Thursday, January 16, 2014

Yikes! It's the final day of the blog hop!


WELCOME BACK!!!


January Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are




 Featured Jan. 14
Swans

Featured Jan 15
Umbrellas and Fans

 Featured Jan 16
Yikes a Mouse


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 Jan. 18,2014 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 Jan. 17, 2014



Here's the Design Team:







I needed a quick belated Birthday card this week. This stamp set is perfect for birthday cards!




I read that next month's blog hop will be six days in a row, with 10 designers featured each day. The cards should be just as beautiful as always!

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Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Co. January Blog Hop: Umbrellas!


WELCOME BACK!!!


January Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are




 Featured Jan. 14
Swans

Featured Jan 15
Umbrellas and Fans

 Featured Jan 16
Yikes a Mouse


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 Jan. 18,2014 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 Jan. 17, 2014



Here's the Design Team:


Come on back tomorrow for more creativity.

Today's 2 cards were fun to make. I used up some old wrinkled up washi paper on the pink card. 
I made a mistake and stamped the image onto a very slick 20lb laser copier paper. I thought it would be easy to color. It was terrible! I had a real mess. I was going to wipe off the Copic marker because the marker didn't soak into the paper. When I blotted it off with a paper towel I liked the effect! It looks like watercolors!


This card has a background that I made using the Paper Towel Batik technique. Here is a link to that tutorial on MFPSpeedyTV. (You have to join, but it's free!)
 http://mfpspeedytv.ning.com/page/paper-towel-batik