Upcycled Starbucks MFT Walking on Sunshine Friendship Card

Hello again! I just couldn’t wait until tomorrow to post this card, so I’m back already. ; ) The Summer 2017 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop is in full swing.

During the spring hop, I saw some cute cards done using the spring coffee cups from Starbucks, but my stores didn’t have them yet. When they finally came in, I snagged a yellow one which I thought was bright and sunny for summer. And when the recent sticker collecting promotion ended, I asked my local manager for some of those fab watercolor-look leftover frap stickers and he kindly obliged.

 

I took some inspiration from MFT’s Sketch Challenge, added a couple of travelling birds from South America (SSS Monday Challenge) and out comes a fun up-cycled summer card. Another serendipitous moment came when I was looking through my stash for some red embossing powder to match the card and came up empty. Brain fog kept me from remembering to just stamp in red and use clear embossing powder. I tried  a neon pink, but it didn’t look right. Then I went over it with a Copic marker… I love the burning after glow the neon left. Unfortunately the camera just doesn’t catch it as well as the eye does in real life. You’ll just have to come over to see it!

 

Materials used:

• My Favorite Things BB Polynesian Paradise stamp set
• Core’dinations Parisian Nights A2 card & white cardstock
• Memento Tuxedo Black dye ink
• Copic Markers: B24,29; BV02; C3,5,7;R29,35; Y13,15,17,35; YR04
• Tonic Studios Nuvo Crystal Drops Navy Blue
• Pigma Micron 005 green archival ink pen
• Tsukineko Versamark ink
• Recollections Opaque Neon embossing powder: Neon Pink
• Tombow Xtreme permanent Adhesive
• Starbucks cup and stickers
• Laura’s Loft glitter pearl stickers

I am playing along with the following challenges… click on any one of them for more information on how you can join the fun…

• Summer 2017 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop
• MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge – Sketch 338
• Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Let’s Take a Vacation

Thank you so much for stopping by! Now off you pop to keep on hoppin’!

~D.Ann

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MFT Camp Create – Divine Dry Embossing – Sunny Smiles Card

Hello and welcome back to another session from My Favorite Things Camp Create – Divine Dry Embossing.  This one also dovetails nicely with Marker Pop’s Challenge #101: Embossing.

I’m pleased with how this fun summer card turned out. (See also Simon Says Stamp’s Wednesday Challenge: Summer Fun.)

Love the peridot green in that funky chameleon that I colored based on a picture of a real chameleon. (See Simon Says Stamp’s Work-it-Wednesday July 2016: Peridot)

I really like the depth the dry embossed border gives against the color blended/masked border! Not to mention that thin contrasting border around the card front. (See Simon Says Stamp’s Wednesday Challenge: Make for the Border) I hope you can see it better here:

That earns me another badge from Camp Create:

Supplies:

• My Favorite Things Jumbo Peek-a-Boo Circles Windows Die-namics dies & BB Polynesian Paradise stamps
• Papertrey Ink cardstock and dye inks: Orange Zest and Summer Sunrise
• Coredinations white cardstock
• Copic Markers:
  • Flower: G02; Y13, 17, 32; YG61, 63; YR02, 04
  • Chameleon: BG15, 45; G02; Y15, YR04
• EK Success Corner Rounder punch
• Tombow mono adhesive

I am participating in the following challenges – click on any one for more information:

• My Favorite Things Camp Create – Divine Dry Embossing
• Marker Pop’s Challenge #101: Embossing
• Simon Says Stamp’s Monday Challenge: Summer Fun
• Simon Says Stamp’s Work-it-Wednesday July 2016: Peridot
• Simon Says Stamp’s Wednesday Challenge: Make for the Border
• CropStop Linky Party #19: Anything Goes (MFT stamps and dies)

I’ll be right back with the next session’s card.

~D.Ann

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MFT Camp Create – Background Bonanza – Thank You for Hospitality Card

Phew! I didn’t think I’d get caught up on posting today, but I made it. Yay! Thank you all so much for your patience!

So, this is the final post for My Favorite Things Camp Create.

It was a fun week. Hopefully next time I won’t get behind on posting. The final session was Background Bonanza – all about making your own backgrounds. For a long time I’ve wanted to do a tone-on-tone background, so decided to try it with this card. I think it really makes the colors of the bird and white kitty pop:

I giggle at the thought of the kitty providing a perch being viewed as hospitality!

So, here’s the final badge earned and now I have all 5:

 

Congrats to MFT stamps on their 10th anniversary and thanks for all the fab celebrations! Wishing them all the best in the decade to come.

Materials used:

• My Favorite Things BB Polynesian Paradise & BB I Knead You stamp sets
• Memento  Angel Pink and Tuxedo Black dye inks
• Copic Markers: B05, 24; C3, 5; G09, R24, 32; RV02; Y13, 15, 17; YR04, 07
• Recollections pink and white cardstock
• Misc. Adhesives.

I’m playing along with the following challenges – click on any you’re interested in for more information:

• My Favorite Things Camp Create – Background Bonanza
• Virginia’s View Challenge – All About Color 
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge- Things with Wings
• D.L. Art July Linky Challenge – anything goes
• CropStop Linky Party #18 – Anything Goes
• The Daily Marker’s 30 day Coloring Challenge (via Instagram) 

That’s all for today! Finally!! ; )

If I’m feeling up to it, I should have several posts for you on Saturday for Stamp-a-faire… Hope to see you then!

~D.Ann

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MFT Camp Create – Magnificent Masking – Hello, Sunshine Card

Here I am yet again with a card from the next session of My Favorite Things Camp Create

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This session was on Magnificent Masking.

I masked this two ways… First I used Fineline masking fluid on the stamped images. Toucans are one of my favorite birds (tied with pelicans and hummingbirds). I met several when I lived in South America and they’re quite gregarious. I giggle with him sitting on a pineapple… the fruit of summer – liquid sunshine!

Then, I used a stencil to mask off the concentric circles representing sun rays.

Then I sponged two colors of distress inks over the masks.

Here’s the badge earned for this session:

 

Materials used:

• My Favorite Things BB Polynesian Paradise stamp set
• My Favorite Things Concentric Circles stencil
• Memento Tuxedo Black & Pear Tart dye inks
• Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Inks: Mustard Seed & Spiced Marmalade
• Copic Markers: B29, 69; C3, 7; R29; Y13, 15, 17, 28; YG61, 63; YR04, 07
• Recollections white and orange cardstock, shimmer card
• Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L E-Z Runner permanent adhesive

I’m playing along with the following challenges – click on any you’re interested in for more information:

• My Favorite Things Camp Create – Magnificent Masking
• Virginia’s View Challenge – All About Color 
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge- Things with Wings
• D.L. Art Thursday Challenge #184 – Summer Foods
• D.L. Art July Linky Challenge – anything goes
• CropStop Linky Party #18 – Anything Goes
• The Daily Marker’s 30 day Coloring Challenge (via Instagram) 

I’ll be right back with the final card from the camp: Background Bonanza.

~D.Ann

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MFT Camp Create – Coloring on Kraft – You Are Beautiful Card

Welcome back already!

The next session of My Favorite Things Camp Create was Coloring on Kraft paper.

I love hibiscus and frangipani (plumeria) flowers… we have them in abundance in S. FL! I pulled out my new Irojiten Neon colored pencils… I think they’ll show up much better on black. Someday I want to try this same layout on black and compare them. As slow as I’m moving lately, don’t hold your breath.

Here’s the badge earned for this creative session:

  

Materials used:

• My Favorite Things BB Polynesian Paradise & Simply Fabulous Sayings stamp sets
• Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
• Tombow Irojiten Neon colored pencils: Plastic Pink F1; Surprise Red F2; Dazzling Sun F5; Lightning Yellow F7; Flash Green F9
• Crayola white colored pencil
• Sakura Gelly Roll pen, white
• Recollections kraft and white cardstock
• Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L E-Z runner permanent adhesive

If you’re interested in playing along in of any of the following challenges I’m joining, click on any one of them for more details:

• My Favorite Things Camp Create – Coloring on Kraft
• Virginia’s View Challenge – All About Color 
• CropStop Linky Party #18 – Anything Goes
• The Daily Marker’s 30 day Coloring Challenge (via Instagram) 

I’m going to rest a bit and then I’ll be back with the card from the next session: Inlaid Made Easy. Don’t go far… : )

~D.Ann

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MFT Camp Create – Wonderful Watercolor – Sunny Smiles Card

Well, I managed to get one post done. Let’s hope the rest roll smoothly.

Day three at the MFT Camp Create summer camp crafting tent focused on Wonderful Watercolor. And Virginia’s View still has the All About Colors Challenge going on.

This was my first time trying to do a fine watercolor with my Kuretake Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens… I still need MUCH more practice with watercolors, but here’s the finished product:

I love Frangipanis! They’re so exotic and make me think of travelling to Hawaii and the Orient. Here in Florida, they’re mostly yellow and white. In South America we had more pink/orange/yellow, like these. I also fell in love with the bright and colorful toucans in South America. The ones I came across were quite gregarious and would follow you if you walked away. This stamp set just makes me smile with fond memories! : )

I am very thankful that I have a Tombow Mono Sand Eraser… a couple of times I had disasters where my colors bled terribly out into the background. After panicking, I blotted the area and, when dry, used the eraser — you can hardly tell where the spots are – and, no, it’s not where the sentiment is… that actually looks fine in real life… don’t know why it looks funky in the pic — crazy!

Badge #3 earned!

  

Materials used:

• My Favorite Things BB Polynesian Paradise stamp set
• Canson Cold Press Watercolor paper
• Recollections Shimmer card
• Memento dye ink – Tuxedo Black
• Kuretake Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens: 010, 022, 025, 026, 031, 032, 050, 093, 095
• Recollection Shimmer Card
• Tombow adhesive dots,  Tombow Xtreme permanent adhesive and Tombo Mono Sand Eraser

If you want to play along, with this or the other challenges I’m entering below, just click on the description for more information.

• My Favorite Things Camp Create – Wonderful Watercolor
• Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday – SUNSHINE
• Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – World Traveler
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Animal Magic
• Virginia’s View Challenge #22 – All About Colors
• CropStop Linky Party #17 – Anything Goes

I’ll be right back with another post…

~D.Ann

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