MHK Designer Inspiration - Rocky

 A Paper Is Not Just For Christmas

     MHK Designs have some gorgeous paper sets, this one is a firm favourite of mine.
     Although it's a set full of designs suitable for Christmas, with  just a few colour changes you can use it any time of year.
     This set has stars, stripes and great patterns. The only thing that makes it Christmas is the colour palette, so change it and you've got a whole host of lovely papers to craft with.

     If you don't know how to change the colours of your digi's then please pop over to You-Tube and watch our very own Mynn as she takes you through several ways to get much more from your digital designs.
     When you have a few minutes play around with your printer settings to see what you can come up with, you'll be surprised what you can do by just moving the sliders around on your colours. If all else fails then print in black and white and add colour with ink pads.
   

Christmas Past

Have a very Happy Holiday Season, see you in the New Year....

MHK Designer Inspiration - Rocky

  The digi papers are very good for making boxes, with so many to choose from it could be for any occasion. As it's fast approaching the festive season I have made a small gift box, a perfect size for gifting a few handmade treats.

      I printed the paper from Christmas Past on to thin card and then die cut the box, it measures 2.5 x 2.5 x 3 inches so it's a rather useful size.
     With just a little double sided tape the box is complete, it has a slot fastening star on top to go with the star paper. All that was needed to finish off was a tag which has a sentiment from Candy Canes and Crackers printed on it, a bit of red edging with ink to make it pop and a big foam pad behind it.
     I do hope you enjoy using MHK Designs images and papers for your projects, don't forget to join our challenge to show us what you've made.

Christmas Past

Candy Canes and Crackers

                               

Happy Crafting,

MHK Designer Inspiration - Rocky

     This month we are celebrating all things seasonal so I have chosen to make a special tag for a special gift. For this tag I have used two image sets, Season's Greetings and Deck The Halls, along with a paper set Christmas Past.
     To begin I covered a tag with a paper from Christmas Past and coloured the edges, then printed the stocking from Deck The Halls and Father Christmas from Season's Greetings. The stocking I die cut tag shaped, coloured and then used embossing powder to decorate the edge. Father Christmas was die cut on a circle and mounted behind a die cut frame.
    Father Christmas was stuck flush on to the large tag but the small tag was stuck on using foam pads, making sure the holes lined up. To finish I have added ribbons, twine and a gold bell.

Season's Greetings

Deck the Halls

   

Christmas Past

     Don't forget our challenge gives you the chance to win some MHK Designs sets and you don't even have to use our images to enter, but of course we would love it if you did.

Happy Crafting,

MHKDesigner Inspiration: Judy

Hi there!

It's Judy here sharing my inspiration

for the month of November!

I've been working on making items to sell

at craft shows and decided to do some

quick and easy gift card holders

using the Deck the Halls  Stamp Set

&

Christmas Past Paper Set

I started by printing the stocking image 4 times,

colored with pencils and fussy cut.

Then I added some stickles for a little sparkle!

Cut a 3 1/2 x 8 1/2 inch piece of solid

card stock and a 2 1/4 & 3 1/4 inch piece of 

printed paper for each holder.

Take one piece of 3 /12 x 8 1/2 inch paper and score

2 inches from one end and 2 1/2 inches from the other.

Attach the printed papers to each end.

Glue the 2 1/2 inch scored end on each end 

to form the pocket to place the gift card in.

Decorate the outside as desired.

I die cut some ovals to pop my fussy cut stockings on and

glued to the top flap ( 2 1/2 inch end).

As the last step glue velcro to the inside of the top

flap and top of the bottom piece.

And, there you have it!

Quick and easy!

Until next time,

Happy Crafting!

MHK Designer Inspiration: Rocky

     As we are celebrating Christmas in July I thought I would revisit two of last years seasonal releases, Holiday Deer and Christmas Past.
     The image of the deer has been altered slightly to remove some of the overhead foliage making it possible to use on a square card. I have used alcohol markers to colour the image and a glue pen to add glitter to the mountains and some foil berries.
     The mat layer is red foil, the same as the berries and then a layer of paper from the Christmas Past set altered to shades of green. With the addition of a die cut pine branch and greeting bauble the card is complete. The branch and bauble are on foam pads but it will still fit through standard post in the UK.

Holiday Deer

Christmas Past

      Don't forget to come back for more Designer Inspiration and new Christmas releases throughout July. If you can't wait to see what the new release are you can always pop over to MHK Designs Etsy shop and have a look.

MHK Designer Inspiration: Rocky

      This month I would like to show you how easy it is to make dimensional acetate butterflies using MHK Designs Butterfly Wisdom.
      On one A4 sheet of printable acetate I got nine large butterflies, you could get many more if better placed and smaller sizes. Two have been coloured with Alcohol markers which don't appear to react with the printer ink. They have been coloured on the rough, printed side of the acetate so that when turned over to the shiny side any possible marks are hidden.
      One butterfly has been scored down either side of his body and had his wings bent upwards, this is then stuck on top of the other butterfly along the body only.

    The image used is from Easter Blessings, coloured in with watercolour pencils, die cut and shaded with Distress Ink.           The image panel is mounted on a layer of paper from Christmas Past that has been colour adjusted with my photo package.
     Finally the butterfly is stuck on to the image panel using red line tape which is perfect for acetate as it's very strong.
     The card will lay flat inside the envelope making it easy for posting.
     I hope this gives you inspiration to try another way of using MHK Designs images, there really is a lot you can do with them, happy crafting.

   

MHKDesigner Inspiration: Judy

Happy Monday!

It's Judy here sharing my March Inspiration Project.

I created a holiday card using 3 sets from

MHKDesigns.

The image is from Rock My World.

My printed papers are from Christmas Past

and the Sentiment is from Santa's Sleigh.

I always say this and I'll say it again,

the versatility of these stamp sets and papers

makes it so easy to mix and match!

It's so easy to use them for virtually any occasion.

So make sure you visit

MHKDesigns Etsy Store

and check out everything there for endless possibilities.

And then link up with our challenge.

We'd love to see what you create!

January/February 2016 Challenge

Hello, friends!  We here at MHKDesigns are SO excited to have you here today for our first ever monthly challenge! We are going to keep it super simple each month with a photo/color inspiration.  You choose what you're inspired by!  We will share our creations using products from the MHKDesigns Etsy Shop and encourage you to do so, too!  If you don't have our products, though, you are still welcome to enter!

Here's this month's inspiration~

And here is some inspiration from the MHKDesigners~

Mynn

Using Simple Rose, Stencil in the Roses,
and Autumnal Accents papers.

Asha

Using Tulip of Thanks and Worn & Weathered papers.

Donna

Using Blossoming.

Judy

Using Butterfly Wisdom.

Lilian

Using Beginnings & Endings and Blossoming

Rocky

Using Peace Dove and Christmas Past papers

Jerrie

Using Rock My World

Jessica

Using Beginnings & Endings.

Michele

Using Stencil In The Roses

Sathya

Using Butterfly Wisdom

Shawna

Using Rock My World and
Stenciled Roses papers.

Alicia

Using Wheely Like You

NanaConnie

Using Sled Friends and You've Been Spotted paper

The prize for this challenge includes:

Link up below for your chance to win these products!  Make sure to review our challenge rules before you do to make sure you'll be eligible for the prize, first, though!  We can't wait to see what you create for us this month!  HUGS and happy {digital} stamping, all! :)

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