MFT Missing You Card

Hi all!

I'm back with another card video today. I'm sharing one of the cards I made for my Card Sets that I gave to friends and family at Christmas. This one was inspired by the MFT Design Team Member Karin Akesdotter. You can see her original blog post here. I saw her card and fell in love with the beautiful softness of it, but wanted more flower colors. I was looking to make another missing you card and thought this one would be perfect!

I have loved the MFT Four Way Chevron cover plate since it came out, but I just never ordered it. My friend Betsy knew how much I wanted it, and got it for me for Christmas!! Yay!! I instantly pulled it out and started playing with it that night after finding Karin's card :)

The flowers were colored using my distress inks and mini blending tools. I used Mermaid Lagoon and Peacock Feathers for the blue flower, Tattered Rose and Worn Lipstick for the pink, Shaded Lilac for the purple, and Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn for the leaves. I sprayed them with some Tsukineko 0.5-Fluid-Ounce All Purpose Ink, Champagne Mist which I have found at Amazon if you would like to get your hands on it!!!! I'm going to need to stock up on this and maybe try some other colors!!! This stuff is fabulous! You can see the beautiful shine on this picture!

 Because I used my mini blending tools to create some colored areas with distress inks, every flower that I cut out came out different! I just love how you can see the different tones in all the flowers, especially in this picture.

 Anyway, I cut my blended flowers out using the MFT Scribble Roses die. I then took some Stick It paper, placed it on the back of some Stamper's Select White, and cut out the MFT Scribble Roses Overlay die so they would already be backed with adhesive. 

I used the Papertrey Ink Limitless Layers 2 1/4 inch ovals die to create a place to put my sentiment. I stamped the "miss you" from MFT's Written in Watercolor using Versafine Onyx Black Ink. 

After I placed a vellum layer behind my cover plate, and popping it up with some foam adhesive, I used dimensionals to pop up my flowers and my sentiment. I added some bling using Stampin' Up Jewels and some enamel dots from My Style Stamps and Freckled Fawn. I placed the whole thing on a Fresh Snow Linen Cardstock base.

On the inside, I used the Papertrey Ink Tucked in: Thinking of You stamp set to stamp a sentiment in Altenew's Lavender Fields.

That's my finished card! I hope you guys enjoy, and I'll be back again soon with a quick tip for the Papertrey Ink Moment's Inked Planner :)

Papertrey Ink - Fresh Snow Linen Cardstock	PTI - Stamper's Select White CS	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad MERMAID LAGOON Ranger TIM43256	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad PEACOCK FEATHERS Ranger TDP40064
Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad WORN LIPSTICK Ranger TDP40309	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad TATTERED ROSE Ranger TDP40224	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad SHADED LILAC Ranger TDP40170	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad TWISTED CITRON Ranger TIM43294
Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad MOWED LAWN Ranger TDP40033	Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS IBT40965	Ranger MINI ROUND FOAM REFILLS for Mini Round Ink Blending Tools IBT40972	Altenew - Lavendar Fields Crisp Dye Ink
Tsukineko VersaFine ONYX BLACK Ink Pad VF-82	Papertrey Ink - Tucked In: Thinking of You	MFT - Written in Watercolor	MFT Scribble Roses Die-namics
MFT - Scribble Roses Overlay Die-namics	MFT - Four Way Chevron Cover Up Die-namics	Stampin' Up - Rhinestone Basic Jewels	3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent
Stampin' Dimensionals	Papertrey Ink - Stamper's Select Vellum Cardstock	Tsukineko 0.5-Fluid-Ounce All Purpose Ink, Champagne Mist	Ranger Inkssentials MINI MISTER Spray Bottle Tool IMMR13593
Papertrey Ink - Limitless Layers 2 1/4 inch Oval Die

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Christmas Card Sets 2015

Hi all! I know it's been a while since I last wrote a blog entry, but trust me, I've been plenty busy stamping and crafting away!! My friend Betsy and I did about 5-6 craft shows this holiday season and did pretty well! I am looking forward to some more shows coming up in the spring time :) I spent weeks preparing for the shows, and then when things sold out, I spent even more time creating more stuff! I made a lot of holiday planners, purse note card sets, coffee cup gift card holders, little candy treat bags, and many other things. I took a bunch of pictures, so I'll do another post soon to show off all the stuff we had and how we set up.

Anyway, after I was done creating all my stuff for craft shows, I was left with 2 weeks to make all my Christmas card sets for my friends and family for Christmas!! What a nightmare!! I made 150 cards! 15 different designs, 10 of each. That meant that I had 3 different card sets to give out to people. It's become kind of a tradition, and everyone that gets them loves them, which makes me feel really good about myself. Betsy and my mom came over and helped me do a bunch of them because I was freaking out about getting them done in time!

Here is the video that shows my Christmas Card sets for the year and the links to the cards that inspired when I was creating!

These are the blog posts with the cards that I CASed/was inspired by to create my own design. These ladies did a fabulous job and you need to check them out too :)

• Beautiful Day Thank you Shaker Card: http://www.umichka.com/2015/11/13/altenew-november-2015-release/
• Layered Lily Birthday Card: http://pinkbuckaroodesigns.blogspot.com/2015/06/watercolor-wings-new-video.html
• Scribble Roses Missing you Card: http://peppermintpattys-papercraft.blogspot.com/2015/08/mft-release-countdown-day-1.html
• Lighthouse Sympathy Card: https://laurafadora.wordpress.com/2015/06/12/inspiration-by-the-sea/
• Globe Manly Birthday Card: http://www.seejuliestamp.com/2013/04/the-open-sea-fms81-suoc68.html
• Brushed Blooms Missing you Shaker Card: http://scrapbookgirl.typepad.com/paper_scissors_and_superh/2015/03/brushed-blooms-and-youve-been-framed-oval.html
• Sweet Life Thank You Card: http://justgivemestamps.typepad.com/my_weblog/2015/03/moments-inked-monthly-card-pockets.html
• Winter Cardinal Sympathy Card: https://mayholicraft.wordpress.com/2015/11/13/video-altenew-november-blog-hop-giveaways/
• Poinsettia Birthday Card: http://www.stampingwithkristi.com/stampin-up-reason-for-the-season-christmas-card/
• Ship Manly Birthday Card:http://chezmoicreations.blogspot.ca/2015/03/retrosketch-155.html
• Enclosed Present Shaker Birthday Card: http://scrapbookgirl.typepad.com/paper_scissors_and_superh/2015/11/november-release-wrap-up.html
• Brushed Blooms Sympathy Card: https://laurafadora.wordpress.com/2015/03/15/pti-release-in-review-3/
• Painted Butterflies Thank You Card: http://maecollins.blogspot.com/2014/06/stamp-class-projects-this-weekend.html
• Painted Flowers Hello Card: http://paulinescardcupboard.blogspot.com/2015/01/painted-flowers.html
• Petit Places: City Station Manly Birthday Card: http://leighpenner.blogspot.com/2015/08/case-this-sketch-135.html

I get all my clear card boxes from Papertrey Ink - Clear Card Boxes

So, those were all the cards in my Christmas card sets this year. I hope it inspires you to create cards for your friends and families for Christmas next year, or upcoming birthdays this year.