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March 2025 Procreate Designs

Looking back on the art I’ve been making for the past few months I’ve done quite a bit of digital work.  I started really delving into Procreate when we went on Vacation earlier this year, and I haven’t stopped exploring the possibilities since.   While planning for our vacation in late February and early March of his year I opted to take only my camera and iPad.  No knitting, no sketch book, no art supplies.  This was the first time I’d ever taken only my iPad, with the intent of creating art while on a vacation.  I had a plan to limit my supplies and challenge myself to only using procreate.  My plan worked, I learned a lot about procreate and I enjoyed to process.   The biggest thing I learned was how very freeing being able to sit on the couch or the porch at night with just an iPad and a pencil was.  There was no figuring out where to put supplies, or how to juggle a sketchbook on my lap, or being confined to the table.  The other bonus ...

MFT Cross Stitch Scalloped Tag - Baby

Hello Lovely.  Don't say I didn't warn you, here we are with one more stitched card this week.  Stitched cards take a lot more time than many of the other cards I make, but the stitching is very relaxing for me and it creates an easy escape while I watch my favorite Youtubers. This card is another version of the baby feet from the MFT Printable Resources page .  I love these little feet and this is my third rendition of these.  You can see the other two here .  I love that the MFT Cross Stitch Scalloped Tag die is versatile, allowing me to use the stitched grid alone.  I die cut the stitch grid on kraft cardstock and trimmed it out with my paper trimmer.  The baby feet are stitched in DMC size 5 thread in #605. The rest of the card was pretty simple.  I cut two rectangles using the Stitched Rectangle dies from Simon Says Stamp, one of kraft and one of pink polka-dot.  I layered the two rectangles onto a white card base. I add...

MFT Cross Stitch Scalloped Tag - Butterfly Too

Hello Lovely.  I'm back today with another stitched card.  This is the second butterfly I created a couple of days ago.  Don't you just love how this pattern looks with the variegated thread? I cut some soft gray cardstock using the My Favorite Things Cross Stitch Scalloped Tag die and used the same butterfly pattern from Tuesday's post .  You can find it here on the MFT Printable Resources page.  I used DMC size 5 thread in #4237 to stitch the butterfly.  I completed tag by stamping the sentiment "sending good vibes" from the new Tiny Words from Simon Says Stamp using VersaFine Smoky Gray ink, adhered a tag back in the soft gray, added some organdy ribbon and secured it with a bow. To complete the card I used the same gray cardstock for the base, add a white panel I die cut using the Kat Scrappiness Peacock Backdrop die, then I adhered the completed tag. Thanks for swinging by today.  Tomorrow I'll have one more stitched card for you. ...

Honey Bee Stamps Happiness - Masculine Birthday

Hello Lovely.  We've made it to hump day the weekend is closer than we think.  I'm ready for it, and I'll be honest I'm a little excited because there might be Indian food.  Yep, I get excited about food.  Anywho... let's talk about these cards.  I've been thinking about all the girly cards I make and thinking that I really need to make more masculine cards.  This is just a start, which of course had to include ink blending. For the card on the left, I started with a kraft panel and the retired Bubbles from the Deep stencil from Echo Park and blended Distress Ink in Rusty Hinge ink over top.  I  removed the stencil and used my Clarity Stencil Brushes to add a light blend of ink over top.  You know what happened next, I cut it with my famous Stitched Rectangles from Simon Says Stamp.  Then came the fun part, building the sentiment using the Honey Bee Stamps Happiness and Kindness stamp sets, which I stamped in VersaFine Ony...

MFT Cross Stitch Scalloped Tag - Butterfly

Hello Lovely.  I hope you liked yesterday's stitched tag because I have another one for you today.  Stitching is very relaxing and cathartic for me.  I can watch Youtube videos and still work on a little something at the same time. Today's card uses the same My Favorite Things Cross Stitch Scalloped Tag and some white cardstock.  I grabbed a pattern from the MFT Printable Resources and stitched the butterfly using DMC size 5 thread in #99.  I just love the way the variegated color worked with this butterfly pattern.  I backed the completed stitching with another of the scalloped tags in white, added some vintage seam binding tape and a bit of gray thread. I used the Wonky Rectangle dies from Simon Say Stamp to cut some older pattern paper from the Cupid's Arrow pad by My Mindes Eye and adhered it to a white card base.  I added the completed tag.  To complete the card I added the sentiment "you're the best" from the MFT set B...