Handmade by Kavya: MFT

Hi folks,

I am back on the blog with another fun project for MFT’s Cardmaking Superstar competition. I always love taking part in it every year. I am not a huge fan of CAS cards since I am not a huge fan of the color 'white' and also 'white space' but I like finding alternative ways to make a card CAS!

This card measures A4 and includes one of my favorite themes - Space! I started off by stamping an image from Blastoff Buddies on gray cardstock. Then, I masked the 'blast' using post it notes and I ink blended it using distress inks to make it look like a galaxy. Splattered some paint, added a few colored images and colored the spaceship in monochrome. By keeping the 'blast' in color, I am trying to draw attention to it! Love how this one turned out :)

Masked cardbase

Ink blended 'blast'

Happy Crafting,

Kavya

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Hi folks,

I am back on the blog with another fun project for MFT’s Cardmaking Superstar competition. I always love taking part in every year. It’s gives me an opportunity to justify spending hours and hours planning and making a card. My project today is my entry for the Coloring Virtuoso category. I spent over 20 hours over 5 days stamping, coloring and fussy cutting so many elements from 12 stamps sets…. mostly because I do not own ANY coordinating dies for the stamps I used so I had to fussy cut all the images by hand! Nevertheless, I love how this turned out and this is definitely one of my fav card till date!

This card measures A5 and is inspired by one of my favorite movies as a kid - Toy Story! No non-MFT product was used in the making of the card. I used all MFT stamps as bases for the characters and added a few extra details to make them as close as possible to the characters. I used cardstock and ink to make the card base.

Stamped Images

Altered Images

Coloring in progress

Fussy Cutting in Progress

Making the speech bubble for the sentiment

Cloud dies for the background

Assembling all the pieces of the card

I have used the following stamp sets:

BB Saddle Up and Celebrate for Woody and Jessie
BB Space Explorer for Buzz
BB Whole Herd for Hamm, chicks and Bullseye
BB Old Friends for Stinky Pete
A-roar-able Friends for Rex
Bitty Bears for Aliens
BB Woof Pack for Slinky Dog
BB Happy Hippos for Lots-o-Huggin’ Bear
BB Magical Creatures for Sarge and Green Army Men
All the Encouragement for the Speech Bubble
Blastoff Buddies for the clouds in the iconic wallpaper
Birdie Brown Alphabet dies

I hope you liked this card!

Happy Crafting,

Kavya

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Hi folks,

I always look forward to MFT's Cardmaking Superstar competition each year. It pushes me to find creative ways to use stamps that I already own and get inspired from things around me! For this year's entry into the Clean and Simple Genius category, I was inspired by a children's book I saw a while back that included the story of a deep-sea diving cat. I mean it makes sense... a cat does need its fresh supply of fish! What better way than to get it fresh from the ocean!

I have always struggled with Clean and Simple cards. For some reason, I cannot stand the color white. I always feel like I have forgotten to add something or just looks incomplete. Lately, I have realized that white space doesn't have to mean 'white'. It's just empty! So, capitalizing on my newfound revelation, I decided to start off my card using a turquoise cardstock. I started off by masking the space for the cat and ink blending the bottom 1/3rd of the card. Then, I stamped the flora and sea bed using Mermazing stamp set. I colored it using color pencils and add some soft white highlights and glow using a color pencil as well.

Then, I stamped a cat from Cat-astrophe and few fishes from Mermazing and Gill Friends and colored them using alcohol markers. For the scuba helmet, I drew a circle over the cat and fussy cut the entire image :) Added some bubbles and a sentiment to finish off my card!

That's it folks! I hope you liked this fun card :)

Happy Crafting,

Kavya

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Hi folks,

I always look forward to MFT's Cardmaking Superstar competition each year. It pushes me to find creative ways to use stamps that I already own and get inspired from things around me! For this year's entry into the Coloring Virtuoso category, I was inspired by the distinctive style of Van Gogh. Just like his bright color palette, gorgeous landscapes and expressive portraits, I love dabbling with unique color schemes and creative life-life critter scenes!

When I saw MFT's Sunflower Sweetheart, I was immediately reminded of Van Gogh's Sunflowers, and I knew it was the perfect opportunity to combine two of his celebrated art works - The Starry Night and Sunflowers.

I first started off by masking and stamping the sunflowers using MFT's Milk Chocolate ink. I felt like stamping in brown ink added a layer of 'vintage' to this card.

Then, I painted the Starry Night using acrylic paint.

For the land, I hand drew a curved hill and ink blended the edges using green distress oxide ink.

The sentiment was heat embossed from Unicorns and Glitter stamp set. I felt that the sentiment was fitting for the card as I was trying to recreate (a bad attempt for sure) some of the most previous paintings known to humankind.

Later, I stamped the girl and some critters and colored them using alcohol markers and colored pencils. As always, I added some white gel pen details to finish my card!

That's it folks! I hope you liked this card :) I definitely enjoyed making it!

Thanks,

Kavya

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Hi folks,

I spent the last few days debating if I should take part in MFT's Card Design Superstar challenge as there were so many FREAKIN AWESOME entries already but I finally decided to take part in it! This card took me over 3 days to make.. mostly because I do not own ANY coordinating dies for the stamps I used so I had to fussy cut all the images by hand! Nevertheless, I love how this turned out and this is definitely one of my fav card till date!

This card measures A4 and is meant for someone who loves to read books! In my mind, the little girl along with her 'friend' (in the center quadrant) is envisioning all the adventures they could go on - Space, Prehistoric times, Adventures in the Sea and maybe even visit a fairytale!

No non-MFT product was used in the making of the card. I hand drew a few images like the Earth and hand cut the basic shape of the card:

The images were all colored using Copic Markers with a white gel pen for extra details. The background for the individual quadrants were created using Distress Oxide inks. Here are more closeups of the card:

The following stamp sets were used in the creation of the card:

BB Our Story
BB Party Like a Pirate
BB Polynesian Paradise
BB Magical Dragons
BB Adorable Adventures
BB Space Explorer
BB Squirrel!
A-Roar-able Friends
SY Happy Campers

Check out my IG profile in a few days to see a video of this card in action! Hope you liked this entry :)

Thanks,

Kavya

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Hi folks!

I am back at Crafty Meraki with yet another card using the new MFT Frost Loving Friends stamp set! I have already showed you two other cards made using this set... this week's card uses the single bunny image from the stamp set who looks like he is ready to give a hug. Just pick non-winter colors and this card can be used all year long and not just for winter! Here is how I put this together:

First, I stamped the image from MFT’s Frost Loving Friends and colored it using alcohol markers and colored pencils
Then, I used the MFT Sending You Hugs die to partially die cut the 'Sending You'
Using the same die, I die cut the 'Hugs' using pink and silver glitter cardstock
I ink blended the heart using shades of blue and added ink splatters using white ink. I also added some stars using a white gel pen.
I also stamped a sentiment from the same set using a black ink pad.
Finally, arrange the elements as shown below and add some sequins for extra bling!

Isn't that simple? This stamp set is truly versatile and there are so many ways to use it if you stretch your imagination! Get yours at Crafty Meraki before they are out of stock!

Thanks,

Kavya

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