MFP Blog Hop Day 3 and CCEE1328 - Be Virtuous

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"
                                                      

My first card today is serving two purposes -- the MFP Blog Hop featuring the set Be Virtuous and the CCEE Stampers Challenge.    Sabrina, our CCEE Stampers hostess for today, asked us to use at least four different stamps to create a collage.  I created my collage using several sets from Mark's Finest Papers, three of which are from this month's release (Be Virtuous, Lotus Blossoms, Dragonflies) and one from May (Marsh Silhouettes).   After I created my collage, I cut it into four strips to fit into my Oriental screen.  You can find the tutorial for this screen one post down.

I found the layout for my second card on Page Maps and the bamboo background paper on the internet when I googled "bamboo."  There was no watermark on the image, so I printed it out and cut it down to size.  I attached the two Oriental coins to the ribbon by running the ribbon through the hole at the top, putting a little Scor-tape on the end of the ribbon and folding it over.  I then attached the coins to the card with a glue dot to keep them from flying around.

I'm sure you're going to like what the rest of the team has for you today.  Check out their blogs and comment 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.