Such a cute girl!

This card uses paper piecing. Have you tried this technique? It is a great way to use up scraps of beautiful papers. Well, I have lots of scraps to choose from. The image is from Mark's Finest Papers and actually has a pumpkin where I put the sentiment. I just covered it up with the sentiment to change this and make the image even more versatile. Isn't she a cutie? I colored the girl with copic markers, cut/embossed using Spellbinders Labels One and airbrushed the edges.

To paper piece, stamp the image onto your background paper and onto the papers you want to use on it, then cut out the specific areas and adhere them to the main image. Xyron sure makes this part easy. I love my Xyron!

I hope you like it

Welcome to the MFP September Blog Hop! This month, we’ve added two new DT members and have shortened link lists!

We have 4 New Stamp Sets Released today: Autumn Fun, Broom Rides, Stinky Situation, and Thankful Mums and Pumpkins. For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!


For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, (September 11, 2010), a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You DO NOT have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning!

9/10 FRIDAY Thankful Mums & Pumpkins



It is so fun to use all the stamps in a set and see the different looks you can get. Isn't this an elegant looking card? For this one I am featuring this lovely sentiment from the set by stamping it onto the blue cs and cutting into a rectangle, then rounding just the two opposing corners. I added a blue piece cut/embossed with the center of the Spellbinders Fleur de Lis pendant which is popped up. The card front is the blue and I added the brown rectangle before embossing with the Cuttlebug Textile Texture then I added the beautiful satin ribbon bow and the Fleur de lis panel and sentiment which is adhered by running it through my Xyron. This is really quite a simple card, but I love the elegant look.

Thanks for stopping by! This is the last day of the blog hop, so be sure to visit these blogs for more inspiration!

Emily
Karen-That's me! You are here!
Patty
Roxie
Vicki
Liz
Claudine
Dawn
Joanne T
Nicole
Marilynn
Debbie
Peggysue
Susan
Judi
Connie
Mark’s Finest Papers

JustRite Manly Card`

JustRite is showcasing new stamps being released and part of the fun is a contest creating manly cards. Now, those seem to be difficult for lots of people, including me. I generally tend to lean towards flowers, ribbons, and sparkle. Well, most men don't really like that - for themselves anyway. So here is my attempt at a manly card.

I used JustRite's By The Sea set. This set is great for manly cards, but really isn't limited to just manly, for sure. They are such lovely images for summer.

I stamped the image using versamark ink onto a light blue cardstock and embossed with clear. This was cut using Spellbinders Classic oval and mounted onto another from Not Quite Navy cardstock. The card is Riding Hood Red with another layer of the Not Quite Navy and then a panel of Daisy Bucket designs Garden Gate Evening Primrose paper. I actually used the reverse side (the stripe). I used foam squares to mount the image oval. On the right side of the card, I used twill tape which is adhered with Xyron adhesive. I tied a figure eight knot using regular old twine and adhered the knot with a pop up glue dot. I adhered the ends on the back of the panel using hot glue, since there is so much bulk there. It looks manly to me. What do you think?

It's time

to show you another cute card. Well, I like it. I hope you do too.

The image on this is a cotton scrap by Craft Secrets. I mounted it onto the cardstock and stitched (messily) around the edges, then distressed the edges of the cardstocks. I wanted to use some real lace behind it but didn't have anything that was just right, so I made my own with a Spellbinders Eyelet borderabilities and a Martha Stewart punch. Isn't it pretty? The card front is embossed with the Textile Textures Cuttlebug folder. I used my Xyron to hold the cotton scrap to the card stock. Added a cute little vintage looking button with a bit of embroidery floss through it and a lovely bow to the top.

Thanks for stopping by! Please come back soon!

One of four

I do hope you enjoyed the blog hop. There were so many amazing creations, weren't there? I loved it.

I thought I would share a card I made as a result of the blog hopping I did. Lisa made a wonderful ensemble of cards that I just had to try. I'll share the first one with you today.



This is a simple layout and really showcases the beautiful JustRite stamps so well. The paper is from My Mind's Eye. The stamp set is the same one I used for my blog hop project, JustRite Stamps® JB 09700 Plant a Little Love Set and I also used Spellbinders™ Circles Nestabilities® and Lattice Borderabilities. The image was stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa ink and colored with Copic markers. One thing I love about the ensemble I made is that all the cards are flat and therefore so mailable. Another product that made these so easy to assemble is Xyron adhesives! Oh boy do I love being able to apply the adhesive so easily and so well! I use the Xyron create-a-sticker™ for smaller pieces and the Xyron 900 for the bigger pieces. Love them both!

Thanks for stopping by! I'll post #2 of 4 tomorrow, so be sure to come on back! Have a great day!