Mark's Finest Papers, A Heinrich Company-Sneak Peek

Today is the beginning of sneak peek week for Mark's Finest Papers, A Heinrich Company. The blog hop starts next week and the Design Team will be showing off four new stamp sets for March. You will not want to miss this. There will be prizes up for grabs so be ready to see these awesome new sets and hop along with us.

The set I'm peeking today is called Flaps My Wattles. It has the cutest images and sentiments included. If you would like to see more of the sneak peeks this week, you can check the DT members blogs or go to Home of Speedy TV where I'm sure there will be several sneak peeks being shown.

My cardstock is MFP Old World Gold Premium Cover and MFP Morning Sun Premium Cover cardstock. The dp is unknown and the rest of the cardstock is scraps.  I colored with Copics and the button is from Jo Ann Stores. Hemp Cord is threaded though the button.

Hope to see you at the hop next week starting March 20 and going four days through March 23. Join us here.

Exciting News-Friends of Speedy TV (FOSTV)

We have some new and exciting news for you. We will now be offering a free Mark's Finest Papers, A Heinrich Co stamp set to the winner of the FOSTV challenge. Every week we will be offering a free stamp set to one lucky winner. The stamp set this week will be:

Black-Eyed Susans for Encouragement

 

 
Hope you'll come along and join us this week and just add your card with the inlinkz tool.



Now, to my card that almost wasn't. I must have made and re-made it 3-4 times because I just couldn't get happy with my design. It started out CAS, then it wasn't, then it was...on and on. So, here is what I ended up with after wasting a lot of paper. I guess it was just one of those times...you know what I mean. Right?

The challenge this week at FOSTV (Friends of Speedy TV challenge 11) at Home of Speedy TV is to make a friend card. I'm using two stamp sets from Mark's Finest Papers, A Heinrich Company-Winter Crocus and Dogwood Blossoms (sentiment). I stamped my image twice, colored, cut out and popped on the crocus blooms giving a 3D effect. My little buttons are from Jo Ann Stores and the punch is Martha Stewart woodland branch edge/bird and branch corner punch around the page. The dp is Paper Pizazz purple plaid.

This week's challenge at Simon Says Stamp & Show is Anything Goes. That kind of challenge is super and easy...the kind I like.

A new challenge for me and it looks like a fun one, ABC DT  Challenge Blog...they have a 'Springtime' theme this week so I'm joining in.

A CAS Zinnia

It's Friday and that means another Queen for the Day crowned on Splitcoaststampers. The new queen is Neva aka n5stamper. I chose to case this card of hers. Instead of patterned paper, I am using a K&CO adhesive border with pretty birds and vines.  I chose not to use my nestabilities and just make a 3D zinnia which I colored and cut out. I added a sentiment where her top nestie was placed and that is it!

Recipe:
Stamps: Flourishes-Zinnias
Paper-PTI white cardstock
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: K&CO Engraved Garden Border (adhesive), Copics

CCEE Stampers & QFTD

Joanne is our hostess this month at CCEE Stampers and this week she is asking for flowers, flowers, flowers. I have two Recollections floral embellishments but other flowers scattered about my card...some on the dp and others on my die cut.

Also, while I was away last week, I missed the Queen for the Day challenge #102 on Splitcoaststampers. The Queen was Judy Rozema aka StampingQueenJAR. Here is the card I cased. I really loved it. Of course, you can see changes were made. I did keep her sketch, though. Instead of stitches, I used a Sew Stamper. It is a self-inking rolling stamp. I had bought a Sew Easy once and never used it but the heads for the rolling stamp fit the Sew Easy tool it so I decided to try it out. If you would like to see them, go here.  Mine was purchased at my scrapbook store. I'm using it on the sentiment panel and is called Burst Stitch.
They even have Doodle Stampers which is awesome for me because I'm afraid of doodling. LOL

Also, I'm entering these challenges:
 Divas by Design challenge #125 to use a favorite thing. Mine would be die cuts (listed below).
Let's Ink It Up #21-Show Us Your Flowers

The sentiment is from Mark's Finest Papers, A Heinrich Company and is from the stamp set Winter Crocus.

My die on to the top is a Memory Box floral circle and I used a Spellbinders classic large oval die and Spellbinders classic heart die. 

The designer paper is Recollections Floral Embellishments and BasicGrey Out of Print collection (giclee double sided). Added crinkled seam binding and it's all finished!

As Special As You Are

I'm home from being out of town and trying to catch up. I don't want t miss Joan's Gardens challenge this week so I jumped right on it this morning. Here are the requirements:

Your card should have corner embellishments
Use green and blue
Add flowers of some kind
Use an oval background

I also want to enter the challenge at Simon Say Stamp challenge-Anything Goes!
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #14-"Text Me" -More than 4 words enters you into the drawing twice

Stamp: Hero Arts-Special Birthday

I got to use some new dies I ordered from Joan and they are so much fun. The little bird, birdhouse, and ivy vine are from Marianne Designs Creatables. Eek! I just noticed I forgot to place my bird on the card. Well, I'll just use it another time.
For the flowers, I used a Martha Stewart hydrangea punch. My oval is Spellbinders classic large ovals and the side panel uses the Martha Stewart iron gate edge punch. The corners are Spellbinders Shapeabilities Pendants-Contemporary Hearts

Paper: Stampin'Up! Certainly Celery cs and PTI vintage cream cardstock, DP is Recollection Blue Flower and Recollections Hot Pink Floral with green on opposite side (I used the green only)
Pearls

Sympathy-FOSTV

I'm away today but my card should be uploaded...counting on you, Blogger.  The Friends of Speedy TV challenge (FOSTV) this week is to make a sympathy card. I went CAS with mine and made it all black and white which I think is fitting for a sympathy card.

My image is from Mark's Finest Papers, A Heinrich Company and the set is Adirondack Summer Mini stamp set. The sentiment is from the same company, Love Remains.

I'm using a PoppyStamps Grand Madison window die.

Hope you'll join us for the FOSTV challenge #10 at Home of Speedy TV.

A Spring Day-CCEE Stampers

This may be my last post for a few days. Look for my next card on Monday. I was looking forward to a visit with my son, dil, and little one but now I have allergies so bad I don't think I'll enjoy much.
I notice some leaves coming on some trees so I suppose that is the culprit. The things we love can make us so miserable for a while, unfortunately.

The CCEE Stampers are making Spring cards this week and hoping you'll hop over and  join us. Joanne asked that we stamp or create a Spring scene.  Spring and Easter go together as far as I'm concerned so I went along with both. You know this looks like a Spring day, right? :-)  My card consists mostly of punches, die cuts, and a sentiment so it is really easy. I did sponge some clouds and do some paper piecing on the birdhouse and eggs.

I love this branch and it can be used for so many occasions. The last time I used it was to make a Valentine card for my hubby. This time I used it to hang my birdhouse and to let my bird perch.

My recipe:
Stamps: Mark's Finest Papers, A Heinrich Company set-Blessings (sentiment)
Paper: MFP, A Heinrich Company-Breezy Blue cardstock, gingham check is unknown from local scrapbook store
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaMagic chalk ink-Sea Breeze
Accessories: Memory Box Woodland Branch, QuicKutz bird die, Martha Stewart sitting bunny punch, Martha Stewart Easter Egg Basket punch (eggs), Martha Stewart grass edge punch, black pearl for bird's eye

Clean and Simple in Rich Razzleberry

I noticed the Splitcoaststampers CAS challenge was to use Rich Razzleberry (Stampin'Up! paper) and had to play along. I love that rich color. I did a sentiment only card and the stamp set is from Mark's Finest Papers, A Heinrich Company-New Pines. I just love it.

Also, I love the challenge this week at Less is More #56-Don't Scrap It! It is to use those scraps that we all have. Guess which mine was....Rich Razzleberry. I keep my scrap cardstock in bags (zip-lock) by color and all in a basket on the craft room floor...so easy to get to when needed. The dp scraps are in a drawer that is almost too full.

My lily was made using two McGill punches: Star Lily and Starburst. It is really easy to make just following the instructions in the package. I found these punches recently at the scrapbook store I frequent....love that place.

Hope you like the simple card...one that didn't take long to make. Sometimes, those are what you need. Hope you're having a great week!

All in Pink

Two posts for me today. I wanted to join the challenge at Joan's Gardens and they are wanting a card with these requirements:
Lots of layers
Color theme of pink and white
Dimensional flowers
Use a rectangle and an oval

My card was so much fun to make and one reason was because I cleaned my craft room and got organized...AGAIN! Seems as if I make one or two cards and you would think a whirlwind came through. It's so nice to have everything in its place and I can work without stress...aaahhhhhhhh

As you can see, I cut out my dies so the frames would let my dp and sentiment show through.  After cutting my flower pot, I used my scoring board to make lines on it, making it a bit more realistic.

The sentiment I used is from Mark's Finest Papers, A Heinrich Company and the set is Blessings. All this pink and white reminds me of Spring and Easter and I'm looking forward to both.  The rest of my recipe is below.



Recipe:
Paper: white cardstock, DP is Cloud 9 Design-Pocket Full of Paisleys
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Martha Stewart hydrangea punch, Spellbinders large-classic-long scalloped rectangle die, Spellbinders large oval classic die, Spellbinders Nestabilitie Flower Pot, Martha Stewart scoring board

FOSTV-embossing

The challenge on FOSTV (Friends of Speedy TV) found at Home of Speedy TV this week is embossing. I did wet and dry embossing. The wavy line at the bottom was made using a Cuttlebug embossing folder called Just My Type. As you probably know, when you use these narrow embossing strips, they tend to leave an indentation sometimes either on the top or bottom on either side. Mine did that, so I just got out the Scor-Pal and scored where mine had that mark and it worked great. I like the score lines and it got rid of an ugly mark.

I'm using Mark's Finest Papers, A Heinrich Company stamp sets, Black Eyed Susans for Encouragement for the image and You Are Cherished for the sentiment.

I wet embossed the images using Stampin'Up! Perfect Plum ink  with Comotion clear embossing powder and the lighter flower is embossed using VersaMark and Zing thistle embossing powder.
After this, I cut out my images and popped them on my base.

Hope you'll join us. Hope you have a great week!!