MFP Blog Hop - Day One

Mark's Finest Papers Design Team is celebrating our BRAND NEW Speedy the Cat Designer Collection and Serenity Collection Stamps with a Blog Hop! You can ORDER THEM TODAY!

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For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, visit and comment on each of the design team members' blogs on January 13th, 14th and 15th. Then, on Saturday, (January 16th), a winner will be chosen from those who have visited all 8 blogs all three days. The winner will be announced on the Mark's Finest Papers Blog and will receive 2 Stamp Sets that will be released NEXT month. And remember, Friday night will be the New Flourishes Release at Mark's Finest Papers!

Good Luck!
I’ve been looking at the tutorial for the mosaic technique on SCS for some time now and wanted to give it a try. So I decided that my first card for this month’s MFP Blog Hop would be a mosaic. After stamping the Sunflower with Palette Burnt Umber on Snow Storm White, coloring it with Copic markers and cutting it out using the Labels One Nestabilities, I followed the instructions from the tutorial (stamp it with Versamark and clear emboss – then rub the darker color over everything, and wipe it off). I kind of like the look it gives. The sentiment is part of the sunflower stamp, so I just restamped that part and cut it out using Petite Oval Nestabilities, popping it up over the original words. The little bee is stamped, colored, cut out and then covered with Crystal Effects to give it a shiny look.

My second card was made using the Blackberries stamp from the same MFP set. I found the layout on Page Maps, a great site for card layouts. The blackberries image was stamped with Palette Noir Black and colored with Copic markers. I cut the Labels One diecut into two pieces. With the blackberries image in the middle, it gives the illusion of a much longer diecut. The punched border piece allowed me to cut the Basic Grey DP into two pieces to fit the larger 5 x 7 size of my card. I added a few Basic Grey half pearls and some pretty ribbon, along with the sentiment – and I was done.
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Be sure to check out all the cards created by the rest of the Design Team, making sure you comment on each blog so you will have a chance at winning the two new stamp sets.

Nancyruth- http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com
Lois- http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com (you’re here)
Nikki- http://smellslikehomemade.blogspot.com
Peggy- www.artfulljourney.com
Vicky- http://www.villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com
Jeanne - http://nannys-room.blogspot.com/
Faith- http://stampinwithmarkiesmom.blogspot.com
Mark’s Finest Papers- http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com
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Stamps – Mark’s Finest Papers Presents: Speedy the Cat Collection (Blackberries, Sunflowers and Bees)
Ink – (Sunflower card) Palette Noir Burnt Umber, Memento Rich Cocoa
(Blackberries card) Palette Noir Black
Paper – (Sunflower card) MFP Deepest Mahogany and Snow Storm White; Basic Grey Nook & Pantry DP
(Blackberries card) MFP Speedy the Cat Black and Snow Storm White; Basic Grey Wisteria DP
Accessories – Copic markers, Ribbon, Half pearls, MS border punch, Nestabilities Labels One and Petite Ovals, Pop dots