Winners are announced!!!

The winners from the Rubbernecker Stampin' Sisterhood blog hop have been announced over on the Stampin' Sisterhood blog!!! But remember, everyone that played is a winner, so be sure to get the details to see how you can claim a prize!!!!!

Laugh Wrinkles

I stamped this fun new image onto a light green card stock using peeled paint distress ink, then added detail with distress markers. I stamped the image again onto garden green card stock using versamark ink and clear embossing. I then fussy cut the frog out and popped it up onto the lily pad. The blue panel is embossed with distressed stripes folder - I think it looks water like.

The sentiment is stamped onto the white card stock with peeled paint ink and cut/embossed with a Spellbinders die. I hope you like it. The sentiment is a great one, don't you think? The sentiment and the image are new ones from Rubbernecker.

Vertical Birthday Wish

I inked the stamps (new ones from Rubbernecker) with markers before stamping. I love finding a good vertical sentiment. They seem harder to find, but I thought it worked well on this card. The top corner is punched so the mat layer of the card shows through more. Very CAS and mailable.

Stamps: Happy birthday set large SKU 625, Floral #1 SKU 608-01

New Stamps, New Inks!

I love these new stamps and distress ink colors. I brayered the three colors onto a small square of glossy card stock, stamped the flower image (new) over the three colors using Black Soot ink. I then embossed with clear embossing powder cuz that ink takes a while to dry on glossy card stock and smears. Ask me how I know! Next it is mounted onto the peacock color card stock. The card is a nice lemony yellow to match the ink. I stamped the sentiment (from a new Rubbernecker set of sentiments!) using the Peacock Feather ink (and my stamp a ma jig to get it straight) onto the card front. I then cut off 1/2" of the yellow and added the purple border.

Stamps: New from Rubbernecker: Best Wishes Sentiment Set SKU 600, Floral #1 SKU 608-01

Paper: Glossy white, Lemonade yellow, peacock blue and lilac

Ink: Black Soot, Peacock Feathers, Squeezed Lemonade, Shaded Lilac

Rubbernecker Garden Blog Hop

Welcome to the Rubbernecker Stampin’ Sisterhood Garden Blog Hop!
Our wonderful team of designers will be sharing their beautiful garden creations with you today. There are so many great stamps to choose some over at the Rubbernecker site.

**You will have until FRIDAY 5/25 to HOP, the winners will be announced Saturday!
**There will be some great prizes! To get all the information, check out the Stampin’ Sisterhood blog.
**Look for the HOP badges on everyone's sidebars to follow their HOP posts.
** Next month we will have another great hop with more fun prizes to win.
**  Watch out for something EXCITING coming for JUNE'S HOP!!
**Check out the Stampin’ Sisterhood blog often for all our challenges and weekly postings for inspiration.

BONUS ENTRY:  As a bonus, we will draw a winner for a stamp set of your choice just for sharing our HOP on your Facebook page or your blog!!!! After you have shared it on one of those two places, just go back to the Stampin' Sisterhood blog and let us know where you shared it with a link to that share.
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Here is my card:


The flourish which I will call a ***VINE*** today, is inked with Peeled Paint Distress ink and stamped onto the white card front. I then popped up the flower and added a glittery center. The sentiment is stamped with Victorian Velvet Distress ink. The edge of the card is punched with EK Success Scroll Pattern Punch. I added Liquid Pearls White Opal to the centers of the small punched flowers and also here and there on the scroll punched edge.
Stamps: Phrase Set 626, Flourish #2 611-02
HOP ROUTE:

• Anne Harmon
• Bev Gerard
• Charlene Driggs
• Charlene Merrick
• Ellen Taylor
• Jacquie Peifer
• Jennifer Cuthbertson
• Joan Ervin
• Judy Rozema
• Julia Aston
• Juliana Swanson
• Karen Hunsaker
• Kecia Waters
• Stampin Sisterhood Blog

Here is a little bonus for you. I created this card this morning. I stamped the rose using London Fog Memento ink and then watercolored using my new Distress markers and a watercolor brush. I then stamped the flourishes (***VINE***) along the edges with Versasmark ink and embossing with white powder. I then sponged on a bit more of the distress inks to pop the embossing a little bit. The sentiment is stamped using Vintage Photo ink. I added the ribbon as Mary did, but just a bow rather than a flower. The card front is mounted onto a darker pink. It really does match much better irl than it does in my photo. Isn't that disappointing? Stamps: Phrase Set 626, Single Leaf Rose 531-01, Flourish #2 611-02

Flamingos on Vacation

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

I created a scene for this lovely diva flamingo by airbrushing the sand and water with my Copic markers and adding the waves with a white distress marker. The tree was inked with markers and stamped onto white before fancy cutting and adding to the beach. I stamped the palm fronds twice and cut out three of them to pop up giving it a bit more dimension. The beautiful flamingo was stamped onto a rose colored card stock and I used the white distress marker to highlight the floral pattern on her. I even added some eyelashes. lol Tiny pearls were added to the pattern on her body too. I think she is so cute. I then added the bon voyage sentiment on the lower corner using a darker blue ink.
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.

Lois
Vicky
Anne
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

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

I created the hills by tearing the designer paper and sponging the edges with Vintage Photo ink. I them mounted them onto the light blue card stock and stamped the tree image with Vintage Photo ink and clear embossing. I added the brown picket fence, and added cut out stones that are also in the set. The butterfly was stamped onto glossy card stock and embossed with gold embossing powder. I then colored it in with Copic markers, cut out and popped up on the fence.

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.

Lois
Vicky
Anne
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

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

I used just one of the sentiments from the new set on this card. It is stamped with blue ink onto glossy card stock before cutting/embossing with Spellbinders oval die. The star was cut with a Spellbinders star die and then embossed with the Cuttlebug Paisley folder. I outlined the edges with a dark blue marker to give it a little more definition. The card front is divided by using two different designer papers and adding brads at the seam. I also added lots of brads to the star and ribbon tails to the sentiment panel.

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.

Lois
Vicky
Anne
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

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

I inked the single daisy image from the set with markers before stamping onto white card stock. I then colored it in lightly with Copic markers. Do you see that cute little lady bug on the leaf? It's just under the bow! Love that! The panel is embossed with the Swiss Dots folder before mounting onto a black panel cut/embossed with Spellbinders Deckle Edge Rectangles. I used a slot punch in the left side to thread the ribbon through. The panel behind the daisy has the right side punched with the EK Success Scroll Pattern punch and then mounted onto another piece of black to make it pop up from the background paper. That panel is embossed with the Stylized Flowers folder for a little more interest and dimension. I added the gingham bow (ribbon from MFP) using mini glue dots to hold the tails right where I wanted them. As a finishing touch I added Ice Stickles in Orange Peel to the center of the daisy. 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.

Lois
Vicky
Anne
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

Sneak Peek Daisy Birthday

Don’t these colors just shout spring? They do to me. I love these colors, they are so light and fresh looking.

This is a sneak peek of another new set being released next week. I started with the main panel which is glossy card stock. I stamped the daisy image onto it with Versamark ink and embossed with white powder. I them sponged on Tumbled Glass distress ink and mounted onto the blue card stock. For the card front, I repeatedly stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment onto white card stock and a piece of dp from Pink Paislee's Spring Jubilee. The yellow dp is from the same pack. I then embossed the blue and white panels with the Heart Blocks folder and the yellow panel with Happy Birthday folder. I added a ribbon and a bow with a rhinestone brad and some clear rhinestones to the daisy panel.

Father's Day Fishing

Today starts our preview week of new stamps being released next week by Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Co. For this card, I used the new set "Get Reel". If you have a fisherman in your life, you will want this fun new set. I used one of the silhouette images on this card, stamping with Black Memento ink onto the blue card stock. The sentiment which is also in the set is stamped onto the kraft colored card stock using Pacific Point ink and clear embossed.

Best of the Web - what an honor!

Dear readers, my blog is being featured on Craft Corner's Best of the Web this week! How cool is that? Pop on over there and check out all the posts. Thank you Craft Corner!

Daisies and birthday

Ooooo, new stamps are in the house. Rubbernecker has just released a bunch of wonderful new stamps. How inspiring! I used two of them on this card.

I stamped the journal flourish circle using Pumice Stone distress ink onto white card stock. I then colored the daisies with Copic markers. The sentiment is stamped using Seedless Preserves Distress ink and clear embossed. I colored the brads with a matching Copic marker and added them to three of the corners. I used a ribbon for the horizontal panel. I added some of the purple to the daisy with the same Copic marker and also one of the colored brads to the center.

Stamps: Happy Birthday Set Large SKU 625, Journal Flourish Circle SKU 603-02

Click here to see the new stamps!