MFPaHC December blog hop day three - Butterfly Essence

December Preview Week

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured Dec. 3

Lots of Words

Featured Dec. 4

Mini Swallowtail

Featured Dec. 5

Butterfly Essence

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 three winners will be announced on Dec. 14, 2013 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 10 PM EST on Friday Dec.. 13, 2013.

This month my theme is an oldie but goodie ...... explosion folds! Boy, oh boy, did I have a lot of fun making different explosion cards! Here's another basic explosion card (on the left). The butterfly on the inside is from Lots of Words stamp set that was featured earlier this week. To the right is a folded oriental screen card, just to change things up a bit and on the inside I used one of last month's release stamp sets called Out on the Town . Did a lot of coloring using my Prisma color pencils and you know how much I like my color pencils.  Remember to comment on our blogs for a chance to win one of the new release stamp sets.  It's time to continue on to An'Jenic's blog to see her beautiful butterflies.

Here's the Design Team:

Guest Designer

Kelli Jo

Patty  Jane C  Thrfity Stamper  Marilynn  Cathy C  

Sue W  An'Jenic  Amy Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

Be sure to check back Dec.10,11 & 12 for the continuation of our Blog Hop. We will be introducing the other 3 new Stamp Sets for December. 
 See you next week here for more explosions cards!

MFPaHC December blog hop day two - Mini Swallowtail

December Preview Week

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured Dec. 3

Lots of Words

Featured Dec. 4

Mini Swallowtail

Featured Dec. 5

Butterfly Essence

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 three winners will be announced on Dec. 14, 2013 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 10 PM EST on Friday Dec.. 13, 2013.

This month my theme is an oldie but goodie ...... explosion folds! Boy, oh boy, did I have a lot of fun making different explosion cards!  First the basic explosion card (on the left) and a  square explosion card (on the right).  Remember to comment on our blogs for a chance to win one of the new release stamp sets.  It's time to continue on to An'Jenic's blog to see her wonderful creations.

Here's the Design Team:

Guest Designer

Kelli Jo

Patty  Jane C  Thrfity Stamper  Marilynn  Cathy C  

Sue W  An'Jenic  Amy Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

Be sure to check back Dec.10,11 & 12 for the continuation of our Blog Hop. We will be introducing the other 3 new Stamp Sets for December.  
  See you next week here for more explosions cards!

MFPaHC December blog hop day one - Lots of Words

December Preview Week

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured Dec. 3

Lots of Words

Featured Dec. 4

Mini Swallowtail

Featured Dec. 5

Butterfly Essence

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 three winners will be announced on Dec. 14, 2013 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 10 PM EST on Friday Dec.. 13, 2013.

This month my theme is an oldie but goodie ...... explosion folds! Lots of Words is the first stamp set we are showcasing this week and boy, oh boy did I have a lot of fun making different explosion cards!  First the basic explosion card - look above to see card, a square explosion card and an explosion fold out card.  Remember to comment on our blogs for a chance to win one of the new release stamp sets.  It's time to continue on to An'Jenic's blog to see her wonderful creations.

Here's the Design Team:

Guest Designer

Kelli Jo

Patty  Jane C  Thrfity Stamper  Marilynn  Cathy C  

Sue W  An'Jenic  Amy Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

Be sure to check back Dec.10,11 & 12 for the continuation of our Blog Hop. We will be introducing the other 3 new Stamp Sets for December. 

Also another type of card from me called an oriental folded screen card will be seen later this week.  See you next week here for more explosions cards, too!

Northern lights - silent night

 Holiday challenges are going on this week so I decided to add my card to the mix.  I did the northern lights technique which is fun and easy as long as you just go for it and don't think about it.  I used five distress ink colors and distress black soot ink.
entering in the following challenges:
1.  Sweet Stamps blog - holidays
2.  Addicted to Stamps and More! - holidays
3.  The Corrosive Challenge - happy holidays
4.  Simon Says Wednesday challenge - anything goes
card details:
stamps - Mark's Finest Papers and stamps! A Heinrich Co. Big City stamp set 
                Lasting Impressions with Panache saying Silent Night
inks - Distress ink pads squeezed lemonade, peeled paint, faded jeans, broken china, seedless preserves, black soot
VersaFine Onyx 
white gel pen
sponges

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!
isn't this a nice domestic picture from Norman Rockwell collection.
enjoy!

It's Sunday!

 Here are a couple cards that I made weeks ago and forgot to show so better late than never as the saying goes.  The lucky you card is the chalkboard technique on red cardstock just for fun.  the thinking of you card is just stripes of sponged colors then over-stamped with black ink.  Hard to see but the saying is on black sparkle cardstock I picked up at craft store.  It looks like a beautiful sunshine day outside but a bit cold here in the northeast.  enjoy your day!
card details:
stamps - Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Co. Home Page - Lucky you and Spring things stamp sets.
Spellbinders Nestabilities Beaded Circles

Chilly night Northern Lights

 I saw this Northern Lights technique months ago but thought .... no, not for me.  Well, after seeing it pop up more and more I decided why not jump on the band wagon and try it out...........so I did.......I like it and can't get enough of it.  There is a tutorial over on Splitcoaststampers here that will show you how to create this look.  Here are two cards I made but I did make a dozen Christmas cards with this technique but won't show them, yet so they will be a surprise when I send them.  You use five colors of ink with a black ink for the northern lights which seems like a lot of colors and I thought .... how am I going to fit all those colors but they do work!  even the black over all the colors which really surprised and impressed me.  I do think I will be making more of these cards maybe for my birthday stash, time will tell.
card details:
stamps - Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Co. Home Page Chill is in the air stamp set
inks - Ranger Distress ink pads squeezed lemonade, peeled paint, broken china, faded jeans, seedless preserves, black soot - VersaFine black onyx
Sizzix TH alterations on the edge brackets/parentheses die
sponges

MFPaHC November blog hop Chill in the Air

Nov. Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Featured Nov. 12

Tigers

Featured Nov. 13

Duck Hunting

 Featured Nov. 14 

Out on the Town

Featured Nov. 15

Chill in the Air

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 Nov. 16, 2013 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 10 PM EST on Friday Nov. 15, 2013.

This month I'm featuring the marque card and paper sunburst cards. I believe the marque card has been re-named recently as the peek-a-boo card but which ever you call it it's a fun card!

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

Calendar

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

Mini New Year

                                                 

  Brrrrrrrrrr there is a chill in the air here in the Northeast.  Really had fun with these two cards using

up scraps of decorative papers for the paper sunburst technique.  the blue card does give the feel of a chill in the air but the bright orange makes me think of autumn days taking a ride to see the foliage.  Take a ride to see the trees along the design team road.  hope you enjoyed this month's blog hop and come back next month to see new sights.  

Here's the Design Team:

Patty, Lois, Jane C, Pam, Pat G, Thrfity Stamper, Marilynn, Karen K, Bonnie

Kathy,  Cathy C, Toni, Sue W,  Janine, An'Jenic, Shirley Q

Amy, Gail, Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

Guest Designer

Kelli Jo