MFP Blog Hop Day 1 - Welcome Poppies (CHF03 Below)

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. 
Lois 
Vicky 
Anne 
Pat G.
Karen H. 
Patty P. 
Mary
Marilynn 
Pam 
Debbie 
Nancy
Bonnie 
Kathy
Brenda
Toni
Tangii
ThriftyStamper
Sue
Kelli
Janine
Tammylee
Janis L.



Here's my sample using the set for today:









Please come back and join me tomorrow for Day 2!

CHF03 - Pearls and Lace

Cindy, our hostess for this month, chose the theme Pearls and Lace.  I fell in love with this gorgeous paper, so I went with the colors, adding gray pearls.

The only stamping is on the inside.  It says,
"Some people make the world more Special just by being in it."
The sentiment is a Cornish Heritage Farms digi #1472.  I thought adding anything else to the outside would be too much.

Thanks for joining me, and I hope you will take a look at the cards by the rest of the DT HERE.

See you again with another challenge in two weeks.

Ruffles Inspired

The Clean and Simple challenge today was an inspiration - a black bathing suit with a white ruffled top.

I thought this image of the petunias with their ruffles edges was perfect, and continued the theme in the flowers.

These images are from Rubbernecker Stamps.

Today is starting out dark and gloomy..hope it's better where you are.  Hugs to all.

Sneak Peek Shells

Here's a sneak peek of "Silly Shells", a new set from MFP - A Heinrich Co., that will be available on Tuesday here in a Blog Hop.

I used this fun set to make a card for Emily Keaton, our Featured Stamper on SCS.

Please remember to join me here for some samples of new sets!

Tutorial Time - Lois Bak's Train Tunnel!

If you go HERE, you will be linked to the Tutorial Time with SpeedyTV, and can see how Lois showed us how to make this card.  It was really fun, and is the 3rd tutorial.   If you click on my card, you can see a close-up.

Join us every Friday for a new tutorial!

A Two-fer!

Here's another sneak peek of Welcome Poppies that will be released in a Blog Hop here next Tuesday.

I used this image in a layout to honor our Queen For The Day, cathymac at SCS.  This is something I seldom do, layer the two images to overlap, and I kinda like it.

I went to the hand surgeon yesterday, and have an appt. with him for July 7th to have my thumb fixed.  He will take out a bone at the base, drill a hole in the long bone, and thread a tendon from my arm into it.  He says it's really easy, and always works.  I'll be glad to be pain free, finally.  Until then, I'll be stamping like crazy to get ahead on all my challenges!! Wish me luck.

Have a great day!

CCEE1224 Nautical Challenge, and an extra!

Welcome to another CCEE Challenge! This week our theme is Nautical.

I combined blue cardstock, ink, and dp for a Father's Day card.

We hope you will join us, linking your card HERE.  Please check out the DT on my sidebar.

See you again next Thursday!

The Ways To Use It Challenge at SCS today was to make a masculine card.  Since I followed the nautical theme, I decided to post my additional card here.

I used a set called "Island Life" that will be available during a Blog Hop here and at MFP next Tuesday.

I think with this sentiment it makes a fabulous sympathy card, and a great guy card as well.

Sneak Peek Poppies

"Welcome Poppies" is the name of the MFP set that will be released next Tuesday with others in a Blog Hop here.  I hope you will want to come and see some new wonderful images.

I colored the poppies in Pretty in Pink, and added a die cut I got from Cindy (YLM) and some pink pearls.

Rain today.  Mom and I will go for pedicures, and maybe lunch out, as DH has a luncheon meeting.  Hope you are having a nice day wherever you are.

Sneak Peek and a tutorial

Here's a sneak peek of a set that will be released next week at MFP.  I'm showing only the sentiment from "Welcome Poppies".  I bet  you can guess what the main images are!

This card is for the CC today, and in using the colors, I punched out grass, flowers and butterflies.  I kinda like the way it looks.

NOW...............

THE TUTORIAL

The featured designer today is Lois Bak.  She has done a tutorial on Inking Embossing Folders, which you can see HERE.  I followed her easy peasy directions to make this card, using my EF and the butterflies from Daffodil Greetings.  Please join us!!

Peeking Bear

Today I made this card fro the combined challenges, TLC and CAS on SplitCoast.

the TLC was to use HALVES, and the CAS was layering white.

I hoope  you can see the layers.  I used punches, the Scor-pal, and my Leafy Branches EF and cb.

Have a great day.  Hope it involves something just for fun!

Tutorial Time - Masked Center

Today is the second tutorial for Tutorial Time on Speedy TV.  Pat is our hostess, and showed us how to do center masking.

You can find her tutorial here.  Please join us, and you might win a wonderful set of stamps from Mark's Finest Papers - A Heinrich Co.

See you again next Friday!

CCEE1223 Vintage

Our hostess for the CCEE Challenge this month is Kathy, who asked us to make a card with a VINTAGE feel.

I love this B-Line Design image.  If this isn't Vintage, I don't know what is!

This 20's beauty is paper pieced and watercolored, and I used organdy ribbon and flowers to finish it off.

Please join us by posting your card HERE, and we will see you again next Thursday with another of Kathy's themes.

Only Green today!

After all the rain we've had, everything here is very green.  This card is for the SC at SCS.

I really liked the sketch, and with the single stamp from Stampscapes, it's pretty simple.  I hope  you like it.

Laid back day today.  No plans, just feet up.  Hope you are having that kind of day too!

Combined Rubbernecker/ Stampin' Sisterhood and The Twinery Blog Hop

Welcome to the combined Rubbernecker Stampin'Sisterhood and The Twinery Blog Hop!

Here are the prizes you can win:

From The Twinery - the "I Dream in Color" Sampler Pack, retail value $32.00

From Rubbernecker Stamps - A Gift Certificate for anything in the store!!





To be eligible to win, we ask that you leave a comment on both blogs before 11:59 EST Friday June 8th..........the details are on the Sisterhood and Twinery Blogs.

Here is my card made with Rubbernecker Stamps and twine from the Twinery:
649-11 Clothes Set
649-06 Send You A Line
539-01 Wild Garden Border 03

From The Twinery, Cappuccino Twine used as a clothesline.

Thanks for looking, and please continue on the Hop.
If you came here from Julie's, you'll want to go to Ashley's next.  Good luck!

CHF02 Challenge - Just For Baby (Tutorial Below)

Welcome to our 2nd Challenge for Cornish Heritage Farms!

Our hostess today is Barbara Bruder, who chose the theme, Just For Baby.

I used SL3174 - Vintage Flower Vine BG, and used two digi's:  Sheep2 (1628), and Daisy Trio (810D).  The colors are Pretty in Pink, painted on the face and legs of the sheep on the flower digis.  I added nesties and brads, a ribbon, and a punched faux button.  I hope  you like it.

Join us again on June 19th, and don't forget to add your card HERE.

Speedy Fox SRDT Tutorial - Versamark BG

Versamark Background Tutorial

By Anne Harmon (jdmommy)

                               

Supplies:

Versamark

Stamp

Cardstock

Sponge

Chalk

Tissue

Step 1:

                               

Stamp image with Versamark around edges of cardstock

Step 2:

                                  

Sponge with chalk over the Versamarked images

Step 3:

                              

Wipe off excess chalk with a tissue

Step 4:

                             

Finish as desired!

Here's the link to SpeedyTV where you can see not only my tutorial, but others as well!  Thanks!

Stampin' Sisterhood Challenge for June

Today is the First Sunday of the month, and this is the image to be used for inspiration for your card.

The Stampin' Sisterhood welcomes you to join in the fun that lasts all month.

Here is the card I made, using Rubbernecker Stamps new images:

512 - Create a garden Set 1
508-2010 Garden Phrase Set

I punched the edge of Curry paper, and backed the panel with some Cranberry.  The flowers are stamped in cranberry, curry, and RED.  The leaves and stems are wasabi green.  The twine is from The Twinery.

You can link your card HERE, and you could win the stamp set of your choice!!  See you next month!

Tutorial Time with Speedy TV

Today is the first Tutorial for Speedy TV.  Our tutorial is done by Tammylee, Distress Ink and Alcohol Markers.  Here is the card I made using this technique:

If you have never done this before, it's easy and really fun!  Go to SpeedyTV for all the information, and see what the DT has done!  Their names are on my sidebar! Be sure to add your card to ours, and check back next week for another tutorial!!

CCEE1222 Focus on Piercing

For our last challenge of May, Charlene has asked us to make PIERCING our focus.

This card uses more piercing than usual, because I HATE to do it, and never get it straight, even when I use my matpack.  On top of that, it just plain hurts my hand.  I am NO Joanne Grzelak (jojot).

I used a coneflower image from Paper Inspirations, and embossed in white on a pretty combination of papers (Anna Griffin and solid).  I added only a ribbon bow, since I didn't want to overwhelm the piercing.

Please join us by linking your card HERE, and join us again in June.

Get Well Owl

Well, Mom's house went on the market today.  I finished the cleaning, brought home everything that didn't need to be seen there, and thank heaven, it's done.  Boy am I tired.

I came home to find a fun challenge, and used this cute Bosscut owl as the centerpiece.  The only stamping in the sentiment, which is from MFP's set "Flaps my Wattles".

I sincerely intend to spend the afternoon with a glass of wine, refilled when necessary.  Vegging out sounds rel good to me.  Have a wonderful day!