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Hello! Shari here with a card for the new Penguin Palace challenge, not to mention very late…

Before I started anything I stamped and coloured the boy/girl(?) image from the stamp set. I tried to use colours similar to those for the challenge, and I think I did okay. I added some white gel pen highlights and some accents with a glitter pen. I die cut the image, and my die cutting skills are horrid and I do not know why. Moving on, I dry embossed a panel with a laser-like embossing folder. Then, using three colours that I coloured my image with, I filled in two lasers with each colour. It gives a nice artsy feel to the card, which matches the look I was going for.

Using a yellow ink pad, I swiped it on a 1/2 inch piece of paper and stamped a sentiment from the same stamp set using a deep purple. I then stuck it near the bottom on the far right with foam tape, and stuck the image on top also using foam tape. I considered adding bling of some sort, but decided to leave it as is.

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Penguin Palace Challenge #7 – Fall Palette

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Hello and welcome to the blog. Shari here sharing a very pastel flower card.

On pieces of cardstock, I ink smooshed with a variety of pink/red, green and yellow inks. I cut the poinsettias out of the pink, leaves from the green and the flower centres from yellow. I adhered two centres together, then adhered the two flower parts together. I stuck the centres to the middle of the flowers and the stuck the leaves behind the flowers. Before I stuck them to the background, I die cut a panel die from white and stuck it to my original card base for a clean look. I stuck my flowers down, only putting glue in the middle so I could fluff up the petals and leaves. I added some Nuvo drops the flower centres and some dots around the card and my card is done!

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MFT Camp Create Day 5 – Delightful Die Cutting

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Hello and welcome! Today I’m making a card using an embossing folder fro the very first time.

On a piece of cardstock I used a 3D embossing folder with flowers and leaves on it and ran it through the die cutting machine. I then used green, yellow and pink inks to apply colour onto the raised areas using cotton balls and blending brushes. I used gold paint to colour the centres of the flowers and splattered the background as well. I stamped a sentiment from a MFT stamp and cut around it. I adhered it to the background flat and used gold sparkly washi tape to cut out 3 hearts and stuck them to the card too. I rounded the corners and my card is done!

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MFT Camp Create Day 4 – Background Bonanza

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Hi and welcome to the blog. Shari here with a colourful shaped card.

For this card I stamped a mandala-type rubber stamp from MFT onto watercolour paper in embossing ink and white heat embossed it. I then chose several shades of green, blue and purple watercolours and painted the spaces. Green in the middle, blue in the centre and purple around the outside. I didn’t care if I went over the embossed parts because I could wipe it off after I finished. I added shimmer in some parts (thought the picture didn’t pick it up) and moved on to the sentiment. This sentiment is from a Neat and Tangled set and I stamped it on a piece of watercolour paper I painted with a blue shade. I white heat embossed it and bubble cut around it. I stuck it to the centre of my card and cut around the edge of the design. I stuck the top to another piece of paper and cut around that too so it matched up, and my card is done!

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MFT Camp Create Day 3 – Emboss Resist

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Hello welcome to the blog! Shari here sharing a fun watercolour birthday card!

I started by stamping and colouring my images from the MFT Sunshine and Friendship stamp set with watercolours. I added some shimmer with a glitter pen and fussy cut them. On a piece of watercolour paper i took various blue shades and went to town. I ink smooshed a bit with the darker colours and added some splatters when it was dry. I ran the panel through a die cutting machine to flatten it since it warped a ton. I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set with black ink straight onto the panel. I popped up my images with foam tape before adhering them onto the panel. To finish off my card I added some translucent sequins in a diagonal line on my card and it’s done!

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Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – Birthday Celebration

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes

MFT Camp Create 2021 Day 2 – Wonderful Watercolor

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Hi and welcome back! I’m here for another card for the SSS Kids Vacation Challenge card along with the MFT Camp Create 2021.

On a white card panel I die cut the shadow layer of a I Love You word die. I stuck a piece of acetate behind it with double sided tape. I added a double layer of foam tape around the words and added green, purple, pink and clear sequins and stuck a piece of patterned paper behind it. I die cut the actual words from white card stock and adhered them to the acetate with liquid glue. I added a few more of the same sequins I used inside my shaker to the outside of the card and my card is finished!

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Simon Says Stamp Kids Vacation Challenge – Anything Goes with Sparkle and/or Shine

MFT Camp Create 2021 Day 1 – Spectacular Shakers

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Hello and welcome! Shari here bringing 2 rainbow cards for the SSS Kids Vacation Challenge!

For this card I used a Neat and Tangled stamp called Foliage Frame and a rainbow of ink to make this very colourful frame. Some parts didn’t stamp too well but it’s fine overall. I stamped my sentiment from the same set and gold embossed it. To tie in gold I considered splattering gold on the background but decided to use a small stamp from the set with three dots instead. I stamped it randomly five times around the panel (and nearly lost the stamp after) and gold embossed. I decided to leave it simple and added some Lawn Fawn glitter pen to some leaves, and that’s it!

For this card I used watercolours and painted a rainbow straight down my card panel. It’s completely crooked and honestly took me a long time to do this but it turned out well. I used a MFT stamp called Unicorn and Rainbows, and stamped and coloured the unicorn with coloured pencils. I used a Paper Smooches die to die cut clouds. I stamped the sentiment and then got to assembling. The cloud dies cut out a outline and inside so for some I only stuck the outline. For two clouds I popped up the inner piece and I added Nuvo drops on them too. I adhered the unicorn flat to the panel and I added Nuvo drops to his horn and spots too. I traced the sentiment with a stardust pen to finish it off, and my cards are done!

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Simon Says Stamp Kids Vacation Challenge – Anything Goes with Sparkle and/or Shine

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Hello and welcome back to the block. Shari here with a one-layer card for the SSS Kids Vacation Challenge.

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About a week ago my mother and i watched a video about using “ugly” patterned paper or paper you don’t know how to use. One of the ideas was to die cut the more overwhelming paper using a small shape die and put them on a card. That was the inspiration for this card. I began by die cutting a piece of floral patterned paper with a hexagon die. The die actually cuts out a hole in the hexagon so I tried my best not to lose the little circle and surprisingly I didn’t so that’s nice. My sentiment is a die from Poppy Stamps and I die cut it from a piece of paper I scribbled with a black marker.

I began to arrange my hexagons on the paper, trying to figure out my placement. I eventually settled on a design and began adhering the hexagons to a white card panel. I stuck the tiny dots in the spaces as well then glued my sentiment. I added some sparkle with a Lawn Fawn glitter pen on some of the flowers and with a stardust pen i went over the sentiment and some extra places on the flowers. If I had to do this card over I’d go around the edges of the hexagons to help them stand out more but overall I love this card (it actually may be my favourite card I’ve ever made).

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Simon Says Stamp Kids Vacation Challenge – Anything Goes with Sparkle and/or Shine

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Hello! Shari here again for another Kids Challenge card.

For my card I decided to make a full panel shaker. I’ve made one of these in the past so I decided to make another. I started by colouring a bunch of images from this Waffle Flower set called Little Fairies. I coloured them with coloured pencils and fussy cut them. I’m doing so much fussy cutting these days…. I added some white gel pen highlights and shimmer pen accents. I then started working on my background. I had some trial and error with it but I made a cloudy background using Mustard Seed and Candied Apple Distress Oxide inks and an orange Papertrey ink colour.

I stuck four of my images flat to the panel and then started to make the shaker pouch. I used a page protector and cut it a bit larger than my panel. I stuck three of the sides down the filled it with clear flat sequins, blue and yellow glitter, and a few more images (the three small butterflies and the blue flower) so they shake around too. I sealed the last side and adhered the rest of my images to the front. I ink blended some more clouds with the orange ink stamped the sentiment from a Sweet and Sassy stamp set. I had the cut down most of the strip because it was too big. I stuck the strip down and added some gems and my card is done!

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Simon Says Stamp Kids Vacation Challenge

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Hello and welcome! I’m back with another card for the Simon Says Stamp Kids Vacation Challenge.

On a piece of watercolour paper I stamped most of this image from a Studio Katia set. I did a light wash of blues, purples and pink watercolour. I then added detail with same colours. I used a die set from Lil’ Inker and used the ‘love’ shadow and outline die. I cut the shadow from vellum and the outline from a piece of watercolour paper I coloured pink. I stuck them together and added sparkle to it with a Lawn Fawn glitter pen. I also used it to add some shimmer to the flowers.

On the watercolour panel I tried to stamp a ‘you’ from a stamp set but failed miserably when my paper shifted. My original idea after that happened was just to stamp it on a strip of paper but that also failed :(. My mum then suggested fussy cutting around the image and sticking it on a normal panel. I did that and before sticking the flowers on the card stock panel I stamped the ‘you’ from an Altenew stamp. I stuck the flowers on the panel then adhered the love die cut. I contemplated adding gems but decided against it and my card is done.

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Simon Says Stamp Kids Vacation Challenge – Anything Goes with Sparkle and/or Shine

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