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Friday, July 20, 2012

Blog Hop Day 4 - Hot & Spicy

Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's

July Blog Hop!

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Asian Delights Featured July 17

Wild & Free Featured July 18

Garden Art Featured July 19 Hot & Spicy Featured July 20

For this one, I stamped the same image onto three different color card stocks and colored in the chili with Copic Markers. I then stamped the word HOT over the top of them using Black Soot distress ink and clear embossed so it would really stand out!

See those tiny little chili peppers on the twine? Aren't they too cute? I stamped the chili image onto shrink plastic using black Staz On ink and colored with Sharpies before shrinking them with my heat gun. It is so fun to be able to make your own embellishments. The picture on the right is the inside of the card.

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 July 21, 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 July 20, 2012.

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Blog Hop Day 3 - Garden Art

Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's

July Blog Hop!

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Asian Delights Featured July 17
Wild & Free Featured July 18
Garden Art Featured July 19
Hot & Spicy Featured July 20

This fun little card features the cute little toadstools and the toad! I stamped the toad image onto yellow card stock and colored with Copic markers before cutting him out. I then added Glossy Accents to him. The toadstool image was stamped onto white, colored with Copic markers and then cut/embossed using Spellbinders dies. I added the Hello sentiment to the lower right hand corner, stamping in green ink. The bee image is on the designer paper I used. I added the green ribbon which has a little copper in it as well.

What a cute little gnome! I stamped him onto white card stock and colored with Distress markers before cutting/embossing with Spellbinders oval dies. I stamped the butterflies from the set onto white card stock and colored them with Copic markers before cutting and mounting them onto the card front. I used a bit of foam mounting tape behind the wings to hold them up just a big. The brick red panel is embossed using the Spellbinders Flora M-bossabilities folder. The vine is cut with another die and added behind for a bit more dimension and interest.

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Blog Hop Day 2 - Wild & Free

Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's



                       July Blog Hop! 






This month's New Stamp Set Releases are




Asian Delights Featured July 17

Wild & Free Featured July 18

Garden Art Featured July 19

Hot & Spicy Featured July 20








For this card, I stamped the wildlife images onto this linen textured paper which gives them such a great look. It is a one layer card, so I added the red brads in the four corners to give it a little more oomph!



This card uses a bit of designer paper as the base for the great wild life stamps. I then added a small sentiment panel which was stamped with the sentiment from the set, cut/embossed using a Spellbinders die and then I added the animal print over the top using Versmark ink and clear embossing. I backed a jumbo eyelet with a brown card stock circle and tied some brown ribbon through it, adding a bit of copper cording around the ribbon.
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 July 20, 2012. 

.

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Blog Hop Day 1 - Asian Delights

Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's

July Blog Hop!

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Such a simple card, and so easy to mail. I stamped the word images onto the red card stock using Versamark ink and heat embossed with gold. The Geisha girl image is stamped using Black Soot distress ink and clear embossed. The red card front is matted with black. I then stamped the sentiment onto black and heat embossed using the gold powder and then backed it with red. I used gold and red cording behind the sentiment panel with just a simple knot for more interest.

Aren't these blossoms just gorgeous? Yes! I stamped the same image twice onto the white panel which is cut/embossed with Spellbinders Romantic Rectangle die. I colored in the images with Distress markers before mounting the panel onto the coral colored card stock. The top of the coral layer is embossed with a Spellbinders M-Bossabilities folder. I added the beautiful trim (also from MFP) to the top of the image panel.
Asian Delights Featured July 17

Wild & Free Featured July 18

Garden Art Featured July 19

Hot & Spicy Featured July 20

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 July 20, 2012.

Friday, June 22, 2012

Silly Shells

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
Thrifty Stamper
Sue
Kelli
Janine
Tammylee
Janis L.
Mark's Finest

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Island Life

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

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

This card features just a sentiment from the set.

On this card, I combined an image from the Island Life set and a sentiment from Silly Shells. The sentiment is stamped onto twill tape and attached to the card front with brads.

Now hop along this route, and be sure to leave some love along the way.

Lois
Vicky
Anne
Pat G.
Karen H.
Patty P.
Mary
Marilynn
Pam
Debbie
Nancy
Bonnie
Kathy
Brenda
Toni
Tangii
Thrifty Stamper
Sue
Kelli
Janine
Tammylee
Janis L.
Mark's Finest

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

I'm in Stitches

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

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Lois
Vicky
Anne
Pat G.
Karen H.
Patty P.
Mary
Marilynn
Pam
Debbie
Nancy
Bonnie
Kathy
Brenda
Toni
Tangii
Thrifty Stamper
Sue
Kelli
Janine
Tammylee
Janis L.
Mark's Finest

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Welcome Poppies

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

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Lois
Vicky
Anne
Pat G.
Karen H.
Patty P.
Mary
Marilynn
Pam
Debbie
Nancy
Bonnie
Kathy
Brenda
Toni
Tangii
Thrifty Stamper
Sue
Kelli
Janine
Tammylee
Janis L.
Mark's Finest

Saturday, May 19, 2012

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.
!
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:

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

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Stampin' Sisterhood Father's Day Hop

Hey, hey, hey, welcome to Rubbernecker's Stampin' Sisterhood Father's Day Blog Hop! My card is more of a any time masculine card, don't you think?

I stamped the image using Vintage Photo distress ink and then colored with Copic Markers. I added the double grass border (I used both the positive and the negative) which is sponged with Peeled Paint distress ink for a little more texture on the grass. The main panel is matted with a darker green card stock.

Stamps: The Stories I Could 582-20, Ralph Fishing 562-20

"Blogger has been causing problems for some of our designers all week long so you may come across a few blogs that do not appear updated with today's blog hop post. If that happens, please refer to the hop order at the end of my post or on The Stampin' Sisterhood Blog to continue on, but make sure you plan to check back on the other blogs because you'll need to leave a comment on each blog in order to win our BIG PRIZE!" OUR PRIZE:
A Stamp set of your choice!
Winner to be announced on the SS Blog 4/28 (1 week to hop).

HOP DETAILS:
-Follow the route below
-Leave some love at each stop
-Go back to the Sisterhood Blog and let them know you have hopped.

BONUS ENTRY:
-As a bonus we will draw an EXTRA winner for a STAMP SET of their choice, just for sharing our HOP on their Facebook page or Blog!!
-After you have SHARED, just go back to the Stampin' Sisterhood Blog and let us know where you have SHARED our HOP!!

HOP ROUTE:

FYI, we will have another blog hop next month with a Summer theme - Summer is coming!

We have challenges on our Stampin' Sisterhood blog. Be sure to check them out! Not to mention all the fabulous art shown each week by our awesome design team!

Something new is coming next month too, so keep your eyes open! Fun fun and more fun!

Friday, April 20, 2012

Train Talk

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

Details of this card are at the end of today's post.

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Fabulous Dogs Featured April 17
Daffodil Greetings Featured April 18
Hey, Cowboy! Featured April 19
Train Talk Featured April 20

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 April 21, 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 April 20, 2012.

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

My card details:
I love the look of rolling hills made out of designer papers and thought it would be a perfect backdrop for this cute train. I chose very unconventional colors for a train, but really like the look. I think the one train car is filled with cotton candy! Oh baby!

I stamped the image onto white card stock using black memento ink and then colored with Copic markers using colors from the floral paper. I cut the hill shapes with a rotary cutter and then sewed the top edges of each hill. The train is cut out and popped up with foam tape and squares. I do love the fact that these stamps are so easy to shape, so I took advantage of that and stamped the Sorry This Is Late sentiment, matching the shape of the hill and using Lavender Lace ink. I cut stencils from scrap paper and sponged on the clouds with white craft ink.

On the inside, I covered the stitching with a panel of purple paper and stamped the same train image onto it using the Lavender Lace ink. I embossed both the top and bottom edges of the panel with Frills border embossing folder. I then stamped the other part of the sentiment to the bottom inside of the card. It reads: My Train of Thought Keep Derailing! Ha ha ha, that is a sentiment I will be using quite often!
I hope you like this card!

Copic Markers: E43, YG41, BV11, Y11, Y13, R81, YG63
DP: Vintage Vogue by Pink Paislee

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Hey Cowboy

Card details at the end of this post.

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

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Fabulous Dogs Featured April 17
Daffodil Greetings Featured April 18
Hey, Cowboy! Featured April 19
Train Talk Featured April 20

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 April 21, 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 April 20, 2012.

Lois
Vicky
Anne
Pat G.
Karen H. You are here!
Patty P.
Mary
Marilynn
Karen K.
Pam
Debbie
Nancy
Bonnie
Kathy
Brenda
Toni
Tangii
Anna S
Sue
Kelli
Janine
Mark's Finest Papers
Oooooo, that would hurt! lol This sentiment and the barbed wire images are from this new set called Hey Cowboy. I put the two sentiment stamps with the smaller barbed wire image in the center all together on my acrylic block, inked with Rusty Hinge distress ink and stamped onto the white card stock. I then stamped the larger image of barbed wire around the edges to create a frame for the sentiment and sponged the edges of that panel with the Rusty Hinge ink. I matted it with the dark brown card stock and added brads to all four corners. The rust colored panels are embossed with the Cuttlebug stars folder and inked with Vintage Photo ink before cutting into strips and weaving them for the border on the brown card front.

Thanks for looking!

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Daffodil Greetings

Card details at the end of this post.

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

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Fabulous Dogs Featured April 17
Daffodil Greetings Featured April 18
Hey, Cowboy! Featured April 19
Train Talk Featured April 20

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 April 21, 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 April 20, 2012.

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

I just love the cheery look of daffodils and they bring a smile with this sweet sentiment. I stamped the image of the daffodils with Pumice Stone distress ink so it would be a very subtle line. I then colored the image with Copic markers. The sentiment was inked with Versamark ink and then the green before stamping and then heat embossing with clear embossing powder. Don't you love the beautiful doily look at the top and bottom? I used Spellbinders Romantic Rectangles for both. I cut just about 1/4" off the bottom of the card and the cut the Romantic Rectangle long side and added it to the bottom of the card. I then cut the short edge of the rectangle and added it to the top of the card, making sure I got the beautiful corners on the card. I added yellow ribbon around the card and tied a bow. I hope it brings a smile to your face.

Here is one more card I made with the set! Thanks so much for looking!

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Fabulous Dogs

Card details at the bottom of this post.

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

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Fabulous Dogs Featured April 17
Daffodil Greetings Featured April 18
Hey, Cowboy! Featured April 19
Train Talk Featured April 20

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 April 21, 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 April 20, 2012.

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

There are such cute dogs and sentiments in this new set. For this card, I kept it very simple. The cute dog is stamped onto the white card front with black ink and only his tongue sticking out is colored. I then stamped the sentiment with red ink and added the die cut picket fence. A little red gingham ribbon (also from MFP) and black card stock backing and it is all finished.

Thanks for looking!

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Rubbernecker Mother's Day Hop

My Mother has passed away, so I can't send her a Mother's Day card, but I can and will certainly be thinking of her on Mother's Day. This sentiment was perfect for my card. In case you can't read it, it says, "If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk in my garden forever."

I stamped the roses image onto shimmery white card stock, added a little color with markers and cut the image out. Using a craft knife, I cut around a few of the petals. I then attached it to the Webster's Pages designer paper using foam squares to pop up those petals I had cut around. I also used a few small glue dots to hold down the image around that so the dimension would really show up. I stamped the sentiment onto the dp using Aged Mahogany distress ink and clear embossed. I then mounted all that onto a Rose Red card front. I colored a length of seam binding and some white lace with Copic markers and alcohol and added that to the corner of the card. You have to have lace and ribbon on a Mother's Day card, right?

Stamps: Roses Large SKU 802 SO, Garden Phrase Set SKU 508
Here are all the Hop details:

OUR PRIZE:
A Stamp set of your choice!
Winner to be announced on the SS Blog 3/30.

HOP DETAILS:
-Follow the route below
-Leave some love at each stop
-Go back to the Sisterhood Blog and let us know you have hopped.
BONUS ENTRY:
-As a bonus we will draw an EXTRA winner for a STAMP SET of your choice, just for sharing our Hop on your Facebook page or Blog!
-After you have shared, go back to the Stampin' Sisterhood Blog and let us know where you have shared our hop.

Thanks for looking at my creation. Now go hop on to the rest of the designer's blogs to see what they came up with.

Friday, March 23, 2012

Mother's Magnolias

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

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Lighthouses Featured March 20
Flap My Wattles Featured March 21
Wild Horses Featured March 22
Mother's Magnolias Featured March 23

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 March 24, 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 March 23, 2012.

Making a mother's day card really made me think of my Mother and miss her. I can't give her this card, but I made it for her anyway. I kept it very simple, stamping the image and sentiment using versamark ink onto the pink card stock and embossing with white. I added the pink ribbon with just a knot and then added the beaded stick pin.

Thanks so much for looking! I hope you enjoy the rest of the stops along the way today.
Lois
Vicky
Anne
Pat G.
Karen H.
Patty P.
Mary
Marilynn
Chrissy
Karen K.
Pam
Debbie
Nancy
Bonnie
Harriet
Kathy
Brenda
Toni
Tangii
Anna S
Mark's Finest Papers

Our big promotion this month! With the purchase of the March New Release Package, you will receive this stamp set for FREE!

Our March New Release Mini:

Brick Wall

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Wild Horses

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

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Lighthouses Featured March 20
Flap My Wattles Featured March 21
Wild Horses Featured March 22
Mother's Magnolias Featured March 23

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 March 24, 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 March 23, 2012.

Living out west, as I do, this stamp reminded me of the beautiful mountain ranges on the horizons. I am still awed by the sight every day. I love it. I stamped the image using Faded Jeans distress ink and added a little bit of Elegant Eggplant and greyed the horse and cactus just a little bit. I then tore the edges of the paper to create the different mountain ranges and again sponged on the purple. That's how they look to me in real life. The card base is the darker blue. I then added the twine, adding more of the color with my ink pad to the blue one. A simple one layer card. I hope you like it. Thanks so much for stopping by! Now hop on over to see what the other designers came up with.
Lois
Vicky
Anne
Pat G.
Karen H.
Patty P.
Mary
Marilynn
Chrissy
Karen K.
Pam
Debbie
Nancy
Bonnie
Harriet
Kathy
Brenda
Toni
Tangii
Anna S
Mark's Finest Papers

Our big promotion this month! With the purchase of the March New Release Package, you will receive this stamp set for FREE!

Our March New Release Mini:

Brick Wall

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Flaps My Wattles

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

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Lighthouses Featured March 20
Flap My Wattles Featured March 21
Wild Horses Featured March 22
Mother's Magnolias Featured March 23

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 March 24, 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 March 23, 2012.

Doesn't this sentiment just crack you up????? There are a few things that really do flap my wattles! hee hee hee How about you? I just love the chickens in this set, and I'm sure you will too!

Go see what the other gals did with this fun new set by clicking on these blog links.

Lois
Vicky
Anne
Pat G.
Karen H.
Patty P.
Mary
Marilynn
Chrissy
Karen K.
Pam
Debbie
Nancy
Bonnie
Harriet
Kathy
Brenda
Toni
Tangii
Anna S
Mark's Finest Papers

Our big promotion this month! With the purchase of the March New Release Package, you will receive this stamp set for FREE!

Our March New Release Mini:

Brick Wall

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Lighthouses

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

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Lighthouses Featured March 20
Flap My Wattles Featured March 21
Wild Horses Featured March 22
Mother's Magnolias Featured March 23

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 March 24, 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 March 23, 2012.

I really love lighthouse images so this set is one of my favorites. I kept it fairly simple by stamping the image with Barn Door ink onto a white panel. I don't know why lighthouses also make me think of picket fences, but they do, so I added one I cut with a die. I popped it up with foam tape to add dimension. I then stamped the sentiment using red onto a small piece of white card stock and popped that up over the fence. The white panel is framed with a red piece of card stock and then adhered onto the white card front.

Thanks for looking! Enjoy the other designer's creations by hopping along the blogs listed below.

Lois
Vicky
Anne
Pat G.
Karen H.
Patty P.
Mary
Marilynn
Chrissy
Karen K.
Pam
Debbie
Nancy
Bonnie
Harriet
Kathy
Brenda
Toni
Tangii
Anna S
Mark's Finest Papers

Our big promotion this month! With the purchase of the March New Release Package, you will receive this stamp set for FREE!

Our March New Release Mini:

Brick Wall

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Rubbernecker Spring Hop!

Hey there Sister Friends!! What's new? SO glad you could join the

Stampin' Sisterhood for our Springtime HOP!!

As always, we are SO excited to share with you!

Rubbernecker Stamps has a wide variety of stamps for your

Spring and Easter projects!

For my card today, I used stamps from four sets:
Garden Phrase Set SKU 508(for the sentiment)
Wild Garden Border 1 SKU 515-01 for the grass
Grapevine Basket SKU 15-02 for the basket
Easter Inchie SKU 436 for the eggs

I stamped the basket using Gathered Twigs ink onto the white card stock and colored with Copic markers. I then used my craft knife to cut the top of the basket so I could slip the eggs into it. I then cut/embossed the panel with Spellbinders Label die. The card front was stamped with the Wild Garden Border and the edges sponged. I then stamped the sentiment on the top of the card front using the same green ink. I stamped the eggs adding color with Copic markers and sparkle with AtYou pens.

The Stampin’ Sisterhood has put together some AWESOME creations to share some of these images with you! I have a HOP ROUTE for you to follow and you can find it at EACH stop along the way, so you will not get lost! The ROUTE is below, along with MY creation! OK, in true HOP fashion, you will want to leave a little LOVE everywhere you visit! We want you to have a chance to win a PRIZE!
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You could WIN……………….
an AWESOME stamp set
Of your CHOICE!
The winner will be announced,
on the Stampin' Sisterhood Blog ,
FRIDAY 2/5
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So you all have time to HOP!!
AWESOME, right? Well then, off you go, there is LOTS to see!! Hope you will join us in MARCH, for our NEXT HOP!! We cannot wait to do some MORE sharing and prize giving!! Until then, be sure to check out the daily posts on the STAMPIN’ SISTERHOOD blog!! There is LOTS of inspiration to be found! Thanks again for joining us today and ENJOY!!

**HOP ROUTE**

Bev Gerard

Charlene Driggs

Charlene Merrick

Jacquie Peifer - Creative Coordinator

Jen Charboneau

Jennifer Cuthbertson

Joan Ervin

Julia Aston
Juliana Swanson
Karen Hunsaker - you are here!

Kecia Waters

Kittie Caracciolo

Rubbernecker Stamps

FTC disclosure

As of December 1, 2009, the FTC is requiring full disclosure on blogs for any compensation received for endorsed products. To comply with this requirement, here is a list of companies that have compensated me in some way, financially and/or in free product, and I thank them for their wonderful products!

3L, 7 gypsies, Chatter Box, Clearsnap, Copic Markers, Core’dinations, Cosmo Cricket, Crafty Secrets, Crate Paper, Creative Impressions, Fancy Pants, Flower Soft, Glue Dots, Hero Arts, JustRite Stampers, Magic Mesh, Mark's Finest Papers, My Mind’s Eye, Robin’s Nest, Spellbinders Paper Arts, Stampers Anonymous, Tattered Angels, Taylored Expressions, The Paper Company, Upsy Daisy Designs, Rubbernecker, Xyron.

If you have any questions about any of these companies or the products I use, please email me @ imastampin@hotmail.com