"One Stamp, Five Ways" - MFT It's A Mice Time To Celebrate

Hello friends! I'm sitting here watching the Bachelor while trying to type up a blog post in time for this product release in the am. And tomorrow is my BIRTHDAY!!! I want to apologize for my photos (again) as they were taken on a rainy day at sunset and I did NOT have good light. I've done my best to fix them up with lots of editing, but they still look a little off. Forgive me. The cards are cuter in real life haha. Ok, let's get started! My post today uses the brand new Stacey Yacula stamp set for MFT called "It's A mice Time To Celebrate" that is being released today (((February 5th, my birthday - please wish me HB in the comments - it will make my day!!!!). Here is an image of the stamp set:

Card 1:

This is the first of two shaker cards I made. I used the MFT Mini Circle Shaker die for this one. I die-cut it out of white cardstock and then colored the circle frame with Copic Markers. I used a turquoise card base. I put turquoise and clear sequins in and white and red jewels in it. 

 

I stamped these cute little mice on white cardstock with MfT Natural Ink and then colored them in with colored pencils. I attached them to the bottom of the shaker window. I used Wendy Vecchi Garden Patina embossing powder for the sentiment on the bottom of the card. I added some white Nuvo Drops around the shaker window.

Card 2:

I started this card with a white cardstock large stitched rectangle. I then die-cut a grassy border using the MFT Grassy Hills die out of white cardstock. I then rubbed Mowed Lawn and Twisted Citron Distress Ink over it. I added dots to the white stitched rectangle using the MFT Snow Flurry Stencil. I rubbed several colors of Distress Ink over it including Lemonade, Twisted Citron, Tumbled Glass, and Spun Sugar. I stamped the sentiment on the top of the rectangle with Leaf Green embossing powder.  

I stamped the mice images with black ink and colored them in with Copic markers. I attached them over the background. I used foam tape behind the balloon so it was more dimensional. 

Card 3:

As I have previously mentioned, my step-daughter is an artist and she lives with me. She loves to color, so she colors some of my background stamps just for fun. And then I get to use them for cards - yippee. This one is called the Poinsettia cling rubber stamp. She colored it in with Copic markers. I thought it would be a perfect background for a birthday card. I die-cut it with a large rectangle and attached it to a white card base. I die-cut a rounded stitched rectangle from white cardstock to use behind my images so they wouldn't get lost on the busy background.

I stamped the mice and balloon/gift with black ink on white cardstock and colored them in with Copic markers. I then attached the small rounded rectangle to the background and attached the stamped images over it. I die-cut three of the MFT Happy Birthday dies from white cardstock and glued them together. I then attached those to the top of the card. I added some red Tonic Nuvo Drops around the images on the white rectangle. 

Card 4:

I made the background for this card using the Piñata Party stamp set by Pretty Pink Posh. I stamped all of the confetti images with MFT Natural Ink on white cardstock. I outlined them with colored pencils. I also colored the yellow background using colored pencils. I attached a frame over it using white cardstock and the same MFT Rounded rectangle dies I used on the last card. I stamped two balloons from the MFT Birthday Balloons die set and rubbed them with Ranger Distress Inks - I used Cracked Pistachio on one and Peacock Feathers on the other. I then embossed the sentiment from the stamp set on the larger balloon with Ranger white embossing powder. 

 

I stamped the stamps from the stamp set with MFT Natural Ink on white cardstock. I colored them all in with colored pencils. I added some details with Kasier Craft glitter pens (my favorite gel pens). I attached all of the items to the card background. I used white jewels over the balloons to finish the card. 

Card 5:

This is my second shaker card. This time I used the MFT Stitched Dome Frame dies for the shaker opening die-cut from white cardstock. Behind the shaker window, I painted a piece of white watercolor paper with orange, yellow, and red dots and stripes with watercolor. Inside the shaker, I used white and clear jewels, sparkling clear sequin mix and 3mm sparkling clear sequins by PPP. 

I stamped the mice with MFT Natural Ink and colored them in with colored pencils. I attached them to the outside of the shaker window. I then embossed the sentiment with Wendy Vecchi Red Geranium embossing powder. I added some red Tonic Nuvo Drops around the frame. 

That's it for today! Thanks so much for visiting. I love doing these posts and sharing multiple ways to use one stamp set - it is always my favorite thing to do with stamps as it makes me think outside the box. It also allows me to fully utilize my new stamp sets. I hope you enjoy these posts as well. Have a great week friends! All of the products I used in this post are listed below linked to the MFT and SSS stores. Thanks, Suzy

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Comments

[Donna Gibson]

All of your cards are fabulous! Happy Birthday to you!