12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop Day 12

Speedy the Cat at Mark's Finest Papers likes to get a head start on special Christmas gifts and memories for friends and family. He gathered the design team at Mark's Finest Papers to bring you 12 days of exciting paper crafting gift ideas to get that holiday mojo flowing. The hop runs for 12 consecutive days, starting today! Begin your holiday hop at Speedy's home base, the Mark's Finest Papers blog and relax with a cup of eggnog (or sprig of catnip, your choice) as Speedy leads you though a short, daily hop. You'll find your holiday paper crafting ideas and supplies at Mark's Finest Papers.

Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop! We have four samples each day for our hop! Please visit each of the following blogs for holiday inspiration! Start off tomorrow on the MFP Blog for more inspiration!

Day 12 Post-It-Holder Oct 28


Joanne

Faith

Debbie M

Pam

Well today is the last day of our 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop. We hope that you enjoyed our projects that we created for you. Today we are showcasing Post-It Note Holders. For this project I created two different size post-it note holders.


The first one is for the standard post-it note. On this project I am using Mark's Finest Papers Ginger Cookies stamp set. I am also using Mark's Finest Papers Holiday Greetings paper and designer paper as well. I colored my image with Copic Markers E00, E15, E18, E13, G09, G28, R46, R14, and 100.  I am using a dark green cardstock for the base and I cut it according to the directions you can find here http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/postitholder. I decorated with my designer paper inside and out. I cut out my image and mounted it to the front of my card along with my sentiment which I stamped with Close to Cocoa ink. I used red and green ribbon for closing the holder. I added the post-it note and a small pencil. Here are some views of the inside and out.

 





Here is a side view of the holder closed.

Here is a view of the inside of the holder.








I was thinking after I made this holder, wait a minute I like to use bigger post-it notes. So I adapted the instructions above to make a larger holder.

For this holder I used Mark's Finest Papers Holly Greeting stamp set which is available for purchase along with all the other stamp sets used at http://www.marksfinestpapers.com.. I am also using Mark's Finest Papers Gold cardstock for my base. I used dark green and designer paper for my layers. I colored my image with Copic Markers G02, G09, B00, YR61, YR31, 100, R46, E15, E18, E29. I mounted my image and my sentiment to the dark green cardstock and then to the base. I used red and gold ribbon for the closing of the holder and I finished off the front with some gold gems. Here is a side and inside view of the holder.

Here is the side view of the holder.





Here is the inside view of the holder. I mounted a larger post-it note pad and a larger pencil.



Thanks for stopping and commenting. We hope you enjoyed the hop and that we gave you plenty of inspiration for those Christmas gifts.

Thanks for visiting my blog, hope to see you again. Have a blessed day.

Thanks
Debbie

12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop Day 11

Speedy the Cat at Mark's Finest Papers likes to get a head start on special Christmas gifts and memories for friends and family. He gathered the design team at Mark's Finest Papers to bring you 12 days of exciting paper crafting gift ideas to get that holiday mojo flowing. The hop runs for 12 consecutive days, starting 10/17/11! Begin your holiday hop at Speedy's home base, the Mark's Finest Papers blog and relax with a cup of eggnog (or sprig of catnip, your choice) as Speedy leads you though a short, daily hop. You'll find your holiday paper crafting ideas and supplies at Mark's Finest Papers.

Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop! We have four samples each day for our hop! Please visit each of the following blogs for holiday inspiration! Start off tomorrow on the MFP Blog for more inspiration!

Day 11 Decorated Gift Box Oct 27


Harriet

Debbie M

Carol

Peggysue

Hello everyone and welcome to Day 11 of the 12 Days of Christmas blog hop. Just one more day to go, I hope you all have been enjoying the wonderful projects these talented ladies and Markie have created for you. Today we are showcasing Decorated Gift Boxes.

At first I wasn't sure about this project, all I could think about was "How am I going to make a box?" So I made a trip to one of my favorite stores Hobby Lobby. I bought several sizes of gift boxes. First I picked out the paper that I wanted to use with this both solid and designer paper. I am using Mark's Finest Papers Christmas in the Country. I colored my image with my Prisma Colored Pencils, and added some sparkle with Martha Stewart's glitter. Once I mounted my paper to the box I used blue satin ribbon on the edges and the lid. I stamped my sentiment with Basic Black ink on the opposite sides of the image. I also added moose images to the box.

The thing that I am most proud of is the bow which I made myself. I got the instructions from Split Coast Stampers Split Coast Stampers. Although the directions called for two toned paper I wanted to use the same designer paper that I used on the box and it worked out just as well. I was incredibly surprised how easy it was to make this paper bow.  I can't wait to use it again on another project. Thanks for stopping and commenting. Don't forget to stop and see all the other wonderful creations and come back tomorrow for our last day of the hop.

Thanks for visiting my blog I hope you enjoyed your stay, hope to see you again. Have a blessed day.

Thanks
Debbie

12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop Day 10

Speedy the Cat at Mark's Finest Papers likes to get a head start on special Christmas gifts and memories for friends and family. He gathered the design team at Mark's Finest Papers to bring you 12 days of exciting paper crafting gift ideas to get that holiday mojo flowing. The hop runs for 12 consecutive days, starting 10/17/11! Begin your holiday hop at Speedy's home base, the Mark's Finest Papers blog and relax with a cup of eggnog (or sprig of catnip, your choice) as Speedy leads you though a short, daily hop. You'll find your holiday paper crafting ideas and supplies at Mark's Finest Papers.

Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop! We have four samples each day for our hop! Please visit each of the following blogs for holiday inspiration! Start off tomorrow on the MFP Blog for more inspiration!

Day 10 Ornament Oct 26


Lynn

Markie

Faith

Carol

Only two days left make sure you stop by to see the remaining projects.

12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop Day 9

Speedy the Cat at Mark's Finest Papers likes to get a head start on special Christmas gifts and memories for friends and family. He gathered the design team at Mark's Finest Papers to bring you 12 days of exciting paper crafting gift ideas to get that holiday mojo flowing. The hop runs for 12 consecutive days, starting 10/17/11! Begin your holiday hop at Speedy's home base, the Mark's Finest Papers blog and relax with a cup of eggnog (or sprig of catnip, your choice) as Speedy leads you though a short, daily hop. You'll find your holiday paper crafting ideas and supplies at Mark's Finest Papers.

Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop! We have four samples each day for our hop! Please visit each of the following blogs for holiday inspiration! Start off tomorrow on the MFP Blog for more inspiration!


Day 9 Altered Legal Pad Oct 25


Pam

Patty

Carol

Dawn L

12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop Day 8

Speedy the Cat at Mark's Finest Papers likes to get a head start on special Christmas gifts and memories for friends and family. He gathered the design team at Mark's Finest Papers to bring you 12 days of exciting paper crafting gift ideas to get that holiday mojo flowing. The hop runs for 12 consecutive days, starting 10/17/11! Begin your holiday hop at Speedy's home base, the Mark's Finest Papers blog and relax with a cup of eggnog (or sprig of catnip, your choice) as Speedy leads you though a short, daily hop. You'll find your holiday paper crafting ideas and supplies at Mark's Finest Papers.

Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop! We have four samples each day for our hop! Please visit each of the following blogs for holiday inspiration! Start off tomorrow on the MFP Blog for more inspiration!

Day 8 Stamped Candle Oct 24


Pam

Debbie M

Lois

Linda

Welcome to day 8 of our 12 Days of Christmas hop. Today we are featuring stamped candles. This is such a fun and easy project to do for Christmas presents to your co-workers, your boss even your family. For my candles I am using Mark's Finest Papers Holiday Greetings stamp set. I stamped my images onto tissue paper and colored them with Handsome Hunter, Green Galore, Real Red, Garden Green, Close to Cocoa, and Basic Black. Once my images were dry I mounted them to my white candles using your every day garden variety wax paper and my heat gun. This is a really fun and pretty project to make. I hope you enjoyed my candles and thanks for stopping and commenting.

Thanks for visiting my blog I hope to see you again. Don't forget to stop by the other blogs to see what beautiful candles they created. Have a blessed day.

Thanks
Debbie

Friends of SpeedyTV Challenge Week 4

Welcome to another week of challenges here at Friends of SpeedyTV,

We hope that you are enjoying our challenges. With Halloween just around the corner we thought what a better thing than to make a Halloween card. We do recognize that not everyone celebrates Halloween so we thought that this weeks challenge could be Halloween or Harvest. There are so many fun stamps out their for either kind of card and I know Mark's Finest Papers just released so many great ones in the past two months. Let's see what our design team has in store for you all this week.

For my card I am using Mark's Finest Papers BOO to You stamp set. I colored my image with watercolor pencils. I mounted my image to black cardstock and designer paper. I mounted them both to orange cardstock. I did the same with my sentiment. I finished off the card with some web and spider gems and some purple twine. 

Although I have been doing alot more with the insides of my cards I kept this one pretty simple and only finished off my sentiment on the inside. 

Can't wait to see what you all come up with. Don't forget to stop by the Mark's Finest Papers blog to enjoy the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop Mark's Blog. We hope that you like our creations this week.

Thanks for stopping by my blog and commenting. I hope to see you again soon and don't forget to stop by SpeedyTV and join the fun. 

Happy Stamping,

Debbie

HSI #20 No Sentiment and/or Harvest Card

Happy Monday Everyone,

I hope you all had a great weekend. Welcome to another fun and exciting week with Heart Song Inspirations challenges.  http://heartsonginspirations.blogspot.com. This weeks challenge is to make a card using no sentiments and/or a card with a Harvest Theme.

For my card I am using Heart Song Designs Vase of Flowers image. I colored my image with watercolor pencils. I used a dark brown cardstock for the base of my card, and kraft, olive and designer paper as my layers. I mounted my image to the olive cardstock and then added Harvest gems. I mounted my designer paper to the Kraft cardstock and then paper pierced around it. I then added my Harvest ribbon and then mounted it to the base of my card.

I hate to disappoint everyone but for this card all I did on the inside is mount some white cardstock. I hope you enjoyed my card. Thanks for stopping and commenting. I hope to see you back real soon. Have a blessed day.

Thanks
Debbie

12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop Day 7

Speedy the Cat at Mark's Finest Papers likes to get a head start on special Christmas gifts and memories for friends and family. He gathered the design team at Mark's Finest Papers to bring you 12 days of exciting paper crafting gift ideas to get that holiday mojo flowing. The hop runs for 12 consecutive days, starting 10/17/11! Begin your holiday hop at Speedy's home base, the Mark's Finest Papers blog and relax with a cup of eggnog (or sprig of catnip, your choice) as Speedy leads you though a short, daily hop. You'll find your holiday paper crafting ideas and supplies at Mark's Finest Papers.

Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop! We have four samples each day for our hop! Please visit each of the following blogs for holiday inspiration! Start off tomorrow on the MFP Blog for more inspiration!

Day 7 Calendar Oct 23


Peggysue

Connie

Anne

Marilynn

Make sure to stop by tomorrow for more inspiring projects. 

Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge # 78 - Altered Frame

Good Morning everyone and welcome to another week full of fun with Speedy the Cat's Friends challengehttp://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com. We hope you have been enjoying the Christmas blog hop we have going on. With keeping in the 12 Days of Christmas theme we are challenging you to make an altered item.

For my project I have made another altered frame just like the one I made for the hop. This one I took a white wood frame and painted it red. Then I used Mark's Finest Papers Holly Greetings. I colored my images with Copic Markers and then cut the images out and mounted them to my frame. Then I stamped my sentiment onto a die cut with Basic Black ink. Once I had all of my images and sentiment on the frame I added some snowflake buttons. I hope you enjoyed my altered frame and please come back for more 12 Days of Christmas inspirations.

I hope everyone enjoys this weeks challenge! We all look forward to seeing your wonderful creations and commenting on your beautiful cards. You have until 3pm on Friday October 28th to post your card. Remember, if you use any of Mark's Finest Paper stamps your name is entered into the drawing twice!!! Have fun and good luck.

Happy Stamping!

Thanks for stopping by my blog and commenting. I hope to see you again soon. Have a blessed day.

Thanks
Debbie

12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop Day 6

Speedy the Cat at Mark's Finest Papers likes to get a head start on special Christmas gifts and memories for friends and family. He gathered the design team at Mark's Finest Papers to bring you 12 days of exciting paper crafting gift ideas to get that holiday mojo flowing. The hop runs for 12 consecutive days, starting 10/17/11! Begin your holiday hop at Speedy's home base, the Mark's Finest Papers blog and relax with a cup of eggnog (or sprig of catnip, your choice) as Speedy leads you though a short, daily hop. You'll find your holiday paper crafting ideas and supplies at Mark's Finest Papers.

Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop! We have four samples each day for our hop! Please visit each of the following blogs for holiday inspiration! Start off tomorrow on the MFP Blog for more inspiration!

Day 6 Altered Frame Oct 22


Harriet

Debbie M

Liz

Vicky

For my altered frame I took a wood frame that was already painted white. I used Mark's Finest Papers stamp set Snowball. I colored my images with my water colored pencils. I mounted my images to the frame and I stamped my sentiments directly to the frame with Basic Black ink. I finished off the frame with snowflake gems and brads. I hope you enjoyed my frame. Thanks for stopping and commenting. 

Thanks for stopping by my blog make sure to stop by the other blogs and see the wonderful creations the other ladies made. I hope to see you again. Have a blessed day.


Thanks
Debbie

12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop Day 5

Speedy the Cat at Mark's Finest Papers likes to get a head start on special Christmas gifts and memories for friends and family. He gathered the design team at Mark's Finest Papers to bring you 12 days of exciting paper crafting gift ideas to get that holiday mojo flowing. The hop runs for 12 consecutive days, starting 10/17/11! Begin your holiday hop at Speedy's home base, the Mark's Finest Papers blog and relax with a cup of eggnog (or sprig of catnip, your choice) as Speedy leads you though a short, daily hop. You'll find your holiday paper crafting ideas and supplies at Mark's Finest Papers.

Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop! We have four samples each day for our hop! Please visit each of the following blogs for holiday inspiration! Start off tomorrow on the MFP Blog for more inspiration!

Day 5 Acetate Box Oct 21
Lois

Joanne

Patty

Marilynn

12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop Day 4

Speedy the Cat at Mark's Finest Papers likes to get a head start on special Christmas gifts and memories for friends and family. He gathered the design team at Mark's Finest Papers to bring you 12 days of exciting paper crafting gift ideas to get that holiday mojo flowing. The hop runs for 12 consecutive days, starting 10/17/11! Begin your holiday hop at Speedy's home base, the Mark's Finest Papers blog and relax with a cup of eggnog (or sprig of catnip, your choice) as Speedy leads you though a short, daily hop. You'll find your holiday paper crafting ideas and supplies at Mark's Finest Papers.

Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop! We have four samples each day for our hop! Please visit each of the following blogs for holiday inspiration! Start off tomorrow on the MFP Blog for more inspiration!

Day 4 Glass Votive Holders Oct 20


Vicky


Carol

Lynn



Peggysue

12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop Day 3

Speedy the Cat at Mark's Finest Papers likes to get a head start on special Christmas gifts and memories for friends and family. He gathered the design team at Mark's Finest Papers to bring you 12 days of exciting paper crafting gift ideas to get that holiday mojo flowing. The hop runs for 12 consecutive days, starting 10/17/11! Begin your holiday hop at Speedy's home base, the Mark's Finest Papers blog and relax with a cup of eggnog (or sprig of catnip, your choice) as Speedy leads you though a short, daily hop. You'll find your holiday paper crafting ideas and supplies at Mark's Finest Papers.

Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop! We have four samples each day for our hop! Please visit each of the following blogs for holiday inspiration! Start off tomorrow on the MFP Blog for more inspiration!

Day 3 Decorated Jars Oct 19

Markie


Faith


Geri


Pam

Make sure to come back tomorrow more wonderful creations.

12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop Day 2

Speedy the Cat at Mark's Finest Papers likes to get a head start on special Christmas gifts and memories for friends and family. He gathered the design team at Mark's Finest Papers to bring you 12 days of exciting paper crafting gift ideas to get that holiday mojo flowing. The hop runs for 12 consecutive days, starting 10/17/11! Begin your holiday hop at Speedy's home base, the Mark's Finest Papers blog and relax with a cup of eggnog (or sprig of catnip, your choice) as Speedy leads you though a short, daily hop. You'll find your holiday paper crafting ideas and supplies at Mark's Finest Papers.

Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop! We have four samples each day for our hop! Please visit each of the following blogs for holiday inspiration! Start off tomorrow on the MFP Blog for more inspiration!

Day 2 Coasters Oct 18


Patty

Lois

Geri

Connie

Friends of SpeedyTV Challenge Week 3

Happy Monday Everyone,

Welcome to week 3 of Friends of SpeedyTV challenge. This weeks challenge is to make a Sweetest Day card. I know a lot of you are thinking what is a Sweetest Day card? Well let me tell you a little bit about Sweetest Day. Sweetest Day is another industry created holiday to celebrate your sweetheart. October 15th was Sweetest Day this year and since it was celebrated this month I thought what a better idea than to make a card for your sweetheart.

For my card I am using Mark's Finest Papers Planted With Love, Bearded Iris, and Magnolia Wedding stamp sets. I colored my images with my watercolor pencils and then mounted them to black cardstock. For the base of my card I chose a deep rose color. I also mounted designer paper to black cardstock and mounted it to my card. Once that was mounted I added the images layered on top of it. I stamped in black ink my sentiment on the front of the card. I then finished off the front of my card with Magenta pearl drops.

On the inside of my card I mounted white cardstock to black cardstock and then to the base of my card. Once that was done I added one of the same images from the front of the card. I hope you enjoy my card and make sure to stop by SpeedyTV to join in on the fun http://mfpspeedytv.ning.com/forum/topics/friends-of-speedytv-challenge-week-3.


Thanks for stopping by my blog and for commenting. I hope you enjoyed your stop. Have a blessed day.

Thanks
Debbie

12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop Day 1

Speedy the Cat at Mark's Finest Papers likes to get a head start on special Christmas gifts and memories for friends and family. He gathered the design team at Mark's Finest Papers to bring you 12 days of exciting paper crafting gift ideas to get that holiday mojo flowing. The hop runs for 12 consecutive days, starting October 17th! Begin your holiday hop at Speedy's home base, the Mark's Finest Papers blog and relax with a cup of eggnog (or sprig of catnip, your choice) as Speedy leads you though a short, daily hop. You'll find your holiday paper crafting ideas and supplies at Mark's Finest Papers.

Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop! We have four samples each day for our hop! Please visit each of the following blogs for holiday inspiration! Start off tomorrow on the MFP Blog for more inspiration!

Day 1 Bind-It-All Oct 17

Patty

Lois

Markie


Faith

HSI #20 Use Flowers and/or Felt

Good Morning all and welcome to another week of fun at Heart Song Inspirations http://heartsonginspirations.blogspot.com.    This weeks challenge is to use flowers and/or felt on your card. I really struggled with this card. I knew what image I wanted to use but there are no flowers in winter so I had to adapt.

For my card this week I am using Heart Song Designs Snowman Love. This is such a cute image and I had fun making this card. I just recently attempted a center step card and now I am hooked. I chose to use that design for my card this week. I colored my image with Copic Markers B04, BG11, E29, G02, G09, G28, YR68, R46, Y15 and y19. Once I colored my image I covered it with glitter for the snowman and the snow on the snow on the ground. I used Snow Storm cardstock for the base of my card and several winter designer papers for decoration. I mounted my image to my card along with all the different designer papers. I finished off the front of the card with some flowers, snowflake gems and pearl gems.

I have also come to enjoy decorating the inside of the card as well, where I didn't usually complete the inside of the card. I colored a smaller version of the outside image and mounted it to the inside of the card along with white cardstock and designer paper. Here is a sneak peak at the inside of the card. I hope you enjoyed my card and thank you for commenting.


Thanks for visiting I hope to see you again and maybe as a follower. Have a blessed day.

Thanks
Debbie

Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge # 77 - Seeing double

Hello everyone and Happy Saturday.

Welcome to another week of AWESOME creations. I hope you all go a chance to hop with us this week. If not just wait we will be hopping again next week with all new surprises. This weeks challenge is suggested by Carol. She wants us to use the same image on our cards more than once.

On my card I wanted to step it up a bit so I decided to try a Center Step card. This is the first one I have made and you can find the directions at this link http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/centerstepcard. Split Coast stampers have a lot of great ideas for projects. Anyway back to my card. I was pleasantly surprised to see how good this card turned out. I used Mark's Finest Papers October release that we just released this week called Country Thanksgiving. For the base of my card I chose to use Old Olive cardstock. I also used several types of designer paper and hunter green cardstock.  I colored my image with Copic Markers 100, R46, R27, R43, Y19, YR68, B29, E29, E18, E15, E13. Y13, E00, R14, G09, G28, Y15. I stamped my image onto a scalloped die cut and brushed the edges with True Thyme ink. I used white  and several designer papers for layers on my card. I finished the outside of the card with green and gold gems.

On the inside of the card (which I seem to be completing alot lately) wit designer paper, and the same image on the front.

I hope everyone enjoys this weeks challenge! We all look forward to seeing your wonderful creations and commenting on your beautiful cards. You have until 3pm on Friday October 21st to post your card. Remember, if you use any of Mark's Finest Paper stamps your name is entered into the drawing twice!!! Have fun and good luck.

Thanks for stopping and commenting. I would love to see you as followers if not already. Don't forget to come back on Monday for the Friends of SpeedyTV challange and the 12 Days of Christmas blog hop. I hope you enjoyed my card. Have a blessed day.

Thanks
Debbie

CDAC Prgressive Challenge Part 4

Hello everyone,

My card tonight is for the CDAC Progressive challenge that is going on until the end of Octoberhttp://priscillastyles.ning.com/group/cdac-progressive-freebie-challenges. I am trying another new technique that I have never done before. The first attempt ended in the garbage but the second attempt turned out great.

I am using the Sew Many Cards Digital stamp. It was my favorite that is why I chose this one out of all the choices. I colored my image with Copic Markers 100, R46, R27, R43, Y19, YR68, B29, B00, E29, E18, E15, E13. I chose to use black cardstock for the base of my card and orange and designer paper for my layers. I used the Side Step Card for my design http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/results/10c3b97399a5c30108326e2ea61331af. I decorated my card with Halloween die cuts, gems, and brads. I hope you enjoyed my card and thanks for commenting. Make sure to stop by the website to see all the other submissions.

Thanks for stopping and hope to see you again. Have a blessed day.

Thanks
Debbie

Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop Final Day

Hello! Welcome to the October 2011 MFP New Releases Blog Hop!

This month's new releases are: Holly Greetings, Christmas in the Country, Snowball?, Country Thanksgiving, Cardinals in Winter, and Ginger Cookies.For your convenience, all these sets are available TODAY at Mark's Finest Papers.

So, do you want to WIN today's Featured Stamp Set: Ginger Cookies? (If you don't want to wait to win, you can always purchase the sets right away! We'll substitute a set from NEXT month's release if today's winner has already purchased this set!)

For your chance to win: Comment on the following Design Team members' blogs TODAY before midnight EDT. There will be ONE random winner chosen from the comments on today's Blog Hop blogs. That winner will win Ginger Cookies. We will announce the winner's name on tomorrow's MFP blog post.

Emily
Nancyruth
Neva
Faith
Dawn
Marilynn
Patricia
Chrissy
Karen
Pam
Joanne
Markie
Carol
Mark’s Finest Papers

Well we have come the close of another wonderful blog hop at Mark's Finest Papers. I hope you enjoyed the hop and all the beautiful creations.

My last card for you is Ginger Cookies. This is  such a cute set and perfect for decorating those many cookie tins you create for Christmas.

Again I finished the inside of the card as well. I folded the card so that you can see part of the inside on the outside.

Thanks for joining us on the October hop and thanks for commenting on my card. Hope to see you again next month or sooner as a follower. Have a blessed day.

Thanks
Debbie

Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop Day 3

Hello! Welcome to the October 2011 MFP New Releases Blog Hop!

This month's new releases are: Holly Greetings, Christmas in the Country, Snowball?, Country Thanksgiving, Cardinals in Winter, and Ginger Cookies.For your convenience, all these sets are available TODAY at Mark's Finest Papers.

So, do you want to WIN today's Featured Stamp Sets: Country Thanksgiving and Cardinals in Winter? (If you don't want to wait to win, you can always purchase the sets right away! We'll substitute a set from NEXT month's release if today's winner has already purchased this set!)

For your chance to win: Comment on the following Design Team members' blogs TODAY before midnight EDT. There will be ONE random winner chosen from the comments on today's Blog Hop blogs. That winner will win Country Thanksgiving and Cardinals in Winter. We will announce the winner's name on tomorrow's MFP blog post.

Emily
Nancyruth
Neva
Faith
Dawn
Marilynn
Patricia
Chrissy
Karen
Pam
Joanne
Markie
Carol
Mark’s Finest Papers

Here are my cards for these two AWESOME stamp sets. I can't decide which one I like best.  The First card is using Country Thanksgiving.

My next card is using Cardinals in Winter. I really love this set. The cardinal is so beautiful.

As I have said before I am not one for finishing the inside of my cards, but lately I have been decorating the inside as well.

Thanks for stopping by and commenting on my cards, make sure to stop by all the other blogs and see the beautiful creations they have done for us. Have a blessed day.

Thanks
Debbie

Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop Day 2

Hello! Welcome to the October 2011 MFP New Releases Blog Hop!

This month's new releases are: Holly Greetings, Christmas in the Country, Snowball?, Country Thanksgiving, Cardinals in Winter, and Ginger Cookies.For your convenience, all these sets are available TODAY at Mark's Finest Papers.

So, do you want to WIN today's Featured Stamp Sets: Christmas in the Country and Snowball? (If you don't want to wait to win, you can always purchase the sets right away! We'll substitute a set from NEXT month's release if today's winner has already purchased this set!)

For your chance to win: Comment on the following Design Team members' blogs TODAY before midnight EDT. There will be ONE random winner chosen from the comments on today's Blog Hop blogs. That winner will win Christmas in the Country and Snowball?. We will announce the winner's name on tomorrow's MFP blog post.

Lois
Vicky
Dawn
Anne
Peggysue
Connie
Linda
Karen
Patty
Liz
Geri
Lynn
Debbie
Mark’s Finest Papers

Welcome to day two of the blog hop, We hope that you all enjoyed our creations from yesterday. Today was are featuring two new stamp sets. These are so beautiful and fun. A must have for that card enthusiast.

My first card is from Snowball. I had fun with this card and so versatile. There are so many ways you can use this stamp set.

And of course let's not forget the inside of the card. I think this is my new thing.

My next card is from Country Christmas. The images on this set are just stunning. I love the elegance of them.

And the inside of this one. Hope you like them.


Thanks for stopping and commenting. Make sure to come back tomorrow for more great creations. Have a blessed day.

Thanks

Debbie

Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop Day 1

Hello! Welcome to the October 2011 MFP New Releases Blog Hop!

This month's new releases are: Holly Greetings, Christmas in the Country, Snowball?, Country Thanksgiving, Cardinals in Winter, and Ginger Cookies.For your convenience, all these sets are available TODAY at Mark's Finest Papers.

So, do you want to WIN today's Featured Stamp Set: Holly Greetings? (If you don't want to wait to win, you can always purchase the sets right away! We'll substitute a set from NEXT month's release if today's winner has already purchased this set!)

For your chance to win: Comment on the following Design Team members' blogs TODAY before midnight EDT. There will be ONE random winner chosen from the comments on today's Blog Hop blogs. That winner will win Holly Greetings. We will announce the winner's name on tomorrow's MFP blog post.

Lois
Vicky
Dawn
Anne
Peggysue
Connie
Linda
Karen
Patty
Liz
Geri
Lynn
Claudine
Debbie
Mark’s Finest Papers

Welcome to October's Blog Hop at Mark's Finest Papers. This month we have some great and beautiful stamp sets to show you. Enjoy the hop and all the beautiful creations the design team has created for you. 

My card today is using the newest release Holly Greetings. I colored my image with Copic Markers B00, Y15, G09, G28, E13, E15, E18, E29 and R27. I used Mark's Finest Papers Season's Greetings red and forest green cardstock on my card. I used the red cardstock for my base and the forest green as my layer. I also thought that the designer paper with the Holly Leaves was perfect for this card. To finish off the outside of my card I used a two-toned ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

On the inside of my card I stamped my sentiment and the holly leaves and colored the holly with my Copic Markers. I hope you enjoyed my card. Thanks for stopping and commenting. You need to go back to Mark's blog and comment there in order to qualify for the drawing.

Thanks for visiting my blog, i hope to see you again and maybe as a follower. Have a blessed day.

Thanks
Debbie

HSI #19 use Die Cuts and/or Sponged Background

Good Morning and Happy Monday,

Welcome to another fun filled week with Heart Song Inspirations http://heartsonginspirations.blogspot.com. This weeks challenge is to use Die cuts and/or Sponged Background.

For my  card I chose to use two of Heart Song Designs http://www.heartsongdesignsshop.com/ images. I am using Cherry Frame and Bird and Roses. I colored both my images using Copic Markers R14, R27, R46, Y13, Y15, G09, G28, E15, E18, YR61, BG11, and B00. I cut my Cherry Frame image out and mounted it to my Scalloped die cut and I put the Bird and Roses image on the inside of the frame. I chose to use red cardstock for the base of my card. Before I mounted my image to the base I embossed the base of the card with my Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder, then I mounted my image. I finished off the outside of my card with Cream Pearl Pen drops.

On the inside of my card I mounted some white cardstock and stamped my image on the white. I hope you enjoyed my card. Thanks for stopping and commenting.

Thanks for visiting, I hope to see you again and maybe as a follower. Have a blessed day.

Thanks
Debbie

Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge # 76 - No Designer Paper

Hello and Happy Saturday,

Welcome to another fun and exciting week at Mark's Finest Papers and Speedy the Cat's Friends challenge http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com.

This week's challenge is brought to us by Linda who challenges us NOT to use designer paper. Now, you can use plain paper, or your can make your own designer paper, whichever you choose. Use your imagination and show us your gorgeous work!

For my card I chose to use Mark's Finest papers new release Country Thanksgiving and Split Coast Stampers sketch challenge this week as well. I chose dark rose color for the base of my card and accented it with brown and white. I colored my image using my prisma colored pencils and brushed the edges with Close to Cocoa so that the white wasn't so stark. I also chose to use Mark's Finest Papers brown with pink polka dots on my card. 

On the inside of my card I mounted white cardstock and then put my sentiment in there. Here you can also see how beautiful this ribbon really is, and as I have mentioned before I am not one for completing the inside of my cards. I hope you enjoyed my card. Thanks for stopping by and commenting.



I hope everyone enjoys this weeks challenge! We all look forward to seeing your wonderful creations and commenting on your beautiful cards. You have until 3pm on Friday October 14th to post your card. Remember, if you use any of Mark's Finest Paper stamps your name is entered into the drawing twice!!! Have fun and good luck.

Make sure to stop by SpeedyTV on Monday for the newest challenge and what the design team has in store for you not to mention our monthly blog hop that starts on Tuesday. Lots of fun this month stay tuned.

Have a blessed day.

Thanks
Debbie

Friends of SpeedyTV Challenge #1 - Masculine Card

Hello Friends of SpeedyTV,

Happy Birthday to us!

We’re celebrating our Second Anniversary here at MFP! Can you believe this company started with just Faith, Mark, Markie and Speedy the Cat? And, boy…it has GROWN! We’ve got a warehouse full of products and a staff of AWESOME people working with us…

We’ve grown from a small design team to a Senior Design Team with over 25 members, a large Blog Team and a BRAND NEW design team: Friends of SpeedyTV! (We’re calling them FOSTVDT for short!)



Our new design team members are:
Debbie Moran-FOSTVDT Coordinator
Melisa Waldorf
Kittie Caracciolo
Fran Gumprecht
Bonnie Ratzloff
Karen Wallace
Brenda O’Rear
DJ Rants
Toni Storie
Karen Bradley
Janine Brain


I know that some of these names are new to you, and some made you catch your breath because you were thrilled to see their names here! Believe me, they are ALL FABULOUS!


Some of the members will be uploading tutorials. There will be an exclusive SpeedyTV challenge hosted by the new team over on SpeedyTV, too! And, as always, LOTS of inspiration!










Our first challenge is a fun one which you don't see to many of is Make a masculine card. Our challenges will be posted every Monday and will run for the week. These challenges are meant to be a new place to showcase your work for others to see and admire. Our challenges are also meant to be fun so you can make them as simple to as complex as you would like.

For my card I chose to make a CAS card with a masculine feel to it. I am using Mark's Finest Papers Big Boy Toys stamp set. I stamped my image with Bravo Burgundy ink pad and I also brushed the edges of my image and sentiment with the same ink. I mounted my image and sentiment to blue cardstock and then to the base of my card. I added some blue twine around the card along with some black buttons.  Thanks for stopping by and commenting, I hope to see you again and that you enjoyed our first challenge card. Have a blessed day. 


Come join us over on SpeedyTV!

Thanks
Debbie