Speedy TV Tutorial Time Challenge - Sponged Sunrays

I was the hostess for this week's Tutorial Time challenge on Speedy TV, and I challenged the rest of the team to try a technique I love -- sponged sunrays.  A former member of the Mark's Finest Papers design team wrote a tutorial for Speedy TV explaining how to do it, and I recently updated it with current MFP images. Here's my card:

Be sure to check out the challenge on Speedy TV and see what the rest of the team has done with this technique.  We'd love for you to try it and link up your card for a chance to win a free stamp set.

MFP Garden Show Day 3 - Garden Markers

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Welcome to the Garden Show!

Spring is in the air, and we are ready to CELEBRATE!

Many of the Spring/Flower stamp sets in the Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Co.'s web store will be featured in this Blog Hop. 

Follow along from March 25-27 for your chance to win the Garden Bunny Stamp set. One winner will be chosen. Just leave a comment. Each day you can leave a comment on each blog to increase your chance of winning! The winner will be posted on Friday on the Side Bar of this blog.

Each day the designers will create a Garden Themed card or project using the tutorial that we have linked.

Good Luck and Happy Hopping!

 

Day #3 Garden Markers

You can find the tutorial HERE.

I had such fun making the project for today. I found the galvanized pots in Michaels, wrapped them with the burlap and then used baker's twine to match my markers for the bows.  I've actually given them away already.  My BFF is an avid gardener, so I gave her one for her birthday.  I thought it would look cute on her kitchen window.  My daughter, on the other hand, is NOT a gardener; but she recently moved into a condo which has a "hot house window" in her eating area.  I gave her the other two as a house-warming gift.

Hop to these designer blogs today!

Lois B (that's me)

Jane

Vickie

Thrifty

We hope you've enjoyed our Garden Show this month.

Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Welcome Poppies, Seed Packets, Calender, Friends
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper:  Mark's Finest Papers - Snow Storm Smooth; Recollections polka dot DP
Accessories:  Copic markers, Galvanized buckets, Burlap ribbon, Baker's Twine, Syrofoam, Flower Soft ("dirt" in the bucket), Cardboard, Jumbo emory boards, Ticket corner punch

CCEE1413 - Follow the Recipe

For Joanne's last CCEE challenge of the month, she asked us to follow a list of ingredients:

*  Flowers
*  Pearls
*  Heat Embossing
*  Dry Embossing
*  Person Image

I'm pretty sure I got the recipe correct -- assuming that a gnome is a person!  There are flowers on both the stamped image and the embossed background; pearls on the butterflies; image heat embossed; background dry embossed; and the gnome (a fantasy person).

If you'd like to play along, stop over at the CCEE Stampers blog and link up your card at the end of the post.

MFP Garden Show Day 2 - Garden 'Scapes

Welcome to the Garden Show!

Spring is in the air, and we are ready to CELEBRATE!

Many of the Spring/Flower stamp sets in the Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Co.'s web store will be featured in this Blog Hop. 

Follow along from March 25-27 for your chance to win the Garden Bunny Stamp set. One winner will be chosen. Just leave a comment. Each day you can leave a comment on each blog to increase your chance of winning!

Each day the designers will create a Garden Themed card or project using the tutorial that we have linked.

Good Luck and Happy Hopping!

 

Day #2 Garden Scapes

You can find the tutorial HERE.

I enjoyed making the tutorial for today's hop.  In addition to the card I used in the tutorial, I made this one, which is very reminiscent of Florida, the state in which I live.

Hop to these designer blogs today!

Lois B (that's me)

Jane

Vickie

Janine

Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Tree Greetings, Marsh Birds, Birds of the Orient, Scenic Selections
Paper:  Mark's Finest Papers - Bang Up Blue, Black Linen, Snow Storm Smooth
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Bamboo Leaves; TH Distress Tumbled Glass, Bundled Sage
Accessories:  Copic markers, Die-Namics Cloud Trio die; Modern Label punch, Sponge applicators, Foam pop dots

MFP Garden Show Day 1 - Flower Pots

Welcome to the Garden Show!

Spring is in the air, and we are ready to CELEBRATE!

Many of the Spring/Flower stamp sets in the Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Co.'s web store will be featured in this Blog Hop. 

Follow along from March 25-27 for your chance to win the Garden Bunny Stamp set. One winner will be chosen. Just leave a comment. Each day you can leave a comment on each blog to increase your chance of winning!

Each day the designers will create a Garden Themed card or project using the tutorial that we have linked.

Good Luck and Happy Hopping!

 

Day #1 Flower Pots

You can find the tutorial HERE.

I made a flower pot using the tutorial, BUT I put it on a card.  Since I've moved to Florida, I have never seen morning glories.  I'm sure they're here somewhere, but I've never come across them.   When I lived in Pennsylvania, we had them growing wild along the wall by our driveway.   So . . . I potted some and set them on a wall.  (Okay . . . they're made of paper, but they're still pretty!)  I added some punched greenery and ivy.  My wall is a Darcie's embossing folder I found in Joann for $2.50!!!

Hop to these designer blogs today!

Lois B (that's me)

Thrifty

Jane

Vickie

Gail

Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Friends, Ivy and Blossoms, A Cracked Hello
Paper:  Mark's Finest Papers - Fresh Cream, English Stone, Spring Leaf; SU Really Rust; DCWV Photo 2 DP (sky)
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Cottage Ivy, London Fog
Accessories:  Copic markers, Darcie's brick wall embossing folder, MS branch punch, Spellbinders Label Trio

CCEE1412 - Spring or Autumn Scene

Joanne continues as hostess for March on the CCEE Stampers Blog.  Today Joanne is looking forward Spring (as are most of us on the team; but Frances, who lives in Australia, is anticipating autumn), so she asked us to make a scene depicting either spring or fall, including blue skies.  Here is my card, which I gave to my neighbor when she came home from the hospital a couple of weeks ago.

If you'd like to play along with us, jump over to the CCEE Stampers Blog and link up your scenic card.

MFP Blog Hop Day 6 - Bundle of Joy

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Welcome to the Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company

March Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured March  9

Hoppy Easter

Featured March 10

Easter

 Featured March 11

Fabulous Pets

Featured March 12

Friends

Featured March 13

Buddha

Featured March 14

Bundle of Joy

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the participating blogs (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 six winners will be announced on March 15, 2014, 

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 
10 PM EST on Friday, March 14, 2014.

Because they're really fun and easy, I made another easel card for today, the last day of this month's Blog Hop.  I'm of an age where I don't make many baby cards, but it's always nice to have one tucked away -- just in case you need it in a hurry.

This is obviously for a girl, but the design could be used for a boy -- the plaid would work, and you'd just have to change the pink card stock and pacifier color for blue.  I'm always on the lookout for ways to make clouds in the sky.  What I did here was cut out some cloud die cuts and lay them out in the sky area -- after stamping the stork.  I used some removable glue runner to hold them down.  I actually cut one of the larger clouds in half and got two clouds out of it.  I brushed some pearlescent chalk in the sky area, carefully going around the stork -- but not having to worry about the clouds themselves.  They look pretty natural.  I will definitely use this technique again!

I figured I'd better give the boys equal billing.  The sentiment is actually only part of the stamp.  I masked out the word "Our" when I stamped it so that I could use it to wish the new parents well.

Make sure you check out the blogs of the participating DT members and comment, comment, comment.  You'll increase your chances of winning a free stamp set that way!

Here's the Design Team:

 Jane C

Pat 
Thrifty Stamper

Marilynn  

Sue W

An'Jenic

  Amy
Pam

Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

We hope you have gotten lots of ideas this week.

Card #1
Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Bundle of Joy

Paper:  Mark's Finest Papers - ABC Bubblegum, Snow Storm Smooth; K & Company Hopscotch DP

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories:  Copic markers, Pebbles pearlescent chalks, Die-Namics Cloud Trio die, Circle punches, Foam pop dots

Card #2
Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Bundle of Joy
Paper:  Mark's Finest Papers - Blue Skies, Snow Storm Smooth; DCWV Nana's Nursery DP
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories:  Copic markers, Foam pop dots

Speedy TV Tutorial Time - Paper Piercing

The Tutorial Time challenge on Speedy TV today is an "oldie but goodie" -- paper piercing.  Davi Long Reid showed several ways to put paper piercing on your card in her tutorial.  Here's my card, on which I added piercing using a Stampin' Up piercing template which coordinates with one of their dies.

We hope you'll play along with us.  Join us over on Speedy TV and link up your card at the end of the challenge.  You might win a free stamp set.

Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Fairies
Paper:  SU Orchid Opulence, MFP Snow Storm Smooth
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, TH Distress Spun Sugar
Accessories:  Copic markers, SU die and piercing template, circle punches, Sizzix embossing folder, Foam pop dots

MFP Blog Hop Day 5 - Buddha

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Welcome to the Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company

March Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured March  9

Hoppy Easter

Featured March 10

Easter

 Featured March 11

Fabulous Pets

Featured March 12

Friends

Featured March 13

Buddha

Featured March 14

Bundle of Joy

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the participating blogs (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 six winners will be announced on March 15, 2014, 

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 
10 PM EST on Friday, March 14, 2014.

Again I'm not an official part of the MFP Blog Hop today, but I'm glad you stopped by.  I have to admit that I struggled a bit with today's set, Buddha.  I think I've mentioned before that Oriental design is not my strong point, so I dove in with some trepidation.  I've been making several easel cards this week and thought I might be able to do something for this set in an easel card.  When I read the sentiments included, I focused on the one about the sun and the moon -- and went hunting on the internet for an image of both the sun and the moon.  I was successful at Deviant Art. Here's my card:

Be sure to check out the official Blog Hop and try to comment as much as you can so that you may perhaps win a free stamp set.

Here's the list of Participating Design Team members:

 Jane C

Pat 
Thrifty Stamper

Marilynn  

Sue W

An'Jenic

  Amy
Pam

Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

Come on back tomorrow for more creativity.

Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Buddha

Paper:  Mark's Finest Papers - Black Linen, Snow Storm Smooth; The Paper Studio Caramel

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories:  Copic markers, Oriental coin, Sun charm, internet image

CCEE1411 - Snacks

Did you know that today (the second Thursday in March) is Popcorn Lover's Day?  Or that tomorrow (March 14) is Potato Chip Day?  Joanne, this month's hostess over on the CCEE Stampers Blog, informed us of that and asked that we make a card that had some sort of snack connection.  My BFF and I go to the movies every Friday, and I decided that a gift card to the Regal Cinemas would be the perfect birthday gift.  So I made a gift card holder for her -- and used popcorn and movies as the theme.

Here is the inside, showing the gift card -- which also has popcorn on it!

If you like snacks (and who doesn't?), make a card and link it up over on the CCEE Stampers Blog.  We'd love you to join in on the fun!

Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Now Showing, Scenic Selections
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Rhubarb Stalk
Paper:  Mark's Finest Papers - Deep Scarlet, Snow Storm Smooth; Recollections Popcorn Photo DP
Accessories:  Copic markers, Movie Gift Card

MFP Blog Hop Day 4 - Friends

Welcome to the Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company

March Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured March  9

Hoppy Easter

Featured March 10

Easter

 Featured March 11

Fabulous Pets

Featured March 12

Friends

Featured March 13

Buddha

Featured March 14

Bundle of Joy

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the participating blogs (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 six winners will be announced on March 15, 2014, 

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 
10 PM EST on Friday, March 14, 2014.

Although I'm not an official part of the Blog Hop for the rest of the week, I'm so glad you stopped by my blog today.  My mom, who is 94 and currently lives in a nursing home, was an artist and ceramicist.  I have several of her ceramic pieces in my house -- two are hand-painted plaques which hang in my bathroom.  When I first saw today's stamp set, Friends, I immediately thought of this plaque.  You can see her signature at the bottom center.  Her initials are D.R., and she combined them to make the DeeR.

I decided I would try to duplicate this plaque on a card.  At a recent stamp show, I bought a pack of 6 1/2" cards/matching envelopes.  I figured I would need a pretty big card base to make this card and thought one of these card bases would work.  Here's my card:

My design is a combination of direct stamping onto the white card stock and cutting-and-pasting two extra images.  I added the curled wire to emulate the tendrils on my mom's plaque.

I think this layout is my favorite when making a CAS card.  I used Memento markers to color my flower because I didn't want any of the color of an alcohol marker to bleed through to the back of this one-layer card.

Make sure you check out the blogs of the participating design team members and comment for a chance to win a free stamp set.

Here's the Design Team:

 Jane C

Pat 
Thrifty Stamper

Marilynn  

Sue W

An'Jenic

  Amy
Pam

Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

Come on back tomorrow for more creativity.

Card #1
Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Friends

Paper:  Marco's Papers card base/envelope; Paper Cellar Gold Holographic glitter paper; Mark's Finest Papers Snow Storm Smooth

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories:  Copic markers, Wire

Card #2
Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Friends
Paper:  Mark's Finest Papers - Premium Heavy White
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories:  Memento markers - Angel Pink, New Sprout, Bamboo Leaves; EK Tools Journaling pen