My Favorite Things - April Slimline Challenge

Hello and welcome to a brand new Slimline Challenge for MFT Stamps.   The challenge is for you to create a slimline card for a newborn baby or a newly minted 1 year old and I opted for the 1st birthday card option with my inspiration card.  I hope you play along with this sweet theme!

Here are the products used in my project:-

Princess Pink Prestige Card Stock

Mice Day to Celebrate Stamps

Mice Day to Celebrate Die-namics

Essential Alphabet Die-namics

Slimline Starter Die-namics

To kick things off I prepared a full size slimline panel using the Princess Pink card stock and adhered it to a card base.   Next, I used the Slimline Starter Die-namics to create a white panel and I masked the edges and softly ink blended with Distress Oxide Ink, fading away to almost nothing by the time I reached the right hand side.  I removed the mask carefully and this panel was backed with white craft foam and applied to the pink base.

I stamped and coloured the Mice Day To Celebrate images.   Here are the Copic colours that I used:-

Mouse - E31, E41, E0000, R21, R20, R00, W1, W0

Cupcake - E44, E43, E42, Y21, YR20, E000, W1, W0

Cake Stand/Party Hat - R20, YR20, W2, W1, W0

Please note above that I use the low W Copic markers to shade and to mute tones for a softer and more vintage appearance.

Images were die cut using the coordinating dies, backed with dimensional foam tape and applied to the scene.  

I then used the Essential Alphabet Die-namics to create the large sentiment.   I die cut once from stick foam sheets and again from white cardstock and adhered the cardstock letters to the foam letters after peeling away the protective top layer revealing the glue.  I masked lines along which to align the letters and adhered them down one word at a time, carefully removing the masking tape after each word was complete.

To finish I used some pretty Nuvo Dream Drops to dot in some interest and with that the card was finished.

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My Favorite Things - June Release Countdown Day 1

It's the final day of the countdown to the My Favorite Things June release which you can purchase tomorrow at 10am EST.   My card today features a card illustrated by Pure Innocence and the stamp set is called Sunshine Kisses.

I used the Slimline Starter Die-namics to create a slimline panel and I used the Slimline Cloud Edges Stencil and Slimline Drifts and Hills Stencil to create the background.   Sand dunes were done with Distress Oxide Ink in Antique Linen and the clouds with Peacock Feathers.   I stamped the sentiment in the lower right hand corner and attached this panel to a white slimline panel which in turn was applied to my prepared slimline card base.

I stamped out my images from Sunshine Kisses on Copic friendly cardstock and used Copic markers in rich and cheerful tones to colour them.    Using the coordinating die-namics the images were die cut, backed with foam tape and applied to the background.

A few points were highlighted with a white gel pen.

A few sparkling clear sequins were the perfect finishing accent!

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Happy crafting!