If you are coming to my blog, the photos were all accidentally deleted. I feel a considerable loss about this. Well wishes to you all and I hope that if there is a photo you need you will do an Internet, Pinterest, or Google search for it. 

Best wishes!

Lisa

Welcome back friends! I hope that you all are staying warm and cozy. Today I'm back as a guest designer for my beloved MFT.  I had fun creating this card for them!

Sometimes I get in a bit of a color rut. Traditional seasonal colors tend to dominate when I sit down to create. For today's card I challenged myself to use what my brain thinks of as a Summer color combination. This card was created as a birthday card for my daughter's 16th birthday, which was yesterday. I wanted it to be light and cheery like she is!

Snow Special is the cutest little penguin stamp set. I am always so grateful for the coordinating die-namics and Snow Special Die-namics is no exception.
Because I was stamping specifically for someone I thought of her and the colors that she likes. She's also a sparkle loving young lady. She's a friendly girl too so that inspired the cluster of penguins ice skating together. Ice skating was also an activity that she did this weekend! When I create for someone specifically I really love the inspiration I get. It's a great way to get those creative juices flowing.

Yes, I continue with my obsession with Wonky Stitched Rectangle STAX. The just add to any whimsy you want on a card.

As far as the colors that I based everything on I used Peach Bellini, Sno Cone, and Blue Raspberry card stock. I colored these little cuties in with a few Copic Markers and added glitter to the hats for that shine I was looking for. The glittered strips were added to tie into to bands on the hats.

Try it! Think of a favorite Summer color combo and winterize it! 

Slide on over to the MFT Blog to check out all the other fun things they have going on over there!

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Welcome back friends! It's SO fun to be stamping a little again. Today I'm guest blogging over on the MFT Blog too. It's sure great to peek in on my stamping family!

I was SUPER excited when I saw this BEAUTIFUL new die. Snowflake Window Die-namics takes the cake with it's beautiful elegance and ease of use. I just HAD to use it as the focus of my projects today.

I love glitter. Yes, it might just be silly at my age to be excited to play with it, but it's a fact. When I saw this die I mentally screamed "GLITTER!". One of my favorite things to use in creating with glitter is Scor-Pal's single sheet adhesive. I like to back window dies like this one and just dump glitter all over it. I also press in the glitter to really make it set in. It's so pretty and sparkly in person!
There are a few other fun layering elements that I've used today to frame the Snowflake Window on this card. Thank goodness for the Wonky Stitched Rectangle STAX and A2 Rectangle STAX set 1 that always come to mind for a whimsical, yet elegant type of card. I've also used the sweet sentiment is from the new Beautiful Blessings stamp set.

I decided to create this coordinating tag using Tall Tag Duo and MORE GLITTER! I will write in something when I put it on a plate of cookies this season. It would make a good bookmark too.

I just love the cool and festive that the Sno Cone card stock is with the Smooth White, crisp and clean!

Well, that's a wrap for today. I hope that if you aren't a glitter gal, that you will give it a try. It really makes this beautiful Snowflake Window Die-namics pop! Head on over to the MFT blog... there is SO much inspiration over there!

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Welcome back friends! I've taken a bit of a break from cardmaking and it's good to be back! Today I'm jumping into the fun with....

To start off I created this holiday card using Die-namics Fa la la and Die-namics Delightful Deer. I die cut the Fa la la using Whip Cream cardstock and layered onto Jelly Bean. Wild Cherry letters were alternately used to fill in some of the negative space.

I adore the little Cardinal in this set. I think it would be fun to make a Blue Jay too. The glittered snow pile the deer is standing in is the mountain die from the Free with $60 Die-namics Mountain High.

Die-namics Perfect Poinsettia takes center stage on this next card. Each flower petal is sponged with pink ink. I love the unique poinsettia variety that is like this. I can never have them in my house because of my three cats. The flower sits on a Die-namics Stitched Mini Scallop Square STAX layer.
I also used the Die-namics Filled with Joy for the die-cut sentiment. Whip Cream, Jelly Bean Green, and Sour Apple cardstock are used on this card.

That was fun to jump into the groove again and get a little inky. There are lots of fun ideas out there. Head on over to MFT's MFT & Friends Blog post to see who all is sharing them today!

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Welcome back, Friends! I hope that you all are having a lovely spring. I'm enjoying all the beautiful colors that are springing up.

I'm back again to share a guest post for my favorite company, my stamping home... MFT! I really love these new images and had a lot of fun creating with them.

One of my very favorite ways to add color to linear stamp images is Outline Coloring. I use a Copic Marker to outline the image on coordinating colored card stock, then tightly trim the image, and finally layer the trimmed image onto a white coordinating die cut that been stamped with the image.

Here is the sweet girl turtle from the Too-Cute Turtles stamp set. There are several layers on this final turtle image.

The head/neck, shell, and feet/body are all separate layers. The head/neck is the top layer and the shell is trimmed with part of the head section of the image still there. This photo shows the details.
When I use multiple layers with this technique I also like to line the outside of the image on the middle layer. It's nice to add some extra depth this way.

Here is another example of this technique with the sweet frog from the Toad-ally Awesome stamp set with just a single layer. 

I also added a few decorative dots on the frog.

I really like Outline Coloring. I like coloring images 100% too, but this is a nice change. Give this technique a try. It's especially great if you are intimidated by coloring but really love linear images. (This card also uses Bold Blossoms stamp set and die-namics.)

Make sure to head over to the MFT Blog to see what's been going on over there and for a full supply list.

Let me know if you have any questions. 

Thanks for poppying by, friends!