Cult Challenge for January

Anita picked a new sketch challenge; she chose Mojo Monday 147. I used a MFT digi printed on copic expressit cs. This digi is also a new release this month in a clear stamp.She is paper pieced and colored with copic markers.

The paper is from MME: Lavender. I also used ribbon and cs from SU: Sage (retired) and Pretty in Pink. The darker pink is colored with a copic marker: R56. The sentiments are stamped in memento and are from MFT: All Occasion Sentiments. The "hello" is cut in half. On the inside I used MFT dies: Fishtail Flags and one of their flower dies: Layered Rose. The flower center is Distress Rock Candy dry glitter.

Markers used for her skin are E50, E00, E11 and R20. Hair is YR24, E44 and E25. Her dress is RV11, R85 and R56 and the shoes are E42 and E43. The wood on the furniture legs is Y28 and E44. Shadows are C1, C3 and BV00.

November Cult Challenge

This month's cult sketch challenge use Mojo Monday #259. I used MFT PI Birthday Girl. She is stamped on Copic x-press-it with Memento Black. The card base is SU: Marina Mist and the dp is MME-A Mother's Love. Dies used include: MFT flag, flouish and layered rose. A PTI doily and leaf are also used. Her dress is paperpieced and colored with copics. Dimensionals were used under the dress; I remembers to shade under the dress with W1 this time. Stickles and a pearl were used in the center of the rose.




Copics used for the skin were E50, E00, E11, R20 and BV00. Hair is  Y21, Y35 and E33. The balloon is BG72, BG75 and BG78. Her shoes, dress shadows and ground were W1, W3 and W5. The background is shaded with BG70 and 0.

I also used this sketch (in reverse this time) to make a Thank You card for Anita. She made me the most beautiful beaded doll. You can see her at the end of the beading page. This time I used MFT PI: Blowing Bubbles that just came in my last order. The dp is another from MME callled Bluebell. The cs is copic x-press-it and SU: Indigo and Starfruit. The dies used are MFT doily oval, nestie scallop oval and oval; a MFT flower and a MS border punch. Also used are dimensionals, Stickles (Scattered Straw-for the flower center) and a Sakura Stardust gel pen (blended with an aqua pen over the top of the bubbles). Her skirt is paperpieced and she is colored with copics.










I used  the same colors as above for her skin and hair and background . Her shirt is BG70, BG11 picking up a bit of BG72 and W1. W1 is also used for the ground and skirt shadow. The bubbles are BG70, BG10 and BV00. Her socks are W and 0.

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It's seems like forever since I have had time to color a weekly challenge. For this birthday card I used MFT: Lil Pumpkin. She is stamped on copic x-press-it with black memento ink. The dp is from BoBunny: Apple Cider that I picked up on our last cult road trip. The cs is from SU: expresso and gumball. I used nestie circle and scallop dies and only partial cut the circle so the pumpkin can extend past the border. The ribbon is from my stash.

She is paper pieced and colored with copics. Markers used include: E30, E21, E11 and R02 for skin with BV00 for cast shadows. Her hair is YR23, Y28, and E39. Her paper-pieced dress is shaded with YR23. The stem is YG25, Y28 and YG17. The pumpkin is R23 and YR15 as a base with shading done with YR18 and YR68. The background is Y000 and YR0000. Her hair barette and dress heart is colored with a Melon spica glitter pen.

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This time I played with MFT: Freckles using this week's sketch. She is stamped on X-press-it with memento black ink, paperpieced and colored with copics. The dp is MME, 6 X 6 and called "A Beautiful Life." The cs base is SU: bashful blue and plum is the base layer for the front.

Did you notice that I didn't use the fishtail flags; but I used the small leafy flourish, fresh cut grass border, fence and vertical greetings one. Buttons are used as "flower" accents. I darkened the flourish with YG93 and wish I had used distress ink on the fence.

She is colored in copics: Skin is E50, E00 and E13. Hair is E13, E37, E59 and Y21. Her hair heart is colored in spica glitter: Lavender. Shading on her clothes is BV00 and around the outside is C1. B60 and 0. Her shoes are BV21, BV23, and BV25. The ground is G40 and YG61; the grass is YG63 and YG93.

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Spent the morning running errands and stopping by school to pick up my new rosters and then I headed home to play with the new sketch. I really like this one and have several ideas that I want to try. For this one, the background is SU Midnight Muse dry embossed with the Holtz snowflake folder and layered on white and then onto a Wisteria card base.  I  created some pretty paper by putting Distress stains(broken china and concord) and Perfect Pearl Mist on a craft sheet and the pulling white cs through the inks until it was covered. After drying it, I die cut the paper with MFT Fishtail Flags. I wish the wonderful shine showed more in the photos. The "Joy and Love" sentiment is an oldie from Great Impressions (C-32) that I stamped on one of the flags using black archival ink.

 After stamping MFT's Heart Stripes on neenah with Memento black ink, I colored her with copics,  and layered her using nestability dies and SU paper: Wisteria and Midnight Muse. This is then raised onto a large diecut snowflake (for SU bySizzix) that is cut from SU's glitter paper (my very favorite glitter paper - and the new Champagne color is totally awesome!).  A MFT snowflake die cut from SU glitter paper and decorated with bling (colored with copics: V04 and BG45) finishes the front. 

Her face is colored with E000, E00, E01, R20, R00 and BV00. Her hair is Y21, E15, and E39. Her hair clip is colored with Spica glitter pen in lavender. Her jumper is B32, BG45 and B34. Her striped shirt is BV02, B04 and V04.

Inside is another glitter snowflake from the MFT die layered on a small scallop punch (new one from SU) of midnight muse and then added to another fishtail flag. The inside verse is another oldie, this one is from Embossing Arts (560-J).

SFYTT July 2012 Revisited

I was inspired to use the camera and filmstrip for this monthly challenge. I am happy with how it turned out. I ink MFT's Little Shutterbug with Memento ink and stamped the image on neenah solar white. She is paperpieced and colored with copics. The DP is from echo park and called Happy Days. I also used SU cs: black and River Rock. The camera circles are cut from nesties and raised with a "wobble." The crystal "flash" is colored with copic marker R29. The camera and filmsrip are from MFT. Fishtail flags are used inside and the small circle is from the camera die.

I used some of the same markers for this card as for my other sketch 82 entry: Her skin is from E50, E00, E11, R20 and R00. Her hair is E13, E15, E39 and E59. Her hair clip is spica glitter pen in red.  Her camera is C1, C3, C5 and C7.  She is outlined in BG70.

MFTWSC #82

It's Wednesday again - was busy today and almost forgot it was time for a new challenge. Squeezed some coloring in after taking my DH to the eye doctor and before the next round of company arrived.
Isn't she too cute? This is MFT's "Heart Stripes" that I bought on my last trip to the shop and I used some new BoBunny paper: "Little Miss" that I picked up at Deb's shop yesterday. I had fun; it's not my usual color combinations. The cs is neenah and SU: Chocolate Chip. The ink is Memento. MFT dies are used: Fishtail and Mini Tabs.

I used the following copics to color her skin: E000, E00, E01 and R20. Her hair is E13 and Y21 (over all), E35 and E37. The pink in her outfit is from RV21, RV23 and RV25. The greens are YG03, YG25, and YG63. Her peach jumper is YR61, R20, R02 and a touch of R22. She is outlined in E50. The grass and gound is G40 over Y28 with YG93 and YG95 for grass.

Gone Surfing Again

Deb and I chose this stamp for an upcoming class to teach basic blending, and coloring skin and hair with copics. She is stamped on white neenah with Memento's Tuxedo Black. The dp is from Authentique: Fresh and the CS is SU Real Red, Sahara Sand and Saffron.

The Sun is an older Sizzix original die. The sun has been blended with Distress Ink: Old Paper. The inside of the sun is covered with Stickles Distress: Scattered Straw. Several MFT dies are used: the wave and wonky borders and the image is stamped on the new rounded banner.


The copics used for her skin are E50, E00, E11 and R20. Her blond hair is Y21, YR23, and E33. Her Suit is from R22, R24, R27 and B91, BG32, B93. The board shadow and ground is W1 and 0. The background shadow is BG70 and 0

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I went to Heather Ellis's website and after a bit of confusion and then quickly receiving a clarifying  email from her; I ordered three new digi images of her Pure Innocence line. You can find digi images at her etsy shop.  Here is the mermaid image 038 that I printed on white neenah for this week's challenge. The dp is from Authentique and the "Fresh" collection. The cardstock is SU: crumb and red; as are the pearls and dimensionals. There is a touch of glossy accents on the starfish in her hair. The sentiments are from MFT and stamped in Memento. The dies are MFT wave border and sentiment strips; the shell is an older one from Sizzix.





She is colored in copics. Her skin is E21, E11 and R02. Her hair is E43, E57 and E47. Her outfit is R14, R24, R27 and B91, BG45, B93, BG72 and W3. The shell in her hand is E42, BV00 and R02.

SFYTTJuly2012

Found a new challenge to try - it's a monthly challenge that you can find here. Different companies sponsor the challenge and this month it's MFT. I needed a birthday card and so here is my creation. Birthday Girl is a new release this month. She is stamped on neenah using Memento ink. The ribbon and cardstock are from SU: melon mambo and pool party. The dp is from lilybeedesign and called "Victorian Park." Several dies were used: the circles and scalloped circles are nesties; MFT dies include hexagons and sentiment strips. She is paperpieced and colored with copics.







Her skin is E000, E00, E01 and R20, R00. Hair is E41, E42, and E55. The balloon is shadowed in R81 and her dress in BG10. The background shadow is BG70.


I am thinking that she needs some bling - maybe some tiny pearls along the seam of her dress.

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I was putting off meeting this challenge until I could ink up my new stamps;  this new July release is called Birthday Girl and she is stamped on neenah with tuxedo black by memento. She is paper pieced with Memory Box dp and colored with copics. The card base is SU cardstock: Real Red. The balloon is pop dotted at the top and her skirt includes a second layer that is raised at the bottom. (The added dimension and the light I used to photograph her gave the cast shadow over her legs.)

Her skin is colored with E50, E00, E11, R20 and R00. Her hair is Y21, YR23 and E97. The balloon is Y11, Y13, and YR31. Her shoes are R14, R24 and R27 with C3, C5, and C7. The grass is G20, G82 and YG63. The background shadow is BG10 and BG70.

Several MFT dies were used: fishtail flags stax, sentiment strips, flower trio, the new petals, and Prima Donna.

She came out real sweet  and just in time for my friend's birthday - and red is her favorite color.

MFT Thank You

The "Cult" had a wonderful time at the MFT Boutique this past Friday. Brianna was our instructor for a flip book make-and-take. She did an awesome job and was so patient and gracious. We definitely enjoyed our class and shopping visit. I made her this "Calendar Card" as a thank you. I fogot to add the year to the card; but it starts now until next June.

All images are stamped on white neenah and stamped in black memento. The cardstock card base is from SU. The images are all mounted on one the MFT Vertical Greetings  dies. The images are colored in copics, paperpieced and fussy cut. The calendars were printed onto white cs at 55% from calendarlab.com.

The first image for summer uses the new PI release: Surf Chick. The paper is from Authentique: "Fresh". Additional MFT dies were used for the sand and waves at the bottom.

Her skin is E21, E11, E13 and R02. Her hair is E97, E08 and E15. Her board is shadowed in W1. The red in her suit is R14, R24 and R27. The teal is BG72, BG75 and BG78.

The fall image is Li'l Pumpkin. The paper is from My Mind's Eye: Indie Chic in "Citron." Her skin is E50, E00, E21, R20 and R00. Her hair is Y21, YR23, and E35. The pumpkin is colored in YR12, YR15 and YR18. The pumpkin stem and her shoes are done in YR23, E35 and G82. Her dress is shaded in G82. Crystal effects was added to the heart in her dress and her hair barette. Pearls were colored and added at the bottom.

2013 starts with the PI image: Love You with All My Heart. My Mind's Eye collection of Lost and Found in "Blush" is the paper used. Stardust Stickles is added to the heart and barette. SU seam binding in Crumb is the bow at the base. Her skin is colored in E50, E00, E21, R20 and R00. Her hair is E35, E37, and E59. Her shoes and dress are colored with R83, R85 and R39.

Spring is represented by the You're So Tweet image and paper from Memory Box: Viola. Skin is colored with E000, E00, E01, R20 and R00. Her blonde hair is E30, YR21 and E42. Shoes and dress shading and band are colored with BV00, BV02 and BV04. Turquoise spica adds glitz to her hair the heart. The little bird is Y13, Y15, and Y19.

This is a regular card size (cut 4 1/4 x ll and scored at 5 1/2) with the fold at the top. The "easel" measures 3x6 and is scored every two inches. The sits very nicely and is so easy to change. The flaps of the easel just tuck under the top layer of paper.

REMEMBER not to glue across the bottom when layering your card so the easel will slide under the paper.