OSAT Blog Hop - No Rules New Year!

Hello and Welcome to One Stamp At A Time's January 2017 Blog Hop!  If you've already been hopping than you should have landed here from the blog of my talented friend and partner in crime, Andrea Tracy-Tucker.  If you didn't make sure that you hop all the way through and check out her fabulous blog!  She always has an incredible card and project!

Well as you may already know, this month's theme is No Rules New Year which means we can make whatever we want to make so that's exactly what I did.  I've been having a ball playing with the fabulous Fancy Flowers Card Kit from My Favorite Things!  Here's what I came up with!

So for my card I started with an 11" x 4 1/4" Neenah Crest Solar White Card Base that was scored at 5 1/2" for a top folding card.  My next layer was a piece of 4" x 5 1/4" Tim Holtz Woodgrain Watercolor Cardstock.  On that layer I did some watercolor smooshing with Tim Holtz distress inks in Peeled Paint, Mustard Seed, and Broken Glass.  After the watercolored panel was dry I used MFT Words For Friends to cut out the word "Smile".   The flowers, stems, and leaves from the MFT Fancy Flowers Stamp set were heat embossed onto Neenah Crest Solar White cardstock with White Embossing Flower and sponged with Distress Inks.  After sponging I used a paper towel to remove most of the ink from the white embossing and then layered them on my card with Ranger Multi Medium Matte and Foam Tape.  I added 3 clear dew drops with more of the Multi Medium Matte to finish this one off!

My little craft frame was bought at Michaels for $1.  I sponged it all over with Stampin' Up! Tempting Turquoise Ink and then allowed to dry.  After it dried I added  the "smile" letters that were left over when I cut them out of the panel for my card.  I attached them with Ranger Multi Medium Matte.  My flowers, leaves, and stems were heat embossed in white and sponged with distress inks just as I had done on my card.  I added a sweet picture of my granddaughter Blakely.  If that sweet picture doesn't make you smile, I don't know what would!  lol

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Next up is the fabulous Maria Willis.  I absolutely adore Maria's work and I'm sure you will too!  Just click the Next Button and you'll be there!



1. Megan Thompson
2. Melissa Davies
3. Jessie Holton
4. Wendy Cranford
5. Rick Adkins
6. Anna Smith
7. Lori Mueller
8. Sue Plote
9. Wynne Grob
10. Pam Staples
11. Andrea Tracy-Tucker 
12. Tina Riddle -That's Me!
13. Maria Willis
14. Renee Ondrajka
15. Kim Smith
16. Jeanna Bohanon
17. Marisa Gunn
18. Justin Krieger
19. Dena Rekow

PPC #225 Sketch Challenge MFT Fancy Flowers

Hello!  I hope your first Wednesday of 2017 is going great!  Today I'm over with the Paper Craft Crew  Design Team with my take on a fun sketch.  I just love all of the PCC Sketches!  

Since I recently received the Fancy Flowers Card Kit from My Favorite Things, I decided to use it.  Honestly I've had it a few days but I've been too busy to play with it.  It was definitely time!

So if you've never received a kit from MFT I have to tell you they are awesome.  It included the Fancy Flowers Stamp Set, Fancy Flowers Dies and Words for Friends Dies.  It also included 5 sheets of Smooth White Heavy Weight Cardstock, as well 1 sheet each of Coral Crush, Grape Jelly, Grapesicle, Gravel Gray, Peach Bellini, Periwinkle, and Razzelberry Heavy Weight Cardstocks.  Oh and 10 Envelopes.  How cool is that!  So for my card, the cardbase was an 11" x 4 1/4" piece of the White Cardstock scored at 5 1/2".  The next layer was some of the MFT cardstock in the kit.  Since it wasn't labeled, I'm going to guess that it is the Grapesicle.  If you know differently, please comment and straighten me out.  I wanted to stamp tone-on-tone but didn't have a matching ink so I substitued Stampin' Up! Wisteria Wonder.  I think it matched fairly well.  I used my Misti to make sure that I got good images of the flowers and could stamp more than one at a time.  Next I used some of the White Cardstock to cut a Tag from an older MFT Stitched Tag Die set.  I then ran some adhesive along the back of the left side of the tag and adhered some lace to the side of the tag.  Again with my Misti,  I stamped the flowers and leaves with Stampin' Up! Archival Black Ink onto Bristol Paper.  I used my Zig Clean Color Markers to color the flowers and leaves.   Once the flowers and leaves were dry I attached them with Fast Fuse to the Tag.  I punched a hole with a 1/8" circle punch for the top of the tag and added some Natural Twine from FSJ.  I then attached the tag with Foam Tape to the Front of the Card.  The word Hugs was cut using the Words For Friends dies in the kit.  I attached them to a White Banner I had cut.  I made a nest of some more of the Natural Twine and attached it to the banner with Foam Tape that adhered the Hugs Banner as well.  Last but never least, I had to add 3 purple sequins with Tim Holtz Matt Medium.  I absolutely love how it turned out.  I came close to adding some Wink of Stella but I loved it so much I didn't want to chance it. lol

Thanks so very much for stopping by!  It makes my day!  Blessings, Tina