Fairy CASE for #WorldWatercolorMonth

Since I'm home for the summer, I'm trying to stay busy making cards. I normally pour over ideas for school and my classroom. But this summer I decided to really take a break and try some new things for myself. So I've been watching lots of videos on YouTube on cardmaking. I've found several amazing channels to follow. I saw this videos recently and knew I wanted to try to recreate this card from Sandy Allnock.

I started by stamping all my images. I watercolored them but was a little hesitant to try to add the background. I waited overnight for the watercolored images to dry and to work up my nerve. This is my final outcome.

I added some pearl shimmer paint to the fairy wings and background. I'm pretty happy with the way they turned out. Thanks for looking!

Camp Create Day 5

I completed the final challenge for MFT Camp Create! I have really enjoyed all these challenges. They've encouraged me to try things I wouldn't normally do on my typical cards.

MFT Camp Create Day 5 Challenge

I love glitter but my husband hates it so I don't use it often. When we lived in the apartment I had glitter everywhere. It was even on his range bag. When we moved in the house he said no more glitter! So I've been doing really good. I normally use my glitter pen or a little glitter mist inside a box for the shimmer on my cards. When this challenge was posted I laughed and told him the final one was glitter.

I used my favorite die cut from MFT, Peek a Boo Polka Dots. I put it on some adhesive paper and then sprinkled it with glitter and rubbed it in on all the dots so it would stick. I didn't want the card to be too busy so I decided to go with a simple hello stamp from Honey Bee Stamps. I used my Scan N Cut to cut it out and then increased the outline size and cut it out from matching blue CS to go behind my sentiment.

I really love this card but it is going to have to be mailed out quick!

Thanks for looking at my card today!

Camp Create Bonus: Dry Embossing

In today's post I'm sharing a cute little thank you card. I attempted a new technique for me, dry embossing. I saw the camp fire bonus challenge from MFT's Camp Create. Then I watched this video from the always amazing Jennifer McGuire:

So I decided to attempt the second technique, dry emboss with die cuts. I don't have a lot of die cuts for stamped images because I have a Brother Scan N Cut, but I do have the one for this Hampton Art/Mama Elephant set (Dos Amigos). I cut out 4 layers and stuck them together to use to dry emboss my little bunny on the card front. Something isn't quite right and I don't know enough about dry embossing to fix it. The top pressed almost through the paper and the bottom didn't emboss as much as I would've like it to. I used the words from MFT More Essential Sentiments.

Thanks for looking at my card today!

Camp Create Day 4

MFT Camp Create Day 4

Oh my goodness! I had so much fun making this card! It was a challenge but I wanted to make it look like the monkey was swinging from the tree. I trimmed down some brown and green cardstock to create my tree and positioned the slider so it went up at an angle. I haven't used these stamps in a really long time and it challenged me to try something new. Thanks for looking at my card today!

Camp Create Day 3

Today's challenge was a shaker card. I normally use my Fuse tool to make my shaker cards but Laurie used craft foam to create hers. This is a great idea but I didn't have any on hand so I stuck with the Fuse tool.

MFT Camp Create Day 3

This fairy set is one of my new sets that needed to have ink put to it. I also use the MFT circle shaker dies to cut the circle in m cardstock. You can't see it in the picture but I put some glitter on her wings. Thanks for looking!

Camp Create Day 2

I was inspired by today's challenge so I decided to step way outside my comfort zone. I normally don't create floral cards but the example card for the challenge was beautiful and inspired me to create one of my own.

My Favorite Things Camp Create Day 2

I pulled out stamps I haven't used in years, even had to wipe the dust off them. I used SU Canvas background and the flowers from another old SU set.

I used my watercolor crayons to color the flowers. Today is the first day I have used those crayons, and that's another thing I've had for years. When I stamped the Canvas background I embossed it with clear and added gray ink on top of that.

Thanks for checking out my card!

Camp Create Day 1

I'm planning to try to complete the challenges posted by My Favorite Things this week.

Camp Create Day 1: Wonderful Watercolor

I don't have any watercolor paints yet so I was trying to figure out how in the world I would complete this. I have an old set of Stampin' Up Watercolor Crayons that I've never used. So I pulled them out and played around some. I used watercolor paper, wet it, scribbled, brushed over it, and repeated several times. I had the hugs and bear left over from another card set I made last week so I went with it. I don't know that I love the outcome but here is my card:

#MFTWSC336 Hugs All Around

I'm excited to be able to participate in some challenges now that it is summer. I am a teacher so summer means more time to do the things I enjoy, like cardmaking!

Here is the My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge for the week. 

I got a new set from Concord & 9th and knew it was the perfect pair for MFT Friends Furever. I stamped the heart in the background with Versamark and adding some clear embossing powder. Then I created a heart stencil by tracing around the stamp and cutting it out of card stock. I blended 3 distress oxide inks to create the heart. 

Then I used my Scan N Cut to cut out hugs and the pink card stock behind it. I colored this cute bear with my Copics and added a few sequins. 

Thanks for taking the time to check out my card!