July 9th, 2013 Mark's Finest Paper Hop- Day 1 Lotus Blossoms

Welcome to our July Blog Hop





July Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured July 9th
Lotus Blossoms

I used a black card stock BG, along with a ribbon and brad to show off these two MFP stamps from the Lotus Blossom set.  I colored the flower with Copics.  It is a simple CAS card, with the image popped up on a scrap of patterned paper.

Featured July 10th
Shello
 

Featured July 11th 
Be Virtuous
 

Featured July 12th

Presents

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 July 13, 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 July 12, 2013.

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

"Dino News"

 The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Dragonflies"
                                                      

 

Here's the Design Team:

Patty
Lois
Jane C
Pat G
Debbie
Kathy
Angela
Thrfity Stamper
Toni
Janine
Sue W
Marilynn
Karen K   (you are here)
Bonnie
Cathy C
Pam
Kate Z
Shirley Q
An'Jenic
Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

StampTV July 4th Hop 2013

Welcome to our 4th of July Hop with the Designers and CSS Team from Gina K Stamps and StampTV.  We have fun, patriotic cards and projects for you to see today. This is what I made to share with you today!  I used a stamp set from Melanie Muenschinger called  "A Year of Borders" and the sentiment is from the set called "Blossom", which is a newer set.  A Year of Borders has been available for years, but is still so wonderful to use!  I colored the butterflies with colored Prisma Pencils, which was so quick and easy!  The card stock I used is all from Gina K Designs. Hey, the ribbon is too, so you can find all these items in the store.

We are so happy to welcome you to this special July 4 Gina K. Designs Hop!!!!  Some of the Design Team and the Center Stage Spotlight Team have some fun cards and projects to share with a patriotic theme and flair!!!  And Gina has a special sale incentive too!!!  Check out these 2 new Duos:


From Thursday, July 4 thru Sunday, July 7
Orders of $25.00 or more get Harvest of Memories
Orders of $50.00 or more get Harvest of Memories and Unforgettable.
Come hop along for some Patriotic inspiration to help kick off your Fourth Of July festivities!!!

Don't forget to leave all those comments, to show everyone how much you enjoy their work!!
Head over and see what Brenda has for you to see: http://stamp-it-up.blogspot.com/

Here are all the links!

Gina

Lee

Laurie

Cat

Sean

Carolina

Latisha

Tami

Val

Cheri

Miesje

Vicki

Lori

Tera

Melissa C.

Geri

Karen

Red, White and Blue Challenge CSS Inspiration Hop 6-18-03

Welcome to another Inspiration Challenge from the CSS team. This time it is a Red, White, and Blue color challenge. These are perfect summer colors, don't you agree? If you arrived from     's blog, you are in the right place!
I used Beth Silaika's Lovely Ladybug Stamp set from Gina K. Design's.  I used the GKD Navy cardstock as my base, with a white embossed BG.  I used an embossing folder for texture on the white. The printed paper and the touch of ribbon is also from Gina's store. The Red Hot cardstock adds my red base. You should have arrived from Kay's blog.

 Make sure to leave a comment as you go along because we will choose a random comment and that stamper will win a grab bag of Gina K. Designs products! Look for the announcement on Tuesday, June 25.  Now off you go to see Joy's beautiful work!  Thanks so much for visiting today!

My Outlawz PAM Challenge

This week's challenge was to use an animal and make it a birthday card, so I used StampTV's Sea Horse ( haha) stamp from the Fishing You the Best stamp set, that was included in my STV kit this month.  I embossed the background with my Cuttlebug, before I sponged it with my Gina K Ocean Mist stamp pad. The rest of the message inside the card says "it's your birthday and not mine".

The sea horse and the sentiment are both from this stamp set, and after I sponged it, I added a white ribbon, for the sea horse to sit on! The sentiment was put on a scalloped background, that was also sponged with color. The bubbles are little plastic ones that I have had for eons.

                                                                              

Thank you for stopping by today!

Mark's Finest Papers/ AHC Fri. 6-14-2013

Today we have the set called Classic Dad!

June Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 

 

Featured June 14th

Classic Dad

                                                                                



                                                                             

                                                                                   
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 June 15,2013 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 June 14,2013.

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

"You Are an Angel"

 The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Wings"
                                                      

Patty P.

Lois

Jane C 

Debbie 

Pam 

Pat G 

Thrifty Stamper 

MariLynn 

Karen K 

Bonnie 

Kathy B 

Angela B 

Cathy C 

Toni 

Sue W 

Janine B 

An'jenic 

Kate Z 
Shirley Q 

Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co 

Mark's Finest Papers/ AHC Thursday, June 13.2013

Today's set is named Be Proud!

June Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 

Featured June 13th 
Be Proud

 

Featured June 14th

Classic Dad

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 June 15,2013 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 June 14,2013.

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

"You Are an Angel"

 The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Wings"
                                                      

Patty P.

Lois

Jane C 

Debbie 

Pam 

Pat G 

Thrifty Stamper 

MariLynn 

Karen K 

Bonnie 

Kathy B 

Angela B 

Cathy C 

Toni 

Sue W 

Janine B 

An'jenic 

Kate Z 
Shirley Q 

Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co 

Mark's Finest Papers/ AHC June 12, 2013

Today's stamp set is called Firefighter!

June Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Featured June 12th
Fire Fighter

 

Featured June 13th 
Be Proud
 

Featured June 14th

Classic Dad

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 June 15,2013 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 June 14,2013.

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

"You Are an Angel"

 The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Wings"
                                                      

Patty P.

Lois

Jane C 

Debbie 

Pam 

Pat G 

Thrifty Stamper 

MariLynn 

Karen K 

Bonnie 

Kathy B 

Angela B 

Cathy C 

Toni 

Sue W 

Janine B 

An'jenic 

Kate Z 
Shirley Q 

Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co 

Mark's Finest Paper/ AHC June 11, 2013

June Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured June 11th
Need a Vacation

Featured June 12th
Fire Fighter
 

Featured June 13th 
Be Proud
 

Featured June 14th

Classic Dad

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 June 15,2013 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 June 14,2013.

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

"You Are an Angel"

 The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Wings"
                                                      

Patty P.

Lois

Jane C 

Debbie 

Pam 

Pat G 

Thrifty Stamper 

MariLynn 

Karen K  (You are here)

Bonnie 

Kathy B 

Angela B 

Cathy C 

Toni 

Sue W 

Janine B 

An'jenic 

Kate Z 
Shirley Q 

Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co

 

STV Tag Challenge STV13MON23

I decided to play along with the Monday challenge at StampTV, STV13MON23   It was to make a tag, so that is exactly what I did.  I used the StampTV set called Dreams Take Flight.  After stamping the flowers and the sentiment, I stamped and glittered the butterflies, in the pink that matches the Bubblegum cardstock.  I also stamped with the Blue Raspberry and Grass Green inks.

                                                                      

StampTV's Inspiration Challenge Blog Hop 6-4-2013

We have such an awesome inspiration this time, thank to Vicki!  Look at these terrific colors!

If you arrived from  Kay's blog, you are in the right place.
                                                                          

  Here is the inspiration that Vicki chose for us this time! I admit I stared at this for a few days in order to give me ideas of what I wanted to make! 

Here is my card:

I used Gina K ink to stamp my image, which is an image from "You Light Up my Life" .  The sentiment is from the same set, which I colored with Copic markers, and then popped up with pop dots, after I cut it out free hand.   The background was watercolored with Distress inks, and then mounted on Onyx card stock.
 


Now, you are heading over to Linda's , to see what she has to share with you today! You will be amazed!
                                                                                                                                                            

CAS for The Outlawz with a Feather

It is cool outside today, but it is so sunny. Grateful for these things!

I made this challenge card for The Outlawz CAS card this week.  We were to use a feather in our creations.  Here is what I came up with, using stamps from Gina K's Petals and Wings kit from StampTV.  The image was cut out and popped up with pop dots, on a background of layered cardstock.  I CB'd the Dotted Swiss on the front of the card, before I added all the rest of it! The blue feather was in my Embellie drawer, which I attached to the ribbon!

Thank you for taking a peek!

PAM Challenge 6-1-2013

Here is the first tag I have made in over a year!  I used StampTV's  stamp set called Sweet Friend and added a sentiment from StampTV's Petals and Wings! I used the Gina K. inks to stamp and colored those images with Copics.  The bird and the birdhouse were popped up on pop dots, to raise them off the tag! I scuffed the tag edges with Ocean Mist ink too.  I left the string on the long side, so I could tie this to a wine bottle.  Perfect gift!!!

                                                                               

Thanks for visiting!

PAM Challenge for The Outlawz 5-25-2013

Welcome to another Paper ala Mode challenge!  This week it is "Anything Goes".  I used a Gina K Designs stamp called "Blessing from Above". I paper pieced the stork and added some glitter too, after I shaded with my Copic markers!  The sentiment is from the same set, which I added a pink piece of CS to the white CS.  I popped up the sentiment panel with pop dot adhesive.  A pretty CAS card, I think!

 Thank you for visiting today!

Another StampTV Challenge Card

I entered this card into STV13MON20, on StampTV.  A Thank you card, that reminds me of our yard!   Products used to make this one are from StampTV, including the ink. I used a few Copic markers to color the chairs.   Thank you for stopping by and visiting my creation!

Outlawz Paper ala Mode 05-18-2013

Here is the card I made for the Paper ala Mode challenge of Anything Goes.

I used the StampTV stamp set called "A Little Something", along with GKD  red and blue CS on my card base.  I added a pretty piece of red StampTV ribbon too.  The images were minimally colored with Copic markers and some attached red gems to add sparkle! The sentiment I added is also from the same stamp set.

Thank you for taking a peek!

My Heart Blooms

This is a card I made using StampTV's set called Bold Blooms by Rebecca Oehlers.  I cut the flower and leaves after I stamped with GKD Black Onyx ink. They were popped up with dimensionals. The ribbon is also from my StampTV  kit, as are the background papers!  The sentiment is from the "A Little Something" StampTV set.   


   

Thank you for stopping by today!

Mark's Finest Papers/AHC Day 4 (5-17-2013)

May Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured May 14th
Marsh Birds

Featured May 15th
In Tents
 

Featured May 16th

Space Fun
 

Featured May 17th

Now Showing

                          


                                                                             

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 May 18,2013 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 May 17,2013.

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

"Marsh Silhouettes"

 The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Lilly of the Valley"
                                                      

Patty P.

Lois

Vicky

Jane C 

Debbie 

Pam 

Pat G 

Thrifty Stamper 

MariLynn 

Karen K 

Bonnie 

Kathy B 

Angela B 

Cathy C 

Toni 

Sue W 

Janine B 

An'jenic 

Shirley Q 

Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co