Thursday, September 27, 2012

Tweet That - Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop Day 4

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

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are
Buried Treasure Featured September 25
Going Batty Featured September 26
Autumn Splendor Featured September 27
Tweet That Featured September 28

 
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 September 29, 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 September 28, 2012.



This month's new release called Tweet That is just too much fun to work with, so today I have two projects to share with you.
 
My first project uses some Lilly Bean Picket Fence wood grain designer paper, dies, and Scenic Selections.  After stamping my images in memento tuxedo black onto MFP snow storm white, I pulled out my prismacolor markers and got to coloring.  Once the coloring was finished and my images cut out, I die cut a white picket fence, three layers of scalloped borders, and then a trio of clouds.  Once I was done die cutting everything, I stamped the cracked background from Background Fun in Tim Holtz weathered wood distress ink onto my die cut fence to give it some added texture before adding it to the card.  After finding some Jolee's die cut grass in my stash, and adding the scallop layers, I was ready to finish assembling my card.  All of the remaining elements were popped up using various layers of pop dots before highlighting the birdbath water with waterfall ice stickles and some stamped birds from Scenic Selections.
My second project is a little more simple and utilizes some Cosmo Cricket Tea For Two designer paper along with some mini pink/purple roses, punched leaves, spellbinders, brads and a cuttlebug heart embossing folder. 
 
After stamping my images in memento tuxedo black onto MFP snow storm white and coloring with prismacolor markers, I cut out the images before die cutting, and sponging, the tags my saying would be stamped on.  I then ran some red card stock through the big shot using a cuttlebug heart square embossing folder before layering onto white card stock using some Making Memories heart brads.  Once my saying was stamped onto the spellbinder tags, sponged and popped up, I added the mini roses with some punched Martha Stewart leaf branches before adding my final images.
 
I'm really happy with the way both cards turned out especially since I was dealing with another migraine this last week.
 
Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to stop by the rest of the design team blogs to leave some love for a chance to win today's featured set.
 
 
Stamps: Tweet That, Scenic Selections, Background Fun
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Weathered Wood, Tattered Rose, Stampin Up! Rose Red
Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm White, Cosmo Cricket Tea For Two Designer Paper, Stampin Up! Bashful Blue, Rose Red, Lily Bean Designs Picket Fence, Scraps
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Big Shot, Scallop Die, Picket Fence Die, Cloud Trio Die, Jolee's Grass Die Cut, Cuttlebug Heart Block Embossing Folder, Sponge, Mini Roses, Making Memories Heart Brads, Pop Dots, Waterfall Ice Stickles, Glue Dots
 

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Autumn Splendor - Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop Day 3

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

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are
 
Buried Treasure Featured September 25
Going Batty Featured September 26
Autumn Splendor Featured September 27
Tweet That Featured September 28
 

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 September 29, 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 September 28, 2012.


When it comes to Autumn stamp images, this new one by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company called Autumn Splendor is just fantastic!  I love the pumpkins, owls, and all of the sayings associated with the set.
 
After stamping my images in memento tuxedo black ink onto MFP snow storm white, I pulled out my prismacolor markers and started coloring making sure the images matched the glittered Debbie Mumm designer paper I chose.  Once the coloring was finished, I cut out the images and popped up only the pumpkin/owl using dimensionals before popping up the matching saying.  The only embellishment added was Ranger's Glossy Accents to the owl's eyes to highlight them just a bit.
 
Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to stop by the rest of the design team blogs for a chance to win today's set.
 
 
Stamps: MFP Autumn Splendor
Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm White, Stampin Up, Debbie Mumm Designer Paper
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Dimensionals, Ranger Glossy Accents

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Going Batty - Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop Day 2

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

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are
Buried Treasure Featured September 25
Going Batty Featured September 26
Autumn Splendor Featured September 27
Tweet That Featured September 28


fPlease 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 September 29, 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 September 28, 2012.


Normally, I'm not a Halloween stamper, however, this month's release of Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company's set I'm Going Batty, has changed that.  These images are so much fun to work with, and easy to color, even with a migraine.
 
I started out by stamping my images in memento tuxedo black onto snow storm white before coloring with prismacolor markers and cutting out before layering onto MFP black linen card stock, then limeade and pumpkin card stock as well.  I then took two strips of grape card stock and using a Martha Stewart drip border punch to create two borders layered on top of each other.  After adding some Making Memories moon brads and primas with orange ice stickle centers, my card was finished.
 
My second card uses just a strip of scrap card stock to create a smaller clean and simple note card.  I stamped the ghost and saying images in memento tuxedo black before coloring with prismacolor markers; then cutting out.  Once my coloring was finished, I stamped some trees, grass and fences from Scenic Selections and colored them using koh-i-noor pencils with a blender marker.  Then I lightly stippled basic grey ink around the edges of the card and over the colored images before stamping the bats from the Broom Rides Mini stamp set and adding eyes using a white gel pen.  Once all of my coloring was finished, I added the cut out ghost and layered saying.
 
My final project is a frame scene I created using the new I'm Going Batty, Vroom Mini, and Broom Rides Mini stamp sets.  I did add a few punches, stickers and die cuts along the way too. lol 
 
After stamping my images in memento tuxedo black ink onto MFP snow storm white, coloring and cutting out, I layered some Die Cuts With A View fall paper inside the frame and adhered my cut out witch, broom, cat and then popped up the layered saying.  Then I added some K&Company dimensional pumpkin stickers before punching out two cats and several bare trees.  Once those were added, I die cut three clouds, stamped the bird trio from Scenic Selections on the clouds as "bats" then popped up the clouds using pop up glue dots.  The final embellishment added were two cut out bats from Broom Rides Mini with gel pen eyes and then adding eyes to the two black cats using the same gel pen.
 
Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to stop by each of the design team blogs and leave some love for a chance to win today's featured set.
 
 
Stamps: I'm Going Batty, Scenic Selections, Vroom Mini, Broom Rides Mini
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, SU Basic Grey
Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm White, Groovin Grape, Pumpkin, Limeade, Die Cuts With A View Designer Paper, Various Scraps
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, $1 Store Frame, Stipple Brush, Making Memories Moon Brads, Dimensionals, Martha Stewart Drip Punch, EK Success Tree Punch, Fiskars Cat Punch, Pop Up Glue Dots, Ranger Glossy Accents, K&Company Stickers, White Gel Pen, Primas, Orange Ice Stickles, Mini Glue Dots, Cloud Dies

Monday, September 24, 2012

Buried Treasure - Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop Day 1

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

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are
 
Buried Treasure Featured September 25
Going Batty Featured September 26
Autumn Splendor Featured September 27
Tweet That Featured September 28


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 September 29, 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 September 28, 2012.
 

I have to say that I really love this set and so does my husband!  lol  This new set, Buried Treasure by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company, is just perfect for kid cards.  Now according to my husband, it's also perfect for the "big kids too". I'm going to take that as a not to subtle hint to make sure I use the set for his next birthday card. ;)
 
I started out by stamping my images in memento tuxedo black ink onto white card stock, colored with prismacolor markers, and cut out before layering onto some Debbie Mumm designer paper.  Then I lightly stippled Tim Holtz brushed corduroy distress ink over the card, designer paper and also the cut out images to "age" them all a bit.  After "aging" everything, I popped up the sayings, parrot and then made my own pineapple using a Marvy pear punch, cocoa marker, and some shredded artichoke colored Michael's bridal confetti flowers.
 
Once the outside was finished, I started on the inside by adding the pirate ship, a strip of designer paper and another handmade pineapple.  Here's a close up of the inside.
 
Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to stop by the rest of the design team blogs for a chance to win today's set.
 
 
Stamps: MFP Buried Treasure
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Brushed Corduroy
Card Stock: Stampin Up! Bashful Blue, So Saffron, Debbie Mumm Designer Paper, MFP Snow Storm White
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Stipple Brush, Marvy Pear Punch, Michael's Confetti Flowers, Glue Dots, Pop Dots

Crafty Friends Halloween


This week's Crafty Friends challenge is to stamp something related to Halloween, so I decided to pull out a set being released on Tuesday by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company called I'm Going Batty. 

After stamping my images onto scrap white card stock, and coloring with prismacolor markers, I cut each of them out, then die cut both the clouds and fence before adding  a punched white circle as the moon.  The final touches were some Making Memories bat brads and two K&Company fall dimensional stickers with one stamped, colored and cut out tree from the Tree Selections Mini set.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.  Don't forget to stop by starting Tuesday for the Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company September release blog hop.


Stamps: MFP I'm Going Batty, Tree Selections Mini
Card Stock: MFP, Debbie Mumm Fall Mat Stack, Various Scraps
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accesories: Prismacolor Markers, Brads, Circle Punch, Poppy Stamps Fence Die, Glue Dots, TCP Cloud Border Die, K&Company Stickers

Peaceful Fishing

Hello and happy Monday!!  It has been a couple of months since I've been able to participate in the Craft A Scene blog challenges.  This month's challenge is to create a scene using trees. 

I started out by stamping my images from Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company set called Tree Greetings and colored using koh-i-noor pencils with a blender marker.  Once my coloring was finished and blended, I lightly stippled Tim Holtz tumbled glass, broken china, and forest moss distress inks.  After the stippling was finished, and the image panel layered, I stamped a frame on the card using one of the trees from Tree Greetings in Stampin Up! garden green ink.  The final touches were a fishing silhouette from Silhouette Mini Selections and Scenic Selections.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps: MFP Tree Greetings, Scenic Selections, Silhouette Mini Selections
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Forest Moss, Stampin Up! Garden Green
Card Stock: All Stampin Up!
Accessories: Koh-I-Noor Pencils, Blender Marker, Brads, Stipple Brushes

Saturday, September 22, 2012

Autumn Pumpkins - CCEE1238

Hello and happy Saturday!  Today I am sharing a card with you I made for this week's CCEE1238 Food challenge.  Since I had wanted to use a new set being released on Tuesday by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company called Autumn Splendor, I pulled out some wood grain designer paper from My Minds Eye to use as a background.

After stamping my images in memento tuxedo black onto MFP snow storm white and coloring with prismacolor markers, I cut one of the pumpkins out to layer over the other two images before layering onto MFP mahogany and olive card stock.  Once my layering was done, I added the images to a mahogany card covered with My Minds Eye Miss Caroline designer paper with a paper doily.  The only other embellishments I added was some light grey grossgrain ribbon with a pumpkin brass charm. 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great weekend!

Stamps: MFP Autumn Splendor
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Brushed Corduroy, Forest Moss
Card Stock: My Minds Eye Miss Caroline Designer Paper, MFP Card Stock
Accessories: Brads, Charm, Prismacolor Markers, Stipple Brush, Doily, Ribbon, Thread

Friday, September 21, 2012

Sunflowers

Hello and welcome to Thursday!  The week is almost over.  Today I am sharing a card I made using some gorgeous Graphic 45 paper I was gifted along with one of my favorite sets from Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company called Bring On The Sun.  Now I just love sunflowers so this week's challenges were perfect for a little coloring.

I started out by stamping my main image in memento tuxedo black onto corn husk card stock before coloring with prismacolor markers and layering.  Once my layering was finished, I pulled out some sunflower sticker photo corners from my stash, added those to both the image and saying as my only embellishment.  Since the Graphic 45 paper is so beautiful, it shows off my sunflower perfectly without having to use a whole lot of "fluff".  After a week of nasty migraines, I definitely needed something to come together easily.

Challenges submitted:


Party Time Tuesdays - picture challenge
Tuesday Throwdown #116 - use photo corners

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day. 


Stamps: MFP Bring On The Sun
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Card Stock: All MFP, Graphic 45 Halloween Designer Paper
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Sunflower Sticker Photo Corners

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Holly Jolly Greetings

Hello and welcome.  Today I am sharing with you a card I made for my friend Susan's, aka Rainy, monthly sketch challenge.  The sketch challenges are posted on the 15th of every month and continue until the end of that particular month.  For my card, I chose to use a soon to be released set next week by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company called Holly Jolly Greetings.

After stamping my Santa image in memento tuxedo black onto MFP snow storm white, I pulled out my prismacolor markers and got to coloring; making sure my Santa had a vintage look to him.  Once that was finished, I lightly stippled Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink around Santa before layering onto MFP's evergreen and scrap Stampin Up! card stock.  Then taking some leftover evergreen card stock, I stamped the holly branch in Tim Holtz pine needles to create my own matching designer paper.  My final touches for the card were gold jingle bell brads, a holly branch, and the greeting stamped onto scrap designer paper from Michael's Recollections holiday collection.
 
Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and if you can this month, make sure to participate in Rainy's sketch challenge.  They're a lot of fun!
 
 
Stamps: MFP Holly Jolly Greetings
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Pine Needles, Tumbled Glass
Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm White, Evergreen, Stampin Up! Red Scrap, Michael's Recollections Holiday Designer Paper
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Jingle Bell Brads, Stipple Brush, Dimensionals, Stampin Up! Oval Punch

Stamping Using Basic School Supplies



Today I am the Featured Designer over on the Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company blog and have been asked to create a tutorial for the week.  So I decided to pull out some the extra school supplies I happen to have around the house and had some fun.

Stamping Using Basic School Supplies

Supplies:

Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company Lesson Learned
Rose Art Colored Pencils
Mini Composition Books
Mini Note Books
Bookmarks & Bookmark Inserts
Die Cuts With a View Designer Paper
Scor-Tape
Mono Adhesive
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Tim Holtz Distress Inks: Wild Honey, Brushed Corduroy
White Gel Pen


 
Why should the kids get all of the new stuff during the Back To School sales?  Every year, while buying for my two kids, I always try to make sure "mom" gets something new too - especially new colored pencils.  So pull up a chair, or a desk, and let's see how some basic back to school supplies can make great gifts.  Let's get started.

Start by stamping your selected images in memento black.

 
Using the Rose Art Colored Pencils, color stamped images; adding additional "coats", or layers, of color as needed.
 

Once you are finished with your coloring, lightly stipple Tim Holtz Brushed Corduroy distress ink around the edges of the bookmark until you are satisfied with the color layer.  Lightly stipple Wild Honey ink over the top of entire stamped bookmark to "age" a bit.
 
Slide completed bookmarks into plastic inserts and trim before adding a small amount of ribbon at the top making sure to tie the ribbon off into a knot.

 
Take mini composition books and lay them out on the backside of the DCWV designer paper, trace and cut to size before adhering to the outsides of the books using scor-tape.


Take some of the colored images, cut them out and adhere using mono adhesive to the outsides of the covered composition books.  Using a white gel pen, write "passwords" onto the chalkboard images.
 


Next, take one of the mini notebooks, lay out onto the remaining designer paper and adhere using the scor-tape.

 
 
Take a strip of ribbon and staple to both sides of your notebook.


Once stapled, tie ribbon ends into a bow and trim.

 
Take remaining colored images, cut them out and adhere using mono adhesive.


Using a white gel pen, write "notes" just above the ribbon.


Here's all of the completed projects together.

 
I hope you enjoyed today's tutorial and received some inspiration.  So hit those sale and clearance aisles, or the dollar stores, to pick up your own set of back to school stamping supplies.  Why should the kids have all of the fun? ;)
 

Monday, September 10, 2012

Happy Birthday Ms. Eula!!

Hello and welcome.  Today I am sharing with you a card I made for this week's teapot tuesday challenge.  This week, our cards are going to Ms. Eula who is celebrating her 110th birthday and all 42,000 teapotters are going to celebrate it with her.  As an "extra challenge" within the challenge, we were to be inspired by our most memorable birthday, create a card, and write a note to Eula about it.  Well, I chose to be inspired by the last birthday my mom celebrated with us before her passing from breast cancer.  Here's the story behind my card I wrote in my letter to Eula.

This year for your birthday, I was inspired by my most memorable birthday - my mom's last one.  She was losing her battle with recurrent breast cancer, and all she really wanted was to spend time on the beach with her two brothers who lived in different parts of the United States.

My grandfather wanted to give mom her dream birthday, so he secretly flew her brothers into Fresno, CA where we lived so they could surprise mom at the house, pick her up and drive her , and all of her medical equipment, the 2 1/2hrs to Carmel where he lived for the weekend.  While driving to Carmel, you have to drive by this awesome "rest stop"/tourist trap called Casa de Fruita.  It's the largest fruit stand, wine tasting, coffee shop, camping in California - hence the fruit on the chef's plate.

Once they arrived in Carmel, grandpa vacated his house for them, totally stocked so they could have time together, just the three of them.  Mom said she & her brothers just sat on the beach, talking, laughing & relaxing like they never did growing up and that it meant so much to her to be able to do that.  When their weekend was over, her brothers drove her back home, and then flew back home to their own families after having given my mom the best birthday ever!  Mom passed away several months later, but she always talked about that weekend until the cancer took her memory away at the end.
 
 All of the images used are from Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company's chef set called Celebrate Big.  The designer paper used is from Die Cuts With A View Sweet Shoppe and card stock from Stampin Up!.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps: MFP Celebrate Big
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Bashful Blue, Only Orange
Card Stock: DCWV Designer Paper, MFP Snow Storm, Stampin Up! Only Orange, Pixie Pink, Yoyo Yello
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Stipple Brushes, Brads, Dimensionals
 

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Clean and Simple Stamping Using Scraps



Hello again.  Today I am sharing a card and matching envelope I made using scrap white card stock and one of those standard, small $.89 cent box of envelopes we all have lying around.

I started out by taking a long piece of leftover white card stock after printing digital images, folded it in half, and stamped the large oak tree from Tree Greetings in Tim Holtz walnut stain distress ink before coloring it in koh-i-noor pencils and a blender marker.  Then I took the grass stamps from Scenic Selections and stamped it in Tim Holtz forest moss before stamping the birds and a saying in memento tuxedo black and stippling Tim Holtz tumbled glass for the sky.

Now it was time for the envelope.  I took one of the other tree stamps from the Tree Greetings, stamped in walnut stain, and colored with koh-i-noor pencils with a blender marker.  Then I stippled lightly a bit of Tim Holtz forest moss distress ink into the bottom left corner.  Easy, clean and simple stamping that can be done while feeling sick or with a migraine.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: MFP Tree Greetings, Scenic Selections
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Walnut Stain, Tumbled Glass, Forest Moss
Card Stock: White, Envelope
Accessories: Stipple Brushes, Koh-i-noor Pencils, Blender Marker

Published!!



Hello everyone and welcome to Wednesday!!!  Today I am sharing with you a card I had sent in to RubberStampMadness magazine for publication.  Although, it didn't make it into the upcoming holiday edition, it was published in the Fall 2012 looking ahead section as well as the magazines online submissions section.

I started out by stamping the main image from Country Church Mini set in memento tuxedo black before stamping several trees and birds from the Scenic Selections around the church before coloring everything with prismacolor watercolor pencils and a blender pen.

Once I was satisfied with my coloring, I started stippling Tim Holtz tumbled glass before punching a small circle out of a post it note and then sponging Adirondack sunset orange, sunshine yellow, and just a tad of butterscotch inks to create my sun.  Then I stamped some additional trees and rocks onto scrap 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps: MFP Country Church Mini, Scenic Selections
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Adirondack Sunset Orange, Sunshine Yellow, Butterscotch
Card Stock: All MFP
Accessories: Prismacolor Watercolor Pencils, Blender Pen, Ice Stickles, Mini Pop Dots, Stipple Brush, Sponges, Circle Punch, Post It Notes