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"
                                                         

Patty P.

Lois

Vicky

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, 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

Congrats On Your New Home

Second post for me today.  If you're looking for my Less Is More and Anything Goes Challenge post, please scroll down one.

I had some extra time and decided to participate in a couple of challenges I haven't been able to recently.  Plus, it allowed me to stay off my broken foot a bit more.  So I pulled out a couple of sets by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company and got to work.

After stamping my main image twice from Tweet That in memento tuxedo black onto MFP white card stock then coloring with prismacolor markers, I cut one image out to pop up later.  Then I lightly stippled Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink over and around the image before deciding to add the limbs of the bare tree of Tree Greetings stamped in Tim Holtz tea dye distress ink before doodling a frame around the main image and adding some faux brads.  Then I added the stamped and layered sentiment before adding the popped up birdhouse along with some ribbon.

Challenges entered:

Speedy Fox and Friends #144 - Doodle A Frame
FOSTV #57 - New Home

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: MFP Tweet That, Tree Greetings
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Tea Dye
Card Stock: MFP White, Stampin Up! Lavender Lace, Pretty In Pink, Lilly Bee Picket Fence
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Ribbon, Dimensionals, Black Marker, Stipple Brushes

Whoo's Birthday - My Time Made Easy Pretty Pattern Sketch Challenge #27

Hello and happy Thursday!!  The week is almost over!!  This week's My Time Made Easy Pretty Pattern Sketch Challenge is a square card with a slight twist - add a triangle or two to the card.  Now being the rebel I am at times, I added two triangles and slightly separated them. 

Once I had downloaded my Critters With A Heart digital images, and broke the set apart, adding the birthday saying below the owl.  I chose to use some "funky" colors for my owl since I was pairing my image up with the newly released Color Infusion digital paper.  I absolutely love this new digital paper!!!  The colors are so funky, cool and totally different.  I'm having fun using it on different projects.

After sponging Stampin Up! rich razzelberry around the edges of my main image, I layered it onto a wild wasabi scrap, then my Color Infusion digital paper, then a Stampin Up! soft suede scrap before popping it up using Michael's pop dots.  For my background on the card, I pulled out my Sensational Stems acrylic stamps and stamped images in Stampin Up! kiwi kiss, wild wasabi, rich razzelberry and soft suede.  For the final touches, I pulled out my daisy MFT die-namic and die cut some scrap Color Infusion digital paper and added some leaves using a Martha Stewart punch.  Once that was added, I decided my main image still was lacking something - brads.  Since I didn't have any in soft suede, I made my own by punching some out using a small hand held punch and glued them on with a Martha Stewart 2-way glue stick.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: MTME Critters With A Heart Digital, Sensational Stems

Ink: Stampin Up! Soft Suede, Wild Wasabi, Kiwi Kiss, Rich Razzelberry

Card Stock: White, MTME Color Infusion Digital Designer Paper, Stampin Up! Rich Razzelberry, Wild Wasabi Scrap, Soft Suede, Kiwi Kiss

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Sponge, Computer, Printer, Martha Stewart Leaf Punch, MFT Daisy Days Die-Namic, Glue Dots, Pop Dots, Small Hand Held Punch, 2-Way Glue Stick