MFT Stamps Summer School Session 3 – Lesson 13 Design: Hard vs. Soft

Well, I’m half way through this session of My Favorite Things Stamps Summer School.

This is Lesson 13 on Design: Hard vs. Soft, which they define like this:

For every hard line or edge you place on a card, the design is balanced by some softness, whether it be from a texture (like a ribbon) or a shape (like a circle); too much hard or soft might not work.

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Here’s my card where the hard bricks, doghouse, fire hydrant and sandpaper lane are offset by the soft felt grass, dog, balloon and twine string.

Materials used:

• MFT Stamps: You Make My Tail Wag & Heart Balloons stamp sets
• MFT Stamps: Small Brick Stencil
• Color Box Classic Pigment ink
• Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Barn Door
• Tombow Dual Brush Pens – 195, 723, 761, 856, 992, 977, N15, N8
• Versamark ink
• Recollections Detail Embossing Powder – Ebony
• Ranger Glossy Accents
• Sakura Pigma Micron pen .03  black
• 3M 60 grit sandpaper
• Misc. cardstock, felt, twine and adhesives

If you want to learn more, or download their Study Guide, you can go here:  http://mftstamps.com/blog/summer-school-its-your-turn-to-learn-hard-vs-soft/

And, since this is a great card to give to a sweet young high school student for a good chuckle, I’m also entering it in Simon Says Stamp’s Wednesday Challenge: Back to School, which you can find here:  http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-back-to-school-2/

Thanks for checking in again today!

– D.Ann

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