Blessings - Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop Day 3

Hello! Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's February Blog Hop!

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Relax A Bit Featured February 14
North American Woods Featured February 15
Blessings Featured February 16
Dogwood Blossoms Featured February 17

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs (don't forget this one), each day for more chances to win! (You do NOT have to comment on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly!) All four winners will be announced on February 18, 2012 on the Mark's Finest Papers blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. (HINT: The more you comment, the more chances you have to win and comments on the MFP blog count twice!) The deadline for commenting is 11PM EST on Friday February 17, 2012.

Lois

Vicky

Anne

Pat G.

Karen H.

Patty P.

Mary

Dawn M.

Marilynn

Chrissy

Karen K.

Pam

Debbie

Nancy

Bonnie

Harriet

Kathy

Brenda

Mark's Finest Papers

Our new promotion begins this month! With the purchase of the February New Release Package, you will receive this stamp set for FREE!

Our February New Release Mini:

Spring Joy

 

Today we're featuring Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company's newest set called Blessings.  This is a fantastic set for not only Easter cards, but Spring, Get Well, Anniversary, Birthday....basically anytime of the year using the images combined with different sayings from any other stamp set.

My card today is one I've had designed in my head for some time, however, I just didn't have the right stamp images to go with it.  Now with the release of Mark's Finest Papers set Blessings, I have those images.  I was originally inspired by some lattice ribbon I found in Michael's $1 bins over 2years ago, bought, and knew I would eventually use at some point.

After I stamped my lily images in memento tuxedo black in on Mark's Finest Papers Snow Storm Smooth, I wanted my lilies to be a color other than white, so after googling pictures of lilies, I finally decided on the colors my flowers ended up being, and then carefully cut them out.  Pulling out my Martha Stewart lattice fence punch, I punched a border to place over the ribbon to give the "lattice" feel more dimension.  The same effect can be achieved using the Martha Stewart Arch Lattice Edge punch.  After adding some brads to hold my punched border & ribbon in place, I popped it all up on dimensionals before adding my saying.  Since I was making an Easter card, I carefully cut apart one entire saying from the Blessings set, and then rearranged it to stamp vertically and also allow the Easter saying to be placed in the center.  My final touch is an EK Success sticker I've had in my stash for a couple of years.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to stop by all of the Senior Design Team blogs and leave some a comment for a chance to win today's set. 

Stamps: MFP Blessings

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Tattered Rose

Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm Smooth, Markie's Strawberry Milkshake, Deep Olive, Lily Pad Premium Papers

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Dimensionals, Sticker, Pearl Heart Brads, Martha Stewart Lattice Border Punch, Lattice Ribbon