Friday, November 30, 2012

MFP, aHC Blog Hop Day 4




 November Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are
Big City Featured November 27 
Amaryllis Definition Featured November 28
Mountain Selections Featured November 29
Just a Note Featured November 30

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 December 1, 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 November 30, 2012.


As you all know November is the time to gear up for Christmas shopping. So many sales and crowds, well stick with us we have some great deals for your Holiday Shopping needs.


 The special stamp set we have for you this month is:

"Winter Scenes"


I liked this set and card so much, I made 3 cards like this.  I may make a few more and use them for my Christmas thank you cards.  One of the ones I made I used as a thank you for a client who sings in an all man chorus here in the DC area. 
 
I stamped the Cherry Sluch CS with VersaMark embossing ink, and then used Speedy the Cat detail gold embossing powder.  I popped up the "Thank You" sentiment.  The sentiment is from the stamp set "Welcome Poppies". 
 
Stamps:  Just a Note, Welcome Poppies (sentiment)
Paper:  Snow Storm Smooth, Cherry Slush by MFP
Ink:  VersaMark, Real Red
Misc:  Gold Embossing Powder, gold cording

Patty P.   You're Here
Lois  Go here next
Pam 
Toni 
Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co 


I hope everyone has enjoyed the blog hop this month!  We really do enjoy bringing it to you each month!  Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Stamping!
Patty & Winnie

Thursday, November 29, 2012

MFP, aHC Blog Hop Day 3




 November Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are
Big City Featured November 27 
Amaryllis Definition Featured November 28
Mountain Selections Featured November 29
Just a Note Featured November 30

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 December 1, 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 November 30, 2012.


As you all know November is the time to gear up for Christmas shopping. So many sales and crowds, well stick with us we have some great deals for your Holiday Shopping needs.


 The special stamp set we have for you this month is:

"Winter Scenes"



This card was very easy to make.  I stamped the trees and punched them out with a 1 1/4" circle punch, then backed them with in Raspberry Razzmatazz CS punched with a 1 3/8" circle.  For the designer paper, I used a MS punch to punch along the bottom.  I don't know the name of the embossing folder that I used, but it's from Sizzix.  The sentiment is from "Welcome Poppies". 
 
Stamps:  Mountain Selections, Welcome Poppies (sentiment)
Ink:  Tim Holtz Distressing Ink Crushed Olives
Papers:  Snow Storm Smooth, Lily Pad Green, Raspberry Razzmatazz by MFP, DSP
Misc:  ribbon, circle punches, MS border punch, Sizzix embossing folder

 
 
Patty P.   you're here
Lois  go here next
Pam 
Toni 
Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co 

Thanks so much for stopping by again today! 

Happy Stamping!
Patty & Winnie

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

MFP, aHC Blog Hop Day 2




 November Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are
Big City Featured November 27 
Amaryllis Definition Featured November 28
Mountain Selections Featured November 29
Just a Note Featured November 30

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 December 1, 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 November 30, 2012.


As you all know November is the time to gear up for Christmas shopping. So many sales and crowds, well stick with us we have some great deals for your Holiday Shopping needs.


 The special stamp set we have for you this month is:

"Winter Scenes"


 
 
Isn't this Amaryllis set just lovely?  I'll be using it a lot I'm sure!  You can't tell it from the photo, but I used gold Smooch for the stemmens.  It's really pretty IRL. 
 
Stamps:  Amaryllis Definition
Paper:  Snow Storm Smooth, hot pink, DSP
Ink:  Palette Charcoal, Regal Rose
Misc:  gold smooch

Patty P.   you're here
Lois  go here next
Pam 
Toni 
 
 
 
Thanks for stopping by again today.  I hope you will come back tomorrow for day 3 of the hop!
 
Happy Stamping!
Patty & Winnie

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

MFP, aHC Blog Hop Day 1



 
 November Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are
Big City Featured November 27 
Amaryllis Definition Featured November 28
Mountain Selections Featured November 29
Just a Note Featured November 30

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 December 1, 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 November 30, 2012.


As you all know November is the time to gear up for Christmas shopping. So many sales and crowds, well stick with us we have some great deals for your Holiday Shopping needs.


 The special stamp set we have for you this month is:

"Winter Scenes"



 
This stamp set is so much fun.  I stamped the small buildings twice on my Snow Storm Smooth white card stock, then stamped the larger building on another piece of white CS, cut it out and popped it up pop dots.
 
 
Stamps:  Big City
Paper:  Snow Storm Smooth, Concord Crush
Ink:  Concord Crush
Misc:  Ribbon, pop dots


Patty P.   You're Here
Pam 
Toni 
Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co 

Thanks for stopping by the blog hop today.  I hope you like our new sets!

Happy Stamping!
Patty & Winnie

Saturday, November 24, 2012

Speedy Fox challenge~~1 layer, 2 colors, 3 embellishments


Today's challenge for Speedy Fox and Friends is a recipe card: 1 Layer, 2 Colors & 3 Embelllishments. I used one layer of card stock, and my 2 colors are yellow and green for my image and my 3 embellishments are the 3 sunflower buttons. This was a really fun card to make, and I may do a few more similiar to this. Only thing is, I used all my sunflower buttons and don't know that I can find any more. I guess I'll have to be on the lookout for more buttons.
Stamps: Bring on the Sun, Buried Treasure (sentiment)
Paper: Snow Storm Smooth
Ink: Palette Charcoal
Misc: Buttons
Please join us this week for this fun challenge.
Thanks for stopping by.
 
Happy Stamping!
Patty & Winnie

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Tag & Envelope Card Tutorial

I'm the Featured Designer today over on Speedy TV.  I made a video tutorial on how to make a tag and envelope card from an 8"x8" piece of cardstock.  I hope you enjoy the video.


I hope you have a wonderful day, and I sincerely thank you for stopping by today.

Happy Stamping!
Patty & Winnie

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Speedy Fox & Friends Challenge~~Pop it Up



Today's Speedy Fox & Friends challenge is an easy one....pop it up!!!  I used pop dots to pop up my image and my sentiment.  The only embelllishment is a little bit of twine tied into a bow.  I used several layers of DSP & card stock on my card, as well as my Cricut to cut out the shape for my image.  I sponged around the edge of the image with Tim Holtz Distress Ink Tea Dye. 

Stamps:  Autumn Splendor, Buried Treasure (sentiment)
Ink:  Soft Suede, Pumpkin Pie, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Tea Dye
Paper:  Corn Husk, Always Artichoke, Only Orange, DSP
Misc:  Cricut Elegant Edges Cartridge, punches, jute, pop dots, Copics

I hope you will join us for the easy challenge this week.  I hope to see you back here soon!

Happy Stamping!
Patty & Winnie



Wednesday, November 14, 2012

3 Snowmen in a Row


I just love this little cute card.  I CASEd it from the Featured Stamper on Sunday over on SCS.  It was so quick & easy to make!

Stamps:  Christmas Selections
Paper:  Snow Storm Smooth, Cherry Slush by MFP, Christmas DSP
Ink:  Palette Noir Black
Misc:  Ribbon, snowman charm, Spectrum Noir pens, embossing folder

Thanks for stopping by to take a look around.  I hope you will come back soon!

Happy Stamping!
Patty & Winnie



Sunday, November 11, 2012

Another Christmas Cards


I made this card yesterday for the Inspiration Challenge.  It's a gatefold card.  I used the stamp set called "Christmas Cardinals" by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co and colored the image with my new Spectrum Noir pens.  I think I'm going to make more of these to use as my Christmas Open House invitations. 

Stamps:  Christmas Cardinals
Paper:  Snow Storm Smooth, Cherry Slush by MFP, Chirstmas DSP
Ink:  VersaFine Onyx Black, Real Red
Misc:  Sprectrum Noir pens

Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope you are having a wonderful weekend.

Happy Stamping!
Patty & Winnie

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Speedy Fox & Friends challenge~~Add a Fence


Today's Speedy Fox and Friends challenge is to add a fence to your card.  I didn't have a fence punch (other than Halloween) so I turned to my Cricut to see what I had there.  I didn't have a "traditional" fence, but I found this cut on the Paper Trimmings Cartridge and thought it looked like a fancy fence, so I went with it. 

I'm still working on my shading, so I really concentrated on my coloring again this week.  You can't really tell that Santa's suit is shaded in the photo, but you can a little bit IRL.  I probably should have used a little darker red for my shadow.  Oh well, next time.........

Stamps:  Holly Jolly Greetings
Paper:  Snow Storm Smooth, Speedy Cat Black Linen by MFP, Christmas DSP
Ink:  Palette Charcoal, Garden Green
Misc:  Cricut Paper Trimmings Cartridge

Thanks for stopping by again today.  I hope you like my little Santa card.  Please play along with us this week at Speedy Fox & Friends challenge.

Happy Stamping!
Patty & Winnie



Saturday, November 3, 2012

Speedy Fox & Friends challenge~~Use Rick Rack



Today's Speedy Fox & Friends blog challenge is to use Rick Rack.  For some reason this was a very hard challenge for me.  I concentrated on my coloring.  I am trying to improve my shading skills.  Not being a natural artist, it is very hard for me, and I need a lot more work, but I do think I am seeing some improvement if I may say so myself.  I used the stamp set "Black Eyed Susans for Encouragement" by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.  I really like that stamp set and haven't used it in a little while.

Stamps:  Black Eyed Susans for Encouragement, Buried Treasure (sentiment)
Paper:  Snow Storm Smooth, So Saffron
Ink:  Palette Noir Black
Misc:  Rick Rack, Spectrum Noir pens

Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope you will try to join us for the challenge this week!

Happy Stamping!
Patty & Winnie