Welcome Poppies - Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop Day 1

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

The poppies are back!!!!  Yippee!!!!!!!  Can we have a shout out for the graphic designers for bringing our favorite flowers back into the fold?

For my card, I chose to be inspired by California's wild poppies that grow just about everywhere in the late spring and early summer.  They are just beautiful but don't you dare pick them!!  Since the poppy is the California state flower is against the law to pick them, however, no one said anything about inspiration being illegal ;) even with migraines - yes, they're still hanging around. 

I started out by stamping my images from the new Welcome Poppies set by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company in memento tuxedo black ink onto snow storm smooth card stock and coloring with prismacolor markers before stippling Tim Holtz tumbled glass ink around them and layering.   Once my layering was done, I stamped the card and first card layer in Tim Holtz spiced marmalade and Adirondack lettuce inks.  The saying is directly stamped onto My Minds Eye Miss Caroline designer paper I was gifted by a friend in memento tuxedo black.  The only embellies I added are some punched Martha Stewart mini butterflies with bling bodies, orange satin ribbon with a green hat pin and some orange brads.

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

Stamps: MFP Welcome Poppies

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Spiced Marmalade, Tumbled Glass, Adirondack Lettuce

Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm Smooth, New Leaf, Orangerie Sunset, Morning Sun, Tomato Red Scrap, My Minds Eye Miss Caroline Designer Paper

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Brads, Ribbon, Hat Pin, Glue Dots, Stipple Brush, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch, Bling