Retro Sketch68-Nutty Smooches

Happy, Happy Wednesday! It's a beautiful crisp, clear morning here in Cincy.  I have a lot on my to-do list today, but yesterday was a different story. I took some time to create, just to create!!! Loved it.  I also did a little stampy shopping. I'm excited to have some new stamps on the way to me-Paper Smooches, Elle Avery, and some Reverse Confetti! I think some new paper even jumped into my cart, hahaha! I love that {i heart papers} carries so many brands of ALL kind of products. A little retail therapy! I pulled out the ONLY Paper Smooches set I own { right now}, Falling For You and used this week's Retro Sketch. You can check it out HERE. 

 I really enjoy these Clean and Simple layouts. The DT over there makes beautiful cards and I even got a Shout Out from the other week. Thanks so much!!

here is my take on the sketch. 

I colored up the Acorn with copics after stamping them on x-press it blending cs. I stamped it again on the green designer paper (on Trend by Crate Paper) and pieced on the leaves. I used some MFT Die-namcis (Blueprints 4 and Pinking edge) for some accent to my paper edges.  Sentiment was stamped in Orange Fizz ink and I tied on some Orange twine. I can't forget those pretty dots. I used the PTI-Polka Dot Basics impression plate .   All product is linked below!

I also discovered that I got another shout out from my dear friend, Lisa A and her Wanna Sketch challenge. Thanks, girlie!  A new sketch is up. Check it out!   Woohooo! I'll be playing along for sure. 

Farewell to MFT

Good byes are never easy. If you stopped by the My Favorite Things blog yesterday then you probably have already read the news. Sadly, my time with MFT has come to an end. I won't bore you with a bunch of details, but I will let you know that all is good.  
I have nothing but great memories and know that I am so blessed to have had the opportunity to work with such an amazing group of talented women.  I love MFT and Kim and Jody are two of the most generous people I know.  So thank-you MFT for a great three years.  
You'll continue to see me use  MFT product, just not along side the DT.  I am still designing for Unity Stamp Co. and I might just have another fun adventure in the works for the near future!! :) I'm in a happy place, and am looking forward to some crafty freedom!!

You may think all of this is why I have not been posting much over the past few days. Nope!!

 We have been on vacation. I got to spend a fantastic week at Disney World with my family. I had all of my posts scheduled and am now just getting back into the swing of things after finishing up the mountain of Laundry. 

I will leave you with something crafty. I was prepared for the Release Rewind this month from MFT. I won't be linked on the blog anymore, but I can still show you how great the new products are. 

I LOOOOVE the Sun Ray Die-namcis. I think it's great that you can get two different looks with this die, a positive and negative. Here I used the negative (or cut out pieces from the die) to create this CAS card. 

I cut it twice, once in Banana Split and again in Orange Fizz cs. I used Lemon Drop ink to stamp the polka dots with Darling Dots. 

I filled in the center with some sequins. Ahhhh, the right amount of sparkle. 

I cut the cloud from some Smooth White cs and the Jumbo Stax Die-namics. I used a sentiment from the Doodle Garden- Aloha stamp set. It's stamped in Orange Fizz ink.  A few more sequins, this time in white finished off this card. 

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you'll continue to visit. I sure do appreciate all your kind words and support.  

Unity Thursday....be Inspired!

Hello!

It's another fun filled Thursday with the Unity crew.

It's our Be Inspired Challenge post...

a new challenge

a new sketch

and new Inspiration!!!

Plus a New Birthday sentiment set!

it's awesome.

You can read all about the Challenge HERE!

I used the card sketch and the colors from the 

inspiration photo to 

make my card. 

I used pattern paper to roll my own candles. 

I used a leaf die for my flames and added some 

marmalade distress stickles for some 

texture and shine!

The sentiment can be purchased for the special price

$9.99

during the month of this challenge!

You can find it in the

Unity store. 

I also used the Layers of Life stamp set from this month. 

love that border stamp!

Robyn is up next!

check out what she has for you.

All the fun starts at the Unity Blog.  Be sure to start there!

June MFT New Product Tour

Yeah!! Happy MFT  June Release!!! What a fun week it has been. Thanks to everyone who stopped by during Teaser Time.  All of your comments are soooo appreciated!
It's officially time to SHOP!!! You can find all the Brand Spankin' New product in the My Favorite Things Boutique. 
It's also time for the New product Tour by the Design Team. It's another chance for us to show you the new product at work. I get to share some more of the cool new sentiment set, Chalkboard Greetings.  I paired it up with the awesome new Chalkboard Frame Builder Die-namics for this first card.

 I love these frames with the wood grain stamp (see second card), but I thought it would be fun to show you it with some polka dots. So I pulled out the Washi Patterns and stamped each of my frame pieces in Gumdrop Green ink. I went for the tone on tone look and used Gumdrop Green cs, too.  I cut four of the same sized pieces to create a square frame. Seriously, the options with this Chalkboard Frame Builder Die-namics are amazing. I love how easy they fit together with the mitered corners. 

I stamped the sentiment from Chalkboard Greetings in Sour Apple ink. All the shades of green MFT carries makes me happy! I used the pretty Smooth White cs to show it off. 

I need just a bit more pretty to finish off my card, so I reached for the gorgeous new Blissful Butterflies stamp set. You can never have too many butterflies and I am really excited about this set. LOTS of choices. I used the coordinating die, Blissful Butterflies Die-namics to cut two butterflies in Kraft cs.

 I inked that larger on in Lemon Drop ink and the smaller one in Blu Raspberry ink. I sponged each of  the edges in Kraft ink. I topped them with some MFT buttons and pretty Hemp Twine. 

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I have a second card using another sentiment from the Chalkboard Greetings stamp set.  I used the Chalkboard Frame Builder Die-namics again to show off these words. This is my favorite sentiment from the set. 

This time I created a rectangle frame cut from Kraft cs. I stamped the wood grain pattern from Western Backgrounds in Kraft ink. I added some white baby braddies to each of the seams. I mounted the frame onto some Pink Lemonade cs. 

I looove the Speech Bubble Frame Die-namics. I used the positive image to stamp my sentiment, in the new Bubblegum Pink ink. 

I created my own embellish by cutting a rose from Rose Bouquet Die-namics and stamped the two-step rose from Blooming Rose Stamp set. I used Lemon Drop ink, stamped off once for my solid image and then used the full strength of the Lemon Drop ink to stamp the detail for the rose. I stamped some leaves from Rose Bouquet  in Sour Apple and added them to the corner of my flower. A triple bow of Hemp Twine was placed behind it. 

Have fun on the New Product Tour. Be sure to head on over to the MFT Blog for the full list of DT members playing along today. 

Green Chalkboard Frame Card:

Good Day Frame Card: