Hello friends! Today's card features the Me and My Dragon set from Mama Elephant. I immediately fell in love with this set when it came out and I'm pretty sure I ordered it before I even got out of bed on release day. What? That's a totally normal thing to do. So I colored the … Continue reading Me and My Dragon
Hello friends! Today I have a card for the My Favorite Things sketch challenge, featuring an adorable raccoon from the Raving Raccoons stamp set from MFT. How adorable is she?? (The answer is: Very.) Techniques used for this card: masking no-line coloring colored pencil ink blending The first thing I did to make this card … Continue reading MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge #381
I decided I wanted to play along with the Simon Wednesday Challenge this week, where the theme was "add some texture". But I don't have much in the way of stencils and paste and I was struggling with how to add texture beyond embossing. I thought, maybe I could imply texture with alcohol inks, maybe … Continue reading SSS Wednesday Challenge: Texture
Hello friends! Today I have a card that I made for a couple of friends who recently got married. I actually don't have many (or any) wedding stamp sets, so I wasn't sure what I'd use, but when I was flipping through my stamp binders, I noticed that the Bicycle Built for You set from … Continue reading Lawn Fawn: Bicycle Built For You
It's been a busy week at Chez MLO and I didn't have time to craft until the weekend! But I do have a card to share today featuring the All About Mom and Die-Namics Mom sets and Bold Blossom stamp set, all from My Favorite Things. In a bit of a departure from my usual … Continue reading MFT Sketch Challenge #379 and Color Throwdown #487
Hi friends! Today I have a one-layer card that uses masking, ink blending, and no-line coloring techniques. For this card, I used the Sweet Sloths stamp set from My Favorite Things. I am obsessed with sloths, btw. They always seem so happy! Anyway, I started off by creating a square mask using some scrap paper … Continue reading MFT Sketch Challenge #378: Sweet Sloths
Hi friends! It's time for spring birthdays and I have a simple birthday card to share with you. I'm a big fan of rainbows...especially when March has been filled with snowstorms and thunderstorms (in one weekend). So I channeled that cheerfulness when creating this card. I used the Rainbow Wishes stamp and die bundle from … Continue reading Bright & Beautiful Birthday
