Classic Dad - A Mark's Finest Papers, A Heinrich Company Blog Hop

June Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured June 11th

Need a Vacation
 

Featured June 12th
Fire Fighter
 

Featured June 13th 
Be Proud
 

Featured June 14th
Classic Dad

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 June 15,2013 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 June 14,2013.

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

"You Are an Angel"

 The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Wings"
                                                      

Another fun set brought to you by Mark's Finest Papers.  This set called Classic Dad has some great classic cars and some fun fonts.  I grabbed this patterned paper and built my card around it.  I stamped my car, colored it and then die cut it.  My image was originally stamped on white and I just sponged it with some Crumb Cake to match.

 

Only one more day of school for this girl and then I am on vacation!

 

Details - Stamps: Classic Dad (MFP); Paper: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, 7 Gypsies Savannah dp; Ink: Tuxedo Black, Crumb Cake; Accessories: Nestabiliites, brads, sponge dauber, stampin' dimensionals. 

 

 

Be Proud - A Mark's Finest Papers, A Heinrich Company Blog Hop

June Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured June 11th

Need a Vacation
 

Featured June 12th
Fire Fighter
 

Featured June 13th 
Be Proud
 

Featured June 14th
Classic Dad

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 June 15,2013 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 June 14,2013.

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

"You Are an Angel"

 The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Wings"
                                                      

So my daughter says, "Is that white stuff meant to be like that?"  I answer, "Why, yes it is, honey."  My guess is that she would have made sure all the stripes were filled in.  Not me, I'm feeling just a bit contrary.  I know that white stars go on the blue and white stripes belong with the red.  I read about a mixy-matchy trend yesterday and felt a bit justified in my contrariness. 

 

Just in case you have been following my countdown, I now have TWO more school days until unlimited crafty time and long periods of reading with my daughter. 

 

Don't forget to head over to Sue's blog and see what she has in store for you.  Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

 

Details - Stamps: Be Proud (MFP); Paper: Sweet Tooth White, Real Red, Brilliant Blue, GKD White; Ink: Tuxedo Black, Craft White; Accessories: Stripes embossing folder, Nestabilities, star brads, stampin' dimensionals, Copic markers.

 

Fire Fighter - A Mark's Finest Papers, A Heinrich Company Blog Hop

June Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured June 11th

Need a Vacation
 

Featured June 12th
Fire Fighter
 

Featured June 13th 
Be Proud
 

Featured June 14th
Classic Dad

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 June 15,2013 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 June 14,2013.

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

"You Are an Angel"

 The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Wings"
                                                      



I'm back today with a couple of those sweet little Dalmatians from the featured set today!  I trimmed these guys from the helmet and then stamped them a wall to peek over!  The older set called Brick Wall mini is just perfect for this.  I added a border of red around my wall for some interest and then stamped my birthday sentiment from the set.  Aren't they cute?  Don't you just want to take them home?

If you have been with me all week, the countdown is still going on.  I have three more days of school left until we let out for summer.  Woohoo, unlimited crafty time!!

Don't forget to head on over to Sue's blog!  Thanks for stopping by!

Details - Stamps: Firefighter (MFP), Brick Wall mini (MFP); Paper: Sweet Tooth White, Going Gray, Riding Hood Red; Accessories: Clear ep, heat tool, paper snips, Scor-tape, Copic Marker.

Need A Vacation - A Mark's Finest Papers, A Heinrich Company Blog Hop

June Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured June 11th

Need a Vacation
 

Featured June 12th
Fire Fighter
 

Featured June 13th 
Be Proud
 

Featured June 14th
Classic Dad

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 June 15,2013 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 June 14,2013.

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

"You Are an Angel"

 The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Wings"
                                                      

This is the perfect set for me!  If you were here yesterday,  you know I have a countdown going on.  If you weren't here, I work at an elementary school and school lets out in FOUR more days.  The sentiment on my card could not be more true.  I went clean and simple as I was staying inside my comfort zone!  In the craziness that is the end of the school year, I need all the normalcy I can get! 

On a less crazy, more happy note, I took my daughter to the local public library and got her signed up for the summer reading program.  This year I paid for a library card as I have a real reader now.  While we were at the library, I ran into some acquaintances I had not seen for a while and my daughter laid down with a book and read, oblivious to all around here.  After we got home with her new books, she took them all the couch and read for an hour straight.  I have a feeling this summer is going to revolve around the library which doesn't hurt my feelings at all!

 

Off you go to Sue's blog, but not before you comment!  Have a fantastic day!

 

Details - Stamps: Need A Vacation (MFP); Paper: Sweet Tooth White; Ink: Tuxedo Black; Accessories: Watercolor Crayons, aquapainter, corner chomper.





You Are An Angel & Wings - A Mark's Finest Papers Bonus

Just around the corner we have this month's Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop Release.  Are you ready for another month of fun stamps from Mark's Finest Papers?  To get you primed for some  hopping fun, I have a couple of sneak peeks of the 5th set and the mini set.  To the left you are seeing a peek of the beautiful angel included in the new set entitled You Are An Angel.  Isn't she lovely?  My first thought was to make a bookmark with the sentiment stamped below her.  I think it would make a great gift and a good way to keep your angel with you in your quiet moments.   This was a pretty quick and easy project.  I stamped my angel on my paper, making sure to leave enough room for my sentiment on the bottom and my jumbo eyelet on the top.  I stamped my angel, colored her and then colored the rest of the bookmark around her the blue green color.  What you can't really see  in this photo is the mottled color of the background.  I masked my angel and sprayed rubbing alcohol over the top and then let it dry.  I finally finished off my card with some May Arts mini cording. 

Next up, I used the Wings mini stamp set to make this four piece note card set.  I stamped each of the butterfly wings beside each other and then created the bodies of the butterfly with some rhinestones.  I stamped the edge of my card with the polka dot border image from Flaps My Wattles.  It just had the perfect feel to me for a sweet little note card set.  I wanted to complete my note card set with a few envelopes.  I looked through my craft room for my small square envelopes, only to discover that they are at work.  Soooo, I did what every crafter knows to do, I made some more.  I whipped up four little envies with my Scor-pal, Scor-tape and some printer paper. 

Here are my note cards, stacked on top of the envelops and tied off with a little bit of white cording.  They are ready to gift someone with some homemade goodness.  Thanks for coming by again today!  Be sure to come back for one more post, later on this evening if you are on the West Coast, like me, or early tomorrow morning, if you are on the East Coast!  Have a great day!

Details - Angel Bookmark - Stamps: You Are An Angel (MFP); Paper: Sweet Tooth White, chipboard; Ink: Tuxedo Black; Accessories: Copic & Touch Twin Markers, jumbo eyelet, crop-a-dile, May Arts mini cording, alcohol mister, Scor-Tape.  Butterfly Note card set - Stamps: Wings (MFP), Flaps My Wattles (MFP); Paper: Sweet Tooth White, printer paper; Ink: Groovy Guava, Wisteria Wonder, So Saffron, Pool Party; Accessories: Scor-Pal, Scor-tape, white cording, SU rhinestones.

Friends Getting Well

Good Morning and Happy Monday!  The sun is shining and I am well rested for this busy day on my blog.  (On a side note, there are only five more work days for me until I am off for the summer.  Pardon my excitement!).  I'm here this morning with another Friends of Speedy TV challenge.  This week it is challenge number 76 and we are making Get Well cards and I opted for a one layer card this week.   I just did a bit of masking to get those rainclouds that are ever so present in the Pacific Northwest.  I followed that up with a partial image of my umbrella and  a sentiment and then some big juicy raindrops. I colored everything and then rounded the bottom corners to finish off my card. 

 

We have a great prize for one lucky participant and this week the stamp set is called Festive Wreath mini.  Take a look:

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!  Be sure to pop back by a couple of times today as we start June's blog hop really soon!

Details - Stamps: Raind Clouds(MFP); Paper: Sweet Tooth White; Ink: Tuxedo Black, London Fog; Accessories: Copic and Touch Twin Markers, corner chomper, post-its for masking.

Friends and Vacation - We are almost there!

Happy Monday!  Welcome back to my blog where I have another Friends of Speedy TV challenge to present to you!  This week the theme is vacation.  As my title says, we are almost there.  I have 10 more work days and my daughter has 10 more school days before summer vacation.  Woohoo!  I can hardly wait as the year end proves to be the most difficult part of the school year for me.  I look forward to a summer of crafty goodness and gardening in the sunshine interspersed with fun camping trips.  What summer vacation plans do you have?

Don't forget that Mark's Finest Papers offers up a free stamp set for one lucky participant.  This set is super fun and is called Corn Ears.  Here is a look at it!

 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Details - Stamps: All Postal (MFP); Paper: Going Gray, Cherry Cobbler, Kaisercraft Pack Your Bags dsp; Ink: Going Gray;  Accessories: Keyboard Icons Shapeabilities, sponge dauber, Xyron, stampin' dimensionals.