FOSTV 103 - Christmas Cards

Hello - sorry to be so late posting today - my day has run away from me.  I have just got home from tutoring and actually feel like going to sleep and it is only 8pm!  Anyway you didn't come here to read about my day but to see my FOSTV103 card.

This week's challenge is to make a Christmas Card and I actually have two to share with you.  I made one for the challenge and then decided I wanted to try and be a bit more creative - hence my second card.

This first card uses the Wise Men set with some gold embossing powder on the star.

 

I combined 3 Marks Finest Papers sets to make this card Fabulous Dogs, Fantastic Dogs and Joyous Season.  I used gilding flakes on each ornament.

Thank you for looking and have a great week.

FOSTV 59 - Non Traditional Valentine

Another week, another Monday and a new Friends of Speedy TV challenge.  I hope despite the grotty weather this week finds you warm and well.  This part of the UK has been spared most of the snow this time around but the skies are horribly grey and sleet is coming down so pretty yuck!  In the north it has been bad and I know the USA East Coast has had a really bad pounding.  When you can't get out there is a good excuse to pull out your stamps and craft.

The FOSTV challenge this week is to make a Non Traditional Valentine - now this might take a bit more thought but I am sure you can do it.  If you can don't forget to link your creations back to the Speedy TV site and this week's challenge - FOSTV59.

I actually have two cards to show today. 

The first one is actually not too crazy and uses the recently released set called Fantastic Dogs.  I used the mirror stamping technique to get the dogs facing each other.

 

The sentiments are from the same set and also from Love Remains.  The tiny heart is from Pet Logic. I am entering this card for this week's Sentimental Sundays challenge "Love is in the Air" and Stampin with the Dragon challenge with the same theme. 

 

 



My second card is even more mad but I am going to share it none the less.  My image is from New Pines with sentiments from Above the Rest and the hearts as above.   I also used the background from Cracked Hello.

 

Now it is your turn to get creative and turn out a Non Traditional Valentine.  The set to be won by someone this week is called Kilt Fun.

 Good luck!

MFP Blog Hop - Fantastic Dogs

   January Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Fantastic Dogs Featured January 15

No Sour Grapes Featured January 16

In My Den Featured January 17

Love, Love, Love Featured January 18

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 January 19, 2013 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 January 18,2013.

Happy New Year!!! Welcome to the first blog hop of 2013! We are so excited to share the great stamp sets we are releasing this month and the months to come. 

My card using the Fantastic Dogs set is quite a simple one.  I used Spellbinders dies, Copics, some nice doggy paper and some bakers twine on the bone.  The sentiment is from another MFP doggy set.

Late addition: Angela / Debbie posted the new Sketch with a Twist Challenge so I decided to use the other little dog from the set on a card using the sketch that was posted.  Now I am sorry but I could not colour the dog purple but I decided she could sit on some flowery purple paper - in case you didn't guess the challenge is to use Purples with the sketch.

This is my card

 The special stamp set we have for you this month is:

" OH Baby"

 

The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Not So Ugly"

 

Thanks for your visit, please come back soon.  Try to get round all the designers blogs to see what they have to show you.  Next on your round is Tammylee