It's time for the MFT and Friends feature on the MFT blog. Today MFT design team and some fabulous guests are sharing more projects featuring the most recent release.

I chose the Happy Birthday Block Die-namics and the Greatest Show stamp set & Die-namics for my card today.

I was totally inspired by a sentiment in The Greatest Show stamp set for my card design. To create my background scene, I cut Blueberry CS with the A2 Stitched Rectangle STAX Set 1 Die-namics, masked off both sides of the panel, and daubed some Sweet Tooth Pigment Ink using a sponge dauber. Then I spattered yellow, teal, and white watercolor paints to add some festive feel to the scene. Once it dried, I masked the part of the spotlight and daubed After Midnight Premium Dye Ink to the upper half of the panel using a Mini Ink Blending Tool.

As I wanted to add more texture and interest to the background, I added the big and bold "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" with the camouflage technique. I stamped the images with Milk Chocolate Hybrid Ink and colored with Copic Markers. I cut them out with the matching dies and adhered to the panel.

The sentiment was heat embossed on Electric Red CS and was cut out with a banner die from the Hearts in a Row - Horizontal Die-namics. I attached it to the background panel with foam tape, adding a Pineapple panel cut with the Stitched Fishtail Sentiment Strips Die-namics.

Head on over to the MFT blog to see what the other DT members and the guest designers have come up with for today!

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It's time for a Techniques & Tutorials feature on the MFT blog.

Today I'm showing three ways to add some texture to bold sentiment stamps using the new Happy Birthday to You stamp set. I kept the designs of my sample cards simple since I wanted to focus on the stamping techniques.

Here is a video showing the techniques. Click HERE if you prefer seeing it on YouTube.

1. Ombre Stamping

My first card uses the Ombre Stamping technique. First I stamped the sentiment with Blu Raspberry Premium Dye Ink, then added Tropical Teal ink only to the bottom portion of the letters.

2. Shadow Stamping

For my second card, I used the Shadow Stamping technique. I stamped the sentiment in Pineapple, then stamped it again in Poppy, slightly offsetting. I like that this technique adds some dimensional looks while I can keep my card flat and mailable.

3. Stamp Kissing

My third card uses the Stamp Kissing technique. It's a great way to add patterns to solid stamps. Honestly, it is a little difficult to stamp a pattern precisely with this technique. As you see in the photo below, my striped pattern is not perfect. But, this still is a fun technique to try to stretch your stamps.

Head on over to the MFT blog to see what the other DT members participating today share with you!

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It's time for MFT Just Add Color feature for July. The MFT DT members are showing our coloring skills using the latest release.

As most of you expected, I used my new stamp set, Saddle Up & Celebrate. I already shared the cards I made using these images HERE and HERE. So I'd like to show you my coloring process with a speed up video today. The Copic colors used are listed in the video. I hope you enjoy it!

Click HERE to see the video on YouTube.

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