Thursday, April 28, 2016

Bella Birthday Card

I'm playing along with Bellarific Friday Birthday Challenge this week. I kept the sketch pretty simple, colored the Petunia image with Copics and accents with glitter gel pens.
Handmade celebrate birthday card using Stampingbella Petunia Thinks She's a Prezzie MFT Stax and Papertray Ink Hooray
Thanks  for looking and happy Friday!
Supplies:
  • Stamps: Stamping Bella Petunia Thinks She's a Prezzie, Papertray Ink Hooray
  • Tools:MFT Dienamics Stiched Fishtail, Rectangle, Inside & Out Stax
~Olga

Monday, April 18, 2016

Bring on The Blue Baby Card

This is a card for a friend's baby shower. It's based on the Simon Says Polka challenge
Handmade baby boy card using MFT Baby Bump set
I needed a baby card for a friend and still had the blue polka dot paper sitting on my desk since last week when I made the Sweet Treats card. I'm really loving this DP. It's from DCWV DIY Favor box collection. I wasn't a big fan of DCWV paper in the past, but this one is double sided, heavier paper and I love the colors in the stack. The "bump" on the image is paper pierced and the rest is colored with copics. I also added some glitter accents with Wink of Stella pen. 

Handmade card and tag set for baby shower MFT Baby Bump Bring on the Blue
After making the card I couldn't resist adding a coordinating tag and vellum envelope. Thanks for looking.
Supplies:
  • Stamps: MFT Baby Bump
  • Paper: DCWV DIY Favor Boxes
  • Tools:MFT Stitched Scallop Edges
~Olga

Sunday, April 17, 2016

CAS Dog Card for MFTWSC276

I was racing this weekend so just a quick card today. It's based on the MFTWSC26 sketch and using a couple of different MFT stamps including one of my favorites - You Make My Tail Wag. The background is also embossed using the Large Polka Dots template, but it's hard to see on the picture.
Simple handmade card using dog image from MFT You Make My Tail Wag and Piece of Cake
Thanks for looking. 
Supplies:
  • Stamps: MFT You Make My Tail Wag, Piece of Cake
  • Tools:MFT Stitched Speech Bubble, Large Polka Dots Template
~Olga

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

MFT Color Challenge

A quick card today for the  MFT Color challenge 42 with Coral Crush, Persimmon, Blu Raspberry and Steel Gray. No stamps on this one! I think that may be the first for me. 

Handmade card using MFT Celebratory Greetings and Sweet Treats Die
Thanks for looking.
Supplies:
  • Tools: MFT Celebratory Greetings Die-namics, MFT Dienamics Sweet Treats
~Olga

Thursday, April 7, 2016

Wildflowers and Bicycles

I love April in Texas. The weather is gorgeous. The wildflowers are everywhere. I did a fun 42 mile charity bike ride for Autism this past weekend and was in awe of how nice it was outside. Well, that's my inspiration for the Bellarific Friday Mojobella card this week - bicycle and flowers.

Wildflower inspired birthday card using Stampingbella Flora Bicycle stamp and PTI One Big Happy Die

The sketch was very detailed and I decided to follow it pretty closely. The image is colored with Copics and I stayed with the flower inspired colors. Thanks for looking and happy spring!

Supplies:
  • Stamps: Stamping Bella Flora and Her Bicycle, PTI  One Big Happy Stamp
  • Paper: Stampin'Up and BasicGrey
  • Tools: PTI  One Big Happy Die, MFT Blueprints 21
~Olga

Monday, April 4, 2016

Color Throwdown 386

Another quick card from this weekend. The colors are from CTD386 challenge.
Handmade card teal and green color combo for CTD386 using Simon Says Scripty Greetings, SU Pretty Amazing stamps and foiling
The foil strips are adhered to a thin score tape strips. The whole card came together very quick. 
Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:
  • Stamps: StampinUp Pretty Amazing, Simon Says Big Scripty Greetings
  • Accessories: Silver foil
  • Tools: Darice Chevron embossing folder
~Olga

Sunday, April 3, 2016

Baby Girl Bear Bugs

This card is based on the MFTWSC274 sketch. I usually use MFT stamps for their challenges, but I needed to make a quick baby card and had my heart was set on the Mama Elephant Bear Hugs set. I used MFT die though.
Pink baby girl card using Mama Elephant Bear Hugs stamp and MFT Diagonal Dienamics

The image is colored with Prismacolor pencils and background is sponged with ink. I'm still getting used to coloring with these pencils and how the color changes when gamsol is applied. The shadows turned out to be a lot more subtle than when I first colored the image.

Supplies:
  • Stamps: Mama Elephant Bear Hugs
  • Tools: MFT Dienamics Inside & Out Diagonal Stitched Rectangle STAX, Gelly Roll silver pen
~Olga