My stamping adventures

Thursday, April 18, 2013

MFP April blog hop - Honor & Glory



April Blog Hop!

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are
FeaturedApril 16 Columns& amp;Topiaries
FeaturedApril 17 Be a Showoff
Featured April 18 Honor& amp; Glory
FeaturedApril 19 Birds & Trees

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 20,2013 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 11PM EST on Friday April 19,2013.


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

"Zoo Friends"

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The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"You May Bow"

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This month I decided to create spotlight cards...this is a fun technique that has been around for years. Basically what you do is stamp image twice then punch out sections and mount them onto second stamped image. clear as mudd, right? lol! Here I did the spotlight technique on the front of the card add color with my prisma color pencils on the spotlights. See the inside of my card...it's a pop-up.  Also made an easel card with the left over spotlight to make a reverse spotlight.  You know what they say a picture is worth a thousand words so please check out my samples then check out what the rest of our design team has to offer this month. Next check out what  Janine has done with this stamp set.
card supplies:
paper circle punches
Spellbinders Nestabilities
prisma color pencils
PattyP. LoisVicky
Thrifty StamperMariLynnKaren KBonnie
Kathy BAngela BCathy CToni
Sue WJanine BAn'jenicKate Z
Shirley QMarks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co







27 comments:

Janine said...

Fun cards.

kReN said...

Spotlighting and a pop up. Great ideas. TFS!

Lois said...

Love the little popped-up dragon!

Davi said...

COOL cards Sue!! Great spotlighting and the Oval easel is quite cool ;)

Anonymous said...

Great work and terrific colors, Sue!

terrie said...

Your spotlighting cards turned out really nice...well done

An'Jenic G. said...

Oh how pretty. I like the shape of your first card and the spot lighting of the last one. TFS AJ-

Pat said...

Love the pop up.

Jane said...

I love your spotlighting and also the cute pop up!!!

Cindy Groh said...

Fun look to showcase the stamps. Great work.

Holley (Tondre) Barnhart said...

Wow, gorgeous work Sue, these stamps are so adorable. Love the spellbinders shape you chose to make the cards as well. That You May Bow set is the bomb!! HA, I can think of lots of fun ideas for that set. Cheers, Holley

Karen (TLgirl353) said...

These are terrific, Sue!

Ravengirl said...

How fun! I love the pop up dragon!

stampingbowd said...

Wow! How fun a pop up card!!!! Love your spotlights and how you have been carrying a theme throughout the blog hops the past few months!

Pam said...

What a great card!
Pam
scrap-n-sewgranny.blogspot.com

Golda said...

Nice spotlighting!

Michelle N. said...

I've never tried spotlighting-I'm gonna have to give it a whirl because it looks super!

wannabcre8tive said...

So cute, I like the pop up on the inside.

stamping sue said...

yes, it is fun to take one card or theme and do it for the hop.
stamping sue

stamping sue said...

spotlighting is an easy technique but most of the time makes for a "wow" factor.
please do try it you will like it.
stamping sue

Kathy Bradley said...

Sue,
Wonderful cards and I especially like the dragon pop up - awesome!

Vicky Gould said...

Very clever...like the dragon pop up too!

Winnie and Patty said...

Wonderful cards Sue! Love the one with the pop up dragon on the inside!!!! TFS

mariko said...

Your cards are fun! The pop up dragon is so cute!

marg0006 said...

How cute. Love the easel fold and Pop-Up. They turned out FUN-tastic.

marg0006 at Verizon dot net

stampingtink said...

Just gorgeous! I'm going to have to try a shaped easel card and your's is stunning! Thanks for the invite to your blog!

Hugs,

Susan

Cathy Dineen said...

The second card is amazing! Both are beautiful! :)