Party!

I love this sketch from the Sketch Challenge at MFT! There will probably be another card coming soon and here it is! I am working at (practicing) water coloring. Kristina Werner and Jennifer McGuire sure make it look easy! For my previous card I worked on using water colors for the background, for this card I used the water colors to paint the birds from the Toucan Do It stamp set. My last name is Flach - pronounced "flock". I HAD to have this stamp set since there are a slew of us Flachs! I also used the Moroccan die and cut it out of an alcohol inked background that didn't turn out the way I had planned but worked perfect for this. 

I am entering this card in the following challenge:
MFT Sketch Challenge - #395
SSS Anything Goes

Anniversary Card

I love this sketch from the Sketch Challenge at MFT! There will probably be another card coming soon. I am working at (practicing) water coloring. Kristina Werner and Jennifer McGuire sure make it look easy! So I was watching a video by Jennifer McGuire on ink lifting with alcohol inks. I did that with the flower but my background got kind of wrecked. So on the Kristina Werner and her video on water color backgrounds. It didn't turn out like hers but I am working on it. I do love the sketch! The beautiful laced background is from MFT called Moroccan Die. I love this die and will be using it again. This card is for my sister and her husband. 

I am entering this card in the following challenge:
MFT Sketch Challenge
SSS Anything Goes

Confetti Fun

Confetti Fun! I made this for one of my young grandsons. I thought he would think this is a fun card. I thought these cute elephants were from MFT but I was wrong although they have a set with elephants very similar to these. It is called Adorable Elephants 

I am entering this card in the following challenge:
MFT Birthday Project

Watercolor Flower

I really do like to use watercolors. It is a nice change from Copic coloring and colored pencils. It is also not quite as exacting. I created the background with some distress inks and the Waves Stencil from SSS. The flower is from GKD called A Year of Flowers 2 and the sentiment is also from GKD called Wealth of Wishes.

I am entering this card in the following challenge:
SSS Anything Goes
SSS Work it Wednesday

Birthday Fun

I totally had fun with this card. It shines and sparkles and shakes and turned out better than I had hoped. I used some paper that I had foiled as the background for the shaker and for the bow. The Birthday Chicks stamps from MFT was just too cute to pass up for this card. I made this for my friend who will totally appreciate this. I used the Gift Shaker also from MFT and filled it with some sparkly gold and silver foil hearts. 

This card is being submitted to the following challenge:

MFT - Birthday Challenge

MFT - Sketch Challenge #394

SSS - Monday Sparkle Challenge

Yay - it's Your Day

Yay is such a fun die from My Favorite Things, I find myself reaching for it often. This is perfect for a teen birthday card. I used an alcohol ink background that had some silver foil added to it. 

This card is being submitted to the following challenge:

Simon Says - Use Die or Punch

MFT Color #97

These colors were a bit of a challenge for me. I am more of a bright colors than the soft and muted colors especially since I chose to go with one of the adorable Toucans and my brand new balloons. This is just a fun card and no idea who I am going to mail it to, yet. 

I used the following adorable stamp set from MFT. 
Stamps: Toucan Do It

The word die is from Happy Greetings
The balloons coordinate with the I Heart Celebrating
The Hello came from a Simon Says Stamp set. I love that script.

This card is being submitted to the following challenge:

MFT Color #97: MFT Color

MFT Sketch

I am going to be a grandma - again. Yeah!!! The shower is next week and they do NOT want to know if they are having a boy or a girl. So this is the card I came up with. I also made it work for my second entry for the Sketch challenge over on the MFT blog. 

I used the following adorable stamp set from MFT. 

Stamps: Welcome Baby
The die called Clothesline (I think). 

This card is being submitted to the following challenge:

MFT Sketch #392: MFT Sketch

MFT Sketch Challenge

Sometimes a challenge can throw me for a loop, this sketch really stumped me for a while. In my family I have many birthdays, especially grandchildren, so making a birthday card usually gets me out of a slump. I also love playing with alcohol inks. So the background piece helped me out with this one. And who can resist this shark?!?!

I used the following adorable stamp set from MFT. 

Stamps: Beach Buds
The die was one I had. 

This card is being submitted to the following challenge:

MFT Sketch #392: MFT Sketch

SSS Color Challenge

Yeah - I am back again - this time with a Red White Blue thank you card. I made this card for friends who hosted the 4th of July gathering this year.

I used some adorable stamps and dies from MFT. 

Stamps: A Tweet Hello
Die: Birdbath

This card is being submitted to the following challenge:

SSS - Color Challenge

MFT - Summer School

I have been struggling with making the time to get back into doing challenges and keeping up my blog. So once again I am restarting this blog. I have updated some aspects of it and I am re-committed! 

I discovered My Favorite Things recently and decided to participate in some of their challenges - the Summer School week has been really fun! I only have a few of their stamp sets (so far!) so a few are a little limited in variety. Thank goodness my sister is a new card making recruit and we are sharing some stamp sets. 

This card is for today's entry focusing on symmetry. 

I used the Doodled Blooms stamp sets from MFT. The sentiment is GKD. I colored the flowers quickly with my Copics and added some GKD crystalline drops for the center of the flowers.

This card is being submitted to the following challenge:

MFT - Summer School - Symmetry