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The My Favorite Things May 2022 release was a really great one! It might be that it’s coming into summer and everything beach reminds me of mermaids. Even though we celebrate fathers day in November here in Sweden I did pick up loads of the fathers day stamps and dies as I have so many ideas! If you want to see what I used these stamps for you can find it HERE and that link will be populated with any projects using the supplies also in the future.

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Supplies

MFT Modern Serif Alphabet Die-namics: MFT SSS
MFT Pawsome Prints Paper Pad: MFT SSS
MFT Through the Clouds Stencil: MFT SSS
MFT MSTN Black & White Plaid Paper Pad: MFT SSS
MFT We’re the Picture of Best Friends: MFT SSS
MFT You Make Me Hoppy: MFT SSS
MFT My Smile Is Bigger Because of You: MFT SSS
MFT You Make My Days Sunshiny: MFT SSS
MFT Thank My Lucky Stars: MFT SSS
MFT Jungle Fun: MFT SSS
MFT TI Work in Progress: MFT SSS
MFT Picnic in the Park Die-namics: MFT
MFT SY Backyard BBQ: MFT SSS
MFT MSTN Super Stache: MFT SSS
MFT MSTN Dad Die-namics: MFT SSS
MFT MSTN Mustache Trio Die-namics: MFT SSS
MFT YUZU Nobody Nose Me Like You Do: MFT SSS

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Sketch Challenge 593 – So Cool

May 16, 2022May 16, 2022 craftybit

Sketch challenge 593 from My Favorite Things is a fairly simple one that really would work perfectly for a scene. However I have been wanting to play with the SPECtacular stamp set. And while I was putting away the stamp pile on my desk from last weeks creations, I picked up the You’re My Sunshine and saw the cute cat with the glasses and realised it would work perfectly with the SPECtacular stamp set.

So instead of doing a scene I just used the glasses from SPECtacular stamp set and creating my own background with Lazy Day ink over Lazy Day and Smooth White card stock. Stamping the Be Cool sentiment from the SPECtacular stamp set on a Lazy Day card stock flag in Lazy Day Ink and adding some dimension with my white gel pen. And adding that to the left on the card, then adding the Copic colored cat on the right. And to finish it off I added some self-adhesive crystals sprinkled around the card.

If you want to see more of my sketch challenge entries, you can find them HERE

Copic

Cat: N0, N1, N3, N4, R30
Scarf: B91, B93, N1
Glasses: E44

Supplies

MFT SPECtacular: MFT SSS
MFT You’re My Sunshine: MFT SSS
MFT Smooth White Card Stock: MFT
MFT Lazy Day Card Stock: MFT
MFT Lazy Day Premium Dye Ink Cube: MFT SSS
Foam Squares: SSS AMZ SBC
Self-Adhesive Pearls: SSS SBC

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Origami Box Tutorial

May 13, 2022May 13, 2022 craftybit

Do you like me have loads of 6×6 pattern paper pads? These little origami boxes are super easy to make and takes one sheet of double sided pattern paper. They are super fun to make and I just couldn’t stop myself and have at least 10 of them laying on my table. As usual when making boxes I have a schema below that you can use together with the video tutorial. And if you want to see more box videos you can see all I have HERE.

Supplies

DD Hey Cupcake 6×6 Pattern Paper Pack: SSS SBC
Doodlebug LOTS OF LOVE 6×6 Inch Paper Pad: SSS SBC
MFT On-Point Precision Glue Pen: MFT
Large Score Board: SSS AMZ SBC

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Realtime Coloring & Chat | Mermaid Edition

May 11, 2022May 11, 2022 craftybit

It is May and that means Mermay, and I couldn’t not color a mermaid in may. This video is inspired by Stephen Kropf and his 30 day challenge that he is doing at the moment. He colored up an image by Annie Rodrigue, so I headed over to her etsy store and picked up a mermaid from her digital stamp section. I ended picking up loads of different mermaids from different etsy stores. You can find the mermaid I used HERE.

So I decided to make a realtime coloring video and do a little bit of chatting with you. I chat about what coloring means to me and why I rarely make coloring videos at the moment.

Copic

Skin E50, E00, E21, E11, E04
Cheeks: R30, R32
Tail: BG32, BG13, BG15
Hair: RV02, RV04, RV06, RV09, RV19
Bubbles: R000, V12, G000, BG000, BG0000
Shells: E40, E41, E42, E43, V12

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Sketch Challenge 592 – Thank you

May 9, 2022May 9, 2022 craftybit

It’s Monday and I’m here with another entry for the My Favorite Things sketch challenge. This week it is sketch challenge 592. It is a great sketch, well balanced and easy to work with.

My process this week started with the Thank You sentiment die. I saw it laying on my craft table and I wondered if it could fit the sketch. So I cut it out to measure it on the card base and then it started to come together. This sketch has three bubbles, with the thank you sentiment being one I was wondering what to add as the other too. I remembered that I had a pile of colored images in the living room (I do most of my coloring at my sofa) with two little bees. So I picked up the pile and added the bees to the card. I felt it was a little bit to empty, so I added the tree behind the thank you sentiment, it was now coming together. The last part of the sketch is a rectangle that looks like it runs around the card with a opening on the left hand side. As the images was colored with pencils very softly, I wanted the background to be soft too. So I went with my favorite technique, smooching, and used distress inks for it, i did do a little bit of splatters just to break up the color a little bit.

Did you like this way of explaining my thought process through out making the card? Also if you want to see more of my sketch challenge entries, you can find them all HERE.

Supplies

MFT Thank You Die-namics: MFT SSS
MFT Sunshine Friends: MFT SSS
Polychromos Colored Pencils: SSS AMZ
MFT Milk Chocolate Card Stock: MFT
MFT Stitched Rectangle A2 STAX Die-namics 1: MFT SSS
Cutter Bee Scissors: SSS AMZ SBC

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Sketch Challenge 591 | Fairy Special Day

May 2, 2022May 1, 2022 craftybit

Working against a challenge is a great way to both inspire and challenge yourself. So I thought why not double up! So for todays card I both follow the My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge 591 and Color Challenge 188. The colors in the challange where, Princess Pink, Cotton Candy, Ripe Raspberry and Sour Apple and the sketch challenge looked like a landscape. So I decided to make a pink sunset where the fairies could dance around a beautiful tree. Hope you enjoy the card, if you wanna see more cards that I made that follow challenges you can find them HERE.

Supplies

MFT Fairy Special: MFT SSS
MFT Princess Pink Premium Dye Ink Cube: MFT
MFT Cotton Candy Premium Dye Ink Cube: MFT SSS
MFT Ripe Raspberry Premium Dye Ink Cube: MFT SSS
MFT Sunshine Radiating Rays Stencil: MFT SSS
MFT Grassy Edges Stencil: MFT SSS
MFT Sour Apple Ink: MFT SSS
MFT Slimline Grassy Hills Die-namics: MFT SSS
MFT Cotton Candy Card Stock: MFT
Polychromos Colored Pencils: SSS AMZ
Hero Arts White Embossing Powder: SSS AMZ SBC
Versamark: SSS AMZ SBC

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Baby Basket Tutorial

April 29, 2022May 1, 2022 craftybit

When creating the Easter Basket earlier this month I had in the back of my mind that this would be perfect as a Baby Basket. Perfect to hold a little gift for a mother to be, or as party gift for attending people at a baby shower. I had so much fun choosing the pattern papers and matching card stock for this project. Below you can find a video Baby Basket Tutorial and a schema with measurements for cutting and scoring for the baby basket. If you want to see more baskets and boxes you can find all I have made HERE.

You can find a PDF of above schema HERE.

Supplies

Happy Patterns Paper Pad: MFT SSS
MFT Poppin’ Polka Dots Paper Pad: MFT SSS
MFT Rainbow Love Paper Pad: MFT SSS
MFT Pretty in Plaid Paper Pad: MFT SSS
Pawsome Prints Paper Pad: MFT
Mini Brads: MFT SSS SBC
MFT Sno Cone Card Stock: MFT
Sookwang Tape 1/4”: SSS AMZ

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Flamboyance of Flamingos | Card Tutorial

April 27, 2022April 27, 2022 craftybit

Did you know that a group of flamingos is called a flamboyance? Flamboyance, what a wonderful word! This card was inspired by flamingos, I recently found out that one of my siblings love flamingos, so I decided to make a birthday card! And when I think of flamingos I see in my mind those big watery fields that they wade through. So I wanted to make a flamboyance of flamingos.

I started by coloring and cutting out a lot of flamingos, I chose to go with the flamingo from Paradise Pals stam set. And also the smaller flamingo that came with the Top of the World stamp set as I felt they would work great for baby flamingos! I also colored five palm trees to help building a scene.

I then did my favorite smooching technique to make some hills and some water features. And put the card together. It was a real fun card to make and I hope you like it and like the video tutorial.

Supplies

MFT Paradise Pals: MFT SSS
MFT Top of the World: MFT SSS
Slimline Drifts & Hills Stencil: MFT
Distress Ink Saltwater Taffy: SSS SBC
Distress Ink Worn Lipstick: SSS SBC
Distress Ink Peacock Feathers: SSS SBC
Dinstress Ink Ground Espresso: SSS AMZ
Distress Ink Speckled Egg: SSS AMZ SBC

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Sketch Challenge 590 | Make Waves

April 25, 2022April 25, 2022 craftybit

The sketch challenge 590 is out on My Favorite Things. I had saved the Bubbly Birthday for May but this sketch was just too perfect for them to not use them. I colored one of them and then combined the mermaid with the Island Shell-ebration stamp set as they go so good together!

For the background I used my favorite ink color Sno Cone and blended it over the Classic Edges Stencil in a square that I masked out with the background die from the Blueprints 27 and some masking paper. I did buy the Classic Edges Stencil to use it for waves. I also added some splatters in Caribbean Sea Ink, Cornflower Ink, White Gesso and some Silver Shimmering Water color for texture. Not sure about that choice, but I’m ok with it.

I finished it off with my usual white heat embossed sentiment on colored cardstock. This time I choose to go with the Summer Splash Cardstock and I love the contrast. If you want to see the other my favorite sketch challenges I have entered you can find them HERE.

Supplies

MFT Bubbly Birthday: MFT SSS
MFT Island Shell-ebration: MFT SSS
Blueprints 27 Die-namics: MFT
MFT Sno Cone Premium Dye Ink Cube: MFT SSS
MFT Classic Edges Stencil: MFT SSS
MFT Caribbean Sea Premium Dye Ink Cube: MFT SSS
MFT Cornflower Premium Dye Ink Cube: MFT SSS
MFT Card Stock Summer Splash: MFT
Hero Arts White Embossing Powder: SSS AMZ SBC
Versamark: SSS AMZ SBC

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Origami Corner Bookmark Tutorial

April 22, 2022April 22, 2022 craftybit

I had so much fun making these origami corner bookmarks. They are quick and easy and don’t even need tapes or glues. After you made a few you will not stop making these, well I didn’t stop. I have made about 10 of them so far but I know I will be making more.

The bookmarks are an easy fold and you can make three out of one sheet of 6×6 paper. I do recommend using thinner paper as there is a couple of folds and thicker paper will be harder to fold, and the last piece that you end up sticking into the bookmark can be very hard to bend if the paper is of the thicker varient.

I ended up decorating a couple of these with some small stamps, and I think they ended up being adorable! The stamps are from the latest release by My Favorite Things and if you want to see more things I have made with the release you can find them HERE.

Supplies

Happy Patterns Paper Pad: MFT SSS
Colorful Canvas Paper Pad: MFT SSS
MFT SPECtacular: MFT SSS
MFT Top of the World: MFT SSS
MFT Shout It from the Rooftops: MFT SSS
MFT On-Point Precision Glue Pen: MFT