Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Product Launch - It's a Pirate's Life


WOOT!  WOOT!   All of the latest and greatest MFT products are now available in the MFT Boutique for your shopping pleasure!   Stock up on Valentine's Day goodies now!  

The design team has one more trick up their sleeves to inspire you before you shop!  
I am sharing a card I made featuring the new Wendy Burns stamp set called "It's a Pirate's Life!"


How fun is this?!   This card actually took me quite a bit of time to make.   There were a lot of steps involved to pull this together. I started by using the largest die from the Die-Namics Blueprints 11 to create the smooth white panel.   I used a die cut from the Die-namics Wonky Scallop Border as a template for clouds and I sponged on some berrylicious ink.   I wanted to have the ship sitting in between the rolling waves.   S, I stamped the image onto the sky next.    I also stamped it again on a separate piece of paper.   


Next, I hand cut what is the back row of rolling waves, sponged some sweet tooth ink along the edges to give the look of breaking waves, and then adhered that partially over the stamped image.   I then colored the image on that separate piece of paper and fussy cut each piece out and paper pieced it onto the image on the card. I used a white gel pen to add some stripes to the clothing.   Then I added the top row of rolling waves on top of that.


I stamped the sentiment in VersaMark ink and heat embossed the sentiment in white so it would pop off the nightshift blue waves.  


For the inside, I just continues with the theme of rolling waves.

Next up, I used the "It's a Pirate's Life" stamp set to make these custom invitations!


This time I paired some wild cherry, nightshift blue, and smooth white CS.  I colored my image with copics and used a white gel pen to add the stripes to the clothing and flags.


And then I created these coordinating thank you cards to send out after the party!


I used the Distressed Hearts stamp set and coordinating Die-namics along with an image from the It's a Pirate's Life stamp set.  I heat embossed the sentiment from the Pure Innocence Cornucopia stamp set in white.



 

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93 comments:

  1. Very cute pirate cards! ARRRGH! Robin

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  2. OMG! I am in love with this! Such a fab idea! Was gonna wait to grab this one but you've changed my mind ... must have now! ;)

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  3. Your coloring is just fabulous. Love what you've done with this set.

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  4. Very cute, great job!! Thanks for sharing :)

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  5. You cut the boat....love you!!!!! A crafter after my own heart!

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  6. SOOOO CUTE!!!! Love!!!
    Happy New Year!
    Have a GREAT day!

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  7. OMGosh these are so super cute!!! LOVE.

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  8. Fantastic samples! MFT has outdone themselves with this release.

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  9. What an amazing invitation!! Great idea!

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  10. Great invite and so nice to see something geared for the boys! With three sons, I have a special appreciation for the more male themed sets! Very nice.

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  11. Love the whimsical, more masculine theme to your cards. Super cute!

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  12. So much fun. Great ideas. These pirates are so loveable.

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  13. Adorable! Great invitaions for the little guys.

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  14. I'm not sure which is cuter, the card or the invitation. Amazing job! I so want this set.

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  15. Jut loving this set. Everything about it is so adorable. Very impressive wave action too by the way!

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  16. Ur coloring skills are way too good, I love the waves, they are gorgeous, what a beautiful set any pirate is going to be so pleased

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  17. Fun to have a set to make boy cards.

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  18. Your card is beautiful, well worth the effort!

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  19. OMG these cards are fabulous!! I can tell how much work you put into them, and it really paid off! Stunning as always :)

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  20. How cute are these? Great great love them. Thanks for sharing.

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  21. What a great card and invitation...so happy to have some inspiration for the boys on my card list! Thank you for sharing!

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  22. Soooo cute, Kim! I love the water and the embossed sentiment!!

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  23. Good grief this is amazing! Wow - just Wow!!

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  24. How darling are these?!?!?! LOVE the waves inked with white - and your clouds are amazing!!! So FUN!!!

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  25. beautiful cards! Thanks for sharing..

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  26. This is just fabulous! Thank you so much for sharing your talent!

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  27. that invitation is awesome. i love the idea!

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  28. Such a cute idea! The perfect image for a child's party. Glad you included a thank you note. A lost tradition.

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  29. amazing!! I just love them to bits :)

    Penny

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  30. I was up in Eustis this weekend and got a sneaky look at this new set. You have showcased it beautifully. So much fun. Aaaaaaaarghhhhhh! Beautiful work, matey!

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  31. Congrats on your newest gig! Such an asset

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  32. Absolutely adorable, Kim! Great coloring!

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  33. Awesome inspiration! These are fabulous. Perfect coloring and just awesome ideas! The thank you cards are my fave, that distressed circle makes a great porthole :)

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  34. AMAZING! I love the pirates :) . Thank you for showing the new stamps and dies this week Kim!

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  35. This is so cute, and although this is not your typical comment, thank you for affirming something I've been noticing lately. Softly distressing the edges of elements with ink really makes an impact. Your waves are the perfect example.

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  36. Some little boy is going to be very happy! Your pirate work is over the top!

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  37. WOW! Amazing card! The pirates are first on my wish list!!!
    Thanks for sharing!
    Jen W.

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  38. love the use of this on an invitation!!! definitely something I need to remember! Love it!

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  39. Adorable. The one pirate looks like he's going to be sick. hahaha Would be perfect for boys.

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  40. What a fun set. The coloring is great. Love the stamp set. It would be great for big boys as well as little boys. thanks for the ideas.

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  41. the invitation is adorable! great boy card ideas!

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  42. Great job Kim! I've gotta get this set!-Jen Naus jenny dot naus at yahoo dot com

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  43. Your coloring is awesome goodness!!

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  44. Fun fun cards for a boy! Jack is a lucky boy!

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  45. OMG I can't stand it ...just tooo darn cute...I have to get this set...thanks for sharing !!!

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  46. Wow!!! What fantastic cards! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  47. Brilliant ... dimensional, fun and soooo cute!

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  48. This is my absolute favorite thing from this release, so fun! So many possibilities for stuff besides cards, and I love your waves!

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  49. This is really, really cute and neat! Congratulations!

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  50. This is totally cute!! LOVE it!!

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  51. How awesome, a whole birthday set from one stamp set!!! I love it, especially since my son has decided he wants a Jake and the Neverland Pirates party!!! So cool!!! :)

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  52. Shiver-Me-Timbers what a cute stamp set!!! This is such an adorable set! Way to go Mom :)

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  53. Adorable projects! It's fun to see projects for boys!

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  54. Your coloring is amazing. I love your Pirate Invitation. So adorable!

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  55. Adorable ideas! Love the coloring! Really cute set to use for Pirate Day Cards :)

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  56. Eeekkkk! Cuteness!! Love your invite and cards Kim!!!

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  57. So stinkin' cute! Love the invite!

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  58. So clever using the dies and images to make a pirate themed project! Love it!

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  59. The time you took was well worth it - these are all totally fab! SO adorable!!

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  60. Love how the colors were applied to your projects. Makes it easy to personalize for your pirate loving recipients.

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  61. Lots of fabulous coloring going on. I always admire people that can do that well.

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  62. Your cards are FABULOUS! I could be very popular on Cape Cod with this set! HA!

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  63. Wonderful cards. Thanks for all the great inspiration this week.

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  64. You are to be praise for your fantastic coloring and shading! Don't think I've ever seen better. You brought that stamp to life!

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  65. OMG! IN LOVE with what you've done!

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  66. so cute! i really like the embossed white on your waves. cute idea

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  67. What cute ideas for this super cute set!!

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  68. Adorable! I know several boy in my Sunday School Class that would love this! TFS

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  69. Truly impressive. I can not believe that those cards are colored. You have great skill.

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  70. love, love, love this pirate ship! Your coloring is amazing!

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  71. holey moley... your projects are absolutely AMAZING!! you have mad coloring skills!!

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  72. The cutest pirate stamps ever. So good to have more boy stamps. Love this so much!

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  73. How fun...........so many uses with one stamp and so many outcomes .......you sure have done a fantastic job! Thanks so much

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  74. Wow! You did a great job with this set! Too Cute!

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  75. Great cards! Love the new stamps & dies!

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  76. Great ideas for the pirate stamps. Can't wait for my order...hurry up mail

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  77. when I first saw the little pirate stamp set my first thought was for birthday invitations. great minds, I suppose ;-) Love the waves on the birthday card, great set of cards. I wasn't too keen on the distressed hearts die until I saw how you used it. Thanks, now my list is longer! :-)

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  78. It's a whole party set! I LOVE it! Amazing coloring!

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  79. This is such a cute (and amazing!) card! That image just makes me giggle. I am in amazed that you cut out that ship by hand! Thanks for sharing!

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  80. Simply spect-ARRRR-cular!!! Love the expressions on the pirate faces....and the waves are fabulous!
    <3 J

    jwoolbright at gmail dot com

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