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

I'm showing a sneak peek of a new stamp set from Mark's Finest Papers, A Heinrich Company. The set will be released next week along with four other sets. This set is Daffodil Greetings and has a single daffodil, along with this one, a pretty butterfly, and several wonderful sentiments. Our blog hop will start on the 17th of April and go through the 20th. Hope you'll join us to see the new releases and maybe win a stamp set.

I colored and cut out my daffodil and popped it up. I cut along the line of a few petals and curled them with my stylus.
Recipe:
Stamps: Mark's Finest Papers, A Heinrich Company-Daffodil Greetings
Paper: MFP Premium cover white cs, SU Old Olive, and unknown dp from a LSS
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Copics, gold metal brads

FOSTV -Spring Fling

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. Easter for me was spent at emergency room with my husband. Long story, but we were there from about 9:30 a.m. until 4:00 pm. Thankfully, everything is going to be fine after he got a strong shot and some antibiotics. No church or Easter cantata for us this year and that is very different from our usual Easter Sundays.

This week, challenge #15 at Friends of Speedy TV (FOSTV) is to make a spring fling card. Truthfully, this is not the one I first made to use but I committed a boo boo and will have to use the one I originally made for the challenge next week and that is fine. It will work well.

I'm using a Mark's Finest Papers, A Heinrich Company stamp set called Dogwood Blossoms. To me, the dogwood really says Spring. The sentiment is also MFP, A Heinrich Company set called Blessings.  I did an 'out of the box' technique with the dogwood.

You should go over to Home of Speedy TV and play in the FOSTV challenge #15. We will be giving away this super set to a lucky winner of the challenge. It is called Buffalo Spring.

Recipe for above card:
Stamps: Mark's Finest Papers, A Heinrich Company-Dogwood Blossoms and Blessings
Paper: MFP, A Heinrich Company Premium Cover white cardstock, ColorMates Medium Mostly Mauve
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Marianne Design Swirls Embossing/Cutting Folder, Memory Box Larue Flourish, Spellbinders circle nestabilitie, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder, pink pearls, Copics

Vines, Birds, and Flowers-Embedded Image

First, let me wish all my blogging friends a Happy Easter. If you're travelling, stay safe.
I hope to make it to an Easter cantata this weekend as my community choir is not doing
one for this holiday.

Yes, it is the day I always do a card for the Queen for the Day on Splitcoaststampers. This week the Queen is Gail aka mamasix. I cased this pretty card of hers. Of course, I changed some things. I do love the embedded image technique. I stamped my background vine and punched a few hydrangeas and then ran through the embossing folder. This embeds the flowers into the panel. My birds are punched and popped on. I also popped up a few of the vine leaves.

Probably won't see you until Monday when I'll have a new card to post. I plan to work in my yard
tomorrow. I think it is supposed to be a beautiful weekend. Yippee!

Recipe:
Stamps: Stampabilities-Vine Background, Flourishes Humming Along (sentiment)
Paper: PTI white cs, Stampin'Up! Always Artichoke, ColorMates Medium Desert Mauve
Ink: Stampin'Up! Always Artichoke
Accessories: Martha Stewart hydrangea and bird punches, Tim Holtz Alterations Texture Fades  (Bricked) embossing folder, rhinestones
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CCEE Stampers-embossing challenge

I'm up before daylight and the birds are chirping out in the woods like crazy. They're so happy Spring is here and guess what, so am I! The dogwoods and azaleas are just about through blooming  and that's very strange because usually they haven't even begun blooming at this time.

But, today is about poppies. I just love them and my set is called Poppies and Greetings and is from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps. This is my first time to use this set and I find it very easy for coloring. I'm also using a sketch from Splitcoaststampers, SC330.

Cindy Haffner gave the challenge this week at CCEE STAMPERS to do embossing on our cards. I have used my Swiss Dot embossing folder for the panel behind my poppies and the strip above my checked paper. My buttons are also embossed.

You know you love embossing so we hope you'll join us this week.

Recipe:
Stamps: Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps-Poppies and Greetings Clear Stamp Set
Paper: PTI white cardstock, PTI terracotta tile, Stampin'Up! Old Olive, ColorMates-light graceful geranium cardstock, checked paper is unknown
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Copics, corner rounder, Marianne Design Creatables/Tags & Buttons, Cuttlebug embossing folder-Swiss Dots

Get Well Card

I've updated Blogger and having to get used to it. I'm just wondering how everyone likes it. I guess none of us likes change and I'm longing for the old style back. As a matter of fact, this post was scheduled for just after midnight and it didn't post until I got up this morning and got it posted. Ugh!
Maybe I'll un-update. LOL

I worked in my yard this weekend and I'm exhausted. That is hard but enjoyable work. I may put up some photos of my yard and flowers soon. I've made a few over the last few years. :-)

This week, challenge #14 at Friends of Speedy TV (FOSTV) at Home of Speedy TV is to make a get well card. I am using sketch #348 from Splitcoaststampers and I really like it and will use it again. One of the stamp sets I'm using is from Mark's Finest Papers, A Heinrich Company and is called Black Eyed Susans for Encouragement. I stamped it twice, colored, and popped the second layer. I really like the back panel of dots. It is from  a set called Flaps My Wattles, also from Mark's Finest Papers.  I stamped the back strip several times down the panel, stamping off a few times.

 You really should come join us, make a card, add with the inlinkz tool,  and you could possibly be the lucky winner of this stamp set we're giving away this week, You Light Up Your Life.












This is a separate challenge from  Speedy Fox and Friends Blog challenge where there is also a stamp set given away to a lucky winner.

I'm entering my card into the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog-Anything Goes

Recipe:
Stamps listed above
Paper: MFP premium cover white cardstock, Stampin'Up! Dusty Durango, rest is scraps
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, SU Dusty Durango
Accessories:Copics, Button, Pop Dots

Crowning a Queen

A quick post of the card I made for the Queen for the Day on Splitcoaststampers.
The new queen is Sylvia aka sillyfilly. I loosely cased this card: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/2103843?&cat=500&ppuser=36184 As you can see, I kept my card very clean and simple.Yikes, that flower is looking brighter than it is in real life.  Maybe it could use a little less brilliance.

Recipe:
Stamps: Hero Arts-Silhouette Fern, Stampin'Up! Well Scripted
Paper: PTI white cardstock
Ink: Memento Bamboo Leaves
Accessories: Copics for coloring flower and leaves, McGill Star Lily and Starburst Punches

New Home/Apartment Card-CCEE Stampers

The CCEE Stampers challenge this week given by Joanne is to make a new home/apartment card.
I got my digital image from Deena at A Creative Need (Etsy) and it is called Cottage Window. I thought it was really good for this challenge.

I wanted to give it a crackled, old look so I used Ranger Distress Crackle Paint in Clear Rock Candy on the shutters and frame. I really wanted it to look like peeling paint but it doesn't...maybe if I had sanded. I guess I was going for a look of an old, comfy, but in need of a paint job house. LOL

I used Copics to color and used a couple dies. The die under the sentiment is PoppyStamps ivy tendrils and the buttons are from Marianne Creatables Tags and Buttons.

My stamp for the sentiment is a Flourishes set called Home Tweet Home and the paper is PTI white cardstock, Paper Pizazz Christmas Plaid, and black scraps.

Hope you'll join us at CCEE Stampers, take a look at what the rest of the team made,  and show us your creation.

My Favorite - Yellow Tulips

My favorite flower is the tulip and my favorite color for them is yellow. I had just received this stamp from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps last week and then the owner was named Queen for the Day on Splitcoaststampers. Her name is Korin aka sweetnsassystamps.

I was more than happy to color my tulips and case one of Korin's cards. This is the one I chose. I kept her sketch and changed just about everything else. Of course, I have no stitching...got to get out that sewing machine. How long has it been since my sister gave it to me. Two years...or one? No excuses for me to not have some stitches on my card.

Recipe:
Stamps: Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps-Spring Tulips
Paper: PTI white cardstock, Stampin'Up! Old Olive, black scraps, The Paper Studio Hounds Tooth 2 (looks like checks to me)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Copics, black pearls, Martha Stewart eyelet lace punch around the page

Easter in Aqua and Yellow

I think my favorite color at the moment is aqua. Plus, I love it for Easter cards. I colored my lilies in a soft yellow and that, to me, looks good with the aqua.

First, before we get to my card, we have three new DT members joining us next week at Friends of Speedy TV.

They are:
Barbara Colbert
Davi Reed
Tammylee Newberry

This week, the Friends of Speedy TV (FOSTV) challenge found at the Home of Speedy TV  is to make an Easter card. I needed a few so I was glad to see that challenge.  I used a Mark's Finest Papers, A Heinrich Company stamp set called Blessings for stamping my lily.

If you join the challenge this week and win, you'll receive this wonderful stamp set from Mark's Finest Papers, A Heinrich Co. called Pussy Willows.

My card is made using cardstock from Mark's Finest Papers, A Heinrich Company Aqua Light premium cover card stock.

My aqua frame in the background is a Cheery Lynn Designs A2 frame (small window) die. I used three of  the negative pieces that fell away after I ran it through the machine to put under my sentiment and place some adhesives gems on top of them.

The corners are Spellbinders Shapeabilities Pendants-Contemporary Hearts.

The right side of my image is a PoppyStamps ivy tendrils and on the left side I used pieces cut from a Memory Box Madera Corner die. At the bottom of the card is part of a Cheery Lynn Designs Victorian Romance Flourish peeking out. I sometimes just like to use bits and pieces of dies where something is needed and the complete die won't work.

The card is finished off with blue pearls and Recollections floral embellishments (Flowers).

Leibster Award

I received this award from two people recently. They are both wonderful crafters and I am glad they think I'm worthy of receving it.  The are Davi Reed and Debbie Moran.

The idea of the award is that it be given to bloggers with less than 200 followers in the hope that it will bring them new friends and followers.

It has very simple rules and they are as follows:

1 Show your appreciation of the award by thanking the person who awarded you and link back to their blog.
2 Reveal your five choices for the award and let them know.
3 Post the award on your blog.
4 Bask in the love from the most supportive people on the blog sphere - other bloggers.
5 Finally and best of all - have fun and spread the love.

I so appreciate this award from Davi and Debbie and hope they don't mind that I handle it this way as I don't like choosing bloggers to give awards to....don't want to leave anyone out. So, I'll just say to each person that visits my blog, consider yourself deserving (because you are) and pick up this award if you like because you all are fantastic.