Polka Dot Country - Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop Day 2

Welcome to the Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company

Oct.  Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured  Oct. 28

Owls

Featured Oct. 29

Polka Dot Country

 Featured Oct. 30

Cardinal

Featured Oct. 31

Create with Pine Boughs

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 Nov. 1, 2014 on the MFP Stamp Shop 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 Oct. 31, 2014.

Here's the Design Team:

 Jane C

Pat 

Marilynn
Nancy 
Bonnie 

Sue W

  Pam M

An'Jenic

Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

I really enjoyed playing with this set.  The warm country feel made it easy to work with and match designer paper to even with a migraine.

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 featured set.

Come on back tomorrow for more creativity.

Stamps: Polka Dot Country

Ink: Memento Black, 

Card Stock: Stampin Up!, Bo Bunny Prairie Chic DP, Prima Sun Kiss DP

Accessories: Ribbon, Hole Punch, Bookmark Holder, Prismacolor Markers, SU Punches, Sponges, Brads, Dew Drops, Glue Dots, Silk Flower

Country Charm - Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop Day 3

Aug. Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured Aug 13th - Pocket Watches
 Featured Aug 14th - Joyous Season

 Featured Aug 15th  - Country Charm

 Featured Aug 16th - Wealthy Fish

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 Aug 17, 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 10 PM EST on Friday Aug 16, 2013.

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

"Lucky You"

 The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Take Time Mini"
                                                      

Here's the Design Team:

Patty
Lois
Jane C
Debbie
Pam
Pat G
Thrfity Stamper
Marilynn

Karen K

Bonnie

Kathy
Angela
Cathy C
Toni
Sue W
Janine
An'Jenic
Shirley Q
Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

I tried my hand at making cute tags during the recent Splitcoast Dare To Get Dirty challenges and today's featured set is perfect for them; so that's what I'm going to show you how to do.  It's actually easier than you think and can be added to a card for a little extra flair, given as a gift by itself, or used as a bookmark.

After stamping the pig Country Charm on a pre-cut tag, then masking it, I then stamped the fence, birds and grass from Scenic Selections before stippling distress inks for dirt and some of the sky edges.  Then I made my own bottle of "mist" using a mini mister, water, and two drops of Tim Holtz broken china distress ink.  Once the "mist" was mixed well by shaking the bottle, I sprayed the sky area of the tag over the bathroom sink to make sure no extra spray got anywhere I didn't want.  My final touch was to add some old Paper Pizazz fibers I've had for years in my stash.

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 Country Charm, Scenic Selections

Ink: Memento Black, Tim Holtz Brushed Corduroy, Tumbled Glass

Card Stock: Pre Cut Tag

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Stipple Brushes, Broken China Re-Inker, Mini Mister, Water, Fibers

Country Girl

This is my take on last week's Musical Challenge to Barbara Mandrell's song "I was country when country wasn't cool".  I love that song especially since I grew up listening to it.  Once the challenge was announced, I had no problem picking out the stamp set I wanted to use.

After inking up my country girl & stamping her twice onto white card stock, I pulled out my prismacolor markers and got to coloring.  Once that was done, I cut out one of the images for popping up later on pop dots.  The remaining image I highlighted with a light gray marker then stippled Stampin Up! creamy caramel ink around the edges before layering. 

Pulling out some designer paper I picked up at Michael's a few years back, I added that to the main card and started layering everything.  I had a few Stampin Up! designer brads I received in a secret sister gift a while back and added those as well.  Since there were only three matching brads, I stamped the sentiment and popped it up where the fourth brad would have gone and added a couple of small primas.  I really like the way it turned out.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps: Rubber Romance
Card Stock: Designer Paper, White, Stampin Up! Riding Hood Red, Chocolate Chip
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Creamy Caramel
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Stampin Up! Brads, Making Memories Silver Brads, Stipple Brush, Pop Dots, Mini Pop Dots, Micro Pop Dots, Glue Dots, Primas, Ribbon