Sweet N Sassy New Release & New DT Members

Today is Friday and the 1st of the month and that means it is also time for new stamp sets from SWEET N SASSY STAMPS. This month Korin has released 8 darling stamp steps that range from cutesy to so gorgeous. I have used 2 of the 8 for this darling card. Circus Fun and The Big Top Also for this fun card I used Thursday's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE # 316 - Flower Frenzy and Monday's fun TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 318 - Follow The Edge. I trimmed the white base, red panel, blue panel and focal panel with my scissors. I stamped the sentiment on the outside in marina mist and black on the inside. I stamped the focal image in black on white, on the red dp that is on the inside, and on a piece of orange dp in the same stack. I cut the collar, flowers, hat, and outfit out and paper pieced them on the white focal panel. I used copics to do some coloring as well. I love how this turned out and hope you do too. Now go on over to the SWEET N SASSY STAMPS STORE and check out the other 6 sets then just go on and go shoppin'. You know you want to. Also hop on over to the SNS Blog and check out the new DT Members (I am one of them, whooppee). Happy Friday and have a fabulous weekend. RECIPE: Stamps: The Big Top, Circus Fun - SNS Paper: White, ruby red, Animal Cracker dp Accessories: copics Technique: Follow the edge, copic coloring, paper piecing

Welcome Home

I woke up at 3am this morning thinking that I was retiring today to a life of beach, and luxury and then I realized it was April 1st. LOL. This is for today's FREE 4 ALL CHALLENGE # 58 - Home Sweet Home which made me remember this beautifully designed stamp set from MARKS FINEST PAPERS called "Welcome Home". My husband and I both adore lighthouses and would love to move near one when we retire. I used Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 326 for my layout and Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 316 - Misty Celery Breeze. Can you tell how very much I love blue and all shades of it. I love this color combo. WOW. I used some sheer turquoise ribbon and tied a lighthouse charm on it that I also got from Marks Finest Papers. My dp is from My Minds Eye "It's My Party" stack. Hope you like it.

RECIPE:

Stamps: Welcome Home - MFP

Paper: white, marina mist, baja breeze, certainly celery, MME dp Ink: black

Accessories: copics, ribbon, charm

Techniques: copic coloring, 3D

Digi Tulips

This is for today's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE # 316 - Flower Frenzy. I used Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 326 for my layout and Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 316 - Misty Celery Breeze for my color combo. My tulip image is a digital image from SWEEN N SASSY STAMPS DIGITAL LINE. I used copics to color, cut the image out, popped it up and added some stickles. Hope you like it. This week and the next 2 wks are going to be crazy for me at work so if I am late commenting on your projects please be patient I will get to them. I get my thrills soaking up inspiration from YOU. RECIPE: Stamps: Tulips - SNS Paper: white, marina mist, baja breeze, BG dp Ink: marina mist Accessories: stickles, copics, dimensionals Techniques: sponge distressing, 3D

Pirate Jessie

OK, Jessie built the back porch on his house in 1988 and decided this year it needed to be replaced. He ripped off the porch top and today finished re-topping it. This is a picture of what I found when I got home. It is not always a safe thing for him to be off from work. He thinks of tooo many things to play with. LOL. I love me some Jessie.

A Lattice Of Friendship

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 326. I used Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 316 - Misty Celery Breeze. I used my Martha Stewart punch that I have had and forgot I had it for the TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 316 - Let's Make A Trellisfrom a couple of weeks ago. What a shame that I had overlooked this wonderful punch during that week. I stamped the sentiment in marina mist then traced with spica glitter pen and matted on baja breeze and popped it up on marina mist that was dry embossed with cuttlebug Victorian folder. I punched 3 butterflies from a Martha Stewart punch and adhered them together for a 3D Butterfly and added a couple of crystal gems in the center. Hope you like it.

RECIPE:
Stamps: All Holidays
Paper: white, baja breeze, marina mist Ink: marina mist
Accessories: ribbon, spica glitter pen, Marth Stewart Lattice and Butterfly Punches, Dimensionals, Cuttlebug, victorian EF, crystal gems
Techniques: dry emboss, 3D

Bluebird Thoughts of You

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 316 - Misty Celery Breeze. I used a digital image from SWEEN N SASSY DIGITAL STAMPS for my focal image. I colored with copics then added some stickles. I trimmed my white focal panel and the marina mist and baja breeze matts and the white card base along the right edge for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 318 - Follow The Edge. I stamped the sentiment in marina mist on white then cut it out for Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 112 - Cut Up Sentiments. I stamped the bottom portion only of the sentiment in marina mist again on the certainly celery pattern paper on the inside of this card. Not always a fan of my completed project but I am today. I love how this turned out and hope you do too. RECIPE: Stamps: Thoughts & Prayers - SU; Bluebird - SNS, Paper: white, marina mist, baja breeze, certainly Celery PP Ink: marina mist Accessories: stickles, digital image, copics Techniques: Follow The Edge, Copic Coloring, doodling

Three Little Geeky Words

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE #318 - Follow The Edge. I colored this darling digital image called "Geeky Love" with copics then trimmed around the left edge of my white base, MME dp, and white focal panel. I stamped the sentiments in espresso ink then cut each section out of the "I love you" and left the other "you,you,you" in one piece but cut it out with scissors then matted on espresso cs and adhered to the focal panel. I doodled around the top, bottom and right sides with Spica glitter pen for today's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 112 - Cut Up Sentiments. This is also for Sunday's FEATURED STAMPER CHALLENGE # 216 - Quixotic finding inspiration in this lovely LIFE IS SWEETER WHEN SHARED. I changed the red to orange and used a different image and layout. I have not given my darling hubby a card "just because" in a while so he found this in front of the coffee maker this morning. He loves me so much and the feeling is soo mutual. RECIPE: Stamps: Three Little Words - Su; Geeky Love - Make It Crafty Paper: white, MME dp Ink: espresso Accessories: spica brown glitter pen Techniques: Follow The Edge, Copic Coloring, doodling

Dirty Black Tie Party Dress

This is for today's FEATURED STAMPER # 216 - Quixotic. I like the simple black and white colors in her EWE ARE THE BEST. I have had a vision since the DIRTY DOZEN GALLER AND CHALLENGES gallery was up on the 15th of this darling party dress from SWEET -N- SASSY STAMPS digital Line so today I put it together. hand doodled the swirls and stas from the INSPIRATIONAL PHOTO bottle layer of the cake. I ran the white panel through the cuttlebug using Diamonds & Dots embossing folder for the middle layer adn black ribbon for the top layer. I used the SKETCH for my layout and a fiskars border punch on the white panel. My dp is from DCWV Glitter Mat Stack. The Central theme is BLACK TIE. I love how this turned out and hope you do to.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Party Dress - SNS
Paper: white, black, DCWV Glitter Mat Stack Ink: black
Accessories: ribbon, pearl drops, Cuttlebug, Diamonds & Dots EF, Marvy Giga Scallop Circle, Fiskars Circle template
Techniques: dry emboss, 3D

Just Dandy Get Well

This is for today's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE - Ink It Up With Color. I used Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 315 - Saffron Pear Roses for my colors and Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 111 for my layout. Panel 2 is a clipping from this weeks Colquitt Shopper sponged with so saffron then matted on regal rose cs. It was no accident that the clipping shows an ad from the hospital my dh and I work at and why not make a get well card from there? Pretty clevah huh? Anyway the clipping is for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 317 - Newsworthy.
I inked the top porton of my dandelion image up with so saffron and the bottom with pear pizzazz then huffed and stamped on white. I sponged regal rose around the circle scallop Mega Punched focal panel. I added a Pearl and some stickles.
I stamped a butterfly image from "Hearts, Hearts, Hearts" stamp set, a sentiment from "African Veldt" and the flower image is from "Just Dandy" all of which can be found at MARKS FINEST PAPERS. Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Just Dandy, African Veldt, Hearts Hearts Hearts - MFP
Paper: white, regal rose, so saffron
Ink: so saffron, pear pizzazz, regal rose
Accessories: stickles, pearl, newspaper, Mega Scallop Circle Punch
Techniques: sponge distressing, 3D

Something's Fishy Round Here

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 325. OK so when I saw today's sketch my mind went back in time. I remember as a child how excited I was to ride to the fish market with my Uncle Hershel to get some mullet. The market smelt really bad but we always had such a blast when we were together. The top and bottom angle pieces reminded me of the newspaper they would wrap the fish in and so I went with it. Sorry but I had to combine it with Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 317 - Newsworthy and for my color combo I used Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 315 - Saffron Pear Roses.
I stamped the fish in tuxedo black then colored with copics, cut it out and popped it up. I stamped the sentiment in regal rose then the fern in pear pizzazz on white and matted on regal rose. I ran the pear pizzazz panel through the cuttlebug using Tiny Bubbles embossing folder. My base is so saffron cs. My image and sentiment are from a set from MARKS FINEST PAPERS called "FISH YOU WERE HERE". Hope you like it. I sure wish Uncle Hershel was still around so I could give it to him. He would have loved it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Fish You Were Here - MFP
Paper: white, so saffron, pear pizzazz, regal rose, newspaper
Ink: tuxedo black
Accessories: newspaper, cuttlebug, tiny bubbles EF, dimensionals, copics
Techniques: copic coloring

Paper Pieced Party Dress

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 315 - Saffron Pear Roses with a dessert option of as many things as you can that start with the letter "P". OK I am all over piling it on so here we go:
Pink ribbon
half Pearls
liquid Pearls
straight Pin
Paper Piecing
Paper Piercing
news Print designer Paper
image - Party dress

I used Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 111 - Sketch for my layout and Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 317 - Newsworthy where I found this piece of news Print dp which was lucky for me since I do not take the newspaper and could not play Monday, insert LARGE pout here :(
My image is called "PARTY DRESS" and is a digital image from SWEET N SASSY STAMPS. It is just darling. I paper pieced the dress and added some half pearls to the top and some liquid pearls to the waist. I colored the waistband, trim at the bottom and hanger with copics. I tied a double bow and added a straight Pin that I threaded a couple of beads on and stuck it throuth the bow knot and into the dimensionals that is popping up the focal panel. I paper pierced around the scalloped circle regal rose matt.
Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Party Dress - SNS
Paper: white, newsprint dp, ?dp, regal rose, so saffron, pear pizzazz
Accessories: copics, Nesties circle, Nesties scallop circles, cuttlebug, paper piercer, liquid pears, half pearls, dimensionals, straight pin, beads
Techniques: paper piecing, paper piercing, 3D, copic coloring, dry embossing

Anniversary Weekend

We went to Manasas for the weekend and had a good time. I teased Jessie that he is such a romantical person for taking me camping in the woods on our Anniversary.
I still can not believe we have been married 12 years. He is so wonderful and I can not image life without him.
I woke up this morning just as tired as I was when I went to be so no card/project today. I will definetly have one tomorrow.
Until then, have a fabulous day.

This is for a few challenges :
Today's FREE 4 ALL CHALLENGE # 56 - How Does Your Garden Grow present to use by one of the newest Dirty Gals (Whoo Hoo - Congrats Again);
Thursday's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE # 314 - Miles of Smiles;
Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 324;
Tuesday from a couple of weeks ago COLOR CHALLENGE # 312 - Misty Celery Roses;
Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 316 - Trellis/Lattice.
I used my Diamonds and Dots embossing folder on certainly celery cs. I stamped my flower image in certainly celery on white cs then sponged some celery around for the grassy effect. I used a scallop mask sponging some marina mist for clounds.

I stamped the butterfly on white using tuxedo black ink 3 times cut all 3 out and colored them iwth copics. Adhered the wings together and then attached to my focal panel. LOVE making 3D Butterflies.

You can see my tutorial HERE.
I inked a portion of the sentiment up in rose red, huffed and stamped then used my rose red marker to hand write in Smile.
I used a stamp set called "JUST DANDY" from MARKS FINEST PAPERS.
Sunday is our 12th Anniversary and I think this will be his card. But for now I am off to work.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Just Dandy - MFP
Paper: white, marina mist, rose red, certainly celery
Ink: memento tuxedo black, certainly celery, marina mist, rose red
Accessories: dimensionals, stickles, spica glitter pen, sponges
Techniques: sponging, 3D, copic coloring

Smiling Molly With Her Tulips

This is for today's WAYS TO USE CHALLENGE # 314 - Smiles. My layout is from Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 324.
My color combo is from Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 314 - Soft Breezes Cake Walk.
My baja breeze base was embossed with Diamonds and Dots embossing folder trellis design for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 316 - Trellis/Lattice. I hand drew the hardwood floor then colored with copics. I also had to hand write the smile sentiment.
My image is from SWEET N SASSY STAMPS and is called Mollys Tulips.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Molly's Tulips - SNS
Paper: white, baja breeze, soft suede, crumb cake
Ink: baja breeze
Accessories: white pearlex, copics, Diamonds and Dots EF
Techniques: dry emboss, 3D, copic coloring

Hard To Say

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 324;
Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 314 - Soft Breezes Cake Walk; and
Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 316 - Trellis/Lattice.
I embossed my baja breeze base layer with Cuttlebug's Houndstooth embossing folder and the crumb cake trellis frame with Stampin' Ups Square lattice embossing folder.
I sponged my primas this time to get a different look rather than coloring with copics. I like how they turned out. There are three bound by a crumb cake colored big brad. Now off to work.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Hart To Say
Paper: white, baja breeze, soft suede, crumb cake, dp
Ink: soft suede, baja breeze,
Accessories: big brad, primas
Techniques: Trellis, Lattice

Three Little Words

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 314 - Soft Breezes Cake Walk; Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVER CHALLENGE # 316 - Trellis/Lattice; and Monday's MONDAY'S MOJO SKETCH CHALLENGE # 182.
My card base is soft suede, my dp is K&C Companies Julianne. My lattice is made with baja breeze with Julianne dp behind it. My ribbon is baja breeze My sentiment is stamped in soft sueded on vanilla with the image in baja breeze matted on crumb cake. I used my spica glitter pen to add some shine. Sentiment and image are from Stampin' Up Three Little Words stamp set.
Now let's go to work OK? Oh come on if I have to why not you, no fair staying home getting to play. LOL.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Three Little Words
Paper: vanilla, crumb cake, soft suede, baja breeze, K&C Co Julianne
Ink: baja breeze, soft suede
Accessories: ribbon, Spica glitter pen
Techniques: Lattice, Trellis

Walking In The Woods With Sympathy

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 316 - Trellis.
I did another CASE for Sunday's FEATURED STAMPER # 214 - bfinlay aka Bridget. I just loved her PEARLY TREES. I changed the colors, layout, left of the ribbon and replaced the pearls with stickles.
I used last Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 313 - Crushing Bashuful Blues with Pizzazz.
For my background behind the trellis I used a fun technique created by my friend (Faith) called INK, SPRAY, SMASH using the colors from the color challeng.
I embossed the focal panel with SU's Square Lattice Embossing folder then double embossed with Nesties Label Four.
I stamped the tree and senitment from MARKS FINEST PAPERS set called "A Walk In The Woods" in pear pizzazz. I cut the tree out and popped it up then added stickles for last Thursday's STAMPIN' B'S CHALLENGE # 101 - Bling.
Headed to work now.
RECIPE:
Stamps: A Walk In The Woods - MFP
Paper: white
Ink: bashful blue, pear pizzazz, concord crush,
Accessories: Nesties Label 4, Cuttlebug, SU Square Lattice embossing folder, dimensionals
Techniques: Ink,Spray, & Smash, Double Embossing, 3D

You're A Gem Bridget

I am happy to be passing the torch onto this weeks honoree so this is for today's FEATURED STAMPER CHALLENGE # 214. I love Bridgets gallery and what a sweetheart she is. I chose to CASE her beautiful fuschia colored DANCING SHOES FOR ROXIE.
I changed the colors, layout and them and left off the bow & replaced the pearls with black gems.
I used some Basic Gray Curio dp with black edging around the dp so when I made my cuts for the size I needed I edged the trimmed sides to match the dp sides by used my black SU Marker and sponging some Tim Holt Burlap distress ink.
I distressed alll edges for Friday's FREE 4 ALL CHALLENGE # 55 - On The Edge.
My layout is from Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 323.
My image and sentiment are from a just released acrylic stamp set found at MARKS FINEST PAPERS. I stamped the shoe in momento tuxedo black on vanilla and then again on the dp. I cut the middle setion out from the dp and paper pieced it on the vanilla stamped image then cut the entire image out and popped it up on dimensionals. The sentiment was stamped in momento tuxedo black on vanilla that was sponged with Burlap distress ink.
I hope you enjoy your week in the spotlight as much as I did last week Bridget. CONGRATS.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Grandma's Boudoir - MFP
Paper: vanilla, black, BG - Curio
Ink: momento tuxedo black, Tim Holtz Burlap distress ink
Accessories: black gems, Spica glaze pen, edge distressor
Techniques: paper piecing, 3D

Springtime Playful Pup

This is for today's INSPIRATION CHALLENGE # 275 - Fossil Web Store. I found my inspiration from the daisies in this CITY FLORAL TEE.
My layout is from today's SWEET STOP SKETCHES # 99 and I chose this darling digital image just released from SWEET 'N SASSY DIGITAL LINE to go along with the THINK SPRING SWEET 'N SASSY BLOG HOP CHALLENGE. This playful pup image is just too stinkin' cute. I used copics to color and popped my image and flowers up on dimensionals. I punched 2 of the largest size holes with pear pizzazz and glued to the center of the primas for faux brads. I dry embossed the yellow panel with stylized flowers and the bashful blue with distressed lines. My dp is from DCWV Glitter Mat Stack.
My color choices (except for the yellow that I used to coordinate with the dp) is from Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 313.
Hope you like it and have a fabulous Saturday everyone.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Playful Pup - SNS
Paper: white, pear pizzazz, bashful blue, concord crush, yellow, DCWV dp
Ink: bashful blue
Accessories: copics, dimensionals, spica glaze pen, primas, crop-a-dile
Techniques: copic coloring, 3D, faux brad

Wanna hop along with me?

March Blog Hop - Fish You Were Here

RECIPE:
Stamps: Fish You Were Here - MFP
Paper: white, red
Ink: momento tuxedo black, concord crush, pear pizzazz
Accessories: Copic Air Brush System, Copics, Spica Glitter pen, Spica Glaze pen, Spica black glitter, Nestability Wonky Squares, Cuttlebug, dimensionals
Techniques: ABS, 3D, copic coloring

RECIPE:
Ink: Ballet Blue
Paper: Ballet blue, White, water bubbles dp
Accessories: dimensionals, circle punches, cuttlebug Tiny bubbles EF, copics
Technique: diorama

Welcome to the MFP March Blog Hop! This month, we are releasing 4 NEW SETS!

Our New Sets are: Just Dandy, African Veldt, Grandma's Boudoir, and Fish You Were Here.For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!

We have a NEW Blog Candy Contest! BE A GUEST DESIGER!

PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY!

All Blog Hop participants will have the chance to win a Month Long GUEST DESIGNER position on our Senior Design team! That’s right! ONE lucky winner will receive a Guest Designer package that will include April 2011’s Four New Release sets, a selection of Premium Papers, and beautiful embellishments. The winner will also receive a Guest Designer Watermark, Blog Button and have the choice to participate in the April 2011 Blog Hop!

What do you need to do to qualify? Just comment on the Design Team blogs during the blog hop. EACH DAY that participants comment on all the Design Team blogs, their name will be entered once in the random drawing. Each participant has the opportunity to have his/her name entered up to four times. (There are four days of the blog hop, so there are up to four entries per person.) The winner will be announced on the Mark’s Finest Papers blog on Saturday, March 12, 2011.

FRIDAY, March 11, 2011-Fish You Were Here

So now keep on hoppin' to see what the rest of the design team came up with using this fabulous fishy stamp set:

Emily
Karen
Patty
Roxie
Vicki
Liz
Claudine
Joanne T.
Dawn
Nicole
Marilynn
Peggysue
Connie
Emily N.
Neva <= you are here

Silvia
Patricia
Chrissy
Guest Desinger, Ted
Mark’s Finest Papers

March Blog Hop - Grandma's Boudoir

RECIPE:
Stamps: Grandma's Boudoir - MFP
Paper: vanilla, Soft Suede, Mirabelle - TPS
Ink: espresso
Accessories: gems, fun flock, glue pen
Techniques: paper piecing, 3D

RECIPE:

Paper: Crumb Cake, basic Grey dp

Ink: crumb cake, Espresso

Accessories: button, cording, dimensionals

Welcome to the MFP March Blog Hop! This month, we are releasing 4 NEW SETS!

Our New Sets are: Just Dandy, African Veldt, Grandma's Boudoir, and Fish You Were Here.For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!

We have a NEW Blog Candy Contest! BE A GUEST DESIGER!

PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY!

All Blog Hop participants will have the chance to win a Month Long GUEST DESIGNER position on our Senior Design team! That’s right! ONE lucky winner will receive a Guest Designer package that will include April 2011’s Four New Release sets, a selection of Premium Papers, and beautiful embellishments. The winner will also receive a Guest Designer Watermark, Blog Button and have the choice to participate in the April 2011 Blog Hop!

What do you need to do to qualify? Just comment on the Design Team blogs during the blog hop. EACH DAY that participants comment on all the Design Team blogs, their name will be entered once in the random drawing. Each participant has the opportunity to have his/her name entered up to four times. (There are four days of the blog hop, so there are up to four entries per person.) The winner will be announced on the Mark’s Finest Papers blog on Saturday, March 12, 2011.

Thursday, February 10, 2011-Grandma's Boudior

Now keep on hoppin' to see what the rest of the design team came up with using this beautiful vintage stamp set:

Lois
Vicky
Dawn L.
Anne
Emily
Karen
Patty
Roxie
Vicki
Liz
Claudine
Dawn M
Nicole
Marilynn
Geri
Lynn
Neva <= you are here
Silvia
Guest Desinger, Ted
Mark’s Finest Papers

March Blog Hop - African Veldt

RECIPE:
Ink: Bashful Blue, Crushed Concord, Pear Pizzazz
Paper: Crushed Concord, Pear Pizzazz, DCWV Animal print stack
Accessories: Brads, dimensionals, sponges Copics, Air Brush System

RECIPE:
Paper: crumb cake, giraff print dp
Ink: Espresso
Accessories: dimensionals, Fiskars circle template
Technique: shadow box card

Welcome to the MFP March Blog Hop! This month, we are releasing 4 NEW SETS!

Our New Sets are: Just Dandy, African Veldt, Grandma's Boudoir, and Fish You Were Here.For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!

We have a NEW Blog Candy Contest! BE A GUEST DESIGER!

PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY!

All Blog Hop participants will have the chance to win a Month Long GUEST DESIGNER position on our Senior Design team! That’s right! ONE lucky winner will receive a Guest Designer package that will include April 2011’s Four New Release sets, a selection of Premium Papers, and beautiful embellishments. The winner will also receive a Guest Designer Watermark, Blog Button and have the choice to participate in the April 2011 Blog Hop!

What do you need to do to qualify? Just comment on the Design Team blogs during the blog hop. EACH DAY that participants comment on all the Design Team blogs, their name will be entered once in the random drawing. Each participant has the opportunity to have his/her name entered up to four times. (There are four days of the blog hop, so there are up to four entries per person.) The winner will be announced on the Mark’s Finest Papers blog on Saturday, March 12, 2011.

WEDNESDAY, March 9, 2011-African Veldt

Now hop on over to the rest of the design team to see what they made using this fabulous set.

Lois
Vicky
Dawn L.
Anne
Peggysue
Connie
Joanne T.
Claudine
Dawn M.
Nicole
Marilynn
Geri
Lynn
Emily N.
Patricia
Chrissy
Guest Desinger, Ted
Mark’s Finest Papers

March Blog Hop - Just Dandy

RECIPE:
Paper: White, Crushed Concord,
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Crushed Concord, Bashful Blue, Pear Pizzazz
Accessories: Nesties Label 17, Copics, ABS, Stickles, dimensionals

RECIPE:
Paper: Shimmer White
Ink: Pear Pizzazz
Accessories: Flower Soft, Victorian EF, Nesties

Welcome to the MFP March Blog Hop! This month, we are releasing 4 NEW SETS!


Our New Sets are: Just Dandy, African Veldt, Grandma's Boudoir, and Fish You Were Here.For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!

We have a NEW Blog Candy Contest! BE A GUEST DESIGER!

PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY!

All Blog Hop participants will have the chance to win a Month Long GUEST DESIGNER position on our Senior Design team! That’s right! ONE lucky winner will receive a Guest Designer package that will include April 2011’s Four New Release sets, a selection of Premium Papers, and beautiful embellishments. The winner will also receive a Guest Designer Watermark, Blog Button and have the choice to participate in the April 2011 Blog Hop!

What do you need to do to qualify? Just comment on the Design Team blogs during the blog hop. EACH DAY that participants comment on all the Design Team blogs, their name will be entered once in the random drawing. Each participant has the opportunity to have his/her name entered up to four times. (There are four days of the blog hop, so there are up to four entries per person.) The winner will be announced on the Mark’s Finest Papers blog on Saturday, March 12, 2011.
TUESDAY March 8, 2011- Just Dandy

Now hop on over and check out what the fabulous design team has created using this wonderful set.

Lois
Vicky
Dawn L.
Anne
Peggysue
Connie
Emily
Joanne T

Karen
Patty
Roxie
Vicki
Liz
Geri
Lynn
Emily N.
Neva <= you are here
Silvia
Patricia
Chrissy
Guest Designer Ted
Mark’s Finest Papers

Grandma's Boudoir Sneak Peek

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 315 - That's Odd where Holly challenged us to make an odd shaped card rather than the traditional square or A2 style. I used my Nesties to make my card shape.
This is also for today's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 109 - Tickle Your Funny Bone the inside of this card says "sometimes getting older is a good thing". I have co-work celebrating a birthday this month and she always gets such a thrill out of my homemade creations I give her, she also does NOT even look her age by no means.
I used last Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 312 - Misty Celery Roses for my color combo.
I stamped the sentiment in certainly celery and the image in marina mist. I used a flower punch for the marina mist flower and certainly celery fern then a green brad.
For this card I used a set due to be released this week from MARKS FINEST PAPERS called "Grandma's Boudoir". I love vintage images and this set is just darling.
What a glorious week this will be as I am still on cloud nine from being this weeks Featured Stamper. What an honor this is. Thank you all who played along and who will be playing along.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Grandma's Boudoir - MFP
Paper: white, rose red, certainly celery, marina mist
Ink: certainly celery, marina mist
Accessories: flower punch, MS fern punch, brad, Nesties Label 14, Stickles

Lucky Get Well Soup

This is for today's FREE 4 ALL CHALLENGE # 54 - Lucky Penny.
My polkadot dp is for Thursday's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE # 312 - Seeing Spots.
My layout is for Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 322.
My color combo is for Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 312 - Misty Celery Roses.
I used free digi images for this "Get Well" card I made this morning for a co-worker who is not well. I hope this makes him feel better. I love this witch image and who says it has to be a halloween card? Teehee.
Now off to work I go for day 6 straight. I may not even get out of bed tomorrow. LOL
RECIPE:
Stamps: Free digi images ?
Paper: white, marina mist, rose red, certainly celery, dp?
Accessories: copics, stickles
Techniques: copic coloring, 3D

Best Fishes Sneak Peek

This is for today's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE # 312 - Polka Dots which I covered in my marina mist base dry embossed with Cuttlebug Tiny Bubbles and my dp as well.
My layout is from Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 322.
My color combo is from Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 312 - Misty Celery Roses.
My stamp set is a sneak peek of a set called "FISH YOU WERE HERE" and will be available next week from MARKS FINEST PAPERS.
I stamped the ferns in certainly celery then sponged some blue to tone the white down, the fish in momento tuxedo black then colored with copics and the sentiment in rose red.
Hope you like it, now off to work for the 5th straight day.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Fish You Were Here - MFP
Paper: white, marina mist, rose red, dp
Ink: momento tuxedo black, rose red, marina mist
Accessories: google eyes, copics, stickles, dimensionals, cuttlebug, tiny bubbles ef
Techniques: 3D, copic coloring, dry embossing

Friday's Superstar

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 322, Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 312 with Dessert - Banners and Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 314 - Handmade Tickets.
I bought this image a while ago and today was the day to use her. She is so adorable and so makes me think of my granddaughter "Makayal" and how she will be in a few years. I will hold onto this for her next birthday I think.
I stamped the image in momento tuxedo black then colored with copics. I sponged some clouds and certainly celery then with my marker I made some flicks to simulate grass and with rose red and marina mist markers dotted for some spring flowers.
Interesting sketch for this week but I like how it turned out.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Friday - TGF
Paper: whtie, rose red, dp
Ink: momento tuxedo black, marina mist, rose red, certainly celery
Accessories: copics, dimensionals
Techniques: sponging, 3D, copic coloring

Just Dandy Sneak Peek

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 312 - Misty Celery Roses, Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 314 - Handmade Tickets and the CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 108 - The Great Outdoors. My layout is from CARD POSITIONING SYSTEM # 207.
The stamp set I used is a sneak peek of a set called "JUST DANDY" and it will be available next week from MARKS FINEST PAPERS. I mean let the drooling begin. These butterflies are just gorgeous to me. I stamped in momento black then colored with copics.
The tag sentiment was stamped in rose red then matted on certainly celery. My white panels were matted on marina mist then edge distressed rose red.
Now let's get to work and make so more money to buy more toys to play with. YEAH!
RECIPE:
Stamps: Just Dandy - MFP
Paper: white, rose red, certainly celery, marina mist
Ink: momento tuxedo black, rose red, marina mist
Accessories: edge distressor, stickles, copic, dimensionals
Techniques: edge distressing, copic coloring, handmade tickets

Thank You Ticket

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 314 - Handmade Tickets:
Today's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 108 - The Great Outdoors. Well when I think of outdoors I remember the beautiful flowers my aunt and uncle had in their yard. They are both gone now and I pass the house they lived in for 40yrs often with a great sadness as it is grown over with weeds and junk so I turn my thoughts back onto my memories of how gorgeous the hydrangea bushes were. That is why I love this stamp set so much.
I had to work Sunday but did have time to CASE Corrie but I really wanted to do her gallery as much justice as possible so I did another of Sunday's FEATURED STAMPER # 212 - Corrie Foster by CASEing her CELEBRATION card this time. I changed the layout, colors and ribbon placement.
I inked my image with my stampin up markers of rose red and always artichoke, then huffed and stamped. I sponged some going gray to match the dp and tone down the white.
My color combo is from last Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 311 - Always Perfect Roses. I stamped the sentiment in perfect plum then sponged some going gray. I used my ticket corner punch on the focal image and sentiment.
Now off to work again. I will be doing 6 days this week since I got called in Sunday so by Friday my behind WILL be dragging.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Because I Care
Paper: always artichoke, perfect plum, rose red
Ink: white, basic gray, rose red, perfect plum
Accessories: ticket corner punch, gems, SU Markers, ribbon
Techniques: huffing, sponge distressing, ticket

A CASE of Easter Lilies

This is for today's FEATURED STAMPER # 212 - CorieFoster who has a lovely gallery.
I decided to CASE her THYMES & QFTD03 Card. I kept the layout but changed the embossing folder to Victorian, colors to Daffodil Delight and the image to an Easter Lily. I also used yellow ribbon instead of white.
My image is from MARKS FINEST PAPERS called "He Is The Lamb" and was stamped in Momento Tuxedo Black then colored with copics Y00, Y02, Y04, Y08, YG93 and YG95. After coloring I cut the image out and popped it up on the white oval matted on Daffodil scalloped oval both where cut then embossed.
I love how this turned out and hope you do too. Now I should be relaxing today to get ready for another stressful work week but I am off to work in ICU again.
Have a beautiful Sunday everyone else.
RECIPE:
Stamps: He Is The Lamb - MFP
Paper: white, daffodil delight
Ink: momento tuxedo black
Accessories: copics, Cuttlebug, Nesties Ovals, Nesties Scallop Ovals, stickles
Techniques: dry emboss, 3D, copic coloring