FOSTV136 - Masculine Card

This week at Friends of Speedy TV our challenge is to make a masculine card.  Most of us find these a challenge but we all need them.

My card is quite simple but uses several MFP sets
All Postal
Island Life
Calendar
Plywood
In My Den

 

You can find details of the challenge here and we would love you to give it a go.

 

Thanks for coming over - have a great week.

You May Have Peace - Stampin Sisters In Christ Challenge

Today is the first chance I have had to really get creating again after a busy time last weekend preparing for the hop.  Last Sunday the challenge at Stampin Sisters in Christ was Peace.  I am most at peace when I am by the sea, although I have no idea why and sometimes it can actually be rough and quite frightening.  In this scene I tried to make the sky look a little dark as though night is closing in (it is darker in real life than this flash taken shot indicates!).  I was considering peace from the view of that little boat and knowing it had the light house to guide him away from dangerous rocks.

The stamp set is called Island Life and it is from Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich company.

I hope you find some light this week to keep you out of harm.

Raising of the post flag

Today I had a first - I raised the mailbox flag to get this card collected and sent off. Last weekend we went to a really fancy fund raising ball with our friends. We went as guests of his boss and his wife and it was a great evening and there was a great deal of money raised for the Childrens Theatre. The card is a little "thank you" to Jeff and Janet who were our hosts. The theme of the ball was White Rabbits and Black Ties and was all Alice in Wonderland based. Here are a few snaps from the ball

Yes I did pack the dress!

Hubby all decked out

The Stage

Chris & Jules at Dinner

Table Decor

More Table Decor

Yet More Table Decor

The Table We Sat At

Janet

Children of the Company entertaining us

Now you have checked all these out here is the card I made as the the thank you - couldn't do the theme as had limited images with me but as Jeff and Janet go up to a lake in the summer this seemed quite appropriate.  The image and papers are from Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich company.

FOSTV 32 - Use Chalk

Sorry I have been a little quiet of late. This cheering on team GB in the Olympics each evening gets in the way of my crafting! Seriously I hope everyone is enjoying the Olympics from the UK. We went to Volleyball yesterday and the GB girls got a beating. We then saw Italy v Russia and were cheering on Italy - they lost in the 5th set. Hubby goes to football at Wembley tomorrow to see one of the semi-final matches.

Anyway I had better move on to my card.

This week's FOSTV challenge is to use chalks on your project. I had forgotten all about chalks and cheap hair spray until I made this card - it was actually quite fun and using the sparkly chalk on this scene gives quite a nice look. The image is from Island Life.

I used chalks to colour the image, with a blender pen in some places, and then sealed it with cheap hairspray. I used the layout from sketch challenge SC396. The plain designer paper I think is from Making Memories and the other one from Doodlebug.


Well it is now your turn to dig into your crafting stash, or your friends, find some chalks and have a go at this week's challenge. We would love to see what you create. The prize for one lucky participant is the MFP set called Buffalo Spring. 

You can find details of the challenge over at Friends of Speedy TV site under challenge 32.

Have a great week.

FOSTV - 4th July

It is great working with Marks Finest Papers and I love the stamp sets but challenges like today's always give me something of a well challenge! 

Celebrating American Indepedence Day is rather odd when you are British as I found out when we visited the Boston Tea Party Ship - yes they did pick on us a little - no actually it was quite a lot!!!




I made this card using Island Life, a set launched last week, and using the snowflake from the Ice and Snow stamp set to make my fireworks.  As you can see I made it a celebratory card so I can use it for any good news.  The fireworks were stamped and embossed with white and then coloured over with pencils.  I used a white distress marker to add the 'sparks' in the sky.

Most of you need no excuse to celebrate 4th July so head on over to Friends of Speedy TV and join in this week's fun.  We would love to see what you create.  There is another lovely set you could win called Oh Happy Day

Island Life

Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's 
                        June Blog Hop!

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Welcome Poppies Featured June 19
I'm In Stitches Featured June 20
Island Life Featured June 21
Silly Shells Featured June 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 June 23, 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 June 22, 2012.

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Anne
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Patty P.
Mary
Marilynn
Pam
Debbie
Nancy
Bonnie
Kathy
Brenda
Toni
Tangii
Thrifty Stamper
Sue
Kelli
Janine (you are here)
Tammylee (see what wonderful creations Tammylee has for you next)
Janis L.
Mark's Finest 

 I have also used the Gullible Mini Stamp Set on this card.

Thanks for stopping to look - hope you are enjoying the hop - they are great sets.