One Hot Dog!

Greetings Oddies!!  Today is SUCH a fun day as it starts our new clear stamp release for August!!  There are four crazy adorable sets releasing this week and I know you're going to love them all!  Today we're showing off the set called Preppie Pups.  I mean, really...do they get any cuter?  Before I get to my project, I am going to show you the entire set:

Sooooooo cute.  I went pretty CAS today using my favorite Distress Ink water coloring technique for this sweet Dachshund.  I used an older MFT sketch as my jumping off point and kept my card relatively masculine in nature. 

My papers are from MME - Darling Dear.  One of my favorite little tricks when using acrylic sentiments is to be able to curve them to suit your panels!  In this case my 'hey hot dog' sentiment is curved to follow the line of the ovals which were cut using my MFT Oval STAX Die-namics. 

I created some rolled flowers using kraft and black cardstock and my rolled rose Die-namic. 

The possibilities with this set are totally endless!  Thanks for popping by today!  See you tomorrow with another fabulous Odd Girl set!!

Crafty Hugs!
Meredith

Summertime!

Greetings YNS Fans and Friends!!  Yep!  It's another fabulous challenge day at the YNS Challenge Forum over at SCS!!  This week's challenge is anything SUMMERTIME!  Easy Peasy, right?

For my creation today, I've used the super cute Skateboard Dude set.  (psst..it's on sale right now!!)  I inked him with Momento ink onto Copic Xpress paper.  I colored him with my Copic and Prismacolor markers.  I used my Spellbinder label nesties to trim him out and have matted him with Basic Grey paper.

I've used my Chevron Stripes Die-namics to embellish the background in addition to new papers from Basic Grey - PB&J.  I also used new wooden buttons - also from BG.

I hope to see your Summertime creations over at the YNS Challenge Thread right HERE!

Crafty Hugs!
Meredith

Fabulous Birthday Girl

Greetings All and Happy Long Weekend!!  YAY!!  We are hanging around this weekend as I vowed to never travel on these busy holiday weekends.  The traffic simply makes me insane!  So we're sticking close to home, enjoying the pool club opening, lacrosse championship games at Gilette Stadium, and visiting family.   We will be celebrating my darling sister-in-law's birthday as well!  I took the opportunity to bust out this week's MFT sketch to get me started.

Her favorite color is purple so I started there adding grey and yellow as my accents.  I've been dying to ink my new ALM - I've Got Your Back.  It has been inked with Momento and she is colored with my Copics.  I paper pieced her shirt and the letters U and R using papers from MME.

I used the sketch pretty literally and simply shifted my main panel making it slightly askew to accommodate the large flowers I created.  I added ittiy bitty micro pearls to the corners of my main panel and used lots of Hero Hues Latte Chalk Ink to distress all of my edges. 

I used the Photo Corner and Chevron Stripes Die-namics to compliment the background.  I used an embossing folder to give a bit of richness to the middle layer (white) behind the flowers.  It really added just the right amount of texture that I was looking for.

I used both the Royal Rose and Rolled Mum Flower Die-namics layered together to create the fun and fluffy flower cluster.  I added a resin flower in the center of each one for some added depth and color.

I kept my interior simple and crisp, using my favorite Finishing Flourishes, for my greeting.  

Thanks so much for popping in today!!  Don't forget to come join the MFT fun at the sketch gallery here!

Have a fun, safe and creative long weekend!!

Crafty Hugs!
Meredith

Wednesday Stamp Club - Chemistry!

I'm a teeny bit late for this past week's MFT sketch challenge but I'm here, I'm here!  =)  Here's the sketch issued:

And here's my interpretation:

I've used the Brand New Pure Innocence Scientist as my main image.  Oh she's just so FABULOUSLY cute!!  I inked her, colored her with my Copics and then paper pieced her using papers from MME.  The background papers are SU!, MME and Basic Grey - Recess.  I added a bit of sparkle to her beaker and added a variety of pearls and adhesive embellishments for bubbles coming out of her potion! 

I stamped my sentiment on the side of my main image panel.  I added some hand rolled felt flowers on the right hand side in lieu of where a panel would have been according to the sketch.  I used my Dizzy Doily Die-namic and some Ouchless Cardboard to add the circle element in the background.  I added a bit of ribbon and a tiny clothespin, some stitching and some funky brads to add a bit of an industrial touch.

The interior carries the same papers throughout and I've added a micro paper clip from Tim Holtz.  I LOVE the brand new Chevron Stripes Die-namics that I've cut below using my Ouchless Cardboard.

Off to try to carve time out to create for the next MFT sketch!

Crafty Hugs!
Meredith