Friends and Anything Goes (11/25/13)

Good Monday Morning!  I'm back with a Friends of Speedy TV challenge.  This week on Speedy TV, the theme is "anything goes".  I have been feeling the urge to create for the holiday...as we are getting really close.  I stamped the snowflake from Calendar repeatedly with a few different colored inks.  I underscored the snowflakes with a sentiment from Joyous Season.  I scored a couple of lines to frame my silver cording and trimmed tiny triangles between the score lines to hold my cording in place. 

 

I used the current clean and simple stamping blog sketch, Fall To Layout 268, for my card.  Let's not forget that Mark's Finest Papers always offers a free stamp set to one lucky participant.  This week the stamp set is called Celebrate Mini. 

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great day!

 

Details - Stamps: Calendar (MFP); Joyous Season (MFP); Paper: Neenah Solar Crest White, Night of Navy; Ink: Night of Navy, Marina Mist, Baja Breeze, Soft Sky; Accessories: Scor-Buddy, paper snips, silver cording, glue dot, Recollections rhinestones, stampin' dimensionals.



Mark's Finest Papers Christmas/Holiday Blog Hop

Welcome to the final day of  Mark’s Finest Papers a Heinrich Co. Christmas/Holiday Blog Hop. We have some great tutorials for you to make some fun and easy projects for this Holiday Season. We will be giving away two stamps sets during this hop, so two lucky people will go home with both of these fabulous stamp sets. Be sure to comment on all the designers’ blogs. Our hop will run from November 19-22. Our two winners will be announced on November 23, 2013. 

November 19th - Christmas Crackers

November 20th -3D Ornament Ball

November 21st - Countdown Calendar

November 22nd - Pine Cone Frames

Here is a direct link to Thrifty's Pine Cone Frames Tutorial.

Be sure to check out all of our designers who participated in our hop. The more you comment the more chances you have to win one of these great stamp set give-aways! 

Thrifty
Lois 
Toni

Jane 

Oh my!  This was fun and deceptively easy!  I started by stamping my "snowchick" on some white paper and coloring her to my heart's content.  Then I used a pointillism technique to fill in the white space around her.  I die cut my paper and got to work applying my trimmed pine cone petals.  I added some white satin ribbon for a hanger and cut a piece of felt the same size as my paper to "finish" the back. 

 

Thanks for stopping by!  Don't forget to check out the rest of the hop.  Links for today's project are listed above and you can check out the rest of the tutorials and their links on the Mark's Finest Papers blog. 

 

Details - Stamps: Holly Jolly Greetings (MFP); Paper: Neenah Solar Crest White; Ink: Tuxedo Black; Accessories: Copic Markers, Nestabilities

Friends and Thanksgiving (11/18/13)

Good Monday morning!  Don't worry, it's not quite Thanksgiving yet.  I'm a little early and getting some help to be prepared from my Friends at Speedy TV.  The Friends challenge for this week is to create a Thanksgiving card.  When I sat down to create, I started thinking about what Thanksgiving means to me.  The ideas that came to me were family, friends, home, and warm.  With the home idea sticking in my mind, I reached for the Primitive Farm set with it's cute little house and tree.  I stamped, traced, cut and sponged to pull off this little number.  I finished it off with the classic "Happy Thanksgiving" sentiment from I am Thankful. 

Let's not forget that Mark's Finest Papers gives away a free stamp set for one lucky participant.  This week the stamp set is called the Little Church stamp set. 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Details - Stamps: Primitive Farm (MFP), I Am Thankful (MFP); Paper: MME Cowboy dsp, MME Dolled Up dsp; Ink: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede; Accessories: paper snips, sponge dauber, stampin' dimensionals.

Chill in the Air - A Mark's Finest Papers, A Heinrich Company Blog Hop

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 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 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

                         

 

Here's the Design Team: Guest Designer: Kelli Jo, Patty, Lois, 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.



For my last card  of this month's hop, I wanted to play with some sequins.  I scattered them about my card with some in my barren branches, some on my sentiment and some drifting down below.  My branches with stamped with a gray and then stamped again, generation fashion, to achieve a lighter color.  Finally, I stamped one sentiment below my branches and one on an embossed oval that I popped up on my card base.  When I sat back and looked at my card, the sequins took on a snowflake quality that I really liked.  I hope you do too!

Thanks for stopping by!  Don't forget to move on to Sue!!

Details: Stamps: Chill in the Air (MFP); Paper: Neenah Solar Crest White; Ink: Tuxedo Black, London Fog; Accessories: Scor-Pal, Nestabilities, sequins, crystal effects.

Out on the Town - A Mark's Finest Papers, A Heinrich Company Blog Hop

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 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 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

                         

 

Here's the Design Team: Patty, Lois, Jane C, Pam, Pat G, Thrifty Stamper, Marilynn, Karen K, Bonnie, Kathy, Cathy C, Toni, Sue W, Janine, An'Jenic, Shirley Q,  Amy, Gail, Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

When I first saw this set, all I could think about was my mother's patterns in her sewing room.  I pulled up some vintage patterns online and set to work.  I decided that Mark's Finest Papers would put out a new line of "patterns" and I named them "Let's go out!".  I borrowed the 25 cents stamp from previously released All Postal and the numbers from the new set called Calendar.  I created a bottom border for my card with the measuring tape from I'm In Stitches and some faux stitching of my own.  Thoughts?

 

Don't forget to head off to Sue's blog now.  Thanks for coming by!

 

Details - Stamps: Out on the Town (MFP), All Postal (MFP), Calendar (MFP), I'm In Stitches (MFP); Paper: Crumb Cake, Neenah Solar Crest White; Ink: Rich Cocoa, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Versamark; Accessories: Clear embossing powder, Copic Markers, buttons, glue dots, heat tool, stampin' dimensionals, sponge dauber.

Duck Hunting - A Mark's Finest Papers, A Heinrich Company Blog Hop

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 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 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

                         

 

Here's the Design Team: Patty, Lois, Jane C, Pam, Pat G, Thrifty Stamper, Marilynn, Karen K, Bonnie, Kathy, Cathy C, Toni, Sue W, Janine, An'Jenic, Shirley Q,  Amy, Gail, Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

 

I created my card very simply.  It's a lot of embossing and a lot of layers.  I used a partial sentiment and the two ducks from the new Duck Hunting set.  I needed some scenery for them to fly over, so I borrowed some cattails from a set called Marsh Silhouettes.  I embossed all my images and then layered the green and white with some brown.  I drew my inspiration from a button I found for Ducks Unlimited.

I think it's pretty clear to see how I came about my design, even if I didn't have the exact same green color.

 

Thanks for stopping by!  Don't forget to keep going on the hop.  Next, you will visit Sue!

 

Details - Stamps: Duck Hunting (MFP), Marsh Silhouettes (MFP); Paper: Dark Olive (MFP), Early Espresso, Neenah Solar Crest White; Ink: Versamark; Accessories: white embossing powder, heat tool, stampin' dimensionals.