Friday, March 11, 2011

DAY 4_MARK'S FINEST PAPERS MARCH BLOG HOP_FISH YOU WERE HERE

Welcome to the MFP March Blog Hop! This month, we are releasing 4 NEW SETS!


Our New Sets are: Just Dandy, African Veldt, Grandma's Boudoir, and Fish You Were Here.For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!

We have a NEW Blog Candy Contest! BE A GUEST DESIGNER!

PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY!

All Blog Hop participants will have the chance to win a Month Long GUEST DESIGNER position on our Senior Design team! That’s right! ONE lucky winner will receive a Guest Designer package that will include April 2011’s Four New Release sets, a selection of Premium Papers, and beautiful embellishments. The winner will also receive a Guest Designer Watermark, Blog Button and have the choice to participate in the April 2011 Blog Hop!


What do you need to do to qualify? Just comment on the Design Team blogs during the blog hop. EACH DAY that participants comment on all the Design Team blogs, their name will be entered once in the random drawing. Each participant has the opportunity to have his/her name entered up to four times. (There are four days of the blog hop, so there are up to four entries per person.) The winner will be announced on the Mark’s Finest Papers blog on Saturday, March 12, 2011.



FRIDAY, March 11, 2011-Fish You Were Here

Emily-

Karen-

Patty-

Roxie-

Vicki-

Liz:

Claudine-

Joanne T.

Dawn-

Nicole -

Marilynn-

Peggysue-

Connie –

Emily N.-

Neva

Silvia

Patricia

Chrissy

Guest Desinger, Ted

Mark’s Finest Papers


Here my card for today’s Blog Hop.
The set used here is “Fishing you were here” now available at Mark’s Finest Papers.
I did the bg with TH’s alcohol ink and ink blender. I love the way the colors made the bg look like water.
I inked the images and sentiment with Palette Noir black and colored the images with Copic markers. I then used some Crystal effects and line cut all of the fishes.
I inked the water weeds in a med. and dark green marker. The sand was made using TH’s distress EP. I then took some of the sea shells I’ve been saving for a mirror frame and added them to the bottom of the card. I also added some gems in different shades of green to create water bubbles.
I worked hard on this one so I hope you like it.
Nicky

Thursday, March 10, 2011

DAY 3_MARK'S FINEST PAPERS MARCH BLOG HOP_GRANDMA'S BOUDOIR

Welcome to the MFP March Blog Hop! This month, we are releasing 4 NEW SETS!


Our New Sets are: Just Dandy, African Veldt, Grandma's Boudoir, and Fish You Were Here.For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!

We have a NEW Blog Candy Contest! BE A GUEST DESIGNER!

PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY!

All Blog Hop participants will have the chance to win a Month Long GUEST DESIGNER position on our Senior Design team! That’s right! ONE lucky winner will receive a Guest Designer package that will include April 2011’s Four New Release sets, a selection of Premium Papers, and beautiful embellishments. The winner will also receive a Guest Designer Watermark, Blog Button and have the choice to participate in the April 2011 Blog Hop!


What do you need to do to qualify? Just comment on the Design Team blogs during the blog hop. EACH DAY that participants comment on all the Design Team blogs, their name will be entered once in the random drawing. Each participant has the opportunity to have his/her name entered up to four times. (There are four days of the blog hop, so there are up to four entries per person.) The winner will be announced on the Mark’s Finest Papers blog on Saturday, March 12, 2011.



Thursday, February 10, 2011-Grandma's Boudoir

Lois

Vicky

Dawn L.

Anne

Emily

Karen

Patty

Roxie

Vicki

Liz

Claudine

Dawn M

Nicole

Marilynn

Geri

Lynn

Neva

Silvia

Guest Desinger, Ted

Mark’s Finest Papers


This is a card featuring some of the images and sentiments from the new set “Grandma’s Boudoir”. This set and three others are now available at Mark’s Finest Papers.
For the bg I used Mossy Sage and BG/Capella dp.
I inked the shoes direct to rubber using colored markers.
The rest of the card is pretty straight forward and I think needs no description.
If you have a question about any of the details please pm me.
I think this is a fun set with lots of vintage images and sentiments.
All of the supplies used on my card are available at Mark’s Finest Papers.

Good luck to all the Blog Hoppers, Nicky

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Welcome to the MFP March Blog Hop! This month, we are releasing 4 NEW SETS!


Our New Sets are: Just Dandy, African Veldt, Grandma's Boudoir, and Fish You Were Here.For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!

We have a NEW Blog Candy Contest! BE A GUEST DESIGNER!

PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY!

All Blog Hop participants will have the chance to win a Month Long GUEST DESIGNER position on our Senior Design team! That’s right! ONE lucky winner will receive a Guest Designer package that will include April 2011’s Four New Release sets, a selection of Premium Papers, and beautiful embellishments. The winner will also receive a Guest Designer Watermark, Blog Button and have the choice to participate in the April 2011 Blog Hop!


What do you need to do to qualify? Just comment on the Design Team blogs during the blog hop. EACH DAY that participants comment on all the Design Team blogs, their name will be entered once in the random drawing. Each participant has the opportunity to have his/her name entered up to four times. (There are four days of the blog hop, so there are up to four entries per person.) The winner will be announced on the Mark’s Finest Papers blog on Saturday, March 12, 2011.

WEDNESDAY, March 9, 2011-African Veldt



Lois

Vicky

Dawn L.

Anne

Peggysue

Connie

Joanne T.

Claudine

Dawn M.

Nicole

Marilynn

Geri

Lynn

Emily N.

Patricia

Chrissy

Guest Desinger, Ted

Mark’s Finest Papers


For today’s Blog Hop I made this tissue box for my cousin’s Birthday. She is crazy about elephants and this new set “African Velt” available now with 3 other new sets at Mark’s Finest Papers.
This is a GORGEOUS set so make sure to check it out.
For the cs I used Snow White, China Blue Eyes and black.
I made the box out of solid white the layered on the blue and black panels.
I used a punch for the design on the lid and a round Nestie for the tissue hole.
The bottom border was created by using a punch and offsetting two layers of the black and blue to create a shadowed effect. Sorry, it does not show well on the photo.
For the main panel I inked the images in Palette Noir black and sponged some of the black around the edges.
I think that my cousin with like it with the matching card that I made last week for the Sneak Peek.
Good luck to all of the Blog Hoppers, Nicky

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

DAY 1_MARK'S FINEST PAPERS MARCH BLOG HOP_JUST DANDY

Welcome to the MFP March Blog Hop! This month, we are releasing 4 NEW SETS!


Our New Sets are: Just Dandy, African Veldt, Grandma's Boudoir, and Fish You Were Here.For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!

We have a NEW Blog Candy Contest! BE A GUEST DESIGNER!

PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY!

All Blog Hop participants will have the chance to win a Month Long GUEST DESIGNER position on our Senior Design team! That’s right! ONE lucky winner will receive a Guest Designer package that will include April 2011’s Four New Release sets, a selection of Premium Papers, and beautiful embellishments. The winner will also receive a Guest Designer Watermark, Blog Button and have the choice to participate in the April 2011 Blog Hop!


What do you need to do to qualify? Just comment on the Design Team blogs during the blog hop. EACH DAY that participants comment on all the Design Team blogs, their name will be entered once in the random drawing. Each participant has the opportunity to have his/her name entered up to four times. (There are four days of the blog hop, so there are up to four entries per person.) The winner will be announced on the Mark’s Finest Papers blog on Saturday, March 12, 2011.
TUESDAY March 8, 2011- Just Dandy

Lois
Vicky
Dawn L.
Anne
Peggysue
Connie
Emily

Karen
Patty
Roxie
Vicki
Liz
Geri
Lynn
Emily N.
Neva
Silvia

Patricia

Chrissy

Guest Designer Ted



Monday BLOG HOP for Mark’s Finest Papers

Featuring Mark’s Finest Papers new set “JUST DANDY” available NOW!!
For this blog hop I decided to make a box and 4 note cards.
My colors are Black and Markie’s Strawberry Milk.
I inked the image and sentiment in Palette Noir/black.
For one of the corners I used a shell shaped corner punch.
In the center of the Dandelion I added a soft pink half pearl and 3 tiny half pearls in the corners.
On the box lid I also added a silk flower with half pearl center.

The dimensions of the cards are 3" by 4".
The box is 3 1/4 by 4 1/4
To make the box top I cut black cs 5 3/8 “ by 6 3/8"., score 1" all 4 sides.
To make the box bottom I cut black cs 5 1/4" by 6 1/4". score 1" all 4 sides.

Cut only one of the 1" fold on each side and bend them, this will allow you to fold and glue the tabs to the sides of the box. Then just fit the top over the bottom to form your box.
I hope you can understand these instructions as I don’t know how to make a template. LOL

I hope you like my little note box and cards.

Good luck to all of the Blog Hoppers today, Nicky

Thursday, March 3, 2011

SCS challenge WT312_MFP's Sneak Peak of upcoming new set "Grandma's Boudoir" coming Tuesday

This is my card for the WT312 challenge to use dots.
This is a Sneak Peek of the set “Grandma’s Boudoir” coming soon to Mark’s Finest Papers.
This is a 5.25" by 5.25" card.
The colors of the cs are Snow White, Harry Periwinkle and Julianne dp by K&C co.
The #1 panel is Harry Periwinkle matted with Snow White and Julianne dp.
I added the dots with a Periwinkle marker.
The main panel is Harry Periwinkle with a Snow white stamped layer.
The image is inked with Palette Noir black ink on Snow White cs.
I the penned the filigree on the dressing table and chair with a copper gel pen. I seat of the chair and insert in the dresser were pieced with K&C dp/Julianne.
I colored the Collie with Copic markers, line cut and popped with pop-up dots.
I also used a corner punch on the main panel.
I popped the main panel with pop-up dots , added 2 pretty ribbons and a gorgeous paper flower.



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Nicky

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

SCS challenge SC322 Mark's Finest Papers Sneak Peek for set "Fish You Were Here"

This is my card for today’s SC322 challenge.
Featuring a Sneak Peek set “Fish You Were Here” from Mark’s Finest Papers.
I used MFP’S Chine Blue Eyes, Markie’s Strawberry Milk and white cs.
I inked the images in Palette Noir and colored with Copic markers. The large fish was then covered with Crystal Effects “thanks Vicky” and the smal one I added some glitter to the fins.
The #1 panel has some sea weed and sentiment inked in a mid blue color.  Some brown sea leaves for panels #2 and 3.
For my #4 panel I inked an embossing folder “Tim Holtz” with a Spectrum ink pad. I love how it looks like a large coral and popped up my fish using dimensionals.
For #5 panel I chose a felt star fish.
To finish I added some blue gems to the sentiment and as air bubbles for the fishes.
All supplies can be found at Mark's Finest Papers.
http://www.marksfinestpapers.com/servlet/StoreFront
I had a lot of fun making this one.

Nicky

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

SCS challenge CC312 Misty Celery Rose

This is my card for the SCS, CC312 Misty Celery Rose challenge.
This is also a Sneak Peek of a set “Just Dandy” coming soon to Mark’s Finest Papers.
I inked the stamp with colored markers and used Versafine/Sepia for the dragonfly rom set “Whispering Wings” and sentiment.
This is a 5.25 inch square card, I used a corner punch to round the two top corners of every layer.
The embossed border was done using a CB folder/Pop Culture and added some light blue gems.
I also used some light blue gems on the dragonfly.
Clean, simple, easy and I hope you like it...
All supplies can be found at Mark’s Finest Papers.

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Nicky