Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Honor And Glory - Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop Day 3

First, let me say to the city of Boston, my heart and prayers are with you.  Let us continue to pray for all of the injured, the first responders, and the families of those that lost their lives.  Thank you.

April Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured April 16 - Columns and Topiaries
Featured April 17 - Be a Showoff
 Featured April 18 - Honor and Glory
 Featured April 19 - Birds and Trees

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 April 20,2013 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 April 19,2013.



 The special stamp set we have for you this month is:

"Zoo Friends"

 The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"You May Bow"
                                                         

Pam 
Toni 

Today's featured set, Honor and Glory, also has a lot of different uses for it besides kids cards.  For my project today, I chose to match it up with some Die Cuts With A View Timeless Type designer paper and go for a vintage, or Old English feel to them.  Hopefully, I accomplished it.

After stamping all of the images in memento tuxedo black ink and coloring with prismacolor markers, for the castle card, I pulled out some stipple brushes and Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink to stipple around the top edges for the sky then Stampin Up! garden green for the grass around the castle.  Once all of my stippling was finished, I layered the image onto going grey and basic grey card stock before popping up over a stamped border on my 3x3 card.

For the second card, I chose to highlight the dragon and shield against a 3x3 piece of the Timeless Type designer paper.  Again both sets of images were stamped in memento black, colored, then going grey ink was sponged around the shield before layering and adding faux brads.  Once I had the larger dragon image cut out, both were adhered over a stamped going grey border before adding a small silver sticker bow.

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: MFP Honor and Glory, Scenic Selections
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Going Grey, Garden Green, Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Going Grey, Basic Grey, DCWV Timeless Type Designer Paper
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Sticker Bow, Stipple Brushes, Sponge, Pop Dots, Small Hole Punch, 2-Way Glue Pen

27 comments:

  1. Great cards - love the castle.

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  2. I've been a fan of the Merlin series on the SyFy channel, and these cards remind me of all the knights and dragons incorporated into the show. Great job, Bonnie!

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  3. Excellent use of dp and images. TFS!

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  4. Both of your cards turned out so awesome...well done

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  5. Wonderful cards, love the background you created for each of the images, reallllly nice :)

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  6. I think you did accomplish it! Nicely done.

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  7. Bonnie both of your cards are pretty. I love the castle with that paper. TFS AJ-

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  8. 2 great cards. Love the background behind the castle.

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  9. Wonderful cards!!! I am loving all the different designs done with this stamp set...

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  10. Both cards are awesome. Love that castle image more and more as the hop progresses.

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  11. Love the way you used the castle stamp. Really run new stamps.

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  12. Both of these are wonderful! Way to go Bonnie!

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  13. The colors are just right here! I think the vintage type papers work well too.

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  14. awesome cards. Love how your castle card turned out

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  15. Beautiful shading of grass and sky around your castle!!!! Gorgeous DP too!!! Both cards are gorgeous!

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  16. These are just wonderful cards!
    Pam
    scrap-n-sewgranny.blogspot.com

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  17. I really like how you did these. Cutting so close to the castle and layering it is a great look.

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  18. Really love the English feel of the cards-mission accomplished!

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  19. two superb cards!
    stamping sue
    http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/

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  20. Wow, I am loving both of these cards.. Great job.

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  21. Bonnie,
    Your cards are so pretty! I think my fav is the last card with the green dragon an coat of arms - but they are all awesome!

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  22. Absolutley FABULOUS cards, Bonnie!

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  23. Bonnie--both of these cards are fabulous!!!! I especially like the castle one! TFS

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  24. What great cards! I really like the one with the castle. Your background paper works perfectly with the image!

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  25. Love the frame design, colors and brick background.

    marg0006 at veriz0n dot net

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  26. I looove these cards, the colours are perfect! :)

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