Weekender with Wanda – MFT Spotlight!
Hello there crafty friends! Happy Weekend, and welcome back to Weekender with Wanda! Thank you for all the support and all the great comments on my first post. I have written down your ideas and will be planning for us to have more fun in the months to come. Before we get started, I’d like to announce the Simon grab bag winner from last week: Greta H! Congratulations Greta – you will be getting an email soon!
Today’s edition of Weekender with Wanda is a company spotlight feature on My Favorite Things Stamps. They have some really great new items for the holiday season. I made a bright and cheerful holiday card using the new Snowflake Flurry stamp set as the main focus. For my card design layout I used one of my favorite products from MFT – their Blueprints Dies. The Blueprints dies are a fantastic way to make card layouts.
I stamped my snowflakes in Island Blue and Slate Gray inks, and then stamped my sentiment in a rich black ink. I added pearls to the white panel to add some shine! The fun part comes in putting it all together so easily with the Blueprint dies. For this card I used Blueprint #15. There are several styles of them and I wish I had them all! I used the MFT Farm Fresh Gingham 6×6 paper as my background layer. My card base is SSS Khaki cardstock. Then I stamped one little snowflake on a bright red heart for an accent.
The sentiment is from the Hand Lettered Holiday Stamp set and it is a must have for this season. I have already used this set so much. My white layer is popped up with foam squares, as is my banner and heart. The Blueprints Dies come with many different pieces to use as accents – so you can customize from card to card.
I thought it would be helpful for you to see the pieces in the Blueprints #15 Die Set – so here is a graphic. Here is a link to a YouTube video showing different card designs made with this set. Changing the colors of your paper and your stamps makes it new again each time. 
Thanks for spending part of your weekend with me here on the Simon Says Stamp Blog! Leave a comment below, and I will pull one winner from the comments for a Simon Says Stamp Grab Bag! I’ll announce the winner on next Saturday’s post, so you have all week to leave your comment. Have a great day!
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Great how those dies are…I do the cutting by hand still :) Love the card you made!
This is a really nice card! I like to make cards that don’t look perfect and this card fits the bill!
stamping sue
http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/
Your card is so cute and very easy to mass produce, two of my musts when making Christmas cards!!
The gingham with the pop of red is absolutely FUN.
love the snowflakes and their colors, very elegant
Wonderful blue & gray snowflake stamping. Like the angled die that has the blue gingham pattern behind.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Great card. Love the stamps , inks, and paper you chose. Those blueprint dies are so interesting. Michelle t
Love your fun card! MFT’s Blueprints are the best!!
Love this MFT Blueprints, made work so easy! Beautiful angle die with pretty snowflakes stamping and loving that backing gingham DP with a cute tiny heart in red!
Great card and I really love the layout! I’ve always wanted one or two of those blueprint sets. They are on my wish list :)
Love teh snowflakes and the blue gingham!! so very pretty and classy and love the dies…WOW!!
Love the colors you used-that red just pops off the card!
You and me both wish we had all the blueprint dies
Love love love that touch of red! Great card!
What a cute card! I live in warm, hot, humid Florida, and those snowflakes made me feel like I was back up North.
Gorgeous card design!!!
A generic holiday card. The colors are pretty.
thanks for sharing
I have quite a few MFT Blueprints, but not this one! So now, because of your cute card and inspirations, it is going on my Santa List!
I love the colors of the snowflake stamping and the use of the pearls. I really appreciate hearing what you think is a “must have.”
I love the versatility of MFT’s products…the dies cut like butter! Great card.
Love the colors you chose…..nice and wintery. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for sharing! The simple design inspired me to create something such simple and quick.
Love the wonky look and the snowflakes. Very pretty:)
I still do my cutting my hand on panels but think those blueprint dies would be amazing to have. Beautiful card Wanda!!!
What a gorgeous card, Wanda, the blue gingham with the snowflake panel, perfection!!
So pretty! Love the colors!
Thank you for the grab bag coming my way–always a fun surprise to see your name as the winner! MFT is one of my favorite companies, but I haven’t been able to get the new things yet & I can’t decide on which Blueprint, so I haven’t gotten any of them yet! Your card is so festive & beautiful–love the snowflake on the heart! Thanks for the inspiration!
This is a lovely holiday design! I’m panrtial to snowflake projects this time of year!
This looks beautiful :) Love the wonky layer :)
Thanks for showing this set, I think it’s so versatile and useful for so much situations!
for the top layer, its a clever idea to use an irregular shape – i never thought of that! thanks for sharing
Super cute card!! Love the different shapes :)
Just had to pin this one – easy yet makes an impact. And I love gingham.
I like not only MFT dies, but also your beautiful card. Love the blue color as well as your neat design.
Super cute Wanda! :D
Very clean lines on this card. The dies make it so simple and the versatility is almost endless. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome set of dies….would make card creating very easy! Thanks for the inspiration!!!!
Lovely card! Love MFT stamps & dies!
This is an awesome card! I love blue prints. It really makes making the card very simple. This card has it all beautiful colors and images and a wonderful layout design. Thanks for sharing!
I’d love to win a grab bag…thanks for that chance!
How delightful this card
came out. Love the angle
of the front piece.
Carla from Utah
OMG, I L.O.V.E. this die set! The possibilities are endless! Wanda, you’ve used some great stamp sets for this adorable card! Thanks so much for sharing!
Beautiful holiday card! I love the colors!
Super sweet card Wanda. I love snowflakes. So elegnt.Thanks for sharing and inspiration! I can’t wait next week with you!Hugs from Sweden!
Gosh, love the design of your card….those Blueprints make life so easy, aye? I have #12 and it is so versatile!!!
What a gorgeous card! I love the gingham and the color combo. Such a versatile die set…I think I need it in my stash!!
Absolutely gorgeous! Love the snowflakes and the angled panel!
~carol
Great layout. Such a pretty blue gingham. Love the pop of red.
Wonderful card! Love the blue! the gingham gives it a nice country feel, and I love the pop of red with the heart!
Such a beautiful card and what a fabulous die set!!