Jane's Box of Colours: MFT MAY RELEASE

Hello there, I'm back today with another new product from MFT that will be available to buy

Tuesday 8 May, 21:00 EDT at mftstamps.com

Todays card is a little different to my usual style:

The focal point of the card was created using the new Scallop Cross-Stitch Tag die in conjunction with our existing plain one.

Once I had all the elements cut out I inked the pierced section with a combination of Broken China and Faded Jeans Distress Oxide ink.

Once dry, I stitched a kettle design, taken from a Kitchen Sampler (Leisure Arts) I stitched many years ago, adding a little steam with a combination of stitches and Picket Fence Distress Paint.

Now the mug was fun to create - I cut a shape from the Hot Cocoa Cups die set, coloured it with coloured pencils and blasted it with my heatgun, shrinking it into a little charm. As for the tea bag, I simply cut out a Stitched Tiny Tag from Cement Grey card, stamped a sentiment from Coffee Break and added a little detail with coloured pencil.

The background paper was from Itsy Bitsy Polka Dots Kraft Collection which I cut to fit a top folding card. To colour match it to the card stock I inked the edges with Broken China Distress Oxide.

A combination of foam tape and a tape runner were used to adhere the various elements to the card base with twine and button thread added as finishing touches.