FOSTV 31 - Die Cuts

This week's challenge at Friends of Speedy TV is to use die cuts.  You can find the challenge over at Friends of Speedy TV challenges as challenge 31 

My original idea was to die cut an MFP image and use it on a card with some other die cuts but then I saw this week's JUGS inspiration photo and I went back to the drawing board and came up with this card.  The sketch is actually VLVJuly Week 5 but it is far from CAS!

I used the butterfly from Daffodil Greetings and stamped it all over the card base in grey ink.  I stamped another in black ink which I popped up and glittered!  I added the red touches with Pan Pastels.  The flowers, foliage, oval and strip were all die cut with dies - mostly Spellbinders.

This is a close up of the popped up butterfly - you can see the sparkle from the added Stickles.

We would love it if you played along this week. There is another great stamp set called Wild Horses for one lucky participant this week.  Good luck.

VLV July Week 3 Anniversary

I am trying to ensure I have enough anniversary cards to prevent last minute panics.  It is our Anniversary this weekend and as soon as that one is over a batch spring up - you can see my first career was teaching and all my friends married in the school summer holidays!

This card is one to add to the collection and uses the rosebud from Marks Finest Papers Love Remains set.  I have used the VLV July Week 3 sketch, some anniversary paper from Kanban and some scraps from my trays as well as some thread / cord from a Christmas present.  The image was cut with a Spellbinders die.

Thank you for dropping in!

Hot & Spicy

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 made this card with this new set and took my inspiration from the peppers we saw hanging up in Pike Place Market, Seattle.  It was actually beautiful and sunny while there but not too hot.  Inside is reads Don't use the chilli peppers and has a single pepper stamped too.

My second card  is made using the VLVJuly Week1 sketch but I put it together in the wrong order and had to use a little poetic licence to get the sentiment to work in the top box - you can't leave off that sentiment! The background paper, which to me has a Mexican feel was free with a magazine ages ago and the other square is from Basic Grey.

Please hop along with us! Tammylee is next.  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.

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.