MFP Blog Hop Day 3 - In My Den

(CCEE Challenge is one post down)

   January Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are:

Fantastic Dogs Featured January 15
No Sour Grapes Featured January 16
In My Den Featured January 17
Love, Love, Love Featured January 18

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 January 19, 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 January 18,2013.


Happy New Year!!! Welcome to the first blog hop of 2013! We are so excited to share the great stamp sets we are releasing this month and the months to come. 

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

" OH Baby"

 

The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Not So Ugly"

 

My first card for today's set, In My Den, features my favorite image from this set -- the globe.  It might sound corny, but I've always thought that having a globe in your house was kind of classy!  This set was made for masculine cards.  I used a piece of DP from Basic Grey's Oxford paper pad which looked like library shelves.  I added a knot (thought that was better for a guy!) to one side.  The sentiments and the globe are popped up with dimensionals.

I paper-pieced the chair on my second card, using a hounds tooth pattern, along with some "clock" DP to complement the sentiment.  The background piece was stamped with the sentiment and then embossed with a plaid embossing folder.  The smaller circle is glued down; the larger circle is popped up with dimensionals. I added a little interest with the copper brads in the corner.

Be sure to check out the rest of the design team members' creations and comment for a chance to win a free set.  Patty P., Lois (that's me), Vicky, Jane C, Debbie,  Pam,  Pat G,  Thrifty Stamper,  MariLynn,  Karen K,  Bonnie,  Kathy B,  Angela B,  Cathy C,  Toni, Sue W,  Janine B,  Tammylee,  An'jenic,  Kate Z,  Shirley Q,  Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co