MFP Blog Hop Day 1 - Tigers

Nov. Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured Nov. 12 - Tigers

Featured Nov. 13 - Duck Hunting

 Featured Nov. 14 - Out on the Town

Featured Nov. 15 - Chill in the Air

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 Nov. 16, 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 Nov. 15, 2013.

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

Calendar

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

Mini New Year

                                                 

If you've visited my blog before, you know that I like fun fold cards.  The first one I have for you today is a side-step card.  I used images from several other MFP Oriental sets on this card.  I masked off a small section before I stamped the background so that I could put the "Hold On, Tiger" sentiment there.  I added an Oriental coin for some interest.

The next card I have for you is also on the Mark's Finest Papers blog today.  I wanted to be able to show you both tiger images from this set.  I was in Joann the other day and saw this great Darice embossing folder and knew it would work well as a background for this tiger.

Be sure to check out the rest of the design team members' blogs for more inspiration.  And don't forget to comment when you visit.  You might just win a free stamp set from this month.

Here's the Design Team:

Patty

Lois (that's me)

Jane C

 Pam

Pat G

Thrfity Stamper

Marilynn

Karen K

Bonnie

Kathy

 Cathy C

Toni

Sue W

Janine

An'Jenic

 Shirley Q

 Amy

Gail

Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

Guest Designer - Kelli Jo

Card #1 

Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Tigers, Works of Art, Koi Fish, Wealthy Fish

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Bundled Sage

Paper:  Mark's Finest Papers - Desert Sand, Snow Storm Smooth, Spring Leaf

Accessories:  Copic markers, Fiskars Grass border punch, Oriental coin, Ribbon

Card #2

Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Tigers

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Bamboo Leaves

Paper:  Mark's Finest Papers - Snow Storm Heavy, Licorice Whips

Accessories:  Copic markers, Darice Bambo embossing folder, Pop dots

MFP November Release - Calendar and New Year

The Mark's Finest Papers blog hop starts tomorrow.  We've got six marvelous stamp sets for you this month.  As usual there are five 4" x 6" sets and one mini set.

While not officially part of the Blog Hop, today we are featuring the Bonus set, Calendar, and the mini set, New Year.

I made a side-step card with New Year mini set, using all of the images and one of the sentiments.  In addition, this card includes an image from one of this month's regular sets, Out on the Town, which will be featured on Thursday.

I also made a project using Calendar, the extra set for November.  You could use this as a scrapbook page or just as a calendar page.  This set contains the names of all the months of the year, numbers you can mix and match, a symbol for each month, and some appropriate words.  I printed the calendar template from the internet and used the candy corn piece for Halloween (the last day of October) and the pumpkin for Thanksgiving.    I attached the page to the stand-up piece from a picture frame.  The images at the top are from two other MFP sets, I Am Thankful and Autumn Splendor.

You can see other cards using both of these sets on the Mark's Finest Papers blog.  I hope you stop back here tomorrow when the Blog Hop "officially" starts.  We hope to get your creative juices flowing with our samples.

Card
Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - New Year, Out on the Town
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper:  Mark's Finest Papers - Premium Heavy White, Deep Scarlet, Snow Storm Smooth
Accessories:  Copic markers, Rhinestone bling, Spica glitter gel pen

Calendar Page
Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Calendar, I Am Thankful, Autumn Splendor
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Espresso Truffle
Paper:  SU Really Rust (retired), MFP Snow Storm Smooth
Accessories:  Copic markers, calendar template from the internet