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Aug 28, 2010

Harvesting an apology... it was the little monsters

How is that for a title?  It gives you a little hint at what I'll be blabbing about today.  Today I am back after a 19 day absence.  It felt like an eternity... and I have a long list of reasons why, but I'll spare you the book and just give you a condensed version.  Ready?  

Family trip, girls at cheer camp, son at 2-a-day football practices, get kids ready for school, school starts, girls promptly get sick... who get my hubby sick... who get ME sick.  Night owl turned exhausted sick woman, went to bed EARLY every night since school started 2 weeks ago.  That about covers it.  LOL  So, what have YOU been doing for the last 19 days?  :)

When I sat down to stamp a couple days ago, I really felt like I forgot how.  LOL  Luckily, the stamps I was working with lend themselves to simple designs and clean lines.  Speaking of STAMPS, today marks day one of MFTeasers!  It's teaser time!  I'll post some info about the coming release at the end of the post, so be sure to scroll down when you are done looking at the pics. :)

I started with Clearly Sentimental about Harvest and 2 of the new Die-namics dies being released on September 1st: Perfect Petal Trio and Perfect Bracket Edge.  

What makes the Perfect Bracket Edge perfect, you ask?  (even if you didn't ask, just roll with it)  Well... it was uniquely and geniously designed to work with various widths of paper.  It has several levels of lumps and bumps, which translate to a beautiful design for the edge of your paper, from 6 inches, down to 3 1/2 inches.

To demonstrate it, I made a trio of cards, all with a different length of Perfect Bracket Edge.  

For this card, I die cut the actual edge of the card, which was 5 1/2" wide:


For this card, I die-cut a strip of paper and adhered it to the bottom of the white card base, which is 4 1/4 inches long.


For this one, I die-cut a strip of paper that was 3 1/2 inches long and used it along the bottom of my sentiment panel.


3 different looks, all from one edge die!  Pretty nifty, huh? 


Did you notice all my patterned paper flowers?  Those were made with the new Perfect Petals Trio Die-namics die.  They are a nice scalloped shape, with deeper petals, for easy curling and manipulating the petals.  I like that!


In an effort to show you I'm REALLY sorry for leaving you high and dry for 19 days... I stamped even MORE cards to show you today for teasers.  :)  

I used another stamp set that will be released on September 1st, Tiny Town Halloween.  As the name suggests, the images in this set are tiny and perfect for simple cards and small Halloween treats. 



Aren't the little characters so cute?  You get 4 characters and elements to build a cute little Halloween scene.  Fun stuff.  :) 

Well that's it for my teasers... now on to the details you have been waiting for:

The MFT release is on September 1st at 10 PM EST. You can attend the release party from 8-10 PM EST here in the forum for fun, games, and prizes!



The guest designer contest is ON! Check out the forum for details on how YOU can win over $100 in stamp sets and play along with the DT for a month.


If you'd like to see all the teasers for today, please click on over to Kim's blog at 11 AM EST. Be sure to leave comments as you go for a chance to win one of 2 sets being given away, just for leaving a comment. :)  Check Kim's blog every day for the winners.
 
Thanks for stopping by.  I'll see you tomorrow for another teaser.  :)

42 comments:

  1. I love that new bracket die! Great cards, as always. Glad you are feeling better!

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  2. these are all fabulous Jody

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  3. I THINK I'M IN LOVE... AND I CANT GET ENOUGH... LOL SING IT WITH ME!!!!!! :)

    That bracket die... WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY LIFE????? **sigh**

    These cards are ALL great Jody... gee, good thing to see you really DIDNT forget how to stamp... LOL

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  4. Hello I have MTC software. is there a tutorial of dummies I have no clue on how to use this software.. Help...

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  5. Glad your feeling better! The cards are AWESOME!! Love those dies! Question.....the dp on the first cards? Beautiful colors!! Thanks for sharing!

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  6. welcome back! life happens, no appologies needed. THESE are fantastic. love how you showed off the bracket edge-it is GREAT!

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  7. Love these Jody! I also love how you showed the different widths of the bracket die! Genius I tell you! Glad you're feeling better, but you in bed early? Hard to believe!

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  8. Love your cards!! The bracket die is sooo COOL!

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  9. Jody....thank you soo much for showing how this bracket die works!! I was fortunate to have the opportunity to already buy this die but wasn't sure exactly how to use it. Kim was at my LSS on Thursday and I picked up most of the new dies there! Can't wait to use this die on the edge of my card like you did!!

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  10. The flowers are so pretty and I love the porthole card! Darling.

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  11. Your floral cards are soooo beautiful, Jody...and your Halloween cards, so cute!! Lovin' the new dies!!

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  12. these are all awesome cards & the new dies are amazing!! so so glad you're feeling a little better-it's so hard when Mom gets sick.

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  13. Thanks for showing us so many ways to use the bracket die--great cards!

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  14. Beautiful cards! Thanks for sharing them with us during the hop.

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  15. Hey Jody, hope you are feeling better. Love your samples, those new dies are to die for!!

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  16. Welcome back. I'm SO sorry you've had such a rough go of it lately.

    Your projects today are all AMAZING. Love them!

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  17. Dear Jody,
    So glad that you are well again!!! Hope you have all your energy back again. In the mean time I was getting withdrawal symptoms and HAD to check at least 10 times a day if there was not a new item on your blog! And Jippy, today there is :-)
    LOVE your cards, especially the flower ones. Great new flower and bracket die and of course I will need to have those asap LOL. I am still waiting for my other dies which take a long time to ship to the Netherlands (not so LOL). They are probably stuck at customs, sigh.
    Hope to see some more great stuff soon!
    Love from the Netherlands

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  18. These are great dies! Looks like I need to be saving my lunch money. Beautiful cards!

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  19. Great Cards! Just love them! Trying out the Blog hop!

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  20. Cute cards, I love the colors on the first two!

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  21. Well, you may have taken a break, but you came back BIG! Great, so creative cards!

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  22. Thank you so much for showing us the different sizes of the Bracket Die!! That was so clever, and I love how you used it all three ways!!!

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  23. What beautiful cards!! Loving that bracket die too! Keep up the great designs! :)

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  24. Your creations are just lovely!

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  25. How fun!! Have a good break for 19 days :)

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  26. Glad to see you back. Great cards!I love the new bracket die!
    Phyllis

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  27. Fabulous, Jody! Love how you showed the different ways to use that awesome bracket die!

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  28. Oh Jody, these cards are fantastic! And you forgetting how to stamp?! Impossible! It's like riding a bike! LOL!

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  29. Fabulous cards....and that scalloped banner die...delish!

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  30. nice job, I love your paper choices!
    Sandra

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  31. Very cute cards great die also. very very nice.

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  32. YEA!!! Jody is back!! Glad you are feeling better!!! Missed you!! :) Not that I was stalking your blog or anything........

    Anywho...... Great teasers!! Like the brackets on those great card!!

    jennik

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  33. Wowza, where do I begin? there are just so many awesome projects produced using one die. I am so in!! Love these idears! lol.

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  34. Your cards are fabulous. That bracket die is great and the flowers you can make with the other die. Can't wait to get my hands on them .

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  35. I love your little about me bio!
    Great projects! ...the little monsters.... I hear ya girl!

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  36. The bracket die is too cool. And I love color papers you chose. thanks for the chance.

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  37. Wow, that new bracket die looks amazing!

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  38. Stopping by while blog hopping around! :)

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  39. ACK! LOVE that new bracket die!! FAB layouts too!!

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  40. These are all amazing!! I can't wait for my bracket die to come in...

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  41. You are amazing. You come back from a 19-day absence to create all of these fabulous cards!! I love your Bracket Edge examples! And the Tiny Town cards -- so cute! I think I have that chipboard somewhere -- love how it frames the images! :)

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