Floral Focus Times Two

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

I had some time to relax with watercoloring.

First up is using the MFT sketch.

I love this MFT stamp and die.  It's large enough to get a twofer out of.

I've stamped and embossed onto Mixed Media paper and pressed color

from Distress Inks onto my palette.  The embossing helps to keep the color in

the lines so it's doubly relaxing.

My twofer for The Flower Challenge.

After coloring and die cutting, I cut the two sections apart to get this twofer.

The Flower Challenge is asking for turquoise flowers this month.

Challenges:

MFT Sketch Challenge 

The Flower Challenge

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Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Floral Focus, Bitty Birthday Wishes (MFT)

Ink:   Versafine, Peacock Feathers, Pine Needles, Tea Dye (DI), Tempting Turquoise (SU)

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore 400 Series), Neenah Solar White

Other:  White EP, Caran d'ache Supracolor Pencils, Floral Focus Die (MFT), Subtle EF (SU), Skinny Strips Die (MFT), Little Things Rainbow Sparkles (Lucy's Cards)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps: Floral Focus (MFT), Enjoy (?) 

Ink:   Same as above

Paper:   same as above

Other:  White EP, Caran d'ache Supracolor Pencils, Floral Focus Die (MFT), Mini Slimline Double Stitched Rectangle Die (Kat Scrappiness), Little Things Rainbow Sparkles (Lucy's Cards)

Floral Focus for Fall

Hi there.  I'm glad you stopped to visit.

I finally got to work with this fantastic MFT stamp and die.

 

First up is a card I did using the MFT Color Challenge 

 

I used Pumpkin Pie and Tangerine Tango for the flowers and mixed

Sahara Sand and Granny Apple Green for the leaves.

This is a large image so I used the die to cut it then cut it apart to get

two images.

For the base card, I've used Natural cardstock and for the strips Primitive White.

Then I put it all together using the MFT Weekly Sketch Challenge.

And a twofer....

The other part of the image fit in a circle aperture quite well for 

The Flower Challenge.

They are celebrating their 4th Birthday!

Congratulations and wishes for many more birthdays!

   

Since this is the first outing for this stamp and die, I'll hop over to 

Darnell's NBUS Challenge too.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Floral Focus MFT, Sentiments from Flowers in Bloom & Fluttering Friends

Ink:   VersaMark, Versafine Onyx Black, Pumpkin Pie, Tangerine Tango, Granny Apple Green, Sahara Sand (SU for coloring)

Paper:  Mixed Media,  Natural, Primitive White (MFT for card 1), Mixed Media, Neenah, Black Licorice (MFT for card 2) 

Other:  White EP, Floral Focus Die (MFT), Skinny Strips Die (MFT), Double Stitched Circle Die (LI-OOB), Infinity Circles Dies (HA)

More Flowers in Bloom

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

I think I'm on time for the MFT Sketch Challenge this time.  Usually when I'm

ready to post, the challenge is over.  The weeks go by too fast!

This is one of my favorite stamps to color.  I use Distress markers to ink

the stamp and added color from Distress ink smooshed on my palette.

To color the strips, I first wet them, and added some of the lightest pink

ink from my palette then dipped it in the other colors that were pretty wet.

I added some black dots in the center of the flowers to tie in the black sentiment.

Wish I hadn't done that.  The splatters worked out okay though.

Challenges:

MFT Color Challenge 144 

MFT Weekly Sketch Challenge 495

  

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Flowers in Bloom (MFT)

Ink:   Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Scattered Straw, Forest Moss (DM and DI), Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Neenah

Other:  

Flower Split

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!
I hope the week is off to a good start for you.

When I was visiting my friend Michele's blog the other day, I saw that

My Favorite Things has some challenges now.

I don't have a lot of MFT things, but I'm on my way to starting a collection.

I purchased this set after my friend Joanna sent me this card for my birthday.

I was able to combine both of the MFT challenges.

MFT Weekly Sketch Challenge #451

MFT Color Challenge #124

Since I used snippets for my flower pieces, I can also visit the

Snippets Playground

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Flower Silhouettes, Flowers in Bloom (MFT)

Ink:   Blueprint Sketch, Twisted Citron, Crushed Corduroy (DM), Pacific Point (SU)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Night of Navy (SU)

Other:  Foam sheet