Purple

Lets see the PURPLE!! Lots and lots of PURPLE. Head on over to the Speedy Fox and Friends Blog and enter your card for a chance to win a great stamp set. The background is one of the sprayed backgrounds I made during the Speedy TV Week 2 of Basic Backgrounds. I've covered over the stenciled part with my Crocus. The spray was the perfect color so I couldn't resist using it.

Stamps - MFP a HC - Winter Crocus

Tutorial Time on Speedy TV Challenge 55

This is a quick and easy technique called Faux Tiles. Go on over to Speedy TV to see the tutorial. Give it a try and add a card for a chance to win a fun stamp set. I used chalk and a Q Tip to color it in.

Stamps - MFP a HC - Christmas Cardinals, Holly Jolly Greetings

Go to the Beach

The theme this week is beach. That's an easy one. Head on over to the Speedy Fox and Friends Blog and add your card for a chance to win a great stamp set.

Stamps - MFP a HC - I Need a Vacation, Sand Dollar Mini

Tutorial Time on Speedy Tv Challenge 54

Boy I could not wrap my brain around this tutorial but after I gave it some thought I had Spirelli everywhere. It takes like a minute to make one. Very easy.  Go on over and give it a try. Add your card for a chance to win a fun stamp set. Click on Challenges and then on Tutorial Time.

  This is my first time using Flocking. Not a fan. It will stay in the drawer for a long while before I look at it again. I used Bakers twine for wrapping. 

 Stamps - MFP a HC - Love Remains, Birds & Trees

This one uses a gold cording and I tried to make a wreath with it. 

Stamps - MFP a HC - Holly Jolly Greetings

The Letter " Y "

That's the Challenge at Speedy Fox and Friends this week. Have a "Y" on the front of your card or something should begin with "Y". I have both.  Yellow begins with "Y" and Birthday ends with a "Y". That wasn't hard.  Go on over and add your card for a chance to win a great stamp set. I just received this Spellbinders die set. Isn't it gorgeous!!

Stamps - MFP a HC - Daffodil Greetings

Final Day June Blog Hop

June Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured June 11th
Need a Vacation

Featured June 12th
Fire Fighter
 

Featured June 13th 
Be Proud
 

Featured June 14th

Classic Dad

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 June 15,2013 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 June 14,2013.

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

"You Are an Angel"

 The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Wings"
                                                      

Here's my Card. The Background is one of the stenciled backgrounds from Speedy TV Week  1 of Basic Backgrounds. 

 

Tutorial Time on Speedy TV

We're building puzzles this week. Come join the fun. Add a card for a chance to win a great stamp set. Click on Challenges and then on Tutorial Time.

Stamps MFP a HC - Spring Things

Stamps - MFP a HC - Rain Clouds

June Blog Hop Day 3

June Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured June 11th
Need a Vacation

Featured June 12th
Fire Fighter
 

Featured June 13th 
Be Proud
 

Featured June 14th

Classic Dad

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 June 15,2013 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 June 14,2013.

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

"You Are an Angel"

 The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Wings"
                                                      

 

Here's my card.

June Blog Hop Day 2

June Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured June 11th
Need a Vacation

Featured June 12th
Fire Fighter
 

Featured June 13th 
Be Proud
 

Featured June 14th

Classic Dad

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 June 15,2013 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 June 14,2013.

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

"You Are an Angel"

 The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Wings"
                                                      

 

Here's my Card. It's called a Lever Card. My first attempt. I think it turned out well. 

CLOSED

OPENED

Basic Backgrounds Week 5

See how this

turns into this. 

and then into this

Check out Basic Backgrounds on Speedy TV. Click on Stamper Columns and then on Basic Backgrounds. 

June Blog Hop Day 1

June Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured June 11th
Need a Vacation

Featured June 12th
Fire Fighter
 

Featured June 13th 
Be Proud
 

Featured June 14th

Classic Dad

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 June 15,2013 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 June 14,2013.

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

"You Are an Angel"

 The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Wings"
                                                      

 

Here's my card. 

 I've colored it all with pencil on water color paper and cut them out.

A Christmas sneak peak

It's time to start making Christmas cards so I am ready in December to mail them out. They will be popping up here from time to time.  I used the negative of a die cut I had saved as a frame. Popped it up over the shiny sparkly red paper and my Christmas horn. The pearls are all made with a Pearl Pen. These stamps are part of a new set being introduced this month.

Stamps - MFP a HC - You are an Angel

Envelope Card

The Challenge at Speedy Fox and Friends is to make an envelope card. I decided on this version.  There is a video for this one on Speedy TV. I found many different ones out there in Google land. Try your hand at it an add a card for a chance to win a great stamp set.

Stamps - MFP a HC - Oh Baby

Tutorial Time at Speedy TV

This week was an interesting technique. We stamped on strips of paper and weaved them for the background. Check it out.  Click on challenges and then on Tutorial Time. Here's my card. The very back layer is one of the backgrounds made with stencils during week 2 ofSpeedy TV Basic Backgrounds. Almost all of the stenciling is covered up by the other layers but I though it was a nice touch for the background.

Stamps - MFP a HC - Bring on the Sun

Getting ready for the 4th.

Here's a sneak peak of the new set MFP a HC Be Proud being introduced next week. Love this little bear.

Classic cars

Here's a sneak peak of a new stamp set being introduced next week called Classic Dad by MFP a HC. Watch for the Blog Hop to begin on Tuesday to see the whole set. 

 This one is colored with pencil on water color paper. 

This one uses the wording that comes with the set to make my background. 

Basic Backgrounds Week 4

Here's the card made during this weeks work on the column for Speedy TV's  Basic Backgrounds. I've shown you how I did this tile with a stencil but then showed how you could do the same thing even if you don't have this stencil.

Speedy Fox and Friends Challenge 162

Check out the challenge this week. It's POCKET CARDS. Here's mine. This is the outside. 

Open it up to find the pocket. 

Play along for a chance to win a great stamp set. 

Stamps - MFP a HC - I Need a Vacation.

Let's make a fussy cut border - June SSSD technique

OK ladies here we go. Take a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2" piece of card stock and fold in half to make your card base. Decide on your stamps or stamp that you will use. One stamp alone will work fine. I am using 4 different ones. Stamp them on post it notes. 

Cut them out. These will become our masks. Now if you use 1 stamp, stamp it at least 3 times on the post it notes. 

Line them up to decide on your design.

Stamp the first one on your card base. 

Add your mask and stamp the next stamp overlapping the first image. Remember we don't want these to line right up with the edge. We will be cutting the edge out around the stamps.

Add your second stamp and stamp the next image

Repeat with the rest of your masks and images. HINT: store your masks with the stamps for another time you may want to stamp and mask with them. 

Here's my images all lined up along the edge. 

Color them in if you want. 

Open your card and cut along the edge around your images. 

Add a strip of paper to the back inside flap of your card. This will show behind your imaged border.

Finish your card. 

Stamps - MFP a HC - You've Got Style