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

Welcome to the Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company

October Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured Oct. 28
Owls
Featured Oct. 29

Polka Dot Country
Featured Oct. 30

Cardinal

Featured Oct. 31

Create with Pine Boughs

 

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 November 1, 2014 on the MFP Stamp Shop 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 October 31, 2014.

As the weather begins to turn, it starts to feel like it might be time to make some Christmas cards.  This Cardinal set is just perfect for some really festive cards.  Even as I write this post, I have more and more ideas about how to use this image!  The beautiful clean lines will make an elegant embossed card.  I can't wait to try it!

 

Here's the Design Team:  Lois, Kelli Jo, Karen , Kathy, Toni, Janine, Shirley Q, Vickie, Sandy, Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

Thanks for stopping by.  Be sure to head off and see Janine now.  Come on back tomorrow for more creativity.

Details - Stamps:  Cardinal (MFP); Paper: Snow Storm Smooth (MFP), Black Licorice (MFT); Ink: Tuxedo Black, Soft Sky, and whatever green was left on my sponge dauber; Accessories: Copic & Touch Twin Markers, large oval punch, stampin' dimensionals, white gel pen, Copic multiliner.

Polka Dot Country - A Mark's Finest Papers, A Heinrich Company Blog Hop

Welcome to the Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company October Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Featured  Oct. 28

Owls

Featured Oct. 29

Polka Dot Country

 Featured Oct. 30

Cardinal

Featured Oct. 31

Create with Pine Boughs

 

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 November 1, 2014 on the MFP Stamp Shop 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 October 31, 2014.

 

Here's the Design Team:  Jane C, Pat, Marilynn, Nancy, Bonnie , Sue W, Pam M, An'Jenic, Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

I was thinking really rustic here.  I love the country feel and wanted to use kraft as it reminds me of burlap and wood rail fences.  I colored on kraft card stock with my colored pencils.  It's always so surprising when the color shows us really well.  The argyle embossing came from the diamonds in the stamp pattern.  If you read my blog post from yesterday, my kindergarten friends would love to correct me.  "Mrs. Storie!  Those are rhombuses, not diamonds".  Of course, I would happily reply, "What other shapes do you see?".  We are always learning in Kindergarten!

 

Thanks for stopping by.  Come on back tomorrow for more creativity. 

 

Details - Stamps: Polka Dot Country (MFP); Paper: Crumb Cake, Black Licorice (MFT); Ink: Tuxedo Black; Accessories: Colored pencils, Argyle embossing folder, stampin' dimensionals.

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

Welcome to the Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company October Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Featured  Oct. 28

Owls

Featured Oct. 29

Polka Dot Country

 Featured Oct. 30

Cardinal

Featured Oct. 31

Create with Pine Boughs

 

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 November 1, 2014 on the MFP Stamp Shop 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 October 31, 2014.

 

Here's the Design Team:  Jane C, Pat, Marilynn, Nancy, Bonnie , Sue W, Pam M, An'Jenic, Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

 

If you have been to the Mark's Finest Papers blog, you have seen this.  I couldn't help myself.  I had to color this sweet little owl in rainbow colors.  I spend a large portion of my day in a Kindergarten class and see owls in different colors all day long.  (I don't have to tell you how trendy they are).  I think most of my kindergarten friends would approve.  Too bad we haven't learned that oo says OO as in moon, otherwise we could all try to read it!  They might be able to read it anyway...we have a bunch of kiddos that are really great at reading the pictures.  

 

Thanks for stopping by.  Come on back tomorrow for more creativity.

Details - Stamps: Owls (MFP); Paper: Snow Storm Smooth (MFP), Black Licorice (MFT); Ink: Tuxedo Black; Accessories: Copic & Touch Twin Markers, Square Lattice embossing folder, corner chomper, Nestabilities, stampin' dimensionals.

Friends and Tags (09/29/14)

Good Monday morning!  I'm back with another Friends of Speedy TV challenge and this week we are making tags.  I made these four tags to put in my daughter's lunchbox this week.  I have been dying to play with the Chicken Wire set.  Love it!  I nabbed a few other sets to come up with some appropriate sentiments for the tags.  Tags are pretty quick and pretty easy.  I used a corner punch, some eyelets, a sponge dauber and some burlap twine to add some oomph to my tags.

Don't forget that Mark's Finest Papers offers a free stamp set to one lucky participant.  This week's stamp set is called What a Fox.  Check it out:

Won't you join us over the next two weeks?  Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

 

Details - Stamps: Chicken Wire (MFP), Yikes A Mouse (MFP), Big Cupcake (MFP), Now Showing (MFP), Friends (MFP); Paper: Snowstorm Smooth (MFP); Ink: London Fog, Tuxedo Black, Creamy Caramel, Old Olive, Ruby Red, Not Quite Navy, Crumb Cake; Accessories: Sponge dauber, hole punch, tag corner punch, SU eyelets, Crop-a-dile, May Arts burlap twine. 

Using Trees

Oh Happy Sunday Friends!  I'm posting my card from the Ways To Use It challenge this week.  I'm the challenge hostess this week and I decided that we should use Trees this week.  Fall is now upon us and giving us all kinds of color.  If your favorite season is not Fall, but Winter...a Christmas tree may be more apropos! 

 

I was very tired when I created this card.  You see, my darling daughter and I are making the adjustment to third grade, a new teacher and a new school.  She isn't all that into her homework and her slacker and my perfectionism are going head to head!  Not to mention, I had another project to finish that almost resulted in a crafting fail, yikes!

 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

 

Details - Stamps: Hodge Podge of Happiness (Unity), Hello My Friend (Unity); Paper: Snow Storm Smooth; Ink: Basic Brown; Accessories: Copic Markers, Touch Twin Markers, Nestabilities.

A Scor-Pal Paper Pumpkin

Hello Crafty Friends!  It's time for a new Scor-Pal tutorial and this time it is all about Halloween or Fall.  I opted to make a Fall project and created this fun paper pumpkin*.  Get ready for some scoring!

For this project, you will need: 



• Scor-Pal
• Scor-Tape
• 8 sheets of 12" x  12" orange card stock
• 3  1 1/2" x 3" pieces of brown card stock
• 1 sheet of green card stock
• Strong Adhesive ( I used Crystal Effects)
• Paper Snips
• 1" circle punch
• Leaf die

Place the first orange 12" by 12" piece of card stock in the Scor-Pal.  Score at every inch mark. 

Flip the paper over, switching front and back, and then score every half inch between the previously scored line.  This will be 1/2", 1 1/2", 2 1/2", 3 1/2", 4 1/2", 5 1/2". 6 1/2". 7 1/2". 8 1/2". 9 1/2", 10 1/2" and 11 1/2".

Trim scored orange paper as follows:  1 1/2" x 12" (2 pieces), 2 3/4" x 12" (3 pieces), 3" x 12"(3 pieces), 3 1/4" x 12"(12 pieces), 3 1/2" x 12" (3 pieces), 2 1/2" x 12"(3 pieces), and 1 3/4" x 12" (2 pieces).  If you want to sponged or distress the edges, now is the time to do it.

 

Use the 1" circle punch to 20 circles at this time.

 

Accordion fold your pieces now.  Remember that the raised line is a valley and the depressed line is a mountain.  (Important tip: Keep the pieces that measure the same together.)



Starting with the 3 1/2" by 12" strips, line the last two panels of the accordion folded strip with Scor-Tape. 



Remove adhesive lining from Scor-Tape and overlap with two panels from the second accordion piece.  Adhere the two accordion folded strips to create one longer strip.  Repeat this step with the third strip to create an even longer strip.

Using the same process of lining the last two panels with Scor-Tape and overlapping them, create a circle out of the accordion folded strip. 

Next, push in the top of the accordion folded circle while pressing down to create your rosette shape.  

Apply your adhesive to a 1" circle and secure it to the top of the rosette.  Repeat this same action on the bottom of the rosette.  (I used Crystal Effects and had to wait for it to dry, others have successfully used glue guns.)

Create the rest of the rosettes at this time.  It is helpful to create them and keep them in the same order as they were listed for cutting.  There will be ten rosettes in all.  The first and last rosette have only two accordion folded strips, while all others have three.  Four rosettes will be made with the 3 1/4" x 12" strips. 

 

Assemble your paper pumpkin by using strong adhesive on the paper circles between the layers.  It worked best to assemble them from top to bottom in this order:  1 1/2" x 12" rosette, 2 3/4" x 12" rosette, 3" x 12" rosette,  two 3 1/4" x 12" rosettes, 3 1/2" x 12" rosette, two 3 1/4" x 12" rosettes, 2 1/2" x 12" rosette and finally the 1 3/4" x 12" rosette. 





The paper pumpkin is starting to take shape and now needs some additional details. 

Create a stem for the pumpkin by trimming one edge of the 1 1/2" x 3" strips of brown card stock into a fringe.  Line the side without fringe with Scor-Tape. Repeat with the second and third pieces of brown card stock.

Remove the adhesive backing  on one piece and roll it into a tight roll.  Remove the backing of the next piece and continue to wrap it around the first roll, creating a stem for the pumpkin.  Adhere the stem to the top of the paper pumpkin with strong adhesive. 

 

Trim 1/8" strips of green card stock and create vines by curling the strips around a pencil.  Secure the vines to the paper pumpkin with strong adhesive.  Die cut leaves from the same green card stock and adhere to the paper pumpkin as desired.

This completes my paper pumpkin tutorial.  Enjoy!

 

Details - Paper: Orange, Soft Suede, Old Olive; Accessories: Scor-Pal, Scor-Tape, Crystal Effects, Spellbinders Fall Foliage dies, paper snips, circle punch.



 

*Paper pumpkin tutorial slightly modified from this tutorial.