Cupcake's Creations: MFT Finishing Flourishes

Hi there dear blogging friends! I'm so happy it's the weekend because Scott and I are headed to San Francisco today to spend a several days visiting Jerry :) With that being said, I had to work ahead to complete a few design team projects that I will share with you next week. I had some time so I made a canvas featuring sweet Meredith :)

To create this canvas, I collaged the background with pretty patterned paper from my stash. Once dry, I highlighted each collaged piece using black ink. Black is one of those colors (Orange and Red) that really scare me but I'm learning to like them in small doses ;) How about you? Do you have certain colors that you avoid? Surely I'm not the only one?!

Along with the various blossoms is a special white crocheted one made by my dear sister Tina :) I stamped a couple of different pretty flourishes from MFT Finishing Flourishes, simply trimmed around the edges then using a sponge applicator, applied MFT Hot Fudge ink. I didn't have gray and black flowers in my stash nor did I want to make any so I applied a coat of Gesso to manufactured ones from my stash then once dry, painted the gray / silver ones with acrylic paint and sprayed the black ones with some spritz that I had on hand.

I love to play in challenges because they challenge me to think outside my comfort zone. For color inspiration, I joined along with the Colour Q challenge:

I also played along with Collage Obsession where you are to incorporate "Faces" in your project and with Hels at the Sunday Stamper where the theme is "Squares".

Thanks so much for visiting ~ I hope you enjoyed my project!
Be Sweet ;)

MFT Supplies Used:

Hi there! Hope you are all having a great weekend! After a holiday break, we're back creating with color at the CR84FN Color Challenge! Please help me welcome the talented Lisa Snowdy of Adventures in Paperland, who will be joining along as our Guest Designer for the month of January! For nearly the next two weeks, we will be playing with the pretty color combination shown below:

Yep, I am one proud Mom and I'm still celebrating my son Jerry's college graduation. :) I made a layout of Jerry and April that was taken after the ceremony. I stamped a sentiment from MFT Inspired by Knowledge on a die cut made using Die-namics Framed Greetings die.

I made several flowers using the following Die-namics: Die-namics Layered Rose, Die-namics Large Royal Rose and Die-namics Plentiful Petals along with some flourishes made using Die-namics Fancy Flourish and Die-namics Medium Fancy Flourish.

Using Die-namics Butterflies and some corrugated cardboard, I made a pretty little layered butterfly embellishment:

I also made a card using the left over patterned paper. The sentiment is from MFT Finishing Flourishes.

I die cut a Kraft cs heart using Die-namics Hearts a Plenty then added texture using an embossing folder. I finished the card with a trio of die cut flower embellishments made using the following Die-namics: Die-namics MINI Rolled Roses, Die-namics Mini Royal Roses along with flourish made using Die-namics Leafy Flourish.

For the layout sketch inspiration, I joined along with another freaking scrappy challenge:

Thanks so much for stopping by! Please be sure to stop by the CR84FN blog to see the awesome samples that Lisa and the CR84FN DT has created! Hope you join along in the fun!
Be Sweet ;)