Guesting at My Craft Spot

     A couple of months back I was blessed to win the challenge at My Craft Spot.  Then I received a double blessing when owner Kim asked me to do a guest spot.  Today's projects are what I created using a great stamp set from My Craft Spot called Pattern Blocks.

     The first card I created was this CAS design.  I started with a card base of white and a matting of black.  For the patterned piece I used three of the stamps from the Pattern Block set and stamped them quilt style in three colors of VersaMagic ink.  I added black faux stitching between the blocks with a pen.  For the focal image I stamped a flower and colored it with Distress inks and watercolor pencils on watercolor paper.  A little bit of Stickles was added to the center.  Using a circle die I cut a hole in the quilt pattern and framed it in black.  That whole quilt piece is raised up on foam dots above the image.  The sentiment was stamped onto white.  It comes from the With Deepest Sympathy set.  Lastly I added a bit of ribbon, a bow, and a couple of black buttons.

     CAS design is not my strongest suit so I decided to try for something a little more elaborate and came up with this card.

     The card base is kraft with a mat of cream.  The Pattern Block set works so perfectly for creating a quilted look that I tried that again with a twist.  Using hexagon dies I cut the larger size out in kraft and the smaller in the cream.  Using two colors of VersaMagic ink I stamped the cream pieces with two of the patterns from the stamp set.  I used a plain sheet of copy paper as a base to piece together the hexagons in a quilt pattern.  I thought it made a lovely background for Kady and her dolly from Mo's Digital Pencil.  As embellishments I've added lace, a ribbon bow, some diecut flowers, pearls, and vellum punched butterflies.

      You can find this next card in a separate post here for today.  It uses the  My Craft Spot Small Alphabet dies dies and Tiny Banners and Toppers dies.

     A huge THANK YOU to Kim for inviting me as a Guest Designer.  The products from My Craft Spot are top quality and I know I'll use them over and over again---and be adding lots more to my collection.  I hope you enjoyed the cards.
    Kim has generously offered to let me give away a stamp set from My Craft Spot, so if you'd like to throw your name in the hat for a drawing to win ONE FREE STAMP SET leave me a comment letting me know what your favorite My Craft Spot stamp set is and I'll choose a lucky winner.
    Happy crafting!

Supplies for CAS card:
Paper--Georgia Pacific, Recollections, Strathmore 90 lb. Watercolor
Stamps--My Craft Spot "Pattern Blocks" and "With Deepest Sympathy", Martha Stewart "Clear Camellia" stamps
Ink--Dusty Concord, Milled Lavender, and Wild Honey Distress inks, Mustard Seed Distress Stain, Derwent Watercolor pencils, Faber Castell Pitt pen, Memento Tuxedo Black, Stazon Jet Black, Purple Hydrangea, Aegean Blue, and Spanish Olive Versa Magic Dew Drops
Tools--Nestabilities Standard Circles, MFT Die-namics Fishtail Flag Stax
Miscellaneous--Offray ribbon,  Yellow Stickles, Walmart buttons

Supplies For Kady card:
Paper--Bazzill, Kraft Outlet Brown Kraft, The Paper Studio vellum, Georgia Pacific, Copic XPress-it Blending card
Stamps--Mo's Digital Pencil "Kady", sentiment from SugarPea Designs "Bushel and a Peck:My Craft Spot "Pattern Blocks"
Ink--VersaMagic Spanish Olive and Pixie Dust chalk ink Dew Drops, Heidi Swapp Mustard inkFrayed Burlap Distress ink, Memento Rich Cocoa, Sakura white gel pen

Copics Used:

skin on girl--E000, E00, E11, E13, R20, R30

hair on girl--E31, E35, E50, YR20, YR21

clothing on girl--E40, E41, E42, E43, E47, B91, B93, B95,

 B97, B99, R30, R32, R43, C00, C0, C2, C4

skin on doll--E50, E51, E11

hair on doll--E21, E23, E25, E27

clothing on doll--R30, R32, R43, C00, C0, C2, C4

bottle--B0000, B00, E04, E11, E13, R30, R32, R43

grounding--W1, W3, W5

Tools--MFT Die-namics Hexagon Dies, Nestabilities Labels One and Lacey Circles, Memeory Box Fabulous Phlox dies, Martha Stewart Butterfly punch, Bow Easy
Miscellaneous--Recollections pearls, Hobby Lobby Lace, Wal-mart ribbon, Glossy Accents, Pearl stamens from my stash