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Saturday, 31 January 2015

Stamping in white

Yep you read the title right - bit tough on the old eyes but using my daylight lamp helped.

I only truly stamped and coloured on the first card, as I decided to go with sponging on the 2nd. I coloured the first card with Prismacolor pencils and Zest. A simple die cut and plain base was all I felt it needed. This is for the Splitcoast WOW challenge (TLC518) and was posted today to friends we had lunch with last weekend. Their youngest is our Godson and we found out he is to be Baptised in March - the last weekend. That is a date for our diaries!

The 2nd card was sponged with distress inks (Shaded Lilac and Faded Jeans with just a touch of Picked Raspberry on the butterfly additions). I added the little flower sequins and a piece of paper from a Do Crafts paper pack called French Lavender - very appropriate as this is going to France. This card is for the January Penny Black challenge.

I am off to create again soon but DT work so you won't see those cards just yet. Happy Weekend!

Friday, 30 January 2015

Giraffe Thank You

MFP Blog Hop - see post below - thank you

This card is a thank you for a lovely lunch I enjoyed this week. It was a big 3 course lunch and therefore ended up as a substitute for dinner. I thoroughly enjoyed it but it did mean hubby's Birthday meal had to be postponed! I was just expecting some smoked salmon with salad after a conversation with my hostess but I was shocked at how busy she had been for our little group. The group that gathered were a few people that met doing the shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child. In the lounge she has a beautiful tall and elegant giraffe and hence the inspiration for today.
I am entering the card in 2 challenges - Word Art Wednesday 168 and High Hopes 151. The yellow choice was because several of us took yellow flowers to the lunch. Dies were used and the flowers were sprayed with a Glimmer mist. The centres of the flowers are yellow/orange to match the paper but they don't look it in the photo.

Thank you for checking by and have a lovely weekend.

MFP 2014 Favourites Blog Hop - 30th January 2015

Welcome to the Marks Finest Papers Stamp Shop
January Blog Hop.

We're doing something different to start out the new year. We're looking back at all the wonderful sets released in 2014. For the next 4 days the Design Team will show you their "Favourite" sets of 2014. Please visit each blog and leave a comment. One person will be chosen to receive their choice of one of the "Favourite" Stamp Sets we have featured.

I have picked a favourite from the summer to share today. The set is called Cone flowers and I used it with a Spellbinders die and some stencils. It is a simple layout but shows off this single flower.

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win a "Favourite" Set of your choice! 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!) The winner will be announced on

Jan. 31, 2015 on the MFP Stamp Shop 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. 30, 2014

Let's get started!!

Here is the Design Team:

Karen

Come on back soon!

Thursday, 29 January 2015

MFP 2014 Favourites Blog Hop - 29th January 2015

Welcome to the Marks Finest Papers Stamp Shop
January Blog Hop.

We're doing something different to start out the new year. We're looking back at all the wonderful sets released in 2014. For the next 4 days the Design Team will show you their "Favourite" sets of 2014. Please visit each blog and leave a comment. One person will be chosen to receive their choice of one of the "Favourite" Stamp Sets we have featured.

Today I have a card from January last year to share. It uses the set called Umbrellas and Fans. I used a stencil and stamp on the background.

commenting is 10 PM EST on Friday Jan. 30, 2014

Let's get started!!

Here is the Design Team:

Karen

Come on back tomorrow for more FAVOURITES!!

Tuesday, 27 January 2015

Happy Birthday Seth

Celebrating your 18th Birthday is something special and this card went off to USA for just such an occasion.

The image is digital (michexist) and was coloured with Copics and Prismacolor pencils. The 18 was die cut with Cuttlebug dies and the sentiments are from MFP (MFP stamp shop) cut out with MFT dies.

Thanks for looking. Have a great and colourful week.

Monday, 26 January 2015

FOSTV151 - Red and Black

Decided on a new year card which was used as a thank you too as my card for this challenge. My layout is simple allowing the colours to do the talking.

I used Memento ink as I wanted to use Copics - sadly their black is not quite as black as you would like.

It would be good if you can play along with our challenges - you can find the details of this Red and Black challenge here and we would love to see your creativity.

Thanks for looking and enjoy your week.

Saturday, 24 January 2015

High Hopes 250 & WT515 Maths Notes

Hi everyone - sorry I have been quiet - broken laptop means everything related to PCs takes longer and preparing for my lessons and dealing with email has taken all my computer time.

One of my Maths students is my niece Karita and I bought this notebook in a sale and today decorated it up for her. I used the High Hopes bookworm with letters cut with Cuttlebug dies. I used an oval to fit my pink on navy panel. The bookworm was mainly coloured in a style used by Jane Gill at the Craft Barn today - she was doing some lovely work with flower stamps from Woodware. The border was cut with a wide border punch which I think is made by Martha Stewart.

This project is being entered into High Hopes challenge 250 and the Splitcoast Ways to Use it challenge WT515.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend. Back Monday.

Thank you for visiting