Mark's Finest Papers-April Blog Hop-Day 1

 Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's 
April Blog Hop!

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Fabulous Dogs Featured April 17
Daffodil Greetings Featured April 18
Hey, Cowboy! Featured April 19
Train Talk Featured April 20

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 April 21, 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 April 20, 2012.

I have a pink poodle to show you today. It was fun to make this card. I'm using the Mark's Finest Papers, A Heinrich Company stamp set called Fabulous Dogs. This set is great for dog lovers, masculine cards, fun cards, or just whatever you wish.

I used a sketch challenge from Splitcoaststampers, #358.

Recipe:
Stamps listed above
Paper: MFP, A Heinrich Company premium white cardstock, unknown pink cardstock, and Hobby Lobby black cs
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Copics, Spellbinder circle and circle, scallop nestabilities, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots and Textile embossing folders, corner rounder, Offray ribbon, and rhinestones for the collar

Here I am using another dog from the same set, Fabulous Dogs.

Isn't he a handsome thing? He looks as if he has been to obedient school. I'm using sketch #369 from Splitcoaststampers for my card. The paper is Mark's Finest Papers, A Heinrich Co.-Old World Gold premium cover cardstock and  black scraps. I paper pieced the dog and collar.
My hubby's birthday was this month and this is the card he received. He liked it!!!!!

O.K., it is now time to hop along to the rest of the team. Good luck on being a winner.

Lois
Vicky
Anne
Pat G.
Karen H.
Patty P.
Mary
Marilynn
Pam
Debbie
Nancy
Bonnie
Kathy
Brenda (you're here)
Toni
Tangii
Anna S
Sue
Kelli
Janine
Mark's Finest Papers

Spring Has Sprung

Monday means it is another challenge at Friends of Speedy TV located at Home of Speedy TV.  Week 16 is a very easy challenge, Anything Goes.

I'm using a Mark's Finest Papers, A Heinrich Company stamp set called Blessings for the image and sentiment and the butterfly is a sneak peek a from a set called Daffodil Greetings and will be released this week. The butterfly was stamped twice. I cut out all but the antennae of one of the images and popped on top. The lilies were also stamped twice with top layer popped up.

We sure hope you'll come over to Speedy TV and join us. If you play in the FOSTV challenge, you may be the lucky winner of this stamp set, Cowgirls Rule.

Also, Mark's Finest Papers, A Heinrich Company has a blog hop beginning tomorrow and lasting through Friday, 4/20. Hope you'll join in and maybe win a newly released stamp set.

Recipe
Stamps-Mark's Finest Papers, A Heinrich Company-Blessings
Paper-MFP premium cover white cardstock, Core'dinations smooth texture
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Copics, corner rounder

Featured Stamper on SCS

Anyone like beets? I do if they are pickled, otherwise forget it! I rarely get to play in the Splitcoaststampers challenges on Sundays but I'm not feeling too well today and am home.

Shellie aka Shellied is the new Featured Stamper on SCS today and I wanted to honor her with a case of one of her cards. I chose this one. I went more CAS and also added an embellishment at the top and used a different image. Hopefully you see the resemblance in the layout.

I colored my image with Copics and sponged while still in the die. My image is stamped twice and I cut out and popped a top image.

Recipe:
Stamps-Flourishes Garden Fresh
Paper: PTI white, Stampin'Up! Old Olive, unknown dp
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Summer Sky
Accessories: Copics, Stampin'Up! Old Olive grosgrain ribbon, misc. button, Memory Box Elegant Scrollwork die, Spellbinder rectangle scallop nestabilitie, green pearls

Blog Candy Winner

Blog Candy Winner Here

Dotted Tulips

Ooh, I love tulips and I love dots so you can imagine what fun I had making this card for the new Queen for the Day on Splitcoaststampers. She is Charlene aka LilLuvsStampin' and her gallery is full of awesome cards to choose from. I decided to case this card. She also had a lot of dotted, paper pieced tulips so that was calling me, too.

I paper pieced my tulips and used the same double sided paper for the pennants. The black was just a scrap. My recipe is below.

I want to enter my card into the Twisted Tuesday Challenges-I Never Promised You a Rose Garden with a 'twist'....no roses or rosettes. But, you must have flowers.

Also, I'm entering the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog-April Showers Bring Spring Flowers

Hotshot Craft Blog Challenge- RED
Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog #52-Anything that uses spring or summer colors

Recipe:
Stamps: Sweet 'n Sassy-Spring Tulips, Sweet 'n Sassy-Poppies and Greetings (sentiment)
Paper: PTI white cardstock, SU Pear Pizzazz, Bo Bunny dp-Harvest Dot (double-sided), black scraps
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Copics, Cuttlebug embossing folder (Rebecca), green pearls

Blog Candy Winner!!

Today is the day I announce the winner of my blog candy. Thanks to all who entered and some have become new followers which I appreciate, although that was not a requirement.

So, here is the winner............terriavidreader (IN-USA)

A big congrats!!! Terri, please get in touch with me and give me your address so the goodies can be on the way to you. My email address is under My Profile.

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EDIT: O.K., Terri notified me and gave me her address. So, it's over and blog candy is soon on the way to Terri!!

Coneflowers

The CCEE Stampers have a new challenge starting today and, as hostess this month, Cindy Haffner asked that we do a card using three (3) embellishments. Mine are ribbon, pearls, and a buzzing bee that I've had on my craft table for a while. I forgot where I got the bee but I think it was a stamp I colored and cut out. I'm using a Splitcoaststampers sketch from challenge SC377.

This is a Flourishes image from the stamp set, With Gratitude.  These flowers look just like the coneflowers I grow. I have some in pink and some in orange.  I'll be glad when they are blooming because it will be very warm by then, rather hot.

Recipe:
Stamps: Flourishes-With Gratitude (flower image)
Paper: PTI white cardstock, Stampin'Up! Pretty in Pink, ColorMates Light Groovy Grape, unknown dp
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa and Aloe Vera for sponging
Accessories: Lavender pearls, Copics, Martha Stewart eyelet lace punch around the page, Spellbinders Labels 4 nestabilities, ribbon is Go With the Grain

Hope you'll come along and play our challenge this week. It is located here.

Sunflower

I have had this new Cheery Lynn Design sunflower die cut for a while and have been wanting to use it and today is the day. I really love the CAS design and pretty swirls for stems.

I'm entering my card into a new challenge, Twisted Tuesday Challenges. The theme is 'I Never Promised You a Rose Garden'.....you must use flowers. The  'Twist' is no roses or rosettes.

I'm also entering my card into the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog-April Showers Bring Spring Flowers

That Craft Place Challenge Blog: It's All About Spring

Recipe:
Stamps: Flourishes-Seeds of Friendship (sentiment)
Paper: PTI white cardstock, Stampin'Up! Old Olive and Rich Razzleberry, yellow scraps
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Cheery Lynn Design sunflower die, Memory Box Elegant Scrollwork, EK Success Victorian corner punch

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