April Blog Hop - Camellia plus!

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April Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 

 Featured April 15 - Paper Doll Frances 

Bundle Up & Her Majesty
Featured April 16 - Out of Time Mini 

 Featured April 17 - Lanterns

Featured April 18 - Camellia

 

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 six winners will be announced on 

April 19, 2014 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 10 PM EST on Friday April 18, 2014

Here's the Design Team:

Lois

Kelli Jo

Karen 

 Kathy

Toni

Janine

Shirley Q

Vickie
Sandy

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Sorry this is a long post in terms of photos today but I hope you enjoy looking through them and maybe get inspired.  Camellia is a gorgeous set.

On Monday I made a purple and white card that features a purple camellia - you might like to check that one out too. 

Tent card using sketch SC476 as my base

 

All the following photos show my note card holder and the note cards that go inside it.  Some are made with this months sets but other are using other oriental sets in the MFP collection.  The front and back are just decorated with papers / dies

 

The holder with some paper and an MFP sentiment

 

The holder with a die cut poppy on the back

 

 

The holder opened up

 

 

First 3 note cards

 

Second 3 note cards

 

Using Dogwood Blossoms

 
 

Using Lotus Blossoms

Using Lanterns

 

Using Asian Delights

Come on back next month for more creativity and don't forget all our other Marks Finest Papers challenges.

MFP January Blog Hop Week 2 - Umbrellas and Fans - Jan 15th

WELCOME BACK!!!


January Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 

 Featured Jan. 14

Swans

Featured Jan 15

Umbrellas and Fans

 Featured Jan 16

Yikes a Mouse

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 three winners will be announced on Jan. 18,2014 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 10 PM EST on Friday Jan. 17, 2014

 

I participated in last week's hop but you will also find my cards at the end of today's hop.  Please visit all the blogs in the list below.

Using Asian Delights as well - this card uses cranberry embossing powder and shades of pink ink

Using Be Virtuous as well.  The fan was masked so I could stamp the leaves and sponge through the stencil to make the background.  The sentiment is cut with a Spellbinders die.

Here's the Design Team for this week's hop:

Patty

 Jane C

 Thrfity Stamper

Marilynn

 Bonnie 

Cathy C  

Sue W

An'Jenic

  Amy

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Come on back tomorrow for more creativity.

FOSTV107 - Black and White

Where has the day gone - well fighting with my printer after upgrading to Windows 8.1, preparing loads of questions and answers on perimeter, area and volume and then finding my student needed help with a completely different topic - all good fun!  Sorry this post is late though.

This week over at FOSTV we are making projects in black and white - we all did cards this week but you can make anything fitting the theme as long as it is something new and you only enter it for one Marks Finest Papers challenge.

My card has an oriental flavour but I have not designated it for any particular occasion - sometimes when I don't have a recipient in mind I prefer to leave them this way.

 

The flowers have been spritzed with a glimmer spray so look far prettier in real life and the white piece stamped with the umbrellas and fans was also embossed.  The Asian ladies are from the set called Asian Delights and the umbrellas and fans are from a new set called Umbrellas and Fans.

 

Please join us in this challenge; we would love to see what you create.  Hope you have a good week.

FOSTV70 - Use Tissue Paper

Monday has rolled round again and I need to have a creative week as I have lots of things to get done.

Before I start though I want to show you my card using Tissue Paper which is our Marks Finest Papers challenge over at FOSTV this week.  It is challenge 70 and you should see it go up sometime today.

This card uses two MFP sets which I have added at the bottom of my post.  It also uses vellum, some shimmer paper, Edgeabilities dies and a large M-Bossabilities folder from Spellbinders, ribbon, a dragon fly punch and some added gems.  The tissue paper was stamped with Versamark and embossed with gold embossing powder before being turned into flowers - pieces from Christmas cracker decoration were used as flower centres. 

Instructions for how I made these flowers can be found here

The card is for my sister's Birthday which was yesterday but she will get it when I see her tomorrow - I hope she hasn't found my blog today!

Please visit Speedy TV and play along with our challenge this week.  There is a lovely little stamp set to be won.  Making something using tissue paper isn't too big an ask and if you use MFP stamps you double your chance of winning.  You can combine with other challenges so as long as it is something new we would love to see it.

Stamp sets used were Asian Delights and Birds and Trees.

FOSTV61 - Yellow, Fuschia and Black

I am doing a class at MCC and last week we were trying out various techniques of resist.  On this card I tried the Joseph's Coat technique with a set from Marks Finest Papers called Asian Delights.  Now compared to many of my FOSTV team colleagues card this lacks a little class but it was fun to try.  Don't forget to check out all their cards.

I used distress inks and glimmer mists first in yellows and pinks to create the background. Once it was dry I embossed the images in clear embossing powder and heated.  I then added lots of black (Adirondack Pitch Black).  When it was all dry I trimmed and attached to a bright pink panel and stitched it down.  The yellow card base is stamped with the pagoda image and the black panels are embossed.

OK it is now your turn to design a project to meet our colour challenge and you stand a chance of winning the set Enjoy the View.

You can check out the challenge over at MFPSpeedyTV and you will find it as FOSTV61.  Good luck and have a great week.

Sentimental Sundays - Wings

Used this image from Katzelcraft and some Pan Pastels - my first play with them to create the image for this card.  The greeting and the oriental symbols are from the Asian Delights set recently released by Mark's Finest Papers.

Asian Delights

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

    July Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Asian Delights Featured July 17
Wild & Free Featured July 18
Garden Art Featured July 19
Hot & Spicy Featured July 20

I have made 3 cards using the Asian Delights set.  Some look far better in real life than they do here and getting photos was a challenge.

The first one, a simple card, uses embossing powder on the oriental symbols with silver outline sticker strips and some oriental paper.

My second card uses the VLV week 2 sketch for July with some gilding flakes on the oriental ladies.  It was a very difficult card to photograph.  I took a close up photo too so you can see the ladies better.

My third card uses the faux window technique and I am entering it in this weeks Jugs challenge.

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 July 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 July 20, 2012.