Category Archives: Altered Items/3D

Hi everyone! Welcome to this month’s Creative Challenge with My Favorite Things! Today we’re focusing on Easter cards and crafts.

I created a card using Somebunny stamp set and dies along with a coordinating Treat Tote.

The Happy Easter sentiment is stamped in Sweet Tooth pigment ink and white embossed using Lisa Johnson’s Easter Bunny stamp set.

The little Somebunny was die-cut from X-Press It Blending Card, stamped in Black Licorice hybrid ink and colored with Copic markers.  The hill was created using Stitched Snow Drifts Die-namics.

Inside, I created another hill and white embossed a partial sentiment from Somebunny stamp set.

The Treat Tote has a hill as well, with small white brads holding the handle in place.

Be sure to check out the MFT blog for direct links to more Easter crafts.  🙂

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Hi everyone!  It’s time for this month’s Creative Challenge with My Favorite Things!  The MFT Design Team Creative Challenge is a monthly feature where we are challenged to explore our creative side using a specific theme, product, or technique.  This month we will inspire you with an assortment of ideas to help Count Down to Christmas.

I will actually not use this project until MUCH closer to Christmas, but in case you didn’t realize it, Christmas IS only 63 days away.  EEK!

I used quite a few Die-namics dies as well as the Brick Wall stencil to create an 8″ x 10″ count down frame.

I began by mixing a bit of acrylic paint into Gesso then wiped it over the Brick Wall stencil which was laid atop Primitive Cream card stock.  Once dried, I mixed a few drops of Hot Fudge ink (refill) into water and brushed (somewhat sloppily) over the bricks, being careful not to brush between the bricks.

The numbers were die-cut from Paver Red card stock, cardboard and then magnetic photo paper.  Behind the bricks I adhered more magnets to hold the numbers.  I used Chalkboard Frame Die-namics (cut down to size) to create the frame around the count down phrase.  “Days until” was stamped in Timber Green ink using Typewriter Alphabet and “Christmas” was stamped in Paver Red ink using Holiday Subway Art.

The mantle (created using a piece of Chalkboard Frame and Western Backgrounds) is raised on foam tape with pieces of Winter Wreath cut from Timber Green card stock tucked in and glued atop to create garland.

The stockings were stamped and die-cut using Stitched Stockings and Stocking Trio Die-namics, and raised on foam tape.  I stitched tiny Paver Red and Timber Green buttons to each.

Finally, the “mat” around the assembled piece was created using the woodgrain stamp from Western Backgrounds, stamped onto Kraft card stock using Hot Fudge ink.  After stamping, I lightly sponged over the “wood” with more Hot Fudge ink.

While I had all of the supplies out, I decided to create a matching card.

Instead of using the Gesso to create the brick, here I mixed a bit of Kraft ink (refill) with water into a mini Mister and sprayed over the Brick Wall Stencil.

The sentiment, from Cheerful Christmas Greetings (free to you this month with any $60 purchase), was stamped in Timber Green ink and raised on foam tape.

Inside, I stamped a second sentiment from Cheerful Christmas Greetings and added a Paver Red border strip from Stitched Stockings.

Be sure to check out the MFT blog for direct links to more Christmas Count Down inspiration!

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Hi everyone!  It’s time to revisit products from My Favorite Things’ recent release (available HERE).  For my projects today I focused on Laina’s new Holiday Subway Art, creating a frame and card gift set along with a small holiday gift notebook.

While browsing through Michaels’ clearance aisle a couple weeks ago, I found these rustic frames for $4 each and couldn’t pass them up.  I didn’t know what I’d be doing with any of them at the time (I bought three) but thought I’d eventually put them to some kind of use.  Combined with Holiday Subway Art and Country Charms Die-namics, I create a gift for my in-laws.

The sentiments were each stamped using new Timber Green and Paver Red inks onto Primitive White card stock.

In the corner, I layered some hemp cord with jingle bells and star pins.  The charms were die-cut from Primitive White card stock and colored with Copic markers.

Inside, I stamped a sentiment from Seasonal Sentiments and used a leftover piece of Barbed Wire Fence.

Next, I decided to use Holiday Subway Art to create a little notebook to help with my holiday shopping. (If you know me, you know that I pretty much do not like any type of shopping so the word “JOY” at the bottom is 100% sarcastic. ha!)

The notebook was something I picked up from a Pick Your Plum sale.  If you haven’t heard of Pick Your Plum, you should google it.  Good deals to be had (thank you, Lori Craig.  Hee, hee.)  Sometimes the deals are crafty, sometimes not, but it’s worth signing up for the emails.  You never know.  🙂

Again, I used Timber Green and Paver Red inks to stamp sentiments from Holiday Subway Art with a little Document It December thrown in (naughty/nice, list and joy).  I used a scrap of Sour Apple card stock along with the arrow from Blueprints 7 to cut the little arrow, which is also stamped with the numbers pattern from By the Numbers.

Since the little circles across the top were open to reveal the various colors of sticky note tabs inside, I punched/adhered small circles from scraps of coordinating card stock-Paver Red, Sour Apple, Primitive White and Lemon Drop.

Here’s a little peek at before, my circles covering the holes inside the front cover, and a look at the sticky notes/note paper inside.

Be sure to check out the MFT Blog for direct links to more October Release Rewinds.

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