Friday, March 22, 2013

Mark's Finest Papers March Blog Hop last day



March Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

  Featured March 19
Garden Bunny

Featured March 20
 Spring Things
 
Featured March 21
 Glad Glads
 
Featured March 22
Seed Packets

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 March 23,2013 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 March 22,2013.
 The special stamp set we have for you this month is:

"News From The Woods"

 The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

                                                         "Corn Ears"

 
Pam 
Toni 
Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co 



For the last day of the hop I combined two of the sets and made a paper bag album. I added ribbons and twines to hold the pages together, The nice thing about paper bag albums is that the bags make pockets that you can put in photos or other keepsakes. I made this for a friend of mine who loves to garden. 
















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Thursday, March 21, 2013

MFP Blog Hop Day 3- An ir-RESISTable background



March Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

  Featured March 19
Garden Bunny

Featured March 20
 Spring Things
 
Featured March 21
 Glad Glads
 
Featured March 22
Seed Packets

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 March 23,2013 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 March 22,2013.
 The special stamp set we have for you this month is:

"News From The Woods"

 The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

                                                         "Corn Ears"

 
Pam 
Toni 
Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co 




Here is my card using this set. This card started as 1 sheet of white cardstock. I watercolored - resisted the background with splatters of colors and I stamped the flowers separately and water colored them with yellows. I added some funky green yarn and some pearls.
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

MFP Blog Hop Day 2 Dutch Tulips



March Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

  Featured March 19
Garden Bunny

Featured March 20
 Spring Things
 
Featured March 21
 Glad Glads
 
Featured March 22
Seed Packets

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 March 23,2013 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 March 22,2013.
 The special stamp set we have for you this month is:

"News From The Woods"

 The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

                                                         "Corn Ears"

 
Pam 
Toni 
Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co 

When I think of tulips I think of the Netherlands. My husband's family has a rich Dutch heritage, with some family still living in Holland. I wanted to make a wooden shoe card for my Father-in-law. I drew a wooden shoe and cut it out of brown cardstock. Then I stamped the tulips, masked the tulips and stamped some more and more till I had a huge collection. Then I watercolored them and cut them out and manipulated  and layered the paper so that there was dimension..


I learned how to say Happy Spring in Dutch....

Gelukkige Lutke

My daughter is going to college in Pella Iowa.  That is a town that takes it's Dutch Heritage seriously. They plant so many tulips all over town. They have a festival in May called TULIP TIME.

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

MFP March Blog Hop - DAY 1



March Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

  Featured March 19
Garden Bunny

Featured March 20
 Spring Things
 
Featured March 21
 Glad Glads
 
Featured March 22
Seed Packets

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 March 23,2013 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 March 22,2013.
 The special stamp set we have for you this month is:

"News From The Woods"

 The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

                                                         "Corn Ears"

 
Pam 
Toni 
Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co 


 For my card I stamped the vegetables on cream cardstock and water colored them. My card opens up from the bottom. It is kind of a shortened card. The scripture sentiment in actually on the inside of the card.

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Thursday, February 21, 2013

Mark's Finest Papers February Blog Hop Last Day

 
February Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are
Lots of Luck Featured February 19
Hum Along Featured February 20
Rain Clouds Featured February 21
All Postal Featured February 22

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 February 23,2013 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 February 22,2013.






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

 

The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

 "Big Cupcake"
 
Pam 
MariLynn    THIS IS ME
Toni 
Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co 



My cards for the hop this week for the most part have been fairly CAS. I decided not to go that way with this set. I saw it and immediately thought VINTAGE COLLAGE. I stamped the "stamp" and cancellation onto a piece of brown cardstock. I paired it with a blue and brown dp. I purposely had the post card and the blue dp hang off over the edges of the card. The base is a cream colored cardstock. I then have a dark brown cardstock layer with a layer of vintage rose dp. The doily along with my hand quilled roses made from the pages of an encyclopedia, the pearls and amber jewels on a wire, and repurposed broken hair clip all give it that antique feel.


 Here is a close up of the roses, pearls and amber jewels on the curled wire.


 Here is a close up of the stamps and cancellation mark and the broken and repurposed hair clip. It has been sitting in my drawer of 'Junk' that I might use again someday. Well, today was the day.
 

 Having an empty nest is harder than I ever imagined it would be. I still have my boys at home, but I miss both of my daughters who have grown and are out on their own. This card could be for either one because I do miss them. This is a photo of me with my daughters taken about a month ago on a rare happening that we were all together. 

 This beautiful song makes me think of them. I know it more about a man-woman love interest, but I imagine my girls when I hear it. Send me a song!!!!

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Mark's Finest Papers February Blog Hop- Day 3

 
February Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are
Lots of Luck Featured February 19
Hum Along Featured February 20
Rain Clouds Featured February 21
All Postal Featured February 22

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 February 23,2013 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 February 22,2013.




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

 

The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

 "Big Cupcake"
 
Pam 
MariLynn    THIS IS ME
Toni 
Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co 




 For my card, I used rainbow digital paper. I used word art in microsoft word to curve my sentiment. I had to print it a couple of times to get it just right. I printed it first on plain typing paper and placed the clear stamp over it so see how I needed to adjust it. Then I simply printed it on the rainbow paper. I stamped and masked the clouds. I colored around the edges of the clouds with two different shades of gray. I paper pieced the umbrella using the hearts from this really cool digi set called Sassy Frassy Digi Papers  The papers can be resized to what ever size you need. For this card I made the little hearts really tiny so that they didn't overwhelm the umbrella. I was going to add glue and glitter to the raindrops, but decided that I liked how it turned out, so no glitter.  

 As we are waiting for a huge snowstorm to hit, my 16 year old son, looked at my card and said, "MOM, it isn't rain that should go away it is snow." (Can you tell, he doesn't want to have to shovel it?). So he said this is what it should say... "Precipitation, Precipitation, Depart Hence." He is a funny one.Very smart... takes after me...

  This is what I listened to as I crafted today. If I think about Spring... it will come... right?


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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Mark's Finest Papers February Blog Hop - Day 2

 
February Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are
Lots of Luck Featured February 19
Hum Along Featured February 20
Rain Clouds Featured February 21
All Postal Featured February 22

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 February 23,2013 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 February 22,2013.




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

 

The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

 "Big Cupcake"
 
Pam 
MariLynn    THIS IS ME
Toni 
Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co 








The background for my stamp is the Mark's Finest Papers set called JUST A NOTE.
I used this week's MOJO281 sketch.
This card is also what I made for this week's Splitcoast Stampers - CAS challenge CAS208 to be inspired by this quote:
"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." 
My hummingbird sure is humming along with the music background. 
The TLC Challenge - TLC417  was to use Washi Tape. I used faux washi tape at the bottom of my card with the little roses.  
And lastly this card is for the lovefest2013e challenge to use die cuts.


This set is one of my favorites. These are cards I made last week using this set.







My daughter got to go to a JJ Heller concert last night. I was blessed to hear her in concert last year. 
This song is a beautiful song about love and the reason that I'm sharing it is because parts of the song are just hummed. It is what I thought about when I saw the name of this set Hum Along.



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