Umbrellas and Fans - Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop Day 5

WELCOME BACK!!!


January Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured Jan. 14 - Swans

Featured Jan 15 - Umbrellas and Fans

 Featured Jan 16 - Yikes a Mouse

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 three winners will be announced on Jan. 18,2014 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 10 PM EST on Friday Jan. 17, 2014.

Here's the Design Team:

Patty

 Jane C

 Thrfity Stamper

Marilynn

 Bonnie 

Cathy C  

Sue W

An'Jenic

  Amy

Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

For today's project featuring Umbrellas & Fans, I went with a black/purple theme.  After stamping my own background and border, I stamped the main fan image in memento lulu lavender ink before layering and popping up over the stamped border.  The only embellishments I added were some punched butterflies and flowers highlighted with ice stickles.

Come on back tomorrow for more creativity.

Stamps: MFP Umbrellas & Fans

Ink: Memento Black, Lulu Lavender

Card Stock: Stampin Up!

Accessories: Martha Stewart Punches, Micro Glue Dots, Ice Stickles, Dimensionals

Tweet Blessings - Play Date Cafe Color Splash

Hello and welcome.  I hope everyone enjoyed last week's Mark's Finest Papers & Stamps, a Heinrich Company's June stamp release & blog hop.  If you missed the hop, you can always go back through on the Speedy Fox blog.

After finally getting rid of a 3 week migraine, I could concentrate long enough to stamp again, and it sure felt good getting inky.  I decided to go with last week's Play Date Cafe color splash challenge in order to get the mojo flowing again and pulled out a stamp set that had not seen ink yet called Tweet Blessings. 

I started out by stamping my main image in memento bahama blue ink onto MFP snow storm smooth heavy card stock before inking the edges of the image and then layered using black linen & bang up blue card stocks before adding mini black brads.  The saying is stamped in memento tuxedo black with the edges inked in bahama blue & layered with card stock scraps before adding matching black baby brads.  The whole card took about 15minutes to complete.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps:  MFP Tweet Blessing
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Bahama Blue
Card Stock: Snow Storm Smooth Heavy, Bang Up Blue Linen, Black Linen
Accessories: Black Brads, Mini Hole Punch

I'm In Stitches - Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop Day 2

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

For my card, I chose to go with a simple black/white with a pop of color theme - vintage style, so I pulled out some Echo Park Yours Truly designer paper and thumbed through it to find my inspiration.

Once I had decided on the designer paper, I stamped the sewing machine from In Stitches in memento tuxedo black ink onto Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company snow storm smooth card stock before taking a memento ladybug red teardrop ink pad to the edges and adding just a little bit of ink; then layering.  Once my layering was finished, I added some Making Memories black baby brads and adhered the image over a small strip of red damask designer paper also from the Echo Park Yours Truly pack before stamping my saying, making sure it matched the sewing machine image before adhering.  The only embellishments I added were black/white Recollections paper flowers from Michael's with a red gem center and then some additional red gemstones on the bottom left hand corner.

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 In Stitches

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Ladybug Red

Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm Smooth, Black, Tomato Red, Echo Park Yours Truly Designer Paper

Accessories: Recollections Paper Flowers, Glue Dots, Red Gem Stones, Brads

Take Time To Live

Hello and welcome to Wednesday!!!  I am late uploading my card for this week's Friends of SpeedyTV Father's Day challenge by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company.  My migraines have just been out of control lately.  It took me 4 days to stamp this clean and simple card and another 3 to be able to upload it.  Not good if you ask me.  However, I digress.

I started out by stamping my images from Father Time in memento tuxedo black onto MFP corn husk card stock and then using the direct to paper technique added some Tim Holtz forest moss to the sides of my layered images.  Once that was done, everything was then layered onto some vintage watch designer paper I bought at Costco years ago and then onto a black linen card.

The inside saying is also stamped in memento tuxedo black with the same clock image over stamped lightly in Stampin Up! going grey.

I also decided to enter this into SCS's Queen For The Day challenge.  Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and why not join this week us at Friends of SpeedyTV.


Stamps:  MFP Father Time
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Forest Moss, Stampin Up! Going Grey
Card Stock: MFP Corn Husk, Black Linen, Costco Designer Paper
Accessories: Brads

Teapot Inspired Hat Stand - MMTPT134

Hello everyone!!  It's time for another Teapot Tuesday challenge.  This week our inspiration photo looked like a fancy schmancy hat slapped down on a teapot.  So, I pulled out a retired PSX image that I just love to use - a hat stand!

Once I had my image stamped twice on white card stock in memento tuxedo black ink, I pulled out my trusted prismacolor markers and got her colored up nice and bright.  I cut one colored image out to pop up later and then layered the other one keeping with the black & white theme.  Then I lightly stippled Stampin Up! barely banana dye ink around the sides of the image to help fill in all of the white space. 

Pulling out my Dots & Circles cuttlebug embossing folder, I dry embossed a black layer before taking a pallet white canvas ink pad and rubbing it across the embossed images.  For those that are not familiar with this technique, it's called direct to paper or DTP.  To finish everything off, I added some polka dotted primas with a black brad in the center and some organdy ribbons on the side.  The whole card took about 15 minutes to make.

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a great Tuesday!!


Stamps: PSX Hat Stand
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Black & Summer Sun
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Barely Banana, Pallet White Canvas
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Dimensionals, Primas, Glue Dots, Ribbon, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Making Memories Baby Brads