MFP Blog Hop Day 2 - Primitive Farm

Sept. Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured Sept 10 - Koi Fish

Featured Sept 11 - Primitive Farm 

Featured Sept 12  -What a Scream

Featured Sept 13 - Tailgate Party

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 Sept. 14, 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 10 PM EST on Friday, Sept. 13,  2013.

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

"Holiday Tag"

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

"Nature's Brushstrokes"
                                                      

Continuing with my theme this month of a different challenge every day, today I chose to do an Inspiration Challenge.  I'm not much into folk art, but I went on-line and found a couple of prints to use as the inspiration for my cards.  The first one is a print by Karen O'Lone-Hahn.

 

Here is my card, using the two cows from today's set as well as one of the images from another MFP, aHC set called Tree Greetings.  I sponged in the clouds using a die-cut as a template.

The first time I saw today's set, I immediately thought of a print that is in one of the examining rooms at my doctor's office.  I couldn't find it on-line anywhere, but I found this one by artist Keith Millison, which is similar.

Here is my card:

Thanks for stopping by my blog today.    Be sure to check out what the rest of the team has created using today's set.  Here's the Design Team:

Patty, Lois (that's me), Jane, Debbie. Pam, Pat, Thrfity Stamper, Marilynn, Karen, Bonnie, Kathy, Angela,
Cathy, Toni, Sue, Janine, An'Jenic, Kate, Shirley, Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

MFP Blog Hop Day 1 - Koi Fish

Sept. Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured Sept 10 - Koi Fish

Featured Sept 11 - Primitive Farm 

Featured Sept 12  -What a Scream

Featured Sept 13 - Tailgate Party

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 Sept. 14, 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 10 PM EST on Friday, Sept. 13,  2013.

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

"Holiday Tag"

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

"Nature's Brushstrokes"
                                                      

I'm going to try something a little different for this month's Blog Hop.  Each day I'm treating my blog as a different challenge.  Today it's a Sketch Challenge, using one of the layouts I found on Page Maps back in December.  Both of my cards today are using this layout.

My first card features the large Yin/Yang image.  I don't know a whole lot about Chinese philosophy, but I believe the two sides of this image are supposed to complement each other -- and perhaps provide harmony.

On my second card I used the smaller koi fish, drawing in the "waves" of the water.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today.  I hope you like my idea of treating my part of the blog hop as a different challenge each day -- and that you'll come back and check out tomorrow's challenge.  But be sure to check out what the rest of the team has created using today's set.  Here's the Design Team:

Patty, Lois (that's me), Jane, Debbie. Pam, Pat, Thrfity Stamper, Marilynn, Karen, Bonnie, Kathy, Angela,
Cathy, Toni, Sue, Janine, An'Jenic, Kate, Shirley, Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

Featured Stamper and a Sneak Peek

Today's Featured Stamper over on Splitcoaststampers is Julie Elak (a/k/a Humma), and her gallery is full of lots of whiimsical critters.  I chose this card to CASE, changing it from a Christmas card to a Halloween card by using a brand-new set from Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company, What a Scream, which will be available for purchase on Tuesday.  I changed her snowman to a ghost.

I made this card more fun by popping up the ghost with a wobbly spring.  You can see in this photo how the image will move.

And when you let it go, it snaps back and wobbles.

Our September blog hop starts on Tuesday.  Be sure to come back and check out all the creations our design team has worked on for you.

Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - What a Scream
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper:  Mark's Finest Papers - Bright Pumpkin, Snow Storm Smooth
Accessories:  Copic markers, Corner rounder, Wobbly spring

Speedy Fox and Friends - Mask Something

This week the Speedy Fox and Friends challenge is to mask something.  Masking is one of my favorite techniques.  My card is a sneak peek at a brand-new set from Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company, called Koi Fish, which will be available on Tuesday.  My card has four koi swimming around, two of them under the lily pad.  That's where the masking came in.

If you like masking, check out what the rest of the team did.  Pop on over to the MFP blog; and, if you link up your own masking card, you might even win a free stamp set.

Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Koi Fish
Paper:  MFP Premium Heavy White
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories:  Copic markers, Post-It note for masking

CCEE1336 - Birthday Card

I am the hostess for the CCEE Stampers challenges for the month of September, which in my family has lots of birthdays -- my daughter, my daughter-in-law, two grandsons, a niece, and me.  So for my first challenge for the month I chose a birthday card.  My card is actually a CASE of a card made by Charlene Merrick (LilLuvsStampin on Splitcoast-stampers), who is currently on hiatus from the CCEE Stampers.  Charlene posted this card last month for a Clean and Simple challenge.  We were to CASE a card by a former CAS design team member.  So actually, my card is a CASE of a CASE!

I would invite you to pop over to the CCEE Stampers blog and see the birthday cards from the rest of the team.

Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Glad Glads

Paper:  MFP Premium Heavy White, scraps of other cardstock and DPs

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories:  Hexagon punch

Speedy Fox & Friends - Frame It

This week the challenge for the Speedy Fox & Friends team is "Frame It."  I pulled out one of my Spellbinders Frameabilities dies and a couple of the "Selections" sets from Mark's Finest Papers to make a Christmas card.

If you'd like to play along, just make a card with a frame and post it onto the MFP Blog.  Maybe you'll be the lucky one to win a free stamp set.


Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Scenic Selections, Christmas Selections
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Bamboo Leaves; TH Distress Tumbled Glass
Paper:  MFP Breezy Blue, Snow Storm Smooth; A C Specialty Papers Silver Foil
Accessories:  Copic markers, Spellbinders Snowflake Frameabilities, Oval Nestabilities, Sponge applicator, Silver trim

CCEE1335 - Cracked Glass

Vicky Gould picked a technique for her last CCEE challenge for August -- cracked glass, one of which I am not particularly fond.  I don't know if it's because I'm not patient enough or what, but I'm never really happy with my results.  With that said, here's my card:

Check out the rest of the CCEE Stampers and see their creations.  If you'd like to play along, link up a card at the end of the CCEE blog.

Stamps:  Inkadinkadoo Pocketwatch, Cloud Nine Designs Simple Thoughts Birthday
Ink:  Memento Espresso Truffle, Versamark
Paper:  Mark's Finest Papers Flecked Chocolate Cake, Cream Linen; DCWV Photos 2 DP
Accessories:  Timeless Rectangles die, Ranger Ultra Thick Embossing Powder