Friends and Children

Happy Monday!  It's a tired Monday for me even though I got to bed early.  My daughter's birthday was yesterday and we had her party for her.  I am still clinging to the family birthday parties and that meant spaghetti dinner for 25 yesterday!  The party began at 1:00 and we had guests until 7:00 and then the clean up began.

 

This week's Friends of Speedy TV challenge fits nicely with my weekend.  This week, we are to make a card for a child.  I went ahead and made my 7 year old a birthday card.  She was particularly thrilled that I included a square of her wrapping paper on her card.  It's the floral square behind the wrapping paper and also the cupcake wrapper and the hearts in the frosting.  I did a little bit of paper piecing.

 

For my card, I used a sketch by Lisa Arana and just extended my flag to include my sentiment!  Now don't forget that Mark's Finest Papers offers a prize for one lucky winner!  This week, that set is called Zoo Friends.  This set is super cute!  Check it out:

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Details - Stamps: Big Cupcake (MFP); Paper: Sweet Tooth White, GKD White, wrapping paper; Ink: Tuxedo Black; Accessories: Linen & Canvas impression plate, square punch, paper snips, Copic Markers, stampin' dimensionals.

Now Showing - A Mark's Finest Papers, A Heinrich Company Blog Hop

May Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are:

 Featured May 14th
Marsh Birds
Featured May 15th

In Tents
 Featured May 16th
Space Fun 

Featured May 17th
Now Showing

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the following 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 four winners will be announced on May 18,2013 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 11PM EST on Friday May 17,2013.

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

"Marsh Silhouettes"

 The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Lily of the Valley"
                                              

And here we are at the tail end of the May release with this loads of fun set!  I couldn't help but bust out some brights.  It's very out of character for me and it felt right!  Brights and bling, don't they just belong?  I have a birthday girl in my household at the moment (Sunday is her birthday) and she came into my craft room and said, "that should be for me".  She hasn't quite progressed to taking projects out of my room yet, but I am sure we are close!

 

Don't forget to head on over to see what Sue is "Now Showing".  Teehee, sorry for the pun!

 

Details - Stamps: Now Showing (MFP); Paper: Sweet Tooth White; Ink: Tuxedo Black, Green Galore, Tempting Turquoise, Melon Mambo; Accessories: paper snips, SU rhinestones, stampin' dimensionals.

 

Space Fun - A Mark's Finest Papers, A Heinrich Company Blog Hop

May Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are:

 Featured May 14th
Marsh Birds
Featured May 15th

In Tents
 Featured May 16th
Space Fun 

Featured May 17th
Now Showing

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the following 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 four winners will be announced on May 18,2013 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 11PM EST on Friday May 17,2013.

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

"Marsh Silhouettes"

 The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Lily of the Valley"
                                              

It's day three and we are in for some space fun!  This was one of two ideas that I had after I first saw the set.  I tried the other idea and it worked, only I got my spacing wrong and it was hard to photograph.  I'll give another try before too long!  This card uses a couple of images from the new set and one sentiment!  I did more best cutting, punching and sponging to create my moon.  What do you think?  Here's another one I could send to my sister, as she had a plan forever and ever to build a rocket ship with one of our parent's friends. 

 

Hope you all are enjoying the hop!  Don't forget to blast on over to Sue's blog to see what she has in store for you. 

 

Details - Stamps: Space Fun (MFP); Paper: Amuse Onyx, Sahara Sand, GKD White; Ink: Tuxedo Black, Versamark; Accessories: paper snips, circle punches, white embossing powder, silver embossing powder, Copic Markers, sponge dauber, corner chomper. 

 

In Tents - A Mark's Finest Papers, A Heinrich Company Blog Hop

May Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are:

 Featured May 14th
Marsh Birds
Featured May 15th

In Tents
 Featured May 16th
Space Fun 

Featured May 17th
Now Showing

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the following 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 four winners will be announced on May 18,2013 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 11PM EST on Friday May 17,2013.

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

"Marsh Silhouettes"

 The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Lily of the Valley"
                                              

Now those flames are "in tents", aren't they?  Sorry about that folks, but it took me a little while to get that pun.  I felt like a dunce when I finally did!  Anyhow, I love the sentiment.  It's really true, especially for our family.  I went camping with my family in a motor home as a child.  As an adult, my husband (boyfriend then) introduced me to backpacking.  It was quite a change, but one I was easily able to embrace.  Now that we have a young child, we have a small tent trailer and still rough it quite a bit!  My hubby hasn't seen this card yet, but I'm sure he'll love it!

 

Thanks for coming by today.  Don't forget to see what Sue has on her blog for you today!

 

Details - Stamps: In Tents (MFP); Paper: Sweet Tooth White, Basic Black, Vellum; Ink: Tuxedo Black; Accessories: Nestabilities, Copic Markers, stampin' dimensionals, glue dots, paper snips. 

 

Marsh Birds - A Mark's Finest Papers, A Heinrich Company Blog Hop

May Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are:

 Featured May 14th
Marsh Birds
Featured May 15th

In Tents
 Featured May 16th
Space Fun 

Featured May 17th
Now Showing

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the following 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 four winners will be announced on May 18,2013 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 11PM EST on Friday May 17,2013.

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

"Marsh Silhouettes"

 The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Lily of the Valley"
                                               

Hooray!  I have more cattails today.  Oh, I love these.  Let me tell you that I have been fascinated with cattails since I was a young girl.  My mother had some dried cattails and I used to love to touch those forbidden things.  I can touch these cattails all day long and not risk the upset of my mother!  I imitated the fuzzy texture of my mother's cattails with the strands of burlap twine. 

 

Maybe I will send this to my sister and see if she remembers Mom's cattails and ask if you touched them secretly too.

 

Don't forget to head over to Sue's blog and see what style of card she is making for this release.  Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy the rest of the hop.

 

Details - Stamps: Marsh Birds (MFP); Paper: Sweet Tooth White, Always Artichoke, GKD White, Welcome Neighbor dsp; Ink: Tuxedo Black; Accessories: Copic & Touch Twin Markers, Nestabilities, scor-tape, brown burlap twine, Square Lattice embossing folder, corner chomper, stampin' dimensionals.

 

Marsh Silhouettes & Lily of the Valley - A Mark's Finest Papers Bonus

Are you ready for another release from Mark's Finest Papers?  I am so excited for you because I am really enjoying all these to be released sets.  Talk about fun, this is serious fun!  I'm kicking off this post with a look at a new Mark's Finest Papers set called Marsh Silhouettes.  I wanted a soft and understated card and so I used the single cattail image with a sympathy sentiment.  I cut up my focal image into six equal pieces and sponged each edge to soften and imitate the look of tiles.  How did I do?  Do you get tiles from this?

My next card comes from the mini set being released this month called Lily of the Valley.  I was immediately drawn to this set because these are the birth flowers for the month of May and my daughter's birthday is this month.  For this card I stamped the lilies and then cut them out.  I used one of the four sentiments in the bottom left hand corner.  I then rounded a couple of corners and pierced three rows under the lilies.

Thanks for stopping by!  Don't forget to come back later as we begin May's Blog Hop Release for Mark's Finest Papers.

Details - Cattail - Stamps: Marsh Silhouettes (MFP); Paper: Favorite Natural (MFP); Ink: Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Old Olive; Accessories: Sponge dauber, blender pen, stampin' dimensionals.  Wedding Card - Stamps: Lily of the Valley (MFP); Paper: Sweet Tooth White, GKD White; Ink: Tuxedo Black; Accessories: Copic Markers, paper snips, mat pack, paper piercing tool, corner chomper, stampin' dimensionals.

Friends and Home

Good Morning!  Happy Monday to all.  Today I bring news of another Friends of Speedy TV challenge.  This time, it's an inspiration challenge by something in your home.  I received this beautiful box from my boss this past Christmas, you can see the lid in the photo here.  I think you can see how the teardrop shaped jewel inspired my stamp choice on my Clean and Simple card.  What might be harder to see is that I embossed the feather image with a marcasite embossing powder so that it sparkles much like the box as well.  I also inked the sentiment in two colors that picks up the colors of the ribbon and the eye of the peacock feather, like the two colors in the jewel and the beads on the side of the lid.  One more thing, I use Dahlhouse Designs Wanna Sketch #04 on my card. 

 

I'll keep my post short for now as there are a couple of other posts coming today.  Don't forget that Mark's Finest Papers offers up a free stamp set for one lucky participant.  Today's stamp set is called Pet Logic.  Here's a peek:

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Details - Stamps: Be a Showoff (MFP); Paper: Sweet Tooth White; Ink: Versamark, Taken With Teal, Bordering Blue; Accessories: Marcasite embossing powder, heat tool, aqua painter, grosgrain ribbon, scor-tape, paper snips, corner rounder.