Scor-Pal November Challenge -- Special Birthdays

The Scor-Pal team is celebrating those special birthdays in our lives.  I decided to look back at a special birthday in my life -- my 50th -- by creating an explosion box.    There are many tutorials on-line for this box.  Here is a simple one for those who have never made one before.

My box had several layers on the sides, as you can see on this photo.  One of the tutorials I saw used a 15" x 15" piece of cardstock for the first (outer) layer.  I didn't have any paper that size, so I cut my box down a few inches and used a 12" x 12" piece of cardstock for the first layer, reducing each layer by 1 1/2", so that the inner (third) layer was 9" x 9".

I used Our Daily Bread Designs large number dies for the 50.

You can see the opened gatefold "card" in this photo with its birthday wishes.

I hope you liked my Special Birthday project.  I will save it for someone I know who is having a 50th birthday soon.

More Than One Score Challenge -- Explosion Card

The Scor-Pal design team members are celebrating April Fool's Day by putting a surprise element in our projects today.  My card is a fun technique -- an Explosion Card.  When you look at the front, it appears to be a normal card . . .

Don't you just love those cute little Wizards from Kindred Stamps new stamp set, Students of Magic?!

. . . when you open the card -- BAM!

. . . a surprise!.

Lots of scoring on that inner panel.

After folding on all the score lines, the insert is glued inside to the top and bottom pieces.

MFP Stamp Shop Thanks Blog Hop - Day 2

Welcome to MFP 
October Blog Hop
Theme is: Thanks
There will be prizes given for commenting
and for doing the tutorials. Each winner 
will be chosen by Random.Org.
A large stamp set for commenting.
A mini stamp set for doing the tutorial, 
and everyone doing the tutorials will
earn a Tutorial Badge.

BLOG HOP GUIDELINES AND RULES
FOUND HERE! 
(be sure to read)

NOW TO THE HOP!
You will have until 3pm CT,
Friday, Oct. 28th to
comment and do tutorials.

Join us each day, Oct. 25 - 28, for some 

time to be THANKFUL!

Prize for COMMENTING,
chosen by Random.Org, is
"Calendar"

The MFP Winners Badge for 

commenting and tutorial 
will be awarded. 

BLOG HOP GUIDELINES AND RULES
FOUND HERE!

Tutorials

            1. Subway Art Sentiments by Kren
               2. Clip Place Card Holders by Vickie

Prize for doing a TUTORIAL, 
chosen by Random.Org, is
"Halloween Selections Mini"

Enter your tutorial submissions

at MFP October Blog Hop Day 1.

MFP Tutorial Badge is awarded
just for trying one of the tutorials.

All prizes and badge winners will be announced

on Sat. Oct. 29st.

My card for today is another sample of a card from the Wild Card on-line class I took earlier this month.  It is called an Explosion Card.  Here is the front of the card:

Don't you love that cute little scarecrow?  He is telling us to give thanks for all our blessings.  Now, open the card . . .

. . . and it explodes with lots and lots of gratitude! 

The image and sentiment on the front of the card are from the MFP Stamp Shop set called I Am Thankful.

The thankful sentiments on the inside are from a number of sets:  Classic Dad, Count Your Blessings mini, Dogwood Blossoms, Fall Apples, Honor and Glory, Hydrangea, Large Blooms, Roses, and Welcome Poppies.

NOW...

Let's get started HOPPING !!

Here's the Design Team:

Karen

Kren

Lois (that's me)

Marilynn

Pam 

Sandy

Shirley

Toni

Vickie

MFP Stamp Shop 

Enjoy the Hop. Come back each day to be 
inspired! Get to work on the tutorials and show 
us what you make by Oct. 28, 3pm CT 
and don't forget to be commenting! Come back 
on Oct. 29th to see if you are a winner!!

MFP Blog Hop Day 1 - Lotus Blossoms

July Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured July 9th - Lotus Blossoms

Featured July 10th - Shello 

Featured July 11th - Be Virtuous 

Featured July 12th - Presents

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the blogs listed below (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 July 13, 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 11 PM EST on Friday, July 12, 2013.

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

"Dino News"

 The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Dragonflies"
                                                      

I decided to get ambitious during this month's Blog Hop and include a project with a tutorial each day.  My first project is a cute little paperweight, featuring today's set Lotus Blossom.  It's made with a tea light candle/glass holder which I purchased at Michaels for $1.   You can find the tutorial one post down.

I recently attended a stamp show in Orlando, FL and picked up a pack of 10 scored cards to make reverse explosion cards at The Paper Cut booth.    My first card today uses one of those scored card bases.  When closed up, it makes a 5" x 5" card.

Here it is opened all the way.

My second card for today is almost CAS.  After stamping the images, I sponged around them with TH distress ink just enough to tone down the white.  I added the Oriental coin with a glue dot and stamped a few dragonflies in the air.

The dragonflies on my previous card are from this month's mini set, which contains lots of dragonflies in several different sizes, along with two sentiments.  I made this round easel card to show off several of the dragonflies.  I added some Stickles to the wings.

The rest of the team has worked hard to give you some inspiration this month.  Make sure you check out their creations.  Remember, the more you comment, the more chances you have to win a free stamp set.

Here's the Design Team:

Patty, Lois (that's me), Jane, Pat, Debbie, Kathy, Angela, Thrifty Stamper, Toni, Janine, Sue, Marilynn, Karen, Bonnie, Cathy, Pam, Kate, Shirley, An'Jenic, Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.