Big Cupcake & Love Script - A Mark's Finest Papers Bonus

Happy Monday!  It's time to take a look at a couple of new extra sets from Mark's Finest Papers.  Tomorrow begins our February blog with lots of eye candy.  Today's sets are just an appetizer, if you will.  My card up above uses just a portion of the main image from Big Cupcake.  I morphed it into an ice cream cone with the help of my Scor-Pal and a little Creamy Caramel card stock and ink. 

Here we have the newest background stamp from Mark's Finest Papers called Love Script.  I inked the background and then stamped off first to get a faded look.  I aged it a bit with some sponging.  I finished it off by popping my focal panel up and matting it a few times.

Thanks for stopping by!  Head on over to the Mark's Finest Paper blog to see what else I created and what some of the other design teams members came up with.

Details - Cupcake Cone - Stamps: Big Cupcake (MFP); Paper: Sweet Tooth White, Real Red, Creamy Caramel, DCWV Sweet dsp; Ink: Tuxedo Black, Creamy Caramel; Accessories: Scor-Pal, sponge dauber, Copic Markers, paper snips, PTI linen & canvas impression plate, corner chomper, baker's twine, stampin' dimensionals, glue dot.  Faded Love - Stamps: Love Script (MFP); Paper: Early Espresso, Favorite Natural (MFP), Cherry Cobbler; Ink: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso; Accessories: Heart Collection Framelit Die, baker's twine, sponge daubers, stampin' dimensionals.

Friends and Recipes



Welcome to Monday and another Friends of Speedy TV challenge! This week, we are making recipe cards. This is my card base that holds my recipe card inside. I decorated the front of my card base with a couple of shamrock images and a sentiment, "From My Kitchen to Yours" from the Recipe Completer set. Fortunately for me, one of the to be released sets from Mark's Finest Papers called Lots of Luck fits nicely with my Shamrock Cookie recipe that I make once a year.

Here's a shot of the inside of my card base where I have my removable recipe card!  I used elements from the Recipe Starter set and Lots of Luck.   I was brave and wrote out my recipe by hand.  I rarely show my handwriting as I am not fond of it.  I know my readers will be gentle, so it was a calculated risk!

Don't forget that Mark's Finest Papers offers a prize for one lucky participant.  This week the set that is being offered is called Oh Beans.  Check it out:

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to come back later for new Mark's Finest Papers sets being released this week!

Details - Stamps: Lots of Luck (MFP), Recipe Starter (MFP), Recipe Completer (MFP); Paper: Garden Green, Brushed Gold, Favorite Natural (MFP); Ink: Garden Green Tuxedo Black, Versamark; Accessories: Touch Twin Marker, slip punch, gold ep, heat tool, corner chomper, sponge dauber.



A Love Fest Diamond Fold Card

Have you heard about Love Fest over at Splitcoaststampers?  No?  Well, it's eleven days (by my count) of fabulous challenges celebrating the Splitcoaststampers member companies.  Each day a different member company will host a challenge and you know there will be prizes!!!  Today, Scor-Pal is hosting a challenge.  Visit the Scor-Pal Forum here to see today's challenge.  With a title like Flips, Flaps and Oodles of Folds, you know we are looking for a fancy folded project. 

Here you see my Diamond Fold Card.  It was really quick to assemble after following a tutorial originally credited to Chris Walker.  Some Fancy Pants Designs Hopscotch designer paper and mingled buttons added to a trimmed out doily, vellum and Fresh Squeezed Stamps round out my card. 

I hope you will play along.  I'll be looking for your project in the Splitcoaststampers gallery.  Be sure to check out what the other Scor-Pal Designers have done via links in my sidebar or through the Scor-Pal blog. 

 

Once more thing before you go, Diana is having a sale at the Scor-Pal store.  You can get 10% off most products through February 28th.  Be sure to visit and stock up!

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Details - Stamps: Hot, Hot, Hot (Fresh Squeezed Stamps); Paper: Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, Vellum, Fancy Pants Designs Hopscotch designer paper; Ink: Tuxedo Black, London Fog, Crumb Cake; Accessories: Scor-Pal, Scor-Envi, Touch Twin Markers, SU Large Doily die, paper snips, cream organdy ribbon, glue dots, sponge dauber, craft knife, precision files, Fancy Pants Designs Hopscotch Mingled Buttons.





Non-Traditional Monday

The Friends of Speedy TV are getting a little non-traditional.  Our challenge this week is to make a non-traditional Valentine.  I think I did it...my little girl looked at it and red it and then said, "Mom, there isn't any red or pink".  I asked her, "What makes it a Valentine?".  She said, "the heat and the words".  A few hours later, I met with a gallery owner who is in need of some handmade cards and brought some of my work to her, including today's card.  It was the first card she picked up and I think she really liked it.  She likes frogs..I had just met her, but I got the impression that she collects them.

So let's see your non-traditional Valentine.  It might just net you a new Mark's Finest Paper stamp set.  This week the stamp set is called Kilt Fun.  It's fabulous, check it out:

Thanks for coming by!

 

Details - Stamps: Garden Art (MFP), Love, Love, Love (MFP); Paper: Favorite Natural (MFP), Old Olive, GKD White, October Afternoon dsp; Ink: Tuxedo Black, Crumb Cake; Accessories: Heart Framelit Dies, paper snips, sponge dauber, Copic Markers, corner chomper, stampin' dimensionals.



Using Green, Emerald

Well Hello!  Here's my Thursday card on Friday!  Just one day late, but I don't think it diminishes the cuteness any.  Our Ways To Use It leader Michelle has called out Pantone's color for this year as this week theme.  Of course, she is allowing any shade of green.  I opted to go with Emerald and colored my little Pure Innocence gal with this color.  I followed the current My Favorite Things sketch and had to add a few elements to make it my own (read: cover up my boo-boos)!  At some point, this will make a nice little thank you card for my daughter's teacher.  I like the sweet little girl with the apple.  Since I work in a school, I happen to know that children still give teacher's apples.  Isn't that sweet?

Enough of the chit chat, I suppose.  Have a great weekend!

Details: Stamps: Apple For You (MFT); Paper: Sweet Tooth White, Black Licoric; Ink: Tuxedo Black; Accessories:  Copic Markers, copic multiliner, Nested Tombstones, Nestabilities, M-Bossabilities So Trendy, black organdy ribbon, paper snips, dimensional adhesive, scor-tape.

A Scor-Pal Valentine's Collection Box Tutorial

Once again, it's my pleasure to bring you a Scor-Pal Tutorial.  I have made a Valentine's Collection Box*, like my daughter plans to use in her classroom on February 14th!  There are lots of pictures to follow, so let's get settled in.

For this project, you will need:

• one 12" x 12" piece of card stock
• one 4 1/2" x 8" piece of card stock
• two 3"x 3" pieces of card stock
• Scor-Pal
• Scor-Mat
• Scor-Tape
• paper snips
• sanding tool
• corner rounder
• craft knife
• ruler
• additional embellishments (ribbon, flowers, heart dies/punches, stickers, card stock)

To begin, place your 12" by 12" piece of card stock in your Scor-Pal.  Score at 3", 6" and 9". 

Rotate your card stock 90 degrees and score at 2" and 10".

Without moving your card stock, score at 1" down to the first 3" horizontal score mark.  Then score at 11" down to the first 3" horizontal score mark.

Trim out the 1" by 3" section in the top two corners.

Crease all of your folds.  Trim on the 3", 6" and 9" score lines in to the 2" vertical score line on the left hand side and then trim on the 3", 6" and 9" score lines in to the 10" vertical score line on the right hand side.  For ease of assembling the box, I trimmed on a slight diagonal on the second and fourth panel, leaving the third panel intact.  the third panel will fold up from the bottom of my box and create the sides.

 Place the 4 1/2" by 8" piece of card stock with the 4 1/2" side against the top fence.  Score at 3". 

Since I used some Core'dinations Core Impression Modern Prints for my box base, I now sand all the panels to expose the inner core.  If you want to stamp your box, you would do it now. 

Place your Scor-Mat into your Scor-Pal.  With a ruler and a craft knife, cut at the 1 1/4" mark from 3" down to 9".  Cut on the 1 3/4" mark from 3" down to 9".  Finish cutting the slot by cutting between 1 1/4" and 1 3/4" at each end.

Adhere Scor-Tape to the bottom of the box, front of the box and box lid as shown below.

Remove the backing from the Scor-Tape and create the box by folding tabs together.  Adhere the 4 1/2" by 8" piece of card stock to the box lid.  Trim out the card slot again, following your first cuts.  I rounded the corners and sanded the edges to ensure a good fit.

Here you see the box closed.  The side tabs are tucked in and the front flap is allowed to stay on the outside.

Now you can decorate your box.  I finished each end with 3" by 3" pieces of red glitter card stock.  Then I added my daughter's name in red glitter stickers flanked by a couple of asterisks and fun foam hearts. 

For the top of the box, I created a larger heart embellishment.  I die cut two hearts, one from red glitter paper and another from vellum.  I used a small strip of Scor-Tape to keep the vellum attached to the glitter paper.  For the tiny bouquet, I twisted three small stems together and then lined the back of the stems with 1/8" Scor-Tape.  I wrapped my organdy ribbon around it and tied it in a bow.  I lined the back of the bouquet again with Scor-Tape and stuck it down on the hearts.  Finally, I punched three small hearts from the Core'dinations card stock, sanded them and adhered them down. 

This concludes my Valentine's Collection Box tutorial.  Thanks for following along.  If you give this a try, be sure to link me up in the comments so that I can see your creation.

 

*I want to credit Karla Der for the original idea.  



 

Details - Paper: Core'dinations Core Impression Pink Paislee Modern Prints, Red Glitter Paper, vellum; Accessories: Scor-Pal, Scor-Mat, Scor-Tape, paper snips, sanding tool, corner rounder, craft knife, ruler, heart dies, heart punch, paper flowers, pink organdy ribbon, glue dots, dimensional adhesive, Recollections Red Glitter Alphabet stickers, Red glitter fun foam hearts. 

Friends and Valentines

Welcome to another Monday!  I have my Friends of Speedy TV challenge card for you today.  This week, the friends are making Valentine's Day cards.  If you are keeping track, this is challenge number 58.  Valentine's Day cards are some of my favorite to make.  I have so much fun with all my pinks and heart punches and dies.  I punched out hearts from a few different papers in the Fancy Pants Designs Hopscotch line.  I brought them all together with a little sponging and then carried that through to all the layers and the twine.  For my sentiment, I took one of the "Love" sentiments from Love, Love, Love and repeated it.  Inside, I used the "Happy Valentine's Day" sentiment from the same set. 

Don't forget that Mark's Finest Papers offers a free stamp set for one lucky participant.  This week set being offered is called A Trip To Lancaster.  Take a look:

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Details - Stamps: Love, Love, Love (MFP); Paper: Favorite Natural, Pink Passion, Pink Pirouette, Fancy Pants Designs Hopscotch dp; Ink: Crumb Cake, Versamark; Accessories: Small heart punch, , sponge dauber, red baker's twine, white ep, heat tool, glue dot, stampin' dimensionals.