No Designer Paper

This card is for the Crafty Hazelnut Christmas Challenge this week to use no Designer Paper. Images are all colored with Copic markers.

Stamps - MFP a HC - Poinsettia Blooms, Holly Jolly Christmas
 IO Cover a Card

Speedy Fox and Friends Challenge 131

This weeks challenge is to use pumpkins. I've used 3 different stamp sets for this card. I had all this little rectangles left from my window die cut and decided these new mini stamps would be perfect for them.  This is what I came up with.

Stamps - MFP a HC - Autumn Splendor, Cracked Hello and Halloween Selections. 

MFP a HC Oct. Blog Hop Day 4

     Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's 

   October Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Christmas Selections Featured October 23
Poinsettia Blooms Featured October 24
Cracked Hello Featured October 25
On The Fly Featured October 26

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 October 27, 2012 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 October 26, 2012.

Here are my cards.

Faux Bricks at Speedy TV

Today on Tutorial Time on Speedy TV  I will be showing you how to do a Faux Brick technique. Hilight Tutorial Time and click on #21. I hope you give it a try. Show us your card for a chance to win a great stamp set.

MFP a HC Oct. Blog Hop Day 3

 Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's 

   October Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Christmas Selections Featured October 23
Poinsettia Blooms Featured October 24
Cracked Hello Featured October 25
On The Fly Featured October 26

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 October 27, 2012 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 October 26, 2012.

Here's my card. This set has a great cracked background stamp. Love it!

MFP a HC Oct. Blog Hop Day 2

    

   Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's 

   October Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Christmas Selections Featured October 23
Poinsettia Blooms Featured October 24
Cracked Hello Featured October 25
On The Fly Featured October 26

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 October 27, 2012 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 October 26, 2012.

Here's my card. I love this set but I love Poinsettias so this for me is a pleasure to color.  I used Copic markers to color and then cut out each flower. 

MFP a HC Oct. Blog Hop Day 1

    Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's 

   October Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Christmas Selections Featured October 23
Poinsettia Blooms Featured October 24
Cracked Hello Featured October 25
On The Fly Featured October 26

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 October 27, 2012 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 October 26, 2012.

Here's my card. Lots of mini designs to mix and match with the Scenic Selections set. 

The one that got away

I think we all know the fisherman who lost the big one. Here is a card for him. I've used a stamp from 3 different sets. The little fisherman is from Silhouette Mini, the fish is a sneak peak for the Fly Away set and the sentiment is from the Celebrate Big set. All from Marks Finest Papers a Heinrich Company.

Black & white Christmas

This is for the Crafty Hazelnut Christmas card challenge this week/ Black & White with a splash of color. Poinsettia is colored with Copics. I used four of the dies and one of the negatives to make my layers.

Stamps - MFP a HC - Poinsettia Blooms
Spellbinder dies - Marvelous Squares

Speedy Fox and Friends Challenge 130

Atumn Leaves are falling down and that is what our challenge is about this week. Leaves!!! Fall cards are so much fun for me to make. The colors are so vibrant. I used a stencil on my card front and sponged with all the Fall colors. Removed the stencil and stamped my leaves. Go on over and add your card for a chance to win a great stamp set.

Stamps - MFP a HC - Thankful Mini, Scenic Selections, Autumn Days Mini

Pause Dream Enjoy Challenge 42

Happy Friday! Don't you just love Fridays? 
Today is the start of a brand new challenge at
Pause Dream Enjoy Challenges!

Ch# 42: Make a "Night" project.

Create any type of project featuring the NIGHT.

(Owl in tree; Ghost in mansion, etc.)

Starts: Friday, October 19th 12:00 am EST

Ends: Thursday, October 25th, Noon EST

Winner (chosen by random.org) Announced: Thursday, October 25th late afternoon

Our Sponsor this challenge is

Mark's Finest Papers & Stamps
Prize: Buffalo Springs Stamp Set

Here's the NIGHT project I made...

The stars are wooden veneer I colored with Markers. Stamps- MFP a HC - I'm Going Batty.

Christmas Lantern Sneak Peak

Another image from the MFP a HC Poinsettia Blooms set. Images colored with Copics. Background is a IO Cover a Card stamp.

Christmas sneak peaks for Oct.

These stamps are from the new sets being offered next week during the MFP a HC Blog Hop. I've used the crackled background from Cracked Hello and the Poinsettia from Poinsettia Blooms

These are a little set of mini stamps that work with the Scenic selections set. This set is called Christmas Selections. I made my own tags and they are all ready to attached to a gift.

Everything is colored with Copics.

Snow flake Christmas

Back to a few more challenges this week. I am using a brand new set from MFP a HC today to make my little window scene for the Crafty Hazelnut Christmas Card challenge.

Stamps - MFP a HC - Scenic selections, Christmas selections
Misc. - Spellbinder dies for label, Window die from Poppy Stamps, Snowflakes die from Cheerylynn Designs

Speedy Fox and Friends 129

Today the challenge is a little different. We have a photo to give us inspiration to make our cards.

Here is the photo:

 It is actually part of a photo that I took at the Salvidor Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, FL. In the courtyard was this huge very intersting artistic design made with tiles. 

I was looking through some Technique Junkie Techniques and saw this tiled technique. Thought it would be perfect. I used the same colors in the photo and a flourish bling. Hope you get inspired and play along. There is a great stamp set up for grabs.

Stamps - MFP a HC - Buried Treasure

Christmas Waterfall card

This week on Tutorial Time at Speedy TV we are making Waterfall cards. Here's your chance to learn to make a different kind of card and have a chance to win a great stamp set. Go on over to Speedy TV. Hilight Tutorial Time Challenges. Click on #19. Follow the directions to make your card and enter the challenge. It's that easy.  Here is my card.

First flip

  

Second Flip

Last Flip.

Stamps - MFP a HC - Holly Jolly Greetings
Charm and Jingle Bell brads - MFP a HC

One last card for tonight

This one is for a November Build a Sketch swap. I love this Santa. He's just so cute. I've only used half of him and used the small holly stamp to form my wreath around him. See the jingle bells? They are brads. Well tomorrow I'm back to work but have shortened days so hopefull I get a few more cards put together this week.

Stamps - MFP a HC - Holly Jolly Greetings
Misc. - ribbon and jingle brads - MFP a HC

Feeling Sketchy Week 28

Here is another challenge I have neglected lately.  I bought this die set yesterday and it was perfect for this weeks sketch and I was able to finish one more Christmas card.

Stamps - MFP a HC - Christmas Cardinals
Die by Spellbinders

TLC 398/ Add dimension

It's been awhile since I have been able to work on extra challenges but today was very productive. The Splitcoaststampers Monday technique challenge was to add dimension. I sponged a background with the help of a stencil to make my sunflower stand out from the back and then popped up the sentiment.

MFP a HC - stamps - Bring on the Sun

Speedy Fox and Friends Challenge 128

There is a "Recipe" Challenge on the Speedy Fox and Friends Blog this week. Here is the Recipe. Use 1 ribbon ( I have a bow ), 2 embossing folders ( I used the Pin Dot folder and Tim Holtz Pine Tree folder) and 3 diecuts or punches ( I used a circle, an oval and a lacy doily ). The holly and sentiment are from MFP a HC. Play along for a chance to win a great stamp set.

Stamps - MFP a HC - Holly Jolly Greetings
Embossing folders - Tim Holtz, Cuttlebug

Tutorial Time at Speedy TV

Go on over to Speedy TV and Hilight Tutorial time. Click on #18. You're going to learn all about Distressing. This is not my thing ladies. I have to admit this. You won't see me ripping my papers or half destroying my image I just took so much time coloring. LOL. But I gave it a go. What you see is actually the back side of my first attempt. Just didn't like it. I was spritzing and swiping and stamping and yuck!! So I turned it over and stamped the image and liked it a lot better. I sponged Distressed inks both Old Paper and Linen on the piece. The background is a Faux Patina technique. A little Distressed Stickles was also used here and there. Wrinkled paper is perfect for this old map image from MFP a HC. Go on over and join in to have a chance to win a great stamp set.

Stamps - MFP a HC - Buried Treasure

PDE Challenge 40

Happy Friday! Don't you just love Fridays? 
Today is the start of a brand new challenge at
Pause Dream Enjoy Challenges!

Question: Do you decorate for Halloween?

Ch# 40: Purple & Orange 

Create any type of project using Purple & Orange.

Starts: Friday, October 5th 12:00 am EST

Ends: Thursday, October 11th, Noon EST

Winner (chosen by random.org) Announced: Thursday, October 11th late afternoon

Our Sponsor this challenge is
Dizzy Lizzy Creations
https://www.facebook.com/dizzylizzys?ref=hl
Prize: Custom Tile

Here's what I made for this challenge:
It's hard to see but my card is Purple with an Orange layer. The purple sky is sponged. 

Stamps--Marks Finest Papers a Heinrich Company--Halloween Mini & I'm Going Batty
Memento Inks

A Twist on Resist

Hello again SSSD ladies. Here is our October technique. You will need solid or nearly solid stamps. 2 small ones and a larger one. I have never done this technique so what I do and how it turns out will be exactly what you see. I can tell you though my choice of stamps wasn't quite right for this technique but I think it turned out ok. 

Here is the stamp I am starting out with and it is one that I made with 2 squares of fun foam and a piece of EZ Mount. 

Start by using your first stamp and a light colored ink.

Next add a second light color. Mine was actually a little too dark and gave me a few fits later in this technique so stay light. You need to be able to cover this ink up later.  Now **important** let it dry. Walk away for 15 minutes or use a heat gun to heat it.

Swipe the piece with your embossing and then stamp your larger stamp with Versa Mark. 

Cover with Clear Embossing Powder. Shake off the excess.

Emboss. Here is where the twist comes in. The color shows through the embossing.

Now brayer or sponge your dk color over the whole thing. I tried 3 or 4 colors before I finally got my beginning squares covered. Wipe off with a paper towel to clean the ink off the embossing. 

Now with your other smaller stamp Fill in the spaces with a darker ink. You want to fill it all in making it look like your very own Designer Paper. Wipe off any ink that gets on your embossing. 

Here's my card. 

Stamps - MFP a HC - Be Wild & Free
Paper - MFP a HC - Aged Marigold Mottled , Premium Snow Storm Smooth
Misc. - Ribbon, Twine and Charm from MFP a HC

Let's make a Gate Fold card

Ok SSSD ladies. Here is our card for the month of October. It is very easy to make. So let's get started.

You will need a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 piece of card stock scored at 2 1/8 & 6 3/8. If you have a scor pal these measurements are marked on the board. 

When you fold it this is how it looks. 

   

Take 2 pieces of paper 1 7/8 x 5 3/4. This next step is up to you. I sponged the edges or my paper. 

Attach them to the front of the card.

Open up the card and add a piece of cardstock for your sentiment. It can also be decorated if you wish. The piece is 4 x 5 1/4. 

Now you need a shape. It can be a square , circle or whatever you want. I chose an oval and backed it with a scalloped oval. Layer your chosen shape.   Color in your image and attach them to each other.

Put adhesive on only 1/2 of the image shape. 

Attach it to your card. 

Here is the inside of mine.

And here is the outside. Notice I took an acorn and attached it with a pop dot to the front of my card. It is not attached to the image but to the front of the panel. I have it close enough to the image though to help keep the card closed. You could do this with a cut out circle for a sentiment or a flower. 

That's all there is to it. Very quick and easy.