MFT Sketch #239

MFT Sketch Challenge #239 on My Favorite Things Challenge & Inspiration is starting TODAY!

Here is this week’s sketch:This is my card for the week:

I so enjoy this little sunny dude! 🙂 The Abstract stencil and background…well, I’ve mentioned my adoration of these many-a-times too! I stamped and embossed the Build-able Blooms for the sun. It ended up a little more subtle than intended, but, alas 🙂

I squeaked in a second card. This one was made in probably five different sit-downs, so it feels a bit disjointed. But, meh, I think it’s kinda fun still 🙂

…and I think my stitching went a bit awry 🙂

My first card is made with the following supplies at My Favorite Things:

My flowery card is made with the following supplies at My Favorite Things:

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The MFT Challenge and Inspiration blog features cards every Tuesday that have been spotted by the MFT Design Teams! So fun!

My amazing MFTC&I DT teamies: Veronica Zalis, Vera Yates, Alice Wertz, Erin Lee Schreiner, Miriam Prantner, and Susan R. Opel!

Thanks for stopping by…

Jill 🙂

Sweet Sunday Sketch: #279

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge!! #279! Oh yea! 🙂

Here’s this week’s sketch:

Here is my card for the week:

I blended on some Grout Gray ink at the last-minute on the floral layer. I just thought it was too stark ;). I used the sketch upside down and then *tucked in* most of the banner. 🙂

My card was made with supplies from My Favorite Things:

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Hop over and check it all out this week! You can find all the past sketches HERE.

The Sweet Sunday Sketch team: Barbara Anders, Dana White, Jodi Collins, Karen Giron, Lisa Henke, Lori Tecler, Lynn Put, Sankari Wegman, Sarah-Jane Kale, Tracy Clemente and Vicki Burdick. 🙂

Thanks for stopping by!

Jill 🙂

MFT Color Challenge #26!

It’s the 4th Thursday of the month and BAM! Color Challenge #26 on the My Favorite Things Challenge & Inspiration blog.

Here’s my card for this Color Challenge:

I had some technical difficulties (*cough cough*) with these colors. Do note that the color above is Steel Grey–that is the darker grey. LOL. One of my favorites! 🙂 I combined them together for some striped die cutting and hit it up with the Abstract Background! Another fave! 🙂

I had to make a second card, because the first thing I thought of when I saw these colors was WATERMELON! We go through 1-3 of those a week in our house.

Here it is:

hawkins_jill_enjoy1_wm Summer! I made the watermelon seeds with the negative of the Blueprints 26 little balloon bow. 😉(Please excuse the bazarro lines in the photo above. Something wacky there?)

My first card was made with the following supplies by My Favorite Things:

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My watermelon card was made with the following supplies by My Favorite Things:

Print Join us! 🙂

My always entertaining Challenge & Inspiration teammates: Veronica Zalis, Vera Yates, Alice Wertz, Erin Lee Schreiner, Miriam Prantner, and Susan R. Opel!

OH–and if you’re on Instagram: jilldhawkins

Thanks for stopping by 🙂

Jill 🙂

MFT Sketch #238

MFT Sketch Challenge #238 on My Favorite Things Challenge & Inspiration is dropping today! Plus, it’s Kalyn Kepner as our guest this month!!

Here is this week’s sketch:This is my card for the week:

I have been long awaiting to use this stamp set. It’s crazy versatile! 🙂 Big fan of that. I have also been trying to challenge myself. This week was One Layer cards. Fun–and wow, I save on card stock! Haaaaa! 🙂 Note to self: Stamp hybrid inks first, sentiment on top of everything. Doh.

One more note: This week on the MFT Blog, there is collaboration with Xyron! Check out my post from Monday HERE.

Annnnnnd…See you tomorrow for the newest Color Challenge! 🙂

My card is made with the following supplies at My Favorite Things:

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Don’t forget the MFT Challenge and Inspiration blog every Tuesday to see if you’ve been spotted!

My fantabulously skilled MFTC&I DT teammates: Veronica Zalis, Vera Yates, Alice Wertz, Erin Lee Schreiner, Miriam Prantner, and Susan R. Opel!

Thanks for stopping by…

Jill 🙂

Xyron sticks to MFT

It’s the beginning of some special fun posts on the My Favorite Things Blog this week. My Favorite Things meets Xyron!

I have looooong had a Xyron Sticker Maker. It was probably one of the first crafty tools I owned, so I’ve been a fan of Xyron’s stickiness for many years 😉

Here is the project I made for this collaboration:The most important thing when making an inlaid card is adhesive–and LOTS of it. For this I used the Xyron Mega Runner. It worked famously for laying down bulk adhesive and I was pret-ty excited! I go through a lot of adhesive, but this Mega Runner holds so much, I have yet to come close to needing a refill…and I’ve been using this since the lovely folks at Xyron sent it to me! Loving it for sure!! 🙂

The ‘5’ comes off the card, and using the Xyron Magnet Tape, it becomes a magnet! How awesome is that!? I just love that the card serves double duty and the recipient can use the 5 on their fridge, or wherever 🙂 But I also wanted the card to have its own life and not be naked, so I just inlaid another 5, slightly dressed up too :).

The Xyron Magnet Tape is just like a roll of basic tape. One side is sticky and you just pull it out, tear it off on the teeth, and stick! Voila! Easy peasy! 🙂

Here are a couple quick photos I snapped while making my card. The first one shows how I laid out the pieces. Right after this photo, I completely covered the white typing paper with the Mega Runner adhesive. That is the key to inlaid die cutting. Do not cut corners on this because inevitably, that is the part that will pop off. Ask me how I know 😉This next photo shows you how the pieces are all well stuck and then die cut again into a nice tidy panel 🙂

It’s so nice to not use half a roll of your runner on one card! This Mega Runner is a powerhouse. And look at those Blueprint 26 Balloons….ahhhh 🙂

The My Favorite Things blog today is where you can read all about this fun week! You will also be delighted with more cards by two seriously talented MFT Team members: Donna Mikasa and Stephanie Klauck! 🙂 I can’t wait to see their projects myself! These ladies never disappoint 🙂

You can visit Xyron HERE on their FB page of goodness!

This card is made with the following supplies at My Favorite Things:

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Be sure to follow the My Favorite Things Challenge & Inspiration blog for the Sketch Challenge and the Color Challenge!! Print Thanks for joining me today and awesomely huge THANKS to Xyron for inviting us over to play this week! 🙂

Have a great week all!

Jill 🙂

Sweet Sunday Sketch: #278

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge!! #278! 🙂

Here’s this week’s sketch:

Here is my card for the week: ONE layer! Whoot! 🙂

I used MFT’s new Birthday Wishes & Balloons. I am so glad I was able to make a one layer card! I like to matte things, so I had to make myself stop! 🙂 The Primitive White card stock gives the card some warmth.

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My card was made with supplies from My Favorite Things:

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Hope you’ll hop over and check everyone’s cards out this week! Happy cardmaking!

You can find all the past sketches HERE.

The Sweet Sunday Sketch team: Barbara Anders, Dana White, Jodi Collins, Karen Giron, Lisa Henke, Lori Tecler, Lynn Put, Sankari Wegman, Sarah-Jane Kale, Tracy Clemente and Vicki Burdick. 🙂

Thanks for stopping in this Sunday

Jill 🙂

MFT Summer School: Monochromatic

It’s the Final Day of Summer School on the MFT Blog today. MFT Summer School: Session Two!

Today’s lesson: Monochromatic. This is definitely a fav of mine! Especially grays. 😉

Be sure to head over to the MFT Blog to read all the knowledge! Susan seriously rocks at breaking it down. I mean, obviously right? She was a teacher! 🙂

Here is the Summer School, Session Two download for your reference 😉

Here is my card for today: I watercolored again 🙂 After I dry embossed the Jumbo Dot Cover Up, I watercolored random dots. Then I added some white dots, because it needed a little smidgen of something… 🙂 hawkins_jill_for you_00_wm The My Favorite Things blog is where you can link to the other amazing cards…and learn how to WIN some goodies! 🙂

If you missed my other Summer School posts this week, here they are: Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday (+ the Sketch Challenge!) and Thursday.

This card is made with the following supplies at My Favorite Things:

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Be sure to follow the My Favorite Things Challenge & Inspiration blog for the Sketch Challenge and the Color Challenge!! Print Thanks for joining me today and everyday this week!! Really appreciate the nice comments! MFT Summer School Rocks! 🙂

Have a great weekend!

Jill 🙂

MFT Summer School: Secondary

Day Four of fun on the MFT Blog! MFT Summer School: Session Two! They have been enjoyable. I love this stuff. 🙂Today’s lesson: Secondary. That is, to say, Orange, Green and Purple. I’m trying to embrace purple 😉 Be sure to head over to the MFT Blog to read all the knowledge!

There is also a great download for your reference 😉

Here’s my card:

I am fascinated with the Abstract stamp, die and stencil. So cool. 🙂 Those are the Hip Clips–new dies by Laina Lamb. Fun! 🙂

The My Favorite Things blog is where you can link to the other designer’s cards…and learn how to WIN some goodies! Yes!! 🙂

If you missed my other Summer School posts this week, here they are: Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday (+ the Sketch Challenge!).

This card is made with the following supplies at My Favorite Things:

Be sure to follow the My Favorite Things Challenge & Inspiration blog for the Sketch Challenge and the Color Challenge!! Print Thanks for stopping over! Be sure to stop by tomorrow for the last day of MFT Summer School! 🙂

Have a great Thursday!

Jill 🙂

MFT Sketch #237 AND Summer School!

MFT Sketch Challenge #237 on My Favorite Things Challenge & Inspiration is starting today. In July here, we have Kalyn Kepner with us! Whoot!

Here is this week’s sketch:
:This is my card for the week:

I cannot get enough Abstraction! 🙂 Now it is in stamp and stencil form! LOVE.

I used watercolors to paint the whole panel. It probably would have gone faster if I had done a couple triangles at once with the same color. But no. Did one. At. A. Time. It isn’t perfect, but I don’t think watercolor should be? I like things crisp, so this was good to do something different.

Bonus: Today is the 3rd day of MFT Summer School!

Be sure to head over to the MFT Blog to read the lesson and link up to the other cards the MFT design team made. 🙂

Today is all about: Primary! Primary colors: Red, Yellow and Blue.

I took a little tweek on the red. 🙂

Here is my card:

I have been itching to inlay this die!

If you missed my other Summer School posts this week, here they are: Monday. Tuesday.

My Sketch card is made with the following supplies at My Favorite Things:

My Summer School card is made with the following supplies at My Favorite Things:

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Don’t forget to check out the MFT Challenge and Inspiration blog every Tuesday to see if you’ve been spotted!

My jazzy MFTC&I DT teammates: Veronica Zalis, Vera Yates, Alice Wertz, Erin Lee Schreiner, Miriam Prantner, and Susan R. Opel!

Thanks for stopping by…

Jill 🙂

MFT Summer School: Complementary

Day TWO of fun on the MFT Blog! MFT Summer School: Session Two! Sharpen your pencils! 🙂

Today’s lesson:Complementary sometimes just happens, but it is a quick way to pick your colors if you get stuck. They are opposite colors on the color wheel…such as yellow/purple, orange/blue, red/green… You’ll definitely want to hop over to the MFT Blog to see what Susan wrote up for today’s lesson. That’s where the real schooling is 😉

There is also a great download for your school notebook 😉

Here’s my card:

This was a very happy accident. I wasn’t making this card! I was going to edge a piece of card stock with this Notebook Edge die:

As I did, I got this negative piece and thought it was TOO fun to just leave in the scrap pile…so these little strips happened instead. Hence this card.

This reminds me so much of that pom-pom fringe that was used to often in the 70’s/80’s? I remember pink curtains somewhere in my world that had that pom-pom fringe. Awesome. 🙂 Stretching those supplies! Hooray! 🙂