CCEE Stampers Challenge

 Anne Harmon gave the challenge this week for the CCEE Stampers to do a marker direct to stamp technique. This was easy and fun and I think it makes a pretty card. You can find a tutorial for this technique here on Splitcoaststampers. This is it in a nutshell: Colored my butterfly stamp with Copics, sprayed a fine mist of rubbing alcohol over stamp, and stamped image.

Now that you see what fun that is, come on over to CCEE Stampers and join us. We would love to see your card with this technique. The rest of the team will have some beautiful cards for you to see, too.

Recipe:
Stamps-Amuse Artstamps-Flutterby Flock, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps-Poppies and Greetings (sentiment)
Paper-Card base I found in stash
Accessories-Copics, rubbing alcohol, Craft Essentials pink/black ribbon
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

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

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

   August Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Lesson Learned Featured August 14

Bring on the Sun Featured August 15

Tree Greetings Featured August 16

Oh Crab Featured August 17

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 August 18, 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 August 17, 2012.

What a beautiful sunflower and it will make great cards for summer or the upcoming Fall season.

My card is simple, colored the image with Copics and layered on black cardstock with that on top of Houndstooth2 from The Paper Studio. Well, doesn't look like houndstooth to me, but just a checked piece...just giving the facts on the paper. :-)  I added some Stickles to the bees and I'm finished.

Next is Toni and I'm sure she'll have a wonderful creation to show you.

Lois

Vicky

Pat G.

Patty P.

Marilynn

Pam

Debbie

Bonnie

Kathy

Brenda

Toni

Tangii

Thrifty Stamper

Sue

Kelli

Janine

Tammylee

Janis L.

Mark's Finest 

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

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

   August Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Lesson Learned Featured August 14
Bring on the Sun Featured August 15
Tree Greetings Featured August 16
Oh Crab Featured August 17

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 August 18, 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 August 17, 2012.

What a fun set and just in time for returning to school. I stamped my board and then stamped the numbers and letters on top, embossing them.  The books are paper pieced. Designer paper is K&CO Wild Saffron pad.

Hope you'll head over to Toni's blog next and see what fabulous work she has done with this set.

 

CAS and Christmas

Yes, this is my second post for today. I made the mistake of looking at the CAS (clean and simple)

challenge on Splitcoaststampers and had to join in. It was a sketch today from Tenia Sanders-Nelson.

This was so quick and easy. I'm using some adhesive borders I've had for a year or so and am glad to make a card using them. They were purchased at Hobby Lobby and are by The Paper Studio. I stamped my ornament on Stampin'Up! Real red paper and some unknown silver for the top. It is cut out and popped on with dimensionals.  The sentiment is one I got at Wal-Mart probably around two years ago.

It is called Holiday Clear Stamps (no other name). The ornament is Flourishes/All That Glitters.

Thanks for stopping by and leaving wonderful comments. I appreciate it so much.

FOSTV challenge

Hope you had a great weekend. I didn't do much of anything, worked in the yard a bit and then made a few cards.It was such a surprise when I went outside Saturday morning and felt Fall-like temperatures. Of course, I know there is plenty of hot weather left. And, being a summer lover, I'm glad.

This week the challenge at Friends of Speedy TV is a color challenge. You are to use pink, pale green, cream or gray. My card base looks white but I promise it is cream. The card is a square, rather simple card.

I'm using two Mark's Finest Papers and Stamps, A Heinrich Co. stamp sets. For the sentiment, I'm using Daffodil Greetings and the butterfly is Old Summer stamp set.

Hope you'll join us this week. The stamp set being given away to the fortunate winner this week is Blessings.

Recipe:
Paper-Designer paper is BasicGrey/Wisteria
Ink-Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories-Cuttlebug Swiss Dots and Textile embossing folders, Prima flowers/Spring Mix

It's Friday...Queen for the Day

This will be my last card until Monday. I just had to do a card for the new queen on Splitcoaststampers. The new queen is Barb aka BarbieP and this is the card I cased. Well, kind of, anyway. I started out the same as her and finally left my paper off at the bottom as it wasn't working
for me.  Then, there were other changes but I think you can see her card as my inspiration.

Thanks to my sis, I'm using a new stamp set today. It includes the flower and butterfly. What a great sis who is always supplying me with wonderful crafting supplies. No, you can't borrow her. LOL

My card also fits the challenge Less is More. This week is a color challenge, blue and green. Hope it is o.k. to use a neutral black as that is the color for my butterfly and sentiment.

The challenge at Moving Along with the Times is Summertime. What says summer better than
butterflies and flowers? :-)

Fabulous Bingo challenge at Simon Says Stamp

As you can see, I chose ribbon, free, and blooms.


Recipe:
Stamps-Inkadinkado/Meadow (from my sis), Flourishes Zinnias (sentiment)
Paper-PTI white cardstock, Stampin'Up! Old Olive
Ink- StazOn Teal Blue, Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories-Stampin'Up! Old Olive grosgrain ribbon

CCEE Stampers-Shaped Card

I'm in love...with this darling little sheep given to me by my pal, Nancy Williams/What's on My Kitchen Counter.  She knows I love sheep and sent it to me for my birthday, along with a beautiful
card. Of course, that was in June and I am just getting to use it now. Isn't it the cutest? Thanks, Nancy.

Anne Harmon gave the CCEE Stampers challenge this week to make a shaped card. I don't make many of those type cards but had so much fun with this one. Thanks for a fun challenge, Anne.

Hope you'll join us with your shaped card this week. We would love to see it.

Recipe:
Stamps-Flourishes Friendly Reminders (sentiment) Don't have name of sheep image
Paper-Stampin'Up! Baja Breeze cs, Cosmo Cricket mini deck pad/Salt Air, yellow scraps
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Liquid Applique for wool, Twine/charcoal from The Twinery, Martha Stewart hydrangea punch, VersaMagic Sea Breeze for sponging, Spellbinders circle and circle scallop nestabilities, Copics, pearls

SCS Sketch Challenge

This is my second post today as I wanted to do a sneak peek card using two new images from Mark's Finest Papers and Stamps, A Heinrich Co.  The two sets I'm using are Learned Lesson  and Bring on the Sun (seniment only). The blog hop starts 8/14 and these stamps will be for sale. Hope you'll hop along with us and maybe you'll be the lucky recipient of some awesome stamp sets.

My card is for the Splitcoaststampers sketch challenge 397.

I'm using Spellbinders circle and circle scallop nestabilities and a Creative Imaginations "Beloved" tag for the Happy Birthday Sentiment. The designer paper is unknown. I paper pieced my apple.

Late for the Queen

I am late for a very important date. And, that is Queen for the Day on Splitcoaststampers. The Queen is Sue aka bensarmom and this is the card I cased. Yes, I know the 'rule of the uneven' but I didn't have room for another ornament so there are only two.

I am happy to get another Christmas card made. You know it will be here before we expect.

My card is using a stamp set from Mark's Finest Papers and Stamps, A Heinrich Co. called Greetings of the Season Mini.

The ornaments are EK Success ornament punch and I ran them through Cuttlebug embossing folders, Swiss Dots and Snowflakes. The border is Martha Stewart Frosty Village edge punch.  The background is also the snowflakes embossing folder.

I colored the pine and cones with Copics.

Entering my card into these challenges:  Papertake Weekly Challenge-Anything Goes
Simply Create Too-Anything Goes

Have a great day. :-)

FOSTV-Chalk

Hope you all had a great weekend. We have had family visiting since Thursday. We had good times but the weather has been on the rainy side and that spoiled a few plans.  But, we thoroughly enjoyed our time together.

This week the Friends of Speedy TV challenge #32 is to use chalk. It had been a long time since I had used chalk and I really enjoyed using it again on this rose from Mark's Finest Papers and Stamps, A Heinrich Co. from a set called Love Remains. The sentiment from the same company is from a set called Oopsy Daisy.


I used Craf-T Products Decorating Chalks-Pale Yellow, Forest Green, and Butterscotch
We hope you'll join us this week. Maybe you'll be the winner of this wonderful set called Buffalo Spring.

My card was also entered into Vicki Dutcher's DTGD challenge on Splitcoaststampers.