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

Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

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.

Jul Blog Hop Day 3 - Be Virtuous

July Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured July 9th - Lotus Blossoms

Featured July 10th - Shello

Featured July 11th - Be Virtuous

My cards today using Be Virtuous also feature Lotus Blossoms too (from earlier in the week) - how well those sets work together.  I cut the Kimono and the tea kettle using my Cricut.  On the first card I have used gold embossing powder and gilding flakes.

Using SC439

Featured July 12th - Presents

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 13, 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 July 12, 2013.

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

"Dino News"

 The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Dragonflies" 

Here's the Design Team:
Patty
Lois
Jane C
Debbie
Pam
Pat G
Thrifty Stamper
Marilynn
Karen K
Bonnie
Kathy
Angela
Cathy C
Toni
Sue W
Janine
An'Jenic
Kate Z
Shirley Q
Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

July Blog Hop Day 1 - Lotus Blossoms

July Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured July 9th - Lotus Blossoms

Today's set was right up my street so I played around and created several cards.  I could have kept on but then you would have had nothing to view the rest of the week.  It will appear again soon though for sure.

My first card is actually featured on the MFP Blog but I couldn't resist posting it here too - you should see how much it shimmers in real life.  I used gold embossing powder and then H20s to colour the lotus blossoms on the fan which was cut with the Cricut.  I used this month's mini set Dragonflies on this card too (but they are hard to see in the photo).

My second card is very simple using Memento inks. dies, flowers and a tag with the Happy Birthday message.

 

Card 3 uses the yin-yang symbol cut with my cricut and then embossed with a lotus flower.  The LOVE sentiment is from the set and the Happy Anniversary is from the Celebrate Big stamp set.  The red paper was embossed before adding it to the card base.

My last cut also uses the Cricut for the bridge, flowers from the set coloured with Copics and embellished with Star Dust stickles.  The stripes on the edge are done with fine glitter on double sided clear tape - how messy was that! I did not add a sentiment so I have choices about how I use it.

Thank you for visiting, please check out the rest of the teams posts and don't forget to come back again.

Featured July 10th - Shello

Featured July 11th - Be Virtuous
 

Featured July 12th - Presents

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 13, 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 July 12, 2013.

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

"Dino News"

 

 The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Dragonflies"    

Here's the CORRECTED Design Team List:
Patty
Lois
Jane C
Debbie
Pam
Pat G
Thrifty Stamper
Marilynn
Karen K
Bonnie
Kathy
Angela
Cathy C
Toni
Sue W
Janine
An'Jenic
Kate Z
Shirley Q
Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.