Birdcages - Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop Day 3

Welcome to the Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company

February Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured Feb. 9 - Foo Dogs

Featured Feb. 10 - Birds of the Orient

 Featured Feb. 11 - Birdcages

Featured Feb. 12 - Medallion

Featured Feb. 13 - Fairies

Featured Feb. 14 - Lucky Duck

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 six winners will be announced on Feb. 15, 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 Feb. 14, 2014.

Here's the Design Team:

 Jane C

 Thrfity Stamper

Marilynn

 Bonnie 

Cathy C  

Sue W

An'Jenic

  Amy

Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

My project today is basically a monochromatic card with a little pop of blue added in.  After stamping my own background in garden green ink then adding some die cut scallop borders.  I then stamped the birdcage and parrot in memento black before coloring my parrot using woodless colored pencils.  The only embellies added are some brads and buttons along with the main panels popped up over the die cut scallop borders.

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.

Come on back tomorrow for more creativity.

Stamps: MFP Birdcages

Ink: Memento Black, Stampin Up! Garden Green, Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass

Card Stock: Stampin Up!

Accessories: Woodless Pencils, Pop Dots, Scallop Border Die, Buttons, Thread, Glue Dots, Stipple Brush, Brads

Pink Bobby Socks

Hello.  Today I'm sharing a card I made for one of the Splitcoaststampers Hope You Can Cling To punch/die challenges and for the annual Link Up For Pink blog challenge.  Having lost both my mom and grandmother to breast cancer, I'm definitely a supporter of breast cancer research.

My card was made in memory of my mom whom grew up in the 50's with the bobby socks, Elvis, juke boxes, drive in's, etc.  I started off by printing a Sassy Studio Design bobby sock digi onto white card stock then coloring it with prismacolor markers before die cutting it with a spellbinders oval die.  Then I die cut several music notes before dry embossing a couple of layers of pink card stock using an allegro embossing folder with my big shot and sponging regal rose ink over the embossed musical notes before assembling my card.  The final touch was to add some Heidi Swap photo corners and Recollections music note brads to die everything together.  This sassy girl sure looks like my mom in some of her high school photos.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Sassy Studio Digital Image
Ink: Stampin Up! Regal Rose
Card Stock: White, Regal Rose, Bubblegum, Black
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Spellbinders Oval Die, MFT Music Note Die-Namics, Recollections Music Note Brads, Dimensionals, Heidi Swap Photo Corners, Sponge, Allegro Embossing Folder, Big Shot

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

Total Peace

Hello and TGIF!!  Today I am sharing a card I had submitted to Paper Crafts World Cardmaking Day Thinking of You contest, however, I wasn't one of the lucky 4 chosen to win.  Oh well!!  My card uses Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company's newest release called On The Fly combined with Silhouette Mini Selections and Scenic Selections. 

After stamping my images in memento tuxedo black onto MFP snow storm white and coloring with koh-i-noor pencils with a blender marker, I lightly stippled Tim Holtz forest moss and broken china distress inks around the edges for the sky and grass respectively before layering and adding brads.  For some extra texture, I added a mahogany dry embossed border using a Tim Holtz bark dry embossing folder on top of a dry embossed garden green card.  My final embellishment was a die cut sun with Adirondack sunshine yellow ink sponged over it and popped up on dimensionals.

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Stamps: MFP On The Fly, Scenic Selections, Silhouette Mini Selections

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Forest Moss, Broken China, Adirondack Sunshine Yellow

Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm White, Deepest Mahogany, Stampin Up! Garden Green, Not Quite Navy, Summer Sun Scrap

Accessories: Big Shot, Koh-I-Noor Pencils, Blender Marker, Stipple Brushes, Tim Holtz Bark Embossing Folder, Dimensionals, Sponge, MFT Sun Die-Namic, Brads

Total Peace

Hello and welcome.  Today I am sharing a card I've made for both the Splitcoast Hope You Can Cling To Peaceful Pink challenge and this month's Craft A Scene Mountain challenge.

I started out by stamping my main image from one of Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company newest stamp sets called On The Fly being released on October 24th, in memento black onto MFP snow storm card stock then colored with koh-i-noor pencils and a blender pen.  Once my coloring was finished, I then stippled Tim Holtz broken china, forest moss and milled lavender inks over and around the image before layering and adding some baby brads.  Then I added some random birds and fisherman on the lake in memento black and grass in forest moss.

 

For my card, I stamped MFP's Cracked Hello set in Tim Holtz tattered rose and scattered straw inks to create a rustic background before adding my colored image popped up on dimensionals.  For the final touches, I then added a die cut sun stippled in wild honey ink popped up on dimensionals, and some Martha Stewart punched hydrangeas and butterfly trio with bling centers along with some pink/gold organdy ribbon from Michael's $1 bins.

 

Challenges submitted:

Splitcoast - HYCCT1215A Peaceful Pink

Craft A Scene - Majestic Mountains

 

I happy with the way my card turned out even if it's a tad lopsided considering I made it while dealing with a nasty migraine.  Thank goodness the meds were semi working.  Well, thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Stamps: On The Fly, Scenic Selections, Cracked Hello, Silhouette Mini Selections

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Broken China, Forest Moss, Scattered Straw, Tattered Rose, Wild Honey, Milled Lavender

Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm, Grandma's Lavender, Scrambled Eggs, Stampin Up! Pretty In Pink, Bashful Blue

Accessories: Koh-I-Noor Pencils, Blender Marker, Stipple Brushes, Brads, MFT Sun Die-Namic, Making Memories Baby Brads, Ribbon, Glue Dots, Bling, Martha Stewart Punches

 

 

Celebrate!

Hello and welcome to the first Your Next Stamp challenge hosted by my buddy KJ.  This week's challenge is a color one: pink, orange and green, so I went with a celebration theme and pulled out my Celebrate set I won from the Hope You Can Cling To challenges over on Splitcoast back in October and got to work even with a migraine.

I started out by stamping my pinata onto white card stock in memento tuxedo black and colored with prismacolor markers before cutting one pinata out and setting aside to pop up later.  Then I stamped the banner in memento black and also in Stampin Up! pixie pink onto scrap card stock so I could color the open "flags" and cut/paste the solid ones.  After that I stamped the streamers in only orange before stamping the card in green galore and adding a scalloped border.  The only embellishments I added were ribbon, balloon brads, and primas with baby brad centers.

Also made the card for this week's SCS WT378 banner challenge.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: YNS Celebrate

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Green Galore, Pixie Pink, Only Orange

Card Stock: White, Green Galore, Pixie Pink, Only Orange

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Brads, Primas, Pop Dots, Ribbon, MFT Die-Namic, Stipple Brush

Happy Birthday Magnolias - Friends of SpeedyTV #20

Hello and welcome to another Friends of SpeedyTV challenge.  This week we are challenge to use the paper piecing technique.

I started out by stamping my images from Mother's Magnolias in memento tuxedo black onto Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company snow storm smooth and then again onto Cosmo Cricket Clementine designer papers before cutting them out to adhere to my stamped card.  After I added my cut out images, I stippled Tim Holtz tumbled glass around the flowers before layering and then adding some red brads from my stash.  Then I added a couple of die cut scalloped borders before popping up my layered images and added some ripened tomato satin ribbon with a gold clip.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and make sure to stop by SpeedyTV and participate in this week's challenge.

Stamps: MFP Mother's Magnolias, Oopsy Daisy

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass

Card Stock: All MFP, Cosmo Cricket Clementine Designer Paper

Accessories: Stipple Brush, Gold Clip, Brads, Dimensionals, Ribbon, Scallop Die-namic

Do We Give God Headaches?

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!  Make sure you've called, or hugged, your mom today.

When I first saw this sentiment from Inkadinkadoo last year, I just had to buy it on the spot!  The stamp is part of Inkadinkadoo's "kids say the darndest things" line.  So when I saw this week's 4 Crafty Chicks Sentiment only challenge, I definitely had to use this stamp!

After stamping my sentiment in Stampin Up! night of navy ink onto bashful blue card stock, I pulled out my spellbinders wonky labels to die cut my layers.  Then, after running a cuttlebug houndstooth embossing folder through the big shot, I stippled some night of navy ink over the raised "images" before adhering my layered saying and adding some white baby brads.  Since the card still seemed somewhat plain at that point, I then pulled out a MFT daisy die-namic and die cut 3 sets of flowers with leaves, stippled navy ink on the top/bottom layers before adhering to my card.  For my final touches, I decided to add some blue gem stickers to the centers of the flowers and then slightly curl the flower/leaf ends up.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Inkadinkadoo

Ink: Stampin Up! Night Of Navy

Card Stock: Stampin Up! Night Of Navy, Bashful Blue, Green Galore Scrap

Accessories: Stipple Brush, Spellbinders Wonky Labels, Making Memories Baby Brads, MFT Daisy Die-Namic, Gem Sticker, Glue Dots, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Big Shot

Mother's Day Paws - Friends Of SpeedyTV #19

Welcome to Monday and another Friends of SpeedyTV challenge by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company.  With Mother's Day fast approaching, we are challenging you this week to make a card appropriate for a mom in your life.  I went with a slightly different approach with my card since I know several mom's whose kids are their fur children, so why shouldn't they also receive a card from their babies.

I started out by stamping my main image twice in memento tuxedo black onto snow storm smooth card stock before coloring with prismacolor markers before cutting one image out to pop up later and then stippling the other with various Tim Holtz distress inks and layering.  Once my layering was done, I die cut a couple of ric rack borders from a Die Cuts With A View Pet Shoppe matte stack designer paper before popping up my saying and image over the borders.  I kept the embellishments pretty simple with just some paw print ribbon, brads, and primas for the outside.

On the inside of my card, I added a border of scrap Pet Shoppe designer paper before stamping my saying and another image of the puppy.  Pulling out a couple of koh-i-noor pencils, I colored the magnolia with the saying and my card is finished. 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.  Make sure to participate in the challenge this week for a chance to win this week's featured set - Mother's Magnolia's.

Stamps:  MFP Fabulous Dogs, Mother's Magnolias

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Inks: Tumbled Glass, Walnut Stain, Brushed Corduroy, Fired Brick

Card Stock: MFP, DCWV Pet Shoppe Matte Stack Designer Paper

Accessories: Stipple Brushes, Prismacolor Markers, Ribbon, Primas, Glue Dots, Die-namic, Brads

Let Your Light Shine - MFTWSC60

It's been a long while since I've been able to participate in a weekly stamp club sketch challenge, but this week I got to play along - migraines and all.  I had to do something to keep my mind occupied since my son started getting cyber bullied this weekend.  I do not need that added stress for my migraines!

I started out by pulling out some Making Memories vacation designer paper and went from there.  After stamping the light from MFT's new Inspired By Lighthouses set on Snow Storm Smooth premium paper by Mark's Finest Papers, I pulled out my prismacolor markers and started coloring.  Once the coloring was done, I die cut the image out using MFT's Oval Open Scallop Die-Namic and then stippled Stampin Up! basic gray ink around the image before popping it up over a plain border.  For my finishing touches, I die cut three of the Leafy Flourish's and then hand cut out three of flowers from the designer paper.  I'm pretty happy with how it turned out since I was on double migraine meds when I put it together.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great evening.

Stamps:  MFT Inspired By Lighthouse

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Basic Gray, Burgundy

Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm Smooth, Stampin Up! Baja Breeze, River Rock, Bravo Burgundy, Making Memories Vacation Designer Paper

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Stipple Brush, Ice Stickles, MFT Die-Namics, Dimensionals

Veggie Tales Just A Note

Hello.  Today I'm sharing a card I made for a friend that's been going through a very hard time lately using Kim Hughes Paper Smooches Vegtastic. 

I started out by stamping the bell peppers as my background on the card itself in Stampin Up! garden green before stamping the images onto white card stock in memento tuxedo black to color with prismacolor markers and cut out later.  Once my images were colored, I die cut a ric rac border for the center of the card.  Once that was added, I popped up the layered images over the border and then popped up one additional pepper before adding some faux brads to finish everything off.  Nice, easy, clean and simple.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps: Paper Smooches Vegtastic
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Garden Green
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Garden Green, Only Orange scrap, Real Red
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Pop Dots, Small Hole Punch, MFI Jumbo Ric Rac Die-Namic

A Happy Scarecrow

Morning and happy Monday!!  It's time for another Friends of SpeedyTV challenge.  This week our challenge is to use ribbon on our card.  I chose to finally ink up Mark's Finest Papers, A Heinrich Company new Fall Mini set I had received in the fall Speedy the Cat swap. 

I started out by stamping my scarecrow image twice in memento tuxedo black in onto Corn Husk card stock and coloring with prismacolor markers before cutting one of the images out for popping up later.  Once that was done, I pulled out my jumbo ric rac die and die cut three pieces of card stock to act as an overlapping border underneath my scarecrow panel. 

Once that was done, I pulled out some cream toffee and Florida orange satin luxury ribbons to tie across the top along with some paper mums to place across the bottom with confetti flower "leaves" held in place by Ranger's Crystal Accents.  Some vintage brads finished off my image panel before popping it up over the border and then popping up the additional scarecrow image.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.  Come join us at SpeedyTV for this week's challenge and join the fun!!!


Stamps:  MFP Fall Mini
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Card Stock: MFP Corn Husk, Stampin Up! Really Rust, Summer Sun, More Mustard, Debbie Mumm Fall Designer Paper
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Pop Dots, Vintage Brads, MFP Paper Mums, Ribbon, Ranger Crystal Accents, Michael's Confetti Flowers, Jumbo Ric Rac Die-Namic, Maple Leaf Brads

Eyes Of The Tiger - MMTPT 169

Hello and happy Tuesday.  Today I have a card to share I made for this week's Mothermark Teapot Tuesday challenge using some tiger fur designer paper I picked up at Hobby Lobby a couple of weeks ago when it opened locally paired with Mark's Finest Papers Big Cats stamp set. 

I started out by stamping my tiger image in memento tuxedo black on Mark's Finest Papers Corn Husk card stock and colored with Koh-I-Noor pencils with a blender marker.  After cutting out and layering the image, I added some die cut leaves around my tiger image to give the appearance of it looking through the "brush".  For the final touches, I added some Ranger crystal effects to the tigers eyes, gold ribbon and die cut flowers using MFT's Perfect Petal Trio Die-Namics with a gold gem sticker center and Stampin Up's tangerine tango dye ink stippled over the petals.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.



Stamps: MFP Big Cats
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Tangerine Tango
Card Stock: MFP Corn Husk, Stampin Up! Tangerine Tango, Black, Hobby Lobby Designer Paper, Scrap Card Stock Colors
Accessories: Koh-I-Noor Pencils, Blender Marker, Ranger Crystal Effects, Sizzix Leaves & Branches Sizzlet Dies, MFT Perfect Petal Trio Die-Namics, Gem Stickers, Glue Dots, Stipple Brush