Still Crafting--Surprise, Surprise!

Pretty much every day is WCMD for me, but I love having extra challenges to celebrate "the" day.  Mr Random MFT didn't find me, but you never know about the others out there, including Winnie & Walter--one of my favorite companies.  They're so generous with lots of prizes, have the challenges open a week & even let people use any products they want.  First is my Craftie showing me at my table Saturday morning with my stack of W&W products. 

I'm holding my warm up project from the night before.  It's my entry for W&W Rerun No. 24. 

I fell in love with Lydia's card, so made my version using a SSS Village die, greenery from W&W In Bloom: Frenchy's Festive Florals & sentiment from Big, Bold Seasons.  The inks are Field Greens, Ripe Avocado, Ocean Tides & Love Letter.  I added a white dot to the berries & covered them with Crystal Laquer.  The roof top has a bit of Frosted Lace Stickles & the gold behind the windows is brushed with Wink of Stella.  Fun to make a smaller card this time.  I'm also entering Christmas Card Challenges & SSS Flickr 81.  

Edited to add: Also entering SSS WCMD.

I started with the 4th W&W WCMD challenge--Anything But A Card.  My project is a holiday magnet made with a foiled Sizzix die cut that's been sitting in my back room for ages waiting for me to get inspired. 

The cute little die cut & stamped snowflakes are from W&W Big, Bold Seasons & I double clear embossed them.  The background is debossed with a Darice folder & I used In Bloom: Frenchy's Festive Florals for the stamped & die cut word. 

This will be added to my magnet collection on the fridge for the holidays.  At least I'll have one decoration up the day after Thanksgiving--haha!  I'm also entering SSS Wednesday.  Thanks so much for taking time to stop by.

MFT WCMD Challenges

I did it--got the 4 MFT WCMD challenges completed in time!  Now fingers crossed that Mr MFT Random will find me--great prizes!
#1: Rainbow

Used my Mini MISTI to stamp the cute bird & the separate wing from MFT Contempo Cage.  The Memento inks are Love Letter, Morocco, Dandelion, Cottage Ivy & Nautical Blue.  The sentiment is MFT High Rise Lower Case Alphabet.  The wavy edge is done with MFT Wavy Edge.  I'm also entering SSS WCMD.

#2 Dies Only

I inked MFT Spring Wreath with DIs evergreen bough & iced spruce.  The white dots are done with an extra fine Sharpie.  Finally tried sponging a card front going from dark to light leaving the top white--really like the look.  The bow comes with the wreath & I sponged it with DI festive berries to match the card.  MFT High Rise Lower Case Alphabet dies were cut from cardstock & glitter paper.  Couldn't resist using some of my huge collection of gems, including the one on the bow.  Looks like a black dot in the center, but trust me, it's a clear gem.  I'm also entering Christmas Card Challenges, HLS Christmas, SSS Wednesday & SSS WCMD.

#3: Numbers

Finally opened the pack of Heidi Swapp stickers I bought ages ago.  Luckily, they included numbers & pieces I could use for a percent symbol.  They're meant to be colored with spray mists, so that's what I did. 

Boy do I love the Delusions Vibrant Turquoise--gotta make more use of it.  The background is MFT Geometric Grid silver embossed & MFT In & Out Stitched Rounded Squares cut the panel & the card.  I silver embossed the Verve word die & placed it into the negative I'd cut from the panel.  Fun little card for a blogging friend.  I'm also entering SSS WCMD.

#4: Make & Mail

Hurrah--finally opened my MFT Desert Bouquet stamp set.  I stamped the greenery in DI bundled sage & the dots in weathered wood on linen cardstock.  The bundled sage was lightly sponged over the images & the Hero Arts 2003 sentiment was stamped in Versafine Vintage Sepia using my old fashioned stamp positioning tool.  The stitching is done with Lil' Inker stitched rectangle.  No bling as I prefer simple & understated for sympathy cards.  The envelope is addressed & I'll mail it tomorrow.  I'm also entering SSS WCMD & CropStop.  Thanks so much for taking time to get through this long post.  I'll be catching up on your blogs soon.

Late Again!

I'm on a roll--2 late posts in one day!  Di asked for volunteers to GD for The Snippets Playground & it's my turn.  Most of my scraps are white cardstock, but I was determined to use printed paper for my card. 

Luckily, I had cut into some of the beautiful sheets in the DCWV Harvest House paper pack & had these scraps.  I used one of the dies in Spellbinders A2 Curved Borders One--a fabulous prize I won in The Playground!  No stamping on my card as there's a page of sentiments in the paper pack.  I backed this one with Heidi Swapp gold glitter tape.  Thanks to Di for having me & I'll be visiting my fellow playmates.  I'm entering SSS WCMD.  Thanks so much for taking time to stop by.

Happy WCMD!

Oops!  Forgot to do my DT post, but at least I didn't forget to make a card & put it on the PBSC blog--haha!  Our theme is to use pearls &/or lace--love both. 

My card uses 2 old PB stamps: twinkling & illumination.   I gold embossed the tree & stamped the sentiment in brown.  For once, my brown splatters came out small like I wanted.  Haven't done a "junk bow" in a long time--so fun to use bits of lace, ribbon & thread anchored with a big pearl.  Lots of fun activities for World Card Making Day & I'll add this card to the SSS link up.  I'm also entering Allsorts & Stamplorations Theme (my 2 colors are gold & brown).  Thanks so much for taking time to stop by.

Autumn Wishes

I had a card with leaves in mind when I first saw the Sept W&W Color Combo.  Couldn't get it to work, but I was able to  make a winter note card.  Really loved the neutral monochromatic background, so I used the same 3 Distress Inks, but sponged them on a card front instead of smooshing. 

Then I stamped a variety of images from In Bloom: Renee's Leaves using the same inks.  DI candied apple was used for the splatters & for the die cut word shadow.  The die cut & stamped words are from The Big, the Bold & Seasons.  The top die cut was sponged with the same inks as the background.  Fun to make matching twine by sponging with candied apple.  I seldom add buttons anymore, so glad to pull out one I've had for years.  It was a bit too shiny & gray, but inking with a COPIC solved that.  I'm also entering Word Art Wednesday.  Thanks so much for taking time to stop by.

NBUS Bonus Day

Thankfully, Darnell added a day to NBUS Challenge #12.  I've intended to use the Just Rite Christmas set I bought around 5 years ago for the last several NBUS challenges, but never did.  I was told to just attach the unmounted stamps to an acrylic block with poster tape.  I've done that several times with some of my many unmounted stamps.  However, the stamp I chose from this set would only partially stamp & since I was running out of time, I just used scissors to trim out the center with the sentiment which stamped OK. 

The embossing powder is Liquid Platinum.  I framed it with MFT Stitched Oval Scallop Frames cut from white cardstock & fun foam.  Can't remember using these dies, so think it's NBUS, too.  Everything is attached to a Spellbinders oval cut from navy linen cardstock.  I used a very old Cuttlebug embossing folder on the card front & added 3 PPP Marshmallow sequins as I didn't want anything flashy.  Simple card as my mojo seems to have left me.  I'm also entering SSS Wednesday.  Thanks so much for taking time to stop by.

Bold Blossom Hugs

Would love to win a gift certificate for Ellen Hutson, so I made a last minute entry for the EH Pin-Sights challenge.  The inspiration is beautiful, but I have very few EH products.  Thankfully I have the Bold Blossom dies which I cut from a scrap of Bristol paper so I could color with my Zigs. 

I picked 3 peach/pink & 3 blue markers & blended with water.  The blooms were spritzed with Perfect Pearls.  I used a couple Zigs to get as close as possible to the goldish color & colored a strip of watercolor paper with them.  I used the same 2 markers to splatter the card front.  SSS Painted Hugs was cut from gray cardstock, stacked 3 high & clear embossed.  I mounted the white panel with fun foam & embellished with PPP clear dots.  I'm also entering SSS Flickr Challenge 81 & The Playground.

Hard to believe we woke up to the tragedy in Las Vegas.  Just when you think things can't get worse, something else happens.  My heart goes out to everyone involved & again we're reminded not to take life for granted.  Thanks so much for taking time to stop by.