The wonderful people at
My Favorite Things are celebrating a huge birthday this month! It seems like it was just yesterday that I was ordering from them for the very first time, way back in the Fall of 2007 when I was managing a small stamp store. Looking back on my blog, my first post using stamps from MFT was on
October 16, 2007. So I'm honored to say I've been happily using their products for the majority of their 10 years in business, and have also had the honor of serving as a guest designer a few times, in addition to getting to go to their headquarters in the Summer of 2014 for a stamping retreat! I even got a great treat this week in seeing that one of my creations was
"Spotted!" and featured on the MFT Challenge blog! That's actually my second one in recent weeks, and is SUCH a THRILL to see!
The MFT Design Team recently all did posts on their blogs with their
Top 10 Picks of their cards, and I thought it'd be kind of fun to look back at my own MFT designs and pick a Top 10! (Believe me, that first card from October 2007 is NOT one of them!) So here they are, in chronological order...
These cool pop bottles are so fun to use... why am I not using them more often? This card for
Color Throwdown #361 was definitely a fave!
This card was another no-brainer for my favorite list. I don't know what it was, but just something about how this whole card came together made me love it. I created this for the
Deconstructed Sketch #163.
The brightness of this card, along with the simplicity (something I never feel like I'm very good at!) made this one another favorite. This was created in August 2014 for a
Dare to Get Dirty challenge.
I used a Die-Namics die to create my own stencil to apply paste for this card, another
Dare to Get Dirty challenge in August 2014.
Here's another favorite in which the simplicity knocked me for a loop! I just never feel like I do clean-and-simple very well, but every now and then I surprise myself! This card was created for
Color Throwdown #302.
I've always been partial to sunflowers, to this one was definitely a favorite! I think the black frame gives it such a striking look, too. I made this card for one of the
MFT sketches in June 2014.
This card was a fun one because I made it with new release products that I picked up on that wonderful trip to Florida back in June 2014! I was having a BLAST with all those new goodies! I created this card for
Color Throwdown #296.
Not sure what it is about this one... just something about the pretty papers and layers and other design elements just made me happy with this card! Created for
Mojo Monday #280 in February 2013.
No list of favorites would be complete without at least one ala' modes stamp! They've been since discontinue, but I always just loved these cute, lanky girls! The inside of this card had a sentiment that read, "Feeling a little green around the gills?" I made this one for
Color Throwdown #126 in January 2011.
And finally, I couldn't finish a list of Top 10 favorites without the adorable girl from the Pure Innocence line! This card has always been a favorite, just for the bright colors and added design elements, created in
December 2010 for one of the MFT sketches.
It wasn't easy to narrow my list to only 10, but it was a ton of fun to take a walk back through the years! I look forward to many more years of using products from
My Favorite Things! Happy Birthday, MFT!