MFP Blogg hop - last day. Go fly a kite...

Aug. Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured Aug 13th
Pocket Watches

Featured Aug 14th
Joyous Season

Featured Aug 15th 
Country Charm
 

Featured Aug 16th

Wealthy Fish

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 Aug 17, 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 10 PM EST on Friday Aug 16, 2013.

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

"Lucky You"

 The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Take Time Mini"
                                                      

Here's the Design Team:

Patty
Lois
Jane C
Debbie
Pam
Pat G
Thrfity Stamper
Marilynn

Karen K

Bonnie

Kathy
Angela
Cathy C
Toni
Sue W
Janine
An'Jenic
Shirley Q
Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.



I knew yesterday that my card would be unique... and I am guessing that will hold true for today's card as well. This set took a long time for me to figure out what to create. I had hit a creative block. So I did what I always do when I hit a block I set it aside. I had this set sitting on my desk for days and I was about to give up when the creativity hit me. When it hit, the ideas just started flowing. I was inspired by the Japanese Koi Kites that are flown on Children's Day on May 5. Here is a blog post about these kites. I decided to make the fish in this set a kite. I stamped him in black and watercolored him rainbow colored and I fussy cut him out. I then glued three strings to the back of the image. I added a paper spring behind the body and I glued the top fins and tail to the swirl embossed background. (I thought the swirls kinda looked like the wind blowing the wind sock.) I wanted the streamers to look like they were blowing too, so I took two pieces of ribbon and hot glued them to the background. In this first photo you can see the dimension of the ribbons.

Then I made a reversible corner bookmark. One side, for when I have to be polite and nice and sweet, has the embossing and rhinestones.

And for days when I am feeling cranky and PMS hormones have taken over it says "GO FLY A KITE."

One of the really fun things about his card was the bottom of the easel. I took black cardstock and I glued little squares of mullberry paper on to it. I have had these scraps for years. I don't even remember the last time I actually used any on a card. Today, I felt like it was the perfect time to use them, because they made me think of tissue paper and the koi kites are made out of tissue paper. I used a glue stick to randomly glue the pieces on top of eachother. I then embossed the panel with the swirl embossing folder. Then I attached it to the base of the easel by sewing a random crazy stitch. This easel has two sets of brads. If you look at  my second picture you will see that it is set at the lower setting showing just a little of the mullberry paper.
The last picture shows it on the higher setting ,showing more of the mullberry paper.



Now to share a song. LET'S GO FLY A KITE.
You knew it had to be this song.
 It has been going through my head all day so it is only fitting that I share it with you so that you will be singing it too.