ARTISTIC EXPRESSION NOVEMBER 2018

Hello there, it's time for another

and this month I explain how I go about colouring things that are

BLACK and WHITE

and chose to use this adorable little penguin from the newly released

Ready, Set, Snow stamp set.

So please head on over to the MFT Blog where you will find the detailed tutorial.

I'd love to hear what you think and see you giving it a try yourselves.

Happy Colouring

MFT COLOUR CHALLENGE #106

I've been having great fun creating the panel for the latest 

Colour Challenge over on the MFT Challenge Blog

Now, before I go any further the credit for this awesome stitch design goes to Jennifer McGuire.  I saw her teacher card featuring this ages ago and had been itching to give this a go myself.

I used DMC Perle Cotton 5, having cut out my cross-stitch grid with the Cross-Stitch Rectangle die on Kraft cardstock.  As this is such a bold design it did not require any embellishment so I merely created an A2 top folding card, again from Kraft and mounted the panel on to it with foam tape.

Why not enter, you never know you could be the recipient of a $50 MFT Store Voucher!

Happy Colouring

MFT RELEASE DAY - NOVEMBER 2018

Well, the day you have all been waiting for has finally come!

The new release is now available at MFT Stamps Store

Before you head on over and fill your basket, allow me to share with you the last of my projects for this awesome November release:

Are these adorable or what!  You are definitely going to want to add Birdie Brown's Ready, Set, Snow on your shopping list!

I stamped the images on to Copic suitable card with Cement Grey Hybrid ink and then coloured them with Copic ink.  Their goggles were created using a little Nuvo Crystal Glaze.

COPIC COLOURS:

Rabbit: T0, T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T7, RV93, R20, E23, E27, W8

Scarf: RV32, RV34, R56, W4, W6

Goggles: R35, R39, YG63, YG67

Snowboard: RV10, RV32, RV34, R56, W1, W2, BV23, BV25, 0

Bear: E40, E41, E42, E43, E44, YG63, YG67, W8

Scarf: B21, B23, B24, B26, C4, C6, 0

Goggles: B26, C4, R29

Snowboard: B21, B23, B24, B26, B29, B99, BG02, BG07, 0, BV25, BV29, W1, W2

As you can see from the images, I opted for a tent fold Smooth White card today, using a Stitched Dome Stax for my main panel.  I cut the base from Blue Breeze, with a white layer of Smooth White.  This was then trimmed using a Snowdrifts die before being inked with Tumbled Glass Distress ink.  As I've done previously within this release I used Picket Fence Distress ink, a natural sponge and a white gel pen to give that extra snowy feel to the card.

The bear was stuck on with glue, whereas the rabbit was attached with foam tape for added dimension.

The base panel was inked and sponged as before, with the sentiment panel being stamped with Versamark ink and heat embossed with Wow Metallic First Frost Embossing Powder.

Now don't forget, as it's release day please leave a comment at the end of this post for your chance to win one of two $100 MFT Store Vouchers - you never know it could be you!

Happy Shopping