Ship in a bottle

Ship in a bottle gel card.....yes, a gel card!  remember doing them years ago.....well, I still make them when the occasion calls for it.  When I got these stamps from Just For Fun stamps I couldn't resist pulling out the bottle of styling gel from the dollar store to make this card.  Have you ever made one of these cards?  leave me a comment and let me know.
check out Just For Fun Rubber Stamps blog for stamp details.

Here's looking at you

I think this is just a fun fish to be staring into a port hole of a ship.  couldn't resist making a gel card with this fish.  Here are instructions I wrote for Speedy TV I wrote a while back.  It's really an easy card to create just takes a little patience and if you know me in person you know I'm not a patient person but I have made several of this type of card. There is a lot going on in this card besides the cheap hair gel in a mini baggie....I made this card look like the fish, who I colored with prisma color pencils, was looking into a ship's port hole....he looks a little surprised at what he is looking at....what do you think he sees?  As you can see this is a wood ship because I used a wood grain embossing folder for the texture and since ships or boats only go out on the water in the summer I thought this is a good summer card.

entering in the following challenges:
1.  Frilly and Funkie challenge - cool water
2.  Simon Monday Challenge blog - mid-summer's challenge
3.  Craft Hoarders Anonymous challenge - who's the boss?
4.  The House that Stamps Built challenge - summer fun
card details:
stamps - Repeat Impressions Contain yourself stamp set
cheap hair gel
mini ziplock baggies
paper punches and spellbinders circle dies
mini brads
sizzix wood grain embossing folder

summer fun or maybe it was spring

I did a private class back in May with a great bunch of gals making a couple (of what I call easy cards) easy cards and a couple others that take a little more time and effort.  But I know we all had fun!  You see with the bird card we masked off the bird then sponged on some color.  The life is a sea card is a gel card.  You can see tutorial here that I did for Mark's Finest Papers and Stamps .  the

gel card is one of those cards that does take a little more time to create but it
is also a card that will have your friends saying, "how did you do that?" and that is always fun!  The frog card is just so cute and look at all that fringey goodness.  that was done with one of those fringe scissors.  I'll leave here today with a photo showing the fun we had creating these cards.
bird card details:
stamps by Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Co. Home Page
inks - Ranger Adirondack dye ink pads
gel card details:
stamps by Rubbernecker
little ziplock baggies found at craft store
spellbinders circle nestabilities
frog card details:
stamps by Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Co. Home Page
spellbinders oval and circle nestabilities
fringe scissors
Prisma color pencils

MFPaHC Sept. blog hop day 1

Sept. Blog Hop! 
This month's New Stamp Set Releases are
Featured Sept 10
Koi Fish
Featured Sept 11
Primitive Farm
Featured Sept 12 
What a Scream
Featured Sept 13
Tailgate Party

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 Sept. 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 Sept. 13, 2013.

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

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

"Nature's Brushstrokes"

It's a new month so that means new stamp releases!  To start off I will tell you my theme for this month................spinners, ribbon sliders, and ribbon message pull cards so this month you will see cards that spin, slide and pull!  One exception this month I couldn't resist doing a gel card with the Koi fish.  You can see a tutorial for gel card here and here on Speedy TV. please visit Patty's blog here to see one of my spinner cards in action. It's time to check out Janine's blog to see her swimming fish or ying yang projects.

Here's the Design Team:
Patty
Lois
Jane C
Pam
Pat G
Thrfity Stamper
Marilynn
Karen K
Bonnie
Kathy
Angela
Cathy C
Toni
Sue W       --you are here
Janine          --next stop
An'Jenic
Kate Z
Shirley Q
Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

Featured designer on MFP

I am the featured designer at Mark's Finest Papers blog this week.  I did a tutorial on how to make a gel card that has become my new favorite card.  Pirate ship is from Buired Treasure stamp set and the fish is from Oh Crab stamp set.
See more by clicking on my sidebar on the Featured designer button.
Instructions:
1. Squeeze some hair gel into your ziploc bag. Only add enough to cover the inside of the bag. Too much gel might cause the bag to "pop" later on. Sprinkle in some prisma glitter for sparkle

2. Press excess air out of the bag, close it and spread the gel evenly over the entire inside of the bag. Using the cheap gel leaves more bubbles which I like.

3. Decorate the front of the card with decorative papers and ribbon and place on front of card with removable double stick tape.

4. Cut out circle with Nestabilities circle die. You might have to run the die through a couple of times to go through all the layers.

5. Stamp pirate ship through circle with black ink onto the inside layer of card.

6. Remove decorative paper layer from front of card and tape gel filled ziploc baggie behind cut out circle.

7. Stamp saying Find your treasure with black ink on bottom of cut out circle layer then adhere to front of card with gel baggie showing through the circle.

8. Color the pirate ship with Prisma color pencils.

9. Create a circle border and glue to the front of card to finish.

MFP blog hop - On the Fly

  October Blog

Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's 

  October Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are
Christmas Selections Featured October 23

Poinsettia Blooms Featured October 24
Cracked Hello Featured October 25
On The Fly Featured October 26

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 October 27, 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 October 26, 2012. O.k. I've gone from making easel cards to gel cards!  but having a lot of fun with them so here is another gel card using the big fish that you catch on the "fly".  Tutorial coming on the gel card in November.  My second card is very simple...just black and white but effective, don't you think? 

Do you ever have a question about how a designer made her card? We now have a place for you to ask about it. You can post your questions and comments in the Blog Hop Chat Forum on MFPSpeedy TV. Not a member, not a problem! It's easy to join and it's free!

MFP Oh Crab! blog hop

Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's 
August Blog Hop! 
This month's New Stamp Set Releases are
Lesson Learned Featured August 14
Bring on the Sun Featured August 15
Tree Greetings Featured August 16
Oh Crab Featured August 17

   We are cooking up some great stamp sets and deals this month. Get your aprons out and let's get cooking.



The special stamp set we have for you this month is
"Celebrate Big"


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 August 18, 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 August 17, 2012.

Lois
Vicky
Pat G.
Patty P.
Marilynn
Pam
Debbie
Bonnie
Kathy
Brenda
Toni
Tangii
Thrifty Stamper
Sue ----- you are here
Kelli - next stop
Janine
Tammylee
Janis L.
Mark's Finest 

O.K. the day of the hop you have all been waiting for...lol!  maybe the day I've been waiting for to show you a first for me!!! A GEL card!!!  can you believe with all the years I've been stamping I've never made a gel card so without further ado here is my very first gel card!  I am so proud.  I did the gel part as a layer so this is a heavy card but I do like it. Used some pirate pattern paper for background and embossed copper cardstock with swirl texture fade folder.  I got a big bottle of gel at the dollar store so have a lot of the stuff to do more gel cards. Another fun card is a tilt card which is a variation on the spinner card.  You can find instructions here on Splitcoaststampers. 

Here's another card I made with our 5th new stamp set called Celebrate Big stamp set.  Having fun with the chef and all the images that go with him.  Can you tell what everyday thing you can find in your kitchen I used to make this card?  A white paper lunch bag!  Just folded it to make a pocket for the card insert. 

Hope you enjoyed our blog hop here at Mark's Finest Papers blog this month.  I know I had fun doing it and showing you all my projects.  Always remember to comment to be included in our random drawing to win one of the new sets showcased this week.