a mount cut from Cement Gray card using a Square Stax Die-Namics.

Well, did you enjoy that?
Why not hop on over to the MFT blog where you will find links to my fellow Design Team members who are also showcasing various products that will be available in a few days time.

I will be back in a couple of days with another project from the upcoming October release.