MFP Blog Hop Day 2 - Shello

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 think this is the cutest turtle set I've seen in a long time.  My first card also gives an example of the Pillowtop Background Technique.  The tutorial for this background is one post down.

My second card for today uses the same layout as the first, but rotated.  I used the other turtle from this set as well as the seaweed.  I found those cute little bubbles on sale at Michaels months ago, hoping that I would eventually be able to use them.  Today is the day!

As a bonus today, I have a card I made with this month's 5th set, Dino News.  Patty Penn had included it in her video this month, but in case you didn't see it there -- here it is.  I stamped, colored, and cut out two of the three whimsical dinosaurs from the set and popped them up on the center panel, on which I had stamped some grass from another MFP set, Scenic Selections.  The two sentiment panels are also popped up.

Make sure you check out the rest of the team members' creations and comment as often as you'd like.  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.