This week we are thrilled to welcome My Favorite Things! In today’s spotlight you’ll learn more about My Favorite Things, see a fantastic project by Barbara Anders and have the opportunity to win the Sequins Die-namics (details at the end of this post).
The Sequins Die-namics includes both faceted and smooth sequins in 4 different sizes. A single pass through your die cutting machine results in an entire handful of confetti perfect for populating your shaker cards, using as stand alone accents, or embellishing your stamped designs. The smallest size includes a pierce point while the largest three sizes have a tiny center hole. Put that hole punch away and let our Die-namics do the work for you!
About My Favorite Things
My Favorite Things is thrilled to bring you the most delightful clear stamps and Die-namics dies. Die-namics are our EXCLUSIVE, American made, line of steel dies that we are sure will be an essential ingredient in your paper crafting from THIS moment forward.
We have new cutting edge designs each month, all of which are so timely and so HOT we’re not sure which you’ll want to grab first. Well, really there’s no question, you’ll need all of them! And with Brand Spankin’ New Releases every month, there’s always something worth coming back for.
Want to see the complete line? Visit www.mftstamps.com. The only paper crafting company you’ll ever need.
My Favorite Things Designer
Today we welcome Barbara Anders. We are so excited to have her showcase her work today on Paper Crafter’s Library. You can see Barbara’s fabulous project below, but first, here is a little more about her:
Barbara had dabbled a bit in paper crafting but about five years ago started a little scrapbooking. She was immediately fascinated and started buying a few stamps and supplies at craft stores. Since then she’s branched out and has had the awesome good fortune to be able to design for fabulous companies. Most importantly, though, through this craft she’s met some of the most talented and amazing people—people that “I am proud to call “friend”.”
Fabulous Card
I needed a card for a good friend of mine who was there for me at a difficult time. The “fabulous” greeting was exactly what I was looking for and I wanted it to shine. With that in mind, I kept the background of the card fairly simple – just black and white tones. This allowed the greeting to stand out!
Instructions
1. From Black Licorice card stock, create a card base, 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″
2. Trim Sweet Tooth card stock to 5 1/2″ x 3 1/4 and stamp all over with Black Licorice Hybrid ink and MPD Damask Designs stamp set.
3. Stamp “Fabulous” sentiment on edge of black card base with Versamark and heat emboss with gold embossing powder.
4. Adhere stamped panel to card base with foam tape.
5. Adhere enamel dots.
Supplies
Stamps: MPD Damask Designs, Simply Fabulous Sayings (MFT)
Paper: Sweet Tooth card stock, Black Licorice card stock (MFT)
Ink: Black Licorice Hybrid ink (MFT); Versamark
Other: foam tape (Scotch), gold fine detail embossing powder (Ranger), heat tool, enamel dots (My Mind’s Eye)
We hope you have enjoyed today’s feature. We want to extend a sincere thank you to Barbara Anders for her fabulous project and My Favorite Things for sharing their company with us. Be sure to visit My Favorite Things to see more of their products and their blog for some inspiration!
In order to enter the give-away to win the Sequins Die-namics shown above, please leave us a comment in the comments section of this post. One winner will be announced next Wednesday on the Paper Crafter’s Library blog!
I love Barbara’s creations. She is such a fantastic crafter. This card is sooo elegant! MFT is an awesome company. Especially love their dies!
Love this beautiful card, so elegant and the design is simply fabulous!!!
CAS card so elegant too love those new dies for sequins now they can be in any paper I own so smart 🙂
Beautiful card!
I love MFT they have some of the best products around!!!
I love MFT. So many things you can do with their products. Very versatile.
I love the whole idea of a sequin die- fabulous! An absolutely beautiful card also.
How fabulous that MFT has been highlighted … and Barbara too … awesome! Love MFT! Anita 🙂
The sequin die is a fabulous idea. I’d love to win one.
Love sequins, how they
make anything seem
brighter! Would have
fun using this prize.
Carla from Utah
MFT is quickly becoming one of my top favorite places to shop! Love their products!
Love you oh-so-elegant card! The background stamping is gorgeous and is set off so well by the glittery gold sentiment. I just received my first MFT dies (to go with my Mother’s Day Big Shot) and am in love with them.
Thanks for sharing this lovely card!
Yay MFT for being featured! I absolutely love their products!
Gorgeous card. Love the black, white and gold.
What a lovely, elegant card! Well done Barbara!
WOW! This Card is Just STUNNING. As for this Delicious Die, Well this is just to Die for (Pardon the Pun). It is an Incredible Die and The Versatility is Endless. I’m just thinking of all the Textures it could develop and all the Uses it would have. I would So Love to add this to My little Die Collection.
Thank You So Much for your Generosity and Sharing a Wonderful Company this Week. Good Luck to All……
I love MFT! There are always so many fun products released every month. Barbara has such a clean and elegant style.
Thanks for the chance to win that awesome Sequin die set!
Barb’s card is beautiful! I follow her via MFT. I love MFT stamps, dies, supplies and Kim and the DT are wonderful. When I look at my year end “craft” credit card statement, MFT is there … a lot! Hee! Thanks for the chance to win the sequins die. 🙂
Barbara’s card is fantastic. I just love My Favorite Things products.
What a stunning card – black and white is always so elegant, and I love the addition of gold.
Thanks for the chance to win the die set
what a cool new die, I would love to win it. thank you for a chance.
Beautiful card! Love MFT! They have so many wonderful, high quality products, and they keep coming up with more each month. Love it!
Stunning card! LOVE MFT!!!!
Awesome card. I love its simplicity. Thanks to My Favorite Things for a chance to win.
Simple and striking card. Love that die
Barbara’s card is so elegant. Glad she has such a wonderful friend to lean on during rough times and what better way to show appreciation than this beautiful card.
This MFT sequin die looks like it’d be so much fun!! Thanks for the chance to win it!
This is so pretty, and the gold accents really make it look so classy and elegant! Thanks for the chance to win the die – its awesome!
What a beautiful, elegant card! Those dies are on my wishlist, hoping to win!!!
Well, isn’t that sequin die just fantastic?!?! Love, love, love so many of MFT’s dies and stamps!!!! Thanks for the chance to win this one!!!!!
So elegant and beautiful! Thanks for the inspiration!
I love Barbara’s elegant card!
Thanks for the chance to win the sequins dies… they’re awesome!
What a perfectly elegant card!! Love the colors and the beautiful damask pattern.
Very classy card!
Such an elegant card, love MFT and Barbara is exceptional. Awesome dies
What a beautiful card. Barbara is so talented and I love her cards. Love the black and white with gold combo. Looks awesome. Thanks for the chance to win 😀
Love the simplicity of this card. MFT is great . I love the dies that match the stamp sets.
Absolutely gorgeous! Love all of Barbara’s cards. 🙂
What a beautiful and elegant card, thanks for sharing!
Beautiful card! I’m a huge fan of MFT. Thanks for the chance to win. AJ@queenofmynest
Beautiful and elegant. Great card
Oh what a stunningly beautiful card! Love that fabulous sequins dies and MTF!
It’s true…you will want, if not need, every single Die-namic die there is! MFT inspires wonderful creativity and this card is no exception…love the black and white with a touch of gold. Beauty!
MFT is a wonderful company. I have placed a few orders with them and their products are fabulous. I am so excited about this sequin die! Thanks for the chance to win it.
Wow very beautiful and elegant…
Barbara is awesome, and so creative… this card is like a little black dress – perfect for many occasions. I’ll bet her friend loved receiving it. Thanks for sharing =]
Beautiful and elegant card. I can see how the sequin die could become my favorite. It cuts out a lot at once and the unused could be stored in a little bag along with the paper it was cut from. I would always have matching bling!!
This is so classy! Love it!
I love MFT, they have the most amazing stamp and die designs. Barbara’s card is so elegant, I’m sure it will give her friend a lift. Thank you for the chance to win this fantastic die.
Every card should have a little bling on it and sequins are the perfect embellishment.
Lovely card, thanks for sharing your inspiration with all of us.
Truly a “fabulous” card….love the gold!! I have a few of their dies…they are great!! Hope to purchase some more soon!
Fabulous card with the touch of gold against the black and white.
Beautiful card!! Black & White with a punch of colour is a fav theme with me
Love the”fabulous” embossed in gold matches perfectly the black on the rest of the card. Good work!
Beautiful card! I love MFT, and would be so excited to win this fun die. Thank you for the opportunity.
WOW! Such a cool die! I can see so many uses for it!!!!
What a beautiful card! I just bought that sentiment stamp set! Great job and thanks for sharing! I love mft products!!
Hugs, jen
Lovely card Barbara, I am a huge fan….of Barbara and MFT ..I can say with certainty that I have oogled over this die since the release and would love to create with it..thanks for the chance to win it
I love MFT products! And the designers always have such great examples to share.
Lovely card Barbara. Thanks for the chance to win.
Love, Love, Love this card! Just beautiful!!!!
This is a pretty card and a fun die set. Thanks for the giveaway.
Gorgeous card. Love that paper and the gold FABULOUS. So elegant!
What a beautiful card! I LOVE MFT! Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful card! MFT is the best and Barb is one of the most inspirational card designers.
Lovely card!
MFT is one of my very favorite stamping companies. I only wish I could afford to purchase all the wonderful products on my wish list that I see featured every month. I am very familiar with Barbara Anders work as I often visit her website as well as all the others stampers on their design team! Her friend will be so thrilled to receive this “Fabulous” card – suitable for framing!
A lovely card and the use of the sequins die is subtle, yet so effective with the embossed word. Thank you!
I’ve only discovered mft about a month, bt my wish list is huge! Hope I win!
LOVE love love mft products. Great service, too!
I LOVE your BEAUTIFUL card. Thanks for sharing.
LOVE those sequin dies!
Crafty hugs,
D~
DesignsByDragonfly.blogspot
Exquisite card! MY FAVORITE THINGS products are some on “my favorite things.” LOVE the sequins..thanks for the chance to win them.
I’m a huge fan of MFT. They come out with such creative stamp sets and dies. I have seen so many of Barbara’s wonderful cards. She is very inspirational. I love her style of cardmaking. She did an amazing job with this card. I love the design and the gold embossed sentiment. Such an elegant and stylish card. I actually made a purchase from this last release, but unfortunately I have a budget and I couldn’t add everything into my cart (boy, did I want to!!! LOL!!!). I love the sequin set, but it was one of the items that didn’t land in my cart. Thank you for the chance at winning and thank you for featuring such a fantastic company…FYI their customer service is one of the best.
I’ve enjoyed Barbara’s designs for years now–several are in my personal “inspiration file!” I love the right on trend black/white/gold combo she used here! And those sequins dies–MFT does such a great job always, and these are genius!
CAS! That’s what I like! It makes a big statement without a lot of fuss. Great inspiration! Thanks for sharing.
Love the idea of making sequins whenever you need them and from whatever paper is appropriate to enhance the project.
Beautiful card!
How fun to see My Favorite Things featured on The Paper Crafters Library. Love your website and challenges!
I love the idea of dies for sequins and am so glad someone finally made one.
What an awesome die! & a lovely card 🙂
I am also a huge fan of MFT and I buy there stamps and dies a lot. Barbara is one person that gives me inspiration to make cards. Great job was done on this card. Thanks.
I saw this sequin die in the last release and I wanted it. I still do.
Your card is beautiful. I love MFT products and the great products they have. Thanks for sharing.
Love MFT’s stamps and dies…they have such great inspiration.
Sequins are my new obsession! I would love to win this die. Thank you for the chance to win and for sharing the beautiful card.
what a great and elegant card.
I’ve seen some beautiful cards by Barb & this one is no exception. The b&w with the gold is so elegant. MFT is one of my favorite companies. Thanks for a chance to win.
Beautiful and elegant looking card. Your friend will be thrilled to receive it.
Thanks for featuring MFT!!! Barbara did a fabulous job!
Beautiful card, Barbara, a always! So elegant. Love the colors 7 the layout.
I love MFT, I just put an order in yesterday and saw the sequin after I hi the “order” button! What a great opportunity to win these….pick me please!!!!
Love all the MFT products, especially the dies – they are so creative with the flowers and backgrounds! Would love a chance to add to my collection!
I love MFT dies and Barbara’s blog:)
Wonderful card! Love the gold. And love My Favorite Things!! Thanks for sharing.
Katie B.
Fabulous card. So elegant. I love the MFT Dienamics!
These truly are a few of m favourite things! Lovely card… LOVE the idea of a sequin die!
What a beautiful card, Barbara, and so appropriate for many different sentiments. I love the sequins die, too. I could really put it to use, and I appreciate the opportunity to win it.
Love the card! The colors and design match perfectly to project elegance.
You had me at MFT. Love their stuff and their design team.
A very elegant card. Love the new sequins Die
Classic black and white–FABULOUS- with gold!
MFT is one of my Favorite Die (and Stamp) Companies! I am always amazed at their Die-namics Dies and the Sequin Die-namics Die is on my Wish List. It is wicked cool and so useful!! I really like Barbara’s Card because it is so elegant and uncluttered.
MFT is awesome! One of my favorite companies.
Gorgeous card Barbara!
Barbara is so gifted when it comes to creating beautiful cards. I always love her work! Thanks for the opportunity to win these fun die-namics!
Love MFT dies and stamps. And what a great giveaway!! Thanks for the chance to win.
Barbara has been a fav designer for so long! I’m a big fan of the die cuts, a la mode girls and my WHo’s that Girl stamp collection remains a favourite of mine! These sequins are fantastic!
Very elegant card!
Thanks for featuring My Favorite Things. Great products!! Thanks for the give a way!
I luv this card. Barbara is one of my favorite designers. My a Favorite Things is my favorite place for all my stamping supplies
WONDERFUL EASY AND QUICK CARD..
I love the fantastic card show cased today. It is so elegant.
What a beautiful elegant card! I love the sequins die!
Your card is truly fabulous! Amazing!
WOWOWOWOW!! This is just BEAUTIFUL!! I LOVE the FUN Design!! I LOVE MFT and I’d LOVE to win!! =) THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS Memorial Day WEEK!! =)
This is a beautiful and elegant card – thanks so much for sharing it and for the chance to win!!!
Such an elegant card!! LOVE the gold accents!
Love the black and white with a pop of gold. Beautiful card.
I like MFT products – and those sequins are so cute!
I LOVE MFT–huge wishlist no matter how much I buy, something gets added! Barb’s card is beautiful & elegant–my favorite style!
Gorgeous card, Barbara, as usual!
Love all of Barbara’s work and this classic and elegant card is so beautiful. MFT products are awesome.
always love Barbara’s creativity, such detail. simple and exquisite. Barbara does a great job. thanks for always inspiring us and taking the time to share your creativity with us.