July Blog Hop!
This month's New Stamp Set Releases are
Featured July 9th
Lotus Blossoms
Featured July 10th
Shello
Shello
Featured July 11th
Be Virtuous
Be Virtuous
Featured July 12th
Presents
Presents
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 July 13, 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 July 12, 2013.
The special stamp set we have for you this month is:
"Dino News"
The mini stamp set we have for you this month is
"Dragonflies"
Here's the Design Team:
Patty
Lois
Jane C
Pat G
Debbie
Kathy
Angela
Thrfity Stamper
Toni
Janine
Sue W
Marilynn
Karen K
Bonnie
Cathy C
Pam
Kate Z
Shirley Q
An'Jenic
Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.
This set is a lot of fun to work with. The part of the Mississippi river that I live by has a lot of lotus blossoms in late summer. I took this photo of the lotus blossoms last summer with 4 Canadian Geese.
The lotus blossoms that are on the Mississippi River near me are cream colored lotuses. I decided to be a little wild, I don't know if there are lotus blossoms this color, but I made a card with lavender lotus blossoms. I chose the lavender color to match the rose petal paper I made. I was given a rose by a friend. I waited until the petals started to wilt and even dry out a little. I put the petals in a bowl with water to rehydrate them. Then I randomly placed them on a piece of white cardstock. I covered them with another piece of white cardstock making a rose petal sandwich that I ran through my cuttlebug. I stamped and masked the smaller lotus blossom and then stamped the bigger lotus over it to add some extra dimension.
Do you know the difference between a lotus blossom and a water lilly? Come back tomorrow and I will tell you.
Three wonderful cards...each better than the one before. look forward to finding out the difference between lotus and water lilly.
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Beautiful, beautiful cards MariLynn - love all of them, and your rose petal paper is gorgeous!
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Maxine
Such gorgeous cards and thanks for sharing your photo. Love the fact that a bit of that rose lives on.
ReplyDeleteOh MariLynn!!!!! What gorgeous cards!!!! I really can't say which one is my favorite! Beautiful work (as always0! TFS
ReplyDeleteThree beautiful cards using basically the same layout -- but very different. I especially like the first one with the deep purple background. And BTW your question intrigued me -- so I looked it up and found out the difference! I did not know that.
ReplyDeleteYour cards are all just gorgeous. The paper made with the rose petals look great.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work! Love the purple! It's my favorite color :)
ReplyDeleteVery very pretty cards!!! Love the stitching you have added.
ReplyDeleteActually, I haven't a clue what the difference is! Normally, I would go figure it out myself, but I look forward to your lesson:) Your cards are all simply lovely!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card. Mary L Schreiber
ReplyDeleteHow lucky you are to live near a place with water lilies. We have a water lily farm about 20 miles from us and we go there to take photos. They are quite beautiful. This set reminds me of those flowers. TFS!
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Now, how would I choose between the purple version and the pink card. That would be a hard call. I hope someone sends me some happy mail with this image!
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Beautiful cards. Lovely coloring.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely stunning cards! It's easy to see that you enjoyed working with this set.
ReplyDeleteMarilynn,
ReplyDeleteGorgeous cards and I have to say my fav is the one that has your rose paper - it tuned out wonderful and is the perfect background.
All three are beautiful cards! Gorgeous designs and beautiful coloring on all three cards!
ReplyDeletevery beautiful cards Marilyn.
ReplyDeletegreetings karin
These are lovely cards! I just had a feeling you would do gorgeous cards with the lotuses and the dragonflies! I'm intrigued about the difference between the two flowers, I can't wait!
ReplyDeleteWow wee these are so pretty!! I love the many layers. And the stitching on all of them are perfect. TFS AJ-
ReplyDeleteGorgeous cards-really like how you enhanced the first cards paper with rose petals! I'll be back tomorrow for the lily vs lotus distinctions!
ReplyDeleteWOW!Awesome Cards!!!Beautiful coloring!!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful colors.
ReplyDeleteAll of your cards are beautiful but I really love the purple one! And I can't wait to find out the details on water lilies vs lotus blossoms!
ReplyDeleteAwesome cards; love this set. Thanks for sharing
ReplyDeletePurple card is so pretty. Creative cards.
ReplyDeleteYour cards are gorgeous! The purple one is very eye catching.
ReplyDeleteOMG all your cards are absolutely gorgeous. I'm surprised by your picture of the Canadian geese and the lotus together. In Australia here lotus are only seen in the wild in the tropic and not alongside geese that live in the snow but magpie geese.
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