CCEE1424 - Roses

Anne's theme for this week's CCEE Stampers blog challenge is Roses.  I took this opportunity to make another card using the brand-new stamp set from Mark's Finest Papers, Great Flowers, which is being featured today.  I used the stylized flowers from that set to make the background for my focal panel, which includes a rosebud.  And all my flowers are in Anne's favorite color -- RED.

Stop over at the CCEE Stampers blog to see the rest of the rose display.

MFP Blog Hop Day 2 - Pretty Pears

Welcome to the Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company

June Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured  June 10

Gears To You & Gear Up

Featured June 11

Pretty Pears

 Featured June 12

Great Flowers & Flower Blocks

Featured June 13

Please Snow

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 

June 14, 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, June 13, 2014.

As yesterday, I'm not an official part of the Blog Hop today, but I did make a couple of cards using today's set, Pretty Pears.  My first one uses the smaller of the two pears and is rather monochromatic.  I stamped a couple of the flower images to create my background "designer paper."

My second card doesn't use one of the pear images at all but a Spellbinders pear die.  I cut the shape three times, twice from a piece of cardboard and the third time from some designer paper.  The photo corners are punched from the same designer paper so that the colors would match.   The lovely sentiment comes from today's set.

Thanks for stopping by even though I wasn't part of the official blog hop.  But be sure to check out the participating blogs for more creativity using today's pretty set.

Here's the Design Team for today:

 Jane C

Pat 
Thrfity Stamper

Marilynn 
Bonnie 

Sue W

An'Jenic

  Pam M

Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

Come on back tomorrow for more creativity.

Card #1

Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Pretty Pears

Ink:  Memento Pear Tart, Tuxedo Black

Paper:  Mark's Finest Papers - Premium Heavy White, Lime Squeeze

Accessories:  Copic markers, Spellbinders Classic Rectangle and Scallop Rectangle dies, Foam pop dots

Card #2

Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Pretty Pears

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:  Mark's Finest Papers - Lime Squeeze, Snow Storm Smooth; K & Company Berry Sweet DP, Cardboard

Accessories:  Spellbinders Fruit die, EK Success Photo Corner punch, SU Square Lattice embossing folder, Foam pop dots

MFP Blog Hop Day 1 - Gears to You & Gear Up

Welcome to the Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company

June Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured  June 10

Gears To You & Gear Up

Featured June 11

Pretty Pears

 Featured June 12

Great Flowers & Flower Blocks

Featured June 13

Please Snow

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 

June 14, 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, June 13, 2014.

I'm not an official part of the Blog Hop today or tomorrow, but thanks for stopping by.  I do have some cards featuring today's sets to show you.  The two using Gears to You are both rather clean and simple -- and all four of my cards would be appropriate for a guy.  For the first one, I inked up an acrylic block, spritzed it with a little water, and stamped it in the center of the card.  Then I stamped the gears and sentiment.  

The only stamping on my second card is the sentiment.  The background is embossed and the gears are die cuts.

I've also got two cards made with the other (coordinating) set for today, Gear Up.  Both of these cards are a bit busier than the first two.   Gear Up contains a background stamp and one sentiment.  I stamped the background in black and colored in the gears with metallic pens, cutting out the full image and layering it on both silver and copper papers.  I tied a silver ribbon in a knot (no bows for guys!) and then popped up the sentiment panel, which also includes a die cut of a gear).

My second card is one-layer, with some die-cuts and copper twine added.  The sentiment is from the Gears to You mini set.

Here's the Design Team for today:

 Jane C

Pat 
Thrfity Stamper

Marilynn 
Bonnie 

Sue W

An'Jenic

  Pam M

Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

Come on back tomorrow for more creativity.

Card #1

Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Gears to You

Ink:  Ranger Distress Tea Dye, Versamark, Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:  Mark's Finest Papers - Premium Heavy White

Accessories:  Detail Gold and Copper embossing powder, Acrylic block, Water spritzer

Card #2

Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Gears to You

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:  Mark's Finest Papers - Black Linen, Snow Storm Smooth; American Crafts Silver, Gold and Copper Glitter paper

Accessories:  Cuttlebug Retro Circles embossing folder, Spellbinders Spritely Sprockets dies

Card #3

Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Gear Up

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:  Mark's Finest Papers - Snow Storm Smooth, Black Linen; American Crafts Silver and Copper Glitter paper

Accessories:  Fabel-Castell Gold, Silver, and Copper artist pens; Ribbon; Spellbinders Spritely Sprockets die, Foam pop dots

Card #4

Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Gear Up & Gears to You

Ink:  Memento London Fog, Versamark

Paper:  Mark's Finest Papers - Premium Heavy White; American Crafts Copper Glitter paper

Accessories:  Copper twine, Copper embossing powder, Spellbinders Spritely Sprockets die, Circle punch, Foam pop dot

Tutorial Time - Cling Wrap Background

Lis brought us our Tutorial Time challenge on Speedy TV this week.  It was a technique I had never tried before, Cling Wrap Background.  Check out her tutorial here.

Here's my card, which is a sneak peak at a new MFP set, Great Flowers, which will be released next week:

If you'd like to try this interesting technique, give it a go and link up your card on Speedy TV.  You might win a free stamp set.

Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Great Flowers
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Onyx Black; reinkers - SU Pumpkin Pie, Summer Sun, Old Olive
Paper:  Mark's Finest Papers - Deep Olive, Snow Storm Smooth
Accessories:  Spellbinders Labels 25, embossing folder

CCEE1423 - Money

Anne Harmon started her month-long stint as hostess of the CCEE Stampers blog by giving us an interesting challenge.  The first Monday in June is Bank Holiday in Ireland.  In honor of our member from the Emerald Isle (Sabrina), we were to make a card using cash, coins, or green.  My card is along the same line of another card I had made several years ago (and eventually sent to Anne to give to her son on his birthday). That card also had a jar with pennies in it.

I even got a little green on my card by way of the jar lid!

If you'd like to help Sabrina celebrate this holiday, make a card with some money on it and link it up at the end of the post on the CCEE Stampers blog.

Tutorial Time Challenge - Pillow Top Technique

Today it was my turn to do the tutorial on the Speedy TV Tutorial Time challenge.  This is one of my favorite techniques -- Pillow Top.  I actually had a tutorial for this technique on my blog back in July of 2013.   But it also appears in the Tutorial Section of Speedy TV.  I've used this technique many times.  Here's my card for today, using one of my favorite colors and flower images.

A few weeks ago I made a similar card to this one -- but it has a few more frills on it -- sort of More is More!

I hope you'll give this technique a try -- and link your card up on Speedy TV.  You might win a free stamp set.


Card #1
Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Camellia, Friends
Paper:  SU Really Rust, Mark's Finest Papers Snow Storm Smooth
Ink:  Memento Potters Clay, Ranger Distress Wild Honey
Accessories:  Copic markers, Acetate sheet, Brads