Marks Finest Papers December Blog Hop Release Day 2

Hello! Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's December Blog Hop!

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Pucker Up Featured December 13

Pussy Willows Featured December 14 Ice and Snow Featured December 14

New Pines Featured December 15

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! We will announce all four winners on December 16, 2011 on the Mark's Finest Papers blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. The winners will be chosen at 11PM EST on Thursday December 15, 2011.

Lois   Vicky   Anne   Connie   Linda - you are Here!   Karen H.   Patty P.   Geri   Dawn M.   Marilynn Chrissy   Karen K.   Pam   Debbie   Brenda T   Bonnie   Harriet   Tammylee   Silvia   Mark's Finest Papers

Here is my first project using the new set "Pussy Willows". This is a beautiful set, decided to create a vintage tag and will be entering it in several vintage challenges...

Copics used: B26, E37, C2, 4, 5

inks used: Ranger's Distress - Walnut, Faded Jeans, Rusty Hinge, Black Soot

cardstock - light brown, not quite navy, stash designer paper

embellishments:  ticket from THoltz, stash seam binding, ivory center tag fr stash

paper pieced little bird and crimped ticket

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next is my project with the new "Ice and Snow", hand drew an ornament shape from dark blue cardstock that was covered with the snowflake in this set and white embossed...

then decided to stay with the snowflake theme and created the background

Cardstock and ribbon is from MFP

ink is Memento Black and Danube Blue, Dew Drop Brilliance - Moonlight White embossed with Seafoam White embossing powder,

using white gel pen added accents:  dotted more snow and added circles in snowflake openings

last touch was adding a little snowflake charm - it fit perfectly....

enjoy the hop and best of luck in the draw to win a FREE Set!

hugs,

Tag is entered into following challenges:
 Designed 2 Delight - tag, ends Dec 17
Sugar Creek Hollow - vintage tag, ends Dec 16th
Corrosive Challenges by Janet -anything but Christmas, ends Dec 24

Card is entered into following challenges:
Joans Gardens - anything goes Christmas card, ends Dec 16
My Sheri Crafts - snowflakes, ends Dec 23
Addicted to Stamps - Snowflakes ends Dec 24

Marks Finest Papers December Blog Hop Release Day 1

Hello! Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's December Blog Hop!

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Pucker Up Featured December 13

Pussy Willows Featured December 14 Ice and Snow Featured December 14

New Pines Featured December 15

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! We will announce all four winners on December 16, 2011 on the Mark's Finest Papers blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. The winners will be chosen at 11PM EST on Thursday December 15, 2011.

Lois   Vicky   Anne   Connie   Linda - you are here!   Karen H.   Patty P.   Geri   Dawn M.   Marilynn Chrissy   Karen K.   Pam   Debbie   Brenda T   Bonnie   Harriet   Tammylee   Silvia   Mark's Finest Papers

My card using "Pucker Up"

nice break from Christmas cards...

Copics used: Y02, 06, 15...E37, YG63, 67...BV01, 0000...RV02, R81

ink is SU's Lavendar Lace and Memento Black,

stash designer paper and cardstock

ribbon from MFP...

enjoy the hop - and best of luck in the random draw for a winner (-:

hugs,

Christmas Blog Candy coming!

I just had a dear friend point out to me that my blog is so very close to having 300 followers!
Just cant believe it....so I'm going to put together 3 candy packages and post them THIS week for all my followers...
Will be some stamp sets (new and retired), designer paper, embellishments...hmmmmm - thinking a quick trip to Hobby Lobby is needed...

and early thank you!

See you after the December Release of the new sets from Marks Finest Papers this Tues, Wed and Thursday (-:

hugs,

Speedy the Cat Challenge #85

Hello weekend! I am SO glad you are here!!!

This week at the Speedy the Cat Challenge Blog, I loved having the challenge again. So have challenged us to create "Thank You" projects....we are busy making our Christmas cards and yet our stash of thank-you cards are going to be needed real soon ...

I strayed from the Christmas theme and created my card using MFP's "Black Eyed Susans for Encouragement"...was saving it for a "trash to treasure" challenge because I used a coffee cup holder from Starbucks. Turned it inside out to use the crimped side - an old friend taught me this trick (aka Jennie Harper) years and years and years ago...that's how old Jennie is..not ME (-*

cardstock is MFP's Aged Cranberry and stash designer paper. Image is stamped on Kraft and colored with Prisma pencils...lightly penciled edges while still in die and blended out...

added pearls with Viva's Black pearl pen, sentiment stamped with Memento Black.

Card opens from the bottom.

Hope you get to pop over and see the wonderful creations from the Design Team AND hope you are inspired to join in the challenge...remember - random winner wins a FREE STAMP SET!

looking forward to seeing your thank-you's

hugs,

Stamp TV's CSS Alumni Blog Hop

This is our Treasure Chest challenge hop and the focus is to create treat holders with a Christmas or New Year's theme! If you want to start at beginning of the hop, you can start from Stamp TV but if you hopping along already, then you should have come from the sweet blog of Lori McAree

I decided to create these adorable "sour cream containers"...they are quick - easy - and great way to use up some of my retired designer paper. TIP: my fingers just couldnt get these closed when they had the candy in them...so instead I sealed them up empty and then cut a slash in the top and filled them with M&M's...so much easier...added my little scalloped circle sentiment and it closed the slit perfectly!

These are for my grankids - chocked full of M&M's... and they hold a LOT - kids will enjoy (-:

these are so easy to make - go here for instructions - I just made my cylinder and sealed one end, then sealed the opposite end the opposite way, slit the top and added the candy, and added sentiment and ribbon....sooooo easy!

used GKD's 2009 Stamp set "Signed with Love" and punches from SU.
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then for my assistant at work I made this larger gift box - filled with gold wrapped snickers!
used the Spellbinders Grand Nestabilities Labels 4 and regular size Labels 4, cardstock is all from GKD along with GKD's designer paper, Stamp set is GKD's 2009 "Very Merry Christmas" by Theresa Momber. I took side pics so you could see that I made a small box and adhered the two side panels...bells are colored with Copics Y21, 26, 28, YG63,67 and Gold Smooch, ink is Memento Black and Delicata Golden Glitz....easy QUICK and different!

 i should have decorated the sides....

that's it for me!!!

Make sure to leave a comment as you hop along because on Tuesday morning (December 13), we will randomly choose one of the comments from all the blogs and that person will receive a huge grab bag of fabulous Gina K. Designs Stamps!

your next stop is the elegant blog of Karen Knegten

hope you've been inspired!

hugs,

entered assistant's gift box in challenge at Joan's Gardens

Phri-days are Phindy's!! Challenge #85

This week at Phindy's Place Friday Challenge Blog the challenge is to create "clean and simple" -which means not a lot of layers, embellishments, etc.

I'm using Phindy's cute winter image Jingle Bear ...

used my cuttlebug to dry emboss background and Spellbinders to cut image...

colored with Copics

Clean and Simple!

hope you get to enter -

You don't have to use a Phindy image this week but if you do, follow the instructions on the sidebar under the Challenge Rules to enter your card twice. Don't have a Phindy image, then just pop over to her store and pick up a few. There are some adorable new images to choose from.

One random winner will win a $5 gift certificate to the Phindy's Place Store. In addition the Design Team will select one entry as Card of the Week. The creator will also receive a $5 gift certificate and will be in the running for our monthly Guest Designer spot.

have a beautiful weekend - weather is supposed to be glorious although I hope to be finishing my shopping - gift cards for all this year (except the grankids) - this GranMa is tired and out of time LOL

hugs,

entered in challenge Joans Gardens - anything goes Christmas card, ends Dec 16

Grinch Game over at Creative Clear Stamps

Dont miss the fun over at Creative Clear Stamps . You can get there from the badge on my sidebar!

If the grinch is found at your blog you could win:

Prize value begins at $100.00 and could include CCS stamp sets, various retail store gift certificates, tools, embellishments, and much much more. The prize value will increase by $25.00 with every 10 NEW CV blog followers. Maximum prize value is $500.00. One Lucky Grand Prize Winner to be announced at NOON Central time 12-09-11.

 So I'm hoping something will happen on this blog LOL
 hugs,

Sugar Creek Hollow Challenge - to use non-traditional colors for Christmas

hi there, well since my time on the Design Team for Sugar Creek Hollow doesn't start until January, I'm still trying to win their blog candy - the Cricut!!!
so I have my three entries for this week's challenge "to create with non-traditional colors" for Christmas:

this first two are done with Layers of Color " Christmas Blessings" " - yep, I love this set. This is another way I've used it...non-traditional color is primarily  shades of Turquoise for the first one and Turquoise, Brown and Black for the second one!

and the third one is done with a stamp from Tin Can Mail - primarily shades of Brown matted onto ivory card base....

all coloring done with Copics...

hope you get a chance to enter - wouldnt winning a Cricut be an absolute awesome Christmas present!

hugs,

WINNER of Heartfelt Creations Alumni Blog Hop

Hello, thank you to everyone who participated in our hop....your response and encouragement was wonderful - big cyber hug to all !

A random draw of names of the Design Team pulled Olga's blog...then each name was written on small piece of paper and name was drawn by my DH....winner is BECKY!

Congrats, Becky! please email Emma at emmalou@heartfeltcreations.us to receive your $25 gift certificate to shop at Heartfelt Creations (-:

EVERYONE, Mark your calendars for the next Heartfelt Creations Alumni Blog Hop for December 27th - you may be the next winner of a $25 gift certificate to shop at Heartfelt Creations!

Have a beautiful day!

Sugar Creek Hollow - WOOOOO HOOOOO!

hi there - THIS is what you will see over on the Sugar Creek Hollow Challenge Blog today:

Welcome to Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow and a new challenge. Before I get to the challenge, let me tell you about some changes to the Sugar Creek Hollow Design Team. First, we are losing a couple of our wonderful designers because of family commitments. Marsha has been with Sugar Creek Hollow since the very beginning and her wonderful vintage designs will be missed. While Heide hasn't been with us as long, she has inspired us all each week with some gorgeous designs. Renee is going to stay with the team but will be scaling back her participation. Starting in the New Year she will become our Feature Artist and will show us all how Recycling and Repurposing are done the vintage way when those challenges come up. These ladies have made valuable contributions to the Sugar Creek Hollow team and have become lovely online crafting friends. Next, we have three new designers coming on board and they are joining us with their vintage beauties for the challenge this week so you can get a preview of what they will be showing you starting in January. Give a big welcome to:

Linda Payne from Payne Holler Cards

Peggy Marsh from The Wired Angel

Daniele Haddon from The Musings of a Chocoholic 

Now on to our challenge. With Christmas close at hand, our challenge to you this week is to make CHRISTMAS CARDS IN NON-TRADITIONAL COLORS. Don't forget that we are a vintage, shabby chic or primitive challenge and want you to create in those styles.

We have a lovely new sponsor this week. Please welcome Delicious Doodles who will be providing one random winner with 4 digis of her choice. The random winner will also receive a Sugar Creek Hollow winner's badge to display. The Design Team will also choose a Card of the Week and the creator will also receive a badge to display and will be in the running for a Guest Designer spot. Don’t forget, we also have Christmas Blog Candy for one lucky winner to be chosen from our challenge entries between now and Christmas Eve. To inspire you all of our current and our new designers have created some fabulous Christmas cards in non-traditional colors using a couple of the images from Delicious Doodles.

so here is mine :

this image reminded me of some pictures in my baby book from when my parents went camping when I was a baby ...(and I'm now soon going to be 61 so you know it's fallin apart LOL)

what I love about it is that my Mom journaled back then...all of my photo pages are black and she always used a white pen! sure wish I knew where to find the kind of pen she used!!

one of these days I will take some pics of my book and use in a post...

I am thrilled to be part of this Design Team !! hope I do them proud

hugs

Speedy the Cat Challenge #84

This week at the Speedy the Cat Challenge Blog, Design Team Member Brenda challenged us to create using our favorite embellishments.....tough...ribbon is my first choice but I also love lace trim and buttons and for sparkle....STICKLES LOL...cuttlebug....hmmmmm, so i incorporated all of them in my challenge card this week....a gal has to have more than one fav KWIM!

this was created using one of the new December releases "Ice & Snow"

Used dark blue and white cardstock, white embossed icicles and sentiment, sponged dry embossed background, trim and ribbon from MFP, stamped snowflake with Color Box Sky, stash button and added handrawn mini flakes with white pen and stickles!

have a beautiful weekend and hope you enter the challenge

REMEMBER...random winner receives a FREE stamp set from MFP!

hugs,

Phri-days are Phindy's ! Challenge #84

This week at Phindy's Place Friday Challenge Blog ...since it's the first Friday of the month -this is the ANYTHING GOES WITH A PHINDY IMAGE challenge.

I used a Fancy Fold card made with Spellbinder's Grand Nestabilities Label 4

and the adorable Phindy image Surprise

wanted a vintage look because I'm also entering her in the vintage

challenge over at Sugar Creek Hollow  to create with a Fancy Fold...hope you get a chance to play with your Phindy's this week - they are just so adorable and so easy to color.  I matted this little cutie on black cardstock to have her pop out over the sentiment and lace...

have a beautiful weekend - cant believe Christmas is only 3 weeks away!
hugs,

decided to also enter in the following challenges:

http://www.aifgraphics.com/blog/?p=1330 Something Red ends Dec 13th

http://colourcreatechallenge.blogspot.com/2011/12/challenge-85-red-white-and-green.html

http://paper-craftingjourney.blogspot.com/ ends Dec 7th

http://www.ibrakeforchallenges.blogspot.com/ ends Dec 13th

supplies:

sentiment from Nina Brackett - GKD

designer paper is retired from SU and an unknown

embellishments: stash lace

ink: Color box Licorice and Strawberry

Copics:  G20, 21, E00, 02, C3, Y21, 26, R29, RV23

Sugar Creek Hollow Challenge and Layers of Color Stamps!

hi there,

Love Layers of Color and for me - they are my "go to" vintage stamps...this week at Sugar Creek Hollow  the challenge is to create a "Fancy Fold" project.  I'm a "gate fold" gal who uses a mini velcro dot to keep card closed.

hope you like....

well, now I'm really behind on Christmas cards but for a good reason - money! I sold my 45 cards (sad that that's all I had done) for....drumroll please...for $180 !!! a wonderful co-worker wanted to see my Christmas cards and then decided to buy the whole box (I kicked in the plastic container LOL)...crazy - who spends that on cards!

Ohhhhh Iiiiii DO - supplies arent cheap (-:

so dont be surprised if your Christmas card is just a stamped Merry Christmas CAS card! (-:

hugs,

supplies:

Layers of Color: Christmas Verses and Poinsettia Frame

Cardstock - MFP's Aged Cranberry, white

Ink:  Color Box Licorice, Ranger's Distress - Peeled Paint Green and Burlap

Copics:  R27, 37, 89...G05,  YG99

Embellishments: stash designer paper, Viva Pearl Pen - Gold and Yellow Glass Effect Gel, mini velcro dot

Heartfelt Creations Alumni Blog Hop!

hi there! another month that has just flown by...

the last Tuesday of each month - some of the Heartfelt Creation's Alumni Design Team Members get together to create with our gorgeous Heartfelt collection....this month we have the talented:

Dina   Selma   Karen   Olga   Tesa   Clare  Marsha   Carla   Debbie  and you are HERE

I chose to share my card done with HCPC 3351 Cardinal With Holly Berries PreCut Set that matches the HCD 706 Cardinal Family Diecuts!! matted using Spellbinders Label 8....colored with Copics! embellishments from stash...this was a fav card last year so did a few more "by special request" again this year!

isnt it a wonderful feeling when you see family n friends put your cards out that they've kept over time for others to see ....

Remember to comment because there will be ONE random comment picked from one of these blogs to win a $25 gift certificate to shop at Heartfelt Creations !!! and with their gorgeous gorgeous NEW release...who wouldnt want to win that!!!

Hop ends at midnight December 2nd - winner will be announced at noon on Saturday on our blogs...


Enjoy the hop  - truly hope you were inspired (-:
 

Speedy the Cat Challenge #83

Welcome Weekend!
is everyone now sick of turkey !! Hope your Thanksgiving was awesome!

This week at the Speedy the Cat Challenge Blog ...Design Team member "ME" LOL..has challenged everyone to create the dreaded "masculine" card !!

It's a busy time for everyone, so being short on time I created another quick n easy card - not CAS - but definitely easy!

used the MFP Set  "Christmas in the Country"

Cardstock is from MFP but designer paper is from My Minds Eye...white embossed on black scrap strip, embossed the vanilla panel with CB's "herringbone" and "candy cane stripes"...stash brads and twine "ribbon" (dont know what to call it)....lightly sponged vanilla panel

DONE!

I am SO looking forward to seeing what masculine cards are entered in the challenge - trust me, I will be casing them all  (big smile here) and the random winner receives a FREE MFP set!!

enjoy what's left of your holiday ...now onto Christmas!!!

hugs

Phri-days are Phindy's!!! challenge #83

This week at Phindy's Place Friday Challenge Blog the challenge is to create "with a sprinkling of snow"....welllllll now its time to bring out one of my ALL time favorite Phindy images... it's called Tasty Flakes

she looks slightly "less intense in color" than IRL - but I think its because I was wanting to get the sparkle to show (-:

if you arent sleeping from being out Black Friday shopping, hope you pop over and check out the rest of the Design Team AND enter the challenge (-:

hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving

This whole week all of my posts were pre-scheduled because I have family here from Florida, both daughters and their families and then tomorrow..ALL of my siblings (6 of us) and their families and grankids..and my Dad

so needless to say "this joint is jumpin" LOL

will be around more next week

hugs and blessings,

supplies:

cardstock: Stampin Up Tempting Turquoise and retired designer paper, and Perfect Plum

Copics: V01, 4, 6...E00, R20, BV 11, 13, B000, B00, B04

sentiment: Verve digital freebie from 2010

embellishments: MS snowflake punch, Marvy scalloped oval punch, violet seam binding, stickles - crystal, white gel pen

spellbinders: Labels 18

Marks Finest Papers November Release - Day Three!

Hello! Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's November Blog Hop!

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Peaceful Nuthatch

A Trip to Lancaster

What a Fox

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! We will announce all three winners on Thanksgiving Day. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. The winners will be chosen at 11PM EST on Wednesday November 23, 2011.

Lois Vicky Anne Connie Linda - ME you are here Karen H. Patty P. Geri Dawn M. Marilynn Chrissy Karen K. Pam Debbie Brenda T Bonnie Harriet Mark's Finest Papers

Today we are showcasing "What a Fox"...i love doing scenes. This was hard to get a picture to show my "sparkling ice" and that I tried to get it reflected in the water and the trees...

Fox is colored with Copic YR04, areas of the scene were lightly sponged with Ranger's Distress Tumbled Glass Blue, Stormy Sky and then Copic W2, C2 and Y08.  Had fun with Glossy Accents, Smooch illuminator and Stickles !! sentiment stamped with the Stormy Sky...

Cardstock and dp is from SU as well as the ribbon

used silver gel pen to add dots

Well, that's it for the November release

Wishing everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving with time with family and friends,

and time to reflect on the awesome precious gift of salvation given to us by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ - if you dont know Him in this way, please take some time to pick up the Bible and meet Him! He is waiting for YOU (-:

John 3:16

Acts 16:31

hugs and blessings,

Marks Finest Paper November Releases - Day Two

Hello! Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's November Blog Hop!

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Peaceful Nuthatch

A Trip to Lancaster

What a Fox

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! We will announce all three winners on Thanksgiving Day. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. The winners will be chosen at 11PM EST on Wednesday November 23, 2011.

Lois Vicky Anne Connie Linda - ME you are here    Karen H. Patty P. Geri Dawn M. Marilynn Chrissy Karen K. Pam Debbie Brenda T Bonnie Harriet Mark's Finest Papers

Today we are showcasing "A Trip to Lancaster"

double stacked the Lotus die from Spellbinder's, colored the image with glitter pens (gave up trying to get the sparkle to show in pic), stash designer paper and ribbon from MFP. Black pearls are done with Vivid's Pearl Pen on the red and hand dotted with black pen around the image....

easy, quick and I really like this one (-:

hugs,

Marks Finest Paper November Releases! Day One

Hello! Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's November Blog Hop!

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Peaceful Nuthatch

A Trip to Lancaster

What a Fox

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! We will announce all three winners on Thanksgiving Day. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. The winners will be chosen at 11PM EST on Wednesday November 23, 2011.

Lois Vicky Anne Connie Linda - ME you are here Karen H. Patty P. Geri Dawn M. Marilynn Chrissy Karen K. Pam Debbie Brenda T Bonnie Harriet Mark's Finest Papers
 Today we are showcasing   "Peaceful Nuthatch"

wonderful little bird - very little coloring required - I used Ranger's Distress Peeled Paint Green, Aged Mahogany and Tumbled Glass blue and lightly colored images with a "nib" (quick and easy) You can purchase the nibs just about anywhere (for those who dont know - those are the replacement tips for your markers)

Cheery Lynn die cut in several pieces, MS leaf punch, stash designer paper and SU cardstock (Not Quite Navy)

hope you enjoy the new release,

hugs,

a Christmas card

hi there,
just had fun creating a card just ....because!
No challenge, no design team, no one needing a card....just something I sat here and did while watching the movie "Fireproof" (have a box of Kleenex right beside me LOL)

used the gorgeous stamps from Layers of Color

"Glad Tidings" and "Touch of Elegance"

forgot to run the embossing buddy over cardstock before embossing so it has a few snowy spots and

can hardly see the photo corners - tip: use lighter base when adding black photo corners LOL

ok, movie over - I'm all good cried out (-:

hugs and have a blessed weekend

ps  if you havent seen the movie "Fireproof "or the most recent release "Courageous"...treat yourself - will be a blessing to you (and watch with hubby, double blessing!)