Hello, hello!  It is Lisa here with you again today and I’m going Retro and bright with today’s Christmas card, take a peek…

To create todays card I started by diecutting my background from a mix of Lawn Fawn Beach Size Petite Paper Pack and My Favorite Things Plaid Patterns Merry and Bright Paper Pack.  Using the My Favorite Things Stitched Basic Edges Die cut I was able to create the fun layered pattern.  Once it was all adhered together I stamped the ornaments and sentiment from the Avery Elle Retro Ornaments Set onto Neenah Solar White cardstock and colored them in with my Copic® Markers (B02, B05, RV14, RV25, YG01, YG03, YG25, Y11, Y15, Y24,Y26).  These were then cut out and I decided to pop them up foam foam adhesive and some gold thread.  The sentiment was diecut from the Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Banner Duo and adhered on the left side of the card.

Thanks so much for joining me today and Happy Crafting!

Supplies Used:

Avery Elle – Retro Ornaments	Copic Sketch Marker	Stitched Basic Edges Die-namics (My Favorite Things)	Stitched Banner Duo Die Set (Pretty Pink Posh)	Lawn Fawn Paper Pack: Beachside
My Favorite Things Merry and Bright Paper Pack	Neenah Classic Crest Cardstock – 8.5	Scotch Foam Mounting Tape .5″

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Happy Friday everyone it’s Holly here today. Father’s Day is this weekend and our current Challenge is a Father’s Day theme so I created a Father’s Day card or a Thank you card for that special Father Figure in your life. Masculine cards are always hard for me, so today I kept it clean and simple.

 I’m using the two adorable bear sets from Mama Elephant Cub Cuddles and the Coordinating Dies. The sentiment is from Bear Hugs. I trimmed a piece of Neenah Solar White  to 4 x 5 1/4″ and then I die cut a circle from the front using the Framed Tags: Columbus Circle Creative Cuts from Mama Elephant. Then I stamped the sentiments onto the bottom using some Walnut ink from Lawn Fawn and some VersaFine Black Ink. Then I added some Foam mounting tape to the back side of the panel.

I stamped the bear image from the Cub Cuddles set onto some Neenah Solar White using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and the I colored the image in with Copics… E53, E34, E23 & E27. Then I die cut the image using the matching dies. I created the background for the die cut center of my card panel with some pattern patterns from My Favorite Things. The sky piece is from the Watercolor Wash 6×6 pad and the Grass is from the County Fair Plaid 6×6 pack. I die cut the Green piece with the Landscape Trio die from Mama Elephant to give it a stitched edge. I adhered the papers behind the panel to appear through the circle opening and then I added the panel to the Card front. Once the panel was in place I added some foam tape to the back of the bear image and added that inside the circle.

On the inside of the card I added a sentiment from Cub Cuddles and the paw prints from Bear Hugs. This is a card that can be mass produced or if you have kids they could each make one and change out the bear images in the center. Don’t forget to enter our Father’s Day Challenge.. it’s open until Sunday June 26th.

Thanks for stopping by today, Have a great Weekend!

Framed Tags: Columbus Circle Die Set (Mama Elephant)	Cub Cuddles Stamp Set (Mama Elephant)	Cub Cuddles Die Set (Mama Elephant)	Bear Hugs Stamp Set (Mama Elephant)	Fawndamentals Dye Ink Pad – Walnut (Lawn Fawn)
Neenah Solar White 80lb Cardstock	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (Tsukineko)	VersaFine Pigment Ink Pad – Onyx Black (Tsukineko)	Copic Sketch Markers	Scotch Foam Mounting Tape .5″
County Fair Plaid 6×6 Paper Pad (My Favorite Things)	Watercolor Wash 6×6 Paper Pad (My Favorite Things)	Stitched Hillside Borders Die Set (Lawn Fawn)

Today I’m digging into some new AND old MFT goodies!

The new Cool Cat stamp set & coordinating die set were a MUST HAVE for me, as I love anything “cats & dogs”. And it works perfectly with the older set, I Knead You. I stamped the images with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto X-Press IT Blending Card Paper, and colored them with my Copic Sketch markers (colors listed at the end). The sentiment is stamped using VersaFine Onyx Black ink.

I pulled out the MFT March Release paper collection, Tranquil Textures, and used 2 sheets from it. The purple patterned one is die cut using the 2nd largest die from the MFT Croos-Stitch Rectangle STAX die set.

The perfect final touch was adding Pretty Pink Posh sequins with Glossy Accents:

• Aquamarine Cupped 6mm and 4mm
• Mossy Green Cupped 6mm & 4mm
• Pansy Purple Cupped 6mm
• Clear Droplets 4mm

I also used some AWESOME new tools (check out our new Crafter’s Essentials section in the store for the latest products we’re carrying that every crafter must have!!)

• The Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy is so nice; I love using this instead of baby wipes! (see a video about it here)
• I already owned (and LOVE) the Tim Holtz Titanium Sheers, so it’s totally awesome to see we have them in the store now! (Jennifer McGuire talks about them in this video. Start at 3:36)
• I used to use my husband’s pliers to clip my new dies apart, but now I own the Cheery Lynn Snippers. They are FANTASTIC and cut RIGHT to the edge of the die.
• Aaaand, finally, the AMAZING Mini Misti. What a great invention! (video here!)

The card base is a sheet of Bazzill White Cardstock. The white foam on the back of the die cut images is glued on using Tombow Mono Glue. I used my Crafter’s Companion Adhesive to tape down the wood patterned paper to the card base. And I store my Copic Markers in Crafter’s Companion storage shelves. 

The Copic colors I used are:

• Cats: YR20, YR21, YR23, YR24, YR27 / Ears: R20 / Noses: R22
• Yarn: BG72, BG75, BG78
• Shelf: E23, E25, E27
• Mouse: E11, E13, E15 / Sweater: Y13, Y15, & YR04, YR07 

Thanks so much for stopping by today; have a great week, and Happy Crafting!

Well whaddya know? It’s Monday already {sigh!}; it’s Valere here today, and let’s start the week off with something adorable and cheerful to start the week off with a smile! I did just that with a card today using lots of My Favorite Things cuteness and Pretty Pink Posh goodies!

I started out by stamping my images from the MFT Ewe are the Best stamp set onto X-Press IT blending Card Paper with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and coloring them with my Copic Markers (colors are listed at the end of the post). Then I die cut the images with the MFT Ewe are the Best die set.

The first layer of the scene is the sky; I die cut a piece of Distress Watercolor Card Stock with the largest die from the MFT Cross-Stitch Rectangle STAX die set, and then added Tumbled Glass ink to it with my Mini Ink Blending Tool.

Next, I die cut the fence using the MFT Rolling Hills die set, and then the grass line using the same die set; and then I cut the front grass line using the MFT Grassy Fields die set. The final step for this top layer was to assemble the entire scene (so fun to do!).

I added a piece of Bazzill Sour Lemon paper behind the top layer, then the layer of paper from the MFT Subtle Plaids Paper Pack, and last layer is a piece of Bazzill Spearmint Stick paper.

I scattered Pretty Pink Posh Cupped 6mm Lemon Drop sequins and Cupped 4mm Orchid sequins areound the perimeter of the card, and I added a Pretty Pink Posh 6mm Clear Droplet and 2 4mm Clear Droplets. The final touch was adding Zig Clear Wink of Stella and Glossy Accents to the balloon.

Thanks so much for stopping by; have a great Monday, a wonderful week, and fun crafting!!

Copic colors used:

• Sheep: E50, E53 / Legs: R11 / Hooves: W5, W7 / Face: R0000, R00 / Hat: Y02, Y06, Y08
• Balloon: V01, V05, V06
• Roumd Tree: G21, G24, G28 / Trunk: E18
• Skinny Trees: YG61, YG63, YG67 / Trunk: E37
• Flowers: RV21, RV23 / YR18 / Leaves: YG07, YG09
• Hill: YG11, YG25, YG09
• Windmill: E30, E31, E33 / E84, E87, E89 / Roof: T6, T8 / Door & Windows: N6 / Blades: BG0000