Classic Dad - Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop Day 4

June Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured June 11th - Need a Vacation
Featured June 12th - Fire Fighter

 Featured June 13th - Be Proud

 Featured June 14th - Classic Dad

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 15, 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 June 14, 2013.

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

"You Are an Angel"

 The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Wings"
                                                      

Patty P.

Lois

Jane C 

Debbie 

Pam 

Pat G 

Thrifty Stamper 

MariLynn 

Karen K 

Bonnie 

Kathy B 

Angela B 

Cathy C 

Toni 

Sue W 

Janine B 

An'jenic 

Kate Z 

Shirley Q 

Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co 

I love vintage stamp sets so today I have two cards to share with you again.  My first card incorporates a Tim Holtz die, umbrella man, I've been dying to use since buying it almost a year ago along with the gadget gears die.  Since the umbrella man is a Sizzix bigz die, I used the smaller gadget gears for this card even though I have both sizes.

Once my card stock was die cut, I pulled out some DCWV Timeless Collection designer paper and covered a mahogany card before stamping my image onto a piece of scrap corn husk then colored with prismacolor markers.  After coloring the image, I pulled out my Background Fun set and stamped the cracked image over the colored car and the die cut gears for added texture before layering and adding to my card.  I kept the embellishments pretty simple with just some faux brads around the classic car and dew drops between the gears using micro glue dots.

My second card uses scrap pieces of the DCWV Timeless Collection designer paper and same colored card stock as the first since everything was still sitting on my desk.  After stamping my image in memento black and coloring with prismacolor markers then layering, I stamped the saying then added some vintage brads before adhering to the card.  The only additional embellishment is some antique Tim Holtz metal gears I picked up on clearance last year.

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: Classic Dad, Background Fun
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, PTI Dark Chocolate, Tim Holtz Tea Dye
Card Stock: MFP Corn Husk, Mahogany, DCWV Timeless Collection
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Dew Drops, Glue Dots, Brads, Tim Holtz Dies and Metal Gears

Be Proud - Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop Day 3

June Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured June 11th - Need a Vacation
Featured June 12th - Fire Fighter

 Featured June 13th  - Be Proud

 Featured June 14th - Classic Dad

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 15, 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 June 14, 2013.

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

"You Are an Angel"

 The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Wings"
                                                      

Patty P.

Lois

Jane C 

Debbie 

Pam 

Pat G 

Thrifty Stamper 

MariLynn 

Karen K 

Bonnie 

Kathy B 

Angela B 

Cathy C 

Toni 

Sue W 

Janine B 

An'jenic 

Kate Z 

Shirley Q 

Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co 

Today's featured set is just awesome, in my opinion.  Since I have two nephews currently serving in the military as well as some friends serving, this set is a great way to say thank you for their service to our country.  It's also a great way to say thanks for the families who sacrifice so much while their loved ones are deployed.

My first card uses the eagle stamp in the Be Proud set.  After stamping the image in memento black and coloring with prismacolor markers, I layered the panel alternately between card stock and some designer paper I picked up at Hobby Lobby a year ago before adding some baby star brads.  Once my saying was stamped out, layered, and added, I adhered some patriotic dew drops using micro glue dots, navy ribbon along with a flag charm attached with some thread.

My second card uses the heart stamp and different saying from the same set.  Once the images were stamped and colored, they were cut out and popped up using dimensionals over a die cut scalloped border.  I kept the embellishments fairly simple and used only the dew drops, baby star brads, and ice stickles for the stars on the heart.

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: Be Proud
Ink: Memento Black
Card Stock: MFP White, Stampin Up! Navy, Designer Paper
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Ribbon, Brads, Charm, Dimensionals, Dew Drops, Micro Glue Dots, Ice Stickles

Firefighter - Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop Day 2

June Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured June 11th -Need a Vacation
Featured June 12th - Fire Fighter

 Featured June 13th  - Be Proud

 Featured June 14th - Classic Dad

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 15, 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 June 14, 2013.

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

"You Are an Angel"

 The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Wings"
                                                      

Patty P.

Lois

Jane C 

Debbie 

Pam 

Pat G 

Thrifty Stamper 

MariLynn 

Karen K 

Bonnie 

Kathy B 

Angela B 

Cathy C 

Toni 

Sue W 

Janine B 

An'jenic 

Kate Z 

Shirley Q 

Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co 

I have to tell you how much I REALLY LOVE THIS SET!!  I've got two cards to share with you today, both are for my step-dad who recently retired as a fire captain from the State of California's Cal Fire division (formerly California Dept of Forestry) after 45 years.  Yes, you read right, 45 years of service with one employer.  My step-dad was able to start working for the state many years ago as a summer volunteer firefighter while still going to high school before there was an age limit.  I believe he started at age 14 since he retired at age 59.

My first card is for Father's Day and uses some old retired CTMH denim designer paper.  After stamping my images in memento tuxedo black ink onto MFP white card stock and coloring with prismacolor markers, I cut them out and adhered to a Tim Holtz baroque die cut stamped with the basket weave stamp from Background Fun to resemble the metal floorboards of a firetruck.  For embellishments, I added a twill tape (hose) border adhered with some screw brads before popping up my die cut main images.  I then stamped DAD from Classic Dad onto scrap white card stock in chipped sapphire ink before punching it out to adhere to the lower right corner with the remaining cut out images on the left side.

For the inside of my card, I stamped HAPPY FATHER'S DAY from Classic Dad before over stamping the fire helmet in memento London fog ink then adding the ladder truck and fire hydrant to the bottom right corner.

My second card uses the same card stock and designer paper I still had sitting on my stamp table and is for my step-dad's birthday which is one week following Father's Day.  Again all images were stamped in memento black onto white card stock, colored with prismacolor markers then cut out for adhering.  Once all of my coloring was finished, I cut all of my images out, stamped a border using Background Fun before adhering one of the cut out images onto a die cut Sizzix panel and then the second image adhered in the lower right hand corner along with the saying on the other side.

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: Firefighter, Classic Dad, Background Fun
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Chipped Sapphire
Card Stock: MFP White, Stampin Up! Navy, Designer Paper
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Twine, Dimensionals, Sizzix, Big Shot, Tim Holtz Die, Twill Tape, Screw Brads

Need A Vacation - Marks' Finest Papers Blog Hop Day 1

June Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured June 11th- Need a Vacation
Featured June 12th - Fire Fighter

 Featured June 13th - Be Proud

 Featured June 14th - Classic Dad

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 15, 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 June 14, 2013.

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

"You Are an Angel"

 The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Wings"
                                                      

Patty P.

Lois

Jane C 

Debbie 

Pam 

Pat G 

Thrifty Stamper 

MariLynn 

Karen K 

Bonnie 

Kathy B 

Angela B 

Cathy C 

Toni 

Sue W 

Janine B 

An'jenic 

Kate Z 

Shirley Q 

Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co 

It's that time again - Vacation Time!!!!  So I decided to make a journal to document all of the fun to be had even though my family will not be taking one this year.

I started out by covering a journal I picked up in the Michael's $1 spot a while back and covered it with some designer paper I picked up several years ago.  Once that was done, I measured out a cool caribbian panel, stamped the hibiscus flower from the new Need A Vacation set as the background in the same color before stippling Tim Holtz broken china around the edges.  Then, I stamped my main images onto a small white panel in memento ink, colored with prismacolor markers then stippled some Tim Holtz distress inks around the edges before adding birds from Scenic Selections.  After layering and adding some brads, I adhered it to the journal before adding some cork letters and ribbon.  My final touches were ice stickles for the water and palm trees before adhering some dew drops for the coconuts using micro glue dots.

My second project is a matching card to go with the journal to make a gift set.  I used the same colors, card stock, ink and designer paper to keep the theme together.  The only other touches added to the card was a couple of highlights of ice stickles for the water and then up in the palm trees.

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: Need A Vacation, Scenic Selections
Ink: Memento Black, Tim Holtz Broken China, Tumbled Glass, Brushed Corduroy, Stampin Up! Cool Caribbean
Card Stock: MFP White, Stampin Up! Cool Carribean, Designer Paper
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Stipple Brush, $1 Spot Journal, Ribbon, Cork Stickers, Brads, Dew Drops, Micro Glue Dots