MFP Stamp Shop "I Wanna Go to the Beach" Blog Hop - Day 1

WELCOME  
TO MFP STAMP SHOP

I WANNA GO TO THE BEACH
 BLOG HOP

 

JOIN US EACH DAY, JANUARY 26-29 FOR SOME SAND CASTLE, SHELL- FINDING FUN. WE'LL HAVE  TUTORIALS AND DT INSPIRATION. THERE WILL BE PRIZES FOR LEAVING COMMENTS ON THE DESIGN TEAM'S BLOGS AND PRIZES FOR TRYING OUR TUTORIALS.  YOU WILL HAVE 2 WEEKS TO ADD YOUR PROJECT TO THE JANUARY 29th POST FOR US TO SEE, SO THERE IS NO EXCUSE NOT TO JOIN IN THE FUN. 

Please Hop along with us!! 
 You could win one of the MFP Stamp Shop Beach-related stamp sets.  Just comment on the blogs listed below ( don't forget this one ) each day for more chances to win!  (You do NOT need to comment on on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly.) Try one of the tutorials shown during the Hop and add your photo to the Inlinkz at the bottom of the MFP Stamp Shop blog post. The winners will be announced on Feb. 13, 2016,  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 and posting pics of your projects is Friday February 12, 2016,
at 10:00 PM EST.

Tutorials

Jan. 27- Fingerpaint Bookmark by Sandy
Jan. 28- Easy WaterBackground by Pat

Let's get started !!

 

I decided that all my cards for this month's blog hop will be cards other than a standard A2 card.  My card for today is a Side Step Card.  I Googled "sea scene" to get the picture of the ocean for my tall section and used some sandy patterned paper for the two steps. 

 

 

The stamped images and sentiment are from the stamp set Silly Shells.

 

 

 

 

Be sure to check out all the cards created by the Design Team members today.  And comment often for more chances to win a free stamp set.

 

Here's the Design Team

Bonnie

 Karen
Kren
Lois (that's me) 
Marilynn

Pat
Pam
Sandy 

Shirley

Toni

Vickie

MFP Stamp Shop 
 

Enjoy the Hop. Come back each day and let us take you to the Beach. We hope to inspire you to start your own Fun in the Sun.  Get to work on the tutorials, show us what you made by Feb. 12th and check back on Feb. 13, 2016, to see if you are a winner. 

CCEE1603 National Opposite Day

Frances informed the CCEE Stampers that January 25th is National Opposite Day.  Our challenge this week was to make a card/project that has opposites on it.  We were to think opposite colors on the color wheel, stripes and polka dots, black and white mirror image, etc.  I thought this was the perfect opportunity to make a card using a technique I haven't used in quite a white -- positive/negative.

See how the rest of the team handled this "opposite" challenge by visiting the CCEE Stampers Blog.

Frances informed the CCEE stampers that tomorrow (January 15th) is Hat Day and asked that we include a hat on our cards today.  When my sister was visiting from Illinois a couple of months ago, she brought along some fun stamps.  This is one of the cards I made with her stamps.

Check out the CCEE Stampers blog for the rest of the hat fashion show!

CCEE1601 Hot Tea Month

Happy New Year!  The CCEE Stampers are ready to bring you some more inspiration each week.  To start the new year, Frances tells us that January is Hot Tea Month.  As a tea drinker, I am happy that we get our own month -- the world seems to drink coffee; but, even though I tried to like coffee, I was never able to develop a taste for it.  So it's nice to be able to celebrate my "drink of choice."  Here's my card:

Check out the CCEE Stampers blog to see what the rest of the team has this week.

CCEE1550 - Leap Seconds

Did you know that there are occasional "leap seconds" added to the official year. Joanne tells us that on December 31, 2015, the folks who maintain the official time for the planet will add an extra second to the day to help correct minor variations in time.  The CCEE Stampers challenge this week is to incorporate time on our cards.

Check out the CCEE Stampers Blog to see how the rest of the team handles this "timely" challenge. We are taking the rest of the year off, so we will see you on the first Thursday of the New Year!

 Happy Holidays!!!

CCEE1549 - National Roof Over Your Head Day

Joanne is our hostess for the CCEE Stampers Blog this month.  Today she informs us that it is National Roof Over Your Head Day and asks us to make a card with a house/building of some sort on it.  As the holidays are right around the corner, I thought I would make that part of my card today.

Be sure to check the CCEE Stampers Blog to see what the rest of the team has created.

Scor-Pal More Than One Score -- Winter Fun

It's the first of the month again, and this month's More Than One Score Challenge on the Scor-Pal Blog is Winter Fun.  I live in Florida, and we don't get snow very often; but I decided to make a couple of snowmen for my card -- a Center Step Card -- for which I have written a tutorial.  I have seen several versions of the Center Step Card, vertical and horizontal.  My card today is the horizontal version.

Take a 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" piece of card stock and place it longways in your paper cutter.  Come in 1" from the side and start to make a cut from the
1 3/4" mark . . .

 . . . to the 6 3/4" mark.  Repeat on the other side.

Place your card stock longways across the top of the Scor-Pal and score between the cut lines at
1 3/4"  and . . .

 . . . 2 3/4"

At the 4 1/4" mark, score all the way from top to bottom.

Score between the cut lines at 5 3/4" and . . .

. . . 6 3/4".

 Fold your card as shown.  Then you can decorate it any way you'd like.

For my card, I made a background panel, but that is not necessary.  

As you can see on this card, there is no center panel.

This one has a center panel of vellum just for attaching the snowflakes.

Check out the Scor-Pal Blog to see what kind of winter fun the rest of the team is having.