Silly Shells - Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop Day 4

Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's 

June Blog Hop!

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Welcome Poppies Featured June 19

I'm In Stitches Featured June 20

Island Life Featured June 21

Silly Shells Featured June 22

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 June 23, 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 June 22, 2012.

Lois

Vicky

Anne

Pat G.

Karen H.

Patty P.

Mary

Marilynn

Pam

Debbie

Nancy

Bonnie

Kathy

Brenda

Toni

Tangii

Thrifty Stamper

Sue

Kelli

Janine

Tammylee

Janis L.

Mark's Finest

When I first saw this set, I thought "it has to be framed", not sure how, but it has to be in a frame.  With this in mind, I pulled out one of the frames I had picked up at the dollar store recently to make sure the colors I used looked good within, and outside, the framed area.  Then I stamped several images of the shell trio, and the boat once, from Silly Shells on scrap snow storm smooth card stock so I could cut those out to pop up on the frame later.  Then I stamped the main underwater scene out in memento tuxedo black ink onto snow storm smooth card stock, making sure the shell trio was included into the corners before coloring everything with prismacolor markers.  Once my coloring was finished, I stippled Tim Holtz tumbled glass, broken china, and Adirondack caramel inks over and around the underwater images to complete my scene.  Then it was time to start building the 3-D portion of my scene.

I started out by cutting out the additional images I had stamped onto the scrap paper then popped those up using pop dots.  Then taking my cuttlebug seashell/seahorse die I bought on clearance at Michael's several years ago, I ran it several times through my big shot using scrap paper to get several different sizes, and colors, of seahorses, seashells & starfish.  Then I took my Martha Stewart branch punch and punched several branches to use as "sea ferns" or "kelp" along with my underwater scene.  Finally, I took my Martha Stewart sand dollar punch to get a couple of extra starfish, and a fiskars crab punch, ran all of my die cut, or punched, pieces through the paper crimper and began adhering them using Ranger Crystal Accents or micro glue dots.  The final embellishment was some mini pearl stickers from Michael's and googlie eyes to the seahorses.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Don't forget to stop by the rest of the design team blogs and leave some love for a chance to win today's featured set.  Have a great day.

Stamps: MFP Silly Shells

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Adirondack Caramel

Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm Smooth, Various Scraps

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Frame, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Die, Ranger Crystal Accents, Martha Stewart Branch Punch, Martha Stewart Sand Dollar Punch, Fiskars Crab Punch, Glue Dots, Stipple Brushes, Pearl Stickers, Googlie Eyes, Paper Crimper, Pop Dots