Next week the blog hop begins for the release of six fabulous new stamp sets from Mark's Finest Papers. The fun begins on Tuesday, so be sure to check back!

This is a sneak peek of one of the new sets called Musical Holiday. The French horn and the music score are both images in the set. Does anything say Christmas more than music? I love Christmas music and would like to play it all year long, but I resist. However, it can start before Halloween in my house. lol


For this card, I stamped the horn image with versamark and embossed with silver onto white card stock. I colored in theholly leaves and berries with Copic markers and mounted that onto red card stock. I added the red brads and the silver cord bow. That is popped up onto the designer paper panel which is a scrap, so I can't tell you where it is from. The musical score is also a stamp in thsi new set, just stamped with black ink onto the white. The green card front is olive and garden green layered and then embossed with Cuttlebug's Holly Ribbons folder.

What do you think? I hope you like it. Thanks so much for stopping by! Please come back soon.

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

Blog Hop Day 1

Mark's Finest Papers' Design Teams are celebrating our NEWEST STAMP RELEASE with a Blog Hop. Our very talented Design Teams have created exciting paper crafts for your inspiration. With the addition of New Design Team members to inspire you, this is going to be a really fun-packed Hop!

We have 4 New Stamp Sets Released today: Tweet Blessings, Flourished Sea Creatures, Regal & Proud, and Owl Be Here. 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 on August 10, 11, 12, and 13, 2010. On Saturday, (August 14, 2010), a winner will be chosen FOR EACH DAY from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for that day. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day.)

THAT MEANS IF YOU MISSED A DAY, YOU STILL HAVE OTHER CHANCES WIN! And, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning!

Tuesday, August 10-Tweet Blessings

Where do you get inspiration? Me - everywhere! I was watching one of my favorite programs on TV "Color Splash" and they showed a lamp shade that inspired this card.
I stamped the bird using Ballet Blue ink onto white cardstock and then added the flourish from Flourishes and Frame with Creamy Caramel ink. The sentiment is also stamped with that ink. I then cut/embossed the panel using Spellbinders Labels 8 and sponged the edges with Creamy Caramel. I added a teeny blue jewel (from Taylored Expressions) for the eye. I also added just a teeny dot of Clear Rock Candy stickles to the centers of the flowers on the bird, trying to keep it subtle. I cut a rectangle from the Ballet Blue cs just a bit bigger than the panel and rounded the corners before mounting my image panel. The card is Ballet Blue. The background panel was created again using the flourish from Flourishes and Frame stamped with Creamy Caramel, cutting and embossing with the larger Labels 8. I then embossed this panel with the Cuttlebug Textile Texture folder and sponged the edges with Creamy Caramel. I wrapped the beautiful blue satin ribbon (also from Mark's Finest Papers) around the card and tied a bow. I popped up the bird panel with foam squares. It's a fairly simple card, but I really like the result. Do you?



August Guest Designer- Wendy-
Nancyruth -
Lois -
Vicky-
Jeanne -
Anne-
Debbie-
Peggysue-
Faith -
Susan-
Judi-
Connie-
Emily-
Karen- That's me and you are here!
Patty-
Roxie-
Vicki-
Julia-
Liz-
Claudine-
Joanne T-
Mark’s Finest Papers -

Black Magic

Today's challenge is to create something using the Black Magic technique - which is to stamp an image (today I did the same thing for my sentiment) with white craft ink onto a dark cs. I heat set it before coloring over the white with watercolor pencils. I added a few highlights with a white gel pen. I also added the white border with a white watercolor pencil and the white gel pen onto the image panel. The sentiment panel is cut/embossed using Spellbinders Mega Curved Rectangles. That sentiment panel is mounted over a strip of pink which is embossed with the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder.



Here is what I used:
Rubbernecker: Floral 496-02, Flourish bg 462, Blooms 237
Spellbinders Mega Curved Rectangles
Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Folder
Cardstock: White, Black, Pixie Pink
Ink: White craft, Pixie Pink
Other: Watercolor pencils, White gel pen

Thanks for stopping by!