MFP Blog Hop Last Day - Flamingos on vacation (and a few other challenges)

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



This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Oopsy Daisy Featured May 15
Get Reel Featured May 16
Scenic Selections Featured May 17
Flamingos on Vacation Featured May 18 
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 May 19, 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 May 18, 2012.




Here's my sample of this fun set: 







Here's the Design Team.........

Lois 
Vicky 
Anne  - That's Me!
Pat G.
Karen H. 
Patty P. 
Mary
Marilynn 
Pam 
Debbie 
Nancy
Bonnie 
Kathy
Brenda
Toni
Tangii
Anna S
Sue
Kelli
Janine
Mark's Finest Papers

Thanks for joining us this week.  I hope you liked what you saw!!

Now.......  Here are two cards for today from Rubbernecker stamps....

For Mary, our Queen For The Day, I cased a card of hers that had chicks and purple.  This card uses Chicks and Chicklettes..isn't this a fun image???

The one above uses only a phrase from Rubbernecker, and some printed vellum.  This one is for the Free For All challenge at SCS, to use vellum.  It's also for the SS#17, the Stampin' Sisterhood challenge.  Please join us there!

Thanks for looking.  Have a great day, and thanks for your comments.

MFP Blog Hop Day 3 - Scenic Selections

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



This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Oopsy Daisy Featured May 15
Get Reel Featured May 16
Scenic Selections Featured May 17
Flamingos on Vacation Featured May 18 
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 May 19, 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 May 18, 2012.



Here's my sample for you:




Here's the Design Team:

Lois 
Vicky 
Anne  - That's me!
Pat G.
Karen H. 
Patty P. 
Mary
Marilynn 
Pam 
Debbie 
Nancy
Bonnie 
Kathy
Brenda
Toni
Tangii
Anna S
Sue
Kelli
Janine
Mark's Finest Papers

CCEE 1220 Embossed Vellum

Charlene challenged us this week to emboss some vellum.  I dry embossed some white vellum with a flourish design, and attached it by brads to a rust bg.  The striped paper (and in face ALL the paper ) is from SU's Outlaw Pack.

The image was colored with markers in rust and sage, and all I did was to sponge the edges and add a ribbon.

I hope you will want to join us again this week. Please link your card HERE, and join us again next week!

MFP Blog Hop Day 2 - Get Reel

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



This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Oopsy Daisy Featured May 15
Get Reel Featured May 16
Scenic Selections Featured May 17
Flamingos on Vacation Featured May 18 

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 May 19, 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 May 18, 2012.




Here's what I did with this great masculine set:







Now check out the Design Team: 

Lois 
Vicky 
Anne  - That's me!
Pat G.
Karen H. 
Patty P. 
Mary
Marilynn 
Pam 
Debbie 
Nancy
Bonnie 
Kathy
Brenda
Toni
Tangii
Anna S
Sue
Kelli
Janine
Mark's Finest Papers

MFP Blog Hop Day 1 - Oopsy Daisy

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



This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Oopsy Daisy Featured May 15
Get Reel Featured May 16
Scenic Selections Featured May 17
Flamingos on Vacation Featured May 18 

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 May 19, 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 May 18, 2012.




Here's a sample of one of the images in this nice new set:







Please go here to see what the DT has done: 

Lois 
Vicky 
Anne  - That's me!
Pat G.
Karen H. 
Patty P. 
Mary
Marilynn 
Pam 
Debbie 
Nancy
Bonnie 
Kathy
Brenda
Toni
Tangii
Anna S
Sue
Kelli
Janine
Mark's Finest Papers

Debossed Fish

Another sneak peek that will be released tomorrow in a Blog Hop for MFP - A Heinrich Co.  This set is called "Get Reel".

Please join us for some samples from the DT, and prizes for the winners!!

Have a great day, and if you have a chance, take a look at my beautiful DGD in the upload below.

This is my Granddaughter Erin!!!

this is my just-turned 15 year old granddaughter Erin

Although she is a Freshman, a Junior invited her to the Prom

He helped her with her corsage.....

Here's a close-up of those flowers.

And here she is in her Solo dress for Irish Dancing.  Isn't she a beauty?????????

Butterfly Sneak

This card is a multiple....for our new Queen, Wanda, I cased one of her cards from her fabulous gallery, and it's also for the Free For All, to make a small tall card.

This card will go in a bill-sized envelope.  Keeps down the expense of those, but takes more paper than usual, so I don't know if this is a bonus or not!

Beautiful sunny day, and Mom and I are invited out for lunch.  Of course we said YES!!

Hope you are having a terrific day! Hugs to you all.

CCEE Challenge 1219 - Make a Button

Welcome back to another CCEE challenge.  This time, we were to make our own button(s).

I used a really old SU set and DP.  The button was made by layering punches, glueing between the layers, and poking holes with a piercer.  Crystal Effects makes the button shiny.  The only hard part is waiting for it to dry (and I'm really impatient!).  I added a ribbon, a nestie and some corner die cuts, and a couple of yellow pearls.  Oh yes, and some crystal effects to the vase.

Please join us by linking your card HERE so we can enjoy it too, and be sure to join us again on Thursdays for another fun challenge!

Sneak Peek for the Sketch Challenge

Here's a sneak peek of a new set coming out next Tuesday in a Blog Hop.  Mark's Finest Papers - A Heinrich Co. has four new ones like this one, Oopsy Daisy.  Be sure to be here to see my samples.

The sketch challenge today was this nice and simple layout.  I love the combination of strips and squares.  I'll go to this one again!

Have a great day, and send us some sunshine, please!

Sneak Peek MFP

This is a sneak peek of a new set from Mark's Finest Papers - a Heinrich Co.  It will be released with three others next Tuesday in a Blog Hop.........I hope you'll come here and take a look.

The set is called "Flamingos on Vacation", and has such fun sayings and images for summer.

I made this card for the Color Challenge, and did some sponging and paper piecing.  I hope  you like it.

Rainy and dark today.  I could really use some summer weather, and HOT! would be fine with me!!

Have a wonderful day, wherever you are!

Chic Diva

No RED today.  The challenge for CAS was to be inspired by the word "chic".  The TLC was to use paper piecing.

Immediately I thought of this beautiful (retired) image from Cornish Heritage Farms.  I had some wonderful matching paper that was mostly Sage, and I love it.  I hope you like what I did with the challenges today.

Today we have some errands, and I have to call the Spa place.  We are losing water!  The pool is a beautiful color, but suddenly cloudy. Looks like it's shaping up to be an expensive day.  Ah, the joys of home ownership!!

Have a great day.....do something FUN!

Inspiration and Speedy's Friends Challenges

Today I combined the challenges.  The Inspiration was The Victorian Trading Co., where beautiful gifts are all vintage.  A gorgeous site to visit.  I chose a pair of sheet music shoes with a fan front and flowers in pink.  I think I reproduced it fairly well.

Speedy the Fox and Friends Challenge #106 was chosen by Kelli - to use something 3 times.  I used 3 different flowers, brads, and used 3 layers of the same dp (CK).

We welcome you to join us each week on Saturday.  Please upload your card to Mr. Linky HERE so we can enjoy it too.

DH is off at Holy Cross, officiating at the Eastern Colleges Track Meet again in the rain today.  Mom and I have a gazillion things to do, so I won't be checking in any time soon.  Have a good one, and send us some SUNSHINE!!

QFTD Betty

Our Queen for the Day is Betty Wright.  What a sweet and talented lady she is!!  I had no problem finding a card of hers to case.  Just the opposite....too many!!

Betty, I hope you like how I changed your card to make it mine.  Enjoy your reign as Queen!

Betty does a lot of sewing, and as a former dressmaker, you'd think I would love to do it. NOT!  I used glue.....no machine.

Had a busy day already.  Got up early and drove to Mom's to meet the guy who put in her Stair-lift.  I packed my car with more of her stuff, and drove home.  He arrived shortly after I did, and there was a slight problem.  He left for an hour to get more tools, so I took Mom out to lunch.  He came back, and I took her to the hairdresser.  I'll go back and get her in 45 min., and I'm sure he won't be done.  A lot of running around, but it will be easier for her to get upstairs to her bedroom here.  PHEW!  I'm tired out!

Have a great day, and be sure to check out Betty's beautiful gallery at SCS.

CCEE Challenge 1218 Gingham

Welcome to another CCEE challenge!  This week our hostess Charlene told us to use Gingham.

I love to make masculine cards!  I just love this sailboat from Cornish Heritage Farms.........it's a digi!  I paired it with dark blue gingham and solid dark blue, and some fabulous nautical ribbon from my stash.  I also had a sailboat button, but made it RED with a sharpie marker.

We hope you will want to join us, and HERE is where you can add your card to Mr. Linky.

Join us again next Thursday and every Thursday for another fun challenge!

Cowboy in RED

It's been a while since I posted, so how could I resist something in RED?

This card uses the sketch challenge at SCS today.  My images are from MFP - A Heinrich Co.'s set, "Hey Cowboy".  I love the silhouette and barbed wire!

This color combination is my favorite, of course, and cheered me a bit on another rainy and dark day.  I have been trying (!) to do some cleaning in my craft room, and it's really hard to see much.  How's that for an excuse?

No plans for the rest of the day, except reading and watching the RED Sox tonight.  Have a great day yourself!

Pictures from the NH Convention

Julia Aston (artystamper) and I spent the weekend in Manchester NH at the CK Scrapbook Convention as demos for Rubbernecker stamps.  We spent Friday on our feet from 9 to 6, and we were really tired.

I was demoing The Beach, a Kittie Kit, making samples and chatting with those who were stampers and scrappers as well.  I really enjoyed meeting so many wonderful and creative women (and a few men too!).  This is my stamping area..pic taken by Julia.

Here is Julia, and this time I took the picture.  She was demonstrating what could be done with sponging and masking beautiful sets of baskets and vases full of flowers.  On Saturday, we worked from 9 to 5, and by the end of the convention, we were EXHAUSTED.  We had a wonderful time, but we were glad to go home to our own beds, and have our feet up!

Dave, the Rubbernecker stamps owner, was delighted to tell us we were responsible for breaking all the previous numbers of sales by almost DOUBLE. I guess we did well for him.  We're doing it again in June in Springfield MA.  I think we're just gluttons for punishment!!  Thanks Julia for a great weekend, my friend!!

Happy Birthday in Blue

Here's a card I made as a catch-up.......I was away Thursday until last night.  Then Mom and I went to her house to pack up more stuff, and so I didn't get to QFTD and Speedy's Challenge until now.

I cased Holly's card, keeping the dog theme, and for Speedy, the challenge was to use mostly blue.

I couldn't find a great match of ink for the paper, so I added some RED!  That fixes everything!  Have a fun day.  I'm off to watch the RED Sox.

CCEE1217 Scallops, flowers, buttons, and a CHF!

Here's a card for the CCEE challenge this week.  Cindy Haffner is our hostess, and this time she's asked us to use scallops, flowers, and buttons on our cards.

The scallops are the clouds, done with a template and sponge.  The flowers have teeny tiny button brads in their centers.  I added a two colored pink snail die cut.  I think he's having fun with the garden all to himself!

Please join us, and link your card HERE.  Be sure to join us again next week!!

For the Ways To Use It Challenge, I made this card from a CHF digi, Harbour Scene.  Our task was to make a monochromatic card.  Of course, for a masculine card I think of BLUE, every time.

This will be my last post until next Monday.  I'm off to the Manchester NH Scrapbook and Stamp Show with my sweet friend Julia (artystamper), where we'll be working a booth.  Have a great rest of the week.

A Get Well Wish

Mom and I waited until 9 this morning to head off for Lynn.  We had a chance to make a card for the sketch challenge, but that's all.

we got caught in the Rte. 128 traffic that was the result of an accident, but still got there only 4 minutes late to meet the Realtor for an appraisal.  He was very nice, and loved her house.  wait until he sees it without all the stuff in it, and CLEAN!!  Brought more STUFF home, so we are getting there.  Seeya later.