Feb Christmas Cards

I have just managed to get my 13 cards done for the month of February.  They are a real mixed bag.   Some include pieces from my class at MCC on stamping techniques and clearly show some better than others.  Other cards include images I coloured and needed to get onto finished cards.  I am going to put them in one long post with a caption on each one.

Resist Technique with sentiment rather too bold
 - image stamp from Chocolate Baroque.

Resist Technique rather lost in the inks
 - same Chocolate Baroque image

Resist Technique - as I hoped using Chocolate Baroque image

 

Resist Batique Technique - colour applied
 - another Chocolate Baroque image

MFP stamps onto ink stained card (distress and glimmer mists)

MFP stamps onto ink stained card - masked Poinsettia

 

MFP images apart from branch

MFP Ornament and various pine stamps

MFP Ornament and various pine stamps

Using a mask and the VLVFeb2013 Week4 sketch

Simple card using early Kraftin Kimmie image

Another simple card with same Kraftin Kimmie image

Another resist card using Chocolate Baroque stamp.

Thanks for looking through them all.

Janine

Men and their football teams!

Today I have two cards to share with you both for guys.  Before I get to them though I wanted to comment on this week's Marks Finest Papers Blog Hop - wasn't it a great one?  The hummingbird was definitely my favourite set this month and now we have lovely new watermarks for our MFP cards.

Both today's cards use VLVFeb2013 sketches.

I used VLVFeb2013 Week1 sketch for this card and lots of masking. I am doing a stamping techniques class at MCC and this week we are doing masking and layering of stamps - this is my first go and is called Blue is the Colour - some of you will know the team supported!  I used stamps from Do Crafts, Stampin Up, two from magazines and a mask to add the spots.

Blue is the Colour

My second card uses the VLVFeb2013 Week2 sketch, lots of embossing and a little stamping using the sentiment from MFP Cracked Hello.

The Reds

MFP Blog Hop - Hum Along

February Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Lots of Luck Featured February 19
Hum Along Featured February 20
Rain Clouds Featured February 21
All Postal Featured February 22

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 February 23,2013 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 February 22,2013.

I really took a shine to this new set having seen so many hummingbirds last year when we were in Minnesota.  I had seen them before on trips to California but it wasn't until we went to the Amish area near Harmony last year that I saw so many so close - when we sat on the deck they were buzzing our heads! 

I shared a card last week using one stamp from this set and another of my cards is on the MFP site but I will show you it here as well.  Both cards were stamped in Memento inks and coloured with Copics.  Some Stickles were also used but you can't see that in the photos!

 

 

 This last card just uses the sentiment from the set.  This one uses the VLVFeb2013 Week 3 sketch and this week's JUGS colours (well as close as I had in pigment inks)  I also used the Dogwood Blossoms  and resist techniques to create the panel. 3 different leaf die cuts were used.

 

 

 

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

"Love Script"

 

The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Big Cupcake"