mfp day 3

Welcome to
the MFP Stamp Shop

April Blog
Hop

Let's get started!!!!

This month's new Stamp Set Releases are:

Featured April28 Paper DollSophia

Featured April 29 Paper Doll Sophia Let's Go

Featured April 30 Big Trees

Featured May 1 Small Flowers

Please Hop along with us!! You have a chance to win
one of these new stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs ( don't forget
this one ) each day for more chances to win! ( You do NOT need to comment on on
all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly.) The winners will be
announced on May 2, 2015 right here 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 Friday May 1, 2015 at 10:00 PM EST.

Let's get
started !!

Here's the
Design Team

Bonnie

Jane

Janine 

Karen

Lois  

Marilynn

Pam Mc

Pam T 

Pat

Sandy 

Shirley 

Sue

Toni

Vickie

MFP Stamp
Shop 

Enjoy the
Hop. Come on back tomorrow for more creative fun!!

 A week ago my husband bought some old books at an auction. He got 4 crates @ a dollar a crate. In one of the crates was an old hymnal. I had a hard time at first tearing a page out, but then I thought... dp at a fraction of penny a page, and that made it a lot easier. I used a page from the old hymnal to make a journal page.The page was bigger than my little art journal so I turned it side ways and it folds about where the lace is.  I stamped the tree 3 times and sprayed blue paint. I used chalk to add the green. I painted the little brown church just peeking into the journal,.

The story behind the song was very interesting to me. A man was traveling through a village in northern Iowa and saw a clearing that he thought would make a neat place for a church, but there wasn't a church there. He wrote a poem that was later put to music about that church that was only in his imagination. He put the poem in a drawer and forgot about it.  The villagers on their own decided to build a church and they chose that same location. They also ended up painting the church brown. All of this without knowing what he had written. He was traveling back by that location and was shocked to see the little brown church standing right where he had imagined it. .

mfp day 2

Welcome to the MFP Stamp Shop

April Blog Hop

Let's get started!!!!

This month's new Stamp Set Releases are:

Featured April 28

Paper Doll Sophia

Featured April 29

Paper Doll Sophia Let's Go

Featured April 30

Big Trees

Featured May 1

Small Flowers

Please Hop along with us!! You have a chance to win one of these new stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs ( don't forget this one ) each day for more chances to win! ( You do NOT need to comment on on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly.) The winners will be announced on May 2, 2015 right here 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 Friday May 1, 2015 at 10:00 PM EST.

Let's get started !!

Here's the Design Team

Bonnie

Jane

Janine 

Karen

Lois  

Marilynn

Pam Mc

Pam T 

Pat

Sandy 

Shirley 

Sue

Toni

Vickie

MFP Stamp Shop 

Enjoy the Hop. Come on back tomorrow for more creative fun!!

My dress for Sophia is not going to look like anyone else's because I made mine by masking and stamping components of the other outfits to make the wedding dress.
I stamped the short skirt first. 

Then I stamped it on a post it note (in blue)

I cut out the post it note and covered the skirt.

I stamped the skirt again, but lowered it slightly.

 Another skirt stamped on the post it note and cut out and put over second layer.

Then I stamped the long skirt over the post it note. I used the form fitting dress but cut away the collar to add the lacy one. I cut the skirt and dress out and covered them with cheese cloth. I added some embroidered flowers and pearls and a row of lace with flowers to the bottom. I made her hat and veil out of the embroidered flower and more cheese cloth. The background behind her reminded me of vintage wall paper. That is why I made it a wall and added the framed sentiments. 

The sentimenst I hung on my card's "Wall" were from MFP set called SWANS

To frame the sentiments on the wall I used MFP set called ALL POSTAL

 I made it an easel card to stand up. Since I put about 4 hours making the dress I think it should be displayed. I took some of the dp I used on the front and put that on the bottom of the easel and I punched the edge.

I think the dress looks like it could have been a wedding dress in the 1920's. What do you think? 

mfp blog hop day 1

Welcome to the MFP Stamp Shop

April Blog Hop

Let's get started!!!!

This month's new Stamp Set Releases are:

Featured April 28

Paper Doll Sophia

Featured April 29

Paper Doll Sophia Let's Go

Featured April 30

Big Trees

Featured May 1

Small Flowers

Please Hop along with us!! You have a chance to win one of these new stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs ( don't forget this one ) each day for more chances to win! ( You do NOT need to comment on on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly.) The winners will be announced on May 2, 2015 right here 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 Friday May 1, 2015 at 10:00 PM EST.

Let's get started !!

Here's the Design Team

Bonnie

Jane

Janine 

Karen

Lois  

Marilynn

Pam Mc

Pam T 

Pat

Sandy 

Shirley 

Sue

Toni

Vickie

MFP Stamp Shop 

Enjoy the Hop. Come on back tomorrow for more creative fun!!

The flexibility of this set is you don't have to just use it for paper dolls. You can stamp the image and then use paper piecing technique on the outfits . I was inspired by two very good friends when making this card. The dp was from my friend Pam and the flowers were a recent gift from my friend Paula. I used chalk to give Sophia a little color. I did faux stitching around the panels. I really liked how you can see the words flower and yarn. 

Spring Flowers Challenge at MPC

Springtime has finally arrived. Warmer weather and ...yes flowers. The gals at Mountain Plains Crafters decided to make spring cards with flowers. I decided to make my card with quilled roses. I used  ODBDSLC234  sketch. It is kind of hard to see in my photo but I used cheesecloth for one of the panels. I replaced the circle on the sketch with my big butterfly. This card is for my good friend at church named Brenda.

MFP Blog Hop day 4

Welcome to the MFP Stamp Shop

March Blog Hop

 We're a little late this month due to delivery of our new stamps. 

But we made it before the end of the month so let's get started!!!!

This month's new Stamp Set Releases are:

Featured March 31

Gardenia

Featured April 01

Pirates

Featured April 02

Pirates 2

Featured April 03

Mushroom Selections

Please Hop along with us!! You have a chance to win one of these new stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs ( don't forget this one ) each day for more chances to win! ( You do NOT need to comment on on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly.) The winner will be announced on April 04, 2015 right here 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 Friday April 03, 2015 at 10:00 PM EST.

Let's get started !!

Here's the Design Team

Lois 

Pat

Pam Mc

Pam T 

Jane

Janine

Marilynn

Sue

Toni

Karen

Sandy

Vickie

Shirley

MFP Stamp Shop 

I combined two challenges with the mushroom images for today's post. I used this week's splitcoaststampers sketch.  I also made this for the mixed media challenge for smooth as glass. I stamped the  mushrooms and water colored them. I added white acrylic paint for highlights and added shading with gold shimmer eye shadow. I made it smooth as glass by embossing with UTEE. I folded the mushrooms so that the tops stand out giving them dimension. I wanted to make a magical background for my mushrooms. I ink sprayed and smashed blues and greens and sprayed it with gold shimmer spray. I outlined the top panel with gold sharpie marker. 

MFP Blog Hop Day 3

Welcome to the MFP Stamp Shop

March Blog Hop

 We're a little late this month due to delivery of our new stamps. 

But we made it before the end of the month so let's get started!!!!

This month's new Stamp Set Releases are:

Featured March 31

Gardenia

Featured April 01

Pirates

Featured April 02

Pirates 2

Featured April 03

Mushroom Selections

Please Hop along with us!! You have a chance to win one of these new stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs ( don't forget this one ) each day for more chances to win! ( You do NOT need to comment on on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly.) The winner will be announced on April 04, 2015 right here 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 Friday April 03, 2015 at 10:00 PM EST.

Let's get started !!

Here's the Design Team

Lois 

Pat

Pam Mc

Pam T 

Jane

Janine

Marilynn

Sue

Toni

Karen

Sandy

Vickie

Shirley

MFP Stamp Shop 

Enjoy the Hop. Come on back tomorrow for more creative fun!!

In February I shared my mini art journal. The pages are 2"x2 1/2" I punch holes in the top of each page and they are connected with rings. The little journal pages let me experiment with ideas that I might later use on a card. I stamped the sentiment and masked it. I then stamped the skull over it. I then masked the skull and I added print around them. I used a black ink pen to go over parts of the skull to make them darker. The pen lines make it look more like "I drew it" which is a look I was going for on this journal page. Can you tell I have kind of a twisted sense of humor to combine this sentiment and image. Also to clarify on my card yesterday I took the dog fur from my dog's brush. She is always shedding so it wasn't like I cut it off .

Blog Hop day 2

Welcome to the MFP Stamp Shop

March Blog Hop

 We're a little late this month due to delivery of our new stamps. 

But we made it before the end of the month so let's get started!!!!

This month's new Stamp Set Releases are:

Featured March 31

Gardenia

Featured April 01

Pirates

Featured April 02

Pirates 2

Featured April 03

Mushroom Selections

Please Hop along with us!! You have a chance to win one of these new stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs ( don't forget this one ) each day for more chances to win! ( You do NOT need to comment on on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly.) The winner will be announced on April 04, 2015 right here 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 Friday April 03, 2015 at 10:00 PM EST.

Let's get started !!

Here's the Design Team

Lois 

Pat

Pam Mc

Pam T 

Jane

Janine

Marilynn

Sue

Toni

Karen

Sandy

Vickie

Shirley

MFP Stamp Shop 

Enjoy the Hop. Come on back tomorrow for more creative fun!!

This card is totally Shirley's fault. We got to talking about pirates and dog fur. This is what happened. I added fur from my puppy to make the chest hair on this pirate. I heat embossed the sentiment. I made a treasure map with a brown paper bag. I burned the edges of the bag. I sprayed the black panel with gold shimmer spray. I added gold coins that were at one time a cereal box. I punched circles painted them and embossed them.