CCEE1525 Long Card

Liz, our CCEE Stampers Blog hostess for June, asked us to make a long card today -- to celebrate the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year.  I had watched a video explaining how to use a die cut as a divider on a card, separating two different kinds of paper.   So I thought I would give it a try.

Stop over at the CCEE Stampers Blog to see how the rest of the team met this long-card challenge.

CCEE1523 Rolling into Summer

New month, new CCEE hostess . . . Liz is our hostess for June, and she started us off by asking us to use a brayer.  I have to admit, that the brayer is not the first tool I would choose.  I have had very limited success using it.  The only way I'm happy with the results is to use glossy paper, so that's what I used for my project.

Some time ago, I bought several small address books, and I pulled one of them out of the drawer for my project today.

Hop over to the CCEE Stampers blog and see what the rest of the team did with their brayers.

MFP Stamp Shop Blog Hop Day 3 - Pots and Vases

Welcome to the MFP Stamp Shop

May Blog Hop

Let's get started!!!!

This month's new Stamp Set Releases are:

Featured May 26

Tree Scene

Featured May 27

Animal Birthdays

Featured May 28

Pots and Vases
 

Featured May 29

Tree Scene Selections

Please Hop along with us!! You have a chance to win one of these new 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.) The winners will be announced on May 30, 2015, 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 is Friday May 29, 2015, at 10:00 PM EST.

Today's set, Pots and Vases, might be my favorite this month -- and for that reason I have several cards to show you.  The first one is a new card using the tall vase and an image from another MFP Stamp Shop set, Coneflowers.

The next two cards I've already uploaded to Splitcoaststampers for two of their challenges earlier this month -- one uses one of the clay pots and the other uses this same tall vase.

 

Be sure to check out the rest of the creations which our DT members have made -- and comment often for more chances to win a free stamp set.

Here's the Design Team

Bonnie

Jane

Janine 
Karen
Lois  (that's me)
Marilynn

Pam Mc

Pam T 
Pat
Sandy
Shirley 

Sue

Toni

Vickie

MFP Stamp Shop 

Enjoy the Hop. Come on back tomorrow for more creative fun!!

MFP Stamp Shop "Favorites" Blog Hop - Day 3

Welcome to Day 3 of the Marks Finest Papers Stamp Shop
 January Blog Hop. 

 We're doing something different to start out the new year. We're looking back at all the wonderful sets released in 2014. For the 4 days of the Blog Hop the Design Team will show you their "Favorite" sets of 2014. Please visit each blog and leave a comment. One person will be chosen to receive their choice of one of the "Favorite" Stamp Sets we have featured.

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win a "Favorite" Set of your choice! Just comment on the blogs listed below (don't forget this one) each day for more chances to win! (You do NOT, however, have to comment on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly!) The winner will be announced on 

January 31, 2015, 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 is 10 PM EST on Friday January 30, 2014.

Let's get started!!

Anyone who is familiar with my cards knows that my favorite stamps are flowers and also knows that I like fun fold techniques.  I combined those things in several projects made with the set Coneflowers.  One of my blog hop cards in July was this cascading card.

My daughter-in –law’s birthday was in July, and I used Coneflowers for this “bouquet in a box.”  I'm pleased that she still has it sitting on her kitchen window.

I thought I should make a new card with this beautiful set, so I made one using a favorite technique (Triple Stamping).  The bees and sentiment are from another MFP Stamp Shop set, Bring on the Sun.

Here is the Design Team for today:

Lois (that's me)

Karen 

Toni 

Janine

Shirley

Vickie

Sandy

MFPStampShop

Be sure to visit the rest of the participating members of the Design Team and comment for a chance to win a free stamp set.

Come on back tomorrow for more FAVORITES!!

CardMaker Blog - Starburst Background

Today is my first post on the CardMaker blog, in which I showed how I made this card:

If you'd like to see how I put this together, pop over to the CardMaker blog.

MFP Blog Hop Day 2 - Coneflowers and Roses

Welcome to the Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company

July Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured July 15
Chinese Take Out 

Featured July 16

Coneflowers
Roses

 Featured July 17

Snowflakes

Featured July 18
Sun and Moon
Heavenly Harmony

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on today's 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 

July 19, 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, July 18, 2014.

We're featuring two sets today -- both of them flowers (my favorite type of image).  As with yesterday's post, I have a regular card for each set and then something else.  My card for Coneflowers is actually a set of four notecards.

Because these are one-layer cards and Copic markers tend to bleed through card stock (unless it's really heavyweight), I stamped the images on another piece of card stock, colored them and then carefully cut them out.  I ran the cut-outs through my Xyron and glued them down.  I measured in 1/2" on all four sides and drew a fine line with my journaling pen to create a "frame" around the edges.

My second project using this set is also a card, but it's a bit more elaborate.  It's called a Cascading Card.

I made the card base using a tutorial which actually appeared in an issue of Card Maker magazine last year. Then I stamped, colored and cut out the flowers, placing them strategically within the folds of the card.  I added some leaf die-cuts and punched out branches then added the butterflies, which are glued to strips of acetate.

The second set for today is Roses.   For my card, I stamped the rose three times on a piece of card stock. The image actually includes two leaves, but I cut them off because I wanted to use the die cuts behind the rose.  

I cut out the roses --one full one and two partial ones so that I could create a paper-tole flower.  You can see the layers here:

While it's a 3-D project, my second "card" can actually be flattened and mailed in an envelope.  Here it is "unopened."

But, when you open it up, it's actually a bouquet of flowers in a box.

I used the smaller rose from today's set along with a couple of lily-of-the-valley and leaf diecuts.  I added a few punched-out butterflies on acetate strips and two of the many sentiments from this set.

Be sure to check out all of today's blog hop and see what the rest of the team has created with these pretty sets.

Here's the Design Team:

Lois (that's me)

Kelli Jo

Karen 

 Kathy

Toni

Janine

Shirley Q

Vickie
Sandy

Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

Come on back tomorrow for more creativity.

Card #1

Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Coneflowers

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:  Mark's Finest Papers - Snow Storm Smooth (regular and heavy)

Accessories:  Copic markers, Journaling pen

Card #2

Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Coneflowers

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Ranger Distress Bundled Sage

Paper:  The Paper Studio 12 x 12 Rust; MME Dolled Up DP; Mark's Finest Papers - Snow Storm Smooth, Spring Leaf

Accessories:  Copic markers, Spellbinders Foliage die and Labels 8 die, Martha Stewart branch punch and butterfly punch, Cheery Lynn lattice die, acetate strips

Card #3

Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Roses

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Ranger Distress Bundled Sage

Paper:  Mark's Finest Papers - Scrambled Eggs, August Greens, Snow Storm Smooth

Accessories:  Copic markers, Rhinestone bling, Foam pop dots

Card #4

Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Roses

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Ranger Distress Bundled Sage

Paper:  Mark's Finest Papers - Scrambled Eggs, August Greens, Snow Storm Smooth; unlabeled DP

Accessories:  Copic markers, Spellbinders Foliage die and Lily of the Valley die, Martha Stewart butterfly punch, Circle punches, Acetate strips, Ribbon