Living My Dream: MFT Release - Stacey Yacula Merry Wishes

MFT Release - Stacey Yacula Merry Wishes

Today is the My Favorite Things new product release. I am using the newest Stacey Yacula stamp and die set called Merry Wishes. It is darling as are all her stamp sets which is why I always work with them! Here is an image of the stamp:

Here are my two cards using this Merry Wishes stamp set and Merry Wishes dies.

CARD 1:

This card uses my favorite technique that I call "random stamping". I stamped all of the images on a white cardstock rectangle with MFT Natural Ink (my favorite ink for no-line stamping). I used a Misti to arrange the images around each other to fit like a puzzle. This is my favorite part of random stamping as I love puzzles! I turned some of the images sideways and this way and that, but I tried to keep all of them facing upward. After they were all colored, I added shadows behind them with a grey colored pencil.

I can't imagine close up

I decorated the colored images with lots of Tonic Nuvo Drops - primarily the glitter ones which are my favorites! I stamped the sentiment from the set on a white banner with black ink and layered that on the bottom of the card. I then used some more of the Rhubarb Crumble glossy Nuvo Drops on the edges of the banner. I mounted the card on a cranberry cardstock base.

CARD 2:

Being With You

This is a slim-line card. I make it by cutting a 3.5" wide strip off the end of a piece of cardstock. I then cut the remaining piece to be 7" wide. That leaves about an inch of leftover paper. I fold the larger piece in half for the card base. I use the smaller piece for the card front. For this card, I used Spun Sugar Distress Oxide Ink on the extra piece for the card front. I splattered some white drops over the ink to look like snow.

Being With You 2

I used the two little snow bank dies in the die set for slits for the tree and the house. I attached this piece to the white card base. I stamped all of the images in the stamp set on white cardstock with MFT Natural ink and colored them in with colored pencils. I attached them to the front of the card tucking the tree and the house under the slits.

Being With You Close Up 1

I added lots of details with Nuvo Drops again - primarily the glitter ones. They really dress up the ornaments and the garland on the tree. I love using them over my colored images.

Being With You Close Up 2 I

I stamped the sentiment with black ink on the top of the card. I used some glossy white Nuvo Drops over the front of the card to look like more snow.

I hope you enjoyed these cards today using Merry Wishes! Check out the entire new release at MFT as there are lots of fun holiday products in it. I love making holiday cards so I'm excited to be starting them with these two being my first ones. I've linked all of the products I used on this post below to both the MFT store and the Simon Says Stamp store. Have a great week friends and thanks for visiting! Suzy