MFT Superstar Contest Entries

Do you ever get overwhelmed when submitting items for contests, etc?  I usually don't but for some reason, this year I did.  I make it a point to not look at the already submitted items until my cards are completed.  But these year I saw on social media people posting their submissions and boy were they amazing!  Kind of took the wind out of my sail.  Then I remembered, art is subjective and I like my art and trying to compare it is not a wise thing.  But then I pulled up my big girl panties and soldiered on.  

Clean & Simple Genius

Starting with Puddle Jumper, I stamped with Momenta ink, colored my image with copic markers and fussy cut him out.  Using Radiating Rays and Grassy Edges Stencils I added the sun and grass.  There are puddles in grass, right?  The sentiment is stamped with Charcoal Ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

Coloring Virtuoso

I bought the Holiday Cheer stamp a while ago and finally decided how I wanted to show my shopper - walking home in the snow carrying all her packages.  I imagined a peaceful enjoyable walk instead of the rush and noise of the mall.  I started by stamping with Momenta Ink and masking my image.  Then using the Cloud stencil, light blue ink gave a soft look.  Using Copic markers I added a tall tree on one side and finally a sidewalk for her to walk on.  Then using various Copics I brought my colorful girl to life.  Prismacolor pencils added more shading and a Sparkle Pen added highlights to her coat.  Using Blueprint Sketch 24 I die cut my image  The snow was created using a Snow Marker and a heat tool.  Finally, the sentiment was stamped on a strip with Soft Granite Ink, outlined with a Stardust Pen and attached to the card.  The whole thing was raised with fun foam onto my card base.

Inovation Master

For this one, I had a vision....and something in the universe did not want it to happen!  I think I redid this card at least three times and that didn't include ripping things apart to try again.  I persevered and finally had my entry.

Starting with Mixed Media paper and applied Wilted Violet, Blueprint Sketch and Picked Raspberry Distress Inks direct to paper and sprayed the whole thing down with water.  My heat tool helped it dry and then put Black Soot down on glass and mixed with water and brushed it over the whole paper - again using the heat tool to speed drying.  White acrylic paint watered down was then splattered over for the look of stars.  Using Blueprint Sketch 24 Die, I die cut my background.  Then placing the Shining Stars Die-namics I die cut the word, saving the inside bits.  Using a separate piece of card stock I placed behind the diecut then glued the bits in place.  Next I backed the top piece with acetate and on the reverse side I arranged two layers of foam tape around the word and edges.  Sparkling crystals were added to make a shaker card and carefully adhered the backing piece.  The sentiment from Written in the Stars was stamped with Versamark ink and heat embossed with silver embossing powder.  This was cut into a strip and glued to the card.  The card is backed with grey cardstock and mounted on to the card base.

So there you have it, my entries!

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