March Blog Hop Day 2

Welcome to the MFP March Blog Hop! This month, we are releasing 4 NEW SETS!


Our New Sets are: Just Dandy, African Veldt, Grandma's Boudoir, and Fish You Were Here.For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!

We have a NEW Blog Candy Contest! BE A GUEST DESIGNER!

PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY!

All Blog Hop participants will have the chance to win a Month Long GUEST DESIGNER position on our Senior Design team! That’s right! ONE lucky winner will receive a Guest Designer package that will include April 2011’s Four New Release sets, a selection of Premium Papers, and beautiful embellishments. The winner will also receive a Guest Designer Watermark, Blog Button and have the choice to participate in the April 2011 Blog Hop!


What do you need to do to qualify? Just comment on the Design Team blogs during the blog hop. EACH DAY that participants comment on all the Design Team blogs, their name will be entered once in the random drawing. Each participant has the opportunity to have his/her name entered up to four times. (There are four days of the blog hop, so there are up to four entries per person.) The winner will be announced on the Mark’s Finest Papers blog on Saturday, March 12, 2011.

WEDNESDAY, March 9, 2011-African Veldt

Here are two cards I created with the set. The giraffe card is more of the traditional way to use these stamps with the more real colors. The pink elephant just makes me giggle. As a child my Dad would tell me to look at the pink elephants on the ceiling and then tickle me under my chin. hee hee hee So, you see, you can use this set in a more unconventional way as well as with the wild animal theme.




Lois

Vicky

Dawn L.

Anne

Peggysue

Connie

Claudine

Dawn M.

Nicole

Marilynn

Geri

Lynn

Emily N.

Patricia

Chrissy

Guest Desinger, Ted

Mark's Finest Papers
Thanks for stopping by!

March Blog Hop Day 1

Our New Sets are: Just Dandy, African Veldt, Grandma's Boudoir, and Fish You Were Here.For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!

We have a NEW Blog Candy Contest! BE A GUEST DESIGNER!

PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY!

All Blog Hop participants will have the chance to win a Month Long GUEST DESIGNER position on our Senior Design team! That’s right! ONE lucky winner will receive a Guest Designer package that will include April 2011’s Four New Release sets, a selection of Premium Papers, and beautiful embellishments. The winner will also receive a Guest Designer Watermark, Blog Button and have the choice to participate in the April 2011 Blog Hop!


What do you need to do to qualify? Just comment on the Design Team blogs during the blog hop. EACH DAY that participants comment on all the Design Team blogs, their name will be entered once in the random drawing. Each participant has the opportunity to have his/her name entered up to four times. (There are four days of the blog hop, so there are up to four entries per person.) The winner will be announced on the Mark’s Finest Papers blog on Saturday, March 12, 2011.

TUESDAY March 8, 2011- Just Dandy

For the dandelion image, I inked the stamp with versamark ink, then colored the stem and leaves with a marker, stamped the image and then added white embossing powder and heat embossed the fluff. I added the white picket fence border to the right side of the blue pane. I punched the word window on the left side of the panel. The word hello is stamped onto the yellow panel and aligned with that hole. That is mounted onto the green card stock and then another square of the blue. I punched the three butterflies and stamped the fluff part of the flower onto them with versamark and embossed with clear to give the wings a little texture. Look closely and you can see it. The card is a 4-1/4" squaare.
Here is another card using this set and one of the wonderful sentiments:

Welcome to the MFP March Blog Hop! This month, we are releasing 4 NEW SETS!

Now go to these blogs to check out more creations using this set:
Lois
Vicky
Dawn L.
Anne
Peggysue
Connie
Emily
Karen
Patty
Roxie
Vicki
Liz
Geri
Lynn
Emily N.
Neva
Silvia
Patricia
Chrissy
Guest Designer Ted
Mark’s Finest Papers

Thanks for stopping by!

Our family has grown!

Introducing our newest member of the family - Joshua. This was taken about 48 hours after his birth. Isn't he adorable? He has a good hair of head - it looks blonde. What a little miracle. He was born 5 weeks early, but is doing really well. He weighed 5 Lbs. 7 oz. at birth.

Oh yeah, that's me holding him. I love new babies.

I really like bees. Well, on paper anyway - not buzzing around me. I think they are so cute. These bee images are in a new set called Happy Pansies - from Mark's Finest Papers . The set also includes images of pansies and some wonderful sentiments.

I wanted to try something different with these stamps. The sentiment is all on one stamp, so I used a marker to ink just the bee and the bee (lol) for one of the squares and the bee and the well for another. I also inked the tiny bee from that stamp and added it to the bigger bee which is a stand alone stamp. They are stamped onto the yellow cardstock with black ink and cut/embossed using Spellbinders Labels Twelve. I then mounted those onto the black squares so they would really pop. The dp looks like cells from a beehive, don't you think? It is from Chatterbox. I added the yellow gingham ribbon and a flower charm (also from MFP). The top of the card is embossed with a Cuttlebug Frills border folder.

Thanks for stopping by!

33 cents

This image from Mark's Finest Papers was stamped onto white cs with black memento ink and colored with Copic markers. that was mounted onto the always artichoke and a perfect plum layer. The card is rose red and I used the negative from a scalloped oval. I added the dessert with the hardware frame around the sentiment, which I'm sorry you can't read in the photo. It says hello there. I added some artichoke organdy ribbon and heated with my heat gun. I also added some purple rhinestones.

Thanks for stopping by!

Now this may not look like a child's birthday card to you, but it really is. My dgd is turning 9 and she loves loves loves flowers and she loves loves loves blue right now, so I made this with her in mind. I've seen blue daisies before, I'm sure.

The daisy image is stamped with blac ink and colored with Copic markers and adhered to the front of the card three times. For the lower right hand corner, I cut through all layers of the card front and the card, stamped and colored the image again. I stamped Happy Birthday on the inside of the card. The organdy bow (from MFP) was heated and the center is a rhinestone brad. I also hung a charm (airbrushed with Copic markers and a flower soft center and available from MFP) from the bow. Look closely, you will see it.


Thanks for stopping by! Have a great Friday!

I stamped the image onto white cs and with black ink and clear embossed before cutting/embossing and then airbrushing with Copic Markers. That is matted with navy cs and mounted onto the card front which is also dp. The sentiment is stamped onto dp and clear embossed, cut/embossed, rhinestones and an organdy bow added. I colored the embossed edge of the sentiment panel with a Copic marker to appear layered. The rhinestone brad on the bow is actually blue, though it doesn't appear that way in the photo.
Rubbernecker: Garden Phrase Set 508, Wild Garden border 1 515-01

I saw a great paper at the flower bee store the other day. That is what my grandson used to call Michaels or JoAnns or any other craft store. He would cry and say, "No! I don't want to go to the flower bee store!" lol lol lol

I liked the monochromatic look of the paper with flowers on it so used that as my inspiration. I stamped the images onto Sahara Sand card stock with Pumice Stone distress ink. I used two different backgrounds and the flower image - all from Rubbernecker. The card front is embossed with a Siizzix folder. Each panel is matted with Basic Gray cardstock.

Stamps: Rubbernecker Wildflower BKG 447, French Script BKG 448, Floral 496-11

Thanks for stopping by!

I wanted to share my pansy card with you. Interesting colors, aren't they? I tried something a little different by inking the image stamp with versamark and then Pacific Blue ink, stamping and embossing with clear ep. I then colored the image with Copic markers and cut/embossed with Spellbinders Labels Three die. I added the Fancy Tags cut from the Pacific Blue cardstock. I cut it in half so it would accent the top and the bottom of the image panel. The card front is Wild Wasabi which is embossed with the Sizzix bricked folder and then accented with white craft ink and the edges distressed. I added the silk ribbon bow with the brad in the center.

The stamp is from Rubbernecker Pansies 506-04

Thanks for stopping by! See you again soon.

Blog Hop Day Four!

Welcome to the MFP February Blog Hop! This month, we are releasing 4 NEW SETS!


Our New Sets are: Greet the Day with Gerber, Big Cats, Spring Has Sprung and He is the Lamb.For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!

We have a BRAND NEW Blog Candy Contest! BE A GUEST DESIGER!

PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY!

All Blog Hop participants will have the chance to win a Month Long GUEST DESIGNER position on our Senior Design team! That’s right! ONE lucky winner will receive a Guest Designer package that will include March 2011’s Four New Release sets, a selection of Premium Papers, and beautiful embellishments. The winner will also receive a Guest Designer Watermark, Blog Button and have the choice to participate in the March 2011 Blog Hop!
What do you need to do to qualify? Just comment on the Design Team blogs during the blog hop. EACH DAY that participants comment on all the Design Team blogs, their name will be entered once in the random drawing. Each participant has the opportunity to have his/her name entered up to four times. (There are four days of the blog hop, so there are up to four entries per person.) The winner will be announced on the Mark’s Finest Papers blog on Saturday, February 12, 2011

FRIDAY, February 11, 2011-He is the Lamb

For this card, I stamped the lily image onto the white cardstock and embossed with white embossing powder. It is subtle, but oh so elegant. You can click on the picture to make it larger and see the embossing. Oh so pretty. Next I stamped the sentiment onto the blue card stock and cut/embossed using Spellbinders Fancy Tags. That just wasn't enough, so I added the bow using a beautiful ribbon from MFP as well as the gorgeous hatpin in the center of the bow. Hop on over to Mark's Finest Papers and get this lovely stamp set, some of this elegant ribbon and these gorgeous hatpins!!!!



Emily-

Karen-

Patty-

Roxie-

Vicki-

Liz:

Claudine-

Dawn-

Joanne T-

Nicole -

Marilynn-

Peggysue-

Connie –

Emily N.-

Neva

Silvia Mabie

Mark’s Finest Papers

Blog Hop Day Three!

Welcome to the MFP February Blog Hop! This month, we are releasing 4 NEW SETS!


Our New Sets are: Greet the Day with Gerber, Big Cats, Spring Has Sprung and He is the Lamb.For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!

We have a BRAND NEW Blog Candy Contest! BE A GUEST DESIGER!

PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY!

All Blog Hop participants will have the chance to win a Month Long GUEST DESIGNER position on our Senior Design team! That’s right! ONE lucky winner will receive a Guest Designer package that will include March 2011’s Four New Release sets, a selection of Premium Papers, and beautiful embellishments. The winner will also receive a Guest Designer Watermark, Blog Button and have the choice to participate in the March 2011 Blog Hop!
What do you need to do to qualify? Just comment on the Design Team blogs during the blog hop. EACH DAY that participants comment on all the Design Team blogs, their name will be entered once in the random drawing. Each participant has the opportunity to have his/her name entered up to four times. (There are four days of the blog hop, so there are up to four entries per person.) The winner will be announced on the Mark’s Finest Papers blog on Saturday, February 12, 2011

Thursday, February 10, 2011-Spring Has Sprung

Now how cute is this little duck? Love it! He has cute little duck feet too, but I wanted to make it look like he is swimming. I used the blue scalloped trim to look like water. It is cut/embossed with Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Border Petites. I colored the image with Copic markers and stamped the sentiment with a blue ink to match the water border. I also added some blue and white baker's twine (available at MFP) and buttons above the image panel with a little striped dp added to the top of the card.
Nancyruth

Lois

Vicky

Dawn L.

Anne

Emily

Karen

Patty

Roxie

Vicki

Liz

Claudine

Dawn M

Joanne T

Nicole

Marilynn

Geri

Lynn

Neva

Silvia Mabie

Mark’s Finest Papers

Blog Hop Day Two!

Welcome to the MFP February Blog Hop! This month, we are releasing 4 NEW SETS!


Our New Sets are: Greet the Day with Gerber, Big Cats, Spring Has Sprung and He is the Lamb.For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!

We have a BRAND NEW Blog Candy Contest! BE A GUEST DESIGER!

PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY!

All Blog Hop participants will have the chance to win a Month Long GUEST DESIGNER position on our Senior Design team! That’s right! ONE lucky winner will receive a Guest Designer package that will include March 2011’s Four New Release sets, a selection of Premium Papers, and beautiful embellishments. The winner will also receive a Guest Designer Watermark, Blog Button and have the choice to participate in the March 2011 Blog Hop!
What do you need to do to qualify? Just comment on the Design Team blogs during the blog hop. EACH DAY that participants comment on all the Design Team blogs, their name will be entered once in the random drawing. Each participant has the opportunity to have his/her name entered up to four times. (There are four days of the blog hop, so there are up to four entries per person.) The winner will be announced on the Mark’s Finest Papers blog on Saturday, February 12, 2011

WEDNESDAY, February 9, 2011- Big Cats

Here are two cards I created with the set:


These big cats are gorgeous, aren't they?

Nancyruth

Lois

Vicky

Dawn L.

Anne

Peggysue

Connie

Claudine

Dawn M.

Joanne T

Nicole

Marilynn

Geri

Lynn

Emily N.

Mark’s Finest Papers

Blog Hop Day One!

Welcome to the MFP February Blog Hop! This month, we are releasing 4 NEW SETS!


Our New Sets are: Greet the Day with Gerber, Big Cats, Spring Has Sprung and He is the Lamb.For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!

We have a BRAND NEW Blog Candy Contest! BE A GUEST DESIGER!

PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY!

All Blog Hop participants will have the chance to win a Month Long GUEST DESIGNER position on our Senior Design team! That’s right! ONE lucky winner will receive a Guest Designer package that will include March 2011’s Four New Release sets, a selection of Premium Papers, and beautiful embellishments. The winner will also receive a Guest Designer Watermark, Blog Button and have the choice to participate in the March 2011 Blog Hop!
What do you need to do to qualify? Just comment on the Design Team blogs during the blog hop. EACH DAY that participants comment on all the Design Team blogs, their name will be entered once in the random drawing. Each participant has the opportunity to have his/her name entered up to four times. (There are four days of the blog hop, so there are up to four entries per person.) The winner will be announced on the Mark’s Finest Papers blog on Saturday, February 12, 2011.
TUESDAY February 8, 2011- Greet the Day with Gerber
Here is one of my creations using this fun new set. I love these daisies and the sentiments are awesome too! And what is better with yellow daisies than a blue gingham check? Doesn't this just scream spring?

I stamped the image using Rich Cocoa Memento ink and colored with Copic markers. I then cut/embossed it using Spellbinders Labels Four. The card is this great heavy cardstock from Mark's Finest Papers, then I added the panel of the blue and white gingham check and the blue borders made with a Martha Stewart Swirling Lace punch. The sentiment was backed with the blue and added to the bottom. I ten added the polka dot organdy ribbon, button and the fabulous blue and white baker's twine. You can get all that at Mark's Finest Papers. Too cute!


Now go and check out these other great creations!
Nancyruth
Lois
Vicky
Anne
Peggysue
Connie
Emily
Karen
Patty
Roxie
Vicki
Liz
Geri
Lynn
Emily N.
Neva
Silvia Mabie
Mark’s Finest Papers

Oh my goodness!

Wow, it has been a while since I posted. Sorry about that, but moving has taken it's toll on my old body! I sure have collected a lot of "stuff" that had to be organized and packed. I got all that done, then had to move it and now I am in the midst of unpacking it all. Remind me to never ever move again!

So, here are a few cards I've finally gotten the time to create, and I actually found the tools I needed to create them!


I love this new sentiment I recently got from Rubbernecker. I do amuse myself all the time. I stamped the sentiment using Barn Door distress ink onto white, cutting/embossing with a Spellbinders oval and mounting that on the black scalloped oval. I love the ruffled red gingham ribbon, don't you? That is mounted onto the ladybug paper from The Paper Company Studio and then onto the red cardstock.

I created this card for my new grandson's baby shower. I stamped the image with brown Memento ink and then colored with copic markers. The image was cut/embossed using Spellbinders Labels Eleven. To mat that, the chocolate cardstock was embossed with the next larger size of the same die. I added blue dew drops to each corner before mounting to the blue layer and then the white card front. The brown gingham bow finishes it off.

For this card, I stamped the darling dress form image from Mark's Finest Papers using Black Memento Ink and then coloring with Copic Markers. I really wanted to make this a simple card and one that can go right into the mail without extra postage, so I stamped the cute buttons using all the different rainbow color inks. The sentiment is also stamped with the black ink and then the yellow band was added to the bottom of the front of the card. Such a cute, cute image and I love the sentiments included in the set "Sew What" as well.

Here is one more. This one is using an image and sentiment from Rubbernecker as well - Smiles and thinks of you 504-06, and Wild Garden Border 1 515-01. The garden image was stamped with white craft ink and then heat embossed with white ep. I then sponged on ink the color of the card stock and then at the bottom a darker blue for a gradient look. It's subtle, but I like it. I then added the sentiment stamped with the dark blue and then punched the three butterflies, using a Martha Stewart punch out of a swirled vellum and added them. I backed the whole card with the dark blue card stock to really make it pop.


Thanks for stopping by! Come again soon. Now go and have a great day! I hope that will include stamping!

Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop Day Four!

Welcome to the final day of the MFP January Blog Hop! This month, we are releasing 4 NEW SETS!


And…LOOK for the WINNERS of the Blog Hop TOMORROW!!!

Our New Sets are: In the Forest, Happy Pansies, Sew What, Floral Tea
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, January 15, 2011, 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.



FRIDAY, January 14, 2011-Floral Tea

Emily-

Karen-

For this card I chose the single teapot and stamped with black ink then clear embossed before coloring with Copic markers. I then detail cut it out. It is popped up onto a red beaded oval. I put black dots into each of the "beads" with my black marker. That is mounted onto the black card front which is embossed with a Sizzix folder. I added the dangle red and white gingham check ribbon and black with white dots organdy which was heated for more dimension. Don't forget to peek inside for a look at just one of the cute sentiments that comes in the set.

Thanks for stopping by!

Patty-

Roxie-

Vicki-

Liz:

Claudine-

Dawn-

Joanne T-

Nicole -

Marilynn-

Peggysue-

Susan –

Connie –

Emily N.-

Neva

Mark’s Finest Papers

MFP Blog Hop Day Three!

Welcome to the MFP January Blog Hop! This month, we are releasing 4 NEW SETS!


And…LOOK for the WINNERS of the Blog Hop Saturday!

Our New Sets are: In the Forest, Happy Pansies, Sew What, Floral TeaFor 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, January 15, 2011, 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.


Thursday, January 13, 2011-Sew What?

Nancyruth

Lois 

Vicky

Dawn L.

Anne

Emily

Karen

For this card, I stamped the image and sentiment using Vintage Photo Distress ink. I sponged the edges of the dress panel with the same ink before mounting onto the brown card stock which has the corners punched with the wrought iron corner punch. I used the Fleur de Lis border punch along the bottom of the main panel. The sentiment is punched with a word window punch and mounted onto a punched oval. The purple card front is embossed with the Cuttlebug Textile Texture folder. The beautiful trim is also from Mark's Finest Papers and was machine stitched onto the purple panel. I stitched all the way around the panel. I just had to with the theme of this stamp set.


Patty

Roxie

Vicki

Liz

Claudine

Dawn M

Joanne T

Nicole

Marilynn

Geri

Lynn

Neva

Mark’s Finest Papers

Thanks for stopping by!

MFP Blog Hop Day Two!

Welcome to the MFP January Blog Hop! This month, we are releasing 4 NEW SETS!


And…LOOK for the WINNERS of the Blog Hop on Saturday!

Our New Sets are: In the Forest, Happy Pansies, Sew What, Floral TeaFor 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, January 15, 2011, 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.



WEDNESDAY, January 12, 2011- Happy Pansies

Nancyruth

Lois

Vicky

Dawn L.

Anne

Peggysue

Susan

Connie

Claudine

Dawn

Joanne T

Nicole

Marilynn

Geri

Lynn

Emily N.

Mark’s Finest Papers

MFP Blog Hop Day One!

Welcome to the MFP January Blog Hop! This month, we are releasing 4 NEW SETS!


And…LOOK for the WINNERS of the Blog Hop Saturday!

Our New Sets are: In the Forest, Happy Pansies, Sew What, Floral Tea 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, January 15, 2011, 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.


Oh I love this little bunny. I've named her love bunny! I kept this card very simple and I think it works because this bunny is sooooooo adorable. The other thing that really makes it work is the texture of the white card. It is also from Mark's Finest Papers. I added just a little ribbon bow and that was enough. Thanks for stopping by! Now hop on over to these blogs and leave comments so you can win a free stamp set!

TUESDAY Jauary 11, 2011- In the Forest

Nancyruth

Lois

Vicky

Dawn L.

Anne

Peggysue

Susan

Connie

Emily

Karen

Patty

Roxie

Vicki

Liz

Geri

Lynn

Emily N.

Neva

Mark’s Finest Papers

Ode to Twilight!

Here is another sneak peek from a set being released next week by Mark's Finest Papers called In The Forest.

This morning after seeing that Twilight was one of the People's Choice awards last night, I was inspired to create this card. These colors look kind of twilightish to me. I stamped the image using Elegant Eggplant ink onto this fabulous color of paper from MFP. I love it and must order more. The edges are distressed and inked with the same ink again. The purple was cut/embossed with Spellbinders Lacey Circle. One of the reasons I love the clear acrylic stamps (the sentiment) is that you can shape them a bit. I shaped it to fit the shape of the circle, stamped with Versamark and embossed with silver ep. I added the purple organdy ribbon bow and then used silver twine/cord to tie on the charm which was colored with a silver paint pen. It worked great. The charm is also from MFP.

Thanks for stopping by! See you soon!

Here is a little peek at a new set being released next week by Mark's Finest Papers called Floral Tea. For this card I stamped the stacked tea cups using red ink on white cardstock. It reminds me of red work, if you know what that is. I love it. Stay tuned for the blog hop starting next Tuesday!

Thanks for stopping by!

Get crackin!

I really need to get crackin' around here. I have lots of cards I need to create, but also pack up my house for my move! Sheesh! I'm thinking sleep is going to have to be sacrificed.

Here is my first card of the year, using Rubbernecker's Pansies stamp. I love pansies.


I started this card last night so I could let the Stickles dry overnight. Good idea! I'm sure I would have smeared it had I not just left it alone. lol I'm not sure that the colors blended that well on the flowers, but it worked very well on the leaves. I really like the result. What do you think?

The beautiful pansy image (by Rubbernecker) was stamped using Black ink and then I used yellow and pink stickles on the flowers. I didn't have any green stickles, so I colored some of the clear ones I have with green reinkers! Hey, it worked beautifully. I used a toothpick to apply it the leaves.

The corners and border are by Martha Stewart. The green panel is embossed using Birds and Swirls. I added pearls and a ribbon.

So long, farewell

I would go on, but I don't know how to spell that German word for goodbye! lol Okay, I googled it and found it.

Auf Wiedersehen, goodbye!

When I woke up this morning, I realized my pajama pants were on backwards. Hmmmm, do you think that is a sign that I should see that 2010 is behind me? Bwahahahahaha! I do crack myself up. I hope you are laughing as well. I really am looking forward to a GREAT 2011!

Here are my last cards of the year.

One of my resolutions is to actually send out more of my creations in 2011. I have entirely too many here in my stamp room.


This card uses three stamps from Rubbernecker.

Another of my resolutions is to bloom with happiness - to be content with what life sends my way and bloom in whatever that is. You see, I have a natural tendency towards pessimism. It is a battle for me to look at the bright side, but I think I am making progress and getting better at it. To conquer it, I'd better live a very long time!

I stamped the pansy image onto the white cs and then colored with copic markers before cutting into the out of the box shape for Roxie's sketch challenge this week. I used AtYou pens for a little glimmer on the sentiment and added some highlights to the image with them as well. The flourished bg was created by stamping onto the linen textured paper using Garden Green ink. I kept it fairly simple by embellishing with just three rhinestones.



The image from Mark's Finest Papers was inked with versamark, then Night of Navy before stamping and embossing with clear ep. I then colored it with Copic markers and mounted it on the navy cs. The card front is embossed with Birds and Swirls. The other panel is a dp by Webster's Pages. Such pretty papers. I used silver eyelets in the corners of the card front panel and added a bit of trim as an accent.

I am so grateful to be on the design teams for Mark's Finest Papers and Rubbernecker. Thank you Faith and Dave for all you have done for me this past year. I look forward to a wonderful new year with both companies!

Thanks for stopping by. I hope that 2011 is a great one for all of us! Happy New Year!

Look what I got today!

This was delivered to my door today. Woooo hooooo! I can't wait to put it to work!

Now, here is the real question - how many machines does one girl need? I think I may need to whittle down my collection.

I have:

One Cuttlebug
Two Wizards
One Big Shot
and now
a Grand Calibur!

Enough!

Rubbernecker Sale!

Rubbernecker Year End Inventory Sale!

I just got this update about the Rubbernecker sale! Woooo hooooo! Get on over there and order! Good stuff!

Stamp Sale Extended

We still have too many stamps pressed, packaged and ready to go and if we don't sell them we will have to pay tax on them. So we decided we would much rather lower the prices and offer the saving to you rather than pay the tax. We hope you will take advantage of the deepest discounts on stamps we have ever offered at Rubbernecker. This discount applies to most of the stamps in the Rubbernecker and Stamp Oasis lines.

RUBBERNECKER

Our offer of an additional free stamp for every $25 in stamps purchased still applies.

Our normal pricing is usually the best on the web.

That makes this offer an exceptional deal on great quality designs.

Making Tamales

A few years ago my daughter and I made some veggie tamales. OH YUM! We like them better than the meat ones. It is becoming a tradition to make them around Christmas. We didn't get to make them last year, as she was getting ready to get married January 2. This year, we scheduled it in. Look how much fun we are having!

We wanted an audience this year, so we invited my darling niece Lori to join us so she could see how to do it. Not that we are experts at all, but we have done it a couple of times. lol She brought her darling little girls with her. They were super good and watched some wonderful TV shows while we worked.

Here is the ever so cute Lolo. She got the hang of it right off.
This is the yummy filling - lots of granulated garlic, diced yellow squash, diced zuchinni, onion, and freshly roasted green chiles. Mmmmm, the house smelled so good. We also put LOTS of that garlic in the masa.
Schmear a little of the masa on a soaked corn husk and add the filling and a bit o' cheese.
Now wrap it (kind of like a burrito) . We tied one end to make these adorable little packets.
Now you steam them. We used a pressure cooker and steamed them for 40 minutes. Let them cool. We ate some, and will freeze some for later.

Thanks for joining us Lolo, and for taking these marvelous photos. Let's do it again next year!

Ooooo, that's pretty!

That was what I said when I first stamped the image using Memento Rich Cocoa ink onto Vanilla cardstock. I then colored the image using Copic Markers and Smooch on the ribbon. I cut/embossed the image with a Spellbinders oval die and using a damp sponge and the Rich Cocoa ink, sponged the edges. I then went around the edge with a Gold Krylon pen for just a tiny bit of an edge.
The sentiment is stamped with versamark and I embossed it in gold then cut it out with scissors and matted it with the red cardstock. The card front is embossed with the Holly Ribbons Cuttlebug folder. The gold organdy ribbon is a double bow, one of which was heated for texture.

I hope you like it! Have a great week!

Stylish Blog Award!

I got this award - from Vicky Gould. Vicky is a very talented stamper and has become a good friend over the many years of sharing stamping challenges on SCS. I just got an actual Christmas card in the mail from her. What a sweetheart.

I am supposed to tell 8 things about myself:
1. I am a wife, mother of 3 and grandmother of 7. Ooooo, I love those people!
2. I live in Phoenix and love the winters here - not the summers so much, but it was 80 here today! That's my kind of winter.
3. I love living near my family!
4. I am shortish! 5"3".
5. I love to watch old movies. Christmas movies I MUST watch are: The Bishop's Wife, Miracle on 34th Street, The Shop Around the Corner and It's a Wonderful Life.
6. Clark Gable, Jimmy Stewart, Cary Grant, Doris Day,and Loretta Young are some of my favorite actors.
7. I have two living brothers and a wonderful sister.
8. I think I am funny! I crack myself up - often with my own stupidity! lol

And now I am suppose to pass this along to eight others.

I will be nominating the following:

Kelly G
Amber H
Jill
Kelly
Charlotte
Holly
Liz
Cindy

MFP Blog Hop Day Four! Take a Peek!

Welcome to the MFP December Blog Hop! We have 4 New Stamp Sets Released: Hearts, Hearts, Hearts, Nature's Postage Due; Hello Sunshine and Take a Peek. 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, (December 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.

I just fell in love with this little face. Isn't he adorable?


I inked the image with black Memento ink and stamped onto white cs then clear embossed. I used copic markers to add some subtle shading to the image, but keeping it pretty clean. A little yellow added to the center of the flowers was all that was needed. I then used that same yellow copic marker to color the background around the image and then cut/embossed with the spellbinders Lacey circle die. The black polka dot paper behind the main image is cut/embossed with the Spellbinders beaded circle and added to the dp card front. The corners were punched with a Martha Stewart punch and mounted onto black. The sentiment is stamped with black ink onto the yellow cardstock and punched out and added to the black which was punched with the ticket corner punch. A little knot of the yellow gingham ribbon from Mark's Finest Papers and - ta dah!

Emily
Karen-That's me!
Patty
Roxie
Vicki
Liz
Claudine
Dawn
Joanne
Nicole
Marilynn
Peggysue
Susan
Connie
Emily N.
Mark’s Finest Papers

Hey, thanks for hopping around the blogs and checking out all the wonderful creations. Now, hop on over to the MFP site and order yours quickly. They go so fast!!!!!! Don't miss out!

MFP Blog Hop Day Three! Hello Sunshine!

Welcome to the MFP December Blog Hop - day three!

We have 4 New Stamp Sets Released this month: Hearts, Hearts, Hearts, Nature's Postage Due, and today's featured set is Hello Sunshine. Tomorrow will be Take a Peek. 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, (December 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.

Now is your chance to visit all the designer's blogs to see what they have done with this great new set.
Nancyruth
Lois
Vicky
Dawn L.
Anne
Emily
Karen-That's me!
Patty
Roxie
Vicki
Liz
Claudine
Dawn
Joanne
Nicole
Marilynn
Geri
Lynn
Mark’s Finest Papers
For the image on this card, I inked the stamp with versamark ink and then with yellow ink, stamped onto white cardstock and clear embossed. The outside of the sun was cut out and the edges distressed a little, then I used the yellow marker on the edges to add a bit more dimension.
I inked the stamp again with versamark ink and then colored with markers before stamping the image and clear embossing once again. I then colored this image with copic markers and then punched out and mounted onto the yellow sun shape. This is popped up on the corner of the designer paper. The card front is core'dinations which was embossed using a cuttlebug swirls folder and then sanded to really make the embossing pop. The sentiment was stamped and punched out with the word window punch and attached to the front of the card.
Now don't you wish you were on this beautiful beach right now? What sereneity.

Thanks for stopping by. Come back tomorrow for day four!

MFP Blog Hop Day Two! Nature's Postage Due!

Welcome to the MFP December Blog Hop! We have 4 New Stamp Sets Released: Hearts, Hearts, Hearts, which was showcased yesterday, Nature's Postage Due, showcased today, Hello Sunshine and Take a Peek. 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, (December 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.

Nancyruth
Lois
Vicky
Dawn L.
Anne
Peggysue
Susan
Connie
Claudine
Dawn
Joanne T
Nicole
Marilynn
Geri
Lynn-
Emily N.
Be sure to hop to the MFP blog to see my card using this stamp set! It is being featured there today.
Mark’s Finest Papers

And…LOOK for a NEW LINK LIST TOMORROW!!!