Friday, May 17, 2013

Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop Day 4 - Now Showing


May Blog Hop! 
This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

  Featured May 14th
Marsh Birds

Featured May 15th
In Tents
Featured May 16th

Space Fun
 
Featured May 17th

Now Showing

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 May 18,2013 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 May 17,2013.

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

"Marsh Silhouettes"


  The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Lilly of the Valley"
                                                      



Patty P.
Pam 
Toni 
Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co 


Are you looking for the "NOW SHOWING" stamps? I used the "film" stamp and made it into a trellis. I stamped the flowers from "IVY & BLOSSOMS" and the butterflies from "SCENIC SELECTIONS". I then masked them and stamped the film over them. I watercolored the flowers and butterflies. I added ribbon, paper doily, pearl stick pins and a little charm that says "BELIEVE".  I really like how this card turned out.


I love this song by JJ Heller called "I BELIEVE"
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Thursday, May 16, 2013

Mark's Finest Papers May Blog Hop day 3 Space Fun


May Blog Hop! 
This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

  Featured May 14th
Marsh Birds

Featured May 15th
In Tents
Featured May 16th

Space Fun
 
Featured May 17th

Now Showing

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 May 18,2013 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 May 17,2013.

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

"Marsh Silhouettes"


  The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Lilly of the Valley"
                                                      



Patty P.
Pam 
Toni 
Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co 



I made a 4x4 square card. You know that awesome moment when you see a set and you say to yourself... "I have some dp that will be perfect to go with it"... Yep, that is what happened with this card. I have had this dp for probably 7 years at least. It has been sitting in my drawer. I never could find the use for it until today! 
 (Of course since I'm not that organized, I had to go searching for it. I almost didn't find it. I am so glad that I did though because I really think it works with this set.)
I cut it so you could see the moon and the astronaut. I adhered it to the cardstock with squiggly sewing. I added 3 rhinestones.


I knew that I wanted my rocket ship to be flying. So I made a pop up card.
I stamped the sentiment and the planet on the bottom of the card and put the rocket at the top.




The sounds of space for my generation!


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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop May 2013 Day 2 IN TENTS


May Blog Hop! 
This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

  Featured May 14th
Marsh Birds

Featured May 15th
In Tents
Featured May 16th

Space Fun
 
Featured May 17th

Now Showing

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 May 18,2013 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 May 17,2013.

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

"Marsh Silhouettes"


  The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Lilly of the Valley"
                                                      



Patty P.
Pam 
Toni 
Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co 



Boy Scouts of America, is very important to my family. I have been volunteering for 11 straight years. Both of my sons are Life Scouts working  towards EAGLE! This set was a lot of fun to work with. I thought it would be fun to make a little S'MORES treats for the boys in our troop for our Court of Honor in a couple of weeks.

Ever have a project in your mind that seemed like a good idea when you started it and it turned out not so great? Usually what I and others share on our blogs are just the successes. However, I thought I would show you my failure and how I fixed it. Below is my S'MORES treat card. It isn't terrible, but I didn't really account for the thickness of the marshmallows.  I thought stitching with my sewing machine would be a good way to close the card. Well, it didn't look that great.




So to fix my first project I decided to make a 2,5,7,9 box. You basically take a regular sheet of cardstock and score it at 2, 5,7, and 9. Then turn it and score at 2 and at 7. I closed my box with white twine. I decided to color the tents blue because our troop has blue tents. I masked the fire, so it could fit on the box, but I really do know better than to put a fire that close to the tents.(I had to put that there in case any of my fellow scouters sees this post.)


So that you could see the graham crackers, marshmallows and chocolates,
 I cut an oval window in the back of the box.



Side view of the box.




 This was our troop meeting the other night. The older boys were teaching the younger ones how to make a camp fire. My boys are the ones in the bright neon colored shirts. Joshua on left and Kaleb on right.


Yeah, the got it going!

This is a photo of a winter camp out with the lovely blue tents.

 


   





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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

May Hop 2013 Day 1 Marsh Birds


May Blog Hop! 
This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

  Featured May 14th
Marsh Birds

Featured May 15th
In Tents
 
Featured May 16th

Space Fun
 
Featured May 17th

Now Showing

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 May 18,2013 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 May 17,2013.
 The special stamp set we have for you this month is:

"Marsh Silhouettes"


  The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Lilly of the Valley"
                                                      



Patty P.
Pam 
Toni 
Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co 


Because I live near the Mississippi River, I see blue herons a lot. I love to watch them along the river banks. I made my card as a thank you card. As a boy scout leader we always are needing thank you cards to thank the volunteers who help make our boy scout program great. 
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Friday, April 19, 2013

Mark's Finest Papers April Blog Hop Day 4


April Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

  Featured April 16
Columns and Topiaries
 
Featured April 17
Be A Showoff 
 
Featured April 18
Honor and Glory

  Featured April 19 
Birds and Trees

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 April 20,2013 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 April 19,2013.



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

"Zoo Friends"

 The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"You May Bow"
                                                         

Patty P.
Pam 
Toni 
Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co 


Sometimes when I look at a set, I see something totally different than how it was intended. I guess my creative mind takes over... This set got turned upside down while sitting on my desk and the little trees looked like ornaments or Christmas tree lights. So that is what I did. I colored the trees and cut them out. I cut a tree out of green dp I added the little "trees" to my Christmas tree.
 


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Thursday, April 18, 2013

Mark's Finest Papers- April 2013 Blog Hop day 3


April Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

  Featured April 16
Columns and Topiaries
 
Featured April 17
Be A Showoff 
 
Featured April 18
Honor and Glory

  Featured April 19 
Birds and Trees

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 April 20,2013 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 April 19,2013.



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

"Zoo Friends"

 The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"You May Bow"
                                                         

Patty P.
Pam 
Toni 
Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co 



I made this card for a friend of mine. She is always there for me,and  I wanted her to know that I am there for her. I water colored the castle and added water for the moat. I cut it out and put it on an old map. I added banners to go with the flags on the castle. I decided to stick with the key theme for the week. I think this key might open up the dungeon door if needed.

This song is just gorgeous. I especially love this version. I was listening to it to get me inspired to make this card.
 
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

MFP April 2013 Blog Hop day 2


April Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

  Featured April 16
Columns and Topiaries
 
Featured April 17
Be A Showoff 
 
Featured April 18
Honor and Glory

  Featured April 19 
Birds and Trees

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 April 20,2013 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 April 19,2013.



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

"Zoo Friends"

 The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"You May Bow"
                                                         

Patty P.
Pam 
Toni 
Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co 


When it came time to make this card, I was at a loss for what to do. I was in need of inspiration. I told my friend and fellow design team member Pam that I was going to look at photos of peacocks to see if that gave me any ideas. I must have looked at over 100 photos. When I looked at each one, I was amazed by the brilliant colors of these amazing birds. The blues and greens were fantastic, but then I noticed that they had white and brown. Such ordinary colors mixed with the bright. I stamped the peacock onto white cardstock and watercolored it. I used simple crayola
watercolors the kind that my kids use to use in school. I thought it would look cool to have it in an oval with the tail out of the box. Then I thought it would look good with a black mat behind the oval. I got that far and got stuck. I wasn't sure what I was going to do next. Every paper that I pulled out of my stash just didn't fit. Then I decided that I would go with black and white background so that the colors of the peacock would stand out. I knew it needed some embellishments, but I wanted something that would add to the card not fight with the peacock for the eye's attention. I tried rhinestones and gems, and brads, but none of them looked just right. Then I decided to look at beads on silver wire, with another KEY charm and more sheer ribbon. 




                          A close up view of my coloring on the peacock's feathers.

 



 I know that we project that the peacock is being proud when he displays his feathers, but in my opinion he is just finding joy in being how God made him.  This blog hop, with 20 different designers, will have 20 different cards even though we all started with the same set. Some might be similar, but each one will be unique.
 When we compare ourselves, we either experience PRIDE or DESPAIR a feeling of being "Better than" or "Not good enough"

The following is a scripture that my mother was always quoting to me when I was growing up:

 2 Corinthians 10:12  We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are not wise.


The KEY on my card is to remind me that the key to being happy is to realize that I am one of a kind and to enjoy being who God made me to be. 


I love this song by Scott Krippayne.  "I'm Not Cool" my favorite part is at 2:00 into the song. The lyrics say...He says that I am a one of a kind, and I don't have to try to be somebody else. He believes in me and says I'm free to BE MYSELF

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