Christmas Selections - A Mark's Finest Papers, A Heinrich Company Blog Hop

Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's 

   October Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Christmas Selections Featured October 23
Poinsettia Blooms Featured October 24
Cracked Hello Featured October 25
On The Fly Featured October 26

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 October 27, 2012 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 October 26, 2012.

 

Hi there!  I'm so glad you could visit me for a fun little Christmas card today.  I couldn't resist snowman and Santa images.  I stamped each on a small square, drew in a frame and my ground and colored them up.  It couldn't have been any more simple.  The small images reminded me of pictures you might see in a film negative (oops, I might be dating myself here!), so that is how I came up with my sketch.  Since this set is all images, I borrowed a sentiment from a fabulous Mark's Finest Papers mini set called Christmas Wreath Mini.  I think it works perfectly!

 

That's all from me today.  Don't forget to stop by Tangii's blog to see what treat she has in store for you. 

 

Details - Stamps: Christmas Selections (MFP), Christmas Wreath Mini (MFP); Paper: Snow Storm Smooth (MFP), Real Red; Ink: Tuxedo Black; Accessories: Copic & Touch Twin Markers, Snowburst ef, Scor-Tape, Corner Chomper. 



Halloween Selections & Enjoy The View - A Mark's Finest Papers Bonus

Bonus?  That's right, Bonus!  Mark's Finest Papers, A Heinrich Company is offering a free mini stamp set when you purchase all four newly released sets.  The free mini set for October is called Halloween Selections.  This card showcases all the little bats included in the new mini.  They create quite a swarm here to bring you a special Halloween Boo!

This next card features a soon to be released set called Enjoy The View.  This set is the October Mark's Finest Paper's sneak release.  It's a really fun set that will totally lend itself to building scenes, but I went a different way with it today.  I used one of the tiny accent stamps to create a fun patterned grid for my card front!  I score my straight line on the bottom first and stamped my sentiment.  Then I scored my grid and stamped my accents diagonally.  Finally, I filled in the alternate diagonals with rhinestones for a bit of shine!

Be sure to stop by the Mark's Finest Papers blog to see what the other designers did with these fun new stamps!

Details - Boo! card:  Stamps: Halloween Selections (MFP), I'm Going Batty (MFP), Paper: Chipboard (MFP), Basic Black; Ink: Tuxedo Black; Accessories: Copic Markers, Scor-Pal, dimensional adhesive; Grid Card:  Stamps: Enjoy The View (MFP); Paper: Old Barnwood Grey (MFP), Basic Black; Ink: Tuxedo Black, London Fog; Accessories: Scor-Pal, sponge dauber, rhinestones, dimensional adhesive. 

Scor-Pal & DCWV Blog Hop



It's sure to be a fun week as the Scor-Pal designers are working with some amazing DCWV products.  Don't miss a single project of the six day showcase.  Find tutorials and links to designer blogs every day on the Scor-Pal blog!  A little birdie told me that there may be prizes involved, so don't forget to comment!

 

I'll leave you with a tiny little peek at what I may have created (wink, wink)!!

 

 

 

Have a great day!

 

Friends and Halloween or Harvest

 

Hello there!  I'm back with a Friends of Speedy TV challenge for the new week.  Debbie has challenged us to create a Halloween or Harvest (challenge #43) card.  My little girl is very excited for Halloween this year, so I created a few little matchbook cards for her to give to friends or adults at school.  She really likes her bus driver, so I could see her giving one of these to her. 

This style of card is super simple.  I cut my patterned paper to 3" x 8 1/2" and then made a couple of quick scores at 1" and 5 ".  After creasing my folds, I added a staple to secure the closure and went about decorating my matchbook cards.  I stamped three images from I'm Going Batty, which just so happens to be the prize offered up this week!  I colored and fussy cut those images.  I added some dimensional adhesive and popped them up off of some matted ovals.  For the inside of the cards, I matted a white piece of card stock, stamped my sentiment and the image once more in a very light gray color.  I'm not sure if you can see it in this photo, you may have to click on the photo to see it larger. 

Here's a look at this week's stamping prize: 

 

Thanks for stopping by today!  You may want to cruise back by later, as I have some more eye candy on the way!

 

Details - Stamps: I'm Going Batty (MFP), Vroom (MFP); Paper: Recollections Halloween dsp, Basic Black, Whisper White; Ink: Tuxedo Black, London Fog; Accessories: Scor-pal, Copic & Touch Twin Markers, stampin' dimensionals, stapler, paper snips.  

Altered Friends

Happy Monday!  It's been a long week and the week really took it out of me.  It was filled with things like Math Night, picture day, doctor appointments, lunch dates and Mother-in-Law's returning home.  With my focus elsewhere, my crafty mojo slipped away.  I think I may have it wrangled now, just in time for another Friends of Speedy TV challenge.  This week, challenge 42 is to create an altered item.  If you have been around my blog for long, you will have seen me make an altered junior legal pad.  I love this project.  It's fun and easy to make and a bit bigger and more fun to decorate!  (In case you need a tutorial, you can find it in this post here.)  otherwise, my cover pad front is pretty simply decorated.  I die cut a Fancy Lattice piece to cover my patterned paper above and stamped and drew in a border on the lower piece of card stock.  I stamped colored and cut out a single daffodil and two butterflies to mount on top of my background. 

 

Here's a look at the inside.  I cut a piece of card stock and patterned paper to match and to decorate a bit more.  What you can't see is the little pocket on the flap for tucking in receipts or other notes you may need to keep.  Now don't forget that Mark's Finest Papers offers up a prize for one lucky participant.  This week the set called Christmas Music is the prize.  You can see it below.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Details - Stamps: Daffodil Greetings (MFP), Scenic Selections (MFP); Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Springtime Vintage dp; Ink: Tuxedo Black; Accessories: Basic Black taffeta ribbon, Copic Markers, Spellbinders Fancy Lattice Shapeabilities, dimensionals adhesive, Scor-pal, Scor-tape, Jr. Legal  pad.  



Friends and Distress

Good Monday Morning!  It was soooo hard for me to get out of bed this morning but hopefully this fun Friends of Speedy TV challenge helps to get you going!  This week the challenge is to distress!  I did a few forms of distressing on my card.  First off, I did some sponging with several inks on my main image.  Second I roughed up the edges of my main images mat with my edge distressing tool (scissors would work the same way).  Finally, I masked over my sunflowers and stamped the cracked glass background from Background Fun.  My main image is from last week's prize set called Bring on the Sun.  For my card base, I scored a grid pattern and sponged over parts of it to show off the pattern a bit more.

 

I wish my sunflowers still looked as regal as this one.  As of now, my sunflowers are drooping and just about done blooming.  We have had an amazing streak of dryness here in Western Washington.  The temperatures are starting to fall and we have not had rain for 70-some days. 

 

Well, don't forget to play along with the Friends of Speedy TV and perhaps win the set called Celebrate Big.  It's pictured below: 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

 

Details - Stamps: Bring on the Sun (MFP), Background Fun (MFP); Paper: Chipboard (MFP), Early Espresso, White; Ink: Tuxedo Black, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede; Accessories: Copic & Touch Twin Markers, Scor-pal, MM edge distresser, sponge dauber, dimensional adhesive.

 

 

 

Using The Odds

 

Hello and Happy Thursday!  I'm the hostess for the Ways To Use It challenge over at Splitcoaststampers.  I am challenging crafters to use an odd number of something on their projects today.  For me, I used 3 punched and sponged leaves.  I love Fall colors and so I dipped into my inks to find Really Rust, More Mustard and Old Olive for my leaves. 

I have also been attempting to start on the Hope You Can Cling To challenges that run all month in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month.  These two cards are for the very first challenge, hostessed by Lydia the Great.  She asked crafters to show their style in the challenge.  I figured my style was represented by the kind of card that I naturally tend to create and that I gravitate toward.  Judging by the response of lovely ladies leaving me feedback, my card fits into what they recognize as my style too!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Details - Stamps: Thinking of You Messages (Hero Arts); Paper: Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, SU dsp; Ink: Really Rust, More Mustard, Old Olive, Early Espresso; Accessories: Nestabilities, Swiss Dots ef, SU leaf punch, sponge dauber, corner chomper, dimensional adhesive.