CASology Wants a Shoe

Squeaking a card in again for the CASology challenge #12. It's been a busy week of blog hops for me. This week's challenge has the cue word as shoe.

 

I got out my 'girly all the way' cowgirl boots and whipped up a card this morning. These CAS cards just don't take too long. I did this while hubby while still in the bed snoozing. Of course, I've been up since about 3:00 a.m. Is it a full moon or what? LOL I was up at around 2:00 the night before. Ugh!

Also entering: Inspiration Challenge IC356 on Splitcoaststampers.
Simon Says Stamp Challenge -Anything Goes

Recipe:
Stamps-Mark's Finest Papers and Stamps, A Heinrich Co.-Cowgirls Rule (boots and sentiment) and for the barbed wire Hey Cowboy
Paper-PTI white
Ink-Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories-Copics

MFP -Blog Hop/Day 4 and a Farewell

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

   September Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Buried Treasure Featured September 25

Going Batty Featured September 26

Autumn Splendor Featured September 27

Tweet That Featured September 28

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 September 29, 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 September 28, 2012.

 

Today is the final day of the blog hop. Hope you've enjoyed hopping along with us and good luck on winning some of the wonderful stamp sets.

This will be my final post as a SR. DT member of Mark's Finest Papers and Stamps and as a team member for FOSTV. It has been awesome working with all these wonderful ladies. What a great team and company! Sometimes you just have to give up something you enjoy when life pulls you away. And, it is that time for me. I'm sure I'll be checking in on these girls at Home of Speedy TV.

My card is also to honor the Queen for the Day #132 on SCS, Polly aka peeps321.

Recipe for my card:
Stamps-MFP Tweet That
Paper-MFP-Tawny Cat cardstock, MME Lost and Found paper pad
Ink-Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories-Martha Stewart glitter/crystal fine, glue pen, Cheery Lynn Designs/Fanciful Flourish die, Fiskars Border and Corner punch-Lattice Entertain You

It's time to head over to Toni's blog and see what wonderful creation she has today.

 

Lois

Vicky

Pat G.

Patty P.

Marilynn

Pam

Debbie

Bonnie

Kathy

Brenda  (you are here)

Toni

Tangii

Thrifty Stamper

Sue

Kelli

Janine

Janis L.

Cathy C.

Jane C.

Mark's Finest 

Mark's Finest Papers and Stamps- September Blog Hop/Day 3

My CCEE Stampers card can be found one post down.

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

   September Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Buried Treasure Featured September 25
Going Batty Featured September 26
Autumn Splendor Featured September 27
Tweet That Featured September 28

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 September 29, 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 September 28, 2012.

I love this stamp set called Autumn Splendor. It has the cutest images and they're great for Fall, Halloween, Thanksgiving, or just for a fun card to put a smile on someone's face.

 

My card is very simple. I used the Spellbinders classic large oval nestabilitie and stamped the image inside after embossing. I colored with Copics and added a little shading with my C1 Copic marker. The sentiment and three rhinestones finished it off.

 

It's time to hop over to Toni's blog now and see what delightful creation she has today. 

Lois

Vicky
Pat G.

Patty P.

Marilynn

Pam

Debbie

Bonnie

Kathy

Brenda (you are here)

Toni

Tangii

Thrifty Stamper

Sue

Kelli

Janine

Janis L.

Cathy C.

Jane C.

Mark's Finest 

CCEE Stampers/Make Your Own Background

Sabrina Friel gave us another awesome challenge over at CCEE Stampers this week. It is to make your own background paper. Let me tell you, I had fun with this one and really like the results for my Fall card.

To make the background, I started with a piece of  PTI white cardstock and used Tim Holtz Distress Ink in crushed olive, rusty hinge, and mustard seed. I crumpled my paper, smeared the ink on the paper, sprayed a mist of water on the paper and crumpled again. That's it! Very simple.

The stamps I'm using are Hero Arts/Real Leaves and Sweet 'n Sassy Poppies and Greetings for the sentiment. The inks used on the leaves are Memento Bamboo Leaves and Potter's Clay, and Tim Holtz Distress Ink mustard seed. I managed to ink the stamp in the different colors.  The sentiment is Memento Rich Cocoa.  I added some rust raffia and gold metal brads and it's finished.

Mark's Finest Papers and Stamps, A Heinrich Co.- Blog Hop/Day 2

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

   September Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Buried Treasure Featured September 25

Going Batty Featured September 26

Autumn Splendor Featured September 27

Tweet That Featured September 28

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 September 29, 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 September 28, 2012.

 

 

 

I had so much fun making this card. There are so many wonderful images for Halloween. I made my moon by using a circle punch and placing yellow cardstock behind the black cardstock. The branch is a die cut and the dead grass is a Martha Stewart grass punch.

 

Recipe:

Stamps-MFP I'm Going Batty

Accessories-Memory Box/woodland branch die, Fiskars 1" circle punch, Martha Stewart grass edge punch, Copics

 

 

It's time to head to Toni's blog. I'm sure she has something super to show you.

 

 





Mark's Finest Papers and Stamps, A Heinrich Co. - Blog Hop/Day 1

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

   September Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Buried Treasure Featured September 25

Going Batty Featured September 26

Autumn Splendor Featured September 27

Tweet That Featured September 28

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 September 29, 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 September 28, 2012.

 

 

 

 This is the perfect stamp set for making my little grandson a birthday card. He is so into pirates. For  his third birthday I made him a treasure chest and put some maps/treasures inside. I am using a piece cut off one of the canvas-type maps on this card which he will receive for his next birthday. The flag pole is part of a pirate ship die cut and I stamped the trunk again and cut out the skull to place on the flag. The canvas fabric for the sentiment came from Hobby Lobby. I've distressed around the image by curling/tearing some of the paper and inking with Distress Inks. The only coloring was the compass rose.
 

Recipe:

Stamps-MFP Buried Treasure

Paper-map canvas from Hobby Lobby, The Paper Studio Textured Waves

Ink-Memento Rich Cocoa, Toffee Crunch, Desert Sand, Tim Holtz Distress Ink-Walnut Stain,

Accessories-Sizzix Bigz Die-Pirate Ship-flag and pole only, Canvas fringe, twine, Copics

 

Next, you'll head to Toni's blog.

 

 

 

FOSTV-Tags and Tickets

The Friends of Speedy TV  challenge 39 is Tags and Tickets. I decide to put mine on a card. I had the smaller tag and thought to make it really pop out, I would cut a larger one with a bright background and place under it. The Fall leaves are from Mark's Finest Papers and Stamps, A Heinrich Co. and the set I used is called Autumn Glory and for the sentiment I used a set called Island Life.

My small ticket at the top of the card is a freebie from Scrap-A-Licious Times and is a digital image. My designer paper is MME Paper Pad called Sunshine. I'm using MFP cardstock, Orangie Sunset and Chipboard.

Hope you'll come over to Speedy TV and join our challenge this week. Here is the stamp set being given to some lucky winner this week, Island Life.