Oriental Joy - Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop Day 2

Welcome to the Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company

May Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured May 13
Kiss Me and Plywood 

Featured May 14

Oriental Joy

 Featured May 15

Tiger Lily and Tree Frogs

Featured May 16
Bearded Iris 

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 May 17, 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 May 16, 2014.

Here's the Design Team:

Lois

Kelli Jo

Karen 

 Kathy

Toni

Janine

Shirley Q

Vickie
Sandy

Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

Today I am sharing a card made with the new Oriental Joy set combined with some Prima Meadowlark designer paper.  After stamping my main image in memento black and coloring with prismacolor markers, I stippled tumbled glass distress ink around the edges before layering, adding some white baby brads and silver ice stickles to highlight some of the blossoms.  

I then stamped and sponged a lavender border using the Blossom Branch mini set received free in the April Oriental Swap on SpeedyTV.  Although the April swap is finished, there are still swaps open to participate in and receive a free stamp set of your own too! 

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: Oriental Joy, Blossom Branch Mini

Ink: Memento Black, Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Milled Lavender, Stampin Up! Wisteria

Card Stock: Stampin Up!, Prisma Meadowlark Designer Paper

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Ice Sickles, Stipple Brushes, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch, Glue Dots, Baby Brads, Sponge

Kiss Me and Plywood - Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop Day 1

Welcome to the Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company

May Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured May 13

Kiss Me and Plywood 

Featured May 14

Oriental Joy

 Featured May 15

Tiger Lily and Tree Frogs

Featured May 16
Bearded Iris 

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 May 17, 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 May 16, 2014.

Here's the Design Team:

Lois

Kelli Jo

Karen 

 Kathy

Toni

Janine

Shirley Q

Vickie
Sandy

Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

I have two cards to share with you today.  The first one uses both the new Kiss Me Mini and the new Plywood background.  I really like the snarky sayings on the new mini.  They're definitely going to give someone a smile, or laugh, on the receiving end of a card. 

The background is stamped in Tim Holtz walnut stain ink with brushed corduroy and vintage photo inks stippled over and around the edges of the panel to give more of a "wood grain" feeling. The frog was then stamped in memento black and colored using prismacolor markers before stippling tumbled glass distress ink around the edges for the sky.  I only added brushed brass brads for embellishments.

My second card uses the new Plywood background along with the new Tree Frogs set.  Again I stamped the background in walnut ink before stippling brushed corduroy and vintage photo inks to give the "wood grain" feeling.  I then stamped the frog onto scrap white card stock, colored using prismacolor markers, then cut out and set aside.  After die cutting a few leaves using a Spellbinders leaf die set, those were added using glue dots before adding the cut out frog using dimensionals.  After adding my saying along with some brads, I added three ladybug stickers for the final touch.

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 Plywood, Kiss Me, Tree Frogs

Ink: Memento Black, Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Walnut Stain, Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo Distress Inks

Card Stock: MFP, Stampin Up!

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Glue Dots, Stipple Brushes, Big Shot, Spellbinders Leaf Die Set, Ladybug Stickers, Brads

Faux Sewing - Virginia's View Challenge #3

I've finally decided to try my hand at one of the monthly Virginia's View Challenges. This month's challenge is stitching, or in other words sewing, which I do not like at all.  Fortunately for me, one of the options of the challenge is faux sewing or stitching, so that's what I'm going to embellish with.

I pulled out one of my favorite Inkadinkadoo images and stamped it in memento black on white card stock before coloring with prismacolor pencils then stippling Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink for the sky around the top half of the image.  For the bottom half, I stippled some Stampin Up! garden green ink to help blend in the grassy area.  After piercing my layered image, I then "sewed" along the pierced dots using a black marker before adding to an embossed blue/white card with a stamped saying.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Inkadinkadoo, Stampin Up!
Card Stock: Stampin Up!
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Stampin Up! Garden Green
Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, Paper Piercing Tool and Guide, Stipple Brushes, Big Shot, Embossing Folder